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The city of Atascadero will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for the El Camino Real downtown safety and parking enhancement project Friday, June 27th at 5 pm. The celebration will kick off at the plaza on El Camino Real, across from the sunken gardens, and will be followed by a downtown block party for…
The California Mid-State Fair’s Cattlemen & Farmers Day will take place Thursday, July 17th. This day will honor and recognize the hard-working men and women of agriculture in San Luis Obispo county. The day’s events include a social hour at 4 pm in the Paso Robles pavilion, a barbecue steak dinner at 5 pm, award…
The Fort Hunter Liggett multipurpose range complex modernization project has finished after two years of construction for upgrades. The project, costing around 5.6 million dollars, upgrades the training capabilities for military personnel. The expanded training area features new target emplacements, battle positions, and infantry clusters. Range officer Reynaldo Vellido said “These upgrades provide soldiers with…
Cal Fire San Luis Obispo dispatched a fire boat and Mercy Air 34 yesterday morning due to a boat fire at lake Nacimiento, near the Town Creek area. The incident was reported around 10 am. Cal Fire says the boat fire left one injured, but the injured person managed to reach safety on their own.…
News Release – JUNE 6 – Prescribed Fire Another prescribed burn has been scheduled by Cal Fire San Luis Obispo, in cooperation with Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. This prescribed burn will begin this morning, and is scheduled to burn approximately 319 acres in the California Valley. Burns reduce wildfire risk,…
Starting today and extending through the end of the month, PG&E will be conducting maintenance and testing of the county’s early warning system sirens. Crews will be inspecting each of the county’s 131 sirens, which may be tested for a few seconds at low volume. Work will take place weekdays from 8 am to 4…
The Atascadero city council will hold a public hearing in its meeting tomorrow afternoon for increasing wastewater rates. The proposition 218 process for wastewater increases was first initiated at the end of April. The increases are due to rising costs of maintenance and infrastructure of the city’s wastewater system; the increase is proposed to be…
After celebrating its 70th anniversary this weekend, alongside the 22nd annual Ice Cream Zoofari, the Charles Paddock Zoo proudly announced its new name: The Central Coast Zoo. The zoo’s entrance plaza will be renamed to Charles Paddock Plaza, honoring the zoo’s origins to its beloved founder. A bronze statue of the founder with his opposum…
The Atascadero police department is seeking the public’s help for locating an at-risk missing juvenile. The department says the parents of 15-year-old Alice Sommers reported her missing on June 6th. She is a white female, around 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, with auburn-red hair and hazel eyes. The department says she is…
San Luis Obispo police arrested three individuals during a traffic stop on Monday, May 26th. The department released a statement on this Wednesday afternoon on social media. A patrol officer stopped a vehicle with an expired registration tag traveling on Los Osos Valley Road at Madonna road. A check of the driver, Micah Ayhens, revealed…
