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The launch of a Firefly missile scrubbed twice over the weekend. Firefly was on track to launch around 3 yesterday afternoon, but that launch aborted just moments before lift-off due to a “drop in stage two helium supply pressure.” Firefly’s launch is now scheduled today between 3 and 7 this afternoon and evening.
By now, you’ve probably driven through the detour at the Golden Hills Union road intersection. That intersection by the Culinary Arts Academy is closed for the construction of a dog-bone roundabout. Ditas Esperanza of the Paso Robles public works department gives us a progress reported. She says the construction crews are laying underground water and…
More than one hundred people turn out Sunday for the American Legion Poker Run to commemorate 9-11. Before the ride, ceremonies were held at the Veterans Center on Scott Street in Paso Robles. American Legion Post 50 Commander Skip Bellinghausen says the post put on the event to keep alive the memory of 9-11. Nancy…
Much cooler temperatures this week. Highs will stay in the low to mid 80’s for most of the week. Occasionally, they’ll sneak up into the low 90’s overnight lows in the mid 50’s. Yesterday some areas received a little rainfall. Atascadero got about one half inch of rain. Paso Robles only 7 one hundredths. About…
Partly cloudy today with highs near 96 in Paso Robles. 94 in Atascadero. SW winds 20-30 miles per hour. Overnight, cloudy with lows near 67. SW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, cloudy skies with highs near 84 in Paso Robles. 83 in Atascadero. A few scattered showers or thunderstorms. A 62% chance of showers.…
A 77-square-mile area of San Diego county has been placed under quarantine to guard against a Mexican fruit fly infestation. The California Department of Food and Agriculture reported that six fruit flies and one larva were detected in and around Valley Center. The Mexican fruit fly can infest more than 50 types of fruits and…
High school football tonight has all three north county teams traveling out of town. The Paso Robles Bearcats travel to Porterville to take on Monache at Granite Hills high school. Atascadero plays tomorrow afternoon at Alvarez high school in Salinas. And the Templeton Eagles travel to Firebaugh to play the Eagles. Last night, many residents…
USA Today out with its top 10 Autumn Festivals in the nation. Making it to the top ten, Cambria’s Scarecrow Festival. Those scarecrows will begin popping up around Cambria, October first. Among the other events, Base Jumping Bridge Day in Fayetteville, West Virginia, October 15th. Fayetteville is also home to the annual Roadkill Cook-Off in…
Two people arrested in San Luis after their car alarm attracted the attention of police. A 22-year-old woman and 32-year-old man were parked on Calle Joaquin, near some motels off Los Osos Valley road near 101 when their car alarm went off Saturday night. Officers searched the two occupants and the car. They found fentanyl,…
Atascadero’s police chief remains on leave, although not much explanation is being provided. Chief Robert Masterson has only been on the job for a couple years. But, Cal Coast News is reporting that he may be terminated. Masterson was previously the police chief in King City. Right now, Commander Jason Carr is running the Atascadero…
