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The Paso Robles School Board last night discussed plans for reopening schools. Ultimately, they passed a motion asking staff to come back with a specific plan to reopen on March 16th. At the outset of the meeting, citizens Peter Byrne and Michael Rivera urged the school board to reopen the schools as soon as possible.…
Another beautiful day in the north county. Highs again today in the mid 70’s. It may cool off a little tomorrow but it will remain sunny through the weekend. Then next Wednesday and Thursday, around the middle of next week, there’s a chance of rain. About 12% on Wednesday, increasing to 40% next Thursday. They…
Mostly sunny today, highs this afternoon near 75. NE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Clear tonight, lows near 36. Sunny skies tomorrow, highs near 74. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny through this week in the north county. Highs between the upper 60’s to the mid 70’s. One week from today, we may get…
The Cal Poly Mustang baseball team lost to Nevada 12-6 yesterday at Baggett stadium, to fall to 1-3 for the season. They beat Nevada in the opener Friday, then lost three in a row. Next up, the Mustangs travel to southern California to take on USC this weekend.
Atascadero city council meets tonight at the rotunda. It’s a virtual meeting, but you can call in during public comment or if you’d like to weigh in on issues or during the public hearing on a wild land urban interface fire area map. You can hear the meeting live here on KPRL beginning at six…
An Atascadero bookkeeper gets 10 years in prison for embezzlement. 41-year-old Joy Noel Wilde pleads guilty to 21 counts of grand theft in exchange for a maximum sentence of ten years and four months. Wilde deposited into her personal accounts 63 checks written to vendors from a north county construction company for which she worked…
The dead body of a homeless man discovered over the weekend in Mitchell park in San Luis Obispo, where he was camping. A passerby found the body at 10:30 Saturday morning. Officers and paramedics arrived around 11 and determined the man was dead. The cause of death has not been determined. His identity has not…
The US Coast Guard navigated through dense fog to rescue an injured man on a bulk carrier off the coast of Morro Bay. The captain of the vessels contacted the 11th coast guard district command center and asked for help. The coast guard sent a helicopter from San Francisco. The dolphin lowered a crew member…
When will schools reopen in the north county? Chris Bausch is a trustee with the Paso Robles school district. Friday, the governor announced sports could return to California high schools, and he’s the one calling the shots. Chris Bausch says sports are returning to north county high schools, slowly. Most of those sports are ramping…
Good news on coronavirus in San Luis Obispo county. The number of new cases is down 40% over the past seven days. That compares to a 33% drop across the state of California. County health officer Penny Borenstein reports 118 new cases over the three day weekend. Nearly 20,000 people have had the virus since…
