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A car struck the base of a utility pole Sunday, which damaged the integrity of the pole. The top of the pole is leaning. So, PG & E crews arrived at 4:00 Monday morning to replace the damaged pole. Several utility trucks in the area with 6-8 crew members working on the replacement at the…
Four officers were shot during the attempt to get Mason Lira to give up and surrender to police. Two officers were shot by Lira. An investigation is underway to ascertain if the two other officers were shot by friendly fire during the shoot-out that killed the homeless man from Monterey Thursday afternoon. The sheriff should…
We learn more about the homeless man executed last week by Mason James Lira during his rampage in the north county. The homeless man is identified as 58-year-old James Harding Watson. His body was found along the railroad tracks near the train station around 7 Thursday morning. He’d been shot in the back of the…
A fire broke out in the river bed around the 3600 block of North River road around 6 last night. At 8:11, fire crews reported they had completely contained the fire. The cause is under investigation.
Flag Day yesterday. Did you put a flag out? Flags lined the Veterans Memorial bridge in Paso Robles, which is also known as the Niblick bridge. Flags of each of the armed services joined American flags on the bridge yesterday. Flags also lined El Camino Real in Atascadero. At republican headquarters yesterday, they registered voters…
Sunny with highs near 80. NW winds 15-25 mile per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 50. NW 15 – 25 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 80. NNW winds 15-25 miles per hour with occasional gusts to 40 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies with warming temperatures Sunday. Highs in…
Bars and wineries may reopen this weekend in San Luis Obispo county. Gyms may open soon as well. Two more events canceled. The Coachella and Stagecoach Music Festivals are canceled this year. The good news…. Yosemite national park is open again. There are some changes, but the park is open again. For more information, go…
San Luis Obispo county confirms 11 cases of the corona virus. That brings the total to be tested positive since March to 317 residents, out of a population of 285 thousand people. Of those 317 confirmed cases, 279 have completely recovered.
The entire active shooter event raises other questions about the people living in the Salinas river bed. Is it wise for a city to allow people to live anonymously in the river bed close to downtown? What are the health and safety risks to the entire community? Mason Lira had two pistols stolen recently in…
The manhunt for the active shooter ends yesterday afternoon after an 18 hour stand-off. San Luis Obispo county sheriff Ian Parkinson speaking at a news conference yesterday at the county sheriff’s substation in Templeton. SHOOTER SHOT 6.12.20 The active shooter event ended in a hail of bullets yesterday afternoon near the river bed south of…
