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The city of San Luis Obispo’s bi-annual cleanup week will go through Friday, June 28th. During this week, customers in single-family homes and multi-family dwellings can schedule bulky item pick ups at discounted rates, and customers in single-family homes can put out 6 extra 32 gallon trash bags at no cost. This year’s second cleanup…
The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is tonight after its closed session, which begins at 6 pm. On the board’s agenda is a presentation recognizing superintendent Dr. Curt Dubost. The school district’s new superintendent, Jennifer Loftus, will begin her term on July 1st of this year. Also on the board’s agenda is a resolution…
Verizon Wireless experienced a network disruption in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties yesterday afternoon. Verizon Wireless said yesterday evening that they are actively working to fix the issue, but it could take around 12 to 24 hours. The Paso Robles police department said on social media they received numerous 9-1-1 calls asking why…
The county board of supervisors met yesterday for a special meeting regarding the cannabis tax increase. The cannabis tax is set to automatically increase by 2% each year, unless action is taken by the board of supervisors. This year, the tax would have increased from 6% to 8%. However, in a 3 – 0 vote…
The next coffee with the city manager event for Paso Robles will be Friday, June 28th. This month, city manager Ty Lewis, community services director Angelica Fortin, and city librarian Eric Lashley will discuss some of the new programs and future plans for the city library. Coffee with the city manager events are at Patina…
The county of San Luis Obispo’s very first sobering center is now open. The center is located on the health agency campus on Johnson avenue. The center offers free services to those 18 and older, and is intended to allow people to spend up to three days sobering up, receiving assistance, hygiene kits, and deciding…
Sewage Spill Morro Bay 6-23-2024 The county public health department announced that sewage has spilled into the Morro Bay harbor. The health department says a broken sewage main at the Inn at Morro Bay located at 60 State Park road flowed into a storm drain, and released an estimated 7,600 gallons of sewage into Morro…
Overnight work is scheduled for El Camino Real north of Del Rio road in Atascadero for Wednesday, June 26th, into Thursday morning on June 27th. The work will begin at 9 pm on Wednesday, and is estimated to take 8 hours to complete. The public works department says the contractor will be constructing a new…
Press Release 24-2029 The Paso Robles police department released a statement of a brawl that took place at around 3:45 pm on June 20th in a parking lot at the 1900 block of Creston road. The department says the fight involved a large group of men, and witnesses report that one of them brandished a…
PEAK Staffing 2024 Cal Fire San Luis Obispo announced they will begin to increase their staffing to peak levels in the county. Cal Fire says they maintain staff year-round, but add staffing during critical fire season months. Cal Fire unit chief John Owens says that this year has had dangerously dry conditions in vegetation, a…