Construction of the Paso Robles Horse Park, a new equestrian showplace for competitive horse jumping, was unanimously approved by the Paso Robles Planning Commission on Tuesday.

Donald Baker of Templeton, who has pleaded no contest to molesting two children and possessing child pornography, told a judge Tuesday that he hopes to postpone his sentencing until Feb. 20 after he receives additional radiation treatment for his cancer.

Jennifer Chill of Paso Robles woman was sentenced to state prison today, after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter and other charges in connection with a drunken-driving crash that killed 20-year-old Jacob Keller and injured his friend.

Authorities on Monday identified the man who committed suicide in a parking lot of Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center on Jan. 15 as Zachary Young, 20, of San Luis Obispo.

Thirteen contract psychiatrists have been terminated from Atascadero State Hospital, Department of Mental Health officials confirmed.

San Luis Obispo’s First Presbyterian Church will soon sound with heavenly organ music. The church’s new digital organ is designed to replicate the same stately sounds heard in European cathedrals.

Occupy San Luis Obispo, the local variant of the national Occupy Wall Street movement, will celebrate its 100th day Thursday at the County Government Center on Monterey Street in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly students will vote Feb. 29 on whether to increase their fees by nearly $1,000 in three years.

Job applicants sought — but only if they don't need work. The message in some job advertisements these days is pretty blunt: Don't bother sending a résumé if you're not bringing home a paycheck already.

The National Weather Service has issued wind, high-surf and small-craft advisories, with a gale watch, affecting the Central Coast as of Sunday night and into Monday morning.

County/Cal Fire reports that firefighters have a roughly four-acre brush fire under control Sunday afternoon along McMillan Canyon Road in the Shandon area north of Highway 41.

The storm that passed over San Luis Obispo County on Friday and Saturday dropped less than an inch of rain in some areas, and more than 3 inches in others, according to a local forecaster.

Seven car burglaries were reported around San Luis Obispo on Friday, according to police.

San Luis Obispo police are investigating a 19-year-old woman’s report that she was attacked by three men who tried to rape her.

Sam Crosson, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Cal and helped lead the Golden Bears to the 2010 NCAA championship match, was named today as Cal Poly's new volleyball coach.

Coast Bancorp announced today that it has selected Anita Robinson to serve as chief executive officer of both Coast Bancorp and its subsidiary, Coast National Bank.

UPDATE 4:19 p.m.: The man arrested after a car chase early today has been identified as Isidro Munoz Jr., 25, of Bakersfield.

A hearing will be held Monday to discuss the health status of Donald Robert Baker, a Templeton man who entered a plea of no contest last month to felony charges of child molestation and possessing child pornography.

An Atascadero man is recovering in the hospital after being stabbed multiple times in San Luis Obispo just after midnight Friday.

Two Arroyo Grande police officers saved a girl who tried to jump off a bridge in downtown Arroyo Grande on Thursday, according to the Arroyo Grande Police Department.