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Recent storms across California have caused further delays to repairs at three major slides on highway 1. The Dolan Point slide, located about six miles south of Julia Pfeiffer Burns state park, now has an estimated reopening date of mid-May due to additional measurements being required for rockfall mitigation. Regent’s slide is still awaiting environmental…
The county office of emergency services announced that president Joe Biden approved governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a presidential major disaster declaration following this year’s storms. The department says that “The declaration makes federal public assistance available to help cover costs associated with response and recovery.” Other agencies in this declaration include neighboring Santa Barbara…
The Atascadero city council will be holding a special meeting on Saturday, April 20th starting at 9 am at city hall. The meeting’s purpose is to provide a mid-cycle update for the city’s 2023-2025 action plan. The action plan was adopted by the council in June, 2023. Key focus areas of the plan include downtown…
The county public works department announced that it will be holding an open house for the Los Osos Valley Road corridor concept plan. The open house will take place on April 22nd from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Monarch Grove multipurpose room. The open house seeks to gather public feedback and ideas on the…
Several roads in the north county are closed due to the storms this past weekend. Hard closures are in place at San Marcos and Wellsona at the water crossings. San Marcos road at the 101 is closed to through traffic, allowing residents only. Rocky Canyon at the intersection of Halcon road in Atascadero is closed…
The Paso Robles city council’s next meeting is tomorrow night at 6:30. On its consent agenda is the second reading to adopt an ordinance that would increase the salaries of council members and the mayor, the first increase since 2022. On its discussion items is the budget report for fiscal year 2023-2024, and the preliminary…
FiberGrantApp-2021.03.22(1) Installation has begun for the Paso Robles fiber optic connectivity project. The project will bring high-speed broadband internet via fiber optic cables to current and future businesses in the city of Paso Robles. The cables will go through several key areas in Paso Robles, including the downtown area, Gateway, Commerce, Creston, Wisteria, Union, and…
Press Release Probation Parole Operations 9-12-24 The Paso Robles police department conducted a city-wide probation and parole compliance operation, alongside the San Luis Obispo and California state parole office and probation departments. Twenty subjects were contacted based on their parole or probation status. Six subjects from Paso Robles were arrested and booked into the San…
On Thursday afternoon, a semi-truck crashed into a fire hydrant, sending a spew of water gushing into the air. A report for the collision came in just before 1 pm. The incident took place by the intersection of California boulevard and Taft street. The San Luis Obispo police department says the semi truck driver did…
The county public works department announced that it will be holding an open house for the Los Osos Valley road corridor concept plan. The open house will take place on April 22nd from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Monarch Grove multipurpose room. The open house seeks to gather public feedback and ideas on the…
