The Times Press Recorder

This year’s Author Fair 2009, featuring eight well-known children’s writers, promises something for all readers. Full Story »

n San Luis Obispo County Band annual benefit concert for the homeless, 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, Mount Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 Frederick St., San Luis Obispo. Full Story »

The Arroyo Grande Recreation and Maintenance Services Department and Arroyo Grande Lions Club will host the 32nd annual Turkey Trot Fun Run on Sunday, Nov.15. Full Story »

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Allen, son of Michael Allen of Nipomo, recently completed Naval Nuclear Power Training Pipeline. Full Story »

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The youth congregation at First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande will be sending more than $1,000 it raised to Camp Colby, a Methodist Church camp in the Angeles National Forest that was damaged in the Station Fire. Full Story »

Core In Action (CIA) Outdoor Bootcamp is holding a 5K and 1-mile fun run/walk at 9 a.m. Sunday at Rancho Grande Park as part of the 11th annual World Run Day. Full Story »

Oct. 4 will always be the most special of dates for Jesse Norris and Delia Padilla. On Oct. 4, 2006, the pair met for the first time on a blind date, engaging in a three-hour conversation at Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant in Pismo Beach. Full Story »

Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church volunteers recently filled and delivered the 1,000th hand-sewn toiletry bag with personal hygiene items as part of a homeless hygiene project. Full Story »

Costumed characters haunted the South County’s three cities last weekend as all ages — with four legs as well as two — turned out for some Halloween hoopla. Full Story »

Anticipating the continued spread of the so-called swine flu, the city of Arroyo Grande has adopted an H1N1 Pandemic and Influenza Disease Plan designed to keep employees healthy and deal with a potentially depleted work force. Full Story »

Arroyo Grande’s series free seminars focusing on sustainable landscape principles and irrigation water conservation will end Thursday with “Getting to Sustainable — Steps to Lessening Landscape/Garden Maintenance.” Full Story »

Thousands of children interacted with local peace officers during the 16th annual Cops ’N’ Kids Field Day on Sunday. Seventeen county and state law enforcement agencies participated in the event, held at Soto Sports Complex in Arroyo Grande. Full Story »

The South County will recognize veterans with several ceremonies and other events starting as early as this weekend. On Sunday, Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce officials say they will recognize the nation’s heroes with a memorial service on the pier, starting at 11 a.m. Full Story »

When a Nipomo Mesa couple couldn’t find a liquid solution to their children’s digestive problems, they formulated their own based on a recipe long used by parents as a home remedy. Full Story »

Local state parks are remaining open in the wake of California’s budget cuts, but might be dirtier and more unkempt. Full Story »

Learning to cook eggs from his grandma at age 7, Gregg Wangard never thought one day he would create an omelet for a national holiday recipe project. But that’s exactly what the 32-year-old chef de cuisine at Marisol at The Cliffs in Shell Beach has done. Full Story »

Students at San Luis Obispo County schools will be offered free H1N1 vaccines as they become available during the next several weeks, according to the county Health Agency and the county Office of Education. Full Story »

Area hospitals have a message for anybody looking to visit a patient: If you’re at all sick, stay home. They’re also discouraging people from using emergency rooms for treatment for the H1N1 virus unless symptoms are dire. Full Story »

They are still bringing up that Bush did a bad job after Hurricane Katrina. After all, he had a week before it happened and didn’t get aid there as it happened. Full Story »

This year’s Author Fair 2009, featuring eight well-known children’s writers, promises something for all readers. Full Story »

n San Luis Obispo County Band annual benefit concert for the homeless, 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, Mount Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 Frederick St., San Luis Obispo. Full Story »

The Arroyo Grande Recreation and Maintenance Services Department and Arroyo Grande Lions Club will host the 32nd annual Turkey Trot Fun Run on Sunday, Nov.15. Full Story »

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Allen, son of Michael Allen of Nipomo, recently completed Naval Nuclear Power Training Pipeline. Full Story »

Comment policy: TimesPressRecorder.com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors. We will never edit or alter your comments, but we do reserve the right to remove comments that violate our code of conduct. Full Story »