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The California Regional Water Quality Control Board for San Luis Obispo issued an order for water cleanup and replacement for the Buckley road area. The order says that the groundwater and wells in the Buckley road area have been tainted by trichloroethylene (TCE) and other pollutants. TCE has been detected in the soil, soil gas,…
The city of Paso Robles is still seeking public comment on the proposed mitigated negative environmental impact assessment for the highway 46 east interchange project. The project is a partial cloverleaf interchange and overcrossing at the intersection of highway 46 east and Union road. The city is asking for members of the public to read…
The Paso Robles school board met on Tuesday of this week, following a special public comment meeting on Monday night. Much of the meeting was spent on discussing the future of the 36th street campus, and the comments heard the night before. The school board’s intent for the meeting was to direct its staff on…
The Templeton school board will be meeting tomorrow for its regular board meeting. The meeting will be in the Eagle conference center at 950 Old County road at 6:15 in the evening. Part of its agenda will be a discussion on proposed revisions to the school’s discipline regulations. The revisions come from new guidance from…
The San Luis Obispo county board of supervisors voted to accept the housing and infrastructure plan in its meeting yesterday. The board voted 3 to 2 with supervisors Debbie Arnold and John Peschong dissenting. The housing and infrastructure plan, know called a ‘framework’ was previously brought to seven city councils across San Luis Obispo. Of…
Earlier this week, an inmate who was in a hospice care facility in Fresno county died as a result of a terminal illness. According to a release by the San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office, 46-year-old Brett Douglass was booked into custody earlier this year in March. Prior to this, Douglass was diagnosed with cancer,…
A report by the California department of justice showed that the city of San Luis Obispo had the highest rate of hate crime events in the county in 2022. California defines a hate crime as “A criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against race,…
The Bureau of Land Management has recently signed a plan to help reduce the intensity and severity of wildfires across California. The statewide wildland-urban interface fuels treatment programmatic environmental assessment will seek to partner with local and state agencies for fuels reduction projects. Under this plan, the BLM hopes to reduce wildfire risk in communities…
The Atascadero city council met last night for its regular meeting. The board voted unanimously in favor of its three management reports. One of which was a professional services agreement with Vanir Construction Management Inc. The agreement would provide owner’s representative services for the Atascadero public safety facility project. The project is a joint-use facility…
United Way of San Luis Obispo will be hosting its annual “Stuff the Bus” back-to-school event tomorrow in Paso Robles. The event will go from 3 to 6 in the afternoon at Walmart in Paso Robles. Suggested supply donations are: backpacks, pens and pencils, glue sticks, highlighters, notebooks, binders, and more. A full list of…