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Motorcycle 4.03.2020

A solo motorcycle crash yesterday afternoon blocked one lane on Santa Rosa Creek road just north of highway 46 west. The driver sustained a broken collarbone. A passenger suffered a broken leg. Both were transported to Sierra Vista hospital in San Luis.

Knife Fight 4.03.2020

Two Paso Robles teenagers and an adult sustained injuries in a knife fight in rural Paso Robles Wednesday night. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call on Bucktail lane in Heritage Ranch around 7:30 Wednesday night. They found a 14-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy with stab wounds. The boys told deputies they were stabbed by…

Jobless Rate 4.03.2020

Across the country, 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. In just two weeks, the shut down by local government of many businesses in the county has left nearly 10 million Americans out of work. Until last week, the worst week for unemployment filings was 695 thousand back in 1982. Last week, it…

Atascadero Food Services 4.03.2020

Two food service workers with the Atascadero unified school district tested positive for the coronavirus. Atascadero’s school superintendent says he can’t confirm or deny the claims, but says there no cases of coronavirus among students or teachers at the school district. KSBY is reporting that the workers who tested positive work at Atascadero middle school.…

Nurses Vigil 4.03.2020

At San Luis Obispo county court-house annex last night, a handful of nurses conducted a vigil to mourn the lives of health care workers who have died from the coronavirus pandemic. The gathering also intended to demand that local hospitals provide maximum personal protective equipment to health care workers. Of the 89 cases of coronavirus…

Back to School 4.03.2020

Although the state superintendent of schools is saying he does not expect students to return to class this academic year, San Luis Obispo county educators are more optimistic. County schools superintendent James Brescia advises parents to stay in touch. Most county school districts, including Paso Robles, extended their closures to May 4th. Dr. Brescia says,…

Business 4.03.2020

This week, San Luis Obispo’s Mind Body lays off or furloughs hundreds of employees because of the shut down of small business in the country. The tech company is not saying how many people were impacted, but according to a long term employee at Mind Body, literally hundreds of people working at the company in…

Wuhan Coronavirus SLO Update 4.03.2020

The San Luis Obispo county health department reports six new cases of coronavirus in the county. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 89. The good news is that 48 people have fully recovered. 33 are recovering at home. 8 are hospitalized. Three are in hospital intensive care units. No deaths reported in…

Weather Intro 4.03.2020

Enjoy the sunny weather today, because we’ll see rain return this weekend. Forecasters say we’ll see increasing clouds tomorrow afternoon with rain beginning around six Sunday morning. We may get over eight tenths of an inch of rain in Paso Robles. About the same in Atascadero and Santa Margarita. Those living off York Mountain road…

North County Weather 4.02.2020

Mostly sunny skies today, highs in the low 70’s. Tonight, clear skies overnight. Lows in the upper 30’s. Tomorrow, sunny and warm, highs near 70. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through Saturday. Showers beginning late Sunday and continuing through Thursday of next week. We may receive more than one half inch of…