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PRJUSD approves applications for career technical education facilities grants
Updated: 2 hours ago
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North County Voters Guide
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Thousands turn out for 88th Pioneer Day celebration
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Community Unity Featured Business: 805-Boutiques
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PRJUSD Superintendent Williams donating money to teachers
In the wake of last week’s disappointing budget report, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Superintendent Chris Williams is doing more than throwing words at the problem. Staff in the district, including the administration, was scheduled to receive a 1.5 percent pay increase beginning in the 2018-19 school year. Williams is donating the 1.5 percent he was set to receive into a fund for teacher classroom budgets. Teachers may use the classroom budgets to purchase school supplies throughout the year.
Updated: 2 weeks ago
88th Paso Robles Pioneer Day is Saturday, Oct. 13
Keeping tradition is important to Paso Robles and the 88th annual Pioneer Day Parade on Saturday, Oct 13 provides the community an outlet to share and remember over 125 years of history. Paso Roblans, both old and new, make a point to congregate back home on the second weekend in October and celebrate the town’s history and its people.
Updated: 1 week ago
CHP releases description of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
The Templeton CHP Office is asking for the public’s help in investigating the felony hit-and-run traffic collision that took the life of Nathaniel Weatherly last week. CHP has released a vehicle description. They are looking for a gold-colored Toyota Sienna minivan, with collision damage to the front of it. The year model is possibly between 2004 and 2007.
Updated: 3 days ago
Tour de Pink riders set for Oct. 26
A trio of locals is getting set to embark on a bicycle journey of a tad over 200 miles in a fundraising effort to fight breast cancer. More precisely, explains Atascadero resident Monica Hollenbeck, to raise awareness of long-term programs for patients and survivors. Tour de Pink [TDP] is a fully supported, multi-day charity bike ride that raises money for Young Survival Coalition. That is they’ll have support from follow vehicles, meals and places to stay along the way.
Updated: 1 week ago
Paso Night Out well attended
A couple of hundred people attended Paso Night Out, a community-police awareness-raising event put on by the Paso Robles Police Department Tuesday night, Oct. 2, in the Downtown City Park. Patrol cars and motorcycles, fire engines, a SWAT vehicle, an ambulance and the Fire Safety House were available for people to not only look at but to sit on or inside. Food was provided by a local church.
Updated: 2 weeks ago
SLO County Airport named Best Airport/Transit Project
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport terminal project was named the Best Airport/Transit Project in Southern California and Hawaii by Engineering News-Record. The County’s airport was recognized on Oct. 11 in Los Angeles. Three panels of judges took weeks to determine the list of winners, reviewing more than 100 projects throughout California and Hawaii and ranking them on their contribution to the industry and community, safety and construction and design quality, and the ability of the project team to overcome challenges.
Updated: 19 hours ago
Community West Bank opens branch office in Paso Robles
PASO ROBLES — Community West Bancshares, parent company of Community West Bank, Monday announced the opening of the Bank’s newest full-service branch office at 541 Spring St. in downtown Paso Robles. The new branch replaces a Paso Robles business loan production office that opened last year. This is the second branch office in San Luis Obispo County for Community West Bank, which has eight full-service branch offices from Westlake Village to Paso Robles.
Updated: 21 hours ago
Disney Culture expert joins speaker lineup for Central Coast Economic Forecast
SAN LUIS OBISPO ─ Doug Lipp, retired head of training for Disney University, will join Beacon Economics analysts Chris Thornberg and Robert Kleinhenz on the speaker dais at the 2018 Central Coast Economic Forecast. The annual event will be held Friday, Nov. 2 at the Alex Madonna Expo Center, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Lipp is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University. Drawing on his 30 plus years of combined experience at Disney and in private practice, Lipp inspires and challenges hundreds of organizations worldwide. At the Forecast, he will discuss company culture, teamwork and inspiring creative thinking.
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CHP releases description of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
TEMPLETON — The Templeton CHP Office is asking for the public’s help in investigating the felony hit-and-run traffic collision that took the life of Nathaniel Weatherly last week. At approximately 5 a.m. on Oct. 11, Weatherly, 22, was attempting to walk or run across the Highway 101 when he was struck by an unknown vehicle that was driving southbound on the freeway. Weatherly’s last known residence was San Miguel, but he was believed to be homeless. CHP has released a vehicle description. They are looking for a gold-colored Toyota Sienna minivan, with collision damage to the front of it. The year model is possibly between 2004 and 2007.
Updated: 2 days ago
SLO Airport ranked seventh-fastest growing airport in North America
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A new report from international organization Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) has ranked San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) the seventh-fastest growing airport in North America. With 407,646 passengers in 2017, the San Luis Obispo Airport registered a 23.4 percent increase over 2016 levels. The jump makes SBP the fifth-fastest-growing airport in the United States, and seventh-fastest across the continent. “2017 was a transformative year for us,” said Director of Airports Kevin Bumen, C.M., C.A.E. “In addition to opening our new terminal, Alaska began service to Seattle, and United added both service to Denver and a fourth daily flight to San Francisco. More people flew our existing routes in 2017 as well. This rise in passenger numbers shows how committed our residents are to flying from their hometown airport.”
Updated: 2 days ago
88th Annual Pioneer Day in Paso Robles
Thousands of people lined the parade route Saturday and enjoyed the antique tractors, floats, horse-drawn wagons, and marching bands during the 88th annual Pioneer Day celebration. Photos by Brian Williams