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Groundbreaking today for a project to widen highway 46 between Shandon and Cholame. Heidi Crawford of the Caltrans office says the work will widen a five mile stretch between the Shandon rest area to just east of the Jack Ranch Cafe’. The cost is about $115 million. When it’s completed, that stretch of 46 east…
Sunny again today, but warmer. Highs this afternoon around 73. Increasing clouds tonight, then light showers tonight and tomorrow. Clearing tomorrow afternoon. Easter Sunday will be sunny.
Sunny today, highs near 68. WNW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tonight, clear, lows near 40. NW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny, highs near 72. WNW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for a 63% chance of rain on Saturday morning. Just light rain Saturday morning, and then sunshine forecast…
The Cal Poly Mustang baseball team will host UC Irvine tonight in the first game of a three game series. They’ll play tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, so there’s no game Easter Sunday. The Mustangs are 20-9 for the season. The Anteaters are 20-11. Next Tuesday, the Mustangs host the Stanford Cardinal for a Tuesday night…
At Paso Robles high school yesterday, about one hundred elementary school kids took part in a track meet for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. Most of the Paso Robles schools took part. And there was even a team from Shandon which took part. Shandon track coach Steve Martin tells KPRL it’s a great experience for…
The white crested laughing thresher from Southeast Asia, welcoming visitors to the Charles Paddock Zoo for Spring Festival. This morning at eleven, a special public feeding at the zoo, and because of the danger involved, it’s going to be performed by the zoo’s director, Alan Baker. The alligator feeding is at eleven this morning at…
How much do you know about the history of King City, our northern neighbor. Next week, two King City historians are going to conduct a walking tour of the city to tell stories about its past. You can call the King City Chamber of Commerce for more information about the walking tour to be conducted…
Caltrans is going to start work soon on highway 46 east between Shandon and Cholame. Ground breaking will be held Friday for the five miles stretch from the Shandon rest area to just east of the Jack Ranch Cafe. The project to improve the highway 46/41 interchange is expected to begin in 2024.
Yesterday, governor Gavin Newsom announces $70 million dollars in awards will be going toward six new Homekey projects. Homekey Funding is designed to develop a range of properties including hotels, motels, and apartments into permanent or temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness. In 2019, the El Camino Homeless Organization, or ECHO, was able to secure…
A dumpster fire in the Bank of America parking lot reported at 7:14 Thursday morning. The dumpster was in a remote part of the parking lot, away from the bank building. Atascadero Fire Department responded with one truck, which completely extinguished the fire within an hour. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
