Remember book fairs? Typically held in schools, the events—often organized by companies such as Scholastic or Follett—offered students, families, and staff the opportunity to purchase a variety of ...

When a dentist is administering a shot of novocaïne, they will typically palm the syringe and move in from the side of the patient’s head so that the patient will not see the needle coming and grow ...

What were you doing when you were trapped in your home during the pandemic? Bay Area-based artist Julia Goodman spent her time slowly creating the wrapped sculpture An Unimaginable Unit of Time, ...

Brighten up your day by flipping through the winners of our second annual pet photo contest. Readers from across the Central Coast submitted more than 400 images of their cats, dogs, lizards, chickens ...

Hilarious Alabama-bred and Nashville-based comedian, country singer, and social media content creator plays Friday, Oct. 24.

The woman wasn’t in a state to be able to care for either the puppies or the mom, so C.A.R.E.4Paws took them in to ensure they had proper treatment and went to good homes. This ...

America lost two very different figures this September. Bobby Cain, little known outside his small county in Tennessee, died quietly at 85. Charlie Kirk, a nationally recognized conservative activist, ...

As much as she loves cats and dogs, Sarah “Bolty” Bolton doesn’t own any pets. She prefers “the cool aunt” role over full-time pet parent, which led her to start her own pet-sitting business, the ...

Paso Robles-based nonprofit saves dogs from overcrowded and high-kill shelters across California and at times overseas.

Michael and Diana Muranaka quote their favorite movie, Bridesmaids, to each other so often that one scene inspired the name of their hot sauce company. The scene follows a police officer who stops ...

The Los Osos Community Services District isn’t making enough tax revenue to fully fund its fire services for the first time in 20 years. A $280,000 funding gap for the 2025-26 fiscal year and more ...

The Atascadero City Council voted 3-2 on Oct. 14 against allowing retail cannabis storefronts, keeping the city limited to delivery and testing lab operations and potentially forgoing up to half a ...