COVID-19

COVID-19: County breaks daily new case count record Thursday

–San Luis Obispo County added 196 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, which marks the highest daily new case count since the pandemic began […]Full Article

COVID-19: SLO county passes 7,000 case mark, reports three more deaths

Hospitalization rate highest county has seen since mid-August –San Luis Obispo County added 106 new positive cases of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total […]Full Article

Health department updates quarantine guidance

–Beginning this week in San Luis Obispo County, close contacts of those with COVID-19 have two options for quarantine period from the last date of […]Full Article

DA says cities can levy fines rather than press charges for violations of new order

‘There is no sense in labeling a business owner or a business as a criminal for choosing to keep their business open,’ DA says –San […]Full Article

COVID-19: Local county boards of supervisors request exclusion from SoCal region

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties request separate Central Coast Region –On Tuesday, the boards of supervisors from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, […]Full Article

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COVID-19: State sends emergency alert to millions of cell phones

Emergency alert warns COVID-19 is rapidly spreading –On Tuesday at noon, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office of Emergency Services sent a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) […]Full Article

Map of predicted COVID-19 case spread by county

COVID-19: Facebook AI predicts another surge of cases in SLO County

–An artificial intelligence (AI) project launched by Facebook is predicting another surge of COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo County. The AI has been […]Full Article

Sensorio Paso Robles closes exhibit due to COVID-19 restrictions

–Sensorio Paso Robles closed on Monday, Dec. 7, in accordance with state and county mandates ordered to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “At the moment, […]Full Article

Firestone Walker Brewing cancels annual events

–Firestone Walker Brewing Co. on Tuesday announced it is canceling two of its events scheduled for next year, the ‘Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest’ and […]Full Article