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11-08-25 Special Board Meeting English The Paso Robles school board will be conducting a special meeting this Saturday, November 8th at 9 am in the district board room. The special meeting’s one agenda item is a workshop to discuss the strategic plan. Staff will present the proposed action plans developed in alignment with the overarching…
48-year-old Ryan James Johnson has been sentenced to serve 14 years plus 25 years to life in state prison. Johnson was convicted by a jury of felony driving under the influence causing great bodily harm, hit and run, and reckless driving earlier this year. Johnson was driving northbound on the southbound lanes of the US…
A San Luis Obispo county resident has filed a lawsuit against the Atascadero unified school district with issues pertaining to the Carrisa Plains elementary school. The lawsuit was filed by Santa Margarita resident Gregory Neslon. The Atascadero school district previously transitioned this school from a K – 8, to a K – 5 site. Residents…
The county clerk recorder’s office released its first estimated unprocessed ballots report yesterday afternoon. The total number of processed ballots, including those tabulated on election night, is about 81,000 ballots. The report says the total number of unprocessed ballots the clerk-recorder’s office must still tabulate is just under 40,000. The next results for San Luis…
Two brothers accused of murdering a Coalinga woman plead not guilty to all charges yesterday. 45-year-old Alejandro Soriano Ortiz, and 40-year-old Celestino Soriano Ortiz were arrested back in October, believed to be responsible for the killing of a missing 50-year-old woman. Isabel Lucas Velasco had been missing for about a month, and after tracking the…
Three stores were cited last week during Halloween by the county sheriff’s office for selling tobacco products to a minor. The sheriff’s office says they conducted a minor decoy operation during Halloween week, in partnership with the county’s tobacco control program. A minor decoy under 21 years old attempted to purchase tobacco products under the…
2026 Committee Recruitment Press Release The Templeton Community Services District is seeking interested members of the public to serve on internal standing committees. These committees are tasked with reviewing various projects, financial reports, and informational items to offer to the CSD’s board of directors. Committee members typically meet about 3 to 5 times per year.…
Pope VMP Cal Fire San Luis Obispo, in cooperation with private land owners and the Air Pollution Control District, announced there will be another prescribed burn conducted this week. Cal Fire says the burn will go through approximately 15 acres of vegetation on private lands, 15 minutes east of Santa Margarita, near the intersection of…
Press Release- Paso Robles Expands Emergency Medical Services with Paramedic Squad The city of Paso Robles announced the implementation of a paramedic squad, effective Sunday, November 9th. The city says the launch of this specialized unit was made possible through support of the Paso Robles city council, and dedicated funding from measure J-20. The city…
California voters have approved the new congressional district boundaries proposed by proposition 50 yesterday by a significant margin. As of 6:38 November 5th, proposition 50 is sitting at 63.8% ‘yes,’ and 36.2% ‘no’ across the state. Proposition 50 seeks to add as many as five additional seats to democrats in the house of representatives. Here…
