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The California state board of equalization, reminds all Californians that if they have been affected by this year’s wildfires, they may be eligible for property tax relief. Eligible areas are governor-proclaimed disaster areas, or properties that have experienced a misfortune or calamity, so long as the loss estimate is at least ten thousand dollars of…
On July 5, 2024, Barbara Lilian Partridge passed away under hospice care at the age of 77, surrounded by her family. Barbara was born in 1946 in San Francisco, attending UCLA and later the university of San Francisco to earn a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology, and a masters of public administration. Following her first…
On Friday afternoon, Caltrans announced work at Regent’s Slide on highway 1 will be temporarily halted due to continuing slide activity in and around the repair site. A release by Caltrans says that crews noticed cracks in several points of excavated slide areas, which indicates there will be further slide activity that would impact the…
A PG&E power outage swept through the Morro Bay area yesterday evening. Reports of the outage first came in at around 8 pm, affecting around 1,866 PG&E customers just west of highway 101 and in the city’s southern portion. Power was fully restored later in the evening after midnight.
The Paso Robles city council’s next meeting is tomorrow night at 6:30. The one discussion item is on employee permit parking as well as short-term parking spaces in the Paso Robles downtown area. The agenda for this item says the employee permit program was first introduced in October 2018, before the paid parking program was…
Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) has become the first-ever military installation with a microgrid that uses only renewable resources and battery storage. This puts FHL on track for California’s net zero installation by the year 2030, ahead of executive order 14057. FHL was first designated as an army net zero energy and waste pilot installation in…
A vegetation fire erupted Sunday afternoon near Santa Rosa Creek and Cypress Mountain road, west of Templeton and east of Cambria. The fire has grown to 88 acres, and is at 50% containment. No injuries are currently reported from this incident. Currently there is 176 personnel, 1 helicopter, and 15 engines battling the fire. The…
CHP posted details of an incident on social media Saturday afternoon, saying that a vehicle crashed off an embankment into a boulder in the Nipomo area. Around half an hour prior to this collision, CHP says the driver was given a speeding ticket at the Cuesta grade for driving 85 miles per hour. The driver…
The California Highway Patrol reports there was a solo traffic incident on the northbound US 101, just south of the Spring street offramp. The collision occurred at around 3 this morning. According to CHP’s traffic information page, the incident caused a big rig to catch fire, which spread to nearby brush. Around 40 gallons of…
08-20-24 Agenda English The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is Tuesday, August 20th. On the board’s agenda is an item to discuss the district’s cell phone policy. The board will be presented with information on how larger school districts, local school districts, and other states are enacting cell phone restrictions. Governor Gavin Newsom signed…
