http://www.atascaderonews.com http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1118 In preparation for the first day of school, the Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees received an overview of food service, transportation, facilities and technology operations, especially in light of expected state budget cuts, during a special afternoon meeting Aug. 19. The school board Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:52:38 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1117 Paso Robles resident Greg Curtis is on the mend. His broken arm is healing and he’s getting ready to start physical therapy. But on July 22, a day after a fall that saw him transported to the emergency room at Twin Cities Community Hospital, Curtis Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:50:54 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1116 The Atascadero Planning Commission voted 7-0 to approve the removal of a median that restricts turns into and from the West Front Village development on the south side of Santa Rosa Road during its Aug. 19 meeting. The decision does not require City Council approval. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:47:25 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1115 California Attorney General Edmund Brown has stated that he does not intend to file charges nor will he be taking further action against San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Pat Hedges in regards to an investigation of a secret recording of an October 2006 meeting between Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:46:39 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1114 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hosting a town hall meeting today with representatives of the Santa Barbara, San Benito and San Luis Obispo sheriff’s departments onhand to discuss the viability and benefits of a tri-county secure community re-entry facility adjacent to the Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:43:51 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1113 Any new single-family home or other project requiring water hookups in Templeton will now face increased connection fees enacted to help pay for the Nacimiento Water Project. On Aug. 19, the Templeton Community Services District Board of Directors unanimously adopted the connection fee increases, said Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:42:59 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1105 Nurses, doctors and administrators at Twin Cities Community Hospital have pooled their resources to make sure that the North County’s most needy children get their school year off on the right foot. The collective staff at TCCH wrapped up their Way Cool, Back to School Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:52:48 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1104 After sharing 34 years of marriage and having four children and five grandchildren, Atascadero resident Alfred Silva, Jr., died a wealthy man in terms of the things that he cherished most and humbled by the number of people who called him friend. His friends and Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:51:53 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1103 Atascadero resident Bryan Goossens was arrested Monday by federal authorities following a major investigation that netted 55 subjects throughout Southern California suspected of crimes involving the alleged possession of child pornography. Goossens, a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputy since 1988, submitted his resignation from Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:51:01 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1102 Runners and community members are encouraged to participate in the 10th annual Hares and Hounds 5K, Kids Mile and Half-Mile Runs and Family Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 23 at Atascadero Lake Park. The races begin at 8 a.m., followed by family fun from 11 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:50:26 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1101 San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department arrested three Templeton residents on a warrant service on suspicion of various charges based on a follow-up investigation of an incident that occurred on Highway 101 North at Highway 58 near Santa Margarita involving an air soft gun shooting. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:49:40 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1100 Car enthusiasts from around San Luis Obispo County and beyond gathered to participate in the city of Atascadero’s 16th annual Hot El Camino Cruise Nite along El Camino Real between Traffic Way and Curbaril Avenue. Community members and spectators held tailgate parties while others indulged Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:47:10 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1099 As part of a continued discussion to address potential campaign finance reform the Atascadero City Council directed city staff to draft an ordinance with several options for change during its Aug. 12 meeting. In addition, City Clerk Marcia Torgerson announced campaign contributions for council candidates Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:45:58 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1098 The names of Atascadero Unified School District trustees George Galvan, Corinne Kuhnle and Terri Switzer will not appear on the November ballot. Nonetheless, the three two-term incumbents will serve for another four-year term on the school board after running unopposed. The San Luis Obispo County Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:45:13 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1097 Atascadero has not been immune to the current slowdown in the nation’s economy and on Aug. 12 the City Council directed staff to prepare an amendment to the city’s code that would retroactively extend dormant and expired building permits for several types of construction projects. