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An earthquake struck north San Luis Obispo county at about 9:54 yesterday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake’s epicenter struck about 5 miles west of Templeton, just north of the highway 46 west. The earthquake was measured at about 4.4 to 4.6 on the Richter scale. The impacts could be felt…
The county district attorney’s office has released an explanation regarding the recent sentence for the Pismo Beach stabbing death. The DA’s office says they are releasing this due to community questions about why the DA’s office agreed to involuntary manslaughter charges for 35-year-old Andrew Rodriguez. Rodriguez was accused of murdering Jonathan Perez in Pismo Beach…
The Paso Robles city hall and library were affected by a PG&E power outage yesterday morning. The city of Paso Robles sent a notification of the outage about 10 minutes after 11 am. As a result of the outage, the Paso Robles city library and city hall lobby were both closed for the remainder of…
The Paso Robles city council’s next meeting is tonight at 6. On tonight’s agenda is the city’s first quarterly financial budget report and update for the 2025 – 26 budget. The agenda says that the city is on track to spend roughly 96.4% of appropriations for the year-end, consistent with historical spending. However, the city…
The Grover Beach police department responded to a murder-suicide just after midnight on Saturday, November 15th. The police department says this incident took place on the 300 block of North Third street, and the involved parties have been positively identified by the sheriff’s office coroner division: 28-year-old Owen James Wesner, and 24-year-old Emily Lourin Reily.…
The county district attorney’s office announced that 35-year-old Andrew Frederick Rodriguez has been sentenced to eight years in prison, for the stabbing of 39-year-old Jonathan Campbell Perez in Pismo Beach. Rodriguez plead guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter back in October, also admitted he was previously convicted of the crime of residential burglary in…
UPDATED TAAG Agenda November DRAFT TAAG Brochure TAAG Flyer 2025 The Templeton Area Advisory Group (TAAG) will be holding its next meeting will be this Thursday at 6:30 pm. TAAG holds monthly meetings to solicit community input and provide feedback about proposed development and projects in the area. TAAG’s annual election is approaching, and any…
The county elections office has completed its 1% manual tally of voters for this past special election, and is on track to tabulate all ballots by this afternoon. The latest unprocessed ballot report was released on Friday afternoon, with about 10,000 unprocessed ballots left. The clerk-recorder’s office says these include the final batches of mail…
The Paso Robles food truck ad hoc committee met for its second meeting last week on Wednesday. The ad hoc committee was presented with a comprehensive summary of the issues raised in the previous meeting regarding food truck regulations in the city. Four of the six recommendations were sent to city council for discussion: food…
The Paso Robles annual Christmas light parade will be returning to downtown Paso Robles on Saturday, December 6th. The parade starts at 6 pm, traveling north on Spring street from 10th to 14th street, then east to Park street, and then around the downtown city park. This year’s theme is: “Christmas Lights, Winter Nights.” Paso…
