Paso Robles water main break cancels Cuesta College classes, floods road

A water main break in Paso Robles flooded a roadway and forced Cuesta College to cancel classes at its North County campus Wednesday night.

Paso Robles police said a large water main broke in the area of Buena Vista and River Oaks drives on Wednesday night, flooding the roadway. Police urged people to avoid the area in a Facebook post.

The break also left Cuesta College’s nearby North County campus without water.

According to a tweet from Cuesta College police, the campus was without water as of about 6 p.m. The department also tweeted that classes were canceled and that the campus was closed for the night.

At about 7:50 p.m., the department tweeted that the water leak had been contained and water had been restored to campus.

This story was originally published November 13, 2019 at 7:30 PM.

Kaytlyn Leslie

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Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.