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White Snake Fan<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A White Snake fan lost in the moment during their performance at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3809536793/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A Heron Takes Flight At Sunrise<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A great blue heron takes flight from the water's edge just after sunrise at Santa Margarita Lake.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245080302/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Heron Zen Moment<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A great blue heron watches as a group of water fowl swim past the dock during the early morning hours at Santa Margarita Lake.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245094608/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Barrelled in Cayucos<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A surfer pulls into a barrell as a fog bank approaches the Cayucos Pier on an otherwise sunny day.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2233222073/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
CEO of General LED<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">King Lee, CEO of General LED, holds an LED PAR light bulb.  LED lights save more than 80% of the electricity used by incandescent lights, last for many years of operation, and unlike compact flourescent light bulbs, produce a natural, pleasing light. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245058048/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Polar Bear Swimmer<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Rob Dumouchel stands at the waters edge in Avila Beach where he is training for the first ever Pismo Polar Bear 10k on New Years Day which is a swim from the Avila Beach pier to the Pismo Beach pier without a wetsuit.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245088396/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Caught up in Parole Sweep<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Nathaniel Edwards, 19, is booked into custody by sheriff's deputy Albert Ybarra, left, and Sr. correctional deputy John Fox for allegedly possesing what authorites estimated to be nearly a pound of marijuana. He was not on parole or probation, but hanging out with those who were and was caught up in the sweep.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245087114/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Grizzly Academy Graduation<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Isaac Flores and the rest of the 3rd platoon do push-ups before the start of the parade portion of the graduation.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245058062/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Little Morro Creek<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Ted Atteberry walks along Little Morro Creek in Morro Bay where tall sections of dune have been carved out by the heavy flow of its waters.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6244576051/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Basketball Coach Retires<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Paso Robles High School Freshman boys basketall coach Brian Kerr is retiring. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6244563529/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Annual Mom and Son Dance<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Alex Zissa, 6, shows off his dance moves as his mom Spencer looks on during the 10th Annual Mother/ Son Dance at the Grover Beach Community Center Friday.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245075454/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Folklorico<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Cecilia Gonzalez and Gerardo Inojosa perform during Phyllis' Musical Revue and fashion show at the Alex Madonna Expo Center.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6244565121/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Rain Silhouette<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">With umbrella in hand, a Cal Poly student passes by the Campus Market and in front of a rain covered windshield as showers covered the county Wednensday.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved.</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2384281672/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
4th of July at Pismo Beach<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Danita Ross of Grover Beach watches the fireworks at the Pismo Beach Pier.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6324332047/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Firefighter Training<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A San Luis Obispo City firefighter hoses down a tree to protect it fro the flames of a burning house along Foothill Blvd. as firefighters take part in a training exercise Wednesday afternoon.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved <br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6244550773/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Mobile Home Fire<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Firefighters race towards a mobile home on fire in Rancho San Luis Mobile Estates.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3903618533/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Car Bashing for Food Drive<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">8th grader Anthony Magaraci goes airborn to deliver his blow as Templeton Middle School students took turns bashing a car in trade for donating food items to Loaves and Fishes.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /><br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245058040/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Dont Drink and Drive Program<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Junior Nolan Sykes is strapped to a gurney as he's prepped to be loaded onto a CHP helicopter for transport to the hospital during an Every 15 Minutes program at Atascadero High School were public safety workers and students take part in a staged accident scene caused by an underage drunk driver.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6245058034/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Big Surf at Pismo Beach<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A crowd gathers at the end of the Pismo Beach Pier to watch the big winter surf.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4276358681/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Art Clokey shows his inpiration for Gumby<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">I just heard the sad news that Gumby creator Art Clokey passed away today. I had the honor of spending a few hours with him in 2002 for a story and he was amazingly kind and gracious. The highlight for me was hearing the story behind the shape of Gumby's head which he modeled after his father's hair style seen in the photo on the wall behind him. He will be sorely missed.<br /><br />Above is a photo from that day <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4257473557/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Jordan Hasay<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Jordan Hasay.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4211693860/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Biologist perform an endangered species survey<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">URS Corporation biologists walk in a line as they do a survey for rare and endangered species on the site planned for the Sun Power solar project in California Valley.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4210907791/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Chalk Festival<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Juniors Clay Young, left, and Danny Hertel work on their "Patriotic Wolf" during the Arroyo Grande High School chalk painting festival.