Dance studio expands to Atas. — Main Street Dance locates in historic building

Six months after opening a dance studio in downtown Templeton, Yvette Del Monte-Madrigal and Joe Madrigal have expanded their business to Atascadero.
"She's the operator, I'm the janitor," Madrigal said. "I'm her backup, understudy."
Del Monte-Madrigal owned Academy of Arts and Ballet in the Bay ...more

City hall restoration moves forward despite RDA abolishment

City puts efforts into dissolving RDA

Twin Cities receives IBCLC care award

Liberty Tattoo Removal receives major grant

You can't cap CAPS

13 ASH psychiatrists' contracts end

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Sports

Friday Feature: Volunteer, runner, volunteer — Atascadero athlete runs around town, volunteering for everything

Robyn Schmidt is best known as the wife of K-Man Cycle & Run's owner, Keith Schmidt.
Wait a minute.
Robyn Schmidt is best known as one of the driving forces behind the Hares and Hounds 5K benefit race at the Atascadero Lake held every March. ...more

Greyhound girls get past Panthers

AHS girls soccer beats P.V. 5-2

NCCS girls cruise past Spartans

Long scoreless stretch dooms Crusaders

Righetti is really good

Eagles plunder Pirates 48-34

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Community

Already an established artist, AHS student has his whole life ahead of him

Atascadero has more than its share of established artists.
But Atascadero has much more to offer than the artists we know -- more even than the artists who get featured on the Open Studios Art Tour.
One such up-and-comer is 17-year-old Atascadero High School ...more

The art of Atascadero's George Asdel will be on display in February in Morro Bay

Movies You May Have Missed: Good ole boys make unlikely, yet rib-tickling heroes

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Editorial

Elected officials need to be held accountable

Last week the Integrated Waste Management Authority passed the plastic bag ban by a bare majority.
Atascadero's representative, Tom O'Malley, voted no, as he should have, based upon the refusal of the IWMA to consider alternatives or reasonable modifications to the proposed ordinance. ...more