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Santa Margarita, California is located in San Luis Obispo County. Zip codes in Santa Margarita, CA include 93453.

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1 hr ago | SanLuisObispo.com

Southbound lane to be closed on Cuesta Grade for up to six months

Drivers along the Cuesta Grade should expect the far-right southbound lane of Highway 101 to be closed up to six months as crews build a retaining wall along the freeway starting Tuesday.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

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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Thu Feb 09, 2012

KSBY-TV

Santa Margarita Adventures: The Zip Line

With the scenic landscape of our local vineyards, wine tours can be so much more than visits to tasting rooms.

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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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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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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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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Friday morning notes --- Checking the numbers, and more

An obvious question following signing day is how the numbers now check out for UW.

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KSBY-TV

Day 4: Widower takes stand in Downs Sanity Trial

A widower of one of the two sisters killed in Santa Margarita on Christmas Day 2010 took the stand during the fourth day of the insanity trial for Andrew Downs.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Expert describes Downs' erratic behavior before Christmas shootings

The Atascadero man charged with killing two sisters in Santa Margarita on Christmas Day in 2010 was in a psychotic state that day, according to a psychiatrist who testified Tuesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Murder suspect Andrew Downs thought victims were part of an evil conspiracy, psychiatrist testifies

Murder suspect Andrew Wesley Downs shot and killed two sisters in Santa Margarita last year because he thought they were military officers who were part of an evil government conspiracy against the world, a forensic psychiatrist testified Monday.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Warrant issued for arrest of Templeton man convicted of child molestation

Donald Robert Baker, 40, of Templeton, who has been staying in Santa Margarita in recent weeks, didn’t appear for his 3 p.m. sentencing today.

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Sun Jan 29, 2012

Patch.com

School Unwilling to Clear Football Coach Welch-Yet

Even though football coach Harry Welch has been cleared by the Orange County District Attorney's office for his role in an incident at Santa Margarita Catholic High , the school isn't ready to reinstate him from the paid administrative leave he has been on since Jan.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Defense lawyer in Dystiny Myers case says evidence wasn't presented...

The defense attorneys for murder suspect Ty Michael Hill argued Thursday that crucial evidence wasn’t handed over by prosecutors before a preliminary hearing.

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Sun Jan 22, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Small fire controlled near Shandon, Cal Fire says

County/Cal Fire reports that firefighters have a roughly four-acre brush fire under control Sunday afternoon along McMillan Canyon Road in the Shandon area north of Highway 41.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Slide closes Highway 1 in Big Sur again

Highway 1 was closed to through traffic late Sunday morning after debris covered both lanes of the road in the Rain Rocks area about 48 miles north of Cambria.

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Fri Jan 20, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Santa Maria River Bridge: Construction Continues

Construction continues on a project to widen the Santa Maria River bridge along Highway 101 near the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara county line.

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Sun Jan 15, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Towering legend, flawed man? King's image evolving

In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, photo, quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr., are inscribed in the wall at the Martin Luther King, Jr.

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