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Jan 19

Flood of 1914

Arroyo Grande 1914 - Tally Ho Creek floods Branch St. in this westward view. Photo courtesy Arroyo Grande City Hall.

January 19, 1914 The photo is from Arroyo Grande city offices and this storm headline is from the same year. The raging creek is not the big one, it is Arroyo Grande Creek tributary Tally Ho. The Daily Telegram headline is more than a little schizophrenic. On one hand it says the damage is light …

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Jan 18

The Calm Before

Saturday January 18, 1969 The Telegram-Tribune was full of news that in the full view of history turned out to be either wildly off target or watermarks of the era. Stories were being floated that there could be cutbacks of troop levels in Vietnam and that peace talks were resuming in Paris. We now know …

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