
Adult Kickball Spring Season Registration Now Open
The registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 24 ATASCADERO — The City of Atascadero is now offering a third season of the Adult Kickball League this spring. Games will be held on Wednesday evenings/nights at the Paloma Creek Softball fields. The spring season is...

Disaster CalFresh to Provide Food Assistance to Families Impacted by Winter Storms
Application period for temporary benefits open, from Feb. 6 to 10, and again on Feb. 14 and 15 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — In response to our recent severe winter storms, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has approved the California...

Kristin Smart Case Lead Detective Announces Retirement
Clint Cole’s official retirement date is March 10 — the same date as Paul Flores' sentencing SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — After a 32-year career with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, Detective Clint Cole has announced his retirement. The Sheriff’s...

Atascadero Kicks Off the Month of Love with a Weekend Full of Father-Daughter Dances
This year’s theme took fathers and daughters under the sea by Christianna Marks and Camille DeVaul ATASCADERO — Atascadero’s annual Father-Daughter Dance was back for its 18th year, and this year, participants went Under the Sea with the dance’s theme. The fun-filled...

Elizabeth (Betty) Sandri 1935 – 2021
Elizabeth Marie (Betty) Sandri went to be with Jesus on September 16, 2021, at the age of 86. She was a born and raised Chicago girl with two immigrant parents from Romania and Hungry. She loved her childhood, filled with neighbors who looked out for her. She...

Marjorie McCulley 1925-2023
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Marjorie McCulley on January 2, 2023. She was 97 years old. Marjorie Maxine Mapes was born November 15, 1925, in Maywood, CA, the only child of Edith Giesey Mapes and Harry Francis Mapes. Her early childhood was...

Adelaide “Babs” Dolores Stimmel 1931-2023
Adelaide Dolores Stimmel was born the third of six children to Roy P. and Adelaide V. Michelbook on April 10, 1931, in Alameda County, CA, and raised in Berkeley, CA. Babs was the nickname given to her as a baby by her siblings and remained the name that her friends...

Helen C. Amaral 1944-2023
Helen Clara Larsen Amaral, 78, died at home, Wed. Jan. 4, 2023. She was born in Bell, California, on Jun. 4, 1944, to Victor Alvin Larsen and Luella Clara Wallner. She was raised in Gaviota, Calif. overlooking the Pacific Ocean along the 101 Highway at a small...

Darwin Wayne Curry 1937-2023
Darwin Wayne Curry passed away unexpectedly in Fresno, CA, at the age of 85. Darwin was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1937 to Elmo Keith Curry and Helen Ross Curry. Darwin graduated from Sierra High School in Auberry, CA, and attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where he...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars 2814 Hosts Second Chili Cookoff
The event raised approximately $700 that will be donated to Meals That Connect through Atascadero Senior Center ATASCADERO — On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 2814 of Atascadero hosted its second Chili Cookoff. The community came out to support...