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A 25-year-old pregnant woman who was caught in the Paradise wildfire November 8th, and who believed she would never get out alive, has named her baby after the medic who saved her baby’s life. Anastasia Skinner began to feel premature contractions as she raced to escape the fast-moving fire. She jumped into her car despite…
Despite the federal shutdown, Yosemite and other national parks remain open. Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks are also open during the shutdown. At Yosemite, entrance stations will remain open, but unstaffed. The Yosemite medical clinic will remain open during its normal operating hours, but visitor centers will be closed. All national park service programs…
Early Saturday morning, sheriff’s deputies pulled over a car on highway 101 north of Paso Robles near Wellsona road and discovered nearly $20 thousand dollars of stolen items. The stolen items came from Victoria’s Secret, Lids and American Girl. They included toys, clothing and make-up. Burglary tools were also discovered in a search of their…
Paso Robles schools are moving forward in the new year with a new, but familiar superintendent, Dr. Julian Crocker. County superintendent of schools Dr. James Brescia tells KPRL he’s optimistic for the school district in the new year.
Sunny today with highs in the mid 60’s. Tonight, mostly clear, temperatures dropping into the low 40’s. Sunny tomorrow, highs in the low 60’s. The long range forecast calls for sunny skies through this weekend. About a 60% chance of rain late Monday night, tapering off Tuesday morning.
At Mission San Juan Bautista, crowds gathering this morning for the Winter Solstice, which illuminates the altar on this day as it has for 200 years. According to archaeologist Rueben Mendoza of Cal State Monterey Bay, the padres built the mission at an angle so that when the sun rises on the Winter Solstice, the…
Vandenberg officials say that rocket launch will not happen this week. It was rescheduled for yesterday afternoon, but scrubbed, again. The launch will carry a top-secret payload into orbit for a mission dubbed NROL-71. High winds canceled the lift off Tuesday. On Wednesday, a hydrogen leak postponed the launch. Yesterday, it was scheduled to launch,…
The Cal Fire hazmat team was called to inspect a package sent to a Templeton winery yesterday. The package was leaking an unknown liquid. Wild Horse Winery received the package in the mail. When winery staff opened the package it started leaking some type of liquid, so they called 911. The county regional hazmat team…
Scotty’s Barbecue in Atascadero was vandalized early Thursday morning. Damage estimated at 2-3 thousand dollars. Someone apparently smashed a window and broke a beer cooler. No one entered the business. Nothing was stolen. A passerby contacted police around 5:20 yesterday morning. The police arrived in a few minutes. Owner Jason Heard says the window is…
Yesterday, Carlo Fuentes Flores was charged with the murder of 62-year-old Nancy Woodrum of Paso Robles. On Tuesday, the Paso Robles man led sheriff’s detectives to her body in a remote spot off highway 58 in eastern San Luis Obispo county. Fuentes Flores also allegedly raped Woodrum and burglarized her home on El Pharo drive…
