Arroyo Grande News

Modern generations may think that printmaking means making photo copies on a printer, but it is a well established art that results in one-of-a-kind work.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office was called to the Grace Connection Church Sunday at about 12:24 p.m. Sunday.

San Luis Obispo County residents can now use an interactive website to design drought-tolerant landscapes for their home or business.

By almost any measure, Norma Butler Bossard Elementary is a top performing school in Miami: It has consistently been rated an 'A' by the state, and students have achieved high scores on Florida's standardized math and reading exams.

In a story Feb. 7 about a lack of progress by a commission established to right the wrongs of Chicago's police torture scandal, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the commission hasn't met since August and cancelled an October meeting.

Eleven people got stuck in an elevator at the Palm Street parking structure in downtown San Luis Obispo for about 45 minutes, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire Department.

A prosecutor in a case against a North Carolina woman accused of snatching a newborn from a New York City hospital more than two decades ago says she will plead guilty Friday to criminal charges.

The U.N. is honoring two 16-year-old Girl Scouts for their work aimed at saving orangutans from extinction.

Authorities say a 7-year-old girl recalled her stranger danger training and was able to get away from a parolee who tried to abduct her at a Walmart store in west Georgia.

Three current instructors and one former teacher brought the lawsuit against Don Norton, Cuesta’s division chair of Human Development.

An Iraqi man charged in Kentucky with trying to funnel weapons and cash to al-Qaida in his home country is scheduled for trial July 30.

The Five Cities Fire Authority is still in its infancy, but leaders of the South County fire agency are already talking about the next step: going to local voters to lock in long-term funding.

San Luis Obispo firefighters have agreed to forgo any pay increases for four years, pay their full pension contribution and begin a two-tier pension plan for new hires starting in July 2012.

A northern New Jersey man has admitted carjacking a 65-year-old grandmother, who was seriously injured when she became entangled in a seat belt and was dragged by the vehicle for two blocks.

Correction: Based on information from the Sheriff's Office, an earlier version of this story said the incident happened in rural Arroyo Grande.

Joe Schwartz was born in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of brownstone tenements in Brooklyn.

Authorities say the fire in the three-story building was reported just before 6 a.m. Sunday.

Jacob Hensley doesn't enjoy being high off the ground, so taking a turn walking across a suspended rope in front of fellow Boy Scouts at the Santa Maria Town Center on Saturday was no minor task.

The blaze broke out early Friday morning at a second-floor packaging area at Sarris Candies in Canonsburg in Washington County.

TEMPLETON HIGH SCHOOL REPORTER TALKS TO KATCHO Atascadero News http://www.atascaderonews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=4724 Feb 3 2012 CA BY: Benton Lowerison, The Aerie Many constituents can identify our state assemblyman, Katcho Acahdjian, but few know his story.