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Representatives Salud Carbajal and Adam Schiff introduced the Degrees not Debt act to the house yesterday. The act seeks to double the pell grant award to $14,800, up from $7,395. Carbajal’s office says that student loan debt in the United States total more than 1.7 trillion dollars, which is nearly twice the total credit card…
The Paso Robles municipal airport is devoting 594 thousand dollars in funds to repairs on its main runway. 90% of the funds are coming from the federal bipartisan infrastructure law, which was signed into law by president Biden in 2021. The remaining 10% will come from the airport enterprise fund. The funds will be used…
Yesterday, Cal Poly announced that they will be building a new student success center that will feature a professional development center, programs that support first-generation students, and student diversity and belonging cultural centers. The center will be named Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Success Center, named after the philanthropists and entrepreneurs who donated 20 million…
March 5, 2024 Meeting Agenda with Links to Reports The Templeton Community Services District will be meeting next week on Tuesday, March 5th at 7 in the evening. On the board’s business agenda is an annual report for 2023 by the CSD’s fire and emergency services. The board will also review the district’s policy for…
Pat Butler elementary school initiated a shelter-in-place yesterday afternoon after a loud bang was heard on campus. School resource officers investigated the source of the noise. The Paso Robles police department says it was determined that the loud bang came from an old basketball that had burst from its seams. The department also praises staff’s…
The Paso Robles planning commission approved a development plan proposal from Gabriel Architects. The plan is for the redevelopment of the site at 800 11th street, adjacent to the downtown city park. The building was previously occupied by Berkshire Hathaway real estate company. The plan calls for the demolishment of this section of the building…
On Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting, supervisor Debbie Arnold made a motion to agendize the county’s legislative platform for 2024. The county reviews its legislative platform each year, but staff says they are waiting until a new county administrative officer is hired before scheduling a review of the legislative platform. Until then, the county’s lobbyists…
A San Luis Obispo county superior court has lowered the bail on former county employee, Norman Hibble. Hibble was arrested and charged with several counts of embezzlement on February 20th, accused of using a county credit card to purchase over a hundred thousand dollars in personal items. His bail has been lowered from 350 to…
The California Highway Patrol released a statement of a vehicle vs pedestrian incident that occurred Monday night at around 6:40 pm. CHP says that the driver of a 2005 nissan sedan was traveling northbound on the 101, just south of the 46 east. The report says a pedestrian, 40-year-old Joshua Parker of Paso Robles, was…
Governor Gavin Newsom, alongside California attorney general Rob Bonta, recognized three California highway patrol officers in Sacramento, commemorating their acts of bravery with the governor’s public safety officer medal of valor. Officer Aaron Adair of the Santa Ana area was recognized for saving a man from a burning vehicle, suffering severe burns to his hand…
