Although prominent businessman David Weyrich is facing a public auction on some of his key properties Friday, the rest of his county holdings may be safe from the auction block — for now.

Cal Poly’s proposed deal to develop an engineering program at a Saudi Arabian university has fallen through in part because of a disagreement over language in the contract.

The newly refurbished Wineman Hotel marked its grand opening Wednesday with the lighting of the newly installed, historic marquee sign on Higuera and Chorro streets.

A preliminary discussion has started on the possible renaming of Atascadero’s zoo in order to better suit the city’s budding regional tourism campaign.

SACRAMENTO — The corporate glass ceiling remains firmly in place at companies based in California, according to a study released Wednesday.

Michael LeBrun has been named the interim general manager of the Nipomo Community Services District.

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Dan De Vaul, the San Luis Obispo County rancher convicted on two charges of violating building safety and vehicle storage codes, was denied a new trial Tuesday.

A 25-year-old San Miguel man accused of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife told a sheriff’s investigator his dog ran underneath his feet, tripping him and causing the handgun to mistakenly fire at her.

The search for Cuesta College’s new interim leader is on, school officials said Tuesday, and they hope to have someone before current President David Pelham steps down at the end of December.

Robin Covey opened his new restaurant on Tuesday — Chow, at 1009 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo.

Gopher Glen apple farm is having bushels of activity in See Canyon, near Avila Beach.

An additional 6,700 doses of the H1N1 vaccine are on the way for San Luis Obispo public health officials to administer, and the vaccine should arrive in the area later this week.

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Hitoshi and Kathy Yamada have lived remarkable lives, from the internment camps and anti-Japanese hysteria of World War II to the jungles of Brazil, and more recently to the beautiful foothills of Arroyo Grande.

Alma Mazman looped the ribbon over and through as she prepared the card for the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County’s “giving tree.” It wasn’t easy for her 93-year-old eyes and fingers, but she was determined, and after all, she had threaded many a needle since she was a child in Fort Smith, Ark. Besides, Alma was having fun.

Cuesta College President David Pelham has resigned, telling board members and college staff in an e-mail Monday evening that he is “not the best person to lead Cuesta College.”

Jurors accused of bullying and harassing another juror in the Dan De Vaul case say the accusations are false.

A Round Table Pizza will take the place of Cowgirl Café at a corner of Colony Square in Atascadero early next year. Cowgirl Café, a longtime Atascadero restaurant, will move to a new space next to the project’s movie theater once it is built, said Charly Owen, a shift manager at the Cowgirl Café. The restaurant, owned by Pat Addy, will have a similar western look and feel, Owen said.

Ice skaters will get one day this winter to break out their skates — but it won’t be ice they’ll be skating on.