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:44:27 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1096 Independent candidate Jim Fitzgerald of Nipomo has garnered enough signatures to challenge State Senator Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, on the November ballot in the 15th District. More than 21,000 residents of the 15th Senate District signed his petition, according to a release. “I am running Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:43:31 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1095 Cars of all makes and models studded the lawns of Atascadero’s Lake Park on Saturday as the Mid-State Cruizers hosted their 19th annual Atascadero Lake Car Show. The car show is a culmination of a full year’s worth of planning and work by almost all Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:42:38 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1081 While many elementary school students are looking forward to wearing fashionable new outfits on the first day of school, others know that their families cannot afford such luxuries. However, with the help of the 75-member Assistance League of San Luis Obispo County and the Operation Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:14:33 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1080 The Atascadero Redevelopment Agency asked city staff to bring back more information in regards to the potential purchase of the former home of the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce during its meeting Tuesday. The chamber, which has already moved into a new El Camino Real location Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:12:44 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1079 A 37-year-old transient is being held in county jail on $100,000 bail for allegedly firing gunshots during a physical altercation with other transients Wednesday. In addition to felony negligent discharge of a firearm, Luis Antone Zucco also faces charges of felony child endangerment as well Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:11:36 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1078 While the Atascadero City Council was set to address issuing a request for proposals from agencies interested in completing the work for Wal-Mart’s environmental impact report this action was continued on Tuesday at the company’s request. Community Development Director Warren Frace explained that he had Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:10:17 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1077 Planning Commissioner Pamela Heatherington and substitute teacher Bret Heinemann have joined the list of City Council candidates. The filing period for candidates closed at 5 p.m. Wednesday cementing a group of six contenders for three seats currently filled by Mayor Mike Brennler, Councilman George Luna Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:09:32 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1076 The North County Women’s Shelter and Resource Center is seeking volunteers and donations in an effort to maintain the safe environment it offers for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. “We need people to help with transportation, childcare, distributing brochures, moving heavy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:08:35 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1075 A market that brings together all the ingredients necessary to make a dish from several Asian countries around the world has opened in Atascadero. The business, A & A’s Market, is located at 8550 El Camino Real Ste. B and opened on July 15 after Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:06:51 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1074 An 18-year-old Paso Robles man was arrested in Atascadero Saturday after he allegedly lead police on a high-speed pursuit through residential areas. According to a release issued by the Atascadero Police Department, at about 1 a.m. Saturday an officer noticed a vehicle traveling at a Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:04:21 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1073 Police are searching for a man who reportedly robbed an Atascadero music store on Friday. According to a release issued by the Atascadero Police Department, officers were dispatched to Cerritos Musical, 9520 El Camino Real, regarding a report of a robbery at 7:10 p.m. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:03:30 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1072 Stacey Brown, an incoming eighth-grader at Atascadero Junior High School, participated in LeadAmerica’s National Junior Leadership Conference on Law held from July 30 through Aug. 8 on the campus of Stanford University. The NJLC “Discover Law and the Courtroom” is a 10-day leadership program in Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:02:58 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1068 Approximately 200 volunteers converged on Target in the early hours of Saturday morning to ensure that Central Coast children had all the school supplies they needed in time for the start of the new school year. RE/MAX Parkside Real Estate’s seventh annual Up With Kids Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:58:45 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1066 Woodworkers in search of a shop of their own have a new place to turn to with the opening of a North County workspace that can be rented by the hour. Allen’s Rent a Shop, located at 3450 La Cruz Way just off Ramada Drive Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:56:02 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1047 Atascadero State Hospital has transferred all but three sexually violent predators to Coalinga through a shift in patient population that will soon result in the elimination of SVP commitments at ASH. Coalinga State Hospital, which received its first patients and SVP transfers in September of Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:49:34 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1051 California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura has joined United States Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer in proclaiming this week National Farmer’s Market Week. According to a release issued by the CDFA, the number of farmers’ markets in the U.S. has grown about Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:51:34 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1050 Former Atascadero Planning Commissioner Bob Kelley has entered the race for one of three open seats on the Atascadero City Council. Kelley joins Planning Commission Chair Roberta Fonzi and Len Colamarino, author of the Upgrade Atascadero Web site and blog, who have both returned the Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:50:17 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1049 