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San Luis Obispo County could become the nation’s leader in solar energy if three large-scale commercial solar plants are approved to start operating near the Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Fourth of July events in San Luis Obispo County, including Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Paso Robles and Cambria.

A Tribune investigation finds gaps in the regulatory system that keeps nurses convicted of crimes ranging from child abuse to assault out of our hospitals.

The controversy has arisen again: Is the off-road park an economic dynamo for the county? Or are the public safety and environmental costs too high?

Tribune photographer Joe Johnston shares his photos and experiences from a one-month trip to India in May 2008.

About 1,400 people in San Luis Obispo County will receive a cancer diagnosis in 2008. Ruth Ann Angus recently went through the difficult decisions and treatments for a breast tumor — surgery, infection, radiation and chemotherapy. Her story offers a window into the experience of a local cancer patient.

When Tribune photographer Joe Johnston first suggested kayaking the San Luis Obispo County coast, I thought to myself, "Somebody's been spending too much time in the darkroom."

Methamphetamine is easy to make, cheap to buy and so powerfully addictive that it is wreaking havoc on SLO County. It is destroying families and taxing local law enforcement and treatment resources.