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Cal Fire announced that it has awarded $10 million in grant funding to 17 projects, seeking to strengthen California’s forest-sector workforce and reduce wildfire risk. These 17 projects will “train hundreds of workers, create new career pathways, expand the capacity to conduct forest restoration, and strengthen markets for wood and biomass generated through forest management,”…
A woman was found dead inside of a vehicle Sunday morning in Paso Robles. An employee at Spring Street Mobil gas station discovered the woman in the vehicle. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene, but cancelled shortly after. The Paso Robles police department has not provided any further information on this incident.
The Paso Robles Area Groundwater Authority’s next meeting is tomorrow, and will take place in the Norris room at Centennial park at 4 pm. This meeting, PRAGA will look into its priorities for the five-year strategic plan. Key long-term projects include fallowed land, Nacimiento recycled water, de minimis self-certification, and stormwater capture. Priorities for 2027…
The next session for Coffee with the City in Paso Robles will be this Friday, September 25th, at 7:30 am. Paso Robles coffee with the city sessions are held at California Coast Beer Company, 1346 Railroad st. This month’s topic will be the strategic planning process for Paso Fire & Emergency Services. The department is…
The district attorney’s office announced that former mayoral candidate for Arroyo Grande, Gaea Powell, has been convicted of all nine charges of election fraud from her 2022 and 2024 mayoral election bids. The charges say that Powell repeatedly presented and registered to vote using an address on James way in Arroyo Grande, when she resided…
09.21.26 James Dean Memorial Highway Dedication Media Advisory Caltrans announced they will designate a section of highway 46 as ‘James Dean Memorial Highway.’ Caltrans will be hosting an event to announce this designation on Wednesday, September 30th, at 5 pm, at the James Dean Memorial near Jack Ranch Cafe, 19215 highway 46 in Shandon. Also…
The county sheriff’s office released additional information Friday afternoon regarding the officer involved shooting that occurred on Thursday, September 7th. A high-speed chase involving a suspect in Paso Robles led to the complete closure of the US 101 south, near the Niblick road on-ramp. The sheriff’s office says the suspect remained in his vehicle after…
PG&E responded to a gas leak on Meadowlark road Friday morning at about 10:30 am. The leak was east of airport road, and 24 homes on Winding Brook road needed to be evacuated due to the rupture. The evacuation zone was a 500-foot radius, and did not affect the Virginia Peterson elementary school about a…
A garage fire broke out Saturday afternoon in a home at 255 Via Del Salinas, north of Paso Robles. The fire was reported at about 2:33 pm, according to Pulsepoint, and county firefighters managed to contain and extinguish the blaze in just the garage before it spread to the rest of the structure. No injuries…
The Atascadero city council will hold a public hearing in its next meeting tomorrow regarding the adoption of its 2045 general plan. The 2045 general plan was developed as an update to their 2002 general plan, which had a horizon year of 2025, and outlines the city’s goals in approaching housing, economic development, land use,…
