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The Paso Robles school board held two meetings yesterday. At 4:00, they continued a meeting addressing the recent ground jury report. They discussed recommendations by the grand jury. One issue relates to nepotism and cronyism. Superintendent Curt Dubost says it’s not right for the district to favor in house candidates for positions in the district.…
A structure fire yesterday in Atascadero. The call came in around 4:30. A fire reported at a house at 7400 Santa Ysabel avenue. Fire crews gained access to the interior storage area of the garage. Sheetrock was removed to gain access to the fire. Six engines responding to the fire. The fire confined to a…
Atascadero City Council introduced to the city’s new police chief at their virtual meeting last night. Masterson came to Atascadero from King City. Atascadero City Manager Rachelle Rickard told the council last night that King City had some corruption in the police department, which Chief Masterson cleaned up during his tenure. Masteson’s family accompanied him…
KPRL, 1230 am will go off the air Saturday for several hours while the transmitter is moved to the new radio tower. The new tower was erected recently on the east side of the Salinas river. Chief engineer Bill Bordeaux says the tower construction went well. He says, “It was a great erection. Very impressive.…
Mostly sunny today with some cloudiness. Highs this afternoon near 67 with light winds. Partly cloudy overnight, lows near 38. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with some clouds highs near 70. The extended forecast calls mostly sunny skies through the weekend. No rain in the forecast for the next ten days.
The pope changes church law to allow women do to more things during mass, granting them access on the altar, but not allowing them to become priests. Pope Francis amended church law to formalize and institutionalize what is common practice in many parts of the world. Women can be installed as lectors, to read scripture…
The pandemic is impacting the Men’s Colony near San Luis Obispo. One in three inmates has reportedly had the virus. A total of 1959 cases have been reported at CMC since March. 16 were released while they were sick. 815 have fully recovered. So far, two inmates have died. Each had underlying medical issues. 391…
San Luis Obispo county reports another plethora of Covid-19 cases. 844 new cases reported yesterday. Since they started testing in mid March, 13,000 county residents tested positive. The county health department reported an additional 10 deaths among people with coronavirus. Their ages ranged from 70-100. So far, 111 people in the county have died from…
After the tragic dive boat fire in the Channel Islands just over a year ago, congress has enacted the Small Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 2019. The intent to prevent a similar disaster. You may remember a 75-foot commercial dive boat anchored off Santa Cruz Island caught fire in the early morning hours in September…
A structure fire yesterday morning in Atascadero. Fire chief Casey Bryson says fire fighters responded at 3:25 Monday morning to a house fire at 7705 Aurora road. When fire fighters arrived, they found the house filled with smoke, but the fire confined to the chimney. The family was sleeping, and their smoke detectors didn’t go…
