A Paso Robles police officer filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo Superior Court on Friday against the city of Paso Robles alleging workplace retaliation he says resulted from a failure to meet illegal traffic-ticket quotas.

Some Nipomo Mesa residents could pay from $120 to $225 a year for 30 years to fund construction of a pipeline to bring water to the community from Santa Maria.

Dan Girling, new manager at Mathews Trailer Lodge in San Luis Obispo, repairs a sagging fence Friday at the 30-unit park, which is expanding vacation rentals by buying out old units. Girling has been working on trimming trees and cleaning up the Higuera Street property.

A second doctor who examined double-homicide suspect Andrew Downs testified in a court hearing Friday that the defendant was criminally insane at the time of the crime.

A former salesman at a San Luis Obispo jewelry store was found not guilty Friday of two felony counts of receiving stolen property, but a jury found him guilty of a misdemeanor charge of delaying a police officer in his duties.

Looking for a little exercise before vegging out on the couch this Super Bowl Sunday? For the 25th year, volunteers are being sought for trail work at Montaña de Oro State Park.

Atascadero native Jay DeCou was honored as the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 Citizen of the Year.

A familiar group of volunteers will serve as the Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 board of directors.

The Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers, a nonprofit, has moved from downtown San Luis Obispo into new offices at the historic light station.

If your youngster walks to school past a yard that has a menacing dog on a leash, and you worry about the child’s safety, there is not much you can do about it legally.

A lawsuit has been filed against the county’s waste management board, asking the court to set aside the board’s Jan. 11 adoption of an ordinance that would ban plastic shopping bags at most stores in San Luis Obispo County.

Former Mayor Janice Peters has been named the 2011 Citizen of the Year by the Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce.

Teaberry Frozen Yogurt Café, a locally owned and operated frozen treats and sandwich shop, is open for business in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Three of the new “pods” of video surveillance cameras in the Arroyo Grande Village have been removed, but two will be reinstalled and one will be moved to a different location, police Chief Steve Annibali said recently.

A Los Osos resident was arrested after the San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s narcotics unit found cocaine packaged for sale at the Taco Temple restaurant in Morro Bay.

Amigo, a yellow Labrador, leaps in excitement as Jeremy Harkins prepares to fling a tennis ball into the water near Morro Rock.

Supporters of a local version of the Dignity Village for the homeless in Portland, Ore., will meet at 10 a.m. Friday in San Luis Obispo at the Creekside Mobile Home Park clubhouse, 3960 S. Higuera St.

The City of San Luis Obispo is inviting its residents to apply to a task force to update two key elements of the city’s general plan: land use and traffic.

A state-run specialized training program for law enforcement, firefighters and emergency responders based at Camp San Luis Obispo is slated to be eliminated at year’s end, which could result in the loss of more than 20 jobs and cost San Luis Obispo County more than $5 million.

Ranchers, farmers and contractors are spending tens of thousands of dollars to help Debbie Arnold replace incumbent county Supervisor Jim Patterson in what has already become another six-figure battle for the 5th District supervisor seat.