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 Plumas county, the Dixie fire nearly destroys a gold rush town in the sierras. Greenville, population 1,000 is 75% destroyed. That includes historic buildings and homes in the picturesque gold rush-era town. A woman who runs a knitting shop says, “The town is completely gone. There’s nothing left. Almost nothing left of the town.”…
The recall call election is September 14th, but republican leader Randall Jordan says a lot of voters don’t realize it. Randall Jordan is chair of the republican party in San Luis Obispo county. He says the republican party is not recommending any candidate in the race for governor. Their focus is for people to vote…
More corruption in county government. This time, the Integrated Waste Management Authority. The story broke yesterday in Cal Coast News. Carolyn Goodrich used an agency credit card for personal use. William Worrel is the former chief of the Integrated Waste Management Authority, he acquired the credit card in 2010 without the approval of the San…
Some clouds this morning, then mostly sunny. Highs near 98 in Paso Robles. Near 93 Atascadero. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, clear skies, lows near 54. NW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny, but continued warm, highs near 99 in Paso Robles. 95 in Atascadero. NNW winds 10-15 miles per hour. The…
The Friends of the Elephant Seal in San Simeon is looking to hire new docents and guides to help visitors to the Piedras Blancas elephant seal viewing area. FES will offer fall training sessions to new docents. The guides will act as informal educators to the public visiting the viewing area. If you’d like to…
The San Luis Obispo homeless shelter is experiencing an outbreak of coronavirus. Dozens of people are impacted. 35 positive covid cases since July 26th at the 40 Prado Homeless Services Center. One person was hospitalized. No deaths reported. Santa Barbara county plans to issue a new health order mandating universal masking indoors for everyone. Including…
San Luis Obispo county releases it’s weekly report on new covid cases. They say 386 new cases manifesting over the past week. 18 delta cases. Two new deaths reported. One person in their 60’s. Another in their 80’s. No word on underlying conditions. The greatest number of new cases occurred in San Luis Obispo. 68…
In the south county, many are calling for the recall of three school board trustees in the Lucia Mar school district. That’s after mask mandates are imposed in the district Tuesday evening. During the meeting, people in the audience shouted “Tyrant” and “Coward.” Superintendent Paul Fawcett says the district is following indoor face mask guidelines…
At the preliminary hearing for the Kristin Smart trial, a retired Cal Poly police detective testifies, that when he interviewed Paul Flores three days after Kristin Smart disappeared, he had a black eye. Lawrence Kennedy also described the defendant’s behavior during that interview as nervous. 44-year-old Paul Flores is the last person to see Kristin…
A space port for Paso Robles. The discussion was remarkable at city council Tuesday night. Airport commissioner Bill Britton says this would not mean that vertical space craft would be launched from the Paso Robles airport. Councilman Steve Gregory made a motion to apply for a space port license. The council unanimously approved Steve Gregory’s…
