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San Luis Obispo residents packed its city council chambers earlier this week, speaking out against the current parking rates for the city’s downtown area. In this meeting, the city of San Luis Obispo voted to reinstate the free first hour for its downtown parking structures, and free Sunday parking. The council also instructed city staff…
The grand opening ceremony for Cal Poly’s new center for military-connected students will be this morning at 11 am. The center serves about 700 military-connected students, and has been moved to a new, larger space that gives students more room to study and seek guidance. The center is funded through student success fee funding and…
The city of Atascadero will hold a public hearing in its meeting next week for amending the definition of “hotels” and “motels” in its municipal code. The city says that currently the definition limits hotels and motels to have no more than 25% of their units equipped with kitchens. The city has received an application…
The Templeton school board’s next regular meeting is tomorrow at 6:15 in the evening. On the board’s agenda is a discussion regarding participation in sports for Templeton independent study high school. The board has kept its current policy to disallow independent study students from playing CIF sports at the high school for years, last discussing…
PG&E filed its license renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Diablo Canyon on Tuesday. The renewal would extend operations of the power plant for up to 20 more years. The review process for renewal could take several years, but PG&E has received approval to keep the plant in operation during the review process…
The Paso Robles city council unanimously approved its resolution last night that declares all businesses in the city as “essential,” and states masking is a personal preference. The resolution was first proposed by Chris Bausch last month, and saw support from both members of the public and other council members during the meeting. Although the…
As part of the Viñedo development project in Paso Robles, Shea Homes has announced that it plans to build around 413 single-family homes in a planned community for ages 55 and over. The Viñedo project is located on Linne road just off Fontana road and Hanson road. The 413 homes announced are called Nevina, and…
The 5 Cities Homeless Coalition broke ground on Monday for a non-congregate shelter. The shelter will be 30 cabins intended to reduce homelessness in the county, located at 955 South Fourth street. The shelter is scheduled to open early next year. As part of the program for the cabins, tenants live in their cabin for…
Yesterday evening, a King City CHP officer stopped a black 2007 Infiniti G35 for speeding through a construction zone south of the southbound Bradley rest area. The vehicle rapidly accelerated away as the officer approached the vehicle which resulted in a pursuit by the officer, and eventually the Templeton CHP as the vehicle was seen…
The San Luis Obispo public works department will temporarily close Arroyo Grande Huasna road for repair, approximately 2.5 miles east of the intersection with Huasna Townsite road. The road repairs will run from November 27th through November 30th during working hours. The bridge on Huasna road at Huasna River will be closed from 8 am…
