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Other Stories This Monday 4.13.2020

The IRS deposits the first round of coronavirus stimulus checks into bank accounts. It’s part of a $2.2 trillion stimulus packaged passed by congress. The IRS says direct deposits will continue over the next several days. Officials are reportedly issuing them as fast as they can. Those who made fewer than $75,000 in 2019, will…

Atascadero City Council 4.13.2020

Atascadero city council to hold a virtual meeting tomorrow evening at the rotunda. The meeting will not be physically open to the public. The city council members will be teleconferenced into the meeting. The council will discuss weed/refuse abatement. They will also discuss an urgency ordinance authorizing delay of the transient occupancy tax (tot). You…

Weather 4.13.2020

Forecasters calling for sunshine this afternoon, after morning cloudiness. Temperatures will increase the next few days, reaching 77 on Wednesday. Sunshine is forecast through the rest of this week. PG and E meteorologist John Lindsey says that after the recent rains, April is becoming a good month for the north county. Paso Robles averages about…

North County Weather 4.10.2020

Mostly sunny today in the north county, highs in the upper 60’s. Tonight, mostly clear with only a 10% chance of rain, lows in the mid 40’s. Tomorrow, sunny and warmer, highs in the low 70’s. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies continuing through next week. High temperatures reaching 77 by Wednesday.

Chapel on the Hill 4.10.2020

Paul Clark says the Easter Sunrise Service at Chapel On The Hill has been canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Serra Chapel, as it’s officially known, is located on a hill off McMillan Canyon road, just west of Shandon. The chapel was built by the late Judge William Clark, a rancher who served…

Coronavirus SLO Update 4.10.2020

The county health department says two more coronavirus cases were reported yesterday. That brings the total to 104. Of that number, 75 people have recovered. 25 are recovering at home. Three people are hospitalized. Two are in intensive care. Still, only one fatality. Health director Penny Borenstine says if you’re experiencing symptoms of coronavirus, you…

Weather and Frogs 4.10.2020

The sounds of spring. Frogs celebrating the recent rains at Turtle Creek in Paso Robles. The creek getting enough water to host a couple mallard ducks yesterday. Today, however, we’ll see a change in the weather with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60’s. That sunny weather will continue, but temperatures will reach…