Sunday, October 26th, 2008
January 8, 1966
Courthouses cost more than they used to.
About 40 years ago a new north county courthouse cost $52,000. The newly dedicated (October 24, 2008) Superior Court of California building in Paso Robles on Park Street cost $12.5 million. In fairness the new courthouse is much bigger, higher tech and ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The Lions Club and volunteer firefighters cooked the beans in City Park. Drawing enthusiastic applause was the 10-mule team driven by Fred Healy of Paso Robles. The team pulled a train of grain wagons just as they might have in the early days when farmers brought their grain in from ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
August 14, 1963
The only answer I can come up with is the witness relocation program.
The question?
Why is the Santa Barbara County Fair in Santa Maria, not Santa Barbara?
Why is the San Luis Obispo County Fair in Paso Robles?
Just to add to the mystery, they have renamed the latter event. Today ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Paso Robles bottleneck
This old bridge across the Salinas River at 13th Street in Paso Robles has seen better days, but replacement of the 50-year-old structure awaits city council financing, an estimated $250,000 project. (T-T photo)
Having just lived through the traffic backups during an expansion of the 13th Street bridge, Roblans ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
1964
Here is something new for you dedicated viewers in Paso Robles. This was labeled City Jail and in a 1964 box.
I suspect the Mail Pouch billboard was painted on after this jail was out of business. Perhaps the county is missing an opportunity by not having a sponsor for ...
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