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.
An Atascadero punk rocker convicted of indecent exposure in San Luis Obispo superior court. Steve Klein was a founding member of the band, “New Found Glory.” Klein accepted a plea bargain in a case that has dragged on for six years. Klein will serve no jail time, and will be sentenced to two years of…
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley shared a similar message when he visited Atascadero over the weekend. Kiley talked with KPRL about why he got into politics. He says he’s watched the quality of life in California deteriorate, particularly in the last year under the failed leadership of governor Gavin Newsom. Kiley grew up around Folsom. He graduated…
Political pundit Steve Frank made a rare appearance in San Luis Obispo County Monday. Frank spoke to over 100 people at the Monday night tea party meeting last night in Atascadero. Among other things, Frank talked about church and school closures by Governor Gavin Newsom. He said the Vons supermarket across the street from his…
Paso Robles school district needs more substitute teachers. Assistant superintendent Jennifer Gaviola sent out a flyer that says, substitute teachers needed. Unfortunately, she misspelled the word substitute. It has an “i” in it, not three u’s. Regardless, they clearly need substitute teachers at the Paso Robles school district, and there will be an increase in…
Governor Gavin Newsom announces that schools will be pressured to reopen this spring. He’s allocating $6.6 billion dollars to provide incentives to schools which reopen by April first. In most areas, the barrier to reopening schools is the teacher’s union. The LA teachers union said they wanted several changes before teachers return to school. They…
Sunny today with highs this afternoon near 70. Clear overnight with temperatures dipping down to about 31. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with temperatures around 70. The extended forecast calls for clouds Wednesday, then sunny skies Thursday and Friday. A 40% chance of rain Saturday. And more showers next Tuesday and Wednesday.
High school sports picking up in the north county. Friday, the Paso Robles Bearcat boys and girls swim teams competed against the Greyhounds at Atascadero high school. No spectators were allowed, but the swimmers enjoyed the competition. They did not wear masks when they swam, which makes sense. Football practice underway at many high schools.…
In outer space, Cal Poly graduate and now astronaut, Victor Glover took a six hour walk in space yesterday. A NASA official described the video transmitted from space yesterday. Victor Glover is the son of a police officer from the Inland Empire. He studied aeronautical engineering at Cal Poly. He’s one of several Cal Poly…
Berkeley residents up in arms after a local TV station captures video of the teacher’s union president dropping his child off at a private school for kindergarten. Matt Meyer has fought efforts to reopen the schools in Berkeley, making all kinds of demands, but his child attends a private school. Critics calling the teachers union…
Fraud is fleecing the labor department’s jobless programs. In California, the estimate is $11 billion in fraudulent payments. But an additional $19 billion is suspicious. Accounts which appear to be fraudulent. One analyst says, “The only way that hackers could possibly steal that much money from the program is if there were people inside state…