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4211671762/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Workout at The Pit<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">John Hackleman does his Pit Wall Ball exercise where he lifts an 80 lbs. medicine ball up off the ground and throws it at a post as part of his workout routine at his Arroyo Grande home.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4211670724/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Truck Crashes on Beach<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Surfers walk past a big-rig truck on the beach at the base of Silver Shoals Drive in Shell Beach after the truck's brakes failed causing it to coast down the street above before plummeting off the cliff. Nobody was hurt in the wreck.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4047671775/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Inauguration Celebration<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Idella Slaughter, right, Bertha Nelson, Murline Nelson and Oddette Howard  react to the announcement that Barack Obama is officially the president of the United States during an inauguration party at the home of Oddette and John Howard in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4047670083/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
ROTC Rappeling<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">1st Sgt. Kita Hara, above, rappels off the second floor of the Kennedy Library during Cal Poly Open House as part of a Cal Poly Army ROTC demonstration.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4047668311/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Horace Grant<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Horace Grant is putting on a basketball camp this summer in San Luis Obispo for young aspiring basketball players.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4047667321/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Mobile Home Fire<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Joe Squyres and his dog Hombre watch as fire crews work to extinguish their mobile home which caught fire at the Laguna Lake Mobile Home Park in San Luis Obispo.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/4048407254/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Black Bear<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A black bear pauses while foraging for food on the side of Hi Mountain Raod near Lopez Lake in Arroyo Grande.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3903626211/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Labyrinth<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Hannah Tobin of Ventura walks the Labyrinth at Sycamore Mineral Springs.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3903625211/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Memorial Day<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Volunteers raised 137 flags at the Paso Robles District Cemetery for the Memorial Day weekend. Each flag is embroidered with the name, branch of service and rank of a local veteran.  The flags are taken down each evening and put back out each morning over the long weekend.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3904405822/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Spring Color<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">California poppies along Monte Rd. in San Luis Obispo.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3903622273/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Heads Up<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A graduate ducks as one of the doves released at the end of the ceremony comes a little too close for comfort during the San Luis Obispo High School graduation.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3904400058/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Graduation Parents<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Family and friends take photos and video of their graduates during the San Luis Obispo High School ceremony.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3904398650/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Tall Ship in Morro Bay<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">The 122-foot square topsail schooner Lynx heads for the open waters beyond the harbor at Morro Bay.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3904397608/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Grizzly Academy Goodbye<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Graduates Bianca Alvarez of Riverside and Andy Ferreira of Santa Maria embrace after the Grizzly Youth Academy graduation.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3876386122/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Clam Survey in Pismo Beach<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Members of the Fish and Game's clam survey dig in the sand at Pismo Beach.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3876382398/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Clam Survey in Pismo Beach<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">The best specimen found on the day of a clam survey at Pismo Beach was this 3-inch Pismo clam sporting a striped shell, a feature found on only a fraction of the animals.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3876383832/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Fair Rides<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Fair rides streak through the evening sky at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3822122642/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
17 Year Old Racer<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Seventeen-year-old driver Dallas Johnson of San Luis Obispo races in the Southwest Tour Trucks racing series. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3816650928/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Sorry I Lost My Snake<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Brandon Dennis, left, sheepishly answers questions from the media with his friend Elliott Barringer moments after the pair finished carrying the pet python back to Dennis' home from a neighbors yard where the missing snake was spotted by members of the Search and Rescue team.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3816650918/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Reverse Mounted Mutton Bustin<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Sean Nino tries out the reverse mount for his run during the Mutton Bustin’ event for lamb-riding youngsters at the Creston Classic Rodeo.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2908911528/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Afternoon Golf<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A golfer crosses over a flowing San Luis Obispo Creek in Avila Beach. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/6244571615/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Skateboard Super G<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Nick Ronzani flies through the course on his way to a first place finish in the Junior class of the US National Slalom Skateboarding Championships Super G event on Turri Road in Los Osos.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2908910950/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Graduation Celebration<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Aline Bartels and her classmates celebrate as they are declared official graduates of Arroyo Grande High School.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3816650840/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Black Eyed Peas<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Apl.de.ap, left, and Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas perform at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3816650742/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Zoo Fire<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A firefighter notices he's being watched by a curious camel as crews worked on cleaning up after a fire at Zoo to You in Paso Robles. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3809540867/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Mr. Camel<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">One of the resident camels at Zoo to You.