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Dignity Health & Tenet Healthcare 12.09.2022

The United State attorney’s office says that Dignity Health and Tenet Healthcare paid the state of California and US government $22.5 million. That’s for knowingly filing false Medi-Cal claims through their local healthcare facilities. The settlement reached between the public sector and Dignity Health and Tenet Healthcare. It relates to fraudulent claims under the Affordable…

SLO Election Update 12.09.2022

After a month of counting ballots, the San Luis Obispo county election office gave incumbent supervisor Bruce Gibson the victory in the district two race. Gibson with 11,722 votes, which was 13 more votes than the challenger. The Jones campaign committee plans to file for a recount. Eric Gorham says they’re particularly concerned about voters…

North County Weather 12.08.2022

Cloudy today in the north county, highs near 56. SW winds 5-10. Mostly cloudy tonight, lows near 41. Light variable winds. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, mostly sunny, highs near 59. Light variable wind. The extended forecast calls for rain Saturday. About an inch of rain expected Saturday in the north county. About one tenth of an…

In Sports 12.08.2022

The Atascadero high school football team preparing for their state championship game Saturday evening at six, rain or shine. The Atascadero Greyhounds hosting San Gabriel of Alhambra in the state championship. The Matadors have a record of 12-3. The Greyhounds beat Colusa 21-0 on a wet night in northern California last week. Saturday night, the…

Municipal Elections 12.08.2022

In municipal elections, Paso Robles mayor Seve Martin re-elected with nearly 55% of the vote. John Hamon and Chris Bausch re-elected. They each ran unopposed. Measures E and F each pass in Paso Robles Mayor Heather Moreno re-elected unanimously. She received all 9,794 votes. Heather Newsom and Susan Funk each re-elected to Atascadero city council.…

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…