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In celebration of its 84th birthday, and the Army’s 250th birthday, Fort Hunter Liggett will be holding a band concert tonight at 5 pm. Tonight’s performance is free to attend, featuring Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band at Fort Hunter Liggett’s historic hacienda. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Food and beverages will…
The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments announced they have been awarded with a 137 thousand dollar grant to support the bicycle and pedestrian safety program. SLOCOG’s activities for following this program will be ten safety field walks, forums, outreach efforts, and participation in road safety campaigns. The safety walks will be ten community-led field…
Cuesta College faculty and staff have received instructions from administration regarding recent immigration enforcement by ICE under President Donald Trump. Staff were instructed to not provide entry or information to federal agents, and to notify administrators if they are approached by federal agents. They are also instructed to assist the federal agents in contacting campus…
San Luis Obispo county sheriff deputies engaged with a suspect in a shooting incident yesterday evening at around 10 pm. A release by the sheriff’s office says they responded to a report of shots fired near Templeton high school on the 1200 block of South Main street. When deputies arrived, the suspect fired multiple shots…
The county homeless services division has issued a request for proposals for warming centers in Atascadero, Morro Bay, and Paso Robles. The department says these three areas were listed in the 2024 point-in-time count as having “some of the highest numbers of unsheltered individuals.” Warming centers seek to offer safe, warm spaces during cold and…
The next meeting for the county board of supervisors will be Tuesday, February 4th. On the board’s agenda is an item pertaining to the Joint Power Agreement for the Paso Robles groundwater basin. The JPA is an authority that would include all five groundwater sustainability agencies, and whose purpose, according to the agenda, is to…
As approved by the Paso Robles city council in its joint meeting earlier this month, rates for garbage collection by Paso Waste & Recycle is set to increase next month. Starting February 1st, rates for residential and commercial customers will increase by about 12%. Paso Waste and Recycle has been serving the community for around…
Every year, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District is required by state law to complete, approve, and publish school accountability report cards (SARC) for its facilities. SARC cards contain grading and evaluations on the performance and condition of each public school. Evaluations include school facility conditions, student demographics, availability of textbooks, graduation & dropout…
In its meeting last night, the Morro Bay city council voted unanimously to adopt an urgency ordinance to prohibit battery energy storage systems within the city limits. The agenda says this was made in response to a recent proposition by Cistra Energy, proposing a 600-megawatt battery storage system in the city limits, which members of…
The Atascadero Tourism Business Improvement District advisory board (ATBID) has released a request for proposal for destination marketing services. The board seeks to promote the city of Atascadero as a tourism destination, represented by lodging owners who work with the city of Atascadero. They are now seeking to contract a marketing firm with the goal…
