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Ballot Counting in SLO 06.24.2022

No ballot counting today in San Luis Obispo county elections office. Not until Tuesday. They are processing ballots today and Monday. About 17,000 remain to be counted. The results after the most recent count were consistent with earlier predictions. Conservatives waited to vote, and now those later arriving ballots are having an impact. Supervisor Bruce…

Opener For Friday 06.24.2022

Sunny through the weekend with increasingly warm temperatures. It may reach 100 Sunday, and 104 Monday, then it starts cooling off. Good weather to go to the lake, but there’s not much water in lake Nacimiento. Sheriff Ian Parkinson says law enforcement will be on hand, but he doesn’t expect as much activity because lake…

North County Weather 06.23.2022

Sunny today in the north county, highs near 94. WNW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tonight, clear skies, lows near 56. WSW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies, highs near 96. WSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies thru this weekend. High temperatures in the mid 90’s.…

In Major League Baseball 06.23.2022

The Dodgers beat the Reds, 8-4. San Diego beat Arizona 10-4, Madison Bumgarner gets the loss. They Yankees beat the Rays 5-4. The Braves beat the Giants 4-3. The Mariners over the Athletics 9-0. The Angels shut out the Royals 5-0. Shohei Ohtani struck out 13 for the Angels. At the plate, Ohtani had a…

College Sports 06.23.2022

At the college world series of baseball in Omaha, Nebraska. Oklahoma beat Texas A & M, 5-1. So, the Sooners advance to the championship series. They will face the winner between Arkansas and Ole Miss. Yesterday, Arkansas beat Ole Miss 3-2. They play a decisive game today, with the winner going to the championship round…

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Death by Drowning 06.23.2022

The sheriff’s department reports that the body of an adult male which washed up on the beach in Pismo Beach in January remains a mystery. They’re still trying to identify him. He is a white male with numerous tattoos. One tattoo is a tulip on his left arm. His left ankle has a tattoo of…

Paso Robles City Council 06.23.2022

Tuesday night, the Paso Robles city council increased fees in an effort to adjust for inflation. Catherine Piatti is finance manager for the city. A rumor floating around the city is that parking fines were increased to $50. That’s not entirely true. Catherine Piatti says it applies to some parking violations, like a vehicle which…

APCD Vote 06.23.2022

The members of the board with the air pollution control district voted 7-2 to approve increases in fees, up to 16%, to offset the losses incurred when the Phillips 66 refinery in Nipomo closed. That refinery contributed one half million dollars a year to the APCD budget. The vote was 7-2 with supervisor Debbie Arnold…

Elections Quality 06.23.2022

Meanwhile the debate over the elections process in San Luis Obispo county continues. After several people assailed the supervisors over the lengthy vote counting process, supervisor Debbie Arnold grilled county counsel, Rita Neal about it. Neal advised the supervisor to speak with the county clerk-recorder.