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At the college world series of baseball in Omaha, Nebraska. Oklahoma beat Texas A & M, 5-1. So, the Sooners advance to the championship series. They will face the winner between Arkansas and Ole Miss. Yesterday, Arkansas beat Ole Miss 3-2. They play a decisive game today, with the winner going to the championship round…
The city also honored older Americans at their meeting Tuesday night. Councilman Fred Strong accepted the award for the Senior Center on Scott street in Paso Robles. Councilman Fred Strong representing the senior center and older Americans throughout the north county.
The sheriff’s department reports that the body of an adult male which washed up on the beach in Pismo Beach in January remains a mystery. They’re still trying to identify him. He is a white male with numerous tattoos. One tattoo is a tulip on his left arm. His left ankle has a tattoo of…
Tuesday night, the Paso Robles city council increased fees in an effort to adjust for inflation. Catherine Piatti is finance manager for the city. A rumor floating around the city is that parking fines were increased to $50. That’s not entirely true. Catherine Piatti says it applies to some parking violations, like a vehicle which…
The members of the board with the air pollution control district voted 7-2 to approve increases in fees, up to 16%, to offset the losses incurred when the Phillips 66 refinery in Nipomo closed. That refinery contributed one half million dollars a year to the APCD budget. The vote was 7-2 with supervisor Debbie Arnold…
Meanwhile the debate over the elections process in San Luis Obispo county continues. After several people assailed the supervisors over the lengthy vote counting process, supervisor Debbie Arnold grilled county counsel, Rita Neal about it. Neal advised the supervisor to speak with the county clerk-recorder.
Another day, another ballot count. Yesterday the county clerks office counted 6,783 ballots. That leaves 17,343 votes to be counted. A few minor changes. First, supervisor Bruce Gibson’s lead over his challengers drops below 50%. He how has 49.3% of the vote, which would mean he will face the second place finisher in the general…
We learn more today about that fire in the Salinas riverbed early yesterday morning. The fire was reported at 1:40 early yesterday. The first fire engine to arrive found one quarter of an acre burning. The new type 3 fire engine was able to drive right up to the fires edge. That deployment kept the…
Sunny today in the north county, highs near 93. SW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tonight, clear skies, lows near 57. W winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies, highs near 95. W winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies thru this weekend. High temperatures in the mid 90’s.
First the college world series at Omaha’s baseball stadium. Two elimination games yesterday. Texas A & M beat Notre Dame 5-1, which eliminates the Fighting Irish. Then, Arkansas beat Auburn 11-1, which eliminates Auburn. So the college world series is down to four teams. Today, Oklahoma plays Texas A & M. Then Ole Miss plays…