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3809539441/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Aerosmith<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Aerosmith performs at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/3810350380/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Ranch Dog Life<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">The ranch dog life.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2348726728/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Housing Struggles<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Carl and Jolynn Reasons pause for a moment as they discuss the how hard they are struggling with the poor condition of their Atascadero home.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2234366588/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Fire in the Dunes<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">CDF firefighters work on stomping out the final flames from a fire that burned in the Oceano Dunes.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2233578167/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Hands On Prayer for an Injured Soldier<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Family and friends lay their hands upon Army Pfc. Lance Iunker during a prayer shortly after he arrived at his home in San Luis Obispo recovering from a back injury he sustained while serving in Iraq.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2234365176/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A Thank You to Voters<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Los Osos votes on the special election to recall CSD members.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2232206396/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Orchids<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Miltonia-Pink Powder Puff.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2231389029/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Air Attack on Fire<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2231388755/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Execution Protest<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Stan Taylor of San Jose, stands outside San Quentin Prison to protest the execution of Robert Massie which was scheduled to take place at midnight on March 27, 2001.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2213802318/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Floating Swimmer<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2232181170/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Easter Musical Rehearsal<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Dripping with theater blood, Matt Wilson, as Jesus, carries the cross during the Atascadero Bible Church's dress rehearsal of their musical drama "My Deliverer" which they performed for Easter.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2362237263/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Sound Check<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Scott Arford patiently goes through a sound check for Activating the Medium at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2002.<br /><br />Copyright © Joe Johnston. All rights reserved <br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2231388095/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Fashion Guru<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">The fashionable Kelvin Faircourt.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2232180784/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Nutcracker Rehearsal<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">One of the younger performers tries to tickle the foot of a dancer as he passes close to her during a rehearsal for the Nutcracker at Class Act Dance in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2232116780/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Taking in the view in Morro Bay<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Emily Tarasuk, Matt Gallagher and their dog Loyd look out over the harbor from atop a rock near Morro Rock.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2222784258/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Pismo Beach Pier at Dusk<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Pismo Beach Pier, long exposure after sunset.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2222780904/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Negotiating with a Jumper<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A man who scrambled out of a third floor window after the Sheriff's S.W.A.T. team tried to remove him, yells at an officer who was attempting to negoatiate with the man.  His negotiations failed and the man jumped off, a distance of two stories.<br />6/30/00<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219203187/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
An injured Golden Eagle during rehabilitaion<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">One of the golden eagles being rehabilitated in Cayucos.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219202701/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Hummingbirds<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Migrating hummingbirds feast on sugar water at Ed and Terry Thiebaud's ranch in Creston.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219202427/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Oceano Train Depot 100th Anniversary<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Dillion Limpangug, 9, and his dad Ron hang out during the Oceano Depot 100th anniversary celebration.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219202027/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Car Hits Fire Hydrant<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">San Luis Obispo utilities worker Steve Kritz, turns off the water to a fire hydrant that was sheared off after a car backed into it.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219994746/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Man Regains Sight<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">James Carnate lost his vision for 40 years due to heavy cataracts, after having surgery he has now regained sight in his left eye and is awaiting another surgery on his right eye.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219994484/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Musical Production by Prisoners<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">PRISON SONG.  Weasel, played by Newton McCarthy, performs a song on the harmonica during one of the musical numbers of Blue Train, a production written and performed by prisoners, and  put on for a small audience at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2219201229/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Weapons of Mass Destruction Drill<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A national guardsman playing the role of a casualty gets washed down with detergent by fellow national guardsmen during a weapons of mass destruction drill at Camp Roberts.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2213008249/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
