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A fee amendment item will appear tonight for public hearing during the regular Paso Robles city council meeting at 6:30. The public hearing item is a proposed fee amendment for the following departments: police, emergency services, building division in community development, airport division in public works, and utilities. The amendments to these departments is to…
San Luis Obispo firefighters received a call early Monday morning at around 3 am about a garage fire at the 1400 block of Descano. Firefighters arrived at the scene in about five minutes, and the fire was out after about fifteen minutes with four engines present. No injuries are reported, and the fire’s cause is…
An eight-year-old boy was hit by a car while riding his self-propelled scooter on Sunday at around 6 pm. The collision happened in the area of Cedarwood drive and Teak drive in Paso Robles. The boy was transported to a local hospital, and injuries are said to be moderate. Investigators say the driver was traveling…
The state of California will be rolling out a first-of-its-kind fund to assist in curbing the state’s wildfire problem. The fund is intended to demonstrate that careful, controlled burning is key to mitigating the risk of larger, high-severity wildfires. Up to two million dollars in coverage of a twenty million dollar fund will be allocated…
An aerospace company based in Taiwan has expressed an interest in the future Paso Robles Spaceport. The city of Paso Robles is currently in the application process for the spaceport, aimed at diversifying economic development in Paso Robles. The Taiwan-based company known as Gran Systems is looking to expand its North American market, and specializes…
San Luis Obispo county will be receiving approximately 13 million dollars to move 200 people out of a homeless encampment “in a flood and fire danger zone.” This is part of a larger 199 million dollar encampment resolution fund announced by governor Gavin Newsom, aimed at working with local leaders to ‘remove dangerous and unsightly…
On June 6th, the city of Paso Robles gave a press release on a fee amendment item that will appear tomorrow, during the regular Paso Robles city council meeting at 6:30. The public hearing item in question is a proposed fee amendment for the following departments: police, emergency services, building division in community development, airport…
The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office says a man kayaking with his friend off Avila Beach was found dead. At around 5 pm, the man fell out of his kayak, and the friend found him unresponsive. Unable to rescue him, his friend paddled back to shore where he alerted authorities. Detectives, Cal Fire, harbor…
On Thursday, a Paso Robles man pleaded guilty to trafficking black market cannabis on Interstate 44 in Missouri. In a plea bargain, 31 year old Silvestre Avila Villanueva pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance. Charges of child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance were dropped in exchange for the defendant agreeing to…
The California Restaurant Foundation (CRF), a nonprofit organization that invests in and empowers California restaurants and their workforce, recently awarded 184 independent restaurants with five thousand dollar grants as part of its Restaurants Care Resilience Fund. Ten of the restaurants awarded are in SLO county, including four in the north county. The Paso Robles Wine…
