ATASCADERO — Peter Lucier, owner of Hearing Aid Specialists of the Central Coast, can now program hearing aids with a new mask-specific program. Following best practices and National Acoustic Lab’s new guidance, Lucier can program hearing aids for better speech...

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Public Health on Tuesday, Oct. 20, released new guidance and made updates to the Blueprint for a Safer Economy related to theme parks, professional sports and personal care services. The Blueprint is built off of a scientific...

SLO County adds 64 cases over weekend to pass 4,000 SAN LUIS OBISPO — Paso Robles surpassed 1,000 total COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Paso Robles saw its county-leading total increase by 28 since Friday and...

COUNTY — San Luis Obispo County is again asking for the public’s help as it has re-launched its fabric face mask drive. Donations can be dropped off at several locations in the County. San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials stated that masks would be...

SAN LUIS OBISPO —The California Public Health Department released updated guidance for private gatherings. The guidance outlines rules for private gatherings that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place. It focuses...

The usual spooky festivities for Halloween may feel extra scary due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, you can enjoy safe celebrations and reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Follow the local COVID-19 Halloween Guidance below to have a fun and safe Halloween! Face...

Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-24th District) issued the following statement Tuesday, Oct. 6, after learning he tested positive for COVID-19: “After discovering I was exposed to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19, I took an initial COVID-19 test which came...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County community members now have COVID-19 guidelines for safely and responsibly celebrating Halloween this year.  Because COVID-19 continues to pose a substantial risk to SLO County, and the State has not yet issued health guidance...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Two new COVID-19 testing sites are coming to San Luis Obispo County, starting Oct. 5, offering COVID-19 tests free of charge by appointment only. The County Public Health Department is opening the new sites at the Veterans Memorial Building in Morro...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — A fifth inmate at the San Luis Obispo County Jail has tested positive for COVID-19, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office reported Tuesday, Sept. 29. The inmate was asymptomatic and tested positive on Sept. 26. The inmate was arrested five days prior...

State health officials have issued new COVID-19 guidance for outdoor playgrounds and other outdoor recreational facilities. Additionally, the State has updated the School Guidance FAQs, originally issued on August 3, to include information on boarding...

PASO ROBLES — There are two locations in Paso Robles doing pop-up COVID-19 testing this week and next, no appointment is necessary:• Parking Lot Across from Paso Robles Event Center, corner of 24th and Riverside, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 3 to 6 p.m.• Heritage Ranch, 2130...

County health officials warn that a spike in cases could lead to backsliding SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein affirmed Tuesday, Sept. 22, that more San Luis Obispo County businesses can reopen indoor operations with...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — County of San Luis Obispo officials announced Monday, Sept. 21, that the local executive order restricting visitors at skilled nursing facilities was being lifted as SLO County community members continue to slow the spread of COVID-19 here. However,...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County is eager to get back to enjoying everyday life safely, and local health officials say we can get there by slowing the spread of COVID-19.  “We are optimistic that SLO County will move forward into the red tier of the State’s...

Also, Dr. Borenstein says state will be issuing guidance for celebrating Halloween SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health’s weekly COVID-19 update included information about suicide prevention. September is nationally recognized as Suicide Prevention...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County is one good week away from moving out of the most restrictive widespread purple tier 1 into the substantial red tier 2. A county must meet the state’s COVID-19 criteria in two metrics — cases-per-100,000 rate and positivity...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein reiterated COVID-19 testing’s importance during the County’s weekly briefing on Sept 9. “The importance of testing is simply to make sure that we identify all cases so that we can take...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein spent most of this week’s COVID-19 briefing explaining ‘“the mischaracterization” of new CDC data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data that shows how many...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — On Monday, Aug. 31, San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials revised the County’s total COVID-19 deaths from 21 to 20. A death in July listed COVID-19 on the death certificate. It was reviewed by the SLO County Coroner’s Office and...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department is asking residents to share their thoughts about COVID-19 testing to help guide the future of testing opportunities in SLO County. Testing is vital to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and reopening...

SLO County in Widespread purple tier; Salons and barbers can move indoors starting Aug. 31 SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new tiered process for reopening businesses — Blueprint for a Safer Economy — that is slower and more gradual than what the...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Friday the first death of a SLO County resident in their 30s, bringing the number of COVID-19 deaths in SLO County to 21. The individual died at a Santa Barbara County hospital last week and was vulnerable to...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials reported its 20th COVID-19 death on Wednesday. The SLO County resident who died was in their 80s and had chronic health conditions. SLO County reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing its...

