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The Paso Robles Education Alliance is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Justin Vineyards and Winery to support the organization&#x92;s 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> &#8201;

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Abel Maldonado, former lieutenant governor and candidate for governor, was the keynote speaker at the Western United Dairymen's annual convention in San Luis Obispo. David Middlecamp 03-06-2014

Maldonado calls for immigration reform and help for midsize farms

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

Surfer Gerry Lopez.

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

GOP candidate Kashkari reports income for 2013

Republican candidate for governor Neel Kashkari is filing his first financial disclosure form with the state, reporting income of more than $100,000 last year from his former employer. 14 minutes ago

Nation/World

Afghan presidential candidate Qayyum Karzai, brother of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in his house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 7, 2014. Afghan president's elder brother said he quit the April 5 presidential race to rally undecided countrymen in favor of a moderate candidate, the country&#x2019;s former foreign minister, Zalmai Rassoul.

AP Interview: Karzai's brother on Afghan vote

The elder brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday he dropped out of the country's April 5 presidential election to leave the field open to a candidate that he hoped would steer the nation through a "dignified" transition. 9 minutes ago