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This week is the week that Atascadero’s Wine Festival was to be held. Barbi Butz who helped to organize the first one 25 years ago. No wine festival in Atascadero this year, but the 25th Annual Wine Festival will be held next year. And they are conducting the Mayor Winemaker Dinner Auction, which is being…
Tonight, Atascadero city council meets at the rotunda. They’re calling it a hybrid meeting. They’re meeting back in the rotunda, but only about 20 people will be allowed to attend. The council will discuss assessment for the downtown business improvement district. They will also get a report on the shooting last Monday in Atascadero, during…
A wildfire yesterday afternoon in the Salinas riverbed in Paso Robles. 15 acres burned. Two homes destroyed. The fire is now 60% contained. 120 firefighters battled the fire. It started just before 2 yesterday afternoon in near South River road and Navajo street. The fire climbed up the hillside and forced the evacuation of dozens…
Sunny with highs in the mid to upper 80’s. WSW winds 5-10 mile per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 50. SW winds 10 – 20 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80’s. WSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies through the weekend. Temperatures in the low…
Fence Factory installing a white picket fence around the dg area of the downtown city park yesterday morning. The first step in creating a dining area in the downtown city park. The outdoor, alfresco dining area was set-up yesterday. By 6:00 last night evening, diners were enjoying the ambiance and opportunity to dine downtown. The…
Today is Juneteenth. It’s the date in 1865, 155 years ago, that slaves in Texas first learned that they had been emancipated by president Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation took effect on January first of 1865, but slaves in Texas did not learn of it until June 19th. Several weeks after president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated…
San Luis Obispo county health director Penny Borenstein reports 13 new Covid-19 cases. 389 local residents have now tested positive for the corona virus. 306 have fully recovered. That’s 389 total cases of 285 thousand people in the county. The number is up slightly because they’re now doing more testing. In Cambria, the deli at…
Police identify the two pistols used last week by the active shooter, 26-year-old Mason Lira. He had two handguns, a .38 caliber revolver and a 40-caliber semi-automatic handgun. They were taken from the office of an attorney on Osos street, right across the street from the county courthouse. San Luis Obispo police issuing a news…
The governor announces a mandate yesterday. You must wear a mask in all indoor public spaces. That includes if you carpool or taking public transit, standing in line to enter a grocery store or other building. Or if you are walking through common areas of buildings like hallways, stairways and parking garages. Masks are also…
Sunny with highs in the upper 80’s. W winds 5-10 mile per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 50. SW winds 10 – 20 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs in the mid-80’s. SW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies through the weekend. Temperatures in the mid 80’s thru Saturday.…
