This Month, Venus Shines At Her Brightest On February 16. Besides the moon, Venus will outshine everything else in the sky.

The discovery of a new species of the manzanita plant found only in San Luis Obispo County could challenge the controversial Dana Reserve housing project’s progress in court this year.

POPULATION TREND: There are only 13 known occurrences of pallid manzanita. The total population in 2006 numbered about 1,200 plants — only 25 percent of the estimated numbers reported in 2002. Over ...