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A broadband installation project will result in intermittent full closures of highway 1 just south of Yerba Buena street in Morro Bay on Sunday, August 6th from 4 to 10 am. These brief closures will allow utility crews to place a fiber optic cable aerially on two existing utility poles crossing highway 1 at Vashon…
Arroyo Grande high school of the Lucia Mar unified school district has seen multiple classrooms added this summer. A new culinary arts program, 13 new classrooms, and a cosmetology program. The culinary arts classroom is still under construction, expected to be completed in the next four months, and is being funded by a 2016 bond…
Highway 41 from the US 101 to El Camino Real and the northbound 101 offramp to highway 41 will be closed in Atascadero on Friday, August 18th from 5 to 10 in the evening. The closure is for the 30th Annual Hot El Camino Cruise Nite. Through traffic on highway 41 will be detoured via…
The Paso Robles city council voted unanimously in its most recent meeting to adopt the updated airport division fee schedule. Mark Scandalis, airport manager, presented the council with the updated fees that were unanimously recommended to council by the airport commission back in June. The goal of the fees were to account for common operations…
The city of Atascadero will present another first Friday tomorrow in the downtown area at 6 in the evening. Friday’s band in front of historic city hall features Soundhouse. Soundhouse is a 2008 band that plays a variety of your favorite pop, country, reggae, SKA, and R&B songs from the 70s to the 90s. Their…
The special town hall meeting for public comment on the 36th street campus will be on Monday, August 7th from 6 to 8 in the evening at the Paso Robles high school performing arts center. The agenda for the meeting is currently available online. Staff will present the current information and findings on the 36th…
The two-day testimony for San Miguel resident Darcia Stebbens concluded Monday evening. Darcia requested a recount for the district 2 race back in December, and was held responsible for reimbursing the county for the cost of the recount. Darcia initially paid a majority of the 53 thousand dollar bill, but has objected to the remaining…
The San Luis Obispo county Office of Emergency Services has launched new countywide evacuation zones. The zones are intended for emergencies that require large-scale evacuations, and allow the public to easily identify if they are in an area under an evacuation warning. The OES is encouraging residents to “know your evacuation zone” as part of…
The county and city of San Luis Obispo are taking a community-building approach to reducing homeless encampments in San Luis next year, according to the county’s website. The county will use the 13.4 million dollar grant from the state of California to reduce encampments in a flood and fire danger zone around the segment of…
District attorney Dan Dow announced yesterday that Richard Quntan Garcia of Paso Robles has been sentenced to 41 years plus 77 years to life in prison for attempted robbery, robbery, carjacking, and reckless evasion of a peace officer, with prior convictions under California’s three strikes law. In May, a San Luis Obispo county jury convicted…
