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North County Weather 3.03.2021

Mostly cloudy this morning, partly cloudy this afternoon, highs near 62. Clear overnight with temperatures dipping down to about 35. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with temperatures around 67. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies thru Sunday. A 65% chance of rain Monday night through next Thursday.

Dick Mason

Other Stories This Wednesday 3.03.2021

Under the new red tier, schools can now reopen. School officials now looking at how soon they can return, and whether there will be push back from local teachers unions. San Luis Obispo county court house closed briefly Tuesday morning after a threat to the building. Bomb sniffing dogs searched the building. Staff was evacuated…

Vans Vandalized at PRJUSD 3.03.2021

Monday morning, the Paso Robles School District discovered six school vans were vandalized. The catalytic converters were removed. The thief entered the vehicle yard through a gate and stole the device off six older model vans. Transportation and Operations Manager Kelly Stainbrook said, “They were older vans, so finding the replacement parts may be challenging.”…

Paso Robles City Council 3.03.2021

The Paso Robles City Council meet Tuesday evening, virtually. The council received a COVID-19 Community Update. The big news is that the county returned yesterday to Governor Gavin Newsom’s Red Tier. Joel Peterson of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance talked about a challenging year under the pandemic shutdown. He said tourism stopped in March,…

North County Weather 3.02.2021

Mostly sunny today with highs this afternoon near 70. Clear overnight with temperatures dipping down to about 37. Tomorrow, cloudy in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon with temperatures around 63. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Thursday and Friday. Then a 60% chance of rain Saturday. And a 50% chance of…

Dick Mason

One Sad Note This Morning 3.02.2021

Dave Booker died February 10th in Rancho Mirage. Booker grew up in Atascadero, and graduated from Atascadero high school in 1963. He graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in accounting. After getting his CPA license, he joined the San Luis firm of Glenn and Burdette. He served on the Atascadero school board from 1975-1979.…

SLO Co Corona Update 3.02.2021

Over the weekend, San Luis Obispo county reported 53 people tested positive for Covid-19. Eight people with Covid died. All eight are 50 years of age and older. Since they started testing last year, 235 people with coronavirus have died. The last time they provided statistics on age, the county health department reported the average…