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Atascadero Measure D-20 1.15.2021

Yesterday, the city of Atascadero initiated its effort to reach out to citizens to get input on how best to spend the revenue from measure D-20, which voters approved in November’s general election. Two Zoom public meetings were held yesterday. Fire chief Casey Bryson kicked off the video presentation about the needs of city departments…

KPRL AM & FM 1.15.2021

AM 1230 KPRL has a new identical twin on the FM dial. KPRL FM is located at 99.3 FM. Same programming, same people, same schedule. Tomorrow, the AM 1230 broadcast will be temporarily interrupted as the transmitter is moved from the old tower to the newly built tower on the east side of the Salinas…

North County Weather 1.14.2021

Mostly sunny today with some cloudiness, highs this afternoon near 70. ENE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Clear skies overnight, lows near 39. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with some clouds, a little warmer highs near 77. The extended forecast calls mostly sunny skies through the weekend. No rain in the forecast for a week, but…

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Other Stories This Thursday 1.14.2021

San Luis Obispo county outlines the next phase in vaccine distribution for coronavirus. Phase One “A” includes health care and community health workers along with long term care residents and staff. The next group will be those age 75 and older. A calico cat named Patches, missing for three years after the huge Montecito mudslide,…

Paso School Board Secretary 1.14.2021

One other issue which manifested during the Paso Robles school board late Tuesday night which is noteworthy. The superintendents executive secretary left, so the board looked at a memo of agreement with the county office of education to hire a woman who was retiring from that office. Newly elected trustee Dorian Baker brought up an…

Paso Robles School Board 1.14.2021

This week, the Paso Robles school district held two meetings Tuesday. The first in the afternoon regarding the recent grand jury report, which they called, “Paso Robles School District, A Cautionary Tale”. That discussion continues next Tuesday at 4:00. In their regular meeting Tuesday night, the board had a discussion about the future of Georgia…

Opener 1.14.2021

Forecasters say we’ll see sunshine in the north county for the next week, but a chance of showers next Friday, January 22nd. Forecasters saying about a 25% chance of showers on Friday, increasing to 50% on Saturday morning the 23rd. Today, the city of Atascadero will hold its first two study session for the 1%…

North County Weather 1.13.2021

Mostly sunny today with some cloudiness. Highs this afternoon near 70. NE winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. Partly cloudy overnight, lows near 42. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with some clouds. A little warmer highs near 73. The extended forecast calls mostly sunny skies through the weekend. No rain in the forecast for the…

Movies 1.13.2021

Have you seen any good movies lately? If so, it was probably not at a movie theater. Box office revenues fell last year to a 40-year low. Box office receipts dropping 80% during the pandemic. Receipts fell from over 11 billion to just over two billion dollars from 2019 to 2020.