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Rainfall 4.06.2020

DID YOU GET MUCH RAIN AT YOUR PLACE? THE NORTH COUNTY RECORDED ANYWHERE FROM ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN TO TWO INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 0.65 INCHES IN SANTA MARGARITA. JUST ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN IN SHANDON. FOUR TENTHS IN CRESTON. SEVEN TENTHS OF AN INCH IN ATASCADERO, AND ABOUT ONE INCH IN PASO…

North County Weather 4.03.2020

Mostly sunny skies today, highs in the low 70’s. Tonight, clear skies overnight, lows near 40. Tomorrow, sunny with increasing clouds tomorrow afternoon, highs in the mid 60’s. The extended forecast calls for showers beginning early Sunday morning and continuing off and on through Thursday of next week. We may receive almost an inch of…

Veteran’s Voices III 4.03.2020

Veterans Voices III was supposed to open this weekend at Studios in the Park in Paso Robles, but was been pushed back one month because of the coronavirus scare. The Veterans Voices III show will run from April 29th to May 31st. Building bridges through art. But the artwork is not necessarily about the Veterans…

Motorcycle 4.03.2020

A solo motorcycle crash yesterday afternoon blocked one lane on Santa Rosa Creek road just north of highway 46 west. The driver sustained a broken collarbone. A passenger suffered a broken leg. Both were transported to Sierra Vista hospital in San Luis.

Knife Fight 4.03.2020

Two Paso Robles teenagers and an adult sustained injuries in a knife fight in rural Paso Robles Wednesday night. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call on Bucktail lane in Heritage Ranch around 7:30 Wednesday night. They found a 14-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy with stab wounds. The boys told deputies they were stabbed by…

Jobless Rate 4.03.2020

Across the country, 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. In just two weeks, the shut down by local government of many businesses in the county has left nearly 10 million Americans out of work. Until last week, the worst week for unemployment filings was 695 thousand back in 1982. Last week, it…

Atascadero Food Services 4.03.2020

Two food service workers with the Atascadero unified school district tested positive for the coronavirus. Atascadero’s school superintendent says he can’t confirm or deny the claims, but says there no cases of coronavirus among students or teachers at the school district. KSBY is reporting that the workers who tested positive work at Atascadero middle school.…

Nurses Vigil 4.03.2020

At San Luis Obispo county court-house annex last night, a handful of nurses conducted a vigil to mourn the lives of health care workers who have died from the coronavirus pandemic. The gathering also intended to demand that local hospitals provide maximum personal protective equipment to health care workers. Of the 89 cases of coronavirus…

Back to School 4.03.2020

Although the state superintendent of schools is saying he does not expect students to return to class this academic year, San Luis Obispo county educators are more optimistic. County schools superintendent James Brescia advises parents to stay in touch. Most county school districts, including Paso Robles, extended their closures to May 4th. Dr. Brescia says,…

Business 4.03.2020

This week, San Luis Obispo’s Mind Body lays off or furloughs hundreds of employees because of the shut down of small business in the country. The tech company is not saying how many people were impacted, but according to a long term employee at Mind Body, literally hundreds of people working at the company in…