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Atascadero City Council 02.08.2022

Atascadero city council meets tonight, virtually. You can listen to the meeting live here on KPRL beginning at 6:00. City manager Rachelle Rickard may comment on a great Valentine’s day promotion. You can name a cockroach at the Charles Paddock Zoo after your sweetheart. Go to the Atascadero city website to learn more about how…

PRJUSD School Board 02.08.2022

Tonight, the Paso Robles school board is expected to choose between two options for utilizing elementary schools. Option A would move the dual immersion program from Georgia Brown to Speck. When Georgia Brown is renovated in a few years, Speck students will make that their new home. That’s option A. Option B is the status…

Opener For Tuesday 02.08.2022

Details are sketchy, but we learn that yesterday afternoon a Flamson middle school student walking with friends on the railroad tracks was struck and killed by a northbound train. The student has not been identified. The accident occurred near 36th and Park at the north end of Paso Robles. Teachers and counselors are preparing for…

North County Weather 02.07.2022

Sunny today and warmer, highs near 73. WSW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Overnight, clear skies and cold, lows near 33 with light variable winds. Tomorrow, mostly sunny and warmer, highs near 75. NE winds 5-10 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the week. Highs in the mid to…

In Sports 02.07.2022

The Paso Robles high school boys basketball team lost to Nipomo 79-59 at Gil Asa gym Friday night. The Paso Robles girls basketball team lost at Nipomo 66-46. The Atascadero boys basketball team beat Righetti in Santa Maria 95-87. In soccer, the Templeton boys soccer team lost at Morro Bay, 4-1. The Templeton girls soccer…

San Luis Hotel 02.07.2022

If you stay at a hotel in San Luis during midweek, they’ll give you $100 in gifts. The promotion designed to bring people into San Luis for a two-night midweek stay. That runs from now until the end of March. If you stay two nights they give you $100 in gift cards. No gift card…

Controlled Burns Near Cambria 02.07.2022

A series of prescribed burns are scheduled to begin on today in Cambria. CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo county says 250 piles of overgrown vegetation will be removed. CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Dennis O’Neil says, “We plan to conduct these burns with as little smoke impact to the surrounding homes and communities as possible. It…

Colorado Fire Update 02.07.2022

The Colorado Fire is completely contained. The fire burned 687 acres near the Bixby Creek Bridge in Big Sur. It started January 21st and was finally fully contained on Saturday. As for damage, but one structure, a yacht was damaged, but the fire threatened 225 other structures. 48 fire fighters fought that wildfire near highway…

Roadwork on NB 101 Today 02.07.2022

You may experience delays on highway 101 beginning today. The construction project will repair the pavement at the approach to Six Bridge Decks on highway 101 between Vineyard drive in Templeton and Spring street in Paso Robles. One lane will be closed in each direction of the highway during construction. Work will take place from…