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Governor Gavin Newsom stopped by the vaccination facility at Cuesta College near San Luis Obispo Tuesday afternoon to congratulate local officials on our county returning to the Red Tier. He said San Luis Obispo County is one of seven counties moving into the red tier. That’s a result of a reduction of case rates and…
Mostly sunny today with highs this afternoon near 70. Clear overnight with temperatures dipping down to about 37. Tomorrow, cloudy in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon with temperatures around 63. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Thursday and Friday. Then a 60% chance of rain Saturday. And a 50% chance of…
Did you feel any earthquakes over the weekend? A series of four earthquakes shook Big Sur early Sunday morning. The strongest measured 3.7 on the Richter scale. Tremors between 2.5 and 5.4 may be felt, but rarely cause much damage.
Dave Booker died February 10th in Rancho Mirage. Booker grew up in Atascadero, and graduated from Atascadero high school in 1963. He graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in accounting. After getting his CPA license, he joined the San Luis firm of Glenn and Burdette. He served on the Atascadero school board from 1975-1979.…
Over the weekend, San Luis Obispo county reported 53 people tested positive for Covid-19. Eight people with Covid died. All eight are 50 years of age and older. Since they started testing last year, 235 people with coronavirus have died. The last time they provided statistics on age, the county health department reported the average…
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…
