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–The Paso Robles City Council met virtually Tuesday night. Mayor Steve Martin was absent. He traveled to Texas to attend his daughter’s graduation from college. John Hamon served as acting mayor. ....
Salinas River campsites must be permanently closed –It isn’t a crime to be poor, jobless, mentally ill or addicted to alcohol or other drugs. However, for too many years we have permitted the greed of the various addiction for profit industries to spend billions of dollars marketing their products in full view of vulnerable young people. What the average person doesn’t know is that nine out of ten people who suffer from substance use disorder or addiction began using alcohol or other drugs before age 18 and this scientific fact is not lost on the giant alcohol, tobacco and cannabis industries. Their lobbies spend billions in exchange for unimpeded access to the eyes and ears of children who can potentially become customers for life. ....
May 10, 2021 Multiple fires broke out in San Luis Obispo County over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, a car caught on fire in the driveway of a home on Skyline Drive in San Luis Obispo, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire Department. The fire threatened the home, but firefighters managed to knock down the blaze before it would have spread into the garage. At about 1 p.m. Sunday, a caller reported a structure burning north of Creston at 9780 Creston Road, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters were at the scene for approximately one hour and 43 minutes. Later Sunday afternoon, a small fire broke out in the Salinas Riverbed in Paso Robles, according to the city’s fire department. Paso Robles firefighters extinguished the blaze with help from Cal Fire personnel. ....
City in California employs goats to clear riverbed of overgrown brush By: KSBY Staff and last updated 2021-05-06 21:25:23-04 PASO ROBLES, Calif. â The City of Paso Robles is turning hungry animals loose in the Salinas Riverbed to reduce the wildfire risk. Goats will be grazing over the next month or so. They re starting from the north and going south, clearing two to three acres a day. On Tuesday, there were upwards of 100 goats munching away at the overgrown, fire-ready grasses in the fire-prone hot spot of the Salinas Riverbed. They really like thistle, and that s one of the primary things they ll eat first, said Battalion Chief Jay Enns, Paso Robles Fire, and Emergency Services. ....