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SLO May Drop To Yellow Tier 6.02.2021

San Luis Obispo county may drop into the yellow tier next week. That may come next Tuesday. That would reduce restrictions imposed by the government on local businesses and restore many personal freedoms. Yesterday, the San Luis Obispo county health department reporting just one point five cases per 100,000 residents. That’s the lowest recorded so…

Murderer Dies in San Quentin 6.02.2021

At San Quentin prison Monday, a convicted sex offender and murderer from San Luis Obispo county found dead in his cell. Back in 1986, Richard Allen Benson molested, tortured and killed a Nipomo woman and her three young children. The kids were ages 23 months to four years. Benson was a parolee with a history…

Paso Robles City Council Meeting 6.02.2021

There was no Paso Robles city council meeting last night. The council will meet Thursday night, and they will meet virtually again. Mayor Steve says the community at large is also seeing increased reopening and a return of personal freedoms. He says the council may reopen meetings again in a few months. Tomorrow night, they’ll…

North County Weather 6.01.2021

Sunny with highs near 90. SW winds this afternoon 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, partly cloudy, lows near 53. WSW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tomorrow sunny, highs in the mid 90’s. W winds 10-20 miles per hour. Mostly sunny skies through this first week of June, cooling off Friday and Saturday into the mid…

In High School Sports 6.01.2021

The Templeton Eagles girls soccer team lost to Kingsburg in overtime 1-0 in the CIF championships. So the Eagles finish second in CIF. The Templeton baseball team, swept a double header with Paso Robles, 1-0 and 9-6. The Eagles will now wait for the CIF play-offs. They’ll host their first playoff game June 9th at…

College Baseball 6.01.2021

The baseball season ended Sunday for the Cal Poly Mustangs, but on a positive note. The Cal Poly Mustangs beat Hawaii 6-2 Sunday to complete a four game sweep. The Mustangs won the final seven games of the season and 11 of their final twelve games. In Sunday’s game, red shirt freshman Brooks Lee hit…

Summer Concerts Return 6.01.2021

One month from now, summer concerts return to the north county. The 20th annual concerts in the park begin July 1st at the downtown city park in Paso Robles. Linda Plescia of the city of Paso Robles says the concerts will be held Thursday evenings at the downtown city park. Atascadero’s Saturday in the park…

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Sargents Fire Near Bradley 6.01.2021

A fire burned about 850 acres over the weekend near Bradley. The Sargents fire burning in a remote area near Wunpust road and Sargeant Canyon road, northeast of Bradley in southern Monterey county. It’s in the vicinity of “Dead Man Gulch road.” The fire was reportedly 50% contained as of yesterday morning. It started around…

Thin Blue Line Flags 6.01.2021

First in Paso Robles, then in Atascadero. Public displays of affection for the city police officers removed from areas near the police station. In Atascadero, one woman is not happy about it. Amanda Hawkins calling KPRL late last week after the city removed the thin blue line flags from the police station. Flags which she…

Paso Robles City Council 6.01.2021

There will be no Paso Robles city council meeting Tuesday night. The council will meet Thursday night, virtually. The council will get an update from ECHO, and another on riverbed mitigation. The council will have a public hearing on the proposed removal of one live oak tree at 298 Niblick road for the Woodland apartments.…