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.
The mineral fire continues to burn out of control at the west end of Fresno county just west of Coalinga. The fire has now burned 19,500 acres. It’s now 30% contained. One structure has been destroyed. Yesterday, evacuation orders issued for residents who live north of Los Gatos creek, east of Derrick road, west of…
Another dry windy weekend in the north county. In the Salinas riverbed, the clean up continues to reduce the likelihood of fire. Mayor Steve Martin says the city is giving that effort a new commitment, although it’s been an issue for awhile. The city allocating 278 thousand dollars from the general fund to clean up…
In San Luis Obispo, police investigated repeated reports of gun fire in the creek bed by the Elks Lodge. Homeless people camp in the bushes in that section of San Luis. This week, police find an AR-15 rifle in the bushes. They arrest 56-year-old Guy Wicks who camped in the creek bed near where the…
The summer of 2020 will not include any concerts at Vina Robles. The Beach Boys, Steve Martin and Martin Short, Bare-Naked Ladies and the Australian Pink Floyd show all postponed until 2021. The 2020 concert season canceled because of the government imposed shut down because of the corona-virus. But the concerts postponed until next summer.
San Luis Coastal Unified school district announcing schools will reopen this fall with distance learning. The board of education made the decision last night. They called it extraordinarily difficult. So schools in San Luis and Morro Bay will start the school year with distance learning and continue that through winter break.
The county health department reports 46 new cases of the corona-virus yesterday. That brings the total to 1,158 people. That’s the number of people who have tested positive since March. Just over one thousand out of a population of 285 thousand people in the county. Of that 425 active cases, 11 are hospitalized. Recently a…
Mostly sunny and windy today, high’s in the mid 80’s. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Overnight, partly cloudy w/ lows in the mid 50’s. SW winds 10-20 mph. Tomorrow, sunny after morning clouds, highs in the mid 80’s. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour tomorrow. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through…
Lucia Mar school district in the Arroyo Grande and Five Cities area will not reopen in the fall. The Lucia Mar board of education announcing this week, that the district will start online-only school year on August 13th. A dog in Cambria quarantined after it had a close call with a rabid bat. The owner…
Did you see the smokey haze lingering over the north county yesterday? That smoke is from the Mineral Fire, which is burning in western Fresno county just outside Coalinga. So far, the fire has burned more than 14,300 acres since Monday afternoon. It is 15% contained. 60 structures are threatened. Evacuation orders have been issued…
In San Luis Obispo county, 34 new cases confirmed yesterday. There have been 1112 confirmed cases so far. That’s out of a population of 285 thousand people. Most recovered at home. Of those 1112 with Covid-19, six people have died. All were over the age of 60. Most were over the age of 70. Two…
