PAC 7 races, playoff positioning coming down to wire

February 9th, 2010
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Eleven San Luis Obispo County teams found themselves ranked in Monday’s latest CIF-Southern Section divisional polls: BOYS BASKETBALL Arroyo Grande — No. 5 in Division III-AA; Atascadero — No. 9 in Division IV-AA; North County Christian — No. 11 in Division VI-AA GIRLS BASKETBALL Arroyo Grande — No. 7 in Division III-AA; Atascadero — No. 13 in ...
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Showdown in Arroyo Grande: Ugly side street or pretty pedestrian plaza?

February 9th, 2010
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I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome back our esteemed once-and-now-present colleague, Cynthia Lambert, formerly Cynthia Neff and formerly a reporter from a few years back who’s spent the last few years of self-imposed exile in Sacramento and Fort Worth, Texas. Cynthia’s a great writer and reporter and one of ...
Author: Joe Categories: Uncategorized Tags:

Butter lettuce, peach and goat cheese salad with vanilla vinaigrette

February 8th, 2010
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One time at a restaurant – I think it was Palazzo Giuseppe’s in downtown San Luis Obispo – I had a really good salad. I vaguely remember butter leaf lettuce, peaches and vanilla vinaigrette. Over the years I’ve thought about that salad. For some reason it took me until now to ...
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Malloy Brothers Surf Film Featured at SLO Film Fest

February 8th, 2010
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It was only a matter of time before the Malloy brothers would be featured on Surf Night at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. First of all, the brothers Malloy (along with cousin Emmet) are from the Central Coast (Ventura.) Secondly, they have become titans in the surf film industry. Their company, ...
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Midnight police patrol

February 8th, 2010
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I had a request a few weeks back from Taylor Peterson asking if there were any photos in the files of old SLO PD police cars. This is the best I could find as of now, and the story indicates that the problems police face are similar today, almost 40 ...
Author: David Middlecamp Categories: Uncategorized Tags:

Another example of deteriorating quality and service at Toyota

February 7th, 2010
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I’m a card-carrying Toyota owner. I’ve had three Toyotas in my life, in fact: a Tercel, a Camry and now a Sienna. For the most part, all have been reliable, comfortable, well-designed cars, and if you take care of them, they will go for miles and miles. For years, I have never had a ...
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Cherry cheesecake tarts

February 7th, 2010
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Have I ever told you that cherry pie is my favorite? Oh, look — I have. So, yeah: I loooove cherry pie. And when I saw that this month is National Cherry Month, I was pretty excited. Think of all the cherry pie I could make! More importantly, think of all the ...
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Media mix-ups: Mark Rodgers disputes report that he’s going to Portland State

February 6th, 2010
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In the same week as a Tribune report and Cal Poly announcement said that West Virginia running back Mark Rodgers would be transferring to Cal Poly for his junior season, another publication reported that Rodgers would be going elsewhere. THIS OREGONIAN REPORT, which does not appear to be attributed to any ...
Author: Joshua D. Scroggin Categories: Uncategorized Tags:

Chocolate mousse

February 5th, 2010
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Chocolate mousse is heavenly. My first memory of eating chocolate mousse was at a restaurant in San Francisco. I was maybe 6 or 7. The restaurant may have been called The Green Room, but it’s possible that my memory is completely off base. Either way, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t exist ...
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In Search of Grizzly Bear Skulls

February 5th, 2010
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You can find grizzly bears all over California — just look up. There it is, on the flag pole. According to one website the last Grizzly in the state was shot in 1922 but they were becoming rare as early as 1889. It was then that newspaper tycoon William Randloph Hearst ...
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