A man who believed the earth is flat, died in the crash of his home-made rocket on the desert near Barstow. 64-year-old “Mad” Mike Hughes built the rocket in his garage. He climbed inside and launched it Saturday. The rocket went up into the air and then fell straight down and struck the desert floor.…
The Paso Robles school board meets tomorrow at the district office. The board will discuss comprehensive school safety plans for each school in the district. They will discuss approving new transportation bus route options. That’s following up on the previous meeting when they discussed eliminating high school bus transportation for high school students except for…
A vehicle struck another car and six parked cars yesterday afternoon in Atascadero. The accident occurred late yesterday afternoon on the 4600 block of El Camino Real. No word on injuries.
Atascadero city council meets tomorrow evening at the historic rotunda. The council will get a management report on a marketing agreement for billboards for the city. City manager Rachelle Rickard will give her update on city events and programs. The Atascadero city council meets at 6:00 tomorrow evening at the rotunda. You can hear the…
Talk on the Block returns to Atascadero tonight. The Talk on the Block is co-sponsored by the city of Atascadero and the Atascadero chamber of commerce. Tonight’s talk on the block starts at six this evening at the United Methodist church at the south end of Atascadero, 11605 El Camino Real. It lastS only one…
The primary election is one week from tomorrow, but Tommy Gong says the vote-by-mail ballots are rapidly coming in. With a week to go before the election, the forums and debates are nearly over, and there were a lot of them. Debbie Arnold attended 11, although her opponent skipped three of them. One was canceled.…
Mostly sunny this morning, cloudy this afternoon, highs near 72. Tonight, cloudy with a 40% chance of rain, low temperatures around 45. Tomorrow, rain showers in the morning with sunshine tomorrow afternoon. Chance of rain is about 40%. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny weather through the end of February, with high temperatures reaching…
Coffee and donuts from 9:30 to 10:00 am. The board will report at ten tomorrow morning. Then a guest speaker, the honorable Paso Robles city councilman Fred Strong will talk about the Olsen South Chandler Ranch Development, as well as downtown parking, traffic and safety.
California lawmakers vote to consider apologizing for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The executive order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent about 110 thousand Japanese Americans to internment camps in California, Oregon and Arizona. The senators will take up a resolution later this year and send it to governor Gavin Newsom…
Bakersfield residents still talking about the visit of President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday. The president says he’s going to deliver water to Kern county and the southern section of the central valley to help agriculture. Although, governor Gavin Newsom says he will sue to stop the presidents plan.
