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North County Weather 04.26.2023

Today, mostly sunny, highs near 85. NW winds 5-10 mph. Tonight, clear to partly cloudy skies, lows near 51. NW winds 5-10 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, highs near 88. NW winds 10-15. The extended forecast; Mostly sunny skies through the weekend with a gradual warming trend. We’ll see high temperatures reach the upper 80’s…

In Sports 04.26.2023

Paso Robles high school senior swimmer Conner Rocha broke Justin Boyes’ 24 year old school record in the 50 yard freestyle. His time was 21.74 seconds. Conner is the top qualifier for tomorrow’s mountain league finals at Arroyo Grande high school. The Paso Robles baseball team lost to Righetti yesterday 13-1. Those teams will play…

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Other Stories This Wednesday 04.26.2023

Three days after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle, a Cal Poly freshman died at a San Luis Obispo hospital. 20-year-old Sean Ogawa Hillman was from Seattle. A pick up truck collided with the him at the intersection of Grand avenue and Fredericks street about 4:30 Friday afternoon. Hillman was studying…

Paso Parking Meeting 04.26.2023

A meeting on the city council’s Paso Robles downtown parking program will be held at six this evening at the Main street office off Norma’s Alley. If you have an interest in the city’s downtown parking program, you’re encouraged to attend. The meeting gets underway at six this evening.

Paso Robles School Board 04.26.2023

The board received some advice from an attorney who addressed comments made at the last meeting by teachers union representative Jim Lynette. That’s Jim Lynette of the Paso Robles Public Educators, PRPE, the teachers union. The school board also discussed that pay raise for superintendent Curt Dubost. After some heated discussion by the school board…

Ground Breaking Near Cholame 04.26.2023

Caltrans district five executive director Scott Eades welcomed people to a groundbreaking yesterday near the Cholame ‘Y’. Work is now underway to improve the 41-46 interchange near Cholame. It’s been deadly for many years, Pete Rodgers is with San Luis Obispo council of governments, SLOCO. Rodgers said, however, that many others were killed at the…

North County Weather 04.25.2023

Today, mostly sunny, highs near 83. NNW winds 5-10 mph. Tonight, clear to partly cloudy skies, lows near 47. NW winds 5-10 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, highs near 85. NW winds 5-10 mph. The extended forecast; Mostly sunny skies through the week with a gradual warming trend. We’ll see high temperatures reach the upper…

In Sports 04.25.2023

This afternoon, the Paso Robles Bearcats host Righetti at 4:30 at the high school. The Warriors are 17-6 for the season. In major league baseball, The Giants shut out the Cardinals 4-0. The Athletics beat the Angels 11-10. The Orioles beat the Red Sox 5-4. The Twins beat the Yankees 6-1 Incidentally, Brooks Lee of…

Business News 04.25.2023

Bed, Bath and Beyond is filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. They blame an increased prevalence of online shopping. UBS retail analyst Michael Lasser predicts 50 thousand of the 940 thousand retail stores in the us will close by 2027. Back in 2021, Lasser predicted 80,000 would close, so retail is doing better than he predicted…