Coronavirus updates: Fall high school sports postponed, Paso Robles concerts canceled
San Luis Obispo County added 93 coronavirus cases over the weekend and Monday, bringing the total number of people who have locally tested positive for COVID-19 since March to 1,306, according to ReadySLO.org.
As of Monday, there were 428 active COVID-19 patients in San Luis Obispo County.
Here are your local updates for Monday:
Paso Robles cancels summer concert series series
Organizers have canceled Paso Robles’ popular Concerts in the Park series for 2020 due to coronavirus concerns.
The outdoor concert series regularly draws about 2,500 people to Downtown City Park in Paso Robles each summer, according to a Monday news release.
“Due to the current guidelines concerning social distancing and large gatherings, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all of the 2020 concert season,” Lynda Plescia, recreation services manager for the city of Paso Robles, said in the release. “We had really hoped to provide something fun for the community, and we hope to come back in summer 2021, stronger than ever.”
For more information, email Plesica at lplescia@prcity.com or call Paso Robles Recreation Services at 805-237-3987.
California Mid-State Fair junior livestock show goes virtual
The California Mid-State Fair’s Junior Livestock Show and Auction will begin Wednesday after switching to an online-only format due to coronavirus concerns, according to a news release.
The virtual event brings together hundreds of 4-H and FFA exhibitors from around San Luis Obispo and southern Monterey Counties.
The livestock auction starts at noon Wednesday with the replacement heifer sale concluding at 7 p.m. Thursday and the market animal sale ending at 2 p.m. Saturday. Add-ons will remain open until 4 p.m. Aug. 3.
“This year has presented a host of serious challenges for the exhibitors and the fair, and we appreciate community support as we host this year’s show and auction in a virtual format,” organizers said in the release.
In May, organizers canceled the Paso Robles fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information, visit www.midstatefair.com.
Coronavirus postpones fall high school sports season
The continuing coronavirus pandemic forced the California Interscholastic Federation to postpone the fall high school sports season.
Instead, the CIF announced Monday, the start of fall sports will be moved to December or January, including the football season. The fall sports will run concurrently with the winter sports, which likely will force multi-sport athletes to choose which to play.
Besides football, fall sports that will be put on hold include girls golf and tennis, cross country and girls volleyball, among others. That comes on top of the spring seasons canceled last year for baseball, softball, boys golf, and track and field.
The CIF said it was the first time in about a century that high school sports had been canceled statewide.
SLO County sheriff’s deputies, jail inmates test positive for COVID-19
A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputy has tested positive for coronavirus, along with a third San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate and two more correctional deputies, the agency reported late Sunday.
It’s the first time a local patrol deputy has tested positive for COVID-19.
In a news release, the agency said that the deputy was tested last week after developing a cough and received positive results on Friday.
The Sheriff’s Office says the deputy wore a mask in all interactions with the public, but the county Department of Public Health has been notified and a contact tracing investigation is underway.
On Saturday, the agency announced that two jail inmates had tested positive for coronvirus.
Pinedorado festival canceled in Cambria due to coronavirus
Because of ever-changing conditions and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cambria Lions Club canceled its 2020 Pinedorado festival, a multi-day event that has been a Labor Day weekend tradition on the North Coast for seven decades.
Aaron Linn, Lions president, confirmed July 17 that the club’s board of directors voted to “cancel the festival and parade for this year.”
He said the club will “still have a presence that weekend, but we’re not announcing yet what that is, because the details of it are still not clear to us at this point.”
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Linn’s Restaurant worker tests positive for COVID-19
Linn’s Restaurant in Cambria had to make quick, serious adjustments to its operation after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Aaron Linn, Linn’s Restaurant general manager, said in a phone interview that the employee, who he declined to identify, is part of the night-shift crew at the eatery on Main Street.
That Linn’s Restaurant staffer hadn’t been at work for a week before their COVID-19 test came back positive, Linn said, and hadn’t exhibited any symptoms while at work.
Still, Linn added, “out of an abundance of caution, we decided to shut down the night crew and quarantine the group.”
Splash Cafe closes after employee tests positive for coronavirus
Splash Cafe in Pismo Beach is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus.
The popular clam chowder location announced their temporary closure via Facebook on Friday.
Only one employee reportedly tested positive, according to the post.
According to an employee at the San Luis Obispo Splash Cafe restaurant, the Pismo Beach closure is slated to last about a week while the San luis Obispo County Sanitation Department deep-cleans the facility.
This story was originally published July 20, 2020 at 12:37 PM.
