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Some call it an artists colony, others a squatters' paradise. Either way, it attracts lots of visitors, billing itself as the last free place in America. So, what's it really like?

Meet Ruth Handler, the American who co-founded toy-industry giant Mattel; she was also the creator of Barbie, introduced at the International Toy Fair in New York in 1959.

A reader recalls the time his mom drove all the way to Camp Roberts to diagnose his brother when the Army doctors could not.

– Linda Jean Allen, 71, of Paso Robles, died Saturday, May 7 of complications from having Rheumatoid Arthritis in the lungs and Pulmonary Fibrosis, at Twin Cities Community Hospital, Templeton, CA. She was born on June 12, 1950, at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, to the late Russell Partlow and Abbie (Huscher) Partlow of Chino Calif.

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Some call it an artists colony, others a squatters' paradise. Either way, it attracts lots of visitors, billing itself as the last free place in America. So, what's it really like?

Military base in California tapped as additional site