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More storm damage, falling trees and a river rescue yesterday. One man rescued yesterday from the Salinas riverbed. Just before 2 yesterday afternoon the individual was rescued from an island by Paso Robles fire personnel. They’re water rescue team. Two fire engines, one rescue vehicle, one squad and two battalion chiefs from Paso Robles fire…
How much rain did you get at your place from the recent storm? Rocky Butte, above Cambria- recorded 13” of rain. Cambria got 10” Templeton 5” Santa Margarita almost 5” Atascadero 3.3” Creston 2” Shandon three quarters of an inch Paso Robles airport 3” for the season. Paso Robles has 7.36”, which is ahead of…
More rain today, highs this afternoon near 50. Southerly winds 10-20 miles per hour. Another inch of rain expected. Localized flooding also expected. Rain likely, southerly winds 5-10 miles per hour. A quarter of an inch of rain expected. Tomorrow, showers in the morning. Then sunny skies, highs around 55. Mostly sunny Saturday, Sunday and…
The city of Atascadero hosting another D-20 discussion this evening. One gets underway at six this evening. An other will be held at high noon tomorrow. You can find more information about the Zoom meetings on the website: atascadero.org.
Santa Rosa Academic Academy in Atascadero closes the school temporarily to in-person instruction after a number of employees test positive to Covid-19. There was one case reported during the week of January 18th. And four more new cases reported on Monday. 195 students and staff were attending the school. They’re back home today, doing distance…
The county releasing figures yesterday on the coronavirus in San Luis Obispo county. Health officials say 194 people tested positive for the coronavirus. In total about 17 thousand have tested positive since last March. That’s fewer than 10% of the county population. Health officials also report three more deaths of people with corona-virus. They were…
A retired San Luis Obispo firefighter accused of sending racist letters to his neighbors is cleared of wrong during. Richard Vinenct Orcutt was set up by a former neighbor who meant to get revenge for the fire fighter complaining about his dog barking incessantly. Richard Orcutt never wrote those letters. The former neighbor did and…
Paso Robles police are investigating the discovery of a body found in the Salinas river bed Tuesday afternoon. The body was discovered around 2 Tuesday afternoon behind Kohl’s. Police say it appears the person had been living in the riverbed area. Officers say it looks like the deceased person was burned. The investigation is underway…
How did you fare so far during this winter storm? Yesterday, several trees fell in Atascadero along Capistrano avenue. Power went out on several occasions as the wind really whipped through Atascadero. Police Chief Bob Masterson says police and fire responded quickly. Chief Masterson joining the Atascadero fire department from king city where he had…
Despite all the standing water in the north county, we’re getting more rain today. The rainfall will taper off tonight. Yesterday, Paso Robles received 2.7” of rain. Atascadero 2” Santa Margarita, 1.8”. Creston 1.4”. And Shandon 1.5”. Forecasters saying the southerly winds will drop to 20-30 miles per hour today and to 5-10 miles per…
