by Camas Frank | Aug 1, 2020 | Arroyo Grande, Business, Community, Cover story
Since April, organizations like the nonprofit Feeding America have been warning of the potentially dire consequences of systemic food insecurity, noting that: “While changes taking place are disrupting the lives of nearly everyone in some way, food-insecure...
by Susan Stewart | Jul 1, 2020 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
THE LAST LIVE SLO SYMPHONY CONCERT ANY OF US WILL attend for a while was performed just two weeks before the stay-at-home order was issued in the State of California. In a twist of irony no one could makeup, the title of that concert was Sounds Like Home, and Anna...
by Aprll Charlton | Jun 1, 2020 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo, Templeton
Unlike most fifth-graders, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow spent time penning letters to prospective law schools in California, reading the United States Constitution and learning about the country’s founding principles to educate himself on what it...
by Sherry Shahan | May 5, 2020 | Community, Morro Bay, Travel
It’s Wednesday afternoon. Low clouds hang over Morro Strand, a three-mile stretch of beach north of Morro Rock. No kids, kites, or coolers. I focus on a different type of beachcomber. Hundreds of sand dollars have been stranded at low tide. Little purple spheres...
by Susan Stewart | May 1, 2020 | Business, Community, History, San Luis Obispo
Here’s what architect, professor, planning commissioner and former San Luis Obispo Mayor, the late Ken Schwartz, had to say about landmarks. He’d been to a conference back east and was impressed by the value and importance city planners placed on creating and...
by Camas Frank | May 1, 2020 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Today is Friday, April 10, 2020. Let us start with that in mind because every article and news-feed update of late is subject to being massively out of date in less than three days. In fact, there’s been difficulty beginning any story in the last two months without...
