Public Safety · San Luis Obispo County
More than 8,600 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County remained without electricity Saturday morning, Oct. 17, as Public Safety Power Shutoffs continued into a third day due to hazardous fire weather conditions including high winds and dry vegetation. As of 9:22 a.m., 8,614 customers were affected, with the majority (8,161) in unincorporated areas; smaller outages hit Atascadero (344), Morro Bay (107), San Luis Obispo (1), and Arroyo Grande (1). PG&E estimated restoration by Saturday evening pending weather conditions and safety inspections of electrical lines. Friday's shutoff area extended farther south into Nipomo than Thursday's coverage.
Local Politics · San Luis Obispo County
On Saturday morning, approximately 350 residents gathered at Spring Street and Niblick Road in Paso Robles for a "No Kings: Vote Early" rally organized by Indivisible North SLO County and the Indivisible Rapid Response Team SLO County. The event ran from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and included a sidewalk protest, car rally, and voter-registration reminders. Additional No Kings events were held in San Luis Obispo (Broad and South streets, plus a League of Women Voters ballot presentation at Unitarian Universalists), Morro Bay (Triangle Park Vote Early Info Fair, 10 a.m.–noon), Los Osos (four corners rally at Los Osos Valley Road and South Bay Boulevard), and Cambria (Cambria Drive and Main Street, 3–5 p.m.). Organizers said the goal was to urge eligible voters to check registration and vote early ahead of the General Election.
Social Events
Paso Robles guitarist and film/TV composer Todd Andrew will perform with singer-songwriter Jade Jackson's band during her album release week for "Jadine," released Friday, Oct. 16 through Jackson Star Records. Andrew plays Jackson's show at SLO Brew Rock in San Luis Obispo on Saturday, Oct. 17, and at Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Sunday, Oct. 18, where Jackson opens for Dustin Lynch. A signing and listening party was held Thursday, Oct. 15, at Traffic Records in Atascadero. Andrew is known for composing themes for NBC's Tokyo Olympics broadcast, "Football Night in America," Fox Sports' "First Things First," and the "Deadpool Rap" with Teamheadkick.
