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Back in December a hiker found a body on Bishop’s Peak. This week, the police department says they’ve identified the human remains. He’s 36-year-old Charles Leader of Florida. Leader last spoke to his family back in October of 2020. At that time he was homeless, living in the South Lake Tahoe area. Leader’s cause of…
The department of corrections reports that more than 140 people working at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis contracted covid 19 in the past two weeks. 13 prison inmates tested positive during that time. But only about 30% of the prison’s population have been tested in the past two weeks. The corrections department estimates…
Did you hear shots fired around 5:10 yesterday afternoon? The sheriff’s department reports shots were fired in the 200 block of 4th street, in rural Paso Robles. Sheriff’s deputies investigated, but were unable to determine the source of the gun fire. The investigation is continuing. If you have any information you’re encouraged to contact the…
Cloudy today, partly cloudy tomorrow, then cloudy again Saturday. Then the sun returns next week. Forecasters say we’ll see mostly sunny skies through next weekend with temperatures clinging into the low 70’s on some days. No rain in the forecast, although it looks like we’ll get more rain in February. More on the weather forecast…
Sunny in the north county, highs near 72 with light variable winds. Tonight, cloudy skies, lows near 42, with light, variable winds. Tomorrow, cloudy skies, highs near 67 with light, variable winds. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Friday through next week. High temperatures in the mid to upper 60’s.
Health officer Penny Borenstein reports an increase in cases of covid in the county. She says 41 people are hospitalized. Two more people with covid died, although Dr. Borenstein does not say if they had other health issues which caused their deaths. The two cases were in the 50-69 years of age bracket. The state…
The state responding to the governor’s budget message. Among his priorities, resolving the homeless issue by spending two billion dollars to get them off the streets. The governor also says he will spend billions to fight covid, and to get more people driving electric cars. He says he will also provide free medical care to…
The Paso Robles School Board discussed three options for new boundaries for elementary schools. The discussion included consideration of closing Georgia Brown Elementary School and other options. Chief Financial Officer Brad Pawloski outlined three options. They included closing Georgia Brown Elementary School and moving the bilingual immersion program elsewhere, either to Winifred Pifer or to…
The agenda for Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting listed Bruce Gibson as the new chairperson of the board. Many considered that to be an automatic change, dictated by board protocol approved in 2019. The first item on the consent agenda stipulated, “Reorganization of the county board of supervisors: Election of chairperson and vice-chairperson for the…
If you like the weather yesterday, you may enjoy today even more. Sunny again today, but a little warmer. Temperatures expected to reach into the low 70’s. Then tomorrow, we’ll see cloudy skies for one day, then sunshine resumes and it will be sunny through Friday of next week. Forecasters say there is a system…
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