The Dec. 28 wave event that caused so much damage along the California coastline was not the highest wave event ever recorded. In fact, it didn’t even make the top 20 list of wave events, according to the Diablo Canyon Waverider Buoy that has recorded wave data since June of 1983 when that station was […]
New Year’s Day can be a time to renew, reflect, resolve or regret depending on circumstances. Paso Robles has a bonfire, the beaches have polar bear dips and it is a big day for sportsball. As the calendar rolled over to 2000, there was the added wrinkle of computers with code allegedly set to explode […]
An Atascadero man was killed early Wednesday morning when his Toyota Prius was hit by a semi truck outside of Bakersfield, according to California Highway Patrol. The Kenworth semi truck was driving northbound in the slow lane on Highway 99 at 3:31 a.m. when it struck the 2008 Toyota Prius just south of Highway 119, […]
Tortilla Town in downtown San Luis Obispo has closed permanently. According to a sign posted in the window, the Mexican restaurant located at 890 Marsh St. shut its doors on Dec. 18. “Our lease has ended,” the sign read. “Thank you for stopping by, and we hope to see you in our Paso Robles location […]
A wet 2023 is exiting just as it arrived, with rain back in the forecast for the holiday weekend and beyond. The National Weather Service predicted a storm front would move through San Luis Obispo County and the Central Coast in the early part of the weekend, dropping some light-to-moderate rain across the region. Rainfall […]
This week’s storms have brought an early season drenching to San Luis Obispo County, and it’s not over yet. In fact, one location has been the rainiest spot in California. As of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rocky Butte in the mountains northeast of Cambria has accumulated 15 inches of rain since the series of storms began […]