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Opener For Thursday 4.29.2021

Did it feel a little like summer yesterday? It did at high school baseball games yesterday in Atascadero and Paso Robles. A little wind, but warm weather made shorts comfortable attire for baseball fans. The north county will see temperatures in the low to mid 90’s today and tomorrow, then it will cool off again…

North County Weather 4.28.2021

Sunny with highs near 84. NNW wind 10-15 miles per hour. Overnight, partly cloudy skies, lows near 46. Tomorrow, sunny and warmer, highs near 92. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Forecasters say we’ll see mostly sunny this week with a warming trend. Highs in the mid 90’s on Friday.

San Luis Airport 4.28.2021

Alaska Airlines will being daily flights from San Luis Obispo airport to San Diego and Portland beginning June 17th. They started briefly in January of last year, but then were interrupted because of the pandemic. Alaska Airlines already provides nonstop airplane flights twice a day between San Luis and Seattle.

Uber Driver 4.28.2021

An Uber driver from Santa Maria gets more than 50 years in prison for 13 felonies for sexually assaulting and stealing from five women in 2018. Alfonso Alarcon Nunez was found guilty of all charges against him, which include multiple counts of rape, assault, first degree burglary and entering a property with the intent to…

Atascadero City Council 4.28.2021

Atascadero city council received a report from the city manager about the clean up last weekend. She says about one hundred volunteers picked up 25 cubic yards of trash was loaded up and hauled away. Rachelle also talked about a new operator for the board concession at Atascadero lake. Mr Putter’s Putt Putt taking over…

Orange Tier in SLO 4.28.2021

San Luis Obispo county gets the state’s go ahead to move into the orange tier of the governor’s spectrum of restrictions for coronavirus. The previous week, the county barely missed receiving permission. Now it’s okay. The less restrictive tier will going into effect at eight this morning. It’s the first time the county has reached…

School Board Meeting 4.28.2021

An emotional Paso Robles school board meeting. It opened with over an hour of public comment. Parents calling in with two issues. First, demanding the district reopen the schools. As you may remember, the teachers union in Paso Robles opposed the reopening of schools. In a survey, about half of the teachers said they did…

North County Weather 4.27.2021

Mostly sunny after morning clouds dissipate, highs near 65. WSW wind 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, partly cloudy skies, lows near 42. Tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, highs near 72. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Forecasters say we’ll see mostly sunny this week with a warming trend. Highs into the low 90’s by Friday.

Open-Carry Gun Case 4.27.2021

The US supreme court agrees to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States. It relates to a case in New York over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. It’s the first time the high court has discussed a gun right issue since Amy Coney Barrett became a…

Declining Population & Congress 4.27.2021

As the middle class and upper middle class move out of California, it’s changing the population and the number of congressional seats in the state. California to lose one congressional seat. Texas to gain two seats in congress. That’s the report from the Census Bureau. The US population increased by 7.4% last year to 331…