Former policeman shares chilling memory.

By Wendy Langhans

Perhaps because it was so short and sweet, I still remember the definition of marketing given by my business school professor in a lecture hall many years ago.   He said that the essence of marketing is to “find a hole and fill it”.

I’m reminded of that lecture every time I come across a granary tree.  They’re a funny looking structure, a snag (dead tree branch) or sometimes a post honeycombed with neatly drilled holes, each hole about an inch wide and stuffed with an acorn.

Cavi at the Big Oaks restaurant underwent water tests after nearly burning in Buckweed fire.

Driver not wearing seat belt.

Cyrus E. Stoddard, 19, of Paso Robles, died Thursday morning near Castaic when the F-150 pickup truck he was driving rear-ended a Caltrans sweeper detail. The sweeper was working in the center divider near the southbound lanes of the freeway.