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Kathy Clarke creates a sculpture of balancing rocks at the shoreline in Shell Beach on Friday, July 25, 2014.

Atascadero artist to create stacked stone sculptures at Canadian festival

Kathy Clarke of Atascadero is one of 14 balance artists from seven countries invited to participate in this year’s Balanced Art World International Festival in Ottawa, Canada.

Sports

Shelly Sterling, left, greets Max Blecher, attorney for her estranged husband Donald Sterling, after a judge ruled in her favor and against her husband in his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers, outside Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, July 28, 2014.

Judge OKs record-setting $2B sale of Clippers

Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lost his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Business

An entrance to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.

Discount tourism packages to be offered to Cal Poly parents

Cal Poly and the local marketing organization Visit San Luis Obispo County are partnering to launch a new program called Poly Parent Adventures.

Opinion

Cutting into crops

It’s common knowledge for most vegetable gardeners and farmers that even warm season crops like tomatoes, peppers, squash and melons don’t do well in intense heat. Once temperatures climb over the mid-80s, you start seeing lower yields...

Entertainment

C3PO, the droll droid of Star Wars fame, is shown with the character Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, in this undated handout photo. (AP Photo/Mandatory Credit: Copyright 2004 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.)

Our 10 favorite summer movies of all time

Tribune staff members share the movies that mean "summer" to them, from "Jaws" to "Independence Day."

Living

May-December romance rules

When tennis great Monica Seles, 41, and billionaire Tom Golisano, 73, recently announced their engagement, they became the latest high-profile May-December romance.

State

Gov. Jerry Brown arrives at a reception at Casa de California, the University of California’s center in Mexico City, on July 29, 2014.

VIDEO: Jerry Brown, Mexican officials pledge to increase college student exchanges

MEXICO CITY – Joining government officials here Tuesday in a call to increase college student exchanges between California and Mexico, Gov. Jerry Brown praised “another way to bring California and Mexico closer together.” 1 hour ago

Nation/World

This April 18, 2013 file photo shows an aerial view of the remains of a fertilizer plant and an apartment complex to the left, destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas. The government has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers to be at high risk for a terror attack, numbering in the thousands, and has underestimated the threat to densely populated cities, congressional investigators say.

Govt fails to vet chemical plants with terror risk

The government has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers to be at a higher risk for a terror attack and has underestimated the threat to densely populated cities, congressional investigators say. 3 minutes ago