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The Paso Robles School District Board of Trustees received a positive report on the district’s budget. Chief Business Officer Brad Pawlowski told the board at their meeting Tuesday night that the reserve has increased from $754,413 last year, to $2,198,498 today. That increases the reserve from 0.96% of the total operating budget, to 2.68%. The…
Sunny today, highs in the low 80’s. NW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear with lows around 50. Tomorrow, sunny, highs in the upper 90’s. The extended forecast calls for sunshine with a warming trend. Temperatures climbing into the mid 90’s Thursday. Reaching 100 Friday and Saturday. Then dropping off again on Sunday.
A local film maker leaves a salute to Paso before heading to Los Angeles. 21-year-old Brandt Goodman was class president at Paso Robles high school. After graduation, he decided to become a film maker, an activity he’d engaged in since he was in middle school. Before leaving for Toluca Lake, Goodman produced a film about…
US News names Cal Poly the best university in the west that does not offer a doctorate degree. It’s the 27th year in a row that Poly has won the award. The honor announced yesterday in Newsweek’s best colleges rankings. Cal Poly’s undergraduate engineering programs ranked #8 in the nation, compared to other schools where…
Willful Defiance in the classroom. Democratic gov. Gavin Newsom announces yesterday he has signed a law banning public and charter school officials from suspending students for “willful defiance”. It’s a broad category that includes disrupting class or willfully defying teachers. California banned these types of suspensions for students up to third grade beginning in 2015.…
Back in February, a barn fire destroyed a historic wooden structure in San Luis. The barn was used as a viewing and staging area for horse races back in the 1800’s. Fire officials say the fire was man-made. They say it was caused by homeless people who started a campfire in the building. San Luis…
The northern California fires have changed the way wild lands are managed in California. Cal Fire chief Scott Jalbert says 2019 has not been a bad fire year in the north county, but he says we’re reaching the peak period of the fire season in the weeks ahead, before the rainy season begins. He urges…
PG and E offers to pay $16.9 billion dollars to pay for wildfire claims in its reorganization plan in US bankruptcy court. It’s the first step in resolving a conflict between wildfire victims, insurance companies and other creditors over the future of PG and E. The plan still needs approval from the bankruptcy judge, the…
The Atascadero city council meets tonight at the rotunda. The council will conduct a public hearing over an appeal related to the Dove Creek Mini-Storage. The planning commission approved the mini-storage project, but opponents appealed that decision to the city council. The council may uphold the approval or overturn it and deny the development. The…
Cool and breezy today in the north county. Not as windy at central coast beaches as yesterday, but the wind will blow along the coast again today. Forecasters say we’ll see cool temperatures today, then we’ll see highs climb back up to triple figures Friday and Saturday. Sunday it will start cooling off again.
