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Found Facedown in Nacimiento 06.21.2022

Details are sketchy, but Cal Fire is reporting that a person found face down in the water at lake Nacimiento Sunday afternoon was rescued and revived by bystanders. An individual used CPR to save the suspected drowning victim. No further information is available, although Cal Fire says hands only CPR can save lives.

Paso Robles City Council 06.21.2022

Paso Robles city council meets tonight. Mayor Steve Martin will give a proclamation on the retirement of Roger Oxborrow from the airport. That proclamation to commend the airport manager for a job well done. The council will also convene as the Paso Robles Groundwater Sustainability Agency board and consider adopting a revised groundwater sustainability plan.…

SLO County Supervisor Ballot Count 06.21.2022

Ballot counting resumes tomorrow in the San Luis Obispo county primary election. Today, they’re processing the ballots. Unfolding them and preparing them for the computer. The elections office counted ten thousand ballots on Friday, about 26,000 ballots remain to be counted. It’s not on the agenda, but San Luis Obispo county supervisors today may hear…

North County Weather 06.20.2022

Sunny today in the north county, but warmer, highs near 95. NNW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tonight, clear skies, lows near 54. NW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies, highs near 98. SW winds increasing to 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies thru this week. High temperatures…

In Sports 06.20.2022

The college world series underway in Omaha. Stanford loses to Arkansas in their first game, 17-2. The Cardinal will play again today in the double elimination tournament. Texas A & M beat Texas 10-2 yesterday. That eliminates Texas from the college world series. Oklahoma beat Notre Dame 6-2 yesterday. So, Oklahoma won both of its…

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Other Stories This Monday 06.20.2022

The Kristin Smart murder trial pushed back one more week. 45-year-old Paul Flores and his 81-year-old Father Ruben are charged with her disappearance and suspected murder. The trial was moved to Salinas because of pretrial publicity in San Luis Obispo county. A health concern among one of the trial participants has moved the trial back…

Fire on the Central Coast 06.20.2022

Two separate fires close highways on the central coast over the weekend. Highway 166, at the southern border of the county closed in each direction because of a fire on Friday. On Saturday afternoon, a brush fire in San Luis Obispo slowed traffic on highway 101. That fire started on Elks lane, near the location…

Mayor Steve Martin 06.20.2022

Paso Robles mayor Steve Martin says he is running for re-election. For the city council races, this will be the second election when the individual council members run in their individual districts. But we don’t know how many incumbents are running. Mayor Steve Martin runs at large in the city of Paso Robles.

SLO County Elections Update 06.20.2022

The San Luis Obispo county clerk’s office counted about 10,000 ballots Friday. They still have about 26,000 ballots to count in the primary election. In the supervisors district two race, incumbent Bruce Gibson lost his lead. He led by over 500 votes. That’s gone. He needs 50% plus one to be elected in the primary.…

Juneteenth 06.20.2022

Several hundred people turned out Saturday at the Downtown City Park in Paso Robles to celebrate Juneteenth. The event celebrates the date June 19, 1865, when US Army General Gordon Granger informed slaves in Galveston, Texas that they were free. The Civil War had ended two months prior and the Emancipation Proclamation was passed by…