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The Atascadero design review committee’s next meeting is Thursday, March 7th at 2 pm. The one item on its agenda is a proposed ground floor redesign of the Carlton Hotel in Atascadero. In October last year, the hotel was acquired by Capricorn Property Group for 10.5 million dollars. The proposed redesign of the hotel’s ground…
Today is election day for the 2024 presidential primary election. Polling places will be open from 7 am to 8 pm tonight. Vote by mail ballots are also due today, and can be returned by the voter personally to any official ballot drop box, polling place, or vote center in the state by 8 pm.…
PG&E announced that they will be conducting aerial patrols along electric distribution lines in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The patrols are a part of PG&E’s “efforts to keep customers safe by reducing wildfire risks.” Linemen will be inspecting assets to look for anything that is out of the ordinary and may pose…
The special prosecution unit of the DA’s office for San Luis Obispo reached a settlement with commercial fisherman Brad Leage. The DA’s office said in a release yesterday that Leage operates a boat known as “The Endeavor,” and regularly takes dozens of paying customers on deep sea fishing trips alongside the coast of San Luis…
The California Highway Patrol released a statement of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on Saturday night. The release says that 21-year-old Jace Haro of San Luis Obispo, suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, was driving northbound on the highway 101 near Prado road. His vehicle drifted to the right shoulder of the…
Pile Burning 3.1.24 Cal Fire released a statement of a pile burn taking place in San Luis Obispo county this week. A burning will take place near Reservoir Canyon road and highway 101. Cal Fire will be burning 50 piles of dead and down vegetation, expecting to begin at 9:30 am, and conclude by 4…
The Atascadero police department responded to a call of a traffic collision involving a pedestrian on Friday evening. A release by the department says the collision occurred on El Camino Real near the intersection of San Gabriel road. The pedestrian, an adult male, had succumbed to fatal injuries by the time emergency responders arrived, and…
The Paso Robles city council will be meeting tomorrow night at 6:30. On the council’s agenda is the second reading for re-establishing the downtown parking program. Council revised the ordinance and introduced its first reading in its meeting on February 20, 2024. Modifications to the program include establishing a range of parking rates from $1…
The King City police department released a statement of a shooting that took place on Sunday afternoon. The release says that a silver kia pulled up in front of a home where a party was taking place on North 2nd street that same day. Three men stepped out of the vehicle before shooting “multiple rounds…
Repair work has begun on Picachio road in Cayucos to prevent further extensive damage to the roadway. The county public works department says that while it was originally damaged in 2023, the road’s shoulder washout posed no imminent threat to the public, and the county was waiting for FEMA approval and reimbursement. Now that the…