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The California mid state fair has announced that discounted, pre-sale tickets are available for purchase now at local Farm Supply company stores in San Luis Obispo county. Farm Supply locations include Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, and Santa Maria stores. These will be the lowest prices for daily admission tickets you will find…
The Disaster Recovery Center in Oceano remains open today from 9 to 7 at the Oceano CSD board room, 1655 Front street. Tomorrow, the center will move to Templeton at 601 Main street until July 1st. Residents whose homes or business were damaged by the winter storms this year can apply for assistance with help…
On Thursday, the California supreme court ruled that California police officers can be sued for misconduct during an investigation. This redefines California law that protects police from being sued for any harm that happens during a prosecution process, though police are still immune to certain aspects during investigations. This ruling came from the California supreme…
California lawmakers and healthcare field have reached a deal on how they want the state to spend an estimated 19 billion dollars in proceeds. The proceeds would come from a renewed state tax on healthcare plans plus federal funds. California has levied this tax on health plans three times previously, using the money on the…
The Atascadero city council will be conducting its regular meeting tomorrow at 6 in the evening. Items on its agenda include a sewer service charge added to property tax rolls for 2023-2024, and an agreement with Astound Broadband for the city’s broadband internet expansion plan. Earlier this month, the city council approved a 90 thousand…
San Luis Obispo superior court judge Timothy Covello has committed 62 year old Alfredo Arcilio Mendez as a sexually violent predator. Mendez was previously convicted of child sex crimes several decades ago; his crimes occurred in several different counties, such as San Luis Obispo and San Diego counties. Under California law, a district attorney can…
A final reminder that the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new dogbone roundabout at Golden Hill and Union road will be today at 10 am. City officials, project contractors, and community leaders will all be present. Speeches from capital projects engineer Ditas Esperanza and mayor pro tem John Hamon will take place, followed by the…
On Tuesday’s Paso Robles city council meeting, city council members rejected a change to the Paso basin groundwater sustainability plan proposed by county supervisor Bruce Gibson. California had previously approved the groundwater sustainability plan formed by four local agencies, which Gibson wished to amend. City officials and public speakers were suspicious of Gibson’s use of…
The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office has hired a new ‘cold case detective.’ The position was previously held by Clint Cole, a detective focused solely on unsolved homicides and cold cases, notably the decades-long Kristin Smart case. San Luis Obispo county sheriff Ian Parkinson said the position is for a detective to only work…
ABC’s “20/20” will be airing a two-hour special on the Kristin Smart murder case today at 9 pm on your local ABC channel. While the decades-long case resulted in the life sentence of Paul Flores in state prison, pending an appeal, finding the body of Kristin Smart still remains a priority for law enforcement and…