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The county board of supervisors held a hearing near the end of its meeting yesterday for amending cannabis fees in the county schedule. Due to reductions in staff for cannabis compliance teams, staff recommended the county reduce many of the fees charged to cannabis cultivators in the county. The supervisors unanimously approved the amendments. Some…
The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is tonight, with closed session starting at 6. An information item being presented tonight for the board is a two year disciplinary data overview. The overview provides the total number of suspensions and expulsions across the school district from the previous two school years, and provides further data…
The city of Paso Robles has agreed to pay over $250,000 in legal fees in the lawsuit involving councilman Chris Bausch and The Tribune. The lawsuit was first filed in March 2025, after The Tribune filed numerous public records request for documents on councilman Bausch’s personal devices. These requests were related to former city manager…
A special meeting was held by the Paso Robles city council on Saturday, September 9th at 9 am. The meeting’s only items were three closed session items on litigation. The first was the existing case of The Tribune v. City of Paso Robles, Chris Bausch, and Chris Bausch v. City of Paso Robles. The other…
Intermittent traffic control is scheduled to take place overnight on the US 101 at the Wellsona road intersection. Currently crews are working on a $12.2 million project to construct a new underpass beneath the 101, eliminating the need to make left turns off Wellsona road. The closure will start tonight at 7 pm, and will…
Press Release – Food trucks vendors wanted for New Year’s Eve 2025 The city of Paso Robles annual New Year’s Eve celebration will return to the downtown city park. Festivities will take place from 7 to 11 pm on New Year’s Eve, and the city is seeking six interested local food trucks to be a…
The city of Atascadero initially scheduled a public hearing for Short Term Rental (STR) regulations in its next meeting. The city instructed staff to develop new regulations and standards for STRs in October, 2024. The Atascadero planning commission recommended several changes, including requiring owner-occupany for single-family zond properties to operate an STR. However, the city…
The San Miguel Community Services District has not renewed contracts for both its general manager and fire chief. Their last meeting on August 28th contained two agendized items to approve each contract, but both failed to pass. The current general manager is Kelly Dodds, and the current fire chief is Scott Young. For fire chief…
Caltrans announced Madonna road in San Luis Obispo will be experiencing lane closures for pavement restriping. Closures will last from Monday, September 8th through Wednesday, September 10th between 9 am and 3 pm. At least one lane of travel will remain open in each direction during working hours, according to Caltrans. On and off ramps…
New language may be added in to the city of Atascadero’s municipal code for Short Term Rental units (STRS). The city council first asked staff to develop new regulations and standards for STRS in the city, as they currently lack regulatory framework for these types of rentals. Among these proposed changes that received the most…
