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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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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

Former Cal Poly standout Sharon Day-Monroe posted a mark of 49 feet, one-half inch in the shot put portion of the women&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99;s pentathlon during the Indoor World Championships on Friday in Sopot, Poland. Day-Monroe claimed fourth place overall.

Day-Monroe is unable to medal at world indoor championships

On Friday, she finished fourth with 4,718 points. The Netherlands’ Nadine Broersen set a world-leading mark of 4,830 points to edge Canada’s Brianne Theisen Eaton, who set a national record of 4,768 points. The Ukraine’s Alina Fodorova...

Business

SLO County's unemployment rate ticks up in January

San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate in January rose slightly from December but was still down considerably from the same time a year ago, according to figures released Friday by the California Employment Development Department.

Opinion

Getting the last laugh on Grim Reaper

Eighty-three-year-old Ron Kilmartin was in a hospice, dying of lung cancer. His daughter was at his bedside, cracking jokes about it. Here’s one:

Entertainment

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary Wednesday with a screening of the documentary "Starring Adam West" at the Fremont Theatre.

What's happening at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival

Check out what's in store during the final two days of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.

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

State Sen. Leland Yee works the crowd at the California Democratic Party convention in Los Angeles on March 7, 2014.

Captiol Alert: Democrats make no endorsement in heated statewide primaries

Following two days of intense campaigning by candidates in the two most competitive statewide primary contests, delegates at the California Democratic Party convention reached no consensus Saturday on either race, issuing no endorsement for controller... 8 minutes ago

Nation/World

A Malaysian police officer checks a passenger's identification documents at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Planes and ships from across Asia resumed the hunt Sunday for a Malaysian jetliner missing with 239 people on board for more than 24 hours, while Malaysian aviation authorities investigated how two passengers were apparently able to get on the aircraft using stolen passports.

Malaysian official discounts terrorism in case of missing airliner; 5 nations searching for wreckage

Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and other nations resumed the search for a missing passenger jet at daybreak Sunday, amid mounting concerns over the possible cause of the plane’s disappearance. 8 minutes ago