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The IRS deposits the first round of coronavirus stimulus checks into bank accounts. It’s part of a $2.2 trillion stimulus packaged passed by congress. The IRS says direct deposits will continue over the next several days. Officials are reportedly issuing them as fast as they can. Those who made fewer than $75,000 in 2019, will…
Atascadero city council to hold a virtual meeting tomorrow evening at the rotunda. The meeting will not be physically open to the public. The city council members will be teleconferenced into the meeting. The council will discuss weed/refuse abatement. They will also discuss an urgency ordinance authorizing delay of the transient occupancy tax (tot). You…
Saturday afternoon, San Luis Obispo county supervisor Adam Hill announces he’s resigning as chairman of the board of supervisors. He says he will focus on his recovery after his attempted suicide in March. And he will deal with the FBI, who searched his county office and his home in Pismo Beach in March. So far…
San Luis Obispo county officials are urging people to beware of scams and price gouging in connection with the Wuhan China coronavirus disease. The victim count for San Luis Obispo county: 114 cases so far. Of those, 95 have recovered. 16 patients are at home recovering. 2 are hospitalized in ICU. Still just the one…
Forecasters calling for sunshine this afternoon, after morning cloudiness. Temperatures will increase the next few days, reaching 77 on Wednesday. Sunshine is forecast through the rest of this week. PG and E meteorologist John Lindsey says that after the recent rains, April is becoming a good month for the north county. Paso Robles averages about…
Mostly sunny today in the north county, highs in the upper 60’s. Tonight, mostly clear with only a 10% chance of rain, lows in the mid 40’s. Tomorrow, sunny and warmer, highs in the low 70’s. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies continuing through next week. High temperatures reaching 77 by Wednesday.
An accident involving a tractor-trailer rig blocked the eastbound lane of 46 east about one mile east of the Shandon rest area yesterday. The big rig collided with a pick up and overturned around 7:30 yesterday morning. The truck was righted around 10:00 am, but it was unstable and partly resting on a bridge near…
Paul Clark says the Easter Sunrise Service at Chapel On The Hill has been canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Serra Chapel, as it’s officially known, is located on a hill off McMillan Canyon road, just west of Shandon. The chapel was built by the late Judge William Clark, a rancher who served…
The county health department says two more coronavirus cases were reported yesterday. That brings the total to 104. Of that number, 75 people have recovered. 25 are recovering at home. Three people are hospitalized. Two are in intensive care. Still, only one fatality. Health director Penny Borenstine says if you’re experiencing symptoms of coronavirus, you…
The sounds of spring. Frogs celebrating the recent rains at Turtle Creek in Paso Robles. The creek getting enough water to host a couple mallard ducks yesterday. Today, however, we’ll see a change in the weather with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60’s. That sunny weather will continue, but temperatures will reach…
