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Atascadero, California is located in San Luis Obispo County. Zip codes in Atascadero, CA include 93423, and 93422. More Atascadero information.

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Atascadero man's behavior days before killing called normal

An Atascadero man who killed his wife in 2008 behaved normally at a family member’s Las Vegas wedding a week before the murder, according to testimony presented Friday.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Man accused of having child porn was a girls softball umpire

UPDATE 4:35 p.m.: Andrew Guy Pratt also worked as an umpire for the city of Atascadero’s adult softball league from August 2009 until November 2010, said Brady Cherry, director of the city’s community services department.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Democrats propose 6-week cut in jobless benefits

Congressional Democrats are urging a modest six-week cut in the number of weeks that unemployed workers can receive jobless benefits as House-Senate talks on a payroll tax cut slowly inch along.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Canadian family members rescued from Pacific ocean

Three Canadian family members attempting to cross the Pacific in a sailboat are safe Thursday after being thrown overboard following an encounter with rough seas that battered and disabled their vessel, leaving them "adrift with no hope of survival" hundreds of miles from Hawaii.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Search for Atascadero man ends when he calls wife from nearby business

Some 40 law enforcement and rescue personnel were called out to search for an Atascadero man who was reported missing Wednesday morning.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Police: Boy, 6, started double-fatal Pa. blaze

Investigators say a 6-year-old Pittsburgh boy set fire to a piece of paper that caught a couch on fire, sparking a blaze that killed a couple who lived in an upstairs apartment.

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New Times SLO

Jeweler parries fencing allegations

In cop lingo, a fence is a dubious character that accepts stolen property for resale and conceals the property's ill-gotten origins.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Expert describes mental state of man accused of bludgeoning wife with hammer

A psychologist testified Wednesday that an Atascadero man, who is accused of bludgeoning his wife to death with a hammer in 2008, believed he was sacrificing her to perform God’s will.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Man arrested after allegedly breaking into SLO office building

A San Luis Obispo man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly breaking into an office building near the San Luis Obispo airport.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Atascadero district decides to refurbish junior high

Atascadero Junior High School will get a new look but keep its current site, school board members decided Tuesday night.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Atascadero High shows off robot at White House Science Fair

Atascadero High student Sean Murphy and his mentor, Larry Price, represented the school’s Greyhound Revolutionary Robotics team at today’s White House Science Fair in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to ... (more)

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Suspect in Christmas 2010 killings is found not guilty by reason of insanity

Judge John Trice ruled today in San Luis Obispo Superior Court that Downs did not know that what he was doing was morally or legally wrong.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Atascadero school board to vote Tuesday on fate of junior high campus

The Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to renovate or relocate the junior high school.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Dream on: Philip Carey plumbs the depths of his subconscious for the grist of his art

Sigmund Freud and others involved with dream interpretation could have a field day with Philip Carey’s current exhibits at two venues.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Obama says he deserves re-election, job's not done

Obama said in a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC that his administration is creating more than 250,000 jobs a month, the most since 2005, and a reversal from the 750,000 jobs the economy was losing three years ago.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Police: 11 arrested at Occupy DC site

Authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Woman wins $975K years after giving birth in jail

A woman has won $975,000 in a federal jury trial, 14 years after giving birth in a jail cell in Washington state.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Suspect is again called insane

A second doctor who examined double-homicide suspect Andrew Downs testified in a court hearing Friday that the defendant was criminally insane at the time of the crime.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Months of road closures expected in Atascadero during work on Hwy. 101/41 interchange

Motorists should expect various road closures in Atascadero until summertime while Caltrans installs landscaping and irrigation systems at the Highway 101/41 interchange.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Teaberry Frozen Yogurt Café opens in downtown SLO

Teaberry Frozen Yogurt Café , a locally owned and operated frozen treats and sandwich shop, is open for business in downtown San Luis Obispo.

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