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Power Outage in SLO 09.26.2022

Another power outage last night. About 1640 customers lost power late last night in the city of San Luis Obispo. Electricity went out at 11:48 and PG and E estimates many customers would not get it back for five or six hours. The neighborhood includes south of Marsh and Santa Rosa going out to Sinsheimer…

Newsom & The Word Squaw 09.26.2022

Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill into law Friday that will remove the word squaw from California towns and places by the year 2025. This includes Squaw Valley and 100 other places that contain the “S-word.” Newsom says, this racist and sexist term will be removed from all geographic features and place names in the…

ECHO’s Long Walk Home 09.26.2022

Several hundred people walked in the Long Walk Home Saturday in Atascadero, including supervisors John Peschong and Debbie Arnold. Debbie said the weather was perfect for the fundraiser for ECHO, the El Camino Homeless Organization. ECHO CEO Wendy Lewis said she’ll have the tabulations tomorrow on how much money ECHO raised in the Long Walk…

Jerel Haley Returns 09.26.2022

Jerel Haley returns to Atascadero. The former police chief is coming back to Atascadero to be the interim police chief. Jerel Haley will fill the position until a new police chief is named. Mayor Heather Moreno says, we are very blessed to have chief Haley come out of retirement to give us his time, professionalism…

North County Weather 09.23.2022

Mostly sunny and warmer, highs near 92 in Paso Robles. 89 in Atascadero. NNE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Overnight, mostly clear, lows near 53. NW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, high’s near 93 in Paso Robles. 90 in Atascadero. SW winds 10-15 miles per hour. We’ll see sunny skies Sunday through…

In Sports 09.23.2022

Friday night high school football has all three north county teams playing at home. The Bearcats host Lompoc tonight at seven at War Memorial stadium. The Atascadero Greyhounds host San Luis Obispo. And the Templeton Eagles open conference play at home against Santa Maria. Coach Don Crow says this could be a tough game for…