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Quota International of Atascadero recently participated in the annual Trivia Brain Challenge at the Paso Robles Senior Center. The club donated $1,700 to the facility, which offers services and programs that improve physical and mental health and intellectual and social well-being of seniors.

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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

Cal Poly center Molly Schlemer (43) shoots over UC Riverside’s Natasha Hadley during the Mustangs’ 89-72 home win Jan. 25 at Mott Athletics Center.

College Notebook: Schlemer, Elegado first-team All-Big West

Four members of the Cal Poly women’s basketball team earned All-Big West Conference honors Monday, led by first-team selections Molly Schlemer and Ariana Elegado.

Business

Angela McCormick elected to Peoples' Self-Help Housing board

Angela McCormick, deputy clerk-recorder for San Luis Obispo County, has been elected to the Peoples’ Self-Help Housing board of directors. 1 hour ago

Opinion

Carson Starkey

Initiation rites are a tradition past their time

The traditional pledge process for new fraternity and sorority members — which often includes rituals involving varying degrees of humiliation — has long been an accepted rite of passage for college students, as well as a staple of Hollywood... 40 minutes ago

Entertainment

David Norum as Vito and Kristen Saunders as Theda in Wine Country Theatre’s debut production of "It Had to Be You."

New theater group's debut: 'It Had to Be You'

Wine Country Theatre is the result of efforts by Cynthia Anthony, who has been involved in theater in the area and around the Central Coast for three decades as an actor, teacher, director and arts administrator.

Living

Tips for college students to maintain mental health

College is a time of learning and self-discovery for young adults. But it’s also a period of emotional instability with the potential for serious psychological consequences. 35 minutes ago

State

A detail of Jackson Pollock's “Mural,” 1943, is seen during a media preview at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Monday, March 10, 2014. The oil-on-canvas work, measuring more than 8 feet high and nearly 20 feet long, has been under wraps at the J. Paul Getty Museum for more than a year undergoing extensive restoration. The painting, owned by the University of Iowa, will be on display at The J. Paul Getty Museum for three months, from March 11 to June 1, 2014 at the Getty Center.

Refurbished Pollock masterpiece goes on display

"Mural," the brilliant Jackson Pollock painting that took 20th century American art in a new direction, has re-emerged from seclusion with a stunning face-lift that's given it a brighter look and an even more towering presence than it had before. 2 minutes ago

Nation/World

In this March 5, 2014 photo, a demonstrator wears swimming goggles, a painters mask and a skater helmet during clashes with security forces in Plaza Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela. As the protests against Venezuela’s socialist-led government move into their second month, front-line head gear includes skate, bicycle and motorcycle helmets.

AP PHOTOS: Inventive masks in Venezuela protests

Fashion is not foreign to the young demonstrators who skirmish nearly nightly with security forces at the barricades in the Venezuelan capital's upper-class Chacao district. 2 minutes ago