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Earlier this year, 27-year-old Briant Reyes Estrada was arrested and charged with murder and child abuse. He is accused of leaving his six-year-old son in his car on a hot afternoon while he worked at the Paso Robles Inn. Testimony from his preliminary court hearing on Wednesday reveals more details about the incident. Surveillance footage…
The Templeton CSD’s next meeting is Tuesday, September 16th. Open session starts at 7 pm. On the board’s agenda is a budget amendment for the Templeton Feed & Grain fire. In its special meeting on July 6th, the board approved a budget amendment of up to $150,000 to cover the expenses for the fire, until…
Hall of Fame Press Release 2025 Paso Robles high school will be inducting three Bearcats into its hall of fame. The induction ceremony will take place during halftime of the Bearcats’ football game against Arroyo Grande on Friday, October 3rd at War Memorial stadium. The first honoree is Karen McConnell, who earned 10 varsity letters…
The county elections office will be celebrating National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 16th. This is just 49 days before the California special election on November 4th. The civic holiday is the largest nonpartisan day of action nationally, and has helped over 6 million Americans register to vote since 2012, according to the clerk-recorder’s…
Paso Robles councilman Chris Bausch has released an official statement on the settlement between The Tribune and city of Paso Robles. Key points from the settlement, according to the release, are that councilman Bausch acted in compliance with PRA Law and actually went beyond what was required, and that councilman Bausch has been “cleared twice…
The San Luis Obispo council of governments will be hosting the first of its kind community forum for public safe streets. This forum will feature two community panels, and a resource fair with participation from CHP, Atascadero police, San Luis Obispo police, and the office of traffic safety. The forum will discuss safer mobility strategies…
San Luis Obispo police, and county law enforcement, were involved in a lengthy standoff yesterday at Hotel Cerro in downtown San Luis Obispo. A release by the SLOPD says that at about 9 am, they received a report from staff at the hotel, located at 1125 Garden street, saying that a woman had stayed the…
Mercy Air 34 has provided emergency, life-saving medical air transportation since it first began operation in 2020. Located in Paso Robles, it announced that its five-year anniversary event has been canceled, and that its operations and services will permanently close on November 4, 2025. Mercy Air 34 cites long-term patient volume trends and ongoing financial…
The county board of supervisors held a hearing near the end of its meeting yesterday for amending cannabis fees in the county schedule. Due to reductions in staff for cannabis compliance teams, staff recommended the county reduce many of the fees charged to cannabis cultivators in the county. The supervisors unanimously approved the amendments. Some…
The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is tonight, with closed session starting at 6. An information item being presented tonight for the board is a two year disciplinary data overview. The overview provides the total number of suspensions and expulsions across the school district from the previous two school years, and provides further data…
