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San Luis Obispo police are looking for a man who robbed the downtown CVS store around 8:30 Wednesday night. Police say a man told employees he had a knife, but never brandished it. Based on his appearance, police believe the robber may be living among homeless people in the creek bed in San Luis Obispo.
As the number of homeless people wandering the streets of San Luis Obispo increases, so do the empty store fronts. Recently, Ross Dress for Less closed its doors on Higuera. The empty Ross store is next to the vacant Beverly’s Fabrics building. Both stores have entries on Higuera and Monterey streets in downtown San Luis…
A homeless community in Atascadero continues to flourish in Atascadero off Capistrano near the Centennial bridge. One occupant said, “The homeless return to Capistrano every spring.” They have a tent village between Capistrano and the creek, not far from Atascadero middle school.
The Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce names the Roblan of the Month for February. He’s Brett Butterfield of the Ravine Water Park. Butterfield says he appreciates the honor. He says he’s humbled to receive an award like Roblan of the Month. And that he admires the Roblan of the Millennium, Mark Perry of Paso Robles…
Another group tells the governor to keep open the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. A group of 75 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs sending a letter to the governor urging him to find a way to keep the plant open. The reason is obvious. The nuclear power plant provides carbon-free, clean electricity. Diablo Canyon provides about…
The Paso Robles school board is holding a study session tomorrow morning at the district office on Niblick road. The intent is to discuss elementary and middle school boundaries and program location. For instance, where should the bi-lingual program be located? Should it remain at Georgia Brown school? Other issues hang over the school board,…
Sunshine through the weekend, and all the way through next week. But it’s going to get warmer beginning Sunday. We’ll see temperatures reach 73 degrees on Sunday, and by next Thursday, it will be up to 79. No rain in the forecast through next week.
Sunny today, highs near 63. Light variable winds. Overnight, clear skies and cold. Lows near 30 with light variable winds. Tomorrow, mostly sunny and warmer. Highs near 67 with light, variable winds. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs climbing back into the upper 60’s and low 70’s through the…
The Paso Robles High School boys soccer team lost in overtime Wednesday night to Pioneer Valley 3-2. Trailing 2-1, Paso Robles tied the game with fewer than 4 minutes left in regulation. They lost in the second 10 minutes overtime when Pioneer Valley scored on a corner kick. The Paso Robles girls basketball team lost…
One sad note … Harold Lowe of Santa Margarita died last weekend. Lowe was born in Reservoir Canyon in 1919. He graduated from San Luis Obispo high school and junior college in the old high school. After World War II, he married his high school sweetheart. He and Virginia were married for 77 years. Lowe…