Atascadero News

Attorneys working on behalf of a trustee handling former Atascadero developer Kelly Gearhart's $50 million bankruptcy case say Gearhart and his wife diverted millions of investor dollars - borrowed for residential and commercial development - into their own pockets, starting as early as April 2004.

After years in the making, one Central Coast city will soon be home to a new state-of-the art theater.

The Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero must move forward with planned maintenance projects and enhance its relationship with the Central Coast Zoo Society before its accreditation will be renewed.

Three Hurst Financial creditors have filed a petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to force company president Jay Hurst Miller into an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

A more comprehensive safety plan could have helped prevent the drowning of Atascadero High School junior John Erlanson in May 2008, according to a civil grand jury report.

No structures were damaged after a brush fire burned about three acres on Wednesday, officials said.

When Jack Scott arrived to teach agricultural business at Cal Poly in 1967, a colleague told him, 'Make your home your hobby.' Jack and his wife Bonne did just that, one garden at a time, on their five acres of bare, flat land in south Atascadero.

Atascadero councilman Tom O'Malley is joining the Americans for Prosperity-California on the south steps of the State Capitol today at 11:30 a.m. to speak out against the state budget crisis.

I 've written about iFixIt before. The Atascadero-based company got its start tearing apart iPods and other Apple equipment and providing users with an inside look at the hardware.

Good thing Justin Kahler likes to keep moving because he's got two full-time jobs in two different places.

An Atascadero man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence after leading police on two chases Wednesday.

The Atascadero Lakeside Wine Festival is debuting new evening hours for Saturday to take advantage of the city's warm, summer evenings.

Smoking is now prohibited in all outdoor recreations areas with Atascadero city limits.

A former Atascadero business owner is suing the state alleging that he was not paid money he was due for closing his business to make way for construction.

Another Central Coast community is added to the list of "smoke-free" cities around the state.

The North County Christian School Thrift shop has reopened in a new building in Atascadero nearly four months after a fire destroyed its longtime downtown location.

Two North County artists featured in an Atascadero show offer a contrast in motion.

A local thrift store reopens after burning to the ground just a few months ago. Fire investigators were never able to determine what started the devastating blaze at the North County Christian School thrift shop.

A man was arrested this week after police allegedly caught him breaking into an Atascadero home.

You probably don't associate the Long Branch Saloon in Creston with water. But in what's called the 2006 'water year,' the Long Branch pumped 6.9 acre-feet of water from the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin.