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You may have noticed this yourself at the cash register when you’re shopping for anything. Inflation in September was up 5.4% from last year. It’s the highest inflation in 13 years. Gas prices are up 25% under president Joe Biden. Meat is up 12%. Used car prices are up 24% over last year. In the…
A former bookkeeper gets ten years in state prison for six counts of felony embezzlement. 56-year-old Ginger Lee Mankins admitted to stealing more than one half million dollars from two agriculture companies in the Arroyo Grande area. The embezzlement occured between 2008 and 2017. Superior court judge Jacquelyn Duffy described her actions as a “tremendous…
In other districts, Stacy Korsgaden is running again in the third district. Stacy has scheduled a fundraiser for Sunday October 24th at Thousand Hills Ranch in Pismo Beach. Stacy lost a very close election to incumbent Adam Hill. That was shortly before Hill took his own life with a drug overdose-suicide. Hill was being investigated…
San Luis Obispo county supervisor Lynn Compton is again running for re-election. In fact, she’s hosting a fundraiser Sunday afternoon at Peacock Farms in Arroyo Grande. Dr. Steven Hayward will speak. If you want to attend, you must RSVP immediately. You may remember, Compton won a tough race against newcomer Jimmy Paulding, a progressive from…
The Alisal fire continues to burn out of control near Santa Barbara. The fire has burned 14,500 acres. As of yesterday morning, it was only 5% contained. Highway 101 is closed in both directors from just north of Goleta to the junction with highway one at Las Cruzes. That’s near Gaviota. Motorists are advised to…
Warm days and cold nights to continue for the next few days in the north county. Those cold nights leaving a little frost on the pumpkin. Valerie Reynolds of River K Pumpkin Patch tells KPRL the harvest looks good. She says last year, smoke produced by a fire inhibited the bees during pollination of the…
Sunny today, highs near 75 in Paso Robles. 72 in Atascadero. NNW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Overnight, clear skies, lows near 43. NNW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 80 in Paso Robles. 75 in Atascadero. NNW winds 5-10- miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies…
The Dodgers beat the Giants 7-2 last night to tie their best of five play off series at 2-2. The ultimate game will be played tomorrow in San Francisco. The Braves beat the Brewers 3-1 to win the other national league series 3-1. In the American league, the Astros beat the White Sox 10-1 to…
Doctor Warren Frankel is back in the north county after traveling to a remote city in South America last week to provide medical care for those who otherwise would not receive it in Tara Poto, Peru. He says they conducted 5 clinic days providing free medical care in the remote jungle village.
Paso Robles school board met last night at the district office. One of the big issues last night, the offer by administrators to give teachers a one percent pay raise. Justin Pickard of the PRPE teacher’s union telling the school board trustees, the teachers are critical to a school district. Citizens wrote to the school…
