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Trespass On Morro Rock 10.20.2020

Morro Bay police are still looking for a man seen trespassing on Morro Rock Saturday evening. The police used a drone to get a visual image of the trespasser, but they were unable to identify him or make contact. Officers closed down the parking lot and monitored the area through the night. They believe the…

SLO Co Covid Update 10.20.2020

San Luis Obispo county reports another 64 new cases of the coronavirus over the weekend. 28 were in Paso Robles. 7 in San Miguel. 2 in Templeton One in Creston. That number pushes San Luis Obispo county over the 4,000 case mark. That’s out of a population of 285 thousand people. So, 1.4% of the…

Atascadero Man Arrested 10.20.2020

CHP officers arrested an Atascadero man Friday who allegedly smashed a car window onto a 4-year-old boy during a protest in San Luis Obispo on July 21st. Prosecutors have charged eight protesters for a variety of alleged criminal acts during that particular black lives matter protest. Officers booked 21-year-old Robert “Tony” Lastra into the county…

Bob Jones Trail 10.20.2020

The city of San Luis Obispo is launching an effort to clear homeless camps along the creek and the Bob Jones bike trail which runs parallel to the creek from lower Higuera to Avila Beach. Recently, a dead body was discovered at a homeless encampment just off the bike trail near the trail head. The…

Paso Robles City Council 10.20.2020

Paso Robles city council meets tonight. It’s a virtual meeting. Tonight the council will discuss regulations on cannabis business tax rates. They will also discuss the conversion of the Motel 6 motel into a homeless shelter and permanent housing. You can hear the meeting live here on KPRL beginning at 6:30.

North County Weather 10.19.2020

Sunny skies today, highs this afternoon in the low 90’s. NW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Overnight, clear to partly cloudy skies, lows near 50. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, highs in the low 90’s. NW winds 5-10 miles per hour. The long range forecast calls for sunny skies through the week. But a cooling trend…

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Condor Release 10.19.2020

Seven condors raised in captivity at the San Diego Zoo were recently relocated to a holding pen in the mountains above San Simeon. The juvenile condors are expected to remain in the holding pen to get acclimated before they are released into the wild by mid-November. The birds are named, Pee Chee, Teech, Wahs-Ack, Moorsh,…