by Heather Young | Sep 1, 2018 | Atascadero, Business, Community, People
Manuel Barba opened Traffic Records in downtown Atascadero in March of this year with his partner Dawn Neill because of his love of music. “I didn’t think I’d be opening a record store at all,” Barba said. “I just knew I’d do something with music. When the location in...
by Heather Young | Jul 1, 2018 | Business, Cambria, Community, Food, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo, Templeton
The Wellness Kitchen, 1255 Las Table Road in Templeton, has been helping people treat illness through food. The nonprofit not only provided gluten-free and dairy-free therapeutic foods, but also provides education for prevention and continued wellness. Since its...
by Heather Young | May 1, 2018 | Cambria, Community, People
It’s been nearly two decades since the publication of Pay It Forward—the book that put local author Catherine Ryan Hyde on the map. But even with the success of the movie version (starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment in 2000), and the Pay It...
by Heather Young | Apr 1, 2018 | Arroyo Grande, Community, Nonprofit, People
Wayne Mills, 72, has had an interest since he was a kid. It started with his Uncle Tom, who was the Chief Geologist for Kaiser Aluminum. “I visited him when I was 12 and he gave me a shoebox full of minerals,” Mills said. “I was determined to learn the chemical...
by Heather Young | Mar 8, 2018 | Arroyo Grande, Community, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
Wade Horton was unanimously voted by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors to be the newest San Luis Obispo County Administrative Officer in November 2017. He has lived and worked in San Luis Obispo County most of the time since he moved to the area to...
