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Other Stories This Thursday 1.14.2021

San Luis Obispo county outlines the next phase in vaccine distribution for coronavirus. Phase One “A” includes health care and community health workers along with long term care residents and staff. The next group will be those age 75 and older. A calico cat named Patches, missing for three years after the huge Montecito mudslide,…

Paso School Board Secretary 1.14.2021

One other issue which manifested during the Paso Robles school board late Tuesday night which is noteworthy. The superintendents executive secretary left, so the board looked at a memo of agreement with the county office of education to hire a woman who was retiring from that office. Newly elected trustee Dorian Baker brought up an…

Paso Robles School Board 1.14.2021

This week, the Paso Robles school district held two meetings Tuesday. The first in the afternoon regarding the recent grand jury report, which they called, “Paso Robles School District, A Cautionary Tale”. That discussion continues next Tuesday at 4:00. In their regular meeting Tuesday night, the board had a discussion about the future of Georgia…

Opener 1.14.2021

Forecasters say we’ll see sunshine in the north county for the next week, but a chance of showers next Friday, January 22nd. Forecasters saying about a 25% chance of showers on Friday, increasing to 50% on Saturday morning the 23rd. Today, the city of Atascadero will hold its first two study session for the 1%…

North County Weather 1.13.2021

Mostly sunny today with some cloudiness. Highs this afternoon near 70. NE winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. Partly cloudy overnight, lows near 42. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with some clouds. A little warmer highs near 73. The extended forecast calls mostly sunny skies through the weekend. No rain in the forecast for the…

Movies 1.13.2021

Have you seen any good movies lately? If so, it was probably not at a movie theater. Box office revenues fell last year to a 40-year low. Box office receipts dropping 80% during the pandemic. Receipts fell from over 11 billion to just over two billion dollars from 2019 to 2020.

Rocket Fizz 1.13.2021

A candy store in downtown San Luis Obispo closes after eight years on Higuera street. Rocket Fizz is located on the corner of Broad street and Higuera. It’s been there for eight years, but the owner says the Covid-19 shutdown killed his business. The store began moving its inventory and supplies out of the store…

SLO Co Covid Update 1.13.2021

The county health department reports about 500 new cases. They also report four new deaths. All of those who died with corona-virus were between the ages of 70 and 100. So far, 115 people with corona-virus have died. The average age is over 85. As for inventory of ICU beds. 23 of the 38 intensive…

Murder Suspect Sentenced 1.13.2021

One of four men allegedly paid to kill a Paso Robles man in 2013 will spend the next two decades in prison. The ruling handed down by a San Luis Obispo superior court judge Monday. The San Luis Obispo county district attorney’s office announced in a news release yesterday. David Rodriguez Hernandez had been on…