Local news in San Luis Obispo County including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Shandon, Templeton, Atascadero, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, and other cities along the Central Coast of California.
The San Luis Obispo county district attorney’s office has filed felony charges against a former bookkeeper for the San Miguel Community Services District. 29-year-old Kallie Leighanne Johnson is accused of embezzling $38 thousand dollars in public funds belonging to the district in 2015.
San Luis Obispo county schools outperformed the state average in standardized testing. In English or language arts, more than 55% scored high enough to meet the state standards. 23% scored higher than the expected standards for their grade level. State-wide, 50% of students tested met or exceeded the literacy requirement. In math, county students did…
Wednesday night, the Paso Robles school board will conduct a candidates forum at the district office on Niblick road. School board members Matt Mcllish, Tim Gearhart and Field Gibson are running for re-election to the board. Disastrous budget issues will undoubtedly be a hot topic for the candidates and their three challengers. In the last…
Atascadero city council meets tomorrow night. The city council is expected to authorize a contract with the Wallace Group to provide design engineering services for a pavement rehabilitation project. That Atascadero city council meeting gets underway at 6:00 tomorrow evening at the rotunda. You can hear the meeting live here on KPRL beginning at 6:00…
A public workshop on groundwater levels to be conducted tonight at Creston elementary school. Last week, about fifty people attended a similar workshop at Kermit King elementary school in Paso Robles including supervisors John Peschong and Debbie Arnold. Supervisor Debbie Arnold says people are concerned about what the county plans to do with their water…
Today is Columbus Day, more or less. Most banks and government offices to be closed today. Last year, mayor Heidi Harmon and the city of San Luis Obispo changed the celebration to Indigenous People’s day. Several states no longer celebrate Columbus day. Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, Alaska, Florida and South Dakota. The first-ever Columbus day parade…
Partly cloudy today, highs near 80. Tonight, mostly clear with temperatures near 50. Tomorrow, sunny, highs near 80.
The Templeton Eagles coming of a 41-14 victory over Morro Bay, travel to Santa Maria to take on Pioneer Valley. Eagles coach Tyler Lane says the Eagles are preparing for a tough challenge. You can hear that game tonight here on KPRL. The Bearcats are at home against Arroyo Grande. The Eagles are 5-2 over…
Tonight, Tent City After Dark. Hillary and Kate among the performers at Tent City After Dark this evening near Sunken Gardens in Atascadero. The parade starts at ten at Golden China and runs down El Camino Real to the West Mall. Tent City re-enactment in Sunken Gardens run from 10 until four. Dogtoberfest wiener dog…
Flea-borne Typhus manifesting in LA. Several cases of the new disease discovered. Although the fleas can come from cats, rats, possums, and other furry pets. Animals do not get sick from Typhus, however, it can spread to humans. In Fullerton, officials started spraying to control west Nile virus. The chemical designed to kill mosquitoes that…