School Resource Officer plays hoops<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">School Resource Officer Deputy Eric Jackson goes up for a shot during a friendly game of basketball with some of the kids at Lillian Larsen School.  He spends one day a week at the school playing with the kids and teaching them in the classroom.  It's work he finds more satisfying than "pushing a black and white around" he says.<br /><br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2212022504/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Rainy Day Walk<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Finding shelter from the rain uner her umbrella Melody Foster walks down the stairs at the Downtown Centre on her way to a movie Sunday Afternoon in San Luis Obispo.<br /><br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2211197585/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Brush Fire<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">CDF firefighters attack a grass fire that broke out under the Apple Farm billboard near the southbound lanes of Hwy. 101 just north of the South Higuera Street Exit.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2211680098/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Morro Rock Solstice Sunset<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Sunset at Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA. a day before the winter solstice.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210886943/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Protea<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A King Protea.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210886117/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Surfing in Morro Bay<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Surfing in Morro Bay with Cayucos in the distance.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br />                       </span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210885817/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Winemaker Christian Roguenant<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Christian Roguenant is a winemaker at Baileyana Winery.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210885647/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Rescue Workers Extracate Man from Car<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Rescue workers fight against a rising tide as they use the jaws of life to extracate the injured driver of a car that flew off a cliff at Pelican Point Bar and Restaurant in Pismo Beach on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. The passenger of the car was killed. The driver was reportedly confused and stepped on the gas peddle instead of the brake as he was parking in the cliff top parking lot.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210885415/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Ocean Dunes<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Oceano Dunes.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210884683/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Morro Bay from the Air<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Aerial photo of Morro Bay.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210884101/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Christmas Tree Sales Fall Off<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Moises Arroyo grabs a tree from the holding area to replace trees that have been sold out front, at Candy Cane Lane Christmas Trees in San Luis Oibspo. The sale of real trees have been tapering off as the popularity in fake trees have grown.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210883083/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Gifted Surfer<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Surfer Matt Gallagher at Pismo Beach.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br />                    <br /><br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210881501/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Big Surf in Morro Bay<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">A surfer lays down a turn as he and other wave riders took advantage of the waves that accompanied winter rain at the rock in Morro Bay.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210880055/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Baseball with Grandma<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Gavin Davis, 6, chases after his grandmother Fran Murray during a game of  baseball the two were playing as they took advantage of some slightly cooler temperatures at Barney Schwartz Park in Paso Robles.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2211667682/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> House Fire<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Firefighters hose down the inside of a home on South Oakglen Ave. in Nipomo after it caught fire.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2211660008/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Junior Lifeguard Competition<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Skyler Conners-Daniel, 11, of Pismo Beach dives for a strip of hose during the beach flags competition as he and other Junior lifeguards competed for a chance to compete in that event in Huntington Beach for the U.S. Lifesaving Association National Championships.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2211659690/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Shooting at Restaurant<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">As a police officer keeps watch, Denny's employees embrace one another, foreground, as other employees and customers take cover behind a wall, above, in Pismo Beach where a gunmen opened fire killing 3 people.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved</span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210866935/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Sunset at the Cal Poly Pier<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Sunset at the Cal Poly pier in Avila Beach.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210866497/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Christian Surfer<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Christian surfer Rick Llorente stands next to the Pismo Beach Pier with his custom shaped surfboard by PJ Wahl.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210864909/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Insomniac Video Owners<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Insomniac Video owners John Jones, left, and Bob Whiteford play with some old remote controls while standing in front of a 1956 poster for the movie "Scandal"  They are just a couple of the many quirky treasures that adorn Insomniac Video.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /><br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210857917/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Army Veteran Flies in for a Visit<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Valley View Academy students wave to their teacher Capt. Saul Castillo, who is a California National Guard chaplain who served in Iraq. Castillo arrived at the school for a visit from a nearby base aboard a Black Hawk helicopter. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210857607/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Tree Crashes Through Home<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Hannah the family cat, steps through the front window of the Elton family home after the winds from a powerful January storm toppled trees throughout the California town of Cambria. One of those trees sheered off a side of the home.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210857487/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Chapel Hill in Shandon<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Chapel Hill in Shandon, CA.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210857305/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Husband Grieves Death of Wife in Eearthquake<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Dennis Zafuto is comforted by friends after learning his wife Marilyn Frost-Zafuto was killed in the collapse of the two-story Acorn Building in Paso Robles, Calif., Monday, Dec. 22.  A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the central coast at 11:16 am killing two people. <br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2210857041/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a> Longing<br /><span style="font-size:0.8em;">Walking back to my car after covering an oil spill drill in Pismo Beach I came across this strange moment.<br /><br />Copyright © The Tribune/Joe Johnston. All rights reserved<br /></span> • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98558265@N00/2233576747/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>


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