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A 57-year-old Atascadero man accused in giving alcohol to a 21-year man before he fell to his death from a downtown San Luis Obispo parking garage is exposed by court records. David Allen Knight of Atascadero has a felony conviction from 2003 for molesting a child under 14. The parents of Thomas Jodry brought a…
At least eight companies partially owned by gov. Gavin Newsom collectively received millions of dollars from the paycheck protection program. That’s according to an ABC 7 analysis in San Francisco. While data released by the small business administration earlier this year showed the Plumpjack Group received up to $350,000 worth of PPP loans, newly-released data…
The counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura may ask the governor to form a central coast region under the governor’s regional stay-at-home order that would consider their collective ICU capacity and remove them from the governor’s arbitrary southern California area. The governor ordered San Luis Obispo county to comply with his draconian…
At a virtual meeting last night, the Atascadero council confirmed the appointment of chief Robert Masterson as Atascadero’s new police chief. Rachelle Rickard introduced him as chief Masterson because he is currently chief of police in King City. Previously, Masterson worked with College of Sequoia’s and Tulare county sheriff’s department. He thanked the city council…
Sunny today with highs this afternoon near 75. NE winds at 5-10 miles per hour. Clear overnight with lows in the low 30’s. Tomorrow, sunny with highs in the mid 70’s. The long term forecast calls for continued sunny skies with highs dropping into the 60’s on Thursday. A 20% chance of rain one week…
Farmers Market this morning in downtown Paso Robles. 9:30 until twelve noon off Spring street between the library and downtown city park. Right across Spring street from the Paso Robles Inn.
Virtual events and e-commerce have become more important to wineries during the pandemic. Agricultural business experts say wineries have been working to transition their marketing plans. One analyst says smaller wineries have been especially hurt, but even larger operations have struggled to maintain profits. Another expert says wineries have made much greater use of social…
The monolith on Pine Mountain is attracting hundreds of hikers to stadium park to walk up the hill to admire it. 49-year-old Wade Mckenzie of Atascadero tells KPRL what inspired him to put it there. He says a friend told him about the “2001: Space Odyssey.” There were three monoliths. So, they made one and…
While we’re expecting warm sunny skies in the north county, big waves expected to hit the coast. Santa Ana winds may gust up to 60 miles per hour today. Yesterday, the winds played a role in a fire by Price Canyon road near Canyon Lane. Some residents were evacuated and Price Canyon road was closed,…
The sheriff’s department is investigating the fatal fall of a hiker at Montana de Oro state park Sunday afternoon. Witnesses reporting seeing a woman who was walking alone on the bluffs fall backward over a 70-foot cliff onto the beach. That was around 4:30 Sunday. The woman was described as being in her late 40’s.…
