The 9-year-old girl who was tossed from a carnival ride at the California Mid-State Fair on Tuesday first slid out from under her lap bar and hung onto it before she fell, a representative for the ride’s owner said Thursday.

More than 5,000 jobs in San Luis Obispo County will be affected when a scaled-down version of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough policy takes effect Sunday.

Staples of teen life today — iPods and cell phones, Facebook and Twitter, flip-flops and blue jeans — took a back seat Thursday to the annual slice of Americana at the Mid-State Fair when the swine, goat and sheep showmanship contests were held. The competitors were nervous as they paraded their animals before the judges. When it was over, the animals went back to their pens, show clothes were put away, and thumbs once again raced over electronic devices.

Federal regulators issued a new enforcement order this week against Solvang-based Los Padres Bank, a subsidiary of Harrington West Financial Group, calling on the savings association to strengthen its capital levels or be subject to further supervisory action.