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Despite all the fun at the California Mid-State Fair, there are also problems. Quite a number of fights reported this year at the fair. Early yesterday morning, an intoxicated driver crashed his pick-up head-on into a San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s patrol car. That occurred near the fairgrounds just after midnight, when the fair closed.…
Day seven of the mid state fair and the weather is getting warmer. Up into the upper 90’s today at the fair. Today is senior day, the senior tea is at eleven this morning. Tonight, Lynyrd Skynyrd is on the main grand stand stage.
Sunny today with highs in the mid 90’s. WSW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear with lows near 60. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny with highs near 100. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny weather through the week, but warmer than last week. Highs…
Cal Poly is facing a daunting opening to next year’s baseball season. The Mustangs will play in the MLB4 tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona. The field includes Vanderbilt, which won the college world series this year. Michigan, which was runner up, and Connecticut, which was a regional qualifier in the world series. Each team will play…
Crime in San Luis Obispo county. Data released from the California department of justice shows violent crime is down in San Luis Obispo county, however, rape is up. Property crime is also down, although there were more than 5 thousand property crimes, including burglary and vehicle theft.
At the Oceano Dunes, the death toll has set a new record. Six people have died at the dunes this year. That compares to one in 2018, and none in 2017. 2019 is described as the deadliest in the past decade. Officials are trying to address the issue. All of those who were killed were…
A small vegetation fire near 101 in Templeton slowed traffic on the freeway. Some vehicles were routed off the freeway. The fire burned only a couple of acres at the most, but it was just off the freeway which impacted traffic late yesterday afternoon around 4:15.
The Paso Robles city council is cleaning up the riverbed. The intent is to reduce the fire hazard. The 300 thousand dollar clean up includes removing a large number of homeless encampments. Fire chief Jonathon Stornetta says there were one hundred fifteen fires in the river bed in 2018. So far, there have been two…
Day six at the California mid-state fair. This week, it’s going to get hotter at the fair. Sheriff Ian Parkinson, who previously coordinated security at the fair, has some advice if you’re taking your family to the fair. He says designate a place to rendezvous, and give younger children a piece of paper with the…
Sunny today with highs in the upper 70’s. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear with lows in the low 50’s. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny with highs in the upper 70’s. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny weather through the weekend. We’ll see…
