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Partly because of covid, the blood supply at San Luis Obispo hospitals is running short. Laura Kamada of Vitalant says the local blood bank is at a two-year low. She says they’re asking for donations of all blood types.
On Friday, the San Luis Obispo county health department reported nine people with covid recently died. That brings the total for the past two years to 3978. The deaths range from people in their 40s to their 90’s. The department does not report what other health issues those people suffered from.
The Colorado fire continues to burn in Big Sur. The fire is now 95% contained. That’s as of six last night. It’s burned 687 acres over the past nine days. Highway one remains open through Big Sur.
PG and E is proposing building a series of battery energy storage projects around the state. The intent is to help improve energy resiliency after Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is shut down. Diablo produces 9% of the state’s energy. Now, PG and E wants to build nine battery storage projects. The one in Nipomo…
Caltrans announces highway 46 has received an allocation of 136 million to continue the work to widen the highway to four lanes. The funding comes from Senate Bill I and the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The money will go to convert highway 46 east between the Shandon rest area and the Jack…
January ends this year cloudy skies in the north county. John Lindsay says it was one of the driest January’s on record, but it followed a wet December, so we’re still head of average rainfall for the rainy season. After cloudy skies today, we’ll see mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the low…
Mostly sunny skies, highs near 70 with light variable winds. Partly cloudy skies, lows near 37 with light, variable winds. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 67 with light variable winds. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the upper 60’s and low 70’s. The sunshine expected to continue through…
The Paso Robles boys basketball team hosts the Arroyo Grande Eagles tonight at Gil Asa gym. The Paso Robles girls travel to Arroyo Grande. The Atascadero Greyhound boys travel to San Luis to take on Mission Prep. The girls are idle tonight. They host San Luis Tuesday. The Templeton boys team visits Nipomo tonight. The…
Have you heard about the new Cal Poly? Cal Poly Humboldt is the newest member of the Cal Poly family. Cal State University board of trustees approved the new campus on Wednesday. It’s located in Arcata. It has gone by the name, Humboldt State University, but they’re changing the name and the curriculum to attract…
Cal Poly students who come down with covid are being put up at off campus hotels. The university has spent more than $100 thousand dollars isolating those students in hotel rooms. In the first week of the winter quarter, which began January third, there were more than one thousand positive covid tests, as the omicron…
