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Last night, the Paso Robles city council convened as the Paso Robles groundwater sustainability agency board of directors to discuss an amendment to the groundwater sustainability plan. The amendment would allow the county of San Luis Obispo to serve as a contracting agent for the Paso Robles groundwater basin. Currently, only the city of Paso…
The final Paso Robles day of the winter season for Cal Poly basketball is this Saturday, January 20th. Paso Robles Day allows city residents to obtain free tickets for Cal Poly basketball home games by registering online at: gopoly.com. Tickets are registered under an individual’s name, and can be picked up at the day of…
The county board of supervisors met last night to discuss the future of an independent redistricting commission. Historically, the county has redrawn its district maps every ten years through the board of supervisors and county staff. The county is now considering the formation of an independent redistricting commission. Last night, the board of supervisors voted…
01.12.24 Pauls Slide Update 1 Repairs at Paul’s Slide on highway 1 continue. A release by Caltrans says that the repair crews have concentrated their efforts on grading, and continuing to support the new alignment of the road. The final design of the drainage infrastructure has been completed. Future work includes installation of protective rockfall…
Rocky Canyon and Behlman Truck Trail Pile Burning Cal Fire announced two tentatively scheduled burns for this week in San Luis Obispo county. The first is Rocky Canyon on the west side of highway 229 on Rocky Canyon Truck Trail east of Atascadero. 15 acres of Chamise brush piles will be burned. The second is…
M4L Protect Kids CA press release Parental rights group, “Protect Kids California,” launched a ballot initiative late last year. The initiative would prohibit transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care, prohibit transgender female students from participating in female competitive sports, restrict gender-segregated facilities to persons assigned that gender at birth, and require public schools to…
Traffic on highway 46 east will be seeing a detour in the next few months. Due to construction on highway 46 east, eastbound traffic will be directed towards the newly constructed westbound lanes of highway 46. This switch will go from just east of the Shandon rest area to just west of the Cholame “Y.”…
The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce has announced that the state of the city event is scheduled for February 2, 2024. The event will take place at the Colony Theater in Atascadero from 7:30 am to 9:30 am. Speakers will include mayor Heather Moreno, city manager Jim Lewis, community development manager Phil Dunsmore, superintendent of the…
The county district attorney’s office announced that 21-year-old Kayonie Eliaz Mendibles has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the first degree murder of Marion Jeanine Vore. Mendibles pleaded guilty to the murder, knowing his sentence. The crime occurred in the late afternoon of November 27, 2020 at a residence in rural…
The Paso Robles city council’s first meeting of 2024 will be next week on Tuesday, January 16th. On the council’s consent agenda is a change order for the contractor on the Creston road Phase 2 project. The contract to North Coast Engineering was awarded back in July 2023, but it was determined that further improvements…
