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The county board of supervisors met yesterday for a special meeting regarding the cannabis tax increase. The cannabis tax is set to automatically increase by 2% each year, unless action is taken by the board of supervisors. This year, the tax would have increased from 6% to 8%. However, in a 3 – 0 vote…
The next coffee with the city manager event for Paso Robles will be Friday, June 28th. This month, city manager Ty Lewis, community services director Angelica Fortin, and city librarian Eric Lashley will discuss some of the new programs and future plans for the city library. Coffee with the city manager events are at Patina…
The county of San Luis Obispo’s very first sobering center is now open. The center is located on the health agency campus on Johnson avenue. The center offers free services to those 18 and older, and is intended to allow people to spend up to three days sobering up, receiving assistance, hygiene kits, and deciding…
Sewage Spill Morro Bay 6-23-2024 The county public health department announced that sewage has spilled into the Morro Bay harbor. The health department says a broken sewage main at the Inn at Morro Bay located at 60 State Park road flowed into a storm drain, and released an estimated 7,600 gallons of sewage into Morro…
Overnight work is scheduled for El Camino Real north of Del Rio road in Atascadero for Wednesday, June 26th, into Thursday morning on June 27th. The work will begin at 9 pm on Wednesday, and is estimated to take 8 hours to complete. The public works department says the contractor will be constructing a new…
Press Release 24-2029 The Paso Robles police department released a statement of a brawl that took place at around 3:45 pm on June 20th in a parking lot at the 1900 block of Creston road. The department says the fight involved a large group of men, and witnesses report that one of them brandished a…
PEAK Staffing 2024 Cal Fire San Luis Obispo announced they will begin to increase their staffing to peak levels in the county. Cal Fire says they maintain staff year-round, but add staffing during critical fire season months. Cal Fire unit chief John Owens says that this year has had dangerously dry conditions in vegetation, a…
The Atascadero city council’s next meeting is tomorrow night, starting at 6 pm. On the council’s consent agenda is the second reading for adopting the city’s objective design standards. The city approved the first reading for objective design standards in its June 11th meeting. A public hearing on the agenda is the Dove Creek mixed-use…
The city of Paso Robles has announced the launch of its newest video “Celebrate Local,” which aims to highlight some of the hardworking small businesses in the community. During the months of July and August, this video will be screened as a movie trailer at Park Cinemas, and will be shared by local non-profit membership…
6-19-24 Pismo Coast Village Sewage Spill The county public health department announced that earlier this week, a manhole cover at the Pismo Coast Village campground overflowed for unknown reasons. The public health department says the flow may have potentially impacted the nearby Pismo creek. A contractor conducted necessary repairs, the flow was stopped, and cleanup…
