Long one of the least affordable places in the country to buy a home, San Luis Obispo County now is ranked second — even as a slumping housing market has caused prices to drop.
As a nurse, Karen Randolph is able to help care for the sick, ill and injured each day that she goes to work at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. But after a trip to Uganda three years ago, she realized she could do more to help care for the sick and injured in the impoverished African nation.
Six organizations have been honored with the first San Luis Obispo County Green Awards, as sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.
After a historic gold-medal win in the Beijing Olympics, thrower is given Jesse Owens Award
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Arroyo Grande resident Jessica Stone, who was relegated to the back of the bus while growing up in Louisiana, expressed glee that a country that was segregated during the first 35 years of her life had elected a black president.
Marge Cooper of San Luis Obispo had hopes that vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin would be the one making history.