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See the latest photos of people who have been booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail.

The Paso Robles Education Alliance is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Justin Vineyards and Winery to support the organizations 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>

Good News! 2014

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Abel Maldonado says he's out of politics for now, after leaving the governor's race in January. But at a meeting of the Western United Dairymen's Association in SLO on Thursday, he criticized state and federal politicians for political gridlock that...

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

New board named for Paso wine group

The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance recently announced its new board of directors and executive team. The alliance represents wineries, growers and businesses in the Paso Robles area.

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

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

Dorian S. Nakamoto listens during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nakamoto, the man that Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin, denies he had anything to do with it and says he had never even heard of the digital currency until his son told him he had been contacted by a reporter three weeks ago.

Man said to create bitcoin denies it

Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto said Thursday that he is not the creator of bitcoin, adding further mystery to the story of how the world's most popular digital currency came to be. 4 minutes ago