Chloe Shrager

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A project to enhance safety at one of San Luis Obispo County’s deadliest intersections is “ahead of schedule,” and the currentcrossing will be closed for good on Monday as work to build a new bridge proceeds, Caltrans said in a news release. The project to build an undercrossing beneath Highway 101 at Wellsona Road near Paso Robles — where six people were killed in car crashes between 2012 and 2016 and three within the past five years — will move into its next phase early.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Shrager

Atascadero residents could soon see their sewage bills go up after the state mandated the city undertake a costly plan to upgrade its water treatment plant. To help fund the project — currently expected to cost upwards of $173 million — the city is considering a sewage service rate increase of 18.5% to go into effect this year, followed by a potential increase of the same amount again in 2026.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Shrager

Over a hundred people gathered on the San Luis Obispo Superior Courthouse steps on Thursday to celebrate the National Day of Prayer to “pray for our nation,” District Attorney Dan Dow said at the event. “The National Day of Prayer has great significance for us as a nation, as it enables us to recall and to teach new generations the way our founding fathers sought the wisdom of God when facing critical decisions,” Dow said.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Shrager

Traffic was backed up Monday morning on southbound Highway 101 near San Luis Obispo due to a lane closure for “emergency bridge repair,” according to the California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page. Traffic cones began going up around the right-most slow lane at the base of the Grade at around 9 a.m.. At 10:09 a.m., officers began slowly weaving across the highway to slow traffic to allow for the closure, according to the CHP traffic incident information page.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Shrager

This is a developing story. Check back to sanluisobispo.com for updates. To get breaking news alerts, click hereA car crash was backing up traffic on northbound Highway 101 near Templeton on Monday morning. Around 10:25 a.m. on Monday, California Highway Patrol officers received reports of a crash involving two cars on Highway 101 near the Highway 46, Green Valley Road off-ramp, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page.