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North County Weather 3.13.2020

Mostly cloudy skies. highs near 60. Tonight, overcast with a 40% chance of showers, Lows in the upper 40’s. Tomorrow, overcast skies a 30% chance of rain. Mostly in the morning hours cooler, highs in the upper 50’s. The extended forecast calls for more rain Sunday through most of next week. The heaviest rainfall forecast…

Katcho Achadjian 3.13.2020

A memorial service for Katcho Achadjian held yesterday at the San Luis Obispo Mission. 9 bells rang to call mourners to the mission to celebrate his life. The former supervisor and assemblyman died March 5th at the age of 68 from various health complications. Back in 1971, Katcho Achadjian immigrated to San Luis Obispo from…

Cal Poly Events Canceled 3.13.2020

The coronavirus scare inspires Cal Poly to cancel public events at the university. The university will also delay the start of classes for spring quarter. President Jeffrey Armstrong announcing yesterday that Poly is canceling events at the Performing Arts Center through the end of March. Sporting events through the end of March are suspended indefinitely.…

San Luis School Events Canceled 3.13.2020

Dr. Oz and Dr. Drew: Stop panicking over coronavirus The county department of education says all schools within San Luis Obispo county are canceling large gatherings. Those are gatherings of more than 250 people. KPRL talked with Dr. James Brescia earlier this week. Dr. James Brescia says local school districts, the department of education and…

Adam Hill 3.13.2020

Not much new in the strange story of supervisor Adam Hill. On Wednesday, his office was searched by the FBI. Then later Wednesday afternoon, the supervisor was taken to the hospital. Cal Coast News reported that he attempted suicide. The county is not commenting. County spokesperson Wendy Szentesi confirming that he was taken to the…

Traffic Calming in Atascadero 3.13.2020

The City of Atascadero conducted the second of four meetings to encourage public input into plans to reconfigure traffic on El Camino Real through downtown. The intent is to improve pedestrian safety and make the downtown area more user friendly to shoppers and visitors. Community Development Director Phil Dunsmore talked about the concept and showed…

Weather

North County Weather 3.12.2020

Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 70’s. Tonight, mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40’s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, but we’ll see some clouds and a 20% chance of rain. Cooler, highs in the low 60’s. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny Saturday, then more rain Sunday through Saturday of next week. The heaviest…

In Sports 3.12.2020

The Cal Poly women’s basketball team upsets UC Irvine in the second round of the Big West tournament yesterday. That Australian freshman guard scores 30 points as the Mustangs beat the Anteaters 70-49. Abby Ellis hit 11 of her 16 shots, including 5 for nine from three point range. The Mustangs advance to the semi-finals…

Highway One 3.12.2020

Highway 1 to be closed in both directions tonight about two miles south of Ragged Point. That will take place tonight during the overnight hours from 11:55 pm until 6 am. The closure will extend from the traffic signals which maintain the 24/7 traffic control north and south of the project area between the San…