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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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A set of 20-foot-plus storm waves at the Point San Luis breakwater on Saturday, March 1, 2014.

Storm pinwheeled across the Pacific, slamming the coast with winds, waves

An intense Pacific storm slammed the San Luis Obispo County coast a week ago, its powerful winds and high surf coming from the southwest, threatening piers usually sheltered from storms. What caused this unusual system?

Sports

Former Cal Poly standout Sharon Day-Monroe posted a mark of 49 feet, one-half inch in the shot put portion of the women&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99;s pentathlon during the Indoor World Championships on Friday in Sopot, Poland. Day-Monroe claimed fourth place overall.

Day-Monroe is unable to medal at world indoor championships

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.

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:

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.

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. 6 minutes ago

Nation/World

Police detain a participant in the pre-St. Patrick's Day "Blarney Blowout" near the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. on Saturday, March 8, 2014. According to the Amherst police department, four police officers were hurt as they worked to disperse hundreds of unruly students who were throwing beer cans and bottles at police on Saturday as large crowds gathered at the off-campus apartment complex. Police in riot gear arrested 35 at the event.

Scores arrested at Massachusetts 'Blarney Blowout'

An early St. Patrick's Day celebration around the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus known as "Blarney Blowout" spun out of control Saturday as police officers in riot gear arrested more than 60 people while dispersing massive crowds, including... 6 minutes ago