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The Atascadero city council’s regular meeting will be tomorrow. The meeting will have a public hearing on an affordable housing development impact fee deferral policy. The policy would defer impact fees for 17 years on the construction of residential units that are in the low, very low, and extremely-low impact categories. You can attend the…
A 15-year-old boy from Santa Margarita was arrested yesterday afternoon near the 6400 block of Nacimiento avenue. Police say they received a report of a robbery on the 6700 block of El Camino Real, where the victim says a male juvenile brandished a handgun at him and tried to steal his bicycle. The suspect was…
A structure fire broke out Thursday afternoon on the 9500 block of Los Palos road in Atascadero. The fire was reported at around 1:30 pm, and was knocked down by 2:15 pm after firefighters arrived on the scene. Cal Fire says the structure on fire was completely lost. No injuries were reported, and the cause…
The San Luis Obispo police department responded to a report of a car off the road on the 500 block of Mountain View at around 12:15 pm. Police say the department and Cal Fire arrived on the scene, where they found a 72-year-old man from Visalia “suspended by his seatbelt” inside of the car. The…
The Paso Robles city council voted unanimously last night to appoint mayor pro tem John Hamon to fill the vacant seat of mayor in Paso Robles, following the death of mayor Steve Martin. Hamon was sworn in during the meeting, and will serve for the remainder of the late Steve Martin’s term until 2026. With…
The county board of supervisors will be meeting Tuesday morning at 9 for its regular meeting. Part of the board’s business agenda is providing direction regarding the county’s option to assume fire responsibility in Oceano. The agenda packet for the item says the Oceano Community Services District has chosen to cut its fire services, as…
Local barbershop owner, Nathan Abate of Atascadero, was charged earlier this year with sex crimes following an investigation by the county sheriff’s office. Charged with rape, rape by use of drugs, and oral copulation of a person under the age of 18, Abate pleaded not guilty to his charges yesterday. The judge denied a motion…
The Paso Robles utilities department announced yesterday that a large recycled water pipeline will be installed under the Salinas river, in North River road, and up a hillside above North River road. The pipeline’s purpose is to deliver a new source of irrigation water to east Paso Robles, and help solve the problem of declining…
About 1300 PG&E customers in the Templeton & Lake Nacimiento were without power yesterday for a few hours. Power had gone out at around 10:49 am, and was restored several hours later. The cause of the outage remains under investigation.
Members of the public gathered on Tuesday at the Atascadero school board’s meeting to express their concerns over student locker and restroom use. The school district’s superintendent, Tom Butler, sent a letter on August 22nd clarifying the district’s policies: the Atascadero unified school district is required by state law to allow transgender students access to…
