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The Paso Robles school board will be conducting its regular board meeting on Tuesday, August 8th. A part of its meeting will be directing staff regarding the next steps on the 36th street campus project following the upcoming meeting on Monday. Other parts of its agenda include a discussion on the district’s dress code for…
San Luis Obispo county superior court judge George C. Eskin “declared doubt” on Thursday for the mental capacity of Justin Buchanan. Justin Buchanan is a 31 year old charged with murder, attempted murder, and assault. Last month, Buchanan was arrested after a man-hunt that caused a shelter in place in Shandon. Buchanan is accused of…
The city of Paso Robles, in collaboration with the Paso Robles Housing Authority and Affordable Housing Development Corporation, has announced a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sunrise Villas Housing Development. The project is a 69 unit, affordable multi-family housing structure, aimed at addressing the need for affordable housing options for Paso Robles residents. The groundbreaking ceremony…
Continued movement of the hillside has paused removal efforts at Paul’s Slide, according to Caltrans. A release by Caltrans says that geotech crews will continue to study measurements of recent slide activities and will help determine specific next steps for repair efforts, and design repairs based on the assessment of slide conditions. There is still…
The historic Cayucos Veterans Memorial Hall was moved back to its original location on Wednesday. About four months ago, crews lifted the building off its old foundation, shifting it to an adjacent parking area. On Wednesday, house movers rolled the building back to its location about thirty inches off the ground to protect from sea…
The city of Atascadero will present another First Friday tomorrow in the downtown area at 6 in the evening. Friday’s band in front of historic city hall features Soundhouse. Soundhouse is a 2008 band that plays a variety of your favorite pop, country, reggae, SKA, and R&B songs from the 70s to the 90s. Their…
The 77th Annual California Mid-State Fair returned from July 19th to the 30th. Revenue from the 2023 livestock auctions raised over two and a half million dollars on 770 animals. Add-ons close August 6th, so auction totals will increase after August 7th. The industrial arts auction brought in 225 thousand dollars on 61 projects, an…
The special town hall meeting for public comment on the 36th street campus will be on Monday, August 7th from 6 to 8 in the evening at the Paso Robles high school performing arts center. The agenda for the meeting is currently available online. Staff will present the current information and findings on the 36th…
The Shell fire in San Luis Obispo county at highway 58 east of Creston is reported to be at 100% containment. The last update given by Cal Fire was at around eight in the evening last night. The fire was active for three days and burned a total of one hundred acres. The cause of…
The city of San Luis Obispo held a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday, celebrating SLO Transit’s new electric buses. The buses are part of the city’s climate action plan goal of becoming a carbon neutral community by 2035. They are also part of the California air resource board’s innovative clean transit regulation, which requires all public…
