San Luis Obispo News

From left, Tommy Healey, Mario Nunez, Matt Keating, Chris Willkomm and Jeremy Reed race to eat pancakes Saturday at Penny’s All American Cafe in Pismo Beach during a pancake-eating contest to benefit the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County.

The blaze at the Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Co. factory in East Hampton started at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Army Pfc. William R. Lechner of San Rafael graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Brett Smith of Larkspur was named to the dean's list for the winter quarter at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.

Has Jake Shears recovered his mojo after misplacing it so carelessly before Night Work, an album on which he seemed to forget what the day job was? In parts, yes he has, but Magic Hour still strays off message occasionally.

I wrote this column in my head between 4:35 and 5:13 one morning, with an ear peeled for the interminable, sporadic bleating of a smoke alarm asking for its battery to be changed.

The cemetery for Mission San Luis Obispo extended from the northern side of the church across what is now Chorro Street.

Bursts of color on canvas, jewelry and pottery once again splashed through Downtown City Park this weekend during the Paso Robles Festival of the Arts.

Authorities say a small plane has crashed near a municipal airport in southern Utah, killing all four people on board.

Well-wishers are leaving flowers, candles and dolls outside the New York City building where police say 6-year-old Etan Patz was strangled in 1979.

La Quinta Inns & Suites in Paso Robles was recently recognized as the company’s 2011 Inn of the Year.

A century-old lost coin leads to the rediscovery of what was once the centerpiece of a long-gone community.

White House Black Market, a specialty retailer of women’s clothing, accessories and shoes, will open in the Court Street shopping center in San Luis Obispo in August in the second-story spot vacated by Talbots.

From Doggie Happy Hours to seasonal dinners raising money for animal charities, the white tablecloth set is serving up a little pet philanthropy.

An 18-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested early this morning after a high-speed chase in south San Luis Obispo, according to police.

As members of a Grover Beach audience clutched campaign signs and scribbled questions on index cards, the two men running for a seat on the county Board of Supervisors made final pleas for votes during their last appearance together before the June 5 election.

The last day a voter can apply for a vote-by-mail ballot for the June 5 election is Tuesday, San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald announced.

Industrial designer Robert Hendrick was on a tech career track out of college until two things happened that changed his trajectory.

"Beer Here" opens Friday at the New-York Historical Society in New York City. The exhibit traces the history of beer in New York all the way back to drunken Colonial times.

Authorities in New York City say they've cracked a 33-year-old case that helped focus national attention on missing children - the disappearance of Etan Patz .

The Cambria Otter Trolley will be back for the summer starting Saturday, May 26, offering free rides from about 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays through Mondays.