
ECHO Hosts 4th Annual North County Turkey Trot
Participants are encouraged to wear their best turkey costumes ATASCADERO — El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO) has announced the return of the North County Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. On Thursday, Nov. 24, ECHO will host the event at the...

Ten New Faces Inducted into the Greyhound Foundation Athletic Hall of Fame
This is the 16th year the ceremony has been held ATASCADERO — Saturday, Nov. 12, Atascadero High School (AHS) alumni, sports alums, members of the Atascadero Greyhound Foundation, and former Greyhound Foundation Athletic Hall of Fame inductees gathered at the Pavilion...

Priscilla M. Hollingsworth Herzog 1956-2022
Priscilla Marie Hollingsworth Herzog, 66, of Atascadero, California, passed on October 3, 2022, from natural causes. She was born March 14, 1956, in upstate New York, the daughter of Jack E. Hollingsworth and Nancy H. Hollingsworth. Priscilla was united in marriage to...

Veterans Day Celebrations Held Across North County
Services were held at the Faces Freedom Veterans Memorial and Paso Robles District Cemetery on Friday By Christianna Marks and Camille DeVaul NORTH COUNTY — Across the county, residents took time to attend one of the North County Veterans Day events in remembrance of...

2022 Preliminary General Election Results
As of Friday, Nov. 11 there are 47,320 ballots left to be counted The Atascadero News Editorial Board NORTH COUNTY — The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Office last updated their unofficial General Election results on Friday, Nov. 11. Prior to Election...

Trustee Board Declares Dec. 2 National Special Education Day
Templeton Middle School celebrates two of its employees as Employee of the Month TEMPLETON — The Templeton Unified School District (TUSD) met for its regularly scheduled open-session trustee meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 6:15 p.m. The meeting proceeded the 6 p.m....

Atascadero High School’s First Female Golfer Makes it to State Level
Julianna Lockaton Honea tied for 3rd at the CIF Central Golf Finals and played the Southern California Regionals ATASCADERO — On Monday, Oct. 31, golfer Julianna Lockaton Honea, representing Atascadero High School, shot a 77 at the San Luis Obispo Country Club during...

ECHO Hires Donor Relations and Community Engagement Manager
Austin Solheim is a former Homeless Services Program Specialist for Nevada ATASCADERO — The Atascadero-based El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO), which serves all of San Luis Obispo County, has hired a new Donor Relations and Community Engagement Manager. Austin...

Community Band donates to Atascadero Printery Foundation
The Holiday Concert will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m. ATASCADERO — The Atascadero Community Band (ACB) recently held its Fall Concert, Celebrating Celebrations, and received accolades from the audience. Lon Allen, a well-known local icon, stated,...

Pauline Ragsdale 1926-2022
It is with great sadness that we lost our beautiful mom Pauline, on Oct. 28th, 2022. Mom lived a very long healthy life and is now basking in the pure light and LOVE of all creation with those that went before her. We will miss her, but it helps knowing she had a...