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The California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation says that Paul Flores may be moved to a protective housing unit within Pleasant Valley state prison, or at a different facility. This comes after Flores has been attacked twice in less than a year of his arrival, following his conviction for the murder of Kristin Smart back…
Cuesta College has agreed to settle a lawsuit that was filed in November, alleging that the school had retaliated against an employee for whistleblowing. The employee, Andrew Kranes, worked as a general maintenance worker at Cuesta College. He reported that his supervisors and coworkers were misusing the college’s vehicles and auto repair shop for personal…
The city of Atascadero and Charles Paddock Zoo have announced the birth of a mongoose lemur. The zoo says the baby lemur can be seen on exhibit, likely clinging to its mother for the first three weeks. Its gender will be determined by the development of its beard color. After a few weeks, the mongoose…
Crews are currently installing year-round decorative lighting in the Paso Robles downtown city park. In the city’s newsletter for the week of April 15th, the city of Paso Robles says that the project is expected to take at least 10 days to install. An unveiling is expected at the end of this week, weather permitting.…
Recent storms across California have caused further delays to repairs at three major slides on highway 1. The Dolan Point slide, located about six miles south of Julia Pfeiffer Burns state park, now has an estimated reopening date of mid-May due to additional measurements being required for rockfall mitigation. Regent’s slide is still awaiting environmental…
The county office of emergency services announced that president Joe Biden approved governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a presidential major disaster declaration following this year’s storms. The department says that “The declaration makes federal public assistance available to help cover costs associated with response and recovery.” Other agencies in this declaration include neighboring Santa Barbara…
The Atascadero city council will be holding a special meeting on Saturday, April 20th starting at 9 am at city hall. The meeting’s purpose is to provide a mid-cycle update for the city’s 2023-2025 action plan. The action plan was adopted by the council in June, 2023. Key focus areas of the plan include downtown…
The county public works department announced that it will be holding an open house for the Los Osos Valley Road corridor concept plan. The open house will take place on April 22nd from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Monarch Grove multipurpose room. The open house seeks to gather public feedback and ideas on the…
Several roads in the north county are closed due to the storms this past weekend. Hard closures are in place at San Marcos and Wellsona at the water crossings. San Marcos road at the 101 is closed to through traffic, allowing residents only. Rocky Canyon at the intersection of Halcon road in Atascadero is closed…
The Paso Robles city council’s next meeting is tomorrow night at 6:30. On its consent agenda is the second reading to adopt an ordinance that would increase the salaries of council members and the mayor, the first increase since 2022. On its discussion items is the budget report for fiscal year 2023-2024, and the preliminary…
