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Kristin Smart Murder Trial 10.18.2022

The jury has reached a verdict in one of the Kristin Smart murder trials underway in Salinas. They’re not revealing the verdict, but the jury in the Ruben Flores murder trial tells Judge Jennifer O’keefe that it’s reached a verdict. When the Paul Flores jury reaches a verdict, we’ll get them both. The father and…

Election Issues 10.18.2022

The election is barely underway, and already we’re seeing issues. KPRL is getting calls from people who are in the Paso Robles school district, but there is no school board candidate on their ballot. Not a candidate in a district nor a Candidate At Large. There are also issues with Pismo Beach city council race.

Paso Robles City Council 10.18.2022

At the Paso Robles city council meeting again tonight, the second reading of an ordinance changing zoning laws to allow commercial cannabis delivery in Paso Robles. Right now, they’re talking only about commercial delivery of cannabis, which is a euphism for marijuana or pot. This is recreational marijuana. Medicinal cannabis is already delivered by two…

Opener For Tuesday 10.18.2022

Mostly sunny and warmer today and tomorrow. Tomorrow, up into the mid 90’s. Then it will cool off beginning Thursday. But the drought continues. And that hasn’t been easy for those growing pumpkins in the north county. At River K Pumpkins on North River Road in Paso Robles, Val Reynolds says the drought has impacted…

North County Weather 10.17.2022

Partly cloudy today, highs near 83 in Paso Robles. 82 in Atascadero. NNE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Overnight, mostly clear, lows near 50. NNW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, high’s near 89 in Paso Robles. 87 in Atascadero. ENE winds 5-10 miles per hour. We’ll see mostly sunny skies through…

In Sports 10.17.2022

The Paso Robles Bearcats upset Santa Ynez 21-16. Atascadero beats Morro Bay 42-28. Pioneer Valley 28, Templeton 21. In college ball Saturday, Idaho State beats Cal Poly 40-31. Fresno State beats San Jose State 17-10. In the NFL, The Rams beat the Panthers 24-10. The Falcons over the 49ers 28-14. The Giants over the Ravens…

Power Outage 10.17.2022

A big power outage along the coast Friday night. The outage occurred just before 11:00 Friday night. About 4800 customers lost power from Morro Bay all the way north up highway one past Ragged Point. All of Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon lost power. A separate out occurred along highway one between Morro Bay and…