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Anthem Blue Cross 7.26.2021

Anthem Blue Cross drops Dignity Health hospitals. The contract between the two expired July 15th. It has not been renewed after negotiations failed to reach an agreement. It means that Dignity Health facilities no longer work with Anthem health insurance plans. That includes French hospital in San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande Community Hospital. It…

Sunny Acres 7.26.2021

In San Luis Obispo, the county orders Sunny Acres to clean up the unlicensed facility. The self-proclaimed sober-living facility is just outside the city limits on Los Osos Valley road. Owner Dan Devaul describes the property accommodating 50-75 residents in substandard housing a “sober-living facility” although Sunny Acres has no permit or operating license. Mostly,…

Report on the Riverbed 7.26.2021

Paso Robles police providing a progress report on their effort to remove squatters from the Salinas riverbed. You may remember that back on May 24th, the city posted notices that from the Niblick bridge to the city limits north of the wastewater treatment plant, the Salinas riverbed was a high fire risk area, and people…

A Fire on Black Oak Drive 7.26.2021

A fire yesterday afternoon on Black Oak drive. The vegetation fire reported at 4:10 yesterday afternoon spread from 1134 Black Oak drive to an adjacent commercial storage yard in the 3200 block of Riverside avenue. Roofing material caught fire which produced a large black column of smoke that you may have seen yesterday afternoon. The…

Masking Up At Public Schools 7.26.2021

Late last week, Moms For Liberty demonstrated at the Atascadero school board meeting over plans to require children to wear masks when they return to school next month. It’s a national debate. But governor Gavin Newsom is saying he wants all school children, teachers and staff in California to wear a mask at school, even…

Opener For Monday 7.26.2021

Mild temperatures today, but a warm trend through the middle of this week. We’ll see temperatures reach into the upper 90’s at the Mid State Fair by Thursday. Then it will cool off this weekend. Highs back down into the upper 80’s. Gates to the fair open at 4:00 this afternoon. That’s when exhibits and…

North County Weather 7.23.2021

Sunny today, but a little cooler, highs near 91 in Paso Robles. 86 in Atascadero. WSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, clear skies, lows near 55. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, but cooler, highs near 91 in Paso Robles. 84 tomorrow in Atascadero. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. The…

Man Crashes Car Onto Beach 7.23.2021

Wednesday night, a driver crashed his car onto the sand in Pismo Beach, then walked away. Pismo Beach police responded just before eleven Wednesday night. They received reports of a car driven recklessly off the roadway. The gray 2005 Volvo drove through a grass area, struck a trash can and a chain link fence before…

Morro Bay Teacher Sentenced 7.23.2021

A Morro Bay high school teacher who had sex with one student and sent explicit message to another pleads no contest to two felonies. 25-year-old Tyler Dale Andree will spend a couple of months in the San Luis Obispo county jail, but he will avoid doing time in state prison. Andree was arrested in February…