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A Peace Corps volunteer is starting a library for the residents of a village in Ghana and members of Estrella 4-H are helping by donating books. From left, Sydney Vinther, Katherine Reid and Garret and Brogan Peterson prepare a shipment of books to their sister group in Bolgatanga, Ghana, West Africa.

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LYNNE SCHMITZ

Antique autos at the Rios-Caledonia Adobe

Friends of the Adobe will sponsor the popular Model A and T Show at the Rios-Caledonia Adobe, 700 S. Mission St., on Saturday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CRIME

Ex-Estate Financial vice president is out of prison, done with probation

Joshua Yaguda, the former vice president of the defunct Estate Financial, who with his mother was sentenced to prison after defrauding investors of more than $300 million, has completed his prison term and subsequent probation.
CRIME

1980s TV 'psychic' and sex offender wants to be freed from mental hospital

James Hydrick, a karate expert and self-proclaimed psychic who appeared on several national TV shows in the 1980s, wants a SLO County jury to free him from a mental hospital. But the District Attorney’s Office says he's a dangerous sex offender who needs further treatment.
LOCAL NEWS

Paso Robles City Council to consider 142-unit apartment complex

A 142-unit apartment complex proposed for Paso Robles’ east side passed its first stage of city approval earlier this month.
LOCAL NEWS

Hope’s Village of SLO aims to get homeless veterans into RVs

The sound of running water made a whisper of Kelly Johnson’s sobs as he lifted his head from the creek bed two years ago after three homeless men ambushed him and pilfered his food. He was left with broken bones and fractured vertebrates, worse injuries than he ever suffered as a Marine, ...
SNAPPED!

Coast Union High School prom

Coast Union High School in Cambria held its 2013 prom May 11 at Santa Margarita Ranch.
LOCAL NEWS

Grover Beach police officers honored for saving assault victim's life

Grover Beach police Officer Reggie Bio and Sgt. Angelo Limon were recently honored at a Grover Beach City Council meeting for saving an assault victim’s life using CPR.
CRIME

Man accused of carjacking another man at gunpoint in Paso Robles

William Joseph Lee of Paso Robles was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly carjacking a man at gunpoint in Paso Robles.
CRIME

Man found outside bank with weapons gets 5 years in prison

Turner Newman, who was arrested in March after police found him in a car with loaded weapons outside a San Luis Obispo bank, was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday morning.
CAMBRIAN SPORTS

Bronco baseball team wins tough playoff game in Sylmar

UPDATE, 9:06 a.m. Wednesday: Coast Union will host the quarter-final playoff game starting at 3:15 p.m. Friday, May 24, against top-seeded Nuview Bridge.