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.
In his address from quarantine yesterday, governor Gavin Newsom talked about extending the stay at home order impacting the north county as part of the southern California region. Although there are empty ICU beds in San Luis Obispo county, there are none in southern California or the San Joaquin valley. Regarding extending his stay-at-home order,…
A six hundred dollar stimulus check, or $300 a week supplemental jobless benefit if you’re not working. That’s what congress is agreeing to this holiday season. Governor Gavin Newsom applauds the action in the nation’s capitol. The $900 billion pandemic relief package includes thousands of pages of other end-of-of-session business. Nancy Pelosi said, “It’s a…
The college football season will end with a predictable play off. Alabama against Notre Dame. Clemson plays Ohio State. The winners pay each other. The same teams made up the final four last year, but they shuffled the games this year. January first, the Fighting Irish play the Crimson Tide in Arlington Texas. The Tigers…
If you have not yet talked with Santa this season, be advised he’s available every day through Christmas Eve at Norma’s House in the downtown city park in Paso Robles. So, Chuck Themens will be standing in for Santa this week through Thursday. Santa took part in both drive through Vine Street Victorian Showcases this…
Have you had any friends or family move away from the north county? San Luis Obispo county and California in general are seeing declining population. The county lost population for the second year in a row. State wide, the growth rate was only 0.05%. That’s the lowest in modern recorded history, dating back to 1900.…
The jobless rate in San Luis Obispo county improves a little in November, but it is expected to get worse before it gets healthy again. Unemployment was 5.9% in October. It improved to 5.4% in November. But that’s still more than double the unemployment of one year ago. In November of 2019 it was only…
The city of Atascadero is offering the use of $250,000 from the city’s general fund to work with business owners that are significantly impacted by the governor’s stay-at-home order. A maximum of $5,000 each may be awarded to business that have a storefront in Atascadero that has been in operation for at least six months.…
Details are sketchy but Cal Fire responded early this morning to the crash of an ATV in Cambria. The accident occurred near highway one and Alapay road. Early reports indicate four people were on board the ATV when it drove off a cliff into the ocean. The sheriff’s department received a call at 3:53 this…
Sunny today after a few clouds this morning, highs in the mid 60’s. NE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Clear skies overnight, lows in the upper 20’s. Sunny tomorrow with highs in the mid 60’s. The extended forecast calls for sunshine through Christmas day.
San Luis Obispo county assessor Tom Bordonaro is notifying county residents that property tax transfer laws are changing dramatically. He says families may want to act now to protect lower taxes when passing property ownership within a family. Bordonaro says, “Taxpayer protections for inherited property are changing in a big way. These changes are the…
