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PASO ROBLES — Thirty-three Paso Robles Career Technical Education (CTE) High School students traveled to three local industry partners. The theme for the day was Manufacturing and Construction.

The students traveled to learn about the industry partners, tour their facilities, and learn about their businesses. Ron Alves of PRW Steel Supply multi-year drought continue to be devastating; Maintains orders focused on specific watersheds that have not benefited as much from recent rains, including the Klamath River and Colorado River basins, which both remain in drought; Retains a state of emergency for all 58 counties to allow for drought response and recovery efforts to continue.

When announcing the restriction change, Newsom said, “We’re all in this together, and this state has taken extraordinary actions to get us to this point. The weather whiplash we’ve experienced in the past few months makes it crystal clear that Californians and our water system have to adapt to increasingly extreme swings between drought and flood. As we welcome this relief from the drought, we must remain focused on continuing our all-ofthe-above approach to future-proofing California’s water supply.” hosted a tour of the workshop, where students walked the sales floor, metal warehouse, and fabrication areas. This allowed students to see multiple levels of metal and welding, showing the variety of ways PRW Steel Supply supports the Paso Robles community. Wes Hoit of River Oaks from Estrella Associates and Dennis and Jim Moresco of Midland Pacific Building Homes hosted the second tour. Students toured homes in the different stages of development, from groundwork/surveying, framing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, flooring, and cabinetry to preparing the closing of an escrow.

According to the state’s fact sheet, since Newsom announced the 15 percent voluntary conservation goal, Californians conserved 600,000 acre-feet of water — representing 1.2 million households’ yearly usage.

Last Friday, Newsom visited the Dunnigan Groundwater Recharge Project in Yolo County, where he highlighted the state’s work to accelerate and increase groundwater recharge to make the most of winter storms. California is working to expand groundwater recharge by at least 500,000 acre-feet in potential capacity as part of its water supply strategy.

Leveraging the state’s long-term water supply strategy and more than $8.6 billion committed by Newsom and the Legislature in the last two budget cycles to build water resilience, California is taking aggressive action to prepare for hotter and drier conditions driven by climate change that could reduce the state’s water supply by up to 10 percent by 2040. In the 2023-24 state budget, Newsom is proposing an additional $202 million for flood protection and $125 million for drought-related actions.

Hospital Board

Governing Board for Twin Cities Community Hospital Announced

Government affairs coordinator for the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance now serves as chair

TEMPLETON — Tenet Health Central Coast has announced its recently confirmed Governing Board members at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Twin Cities Community Hospital. Board membership is voluntary, and those who serve have oversight of the medical staffs, the quality of professional services, and general business affairs of the hospitals.

At Twin Cities, Patricia Wilmore, the government affairs coordinator for the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance, now serves as chair of the 15-member body that consists of corporate representatives, staff physicians and community members. Oma Knox, an Emergency Department physician, is the new vice chair.

Other Twin Cities Board members include:

Terrie Banish, deputy city manager, Atascadero

• Jeff Briltz, Templeton community services manager

• Dusty Colyer-Worth, executive director, GALA

Michael DiBiase, M.D., internal medicine

Andrew Dixon, M.D., anesthesiologist

Maria Elena Garcia, pharmacy technician

Steve Martin, mayor, City of Paso Robles

• Ann Miller, R.N., educator

• Michelle Ribas, M.D., chief of the medical staff at Twin Cities

• Joe Robinson, M.D., emergency medicine

• Michael Silvas, M.D., family medicine

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• Mareeni Stanislaus, M.D., who was recently named Physician of the Year by Central Coast Medical Association

Joe Robinson, M.D., emergency medicine

Twin Cities’ outgoing members are:

Debra Albert, the outgoing chair of the Board of Governors at Twin Cities, and whom has a marketing and communications firm based in Paso Robles. She is also a past chair of the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Mr. Wayne Caruthers, president of Management Recruiters of Templeton.

Irene Spinello, MD, who guided (and still guides) the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as an intensivist at Twin Cities.

• William Sima, MD, orthopedic surgeon

• Douglas Heumann, Esq.

• Robert Masterson, former chief of police, City of Atascadero

At Sierra Vista, Jill Stearns, Ph.D., President of Cuesta College, serves as the Chair of the 16-member Board, and Ron Reilly, President and CEO, Garing, Taylor & Associates, Inc., is the Vice Chair.

Other Sierra Vista Board members include:

• Brad Knox, M.D., Chief of Medical Staff

Jill Bolster-White, Executive Director, Transitions Mental Health Association

Jacob (Jake) Rothman, Portfolio Manager, Rothman Investment Management

• Eric Salinger, M.D., General Surgeon, Associated Surgeons of San Luis Obispo

• Curby Jenkins, D.O., Anesthesiologist, Coastal

Anesthesiology Medical Associates of San Luis Obispo

• Ross Michel, M.D., Pulmonologist

• Aydin Nazmi, Ph.D., Professor, Food Science & Nutrition, California Polytechnic – San Luis Obispo

Cynthia Valenzuela, Attorney

Mandana (Mandy) Toole, MD, Emergency Medicine, Central Coast Emergency Physicians

• Christopher (Chris) Johnson, MD, Urologist, Urology Associates

• Christopher (Chris) Heylman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, California Polytechnic University –San Luis Obispo

Cindy Holt, MD, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatrix Medical Group of California

• Otto Schueckler, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Central Coast Orthopedic Medical Group

Ron Yukelson, Healthcare Executive, Wilshire Connected Care

Sierra Vista’s outgoing Board members are:

Keith Humphrey, PhD., the outgoing Chair of the Board of Governors at Sierra Vista and the Vice President for Student Affairs and is the chair of the Student Affairs Advisory Council at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Candy Markwith, former CEO of Sierra Vista from 2005-2013. Her tenure, among other many achievements, was marked by Sierra Vista becoming the County’s designated Trauma Center.

Eddie Hayashi, MD, General Surgery Specialist