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A Shell Beach icon topples to the ground yesterday, despite efforts to preserve it. Alex Bar-B-Q building demolished after more than 80 years standing in Shell Beach. Compass Health is building a new restaurant at the site. They had an emergency permit to remove the tower from the building but instead, demolished the entire iconic…
San Luis Obispo county supervisors vote unanimously to outsource medical and mental health services at the county jail. The county will hire a private company that specializes in healthcare for inmates. It means that 24 county employees could lose their jobs, but some staff members will be offered positions with the new contractor. The next…
Paso Robles adopts new rules on murals on private buildings downtown. The example which most are familiar with is the mural on the Spring Seafood Bar and Grill building, located at 1215 Spring street. The plan presented was what community development director Warren Frace described as the Portland process, whereby neighbors meet with the artist…
Sunny today with highs in the mid 80’s. Northwest winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tonight, clear with temperatures in the mid 40’s. Tomorrow, sunny, highs in the low 90’s.
Graduates from Cal Poly are among the best paid in the state. Starting pay for Cal Poly graduates averages just over $61 thousand dollars a year. That places seventh among California universities. Harvey Mudd graduates placed first with an average $81 thousand dollars salary. Then California Institute of Technology with $79 thousand dollars. Stanford with…
A ribbon-cutting held yesterday for the $5.7 million dollar 40 Prado Homeless Services Center in San Luis Obispo. The center is scheduled to open in early October. Right now it’s getting finishing touches on the construction. Furniture, fixtures and equipment are still waiting to be installed. The facility will offer beds for up to 150…
The Reservoir fire, just north of San Luis Obispo is now fully contained. Two fires started near Cuesta Park around 8:30 Sunday morning. They burned 51 acres. No one was evacuated. There are several homeless camps along the creek in that area, but the cause remains under investigation.
A fatal crash on highway 46 Sunday evening near Arbor road. 30-year-old Ryan Pavone of Porterville was traveling eastbound on a motorcycle with a woman passenger on the back of the bike. Pavone lost control of the bike as it approached a stopped Nissan on the right shoulder. His bike crashed into the left rear…
A DUI/driver’s license check point last night on Niblick road in Paso Robles. Motor officer Ketchum was in charge. He tells KPRL it was a successful operation. That checkpoint operated from six to until around one. Next to the Redeemer baptist church on Niblick near Country Club road. The checkpoint was paid for by a…
Atascadero’s Faces of Freedom Memorial Foundation is looking for a few good men and women. Colonel Bill Hatch tells KPRL, the Faces of Freedom Foundation Memorial is going to hold a meeting next Monday to recruit new members. The Veterans Day ceremony on schedule for Sunday, November eleventh from eleven until twelve noon.
