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The San Luis Obispo county public works department announced this weekend that construction along the Arroyo Grande creek channel and levees will begin. Over the next several months, crews will be working to implement the phase 1 Arroyo Grande creek channel emergency capacity restoration project, and phase 2: Arroyo Grande creek emergency levee rehabilitation project.…
The Paso Robles school board will be meeting tomorrow following their closed session at 5 pm. District staff has created a draft application for a district advisory committee for the board to approve this meeting. A district advisory committee was discussed on the August 22nd meeting instead of a 7-11 committee to focus specifically on…
The California Highway Patrol released a statement this weekend on a fatal traffic collision that occurred late last week. The report says that on Thursday at 8:10 pm, a 33-year-old Bakersfield resident was driving her black cadillac westbound on the 58 just east of Parkhill road at unknown speeds. For reasons still under investigation, the…
The Atascadero city council’s regular meeting will be tomorrow. The meeting will have a public hearing on an affordable housing development impact fee deferral policy. The policy would defer impact fees for 17 years on the construction of residential units that are in the low, very low, and extremely-low impact categories. You can attend the…
A 15-year-old boy from Santa Margarita was arrested yesterday afternoon near the 6400 block of Nacimiento avenue. Police say they received a report of a robbery on the 6700 block of El Camino Real, where the victim says a male juvenile brandished a handgun at him and tried to steal his bicycle. The suspect was…
A structure fire broke out Thursday afternoon on the 9500 block of Los Palos road in Atascadero. The fire was reported at around 1:30 pm, and was knocked down by 2:15 pm after firefighters arrived on the scene. Cal Fire says the structure on fire was completely lost. No injuries were reported, and the cause…
The San Luis Obispo police department responded to a report of a car off the road on the 500 block of Mountain View at around 12:15 pm. Police say the department and Cal Fire arrived on the scene, where they found a 72-year-old man from Visalia “suspended by his seatbelt” inside of the car. The…
The Paso Robles city council voted unanimously last night to appoint mayor pro tem John Hamon to fill the vacant seat of mayor in Paso Robles, following the death of mayor Steve Martin. Hamon was sworn in during the meeting, and will serve for the remainder of the late Steve Martin’s term until 2026. With…
The county board of supervisors will be meeting Tuesday morning at 9 for its regular meeting. Part of the board’s business agenda is providing direction regarding the county’s option to assume fire responsibility in Oceano. The agenda packet for the item says the Oceano Community Services District has chosen to cut its fire services, as…
Local barbershop owner, Nathan Abate of Atascadero, was charged earlier this year with sex crimes following an investigation by the county sheriff’s office. Charged with rape, rape by use of drugs, and oral copulation of a person under the age of 18, Abate pleaded not guilty to his charges yesterday. The judge denied a motion…
