Local news in San Luis Obispo County including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Shandon, Templeton, Atascadero, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, and other cities along the Central Coast of California.
Atascadero Boy Scout Troop 51 gathered hygiene products from local donors and created more than 30 hygiene kits for ECHO homeless shelter. The hygiene kits include socks, underwear toothbrushes, shampoo and other essential products. The scouts presented the hygiene kits to ECHO yesterday afternoon. There’s a critical need for blood on the central coast. Three…
In Santa Barbara over the weekend, a fire that started in a homeless camp spread to the work yard of a nearby business early Saturday morning. The homeless camp was located next to the railroad tracks at Bath and Montecito streets. The fire began in the bushes and spread to the yard of a nearby…
Tourism during the pandemic. A report compiled by the Tribune indicates the the Transit Occupancy Tax in Paso Robles dropped 24% in 2020 to just under $5 million dollars. Other areas were harder hit. San Luis Obispo’s TOT revenue dropped 39%. From $8 million dollars to just under $5 million in 2020. Morro Bay saw…
Morro Bay police are looking for a man who stole live crabs from an outdoor tank next to a fish market on Front street. At 3:30 Saturday morning, the man drove up to an outdoor tank at Giovanni’s Fish Market and cut the locks to the outdoor crab tank. In ten minutes, he stole $200…
Now that the county is back in the red tier, many are asking, when will schools reopen. Epidemiologist Dr. Fauci says he thinks it’s safe. Templeton’s family physician Dr. Warren Frankel agrees with Dr. Fauci on this point. At a recent Paso Robles school board meeting. Trustee Chris Bausch asked superintendent Curt Dubost when schools…
Forecasters say this week will be mostly sunny in the north county, but a little cooler. High temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s. A chance of rain early tomorrow morning. Otherwise mostly sunny during this spring or Easter break week in the north county.
Sunny and warm in the north county, highs near 80. Light winds from the WSW. Clear skies tonight, lows near 38. SW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny again, highs near 75. Southwest winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny through next week, but cooler. Highs ranging in the…
Friday night, North County high school football teams play game three of the delayed season. The undefeated Templeton Eagles (2-0) host Arroyo Grande (1-1). Templeton Coach Don Crow says it’s the biggest challenge they’ve faced this season. Templeton Coach Don Crow says, “We have to control the line of scrimmage. We’re healthy and ready for…
Earlier this week, Country Living Magazine, named Paso Robles, one of the ten best small towns in the US. The only other town on the west coast so honored was Joseph, Oregon, which is in far eastern Oregon, where the rocky mountains extend into the state of Oregon. Now, we learn Pismo Beach is named…
San Luis Obispo county calls it a road to recovery. How to spend federal money to help the county return to full employment. During the pandemic and government imposed shutdown, unemployment in the county rose from 3% to 13%. Now the county is getting about $81 million dollars to stimulate the local economy. The county…
