by Joe Carotenuti | Mar 1, 2019 | Community, History
In last month’s issue, the disastrous Tank Farm Fire captured the destruction and devastation of “the greatest petroleum conflagration in the history of the American oil industry.” While it certainly was “History in the Making,” during its rampant path of...
by Joe Carotenuti | Feb 1, 2019 | Avila Beach, Community, History, San Luis Obispo
The stories–both published and told around the small town—could easily claim the unparalleled event was “History in the Making.” It is doubtful anyone then would even guess that the saga of the Tank Farm Fire would last nearly a century. Today, in a notable...
by Joe Carotenuti | Dec 1, 2018 | Arroyo Grande, Community, History, Nipomo, Paso Robles, People, San Luis Obispo
They were dark days. The necessity of organization, of intimate relationship, of mutual knowledge and confidence with associates, for self-protection and the good of the public, were apparent to all.” Written in 1883, years after the devastating upheavals of the Civil...
by Joe Carotenuti | Nov 1, 2018 | Community, History, San Luis Obispo
Just what makes a community? There must be people, structures, various elements of governance and–unfortunately–the less virtuous of humans. Whatever the mix, a community is greater than the sum of its parts and its various factions amplify its definition. One telling...
by Joe Carotenuti | Nov 1, 2018 | Community, Nonprofit, San Luis Obispo
Just what would you do with an extra one or two hundred million or so dollars? Beyond the comprehension of most of us, Bernard Osher decided to promote learning. One of the world’s wealthiest men envisioned not another experimental program for schools or universities...
