Want to know where to go, what to do, what to see to have fun? We've got the answers! Click on the colored text below to read stories about the hot spots for entertainment, outdoor recreation, shopping, and wine country fun.

Entertainment

Biking The Backroads of Avila

The sky was blue. So was the water. The sand was wide and warm. In short, just another day in paradise - Avila Beach.

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Arroyo Grande: 'Big Gulch' Offers a Quaint Step Back in Time

"Quaint, quiet, charming," That's how Arroyo Grande native Leslie Rios describes her hometown in three words, in between serving up cappuccinos and lattes at Café Andreini, a popular gathering place in the heart of the Village of Arroyo Grande.

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TGIF: Free Friday Concerts Are Back!

Summer marks the return of one of San Luis Obispo's nicest hometown 'secrets': the free Friday summer concert series.

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The Great American Melodrama in Oceano

San Luis Obispo County offers a fair amount of live theater -- some consistently good, some so-so, and some where you just don't know which of those you'll get. For a sure thing, head to Oceano for the Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville.

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Outdoors

On Top of Dinosaur Caves

PISMO BEACH - The first thing you wonder about Dinosaur Caves is: Where's the Dinosaur?

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Hidden Beaches of the Central Coast

Pismo Beach is best known for its long stretch of white sand where salt water "whooshes" sea foam up the gently sloping beach, then "whishes" back out to sea.

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Golfing Through Paradise, SLO-style

Mark Twain’s lament that golf is “a good walk spoiled” proves the writer never played a round on the Central Coast.

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Whale Tales, Albacore and More

The strangest thing Rick Bush has ever seen snagged on a fishing line off the Central Coast is a Long-Nosed Lancet fish.

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Wine

San Luis Obispo County Wine Region
Where Chardonnay Meets Cabernet

"Edna" might not have the same ring to it as, say, Napa. Or Alexander. Or Sonoma. But names aside, grapes grown there are turning out to be just as sweet - which is a good thing for wine lovers.

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Cool Canyons Make Wine Country Hot

Just 25 years ago, you’d have been hard pressed to find a vineyard in Santa Barbara County. Oh sure, finding cows was easy. But wine grapes?

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Avila Beach, lots to do and see

Avila Beach, one of California's hidden seaside-gems, is situated in a sheltered bay, a short drive from Highways 101 and 1, mid-way between Los Angeles and San Francisco, just south of San Luis Obispo.

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