Local news in San Luis Obispo County including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Shandon, Templeton, Atascadero, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, and other cities along the Central Coast of California.
Did you get much rainfall at your place? The north county did not receive a lot. Most areas receiving less than two tenths of an inch of rain. However, Rocky Butte, just east of Cambria received six tenths of an inch of rain. Avila Valley and See Canyon in the south county also received over…
Cloudy today with thunderstorms. An 80% chance of rain, highs in the low 70’s. Tonight, mostly cloudy with temperatures in the mid 50’s. A 20% chance of rain. Tomorrow, a 20% chance of rain, highs in the mid 70’s.
A dwarf planet found circling the sun, far beyond Pluto. The small frozen planet was named Goblin, because it was discovered three years ago around Halloween. It’s the third dwarf planet found to be orbiting the frigid outer fringes of our solar system. Its orbit is so elongated it takes Goblin 40 thousand years to…
Did you see the fire trucks at the downtown city park in Paso Robles last night? That was part of Paso Robles Night Out. An annual event based on National Night Out. Police and fire were there to provide interactive games for kids and their family. They also had a trailer which gives people an…
A wildfire at Fort Hunter Liggett burned about 200 acres yesterday. The fire was located in a training area of the army base off Nacimiento-Ferguson road. It began around 12:30 yesterday afternoon. Crews from Fort Hunter Liggett, Cal Fire and Los Padres national forest fought the fire. It was expected to be fully contained by…
Around 11:38 today, a tone will sound on 225 million electronic devices across the country as the federal emergency management agency conducts an emergency alert test. If it sounds on your cell phone, you’ll get a text that reads, “Presidential alert. This is a test of the national wireless emergency alert system. No action is…
A threat to two schools in San Luis Obispo determined to be bogus. A teacher at Laguna middle school received an email which threatened to “shoot up the school”. That was at about 4:40 Monday afternoon. The email mentioned a middle and high school but did not mention specific schools. Police tracked down the email…
Weather permitting, road work continues today on Sherwood road in Paso Robles. Ditus Esperanza says they’re wrapping up the paving, but there’s still work to be done on that stretch off Creston road, between the Food For Less shopping center and Quail Run Estates.
Despite a veto by governor Jerry Brown, the mayor of San Francisco is pledging to open a supervised drug injection site. Mayor London Breed says a supervised drug injecting site will save lives and taxpayer money. She says it will also clean up San Francisco streets littered with used syringes and slumped-over drug addicts. She…
Over the weekend, governor Jerry Brown signed into law a plethora of bills that are now being sorted out by legislative analysts. Many reduce penalties for crimes committed in the state, while others increase scrutiny of law enforcement. For instance, one new law automatically erases or reduces marijuana related convictions now that pot is legal…
