Bruce Gibson, left, Patrick E.B. Sparks and Jeff Eckles take part in a candidate forum in Moro Bay for the District 2 seat on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors.

SLO County supervisor candidates talk racism, housing and jail deaths at forum

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Cal Poly architecture students construct Design Village in Poly Canyon

Check out Cal Poly architecture students' creations at annual Design Village

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Milo Yiannopoulos visit to Cal Poly will again be met by a huge police presence

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The Hearst Castle solar project will break ground soon, marking a milestone for State Parks

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Russell Hammer and wife Margo Benson-Hammer in an undated photo. Hammer died of an embolism in San Luis Obispo County Jail in November 2017. Benson-Hammer alleges in a claim for damages filed Friday that Hammer should have received emergency mental health treatment rather than being incarcerated in jail.

SLO County Jail's 'horrible and inhumane' treatment led to inmate death, claim says

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San Luis Obispo Police will hold a discussion Monday on understanding active shooting incidents and how best to prevent them. Here, Arroyo Grande police officers run through an active-shooter training exercise at Arroyo Grande High School in 2014.

What should you do in an active-shooter incident? Find out at SLO police forum

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Aldi plans to build a new market at the shopping center coming to the corner of Tank Farm Road and Broad Street in San Luis Obispo.

Discount Aldi Food Market coming to Arroyo Grande and SLO

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SLO County supervisor candidates talk racism, housing and jail deaths at forum

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Cal Poly architecture students construct Design Village in Poly Canyon

Check out Cal Poly architecture students' creations at annual Design Village

6:05 PM

Milo Yiannopoulos visit to Cal Poly will again be met by a huge police presence

2:19 PM

The Hearst Castle solar project will break ground soon, marking a milestone for State Parks

3:21 PM

Russell Hammer and wife Margo Benson-Hammer in an undated photo. Hammer died of an embolism in San Luis Obispo County Jail in November 2017. Benson-Hammer alleges in a claim for damages filed Friday that Hammer should have received emergency mental health treatment rather than being incarcerated in jail.

SLO County Jail's 'horrible and inhumane' treatment led to inmate death, claim says

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San Luis Obispo Police will hold a discussion Monday on understanding active shooting incidents and how best to prevent them. Here, Arroyo Grande police officers run through an active-shooter training exercise at Arroyo Grande High School in 2014.

What should you do in an active-shooter incident? Find out at SLO police forum

7:23 PM

Aldi plans to build a new market at the shopping center coming to the corner of Tank Farm Road and Broad Street in San Luis Obispo.

Discount Aldi Food Market coming to Arroyo Grande and SLO

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A photo from 1956 shows the Nacimiento Dam project in the final stages, looking toward the upstream side of the dam, with the spillway at left and the future reservoir in the foreground.

How SLO County gave away Lake Nacimiento 60 years ago

In 1954, San Luis Obispo County officials gave away Lake Nacimiento, which would become the region's biggest reservoir, to Monterey County. Salinas Valley farmers now use the reservoir to store water and release it for irrigation.

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Opinion

Cal Poly students are demanding the administration do more to address racism. Many have called for the expulsion of the student who appeared in blackface at a fraternity event.

Words alone aren't enough, Cal Poly. It's time to act to end racism

A white fraternity member appearing in blackface is just the latest racist incident at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, says R.A.C.E. Matters, a grassroot organizations in SLO County. It tells Cal Poly to stop issuing statements of concern and start acting.

Cal Poly president is right to lay the hammer down on Greeks

SLO City Council backtracks on Anholm Bikeway. Bad move

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Why students are protesting tuition hikes at CSU

Tuition will not increase at California State University next year

California State University Chancellor Timothy White announced on April 20, 2018, that CSU will seek more funding from Gov. Jerry Brown rather than asking the Board of Trustees to vote next month to raise tuition.

Seniors face higher rates of violent crime in Fresno County than statewide average

'Your kids masturbate' and other provocative lines from Fresno State professor's talks

2 California brothers found dead in parked SUV were shot

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Lake Nacimiento will be 20 percent full by Labor Day. Where does all the water go?

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'The winds with no name' and other SLO County anomalies that make wildfires so dangerous

Times Past

'I wasn't sure I could make 30': SLO County WWII aviators tell harrowing tales

Pet Tales

Love huskies? Handsome, energetic Charlie is the dog for you

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Norm Macdonald will perform at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez in May 11, 2018.

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You've seen him on 'Saturday Night Live.' Now Norm Macdonald is coming to the Central Coast

Take a tour of this relaxing, Victorian-era garden in Cayucos

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Victorian garden in SLO County has space for everything, from entertaining to pets

Good soil is vital to the success of any garden.

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You've seen him on 'Saturday Night Live.' Now Norm Macdonald is coming to the Central Coast

Take a tour of this relaxing, Victorian-era garden in Cayucos

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Victorian garden in SLO County has space for everything, from entertaining to pets

Good soil is vital to the success of any garden.

Home & Garden

Having trouble with your garden? It could be the soil