A s the branch manager of Big Creek Lumber Co. in Paso Robles for more than 20 years, Ken Wall is no stranger to the booms and busts in the housing market. He’s seen the business cycle rise and then falter, only to pick up again at a brisk pace.
Kathy Hilstein watched the housing market carefully last year, waiting for prices to fall.
Mike Melvin remembers the thrill of moving into his Atascadero home. Three years ago, he and his then-girlfriend had fallen in love with the cozy three-bedroom and its wood-burning stove and weatherbeaten white picket fence.
Chemotherapy drugs slowly dripped through a tiny tube inserted just below Ruth Ann Angus’ right biceps.
Autograph pens scribbled on bare skin. Children scrambled for souvenir photos and clutched sweaty scraps of clothing freshly tossed by their virtual celebrities.
Participating in a team sport, playing in a safe place and splashing in the water are three of the 10 ‘rights’ California kids should have experienced before they turn 15.
A s fresh-scrubbed families in spring dresses and suits crowd into church today, pastors throughout San Luis Obispo County are readying their Easter A-game.
Seven years after an arson fire destroyed the sanctuary of the San Luis Obispo United Methodist Church on Easter Sunday, the church is celebrating its own resurrection.
On a recent rainy afternoon, a dozen or so children jumped off a school bus in San Simeon and scurried toward their homes in a nearby motel.
Just as managers of the Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County are moving toward agreement on the future of cattle grazing there, oil and gas exploration is emerging as a new battleground on the 250,000-acre grasslands preserve.
Mike Jones and a couple of surfing buddies are gearing up the “skis” for another harrowing ride to their favorite reef break, located six stormy miles outside their launch site inside the Morro Bay harbor.
By the time these big-wave hunters reach the harbor mouth, their nerves are on full alert. With massive swells swallowing the breakwater and a U.S. Coast Guard boat bobbing about like a rubber duck in a tub, it’s no wonder their hearts are pounding on their tonsils. And this is just the beginning of their epic journey, which will lead to the biggest waves of the winter surf season.
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