Wet and windy weather punished cyclists and fans alike Thursday during the Amgen Tour of California’s fourth stage, which coursed down the Big Sur coast to San Luis Obispo.
When everyone else was celebrating the arrival of 2005, Mary Meserve was holed up in a hotel room across from Disneyland, anxious because she couldn’t seem to come up with a script for her Johnny Cash musical.
She grew up with strong Latin American roots as the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, but Alessa Moscoso of San Luis Obispo wasn't sure she wanted to celebrate her “quinceañera.”
A small airplane crashed on a remote ranch near Creston east of Atascadero late Sunday morning, instantly killing a solo pilot from the Bay Area.
It’s hard to compete with U2. So whenever the Irish rockers go on tour, the guys from Unfinished Business — a local ’60s cover band — know they’re going to lose their keyboardist and sax player for a while.
“I refer to U2 as the other woman,” said bandleader Ed Miller.
When I was little, the top present on my list for Santa was the same every year—a new puppy or kitten. And every Christmas morning I would sneak out of my room early to check for a box with holes, which would be a dead giveaway that there may be a new pet for me. Every year, I was disappointed.
A San Luis Obispo bank was robbed Thursday by a man who police say matches the description of a serial bank robber working on the Central Coast—the so-called Mutton Chops Bandit.
Dozens of recreational anglers will take to San Luis Obispo County waters beginning this month as part of one of the largest collaborative fisheries research projects in state history.
At 7 a.m. Thursday, there are still quite a few empty seats at the Country Diner in San Miguel, but the diner is full of conversation. Carl is talking about his wife seeking alternative medicine. John discusses horses with Carl. Millie is chatting with Cliff about life in general and how nice the new downtown sidewalks are.
A wallet stuffed with credit cards and a Cal Poly ID card, an iPod and other treasures were among the trash picked up Tuesday by local crews in the first statewide litter cleanup day.
Watch a video of the Sea Cadets in drill training
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