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  • Dunes traffic is a threat

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 10:17 pm ET  

    Those who want to continue to ride vehicles in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area may not be concerned about wildlife, noise or native plants, but do they not value human life? Full Story »

  • The lights on Broadway

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:19 am ET  

    The cold night air at the Santa Maria Christmas Parade of Lights on Saturday seemed to be warmed by the thousands of bright Christmas lights that traveled along Broadway. Full Story »

  • Banquet honors award winners

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:19 am ET  

    Four Community Impact Award winners were honored before a capacity crowd Dec. 1 during a banquet at the Monarch Club in Nipomo. Full Story »

  • President to retire after 30 years at Cal Poly

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:19 am ET  

    Warren J. Baker, president of Cal Poly, announced his retirement this week after more than 30 years at the university. Baker will remain at Cal Poly until a successor is named and assumes his or her duties. Full Story »

  • Trees to stay lit through holidays

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET  

    Hospice of San Luis Obispo County celebrated its 25th annual Light Up a Life memorial tree-lighting ceremony last Friday at Nipomo’s Kaleidoscope Inn. Full Story »

  • Santa plans Tefft Street sleigh ride

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET  

    Santa Claus is coming to Olde Towne for the annual Christmas in Nipomo celebration Saturday, Dec. 19, in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Community Hall, 2098 S. Thompson Ave. Full Story »

  • Live nativity play returns

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET  

    A cast of 45 children — including the Angel Choir — will present the 16th annual performance of “The Christmas Story” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Dec. 19, 20 and 21, in Nipomo. Full Story »

  • SLO 211 Hotline phones to go silent in 2010

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET  

    The phones at SLO 211 Hotline — San Luis Obispo County’s nonemergency call center — will no longer be ringing in the new year. Full Story »

  • Local ballerina Marchiano performs in SLO production of ‘The Nutcracker’

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET  

    Nipomo High School sophomore Melinda Marchiano will perform as a rag doll this weekend in the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo’s annual staging of The Nutcracker at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center on the Cal Poly campus. Full Story »

  • Home destroyed by fire

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET  

    A flying ember that escaped from an unattended fireplace likely caused a blaze that engulfed and gutted a Nipomo home late Friday night, according to Cal Fire/County Fire Department officials. Full Story »

  • The trauma of ‘us versus them’

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:17 am ET  

    When it comes to developing a trauma plan for San Luis Obispo County, it isn’t a matter of one side versus another, as far as the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Management Agency is concerned. Full Story »

  • Spice up the holiday season

    The Adobe Press – Fri Dec 11, 2:17 am ET  

    Ivana Valenzuela is one of those girls who had Sugar Plum fairies dancing in her head. Now, the Nipomo High School junior is dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Hancock College youth dance production of “The Nutcracker.” Full Story »

  • Public safety course big success

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:20 am ET  

    The agility course at Hancock College’s Law Enforcement Academy features a 6-foot-tall solid wall that has proven to be as much a psychological and emotional obstacle as a physical one for the women in the program. Full Story »

  • Youths hope to ‘draw’ attention to disease

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:20 am ET  

    Members of LifeBound Leadership in Nipomo joined youths from other programs Tuesday afternoon to commemorate World AIDS Day by creating chalk art at t.h.e. center in Arroyo Grande. Full Story »

  • Social networking pays off at PacSun

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:20 am ET  

    Social networking paired with opening the doors of Pismo’s PacSun at 4 a.m. Black Friday paid off for the retail store that caters to young shoppers’ fashion desires. Full Story »

  • Black Friday toy shopping no game

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:20 am ET  

    The first people in line for the midnight opening of Toys “R” Us in Santa Maria had been waiting since 8 p.m. last Thursday. After a day full of cooking and cleaning and hosting on Thanksgiving Day, Julie Brady and her sister-in-law, Melissa Clason, were raring to go all night long. Full Story »

  • Parade to light up Broadway with holiday spirit

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:19 am ET  

    Organizers of the Santa Maria Christmas Parade of Lights, set for Saturday, are marking the 15th edition of the holiday tradition that boasts a charitable twist. Full Story »

  • Hospice Light Up a Life ceremonies to begin

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:19 am ET  

    Throughout the week, small white lights will begin to shine brightly on 10 Hospice memorial trees in communities throughout San Luis Obispo County honoring the lives and memories of those who have died. Full Story »

  • Largest crowd turns out for parade

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:19 am ET  

    An estimated 1,500 people lined the 2 1/2-block route Sunday to watch the seventh annual Arroyo Grande Christmas Parade roll through the Village. Village Improvement Association spokeswoman Vivian Krug said that was the largest crowd to turn out for the parade that included more than 40 entries. Full Story »

  • Teens embrace Volunteen-ism

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:19 am ET  

    On Friday nights, Danielle Jaeckels can be found on the sidelines cheering on her high school’s football team. Every Tuesday night, Jaeckels is encouraging new mothers in the perinatal unit at Marian Medical Center as a Volunteen. Full Story »

  • Many students score high on fitness tests

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:18 am ET  

    While California’s school children are slowly improving their physical fitness, kids today aren’t as fit as they were 20 years ago, according to results from the state Physical Fitness Tests released Monday. Full Story »

  • Christmas at Dana Adobe re-creates 1850s holiday

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:18 am ET  

    Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos will host its annual open house, “Christmas at the Dana Adobe,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at the historical home of Nipomo founder Capt. William G. Dana. Full Story »

  • Park’s water, lights, trails issues raised

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:18 am ET  

    Water and sewer service, widening Osage Road, light pollution, equestrian trails, and non-native plants are among the issues residents want addressed in the Nipomo Community Park Master Plan environmental impact report. Full Story »

  • Heat lamp blamed for Nipomo structure fire

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:17 am ET  

    A lamp used to provide heat for animals is being blamed for a Monday morning fire that caused $200,000 damage to a home on the Nipomo Mesa. Full Story »

  • Hospital officials fear plan to move emergency care to SLO

    The Adobe Press – Thu Dec 10, 10:17 am ET  

    Arroyo Grande Community Hospital officials oppose what they say is a plan to create a regional Level 2 trauma center in San Luis Obispo, saying it would be detrimental to care received by South County patients. Full Story »

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