Local news in San Luis Obispo County including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Shandon, Templeton, Atascadero, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, and other cities along the Central Coast of California.
The Hollister fire still burning out of control near Santa Barbara. That wildfire a few miles north of Santa Barbara has burned about 100 acres along the Gaviota coast. This morning, it’s reported to be 40-50% contained. A wind advisory issued for that area today. Winds today 20-35 miles per hour with gusts up to…
The mask mandate is officially over today in California. If you go to your favorite drive through coffee business, or visit a local school, you may see the difference. Paso Robles school district voted February 21st. You may remember, two trustees voted against removing the mandate, Nate Williams and Tim Gearhart. Each of the teacher’s…
How about that daylight savings? Some legislators argue that we should just stay on daylight savings and stop switching back and forth. But in the pacific northwest, elected officials say that would mean the sun would not come up until nine in the morning in Seattle. They say that would cause too much depression because…
Mostly sunny, highs near 72. NNE winds 10-20 mph. Tonight, clear, lows near 31. NE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny with highs near 73. Westerly winds 5-10 miles per hour. The extended forecast for sunny skies all the way through next week with high’s in the low to mid 70’s. Highs will…
San Luis Obispo county has a new wine region. It’s the San Luis Obispo Coast AVA. AVA stands for American Viticultural Area. It was recognized recently by the US Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade bureau. The San Luis Obispo Coast AVA joins Paso Robles, Arroyo Grande, Edna Valley and York Mountain. Arroyo Grande joined that…
Cal Poly women’s basketball coach Faith Mimnaugh retires after 25 years. She retires with 338 wins for the Musangs, the greatest number in program history. Second in big west history. A national search is underway to find her successor. The Cal Poly Mustang baseball team hosts Harvard University for a four game series this weekend.…
Earlier this week, we mentioned Zoo Trivia, which is 5-8 tomorrow evening at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero. There’s also an event Sunday afternoon which is new to A-town. Rachelle Rickard says it’s a wine and food event in downtown. For more information, you’re encouraged to go to the website: visitatascadero.com.
Attorneys defending accused murders Paul and Ruben Flores file a change of venue motion late Wednesday. They want to move the Kristin Smart murder trial out of the county because of pretrial publicity. Inflation reaches 7.9% over the past year. It’s the sharpest increase since 1982. And it may be only the beginning. The increase…
The covid pandemic officially began two years ago today. On Wednesday, the San Luis Obispo county health department reports 17 deaths of people with the coronavirus over the past week. Dr. Penny Borenstein does not say if those who died had other health issues. Over the past two years, 470 people with covid died in…
Earlier this week, there were two lockdowns at Templeton middle school because of some kind of threat. Dr. Gene Miller is principal at Templeton middle school. He says there have not been any threats since Tuesday. The sheriff’s department suspects one individual is responsible for both threats early this week. One Monday and another Tuesday.…
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