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Another round of votes counted have been released by the elections office for San Luis Obispo county. In the supervisorial races: James Dantona’s lead against Michael Erin Woody has slightly widened. Dantona is ahead by 501 votes, with 52% to 48%. For district 4, supervisor Paulding’s lead against Adam Verdin also continues to widen, leading…
The county board of supervisors held a budget hearing yesterday, and voted to tentatively adopt the county’s fiscal year 2026 – 27 budget. “The budget authorizes approximately $1.02 billion in governmental funds expenditures, including approximately $843.8 million in general fund spending,” according to a release from the county executive office. This budget marks the first…
The next update for votes in San Luis Obispo county will be provided by Monday, June 8th at 6 pm. The elections office anticipates the turnout is expected to rise to more than 50% as votes are counted. A timeline for what voters can expect in the coming days has also been laid out. State…
Press Release – Creston_Niblick Sinkhole 6.5.26 At about 9:35 am on Friday, a sinkhole at the intersection of Niblick and Creston road led to its prompt closure. The road was closed for about 12 to 14 hours as crews made necessary repairs. As of this morning, the road is open. At the time of the…
The county sheriff’s office seized incendiary devices after an hours-long standoff with a suspect who had a felony arrest warrant. The incident occurred on Friday at the 4700 block of Los Osos Valley road in San Luis Obispo. 43-year-old Benjamin Reynoso was wanted for felony vandalism, violating a domestic violence restraining order, and obstruction of…
A head-on crash occurred on highway 46 west yesterday morning, according to CHP. CHP first reported the collision at about 9:36 am, about 5 miles east of highway 1. Two vehicles were involved in the collision; CHP says a ford mustang traveling eastbound drifted into the westbound lane, colliding head-on with a truck towing a…
A vegetation fire erupted near the San Luis Obispo and Kern county line Sunday afternoon, just north of highway 41. The Cotton Fire reached about 26.7 acres before reaching 100% containment. No structures were reported threatened, and no evacuation orders were given during the incident. Traffic on highway 41 was slowed down near the fire,…
The Atascadero city council will review a fiscal impact analysis for its 2045 general plan update in its next meeting on Tuesday. The 2045 general plan update draft plan has been in development for some time, with a draft plan released in October 2025. It outlines for how the city will change over the next…
The county clerk recorder released an update to San Luis Obispo election results yesterday afternoon, as well as an unprocessed ballot report. In the district 2 supervisor race, James Dantona has jumped ahead of Michael Erin Woody, with 51 to 49% of the votes. 210 votes separate the two candidates. Jimmy Paulding continues to lead…
PRFES Training Burns 2026 Press Release Paso Fire & Emergency Services will be conducting several small training burns on Tuesday, June 9th. The burns will be held near the Paso Robles airport, in conjunction with the San Luis Obispo fire investigation strike team. Members of the public may see light smoke in the area during…
