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Partly cloudy this morning, becoming cloudy this afternoon, highs near 64. NE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Cloudy skies, lows near 34, with light, variable winds. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 61. Northerly winds 10-15 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the low 60’s until…
The Los Angeles Rams beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 yesterday to advance to the super bowl in two weeks against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals beat Kansas City 27-24 in overtime. The super bowl will be played February 13th in Sofi Stadium in Inglewood. In Melbourne, Spain’s Rafael Nadal beat the Daniil Medvedev to…
One sad note this morning… Actor Howard Hesseman died Saturday in Los Angeles. Hesseman is best known for his portrayal of Johnny Fever on “WKRP in Cincinnati.” Howard Hesseman died Saturday in Los Angeles from complications following colon surgery. Howard Hesseman was 81-years-old.
Tax season is fast approaching. Again this year, volunteers are providing free tax preparation through AARP for a few seniors who need help. Mike Cussen and Heidi Seeley are again organizing the free tax service. Heidi is coordinating the free tax service in Atascadero this year. She says it will take about sixty minutes to…
Redistricting is changing elections at the local level for supervisors, and going all the way up to congress. Right now, the north county is represented by congressman Salud Carbajal, who is based in Santa Barbara. Congressman Jimmy Panetta of Monterey county says that will change soon. He represents the 20th district, but he’s running for…
Partly because of covid, the blood supply at San Luis Obispo hospitals is running short. Laura Kamada of Vitalant says the local blood bank is at a two-year low. She says they’re asking for donations of all blood types.
On Friday, the San Luis Obispo county health department reported nine people with covid recently died. That brings the total for the past two years to 3978. The deaths range from people in their 40s to their 90’s. The department does not report what other health issues those people suffered from.
The Colorado fire continues to burn in Big Sur. The fire is now 95% contained. That’s as of six last night. It’s burned 687 acres over the past nine days. Highway one remains open through Big Sur.
PG and E is proposing building a series of battery energy storage projects around the state. The intent is to help improve energy resiliency after Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is shut down. Diablo produces 9% of the state’s energy. Now, PG and E wants to build nine battery storage projects. The one in Nipomo…
Caltrans announces highway 46 has received an allocation of 136 million to continue the work to widen the highway to four lanes. The funding comes from Senate Bill I and the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The money will go to convert highway 46 east between the Shandon rest area and the Jack…
