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PG&E recently awarded a total of $15,000 in grants to students in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program at Templeton High School. <p>Engineering and physics teacher Jason Diodati worked with advanced engineering students to write the grant.</p> <p>PG&E awarded the following grants: Alex Saad and Jordan Reeves received $5,000 to build a set of Geiger counters; Zack Richardson and Zach Dufault received $5,000 to buy a 3-D printer and 3-D scanner for students to design and build parts for mini solar cars to race; and Justin Haley and Nelson Bernal received $5,000 to buy a TV with all the components necessary to build a human-powered electric power plant from a bicycle to power the TV.</p>

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Paso Robles celebrated its 125th birthday Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the downtown City Park with a parade, cupcakes, the raising of a new city flag and the arrival of a letter by stagecoach from San Miguel that will be placed in a time capsule.

Paso Robles celebrates 125th anniversary with party in City Park

Paso Robles celebrated 125 years of history Tuesday with a "Happy Birthday Paso Robles" celebration in the downtown City Park featuring a parade, the raising of a new city flag, and 1,000 cupcakes.

Sports

Cal&#xE2;&#x80;&#x88;Poly&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99;s Joel Awich, right, battles Hawaii&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99;s Keith Shamburger for the ball during the Mustangs&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99; home win over Hawaii in January.

Cal Poly men's basketball team needs quick reversal

On the heels of Saturday’s whipping in the regular-season finale, preparations for Thursday’s Big West Conference Tournament rematch with UC Santa Barbara reads somewhat like a religious experience for the Cal Poly men’s basketball ...

Business

A HomeGoods store is scheduled to open in the Irish Hills Plaza on Los Osos Valley Road in May.

HomeGoods to open San Luis Obispo store in May

HomeGoods will hold a grand opening for its first San Luis Obispo County location in the Irish Hills Plaza off Los Osos Valley Road on May 18.

Opinion

Ramona Park

I write this letter to the public, especially the citizens of Grover Beach. 3 hours ago

Entertainment

David Norum as Vito and Kristen Saunders as Theda in Wine Country Theatre&#x2019;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

The pool area includes a hot tub, faux rock formations, multiple waterfalls and mature palm trees.

The Lane home in Templeton is a tropical paradise

Michael and Kirsten Lane met 11 years ago in Hawaii while Michael was attending a conference as a Navy lieutenant. They married exactly one year later and now have three boys, ages 8, 6 and 4. Although Kirsten says “our world revolves around... 3 hours ago

State

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2012 file photo, Google co-founder Sergey Brin gestures after riding in a driverless car with California Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr., left, and state Senator Alex Padilla, second from left, to a bill signing for driverless cars at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, held a public hearing to solicit ideas on how to integrate driverless cars, sometimes called "autonomous vehicles," onto public roads.

California pushes to finish driverless car rules

California is trying to do something unusual in this age of rapidly evolving technology — get ahead of a big new development before it goes public. 8 minutes ago

Nation/World

A trail of smoke from rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza toward Israel is seen above Gaza City on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The militant group Islamic Jihad in Gaza said it fired 20 rockets toward Israel on Wednesday, in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed three of its members the day before.

Gaza militants fire large rocket barrage at Israel

Militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 20 rockets Wednesday into southern Israel, sending civilians rushing into bomb shelters but causing no casualties in the largest barrage in months. 8 minutes ago