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.
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…
Looking at Covid in our county and around the state…… In southern California, the availability of intensive care unit beds heavily impacted by the recent new wave of coronavirus cases. Officials say the number changes constantly, but they’re running out of unoccupied ICU beds in southern California. In San Luis Obispo county, 179 cases of…
While many high school athletes had to put their competition on hold because of Covid-19, a 16-year-old runner at Science Hill high school in Johnson City, Tennessee broke the national record for an outdoor 5k, under the age of 20. Jenna Hutchings also broke the US girls high school record, running 15.34 for 5,000 meters.…
The effort to recall governor Gavin Newsom is gaining momentum statewide. The growing momentum because of fear the governor is going to put more businesses out of operation and people out of work. Ann Dunsmore is with Rescue California, says rescue California has helped with the recall effort, but the reason it’s working is because…
One of the worst environments for coronavirus is jails and prisons. San Luis Obispo county sheriff Ian Parkinson says the county jail is doing pretty well managing it, although the outbreaks at state prison’s is preventing them from shipping inmates to state facilities. As a result, there are a number of convicted or accused murderers…
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