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While on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, last June, Diana Flatley looked into the night sky and saw an AC-130 gunship that bore asecret message for her. Because she was wearing night vision goggles, she could read the hidden note, written in phosphorescent paint, on the planes side: Diana I Love You, it read. Marry Me? One of her Army buddies then quickly led her to a computer at the base, which was displaying the face of her boyfriend, Robert Anderson, who was online at his computer in San Luis Obispo. Surrounded by her unit, the still-shocked Flatley happily gave her answer, via Skype. Yes, you son of a b----! she yelled.
Document filed in court depicts interview with Lillian Larsen tutor
State and local political campaigns, which in some cases have been up and running for months, take on an official mien today as the three-and-a-half-week nomination period for elected office begins.
Karl Grunow uses his metal detector to search for lost valuables at Avila Beach. He has pursued the hobby for 40 years and has reunited at least three people with lost wedding rings.
A below-market-price housing complex of 42 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for low-income families is now ready for its San Luis Obispo residents.
Valentine's Day recipes!
Creek rescue in San Luis Obispo
Jade diving in Big Sur
Solar projects on the Carrizo Plain
Akash Salam's return to Bangladesh
McClatchy cartoons for the week of 1/29/12
Wise words: Advice from local notables
Seals released in Cambria
Big waves at Moonstone Beach in Cambria
The Tribune's Top 20 under 40 | 2012
McClatchy cartoons for the week of 1/22/12
House fire in San Luis Obispo
McClatchy cartoons for 1/15/12
Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival
Crash on Highway 101 near Buellton
Tour of Cal Poly's rec center
'Bag Monsters' at meeting on plastic bag ban
McClatchy cartoons for the week of 1/9/12
McClatchy cartoons for the week of 1/1/12
Cayucos Polar Bear Dip 2012