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.
A fire in the hills above Pismo Beach blackened the sky, closed roads and created profound traffic jams yesterday between San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande on 101, 227 and Orcutt road. The fire started around 2:30 near Avila Beach. The vegetation fire started on Cragg Canyon road and North Thompson avenue. It burned 5…
Cooler weather today in the north county.High temperatures will be in the upper 80’s this afternoon, and that’s as warm as it’s going to get for a few days. Despite the fact the first day of summer is Saturday, high temperatures will remain in the upper 80’s until Sunday or Monday. Forecasters predicting a high…
Sunny with highs in the mid 90’s. NNW winds 15-25 mile per hour. Overnight, clear with lows in the mid 50’s. NNW 15 – 25 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny but cooler. High in the mid-60’s. NNW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies with temperatures in the mid 80’s thru…
Movie theaters are also preparing to reopen. Dr. Penny Borenstein says movie theaters will soon be able to reopen, but there are some changes. The maximum occupancy will be 25% of capacity or a maximum of 100 people. It’s not clear when local theaters will reopen, but it will be soon. Yesterday, Mission San Luis…
Wineries reopening over the weekend as the state and county relax rules on the government-imposed shut down. Zenaida cellars in Paso Robles opened for wine tasting for the first time on Friday. Jill Ogorsolka tells KPRL it’s nice to be open again. In Cambria, Tom Banish cleaned the counters at Black Hand Cellars after each…
The county confirms seven new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. That brings the total in San Luis Obispo county to 324. That’s out of 285 thousand people living in the county. Atascadero, Paso Robles, Morro Bay and San Luis each added one new case. Nipomo added two cases. Grover Beach added one. Still only one…
A car struck the base of a utility pole Sunday, which damaged the integrity of the pole. The top of the pole is leaning. So, PG & E crews arrived at 4:00 Monday morning to replace the damaged pole. Several utility trucks in the area with 6-8 crew members working on the replacement at the…
Four officers were shot during the attempt to get Mason Lira to give up and surrender to police. Two officers were shot by Lira. An investigation is underway to ascertain if the two other officers were shot by friendly fire during the shoot-out that killed the homeless man from Monterey Thursday afternoon. The sheriff should…
We learn more about the homeless man executed last week by Mason James Lira during his rampage in the north county. The homeless man is identified as 58-year-old James Harding Watson. His body was found along the railroad tracks near the train station around 7 Thursday morning. He’d been shot in the back of the…
A fire broke out in the river bed around the 3600 block of North River road around 6 last night. At 8:11, fire crews reported they had completely contained the fire. The cause is under investigation.
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