Some record times in the swimming pool at the 2020 Olympic in Japan. The British men’s 4 by 200 meter relay won the event. Then during an interview with a BBC reporter, two swimmers on the relay experienced an awkward moment while answering questions about their victor. The swimmers speechless for a moment, but they’re…
County swimming pools in Templeton, San Miguel and Shandon finally opened for the summer. They were late in opening this year. Nick Franco of the county parks department issuing a news release yesterday. He says, “We had expected to keep all pools closed this summer due to covid-19. But supervisors voted in June to restore…
A fundraiser for the Printery tomorrow evening in Atascadero. Free skate demo and a skate movie at the Printery building itself. There will also be a silent auction. The event begins at 5:30 tomorrow at the Printery which is located just east of the rotunda, across the street from the junior high school at 6351…
Did you feel the earthquake Wednesday morning? It was a magnitude of 3.4 tremor. The epicenter was about 4 miles NW of Cholame. It shook the area at 6:07 Wednesday morning. About 19 people reported feeling it. Nothing like the earthquake in Alaska Wednesday night which measured 8.2 on the Richter scale. That was at…
The Sheriff’s department finally identifies the person found dead at lake Nacimiento last month. He’s 29-year-old Jesus Munoz Vargas of Los Banos. He was reported missing June 5th. His body was discovered June 25th. No foul play is suspected. A family friend said his mother recently passed and he was heartbroken, so he disappeared. Family…
The Shuttered Venue Operators grants handed out a lot of money to forty one arts and entertainment venues on the central coast. Cinema Square in Atascadero received 530 thousand dollars. Park Cinemas of Paso Robles just over one million dollars. Estrella Warbirds 77 thousand dollars. The Paso Robles Event Center $3.4 million dollars. Great American…
San Luis Obispo county officials are encouraging those who have not been vaccinated to get that shot. In a news release issued yesterday, the county officials say 98.4% of the recent covid-19 cases were not vaccinated. In the past week, 253 cases of coronavirus were reported. Dr. Penny Borenstein says, that the one vaccinated person…
We learn more today about a pot shop owner who bribed supervisor Adam Hill to gain an advantage in the licensing of his retail stores and his grow farms in San Luis Obispo county. In a plea agreement filed by prosecutors, Helios Dayspring will pay $3.4 million dollars in restitution to the IRS, and will…
The California Mid State Fair opens at 12 noon today, and that’s the schedule through the weekend. It opens at 12 noon each day. The draft horse exhibit is at six at the Hearst equestrian center. Tonight, Little Big Town is on the grandstand arena. On the free stages, Shawn Clark on the Mission Square…
A little cooler this weekend in the north county, the final days of the California Mid State Fair in Paso Robles. Highs today and tomorrow in the low 90’s. Gates open all three days at twelve noon.
