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03-23-26 Paso Robles High School Jazz Band Earns First Place at Cuesta Jazz Festival The Paso Robles joint unified school district has proudly announced that the high school’s jazz band earned first place in their division at the Cuetsa college jazz festival, held March 14th in San Luis Obispo. PRHS competed against four schools in…
The Paso Robles Area Groundwater Authority will be holding its next regular meeting on Wednesday, March 25th. The meeting will take place in the Norris room at Centennial park, and starts at 4 pm. This meeting the board will review feedback gathered from its public workshop on March 12th, approve the 2026 – 27 fiscal…
Emergency crews responded to an incident at Lopez lake on Sunday, March 22nd. Cal Fire says they responded to a water rescue at about 4:20 pm, after a witnessed submersion. Later that day, fire officials announced that the victim still had not yet been located as of 9 pm, despite “extensive search efforts.” The agencies…
The California Mid-State Fair has announced two additional headline concerts will be coming to this year’s Michelob ultra concert series. First on July 20th at 7:30 pm, Megadeth will take to the Chumash grandstand arena, with special guest, Exodus. Megadeth is a heavy metal band founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, California. They are one…
In October 2025, the city of Atascadero announced that the popular restaurant, Chick-fil-A, submitted a proposal for a location on El Camino Real. The next step in developing the restaurant in the city will be discussed on Tuesday, where the owners of the vacant pads in the Home Depot center are seeking approval for a…
The county probation department has announced the completion of a new, upgraded probation headquarters in the city of San Luis Obispo. The $40 million, 34,000 square-foot site is located on Bishop street off Johnson avenue. The facility provides community correction services that help promote public safety, accountability, and rehabilitation for youth and adults throughout the…
A temporary roundabout may come to an intersection in Templeton. The county board of supervisors will consider approving a public works item in its next meeting on March 24th, which would install the roundabout at the intersection of Vineyard drive and Bethel road. The intersection was identified for improvements in 2017 and in 2023 for…
Cal Fire San Luis Obispo responded to a vegetation fire sparking in the burn scar of the Gifford fire. Cal Fire San Luis Obispo says the blaze was reported at about 11:37 am on Friday morning in Los Padres national forest between Pozo and highway 166. Cal Fire’s initial announcement said the fire was approximately…
PG&E says thousands of central coast residents qualify for their low-income assistance programs, but are not enrolled. The programs include California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE), and Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA). Care provides eligible customers with a monthly discount of 20% or more on gas and electricity bills, and FERA provides a monthly discount…
03-18-26 Paso Robles Teacher Megan Wortman Receives 2026 Special Education Impact Award The Paso Robles joint unified school district has announced that one of its teachers has become the recipient of the 2026 special education impact award by the San Luis Obispo county special education local plan area. The award recognizes individuals across San Luis…
