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San Luis Obispo
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Mitigating Lithium-ion Battery Risks in Parking Garages

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By Juan Londoño, Peter Johnson, Pawel Woelke
| Parking Today
Engineering solutions can manage fire and explosion risks from electric vehicle (EV) batteries in parking structures. By Pawel Woelke, Juan Londono and Peter Johnson Editor’s note: This article is the second in a two-part series by the authors examining the risks associated with lithium-ion batteries in parking garages and other confined spaces and evaluating approaches for attempting to minimize these risks.
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Out of reach: Paso Robles looks to an unsuspecting place for solutions to homelessness

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By Peter Johnson
| San Luis Obispo New Times Verified
New Times headed to Paso Robles to find out what services are being offered for the homeless. Check out the slideshow. On a blisteringly hot day in Paso Robles, Steve Bentley walks down Riverside Avenue toward the Second Baptist Church. Not on his way to Sunday mass, Bentley, 40, is homeless and in need of a meal on a Tuesday. Luckily for him and dozens of others, the People’s Kitchen at Second Baptist is a dependable place to find one and has been for 13 years.
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Burnt out: Shifting winds toss the Chimney Fire back and forth between Hearst Castle and Lake Nacimiento

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By Peter Johnson
| San Luis Obispo New Times Verified
Check out more images of the Chimney Fire. First, a red glow appeared on the hillside. Then, ash started sprinkling down from the night sky. When that sprinkle turned into a hail, Jerry Parker of Bryson Hesperia, a community north of Lake Nacimiento, knew that the Chimney Fire was closing in on his 7-acre property and it was time to leave it behind. “The ash got so thick. It was like it was snowing,” Parker tells New Times on Aug. 23. “I just started grabbing stuff and throwing it in my car.
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