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SLO Election Update 12.08.2022

We finally get the final ballot count in the general election, which was one month ago. In the race for supervisor in district two, supervisor Bruce Gibson wins election by only 13 votes. Gibson has 11.722 votes. Dr. Bruce Jones had 11,709 votes. Yesterday, 830 votes were added to the total Jones received 427, Gibson…

North County Weather 12.07.2022

Cloudy this morning, sunny this afternoon, highs near 56. Light variable winds. Mostly clear tonight, lows near 36. Light variable winds. Tomorrow, partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs near 55. SSW wind 5-10 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies on Friday, but a 90% chance…

In Sports 12.07.2022

The Cal Poly Mustangs name a new football coach. He’s Paul Wolf. Wolf was the team’s offensive line coach and running game coordinator. Wolf was previously head coach at Eastern Washington and Washington State. Former coach Beau Baldwin resigned last week to take a job as offensive coordinator at Univeristy of Arizona State. Four finalists…

Other Stories This Wednesday 12.07.2022

The federal government begins auctioning off more than 370 thousand acres off the California coast for wind farms. 43 companies qualified to bid yesterday. Three leases offered off the central coast went for $40 to 70 million dollars. The auction will continue today. Caltrans says the highway one closure is down to 2 miles near…

Supervisors 12.07.2022

San Luis Obispo county supervisors approved a plan to mitigate the impacts of the ten year old Water Urgency Ordinance. Supervisor Debbie Arnold said many small farmers were shut out, while big corporate operations are pumping water like crazy. She described the small farm operators this way as property owners, not farmers, because they had…

Opener For Wednesday 12.07.2022

We’ll likely see sunshine for the next three days, before rain returns Saturday. We’ll have some fog this morning, and mostly cloudy skies tomorrow, then partly cloudy Friday. Saturday, forecasters say we’ll get over eight tenths of an inch of rain. Then another quarter inch on Sunday. Then the weather clears up next week. More…