by Aprll Charlton | Jan 1, 2019 | Arroyo Grande, Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Long time the Arroyo Grande resident, Caren Ray has never let being a woman get in the way of achieving anything she has ever wanted to do. Ever. “My whole life has been all about breaking that gender barrier,” Ray said on a recent rainy afternoon inside Cafe Andreini...
by Aprll Charlton | Dec 1, 2018 | Community, Pismo Beach
Since starting construction on required improvements at the entrance to the Pismo Preserve, including a 54-space parking lot and new sidewalk along a portion of Mattie Road leading to the 900-acre open space area, the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County has had...
by Aprll Charlton | Nov 1, 2018 | Community, History, Nipomo, Nonprofit, People
Robin Bogue was destined to become involved with the newly opened Dana Cultural Center, so it only makes sense she now heads the nonprofit Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos (DANA), which for nearly two decades has been at the helm of restoring the historic adobe and preserving...
by Aprll Charlton | Oct 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Most people who know Karen Rizzoli would say the 32-year-old San Luis Obispo native was born with adrenaline running in her veins. And they would probably be correct. By the time Rizzoli was 8 years old, the brunette with the big smile was competing in junior drag...
by Aprll Charlton | Sep 1, 2018 | Business, Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Pediatrician Dr. Rene Bravo doesn’t exaggerate when he says during the course of his 30-plus-year career that has been spent entirely in San Luis Obispo he has easily treated 100,000 local youth. He does joke, though, he and his wife, Debra, of 38 years, have to...
