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The Paso Robles Education Alliance is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Justin Vineyards and Winery to support the organization&#x92;s 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> &#8201;

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County supervisors are poised to declare a drought emergency

As the state grapples with the worst drought in its history, the county Board of Supervisors is expected Tuesday to declare a drought emergency, which would improve the chances of receiving state or federal drought-related assistance,

Sports

Cal Poly men's basketball senior forward Chris Eversley on the Blue-Green Rivalry with UC Santa Barbara.

Perimeter shots are key for Cal Poly

And as Cal Poly (10-18, 6-9 Big West Conference) has been inconsistent, the losses have piled up in the past month, making 3-point shooting the area to watch heading into Saturday’s regular-season finale at Mott Athletics Center against rival...

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.

Opinion

Adam Weissmuller, a resident of Heritage Ranch, stands next to a dead sheep still in the area he and his wife hiked through last Friday and Saturday where they came across several other dead and dying sheep. Photo by Joe Johnston 03-03-14

Dead sheep deserved better than this

Nothing says spring on the Central Coast like a herd of cute woolly sheep placidly munching greens on a hillside. But, hey, these critters aren’t just there for looks. Sheep have important business to do, keeping all that vegetation in check...

Entertainment

Surfer Gerry Lopez.

Film festival screening 'Five Summer Stories' for Surf Nite

While the annual Surf Nite event at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival won’t feature the film’s star or director, the band Honk, which has had a cultlike following since the film debuted, should be a big draw.

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 Feb. 28, 2014 photo, a Lyft bingo card is available for riders to play inside a private car driven by a part time Lyft driver in Denver. Lyft is a transportation network company whose mobile-phone application facilitates peer-to-peer ridesharing by enabling passengers who need a ride to request one from drivers who have a car. A dramatic change in the way people hail rides is shaking up decades of regulation now that getting a lift is as easy as making a few taps on a phone.

Taxis, limos upset over rules for tech competition

Frustrated and angry, more than 100 cabbies pulled up outside the Colorado Statehouse early this legislative session to protest tech startups known as ridesharing services. 2 minutes ago

Nation/World

This photo taken in April, 2013, shows a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday morning, March 8, 2014 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn't located the jetliner several hours later. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Boeing 777: 1 of the most popular, safest jets

The Boeing 777 flown by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared Saturday morning over the South China Sea is one of the world's most popular — and safest — jets. 1 minute ago