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Pismo surfer checks out the perfect wave — 100 miles from the ocean

Pismo Beach surfer Walt Cerny was part of a small group to see the world’s best surfers take on Kelly Slater’s wave pool in Lemoore.

Local

Angel and Sassy, longtime residents of the shelter, are in need of homes

Fate of popular ocean-view trail likely headed to Coastal Commission

Cal Fire works to contain Huasna fire, but a windy afternoon could make that difficult

Sports

Paso Robles senior Sincere Jackson, left, will be able to join the varsity football team on Oct. 2 while Frederick Thompkins, right, is only eligible to play on the junior varsity team.

Paso football team gets good news on one transferred player, bad news on the other

One of two senior transfer football players at Paso Robles High can rejoin the team on Oct. 2, but the other can only play junior varsity, the CIF-Southern Section decided.

Prep football preview: A.G. looks for third win in a row against St. Joesph

The Tribune prep football Power Rankings: Week 4

Pismo surfer checks out the perfect wave — 100 miles from the ocean

Opinion

Inmate firefighters build a containment line ahead of flames from the Butte Fire near Sheep Ranch in September 2015.

A candidate for lieutenant governor says inmate firefighters are slave labor. Is she right?

More than 3,700 state prisoners help fight wildfires in California. They average just $2 a day – plus credits off their sentences – but save the state an estimated $100 million a year.

Good riddance to California’s ‘mission project’

Sanctuary state bill puts lives in jeopardy, Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham says

This is the murderous version of Trump’s Muslim ban

Nation/World

The suspect crashed his truck into a lake, then swam to the other side and ran across an interstate, police say.

A thief crashed into a lake, swam across and dodged interstate traffic to get away, police say

A man suspected of stealing as much as $250,000 from Home Depot and elsewhere as part of a theft ring narrowly escaped Louisiana police by crashing his truck into a lake, swimming across it and bolting across an interstate, police say.