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Opening Monologue 12.31.2020

Forecasters say the year 2020 will end with mostly sunny skies, after the fog dissipates this morning. We’ll see mostly sunny skies through the extended New Year’s weekend, then rain returns early next week. We may get showers Monday and Wednesday of next week. So plan accordingly.

North County Weather 12.30.2020

Partly cloudy today, highs near 60. NNE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Partly cloudy overnight, lows in the mid 30’s. Mostly sunny skies tomorrow with highs in the mid 60’s. The extended forecast calls for sunshine through the New Year’s weekend. Then more rain beginning next Monday and continuing off and on for several days.…

Beam Me Up Scotty 12.30.2020

Beam me up, Scotty. How many times have you heard that expression? Well, for the chief engineer of the USS Enterprise, it came true. James Doohan, who portrayed Scotty on Star Trek, died back in 2005. His ashes were interred on the International Space Station. Doohan died at the age of 85 back in 2005.…

Holiday Season Traditions

Necessity is the mother of invention. In Atascadero, city leaders may have invented a new tradition for the Christmas holiday season. Terrie Banish tells KPRL, Atascadero may have a new annual holiday tradition on the night of the Light Up of Atascadero. Terrie says the reindeer were a big hit, so they’ll likely be returning…

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Crash in Shell Beach 12.30.2020

Two people detained after a crash in Shell Beach yesterday. A short pursuit involving a sheriff’s deputy started when a deputy initiated a traffic enforcement stop and the driver took off. The short pursuit was quickly called off. The driver then crashed his car on Shell Beach road and Park Place. The CHP deployed a…

Paso River Clean Up 12.30.2020

Last week, the CAT team with the Paso Robles police department facilitated a trash clean up in the Salinas riverbed. A local company was hired to remove 94 hundred pounds of trash from the southeast and northeast end of the riverbed. That cost about 75 hundred dollars. Crews are out in the riverbed this week…

SLO Co Covid Count 12.30.2020

San Luis Obispo county releases its Covid count yesterday. 63 new cases of the coronavirus, including a number without symptoms, but discovered in testing. That brings the total number of county residents who have tested positive for coronavirus since mid-March to 9602. The state, however, is reporting more than that. Dr. Penny Borenstein reports four…

Stay-At-Home Order 12.30.2020

The governor extends the regional stay at home order for the southern California region. That includes San Luis Obispo county. California health and human services secretary Mark Ghaly making the announcement yesterday. The state extends the stay at home order issued by the governor on November 19th. Dr. Ghaly says the number of cases of…

North County Weather 12.29.2020

Partly cloudy today, highs in the mid 60’s. SE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Partly cloudy overnight, lows near 40. Partly cloudy tomorrow with highs in the mid 60’s. The extended forecast calls for sunshine through the New Year’s weekend. Then more rain beginning next Monday and continuing off and on for several days.