The number of DUIs issued during the California Mid-State Fair showed a 29 percent reduction from last year, according to figures released by the San Luis Obispo County DUI Task Force and AVOID the 14 Program. “I really feel that the message was out there Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:49:24 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1048 Local government officials gathered on the footsteps of the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse on Wednesday to oppose the threat of California’s State Legislature taking an estimated $1 million in local transportation dollars to balance its budget. The news conference, organized to denounce a rumored Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:47:38 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1046 Photo by Nancy Forrest — The sandblasting process on this wall at Freedom Street Rods, located at 5585 El Camino Real, removed layers of paint and revealed the logo of Meadow Gold Ice Cream, which dated back to the 1970s when Village Mart occupied the Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:44:51 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1045 Professional Bull Rider Brian Canter is recovering after injuries he received during The Team Shootout Competition, held at the California Mid-State Fair on Sunday. The injury came during the final round of competition after Canter, 22, successfully completed the full eight-second ride to propel himself Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:44:09 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1040 Mayor Mike Brennler and Councilman George Luna have announced they will not run for re-election on the November ballot. The announcements mean Councilman Jerry Clay will be the only incumbent in an upcoming council election that is also set to include Roberta Fonzi, chair of Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:40:17 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1036 This November, film fans from throughout the Central Coast will have a new place to celebrate the medium during the first Paso Robles Digital Film Festival. The PRDFF will begin on Thursday, Nov. 20 and run through Tuesday, Nov. 25. It will feature a number Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:39:58 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1039 Representatives of Salvation Army’s mobile canteen have a clear sense of purpose — respond as quickly as possible to provide food and water during an emergency. “Everybody has a job; ours is to serve and make sure the needs of first responders are met,” said Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:30:07 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1038 The Atascadero City Council will examine the contract that will be issued to solicit proposals for Wal-Mart’s environmental impact report on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The action follows the council’s March 11 vote authorizing city staff to process an application for a Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed at Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:27:51 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1037 Independent 15th District State Senate candidate Jim Fitzgerald is trying to collect signatures in an effort to challenge incumbent Senator Abel Maldonado on the November ballot. Fitzgerald, a UPS worker from Nipomo, said he has gathered roughly half of the 13,533 signatures needed by Friday, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:26:22 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1035 Dog owners in Templeton will soon have a home for their parkless pooches to socialize and exercise. Parks-4-Pups recently announced that it has solidified an agreement with San Luis Obispo County Parks to develop a fenced, off-leash dog park that’s been coined Vineyard Dog Park. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:23:20 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1034 El Paso de Robles Youth Correctional Facility officially shut its doors on July 31 for what state officials referred to as a “warm closure” with most of its existing employees landing jobs in San Luis Obispo, Soledad and Salinas. Spokeswoman Josi Slonski said the majority Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:20:19 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1030 The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce has packed up and relocated its office to 6904 El Camino Real. The new location, found between Hoover’s and Rabobank, is only a short distance away from the building the chamber has called home for the past 35 years, but Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:54:15 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1029 The Economic Vitality Corporation of San Luis Obispo County has announced it has helped start a new company, Tiny Treasures Infant and Toddlers Center, a child development center which is slated to open in mid-September in Atascadero. In partnership with Coast National Bank, the EVC Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:52:42 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1028 Atascadero High School Drama Boosters is seeking community support to help send aspiring actress Melany Juhl to Allan Hancock College’s Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, an intensive, two-year program. Juhl, a 2008 AHS graduate, has been accepted to attend the prestigious program, beginning Tuesday, Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:51:37 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1027 While searching for a missing hiker Sunday a helicopter crew discovered thousands of marijuana plants with an estimated street value of nearly $14 million, a release issued by the county Sheriff’s Department said. The plants, which were found in a mountainous region off Highway 41 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:47:52 -0500 http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.atascaderonews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1026 The cancellation of the California Mid-State Fair shuttle stop at the Vons Shopping Center was not sparked by an alleged altercation that occurred last week, officials said, but was instead the result of complications surrounding a contract between Vons parking lot owner Tri-W Enterprises and Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:46:42 -0500