COUNTY — Local agencies jointly released new recommendations to support child care and day care operations in San Luis Obispo County as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The recommendations were created by the County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department, Child...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Due to increased testing capacity, the County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department is once again urging anyone with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms or who may have been exposed to COVID-19 to get tested at one of the County’s...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Active COVID-19 cases among inmates continue to rise at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo — 208 as of Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. A dozen CMC staffers have tested positive for...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department reported its 18th COVID-19 death and 24 new cases on Thursday. Total COVID-19 cases are 2,324, with 1,950 having recovered. It's the third-straight day the County's new cases have been lower than 25....

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials reported the County's 17th coronavirus-related death on Tuesday, the second in as many days. The County has shifted to reporting COVID-19 deaths on its Twitter page @SLOPublicHealth and on its "Positive...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — County of San Luis Obispo Public Health officials are working closely with the California Men’s Colony leadership team to manage the COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. Due to the coordination and collaboration between County Public Health, the...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Eighty-five new COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday — a new single-day high — by San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials. The previous high was 77 on Aug. 6. SLO County reported 32 and 44 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday,...

Shop owners happy to be working during struggling time NORTH COUNTY — Some salons and barbershops in North County are braving the elements — triple-digit heat and windy conditions currently — after moving outside per Gov. Gavin Newsom’s direction. On July 13, when...

Micro-grants of up to $10,000 are available PASO ROBLES — The City of Paso Robles is using federal CARES Act funds to create a COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program. The program will provide one-time grant funding for local businesses in Paso Robles to help meet...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — After further investigation, the County Public Health Department revised the total number of COVID-19 deaths in SLO County from 16 to 15. One additional death of a known COVID-19 case is now under investigation. “We looked further into all reported...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials reported 119 new COVID-19 cases over the past three days, including 42 on Monday, Aug. 3. Sunday morning officials reported the County’s 16th COVID-19 death. The individual was vulnerable to serious...

PASO ROBLES — Paso Robles City Manager Tom Frutchey wrote a letter to the community explaining the City’s current status in regards to COVID-19 cases, the possibility of more restrictions and what is being done to help businesses recover. Below is the letter in its...

The County of San Luis Obispo reported Friday that a SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19, bringing the number of COVID-19 deaths in SLO County to 15. The individual was vulnerable to serious COVID-19 illness because they were over 100 years old and lived at a...

People watching to see if COVID-19 precautions are working PASO ROBLES — The Paso Robles Boys and Girls Club is entering the final week of its four-week summer camp. Having a summer camp is not usually a big deal for the Boys and Girls Club, but having one during a...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Thursday that two SLO County residents died due to COVID-19, bringing the County's total to 14. SLO County has reported five deaths due to COVID-19 since Monday — two on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, and two on...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Wednesday that a twelfth SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19. The individual was vulnerable to serious COVID-19 illness because they were in their 80s. The community member lived at Vineyard Hills...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Tuesday that two SLO County residents have died due to COVID-19, the tenth and eleventh local deaths due to the virus. The individuals were vulnerable to serious COVID-19 illness because they were in their 80s...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — A second San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department patrol deputy has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The deputy developed symptoms on July 23 while in quarantine at home for a known exposure to a person with...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County health officials ask residents to avoid social gatherings, consistent with State Health Officer order, as COVID-19 cases increase in SLO County. “More cases in SLO County are tied to members of several different households...

County reports 144 new cases over past three days SAN LUIS OBISPO — One-fourth of San Luis Obispo County's total COVID-19 cases have been in Paso Robles, according to county health officials. The County reported 144 new cases over the past three days bringing its...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Sunday that a ninth SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19.  The individual was vulnerable to serious COVID-19 illness because they were in their 70s with underlying health conditions. The patient had been...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — County of San Luis Obispo health officials are asking those who test positive for COVID-19 to help slow the spread by answering phone calls from the County Public Health Department. “Together, we can slow the spread of COVID-19 in SLO County. You can...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Thursday that an eighth SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19. The news comes as officials also report the largest single-day increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in SLO County since the pandemic...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — A fourth inmate at the San Luis Obispo County Jail has tested positive for COVID-19, the SLO County Sheriff's Office reported. The inmate was symptomatic on Wednesday, July 21, and immediately isolated from the other inmates. The test on the inmate...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County Behavioral Health Department urges community members to continue to stay strong as COVID-19 continues to affect the physical and mental health of residents. As COVID-19 cases rise in San Luis Obispo County, many residents may experience...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Tuesday that a seventh SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19. The individual was in their 80s and lived at a North County nursing home with a COVID-19 outbreak. The resident had multiple chronic health...

260 fruit boxes handed out through Farmers to Families program SAN MIGUEL — The San Miguel Firefighters Association handed out 260 boxes of fruit in about 40 minutes during a drive-by-style giveaway on Friday. The only problem was that they could have given out double...

While many businesses around the Central Coast were forced to close their doors again as the state takes on a second wave of COVID-19 cases due to the pandemic, there is one type of business that has kept its doors open, golf courses. The outdoor nature of golf...

Gov. Gavin Newsom offered some relief to personal care services on Monday. He provided updated guidelines for hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, massage parlors and other beauty services to move outdoors. Under the updated rules, all businesses must have a canopy...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County reported 93 new COVID-19 cases from Saturday to Monday. The County reported 48 on Saturday, 28 on Sunday and 17 on Monday. It's the first weekend in July that SLO County did not have more than 100 new cases. Total cases are now...

SAN LUIS OBISPO - On July 16, one inmate was found to have fever and body aches and was immediately isolated in the jail’s medical unit. The inmate was tested for COVID-19, and the Sheriff’s Office received a positive test from the Public Health Department Lab on July...

Cities and counties to use funds to acquire hotel/motel rooms and other buildings to convert to permanent housing SACRAMENTO — Building on the success of Project Roomkey, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday the availability of $600 million in funding for Homekey, the...

There will be a pop-up COVID-19 testing site July 20-23 at the Paso Robles City Library Study Center, 3600 Oak St., Suite 10, Paso Robles. Tests will be available Monday, July 20 through Thursday, July 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register here after July 18. See all...

County reports 34 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday SAN LUIS OBISPO — To slow the spread of COVID-19, the California Department of Public Health has ordered the closure of several industries in San Luis Obispo County, effective Thursday, July 16, until further notice...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Tuesday that a sixth SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19. The individual was in their 90s and lived at a long-term care facility for the elderly. They were not hospitalized. The source of transmission...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County continues to see its COVID-19 cases reach new highs — 72 new cases were reported on Tuesday. The previous high of 70 was reported on Saturday by County Public Health officials. There are 374 active cases currently in the...

On the same day that California Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled back reopening for every county in the state due to rampant growth in COVID-19 cases, San Luis Obispo County reported 101 new COVID-19 cases over the past three days, including a record-high of 70 on Saturday....

Effective immediately, California closes some indoor business operations statewide and additional indoor operations in counties on the monitoring list for three consecutive days. The reopening rollback was due to a continuing surge of COVID-19 in the state. As of...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Saturday that a fifth SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19. It's the fourth COVID-19 death in SLO County since July 1. The individual in their 70s, had multiple underlying health...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office employee who works inside the Jail is recovering at home after testing positive for COVID-19. The employee had returned to work on July 6 after being on vacation. The employee developed symptoms while on...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Thursday, July 9, that a fourth SLO County resident has died due to COVID-19. The County's third COVID-19 death was reported Wednesday, July 8. This is the third COVID-19 death in SLO County since July 1. The...

This could lead to rolling back some sectors of business community SAN LUIS OBISPO — Three more California counties were added to the state's COVID-19 "watch list" on Wednesday, bringing the total to 26. San Luis Obispo County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo reported Wednesday that a third SLO County resident died due to COVID-19. The 61-year-old patient had significant underlying health conditions and was living in a long- term care facility. The patient became ill with...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — In order to offset the costs for reagents, test kits, and staff time it takes to provide COVID-19 tests to the public, the County of San Luis Obispo has added new fees that will be billed to medical insurance effective Aug. 7.  The County Board of...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — County Public Health Officials expect San Luis Obispo County to end up on the State’s COVID-19 “watch list” soon after the County reportedly exceeded the State’s COVID-19 case rate criteria over the weekend.  The County Public Health Department...

San Luis Obispo County reported 47 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend and 21 more on Monday. During that time, North County communities increased by 25 — 10 in San Miguel (30), nine in Paso Robles (184) and three each in Atascadero (78) and Templeton (27). COVID-19...

COVID-19 numbers still rising in SLO County, but not enough to be on state’s ‘watch list’ A two-week plus spike in COVID-19 cases in California led Gov. Gavin Newsom to direct rollbacks in 19 “watch list” counties on Wednesday. The order covers the following counties:...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department reported 44 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday — a new one-day high. The previous high was 29 confirmed cases reported on Sunday, June 28. Over the weekend, there were 59 confirmed cases. On June 23,...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis Obispo County is now producing faster COVID-19 test results for more people in high-risk situations. The County Public Health Laboratory recently began running COVID-19 test samples through a device called the Panther, which allows public...

San Luis Obispo County is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Over the past nine days, confirmed cases grew by more than 100 in the County, according to the County Public Health Department. Since June 17, the County’s confirmed cases total has risen by 133 to 489 as of...

Pandemic-related losses to California farms, ranches and agricultural businesses will range between $5.9 billion and $8.6 billion this year, according to an economic study released Tuesday. The analysis says the state’s agricultural sector has already suffered $2...

NORTH COUNTY — El Camino Homeless Organization has received funding recently made available to provide additional services to people experiencing homelessness in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding comes from a variety of sources, including U.S Housing and...