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Newsom on CA Water Shortages 08.24.2022

Governor Gavin Newsom is sounding the alarm over enduring California water shortages, saying the state will lose another 10% in water supplies by 2040 due to climate change. Newsom announced a strategy to invest in infrastructure to capture and store more water. California farmers are fallowing land due to water shortages in a third consecutive…

Accident in San Luis 08.24.2022

Early yesterday morning morning, a car crashed into the San Luis Obispo’s Mission Plaza. A black sedan ran over a roadblock pillar by the Chorro and Monterey street intersection and crashed into the plaza. After crashing, the vehicle erupted in flames. The fire was put out within 20 minutes. No damage to the mission, but…

UPS Truck Accident 08.24.2022

Cali Grill in Paso Robles was closed for several hours yesterday after a UPS truck crashed into the building on 6th street. Paso Robles city fire says a UPS driver crashed into a post holding the Cali Grill restaurant sign. Fire officials say the driver was delivering packages in the parking lot when for unknown…

Paso Robles School Board 08.24.2022

The Paso Robles school board holding another five hour meeting last night. One of the discussion items. The sale of the 25 yard pool. You may remember the school board voted to support superintendent Chris Williams’ purchase of two pools from Italy for $1.5 million dollars. The board agreed to sell the smaller pool, but…

Mayor’s Letter to Newsom 08.24.2022

Nine central coast mayors send a letter to the governor describing their feelings about the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The plant was scheduled to be shut down in 2024 or 2025. Now the governor is talking about extending its operation because it provided about 8.6% of the state’s total electricity…

Paso Robles City Council 08.24.2022

Tonight, Paso Robles city council will select someone to finish the term of city councilwoman Maria Elena Garcia, who resigned because she is moving out of the district. The council will hold a special meeting this evening to discuss the vacancy. There are four people who applied to complete the term. Chris Bausch, Keith Boyd,…

North County Weather 08.23.2022

Sunny today with highs near 101 in Paso Robles. 96 in Atascadero. NW winds increasing to 10-15 miles per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 57. WNW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies but much cooler. Near 90 in Paso. 86 in Atascadero. NW winds 10-15 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls…

AG News 08.23.2022

The value of agricultural products in San Luis Obispo county exceeded one billion dollars. A record strawberry crop reaching $312 million. Farmers planted 100 more acres in 2021, but the sale price increased dramatically. According to County Ag Commissioner Martin Settevendemie, “That really kicked up the overall value to a record level”. Wine grapes accounted…