Earth Day Food & Wine Festival kicks off April 20. The three-day event is being put on by The Central Coast Vineyard Team in Atascadero.

Those who supervise vineyards in the North County have been readying wind machines, overhead sprinklers, cover crops and other defenses against frost.

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La Reyna Tortilleria and Café, a Mexican restaurant and homemade tortilla shop, is set to open Friday at the site of a former Burger King restaurant on Black Oak Drive in Paso Robles.

Bloom’N’Grow flower shop in Atascadero will celebrate its 25th year in business April 28. Twelve of those years have been in Atascadero.

Two Cal Poly alumni and a current student have created a website and mobile application called NeighborFavor.

A Central Coast woman has big plans for the old strawberry stand at Morro Road and Curbaril Avenue in Atascadero.

Kate Harrington has joined the staff of the Central Coast chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association as its director of finance and operations.

United Way of San Luis Obispo County is offering a $5,000 Innovation Award for a local nonprofit that has implemented creative approaches and programs in education, income and health.

After more than a four-year hiatus, longtime South County auto shop Dean’s Muffler and Performance has reopened in a new location.

A key focus now is boosting midweek tourism by setting the alliance’s sights on out-of-state and international travelers.

A new surf shop is coming to the Village of Arroyo Grande.

A local veteran and helicopter rescue swimmer now operates a personal training business.

A vineyard seminar Monday will discuss regional water management issues, crop insurance and other topics.

Most of San Luis Obispo County’s wineries are north of Cuesta Grade, but Pismo Beach is emphasizing its proximity to smaller South County wine regions to draw tourists.

Even with a slight uptick in the jobless rate during February, the San Luis Obispo County labor market continues, a slow, but steady long-term improvement. While we’re nowhere near the pre-recession record low unemployment rates, thousands more have found work.

After a decline in January, home sales in San Luis Obispo County grew in February as the median home price fell slightly, according to independent real estate tracking firm DataQuick.

The San Luis Obispo County Visitors & Conference Bureau was awarded a top honor by colleagues in the travel and tourism industry.

Peterson Team Realty has hired realtor Mary McNally, who specializes in income property and using individual retirement accounts to purchase real estate or invest in mortgage notes.

A panel of guests is slated to speak at the fourth annual Central Coast Business Symposium at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande next week.