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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 hosts UCSB at Mott Athletic Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. Cal Poly's Zach Gordon (44) and UCSB's Taran Brown (35) battle for the rebound during first-half play. Photo by Laura Dickinson 3-8-14

Cal Poly loses 71-55 to UCSB

Business

In this photo released by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, a patrol vessel of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency searches for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane off Tok Bali Beach in Kelantan, Malaysia, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back, Malaysia’s air force chief said Sunday as scores of ships and aircraft from across Asia resumed a hunt for the plane and its 239 passengers.

Interpol: passports on flights must be checked

Interpol knew about stolen passports that two passengers used to board an ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight bound for China, but no country checked the police agency's vast database on stolen documents beforehand, it said Sunday. Interpol said it... 5 minutes ago

Opinion

SLO needs to explore Styrofoam container ban

The city of San Luis Obispo has some serious issues on its plate, first among them the order to repeal binding arbitration. There also are development proposals, homelessness, the drought, ubiquitous town-gown controversies and many more. 1 hour ago

Entertainment

Mark Parsons, author of the young adult novel "Road Rash," explains his book, playing drums and his family band, Risky Whippet (with wife/fellow author Wendelin Van Draanen) while offering a tour of his Pismo Beach recording studio.

Pismo couple supported each other in quest to become published authors

Before Wendelin Van Draanen became a popular author of young adult novels, she received 10 years’ worth of rejections. Those setbacks, which arrived in the mail with cruel consistency, might have discouraged most aspiring novelists. But Van Draanen... 28 minutes ago

Living

Hot Property: 'Supernatural' star Jared Padalecki sells Valley house

LOS ANGELES - Jared Padalecki, who stars on the long-running CW series "Supernatural," has recorded a very down-to-earth house sale in the San Fernando Valley for $2.4 million.

State

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, Samuel Bagdorf of San Francisco, who suffers from anxiety disorders, lights his marijuana pipe at the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Law and order may soon be coming to the Wild West of Weed. A California lawmaker has introduced legislation to regulate the state’s free-wheeling medical marijuana industry, the farmers that grow the drug, the hundreds of storefront shops that sell it and especially the doctors who write recommendations allowing people to use it.

State oversight may tame California pot shops

Law and order may soon be coming to the Wild West of weed. 9 minutes ago

Nation/World

Oscar Pistorius, in the dock on the second day of his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013.

Pistorius trial: Stunning testimony in 1st week

The testimony in the first week of Oscar Pistorius' murder trial was jaw dropping at times, and more riveting evidence is expected as the prosecution seeks to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the double-amputee athlete intentionally shot dead his... 4 minutes ago