http://www.pasoroblespress.com Top Stories RSS Feed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:41:49 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4206 Students in "Las Voces Celestiales," Paso Robles High School's [PRHS] Advanced Choir, are scheduled to participate among the 12 high school choral groups selected for the inaugural Chanticleer National Youth Choral Festival set for March 26 through 30 in San Francisco, sponsored by the Grammy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:26:08 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4211 Members of Paso Robles High School's Advanced Choir "Las Voces Celestiales" practice their rendition of "My God is a Rock" last week. During practice, students received feedback from a member of the critically-acclaimed choral group Chanticleer. Students plan to head to San Francisco on Friday, Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:27:24 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4202 The San Miguel Advisory Council [SMAC] scheduled a public scoping meeting this week to discuss and gather public input on the Pankey Sand Mine, a proposal for a sand and gravel mining operation in San Miguel. The meeting, slated for Tuesday, March 9 at 7 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:23:04 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4203 The California Office of Traffic Safety recently awarded the Paso Robles Police Department [PRPD] two grants slated to help assist in keeping drunk drivers off the road and motorists safely equipped with proper seatbelts. The grants, awarded near the end of 2009, are expected to Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:22:53 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4205 Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association [PCCHA] Trainers recently picked the Paso Robles Police Department Activity League [PAL] to be an official recipient of yearlong funding that will be generated by a special fundraising project. According to PCCHA Executive Director Phil Benadum, the nature of Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:22:11 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4208 There are a myriad of stories told of the struggles of immigrants that leave their homelands filled with anxiety and trepidation as they venture off to seek new horizons. They leave all that is familiar, friends and family with hopes and dreams for a new Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:19:32 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4207 San Luis Obispo Regional Rideshare recently announced that it is participating in a countywide campaign on St. Patrick's Day, Wednesday, March 17, when county residents will be encouraged to "be green" and leave their car behind when they commute to work. According to a Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:17:01 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4198 Congressman Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, recently visit local software developer IQMS, based off Wisteria Lane in Paso Robles, as part of an effort to reach out to small businesses to discuss pending jobs and health care bills, along with the renewal of Research and Development tax Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:32:17 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4192 The barn at Rancho Santa Margarita was full of prominent San Luis Obispo County people Friday afternoon for the groundbreaking of the Victory Garden to be planted next to the house on the ranch by Sunset Magazine's garden editors. The garden will be harvested at Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:41:43 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4191 A Paso Robles woman was arrested and booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail earlier this week after she reportedly tried to make a left turn from northbound Highway 101 and failed to yield into oncoming traffic, causing a Jeep to swerve and roll over. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:41:30 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4197 With an $18 million budget for approximately 2,300 students, Templeton Unified School District [TUSD] is charged with trimming an additional $1 million. Last year, the district had to trim $1.7 million from its annual budget, TUSD Chief Business Official Aaron Asplund said. "We are Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:35:11 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4196 Fifty two teachers in the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District [PRJUSD] are expected to receive layoff notices following a special meeting held March 2, in which the PJUSD Board of Trustees voted to approve the cost-cutting measures due to the estimated $7.4 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:33:04 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4195 Andre, Morris & Buttery law firm Senior Principal Michael Morris is the featured speaker at an estate planning workshop scheduled for Wednesday, March 17 at the Edward Jones offices, located at 835-B Oak Park Blvd. in Pismo Beach. Sponsored by Joe Brittingham, CFP(r) of Edward Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:18:28 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4194 Members of the group Parks-4-Pups expect to be working with Paso Robles city staff to develop the particulars of a proposal for the city's first official fenced, off-leash dog park to be located on about one-and-a-quarter acres of city-owned land. Amidst a crowd of an Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:17:50 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4193 Geographic communities often rise and fall on the same financial tide, and the current recession has hit Paso Robles hard. Paso Robles Press Publisher Jason Cross said he is hoping a joint effort with local businesses, organizations and government will encourage the community to "shop, Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:17:08 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4182 Students taking elective courses in the Applied Technology Academy participate in the National Student Organization "SkillsUSA." This year, as in the past six years, students registered to compete in regional, state and national competitions. Students start at the regional competition. Upon placing Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:32:43 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4177 Two teenagers were rescued from the Salinas River behind the Albertsons Shopping Center on Saturday and two escaped after they reportedly flipped a kayak. At approximately 5:58 p.m., Paso Robles Department of Emergency Services firefighters responded to a report of two kayakers, ages 16 and Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:25:31 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4181 An official, off-leash dog park in Paso Robles could take its first preliminary step forward this week. This week, the Paso Robles City Council is slated to consider whether to approve authorizing city staff to fully develop the proposal with the North County-based group Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:25:12 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4180 Paso Robles Joint Unified School District officials have instituted a district-wide budget freeze retroactive to Feb. 18 in another effort to equitably address the budget shortfall. According to a district press release, the freeze applies to unrestricted budget expenditures in all areas of curriculum, Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:24:06 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4179 The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District [PRJUSD] Board of Trustees convened on Monday as part of an effort to present important facts about the state and district budgets. The workshop, which focused on current budget facts about the district, funding, budget certification and proposed Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:23:17 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4178 A head-on collision on Highway 46 East just outside of the San Luis Obispo County line in Kern County left one dead and five others injured over the weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 27 at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Highway 46 East two vehicles collided Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:22:00 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4156 Hospital outpatients who would prefer to avoid lengthy waits and what can appear to some as a maze of pathways will soon be able to receive all of the required diagnostic services and meet their outpatient services needs at a single, centralized location in the Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:43:45 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4169 Known by many North County residents as the smiling face behind "Joe's Little Train," which has provided over 10,000 rides for local children at community events throughout San Luis Obispo County over the past 11 years, Joe Coulter and his wife, Barbara, were recognized by Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:52:54 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4168 Sweet toothed residents and fans of chocolate in Paso Robles will have an outlet to "tantalize you taste buds," as organizers put it, during the annual Chocolate Fantasia Event. The REC Foundation and city of Paso Robles Library & Recreation Services will bring back the Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:50:24 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4167 The El Paso de Robles Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual George Washington's Birthday Tea and 60th anniversary party on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. The event was held in Butler Hall, located within the First Presbyterian Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:49:14 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4157 Horse enthusiasts from across the North County will soon have the chance to see action live at the Paso Robles Event Center when the Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association [PCCHA] returns March 7 through 13 for its annual Derby/Classic-Challenge. According to event organizers, the Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:46:27 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4161 Entrepreneur Barbara Steveson recently received this month's Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce Beautification Award for Golden Hill Union Center, a new commercial development located on the corner of Golden Hill and Union Roads in Paso Robles. The award ceremony took place at a recent February Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:06:22 -0600 http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=4159 Before the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial in Atascadero was built and dedicated, Marine Corps League Detachment 680 member and Atascadero resident Tim Haley thought putting San Luis Obispo County on the Purple Heart Trail would be good for the community. "I was reading the Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:04:04 -0600