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PG&E has announced there could be more customers without power this Thursday as part of a planned power outage. The previous announcement said it could only impact about 7,000 customers, but that has grown to more than 10,000. The map of potential outages has grown, and is available on PG&E’s website. Affected areas include Creston,…
The Paso Robles school board discussed its board policy updates from the California School Boards Association (CSBA) last night. CSBA updates board policies to ensure they remain compliant with state and federal laws, and are routine items. During last night’s meeting, however, trustee Kenney Enney wanted to pull three sections of the updated policy, out…
A woman accused of animal cruelty, in charge of managing a Paso Robles apartment complex, may have her charges dismissed. 63-year-old Laurie Bryant was charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty by the DA’s office on February 10, 2025. In October 2024, hazmat crews cleaned out an apartment at 1040 chestnut street, with 40…
The San Luis Obispo county air pollution control district announced that a northern Chumash tribe will be conducting a cultural burn next week, and will take place at the Johnson Ranch open space just south of San Luis Obispo. Cultural burns are conducted with support from Cal Fire San Luis Obispo, and various other fire…
The city of Atascadero will be holding its next “Coffee with a Planner” event this week. This session will be held Thursday, October 15th at 9 am at Amstrdm Coffee House. The topic will focus on changes to land use allowances following the new zoning code update. Coffee with a Planner’s goal is to allow…
San Luis Obispo county supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg has released a statement on recent ICE activity in the county. Ortiz-Legg said “the parent of a local middle school student was detained by ICE agents” on October 8th. Currently, there is no information regarding the specific circumstances or reasons for the individual’s detention, according to the release.…
PG&E announced there could be a power shutoff up to 7,700 customers in San Luis Obispo county early Thursday morning. Affected areas are rural parts of San Luis Obispo county, on either side of Atascadero, Templeton, and into San Simeon. PG&E says the shutoffs are due to forecast weather conditions for Thursday, and may start…
Paso Robles public works has advised the public that work on Creston road will bring several closures during the month of October. Crews will continue waterline construction, and will be closing Creston road overnight between Nickerson drive and Melody drive. Closures will start at 10 pm Tuesday, October 13th, and will work into Wednesday morning…
The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office is warning residents about a scam targeting individuals in the south county area, resulting in thousands of dollars in losses. In both reported cases, victims were contacted by suspects claiming that a family member had been arrested, and that money was urgently needed to cover bail and other…
San Luis Obispo county public health has confirmed the first case of measles on October 7th through laboratory testing. Public health says they are working with the individuals and their healthcare providers to identify and notify people who may have been exposed. Exposure locations include the family industrial medical center on October 5th and 6th,…
