PRHS ‘Las Voces Celestiales’ heading to S.F.
Modified: Tuesday, Mar 9th, 2010
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 Award-winning choir Chanticleer.
While in San Francisco, students are scheduled to participate in three full ...more

VIDEO: PRHS Las Voces Celestiales
Posted: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
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, March 26 through 30 to perform at the first Chanticleer National Youth Choral Festival. Students ...more

SMAC to consider Pankey proposal
Modified: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
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 p.m. at the Lillian Larsen School gym, 601 L St. in San Miguel and sponsored ...more

PRPD receives grant funding
Modified: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
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 pay for overtime to allow officers to work directed enforcement operations within the city of ...more

PCCHA trainers donate to PAL
Modified: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
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 the project will be revealed at a PCCHA dinner and youth auction following a PCCHA ...more

Getting to know you: Catching a falling star
Posted: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
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 life of greater possibilities. For many, such hopes and dreams are attained and culminate in ...more

SLO Regional Rideshare encouraging residents to 'be green' on St. Patrick's Day
Posted: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
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 media release, as an incentive to walk, bike, share ride or bus instead of driving ...more

McCarthy visits IQMS
Modified: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
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 credits, which officials cited as a concern. McCarthy visited with employees, company officials and fielded ...more

Savor the Central Coast
Modified: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
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 Savor the Central Coast, a food and wine event that will feature Central Coast wineries ...more

Woman allegedly causes DUI collision on Hwy. 101
Modified: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
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.
According to a California Highway Patrol incident report, Cheryl Futhey, 47, of Paso Robles was ...more

TUSD teachers receive 20 pink slips
Modified: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
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 really getting down to difficult choices," Asplund said, adding that a lot of extra costs ...more

PRJUSD teachers receive 52 pink slips
Modified: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010

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 million budget shortfall the district faces for the 2011 school year.
That equates to 24.5 ...more

Estate planning workshop scheduled
Posted: Thursday, Mar 4th, 2010
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 Jones Investments, the presentation will include a presentation by Morris titled "Estate Tax Repeal & ...more

Council OK’s moving forward with dog park proposal
Posted: Thursday, Mar 4th, 2010
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 estimated 25-plus members of the organization in attendance, the Paso Robles City Council voted 3-0 ...more

Press begins ‘Community Unity’
Posted: Thursday, Mar 4th, 2010
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, play, buy, [and] stay in Paso Robles."
The 12-month campaign, called "Community Unity," will ...more

PRHS students compete in SkillsUSA Region 2 competition
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
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 as gold medallists in regionals, they are allowed to advance to the state competition and ...more

Two teens saved from Salinas River
Modified: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
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 17, who capsized their vessels and were stranded in the river in the vicinity of ...more

City council to consider Paso Robles dog park: a first step
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
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 Parks-4-Pups, the group responsible for building Heilmann Dog Park in Atascadero and Vineyard Dog Park ...more

Budget freeze initiated for PRJUSD retroactive to Feb. 18
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
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, instruction and business.
The shortfall for the 2009-10 budget is estimated to be $2.4 million. ...more

PRJUSD, public tackling 2010-11 budget cuts
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
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 reductions, was held as the board continues to grapple with ways to cut an estimated ...more

One dead in head-on collision on Hwy. 46
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
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 head-on just east of the San Luis Obispo County line, according to a California Highway ...more

TCCH cuts ribbon on new Diagnostic Services Center
Modified: Friday, Feb 26th, 2010
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 North County.
On Thursday, members of the Paso Robles, Templeton and Atascadero chambers of commerce, ...more

Not your average Joe: Local Elks member awarded for conducting smiles
Posted: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
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 The Atascadero Elks Lodge this month for their dedication to local youth.
"[Joe] loves to ...more

Chocolate Fantasia to indulge Paso's sweet tooth
Posted: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
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 "ever-popular" event to the Centennial Park Ballroom in Paso Robles tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 ...more

Daughters of Revolutionary War celebrate anniversary, founding father
Posted: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
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 Church in Templeton.
El Paso de Robles Daughters of the American Revolution Registrar Virginia Johnson ...more

Paso Robles Event Center to host PCCHA Derby/Classic-Challenge
Modified: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
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 derby and challenge offer approximately $400,000 in prize money for its exhibitors, stimulation of the ...more

A closer look: PR Chamber’s February beautification award winner
Posted: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
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 Chamber mixer.
Designed by JSA architect Jeff Schneidereit in conjunction with Jack Kurrels Construction, the ...more

Caltrans approves signage
Modified: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
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 Purple Heart Magazine [about the Purple Heart Trail]," said Haley, a Purple Heart recipient. "...I ...more