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Jail mugshots

See the latest photos of people who have been booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail.

The Paso Robles Education Alliance is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Justin Vineyards and Winery to support the organizations ongoing efforts to provide new educational resources and opportunities in Paso Robles public schools. The donation to PREA will help initiate new programs and augment existing initiatives in the district. For information, call 866-620-0584 or visit <a href=http://www.GoPREA.org>http://www.GoPREA.org</a>.
<p>Pictured are are, from left, Traci McMahan, Darla Stephenson, David Bowman, Jeff Railsback, David Ricanati, Gwen Severson and Brian Thorndyke.</p>

Good News! 2014

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Local

Thornton Lee: White Sox All-Star pitcher, Cal Poly and Arroyo Grande star

Thornton Lee was a pitching star for the White Sox, Indians and Giants after he left Cal Poly and graduated from Arroyo Grande High School.

On Friday, she finished fourth with 4,718 points. The Netherlands’ Nadine Broersen set a world-leading mark of 4,830 points to edge Canada’s Brianne Theisen Eaton, who set a national record of 4,768 points. The Ukraine’s Alina Fodorova...

Business

SLO County's unemployment rate ticks up in January

San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate in January rose slightly from December but was still down considerably from the same time a year ago, according to figures released Friday by the California Employment Development Department.

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Opinion

Getting the last laugh on Grim Reaper

Eighty-three-year-old Ron Kilmartin was in a hospice, dying of lung cancer. His daughter was at his bedside, cracking jokes about it. Here’s one: 1 hour ago

Entertainment

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary Wednesday with a screening of the documentary "Starring Adam West" at the Fremont Theatre.

What's happening at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival

Check out what's in store during the final two days of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. 26 minutes ago

Living

Trying to understand dieters' temptations

If there's no caramel cheesecake, you're not likely to eat any. But plop one down on a table among a group of friends and the forks come out. That's a simple scene that embodies some of the complex mechanisms that make it so hard for people to lose...

State

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, Derek Martinez, 37, is processed after his arrival at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy Calif. Martinez, a second strike offender from Shasta County, has been serving a life term with the possibility of parole for first degree murder since 2007. California counties are thwarting the state's efforts to comply with a federal court order to reduce it's inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated including a record number of second-strikers. The state is trying to comply with a landmark restructuring of its criminal justice system through a nearly 3-year-old law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown that keeps lower-level felons in county jails while reserving scarce state prison cells for serious, violent and sexual offenders.

AP Exclusive: Counties undermine prison efforts

California counties are confounding the state's court-ordered efforts to sharply reduce its inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated, including a record number of people with second felony convictions. 31 minutes ago