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The California Transportation Commission recently approved $3 billion in allocations to enhance safety and mobility across the state highway system. These improvements seek to expand multimodal travel, including bikeways and pedestrian pathways. In San Luis Obispo county, about $15.7 million has been allocated to replace the Toro Creek bridge on highway 1 near Morro Bay.…
A small vegetation fire threatened three structures on Friday afternoon in Atascadero. The fire broke out at around 2:21 pm on Friday on San Marcos road. The fire quickly grew to about one acre, burning on both sides of the road, but forward progress was stopped as of 2:40 pm on Friday. No structures were…
The Paso Robles Pioneer Day committee will be holding a kick-off party for the 95th annual Pioneer Day parade. The party will be held on September 27th at 4:30 pm at the Estrella Warbirds museum campus, 4251 Dry Creek road. This year’s royalty will also be present at the kick-off party: Queen Lorraine Cagliero, and…
The Paso Robles Area Groundwater Authority will be holding a special meeting this afternoon at 1 pm. The meeting will be held in the Paso Robles city council chambers. The special meeting’s agenda calls for an action to address the existing commitment deficit and board directions to fund PRAGA through December 2025. The recommendation is…
The Gifford Fire’s progress slowed down substantially this past weekend as containment for the blaze grew. Cal Fire reports the Gifford Fire as of 7:54 am is at 131,589 acres and 91% containment. Fire officials say steady progress was made with suppression efforts, primarily focused on mop-up operations, patrolling, and removing equipment from the northwestern…
Cannabis fees in the county may see a significant change by September. The next board of supervisors meeting tomorrow introduces an ordinance to amend cannabis fees in the county fee schedule, and sets a hearing date for September 9, 2025. Cannabis fees are collected to offset the costs associated with enforcement and regulation, and have…
The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is Tuesday, August 19th at 6 pm. This next meeting is the first for the 2025 – 26 school year. The school district will administer the oath of office to their new student board member, Grant Acevedo, who was appointed by the ASB president of Paso Robles high…
A PG&E power outage affected almost 1,400 customers yesterday morning. The outage was first reported at about 10:33 am in the area between lake Nacimiento and highway 46 west. A second, smaller outage also affected over 120 customers just east of the larger outage. Power was eventually restored for all customers.
Weekly Project Update AUG 2025 For phase 1 of the Creston road improvements: new asphalt is in place, and the contractor will be raising utility lids starting next week. The installation of the traffic signal at Walnut and Bolen drive will continue over the next week, with pavement striping and marker placement scheduled to begin…
A minor 3.6 magnitude earthquake could be felt in northwestern San Luis Obispo county yesterday morning. The earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website, occurred at about 6:41 am, 14 miles northwest of San Simeon, just over the line between San Luis Obispo and Monterey county. A few dozen residents said they felt some…
