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A structure fire early this morning in San Luis Obispo. Fire officials say the fire started at around 2:45 this morning on the 300 block of Corrida drive in San Luis. When the fire department arrived, they saw large flames and smoke, mostly outside the home. Two people escaped when they were awakened by their…
Charles E brown is named firefighter of the year in Paso Robles. Brown joined the fire department in 2004. He has been a leader in para-medicine and has written grants for the office of emergency services which have generated more than one million dollars in grants for that office. Mayor Steve Martin making the announcement…
Forecasters say we’ll see cloudy skies with a chance of light showers today. Scattered showers expected to start around one this afternoon, but clear by four. About a 30% chance of scattered showers today in the north county. Then sunshine tomorrow through Tuesday. Forecasters say we’ll see more rain in early March, meanwhile, reservoir levels…
Cloudy with showers today. The showers will begin around 11 and continue until around four this afternoon. Then we’ll see sunny skies again. Highs this afternoon around 50. Partly cloudy overnight with 20% chance of rain, lows around 30. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with 20% chance of showers, highs in the mid 50’s. Then mostly sunny…
The San Luis Obispo girls soccer team beat Clovis 2-1 yesterday at San Luis Obispo high school to advance to the CIF Central Section Championship. The Tigers will play the winner of a game between Clovis North and Clovis West. Clovis North is the top ranked team in the section. San Luis Obispo is #3.…
In Paradise, a dog is reunited with its family 100 days after he jumped out of their truck as they fled the wildfire. The 12-year-old Akita named Kingston was reunited with the Ballejos family on Monday. Family members believe Kingston stayed alive by eating skunks. He hunted them before the fire, and he smelled like…
More proof that the illegal, underground market is undercutting tax revenue from legal cannabis sales. In 2018, California took in $345 million dollars in tax revenue. That’s about one third what was projected by analysts. The industry and some regulators agree, the state’s high taxes and a thriving black market are to blame for the…
High speed rail catapulting off the track in California. First, governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to downsize the project, which is billions of dollars over budget. Newsom says the state will focus on completing a stretch between Merced and Bakersfield. He says the state will explore new ways of financing the project from the Bay…
A new report by the national association of home builders finds San Luis Obispo county housing to be the seventh least affordable in the final quarter of 2018. That’s out of 237 metropolitan areas. Fewer than 14% of the homes on the market were affordable for a median income family during that quarter. The least…
The Paso Robles city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to repeal the urgency ordinance on short term rentals, and allowed another ordinance to die without a second reading. With councilman Hamon and Gregory recusing themselves, the council voted 3-0 to send ordinance issue back to a task force for further discussion. The first step, in…
