Atascadero News

A Templeton-based natural foods store and nursery is adding a second location in Atascadero and at the same time expanding to a larger location in Templeton.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - A San Luis Obispo man who chose to go to jail rather than evict the homeless from his ranch has been released from jail.

A new downtown wine-tasting lounge called Pithy Little Wine Co. is expecting to open along Chorro Street in downtown San Luis Obispo in December.

A Round Table Pizza will take the place of Cowgirl Cafe at a corner of Colony Square in Atascadero early next year.

Central Coast Rotary, Rotary District 5240 , has announced the selection of the 2010 Group Study Exchange Team to Bangladesh.

Two Atascadero men were arrested Monday afternoon at Mitchell Park in San Luis Obispo and charged with possession of marijuana for sale.

Austin Thierry had four goals and six assists as Pacifica High defeated St. Joseph of Santa Maria, 19-9, Tuesday in the first round of the Division VI boys' water polo playoffs at the Oxnard Aquatic Center.

The American Red Cross is teams up with Michael's for "Touch of Home." Participants can make holiday cards that will eventually be sent to troops overseas.

Veterans Day was commemorated at numerous events across San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday, including the celebration held at the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial at Atascadero Lake Park.

A mental health recovery center is back up and running in Atascadero. The Peers Empowering Peers, or PEP, Center, located at the 5385 El Camino Real, reopened its doors Wednesday afternoon.

In Atascadero, a ceremony took place at the new Faces of Freedom veterans memorial, located off highway 41.

More than 100 city employees and community leaders turned out Monday for the official groundbreaking of the long-awaited Colony Square project.

Law enforcement in San Luis Obispo arrested 42-year-old David Perez of Atascadero after they say he sold drugs to and undercover officer.

Nearly five years in the making, The Colony Square project is set to begin construction.

After a temporary holdup caused by the state's budget problems, work is about to resume on a plan to preserve much of the North County's groundwater.

Atascadero's first community garden, on the grounds of the United Methodist Church of Atascadero off El Camino Real near Paloma Park, was dedicated Saturday.

Detectives with the Atascadero Police Department are investigating the alleged sexual assaults of two girls early Sunday morning.

There is growing evidence in Atascadero the recollections of former elected officials, city employees, and previous reports that shows that some leading city officials purposely lied when they reported that the historic City Hall's foundation substantially sank during the 2003 San Simeon earthquake.

We're just nice guys in nice clean cabs ! We do fun low cost budget wine tours in four passenger sedans, six passenger mini-vans, and fourteen passenger MAXI-TAXIS. Combine a few wineries ,have dinner up in wine country, stop off in Solvang at a few wine bars , and then head home.

Pictured: Donielle Harpster, 6, of Morro Bay walks through the Charles Paddock Zoo on Saturday with her mother, Lisa.