Paso Robles Incidents / Action

PASO ROBLES, CA – On 03/11/24 at 0042 hours, PRPD Dispatch received several 911 calls regarding gunshots heard north of 31st Street. Officers arrived and located 2 spent shell casings in the roadway. No victims or bullet strikes were located, but a witness reported seeing a muzzle flash from the open window of a white sedan traveling northbound on Railroad Street at the time of the incident.

This is an ongoing investigation, and the Paso Robles Police Department is requesting anyone with any information to call the PRPD 805-237-6464 or persons wishing to remain anonymous are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers’ 24-hour hotline at 805-529-STOP, or by texting “SLOTIPS” to CRIMES (274637).

PASO ROBLES, CA – On 03/08/24 at 2127 hours, PRPD Dispatch received several 911 calls regarding shots fired in the area of Sherwood Park, 1860 Creston Rd. Officers arrived in the area within a minute of being dispatched and were flagged down by an adult male who had suffered a single, non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg. The male was transported to a local area hospital, where he was treated and released.

PRPD Detectives responded to the scene and are currently investigating. Early indication shows this shooting possibly stemmed from a physical altercation between the victim and a group of males within the park.

Today, a single, loud bang was heard on Pat Butler campus. Pat Butler staff decided to shelter-in-place while school resource officers cleared the campus. It was later determined the loud bang was from an old basketball that had burst from the seams. The school has resumed normal operations.

PASO ROBLES, CA – On 02/18/2024, at approx. 1939 hours, Paso Robles Police Officers responded to a physical fight with injuries in the 100 block of Santa Yanez.

Dispatch updated the call to advise one involved person may have been stabbed with a knife. Officers arrived to a chaotic scene where at least four people were trying to control the suspect who was wielding a knife. The suspect was disarmed during the struggle and was detained without further incident. During the ensuing investigation,

28-year-old Carlos Artiega of Paso Robles was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Artiega is suspected of stabbing two people of the household with a knife. Both victims were treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Artiega was also transported to a local hospital for injuries he sustained during this incident. It is currently anticipated that after Artiega is medically cleared he will be booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail on several felony counts.

PASO ROBLES, CA – Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol Air Operations Division H-70, extracted three individuals from islands within the Salinas Riverbed this morning following last night’s heavy rainfall.

The first subject was located by CHP H-70 at approx. 0730 hrs. during a reconnaissance flight of the area. A second subject was located behind Kohls at approx. 0740 hrs., and the third subject was reported by employees of Caliber Collision on North River Road at 0856 hrs. All three subjects were un-injured and left the scene following their removal from the riverbed.

Due to the increase in water responses within the riverbed, Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services recently placed a rescue boat in service and has been providing specialized training to staff on boat operations and swift water rescues.

The Salinas Riverbed is extremely hazardous during these rain events and ALL

Residents are advised not to enter the riverbed.

The Paso Robles School Board of Trustees met Tuesday night to discuss the future of the dual immersion program at Georgia Brown. After being presented with options for the next school year and potential re-districting boundaries the board voted 5-2 in their decision to house the dual immersion program at Lewis Middle School for the 2024-2025 School year. Flamson Middle School will be converted into a joint junior high school and all incoming 6th graders will stay at their respective elementary schools. The board also chose to adopt the second presented option for school boundaries, regarding incoming kindergarteners which would expand Kermit King Elementary school’s boundaries into the current Georgia Brown area. The two descending votes for this decision were from Trustees Kenny Enney and Joel Peterson.

PASO ROBLES, CA – On February 5th, 2024, the Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services Department performed rescue boat training in the Salinas River near the intersection of Navajo Ave and Rio Ct. in Paso Robles.

Over the past 5 years, the department has responded to numerous water rescue calls in the Salinas River. After last year’s storms, the department identified options to make swift water rescues safer and more efficient. With support from Measure J-20 and the City Council, funds were allocated to implement a rescue boat program. Eleven of our firefighters have completed an intensive Swift Water Rescue Boat Operator course. This training allows the rescue boat to be available for calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

As the river continues to flow you will see Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services along with our cooperating fire agencies, working in a coordinated effort to continue to practice the perishable skills only available during heavy winter storms.

Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services would like to remind the public that moving water can be very dangerous. Just 6″ of moving water can sweep someone off their feet and 12″ can stall a small vehicle and move it down stream.

Paso Robles, CA, February 7, 2024 – The City of Paso Robles has temporarily paused downtown paid parking and associated enforcement effective February 7, 2024.

The pause to the program is to ensure compliance with the City’s parking ordinance 12.42 and associated laws and/or regulations. The legal review and findings, once complete, will be discussed at an open session of the Council.

During the legal review period, the City Council has suspended paid on-street parking and associated enforcement. City staff is working to make the necessary adjustments to the mobile app and kiosks to ensure users are not remitting payment for parking during this time.

The City expects the review to be completed and scheduled for presentation at the City Council meeting on February 20, 2024. During the review period and program’s pause, parking staff will be working diligently to ensure parking program changes directed by Council on November 21, 2023, are ready for rapid implementation.

PASO ROBLES- On 01/25/2024 at approximately 06:13 PM, The Paso Robles Police Department was dispatched to the 800 Block of Experimental Station for the report of a thirty-one-Year-old female trying to fight with residents in the complex. Officers arrived and contacted a Victim who stated the female attempted to stab his tires and then swiped a knife at him. The female then fled into her residence nearby just prior to officers’ arrival. PRPD officers negotiated with the female and eventually contacted her in the residence where she was taken into custody without further incident. Further investigation revealed the thirty-one-year-old female also caused substantial damage to a vehicle in the complex.

As this investigation is ongoing, the Paso Robles Police Department is requesting anyone with any information regarding this incident to call the Paso Robles Police Department immediately at (805) 237-6464.