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THE PASO ROBLES NEW YEAR’S EVE BONFIRE & CONCERT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON DECEMBER 31ST FROM 7 TO 11 IN THE EVENING. A BALL DROP IS SCHEDULED FOR 9 PM TO ALIGN WITH MIDNIGHT ON THE EAST COAST. THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE FOOD TRUCKS AND A SELECTION OF LOCAL BEER, WINE, AND COCKTAILS. THE…
HERE ARE A FEW STATE LAWS THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2024. THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR CALIFORNIA WILL BE 16 DOLLARS AN HOUR. ASSEMBLY BILL 1228 WILL BOOST THE MINIMUM WAGE OF FAST FOOD WORKERS FROM 16 TO 20 DOLLARS AN HOUR, AFFECTING APPROXIMATELY 500 THOUSAND FAST-FOOD WORKERS IN THE STATE. ASSEMBLY BILL…
A THREE-VEHICLE TRAFFIC COLLISION IN SAN LUIS OBISPO WAS CAUSED BY A WRONG WAY DRIVER WHO ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE SCENE AFTERWARDS. A RELEASE BY CHP SAYS 47-YEAR-OLD RYAN JOHNSON WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES NEAR BROAD STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE OF 78-YEAR-OLD PAMELA MAYS. BOTH VEHICLES SPUN OUT…
ATASCADERO FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRE HAZARD REDUCTION BURN SEASON WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR 2024 ON JANUARY 2ND. ATASCADERO RESIDENTS MAY OBTAIN BURN PERMITS ONLINE AT THE CITY’S WEBSITE, OR VISITING CITY HALL. A NEW PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY APP IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS WITH IMPORTANT BURN INFORMATION, SUCH AS CHECKING CONDITIONS,…
THE SAN LUIS OBISPO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED A 3.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY AT AROUND 12:05 PM. THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ABOUT 8 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF AVILA BEACH, ACCORDING TO THE OES, CAUSING LIGHT SHAKING IN THE AREA, AND POTENTIALLY BEING FELT AS FAR NORTH AS ATASCADERO. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THE EARTHQUAKE,…
The Templeton summer concerts in the park series will be running from June 12th to August 21st on Wednesday evenings, with no concert on July 24th. Interested bands can submit an electronic press kit before January 19th to Templeton Recreation. The application says there is a preference for sets to be at least 80% covers.…
The San Luis Obispo police department released a statement of an arrest made for the sexual assault of two juveniles. The San Luis police detective bureau launched an investigation after a female juvenile reported being sexually assaulted about ten years ago, when she was approximately five years old, by now 46-year-old Josue Perezrosales. The investigation…
The Grover Beach police department responded to an alarm going off at a cell phone store at around 7 pm on Christmas day. The incident was on the 1500 block of West Grand avenue. Officers investigated the scene and accessed city security footage, eventually finding a suspicious male near the 700 block of Ramona avenue.…
Over the Christmas holiday, CHP entered its maximum enforcement period between December 22nd and December 26th. CHP reports they made more than 900 arrests for driving under the influence, which is an average of one arrest every five minutes. Tragically, 20 people were killed in crashes within CHP’s jurisdiction. Now, with the new year approaching…
PG&E has announced that it will once more need to raise its rates. As the California public utilities commission voted to permit the power plant to continue its operations until 2030, PG&E says it will need to use the rate hike to continue funding the Diablo Canyon employee retention program, which aims to keep its…
