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The Paso Robles city council has approved a speed limit reduction for seven of sixty surveyed roads in Paso Robles. This approval took place last night during the regular city council meeting as part of the consent calendar. Every five years the city is required to complete a speed zone survey; the last survey was…
“His Healing Hands,” a Templeton based Christian medical mission’s non-profit hosted its 14th annual celebration dinner at Sculpterra Winery and Sculpture Gardens. The event is held each year as a way of letting supporters of the ministry know how their donations have been used. His Healing Hands takes teams of volunteer medical professionals and non-medically…
Verizon Wireless customers in San Luis Obispo county are still experiencing a regional issue with its 911 service. The issue was also present at Santa Maria, but was resolved this morning. Tony Cipolla, the San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office public information officer says the issue is from a broken fiber line. He advised Verizon…
The California Employment Development Department announced on Monday that San Luis Obispo county workers who were impacted by the winter storms are now eligible for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). These benefits are available to both full and part time employees, as well as business owners. Workers have until July 19th to file for their…
The city of San Luis Obispo has ended its three month search for a new assistant city manager. Current Arroyo Grande city manager Whitney McDonald will serve as the new assistant city manager for San Luis Obispo, beginning August 14th. In her new position, McDonald will oversee the city’s community services group, which includes departments…
The San Luis Obispo county district attorney’s office and several other partners will be hosting a Clean Slate Clinic this Friday, June 23rd. This clinic will help residents with the intensive process for criminal record expungement, felony reduction, and arrest record sealing. The focus of the program is to help eliminate barriers between individuals with…
A fee amendment item will appear tonight for public hearing during the regular Paso Robles city council meeting at 6:30. The public hearing item is a proposed fee amendment for the following departments: police, emergency services, building division in community development, airport division in public works, and utilities. The amendments to these departments is to…
San Luis Obispo firefighters received a call early Monday morning at around 3 am about a garage fire at the 1400 block of Descano. Firefighters arrived at the scene in about five minutes, and the fire was out after about fifteen minutes with four engines present. No injuries are reported, and the fire’s cause is…
An eight-year-old boy was hit by a car while riding his self-propelled scooter on Sunday at around 6 pm. The collision happened in the area of Cedarwood drive and Teak drive in Paso Robles. The boy was transported to a local hospital, and injuries are said to be moderate. Investigators say the driver was traveling…
The state of California will be rolling out a first-of-its-kind fund to assist in curbing the state’s wildfire problem. The fund is intended to demonstrate that careful, controlled burning is key to mitigating the risk of larger, high-severity wildfires. Up to two million dollars in coverage of a twenty million dollar fund will be allocated…
