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The El Camino Homeless Organization is seeking to amend its zoning text so they may increase their capacity, which would also help facilitate the future construction of a new 2-story building at the front of the site. The Atascadero city council discussed both the draft ordinance to increase ECHO’s capacity, as well as allowing the…
11-12-24 Short Agenda English The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is tonight, with closed session beginning at 6 pm. On the board’s agenda is a discussion for the district’s cell phone use policy. Per state law, the school district must develop a policy limiting smartphone uses by July 1, 2026. Currently, the district’s policy…
The Paso Robles Fire & Emergency Services announced they have received a grant from the California office of traffic safety. The grant totals to around fifty thousand dollars, and a release by Paso Fire says they will use it to purchase new extrication equipment. The release says these tools are used to safely rescue crash…
7th to 12th grade students who live in or attend school in Paso Robles are invited to submit entries into this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. 2025 art contest. The city of Paso Robles says this year’s theme is “Mission Impossible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy.” Participants are encouraged to creatively explore how individuals and…
This Monday, November 11th is Veterans Day for 2024. Veterans Day honors military veterans in the United States armed forces, commemorating their service. Most government institutions, banks, public schools, and the post office will be closed. The city of Paso Robles says all of their facilities will be closed in observance of the holiday. The…
Nearly two thousand PG&E customers east of the US 101 around Creston were without power yesterday morning, affecting areas from just outside of Atascadero & just north of Santa Margarita. The outages were first reported at around 7:47 that morning, with power estimated to be restored at about 11:15 am. The cause of the outage…
The Paso Robles city council will be holding a special meeting on Wednesday, November 13th. This meeting, the city council will conduct interviews to fill in a vacant seat in the senior citizen advisory committee. The committee represents senior citizens on issues and matters concerning senior citizens, their needs, the senior center, and its recreation…
The county clerk-recorder’s office has released its first report of unprocessed ballots, and its next steps going forward. According to the unprocessed report, available at slovote.org/2024, the total number of processed ballots so far is 82,548. The number of unprocessed ballots is 68,992, with almost 59 thousand of those ballots received as vote-by-mail ballots on…
The city of Atascadero has announced its 19th Annual Holiday Boutique will take place this Saturday, November 9th. This free event is open from 10 am to 3 pm, held at the Atascadero lake park, 9100 Morro road. 70 vendors will be on site for this one-day craft show, selling their handmade items. The city…
CHP has announced overnight traffic control and closures will be in effect tonight from 9 pm to 12 am on the highway 46/US 101 interchange. CHP says the southbound US 101 on and off-ramps will be closed with detours in place, and alternating lane closures may be in place for the northbound on and off-ramps.…
