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Yesterday afternoon at Farm Supply in Paso Robles, Coast Union high school senior Elizabeth Reed, is named the winner of the Jim Brabeck Youth Legacy College Scholarship. Elizabeth plans to attend Chico state in the fall. She ultimately wants to be a large animal veterinarian.
Atascadero city council meets tonight. They’ll discuss the proposition 218 majority protest process relative to a proposed increase in wastewater rates. Those are better known as the sewer rates. That discussion is the first of two public hearings. They’ll also get a management report on the El Camino Real downtown infrastructure enhancement project. The meeting…
But getting back to the Paso Robles school district…… Two weeks ago, the board took a vote on a 10% raise for superintendent Curt Dubost, but not all the trustees were present. The vote was 3-2 to award Dubost the raise, but last week school district attorney Shauna Cunningham tells the board they need a…
Meanwhile, the elections office and Darcia Stebbins hit a log jam over the recount of the supervisors election. Stebbins has paid more $48,000 dollars of the cost, but she and her supporters still owe the county about $4,500 dollars. Darcia says she wants an invoice showing line-item costs for the recount. Bear in mind, Darcia…
The San Luis Obispo county elections office finally releases figures on the cost of the recent special election in the Paso Robles school district. Three hundred 7 thousand dollars. That’s down from the initial estimate of $450 thousand dollars. But raises questions about how a simple one item school board election in one municipality could…
Today, sunny, but cooler, highs near 81. WSW winds 10-20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy skies, lows near 47. SW winds 10-20 mph. Tomorrow, sunshine and clouds mixed, but cooler, highs near 67. SW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast; Mostly sunny skies through the weekend. High temperatures in the mid 60’s to the…
Former Bearcat Jakob Wright the winning pitcher in Cal Poly’s victory yesterday over UC Santa Barbara. Jakob Wright struck out 11 Gauchos over five innings to pick up his first win as a Mustang. He allowed only two hits and one run over those five innings. Wright faced 16 batters. He struck out eleven. The…
Lakefest returned to Atascadero Lake Park Saturday with dozens of booths and lots of activities for kids and adults. The event is put on by Friends of the Lake. Nancy Hair says the intent is to get people out to enjoy the lake in a variety of ways. The LINK Family Resource Center put on…
Hundreds of people attended the Olive and Lavender Festival in the Downtown City Park Saturday in Paso Robles. More than 90 booths offered olive oil and lavender to buy, sample and take home with them. There were hundreds of products utilizing olive oil and lavender including lotions, edibles and even ice cream. Most of the…
More than one hundred wineries took part in the Paso Wine Fest. The grand tasting was Saturday at the Paso Robles Event Center. You may have seen visitors going in and out of more than 365 Short Term Rentals in the downtown area of Paso Robles. Others stayed in hotels and motels, including the newly…
