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Of the issues Paso Robles city council addressed last night during a marathon meeting, the most contentious was parking in downtown. The staff indicated that 77% of the parking fines paid to the city were paid by out of town visitors. That’s where the 77% came from. After further discussion, they voted 3-2,with mayor Steve…
The second big issue was a water rate increase. Alex Hammer represented a firm, Bartles Associates, helping the city perform this increase, because it has serious state regulations. Not everyone approved of the increase. Several people took issue with the way the city conducted the increase notification. Ultimately, the county voted unanimously to approve the…
Paso Robles city council meeting lasted five hours last night. The council swore in mayor Steve Martin, councilmen John Hamon and Chris Bausch. They approved the sale of property near the Pioneer Museum to the Mid State Fair.
A mixture of clouds and sunshine through Christmas day and next Monday, then showers Tuesday through Friday of next week. About four tenths of an inch Tuesday, then light showers through Friday. That’s the forecast today, anyway. It may change. More on the weather coming up.
Mostly sunny today, highs near near 60. NNE winds 5-10 mph. Tonight, cloudy skies, lows near 33. Light variable winds. Tomorrow, sunny, highs near 61. NE winds 5-10 mph. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through Sunday, Christmas Day. No rain in the forecast until a week from today. About a 60% chance…
The Green Bay Packers beat the Los Angeles Rams 24-12 last night in Monday night football. High temperatures yesterday in Green Bay only reaching 20 degrees. Regardless, there were a couple cheese heads standing at Lambeau Field during the game with no shirts on.
An earthquake shakes Humboldt county early this morning. The tremor measured 6.4 on the Richter scale. The epicenter located three miles off the coast near Ferndale. Two people suffered minor injuries. 70 thousand power outages reported in northern California because of that earthquake at 2:34 this morning. Smaller aftershocks continue to shake Humboldt county. A…
An LA jury finds Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape. He was charged with two counts of rape and five counts of sexual assault in LA county between 2004 and 2013. A jury in New York found him guilty of multiple sex crimes and sentenced him to 23 years in prison. One of his accusers in…
The recount is of particular interest to Eric Gorham, who worked on the election campaign for Dr. Bruce Jones. After more than 22,000 ballots were counted in the district two race, supervisor Bruce Gibson was declared the winner by only 13 votes. Gorham says it’s difficult to believe that Elaina Cano is conducting this recount…
The recount began late yesterday morning at the county government center. More or less. County clerk recorder Elaina Cano asked for a cashiers check for $17,000 to get the recount started. So far, they’re just sorting ballots. Sorting resumed this morning. The cost today for Darcia Stebbins and those calling for the recount is about…
