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As part of a five-year strategic plan to address homelessness in the community, the city of Paso Robles will host public sessions to hear the perspectives, suggestions, and insights of community members. Housing and homelessness is one of the six goal areas of prioritization for the current fiscal year budget cycle, focused on enhancing emergency…
Fourth of July celebrations start tomorrow. A reminder that fireworks, including ‘safe and sane’ fireworks are illegal in Paso Robles and Atascadero. But there is a packed schedule of local events to attend this fourth of July. The city of Paso Robles is hosting a fourth of July celebration at Barney Schwartz park from 2…
Parking in downtown San Luis Obispo is seeing some recent changes. The first is the rate of parking for downtown San Luis Obispo has been doubled from 2 to four dollars per hour on the street, and 1.50 to 3 dollars per hour in structures. The city allows local residents to get a free hour…
The southern closure of highway 1 has shifted south, from Limekiln state park to Pacific Valley as a result of a sinkhole appearing on the center of the roadway, just one mile south of Nacimiento-Fergusson road. Highway 1 from Limekiln state park to Lucia remains closed due to rock slides caused by the winter storms.…
A temporary bridge has opened over the washout on Chimney Rock road at Franklin Creek. The bridge comes from the winter storms washing out the culverts beneath Chimney Rock road, which bisected the road and created a 80-foot long, 50 foot-deep canyon. The bridge will remain in place until a permanent crossing is designed and…
Activists, members of the Sierra Club, and San Luis Obispo Climate Lobby all gathered to protest fossil fuel companies filing a referendum to the passage of SB 1137. SB 1137 is an environmental law that would set a buffer zone of 3200 feet around oil drilling sites, intended to protect communities and residential areas from…
Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference at Cal Fire’s Grass Valley air attack base, intending to highlight the preparations for California’s upcoming wildfire season. One such preparation is the increased usage of prescribed burns and forest management, with 20 million dollars in funding allocated for liability insurance for landowners. Additional air tankers, to the…
The city of Paso Robles is in the process of developing a five-year strategic plan to address homelessness in the community. Housing and homelessness is one of the six goal areas of prioritization for the current fiscal year budget cycle, focused on enhancing emergency sheltering services and reducing the number of unsheltered individuals. As part…
Yesterday afternoon, firefighters rescued a man and his golden retriever after they were trapped at the bottom of the cliffs at Dinosaur Caves park in Pismo beach. The man lost his dog after he removed her leash as part of their routine walk, where he later found her stuck on a beach underneath a cave,…
Fourth of July celebrations are just around the corner. A reminder that fireworks, including ‘safe and sane’ fireworks are illegal in Paso Robles and Atascadero. But there is a packed schedule of local events to attend this fourth of July. The city of Paso Robles is hosting a fourth of July celebration at Barney Schwartz…
