by Camas Frank | Feb 1, 2021 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Food, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Santa Maria, Templeton
“Managing this year on an empty stomach is our unthinkable reality. Sustainable recovery, for those who are impacted, will likely be measured in years, not months, not weeks, and many of you have leaned in. Thank you so much,” said Garrett Olson, CEO of the SLO...
by Camas Frank | Oct 1, 2020 | Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Food, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nonprofit
Keeping our neighbors in good stead, healthy, and fed seems to have emerged as the theme of 2020. While there have always been a few members of the community with such things on their minds as a matter of course, more of us spare a thought for others as needs have...
by Susan Stewart | Oct 1, 2020 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Creston, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, People, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Templeton
“The end of life deserves as much respect as the beginning.” That’s the tagline for our own Hospice of San Luis Obispo County (HSLO), and for new Executive Director, Shannon McOuat, it has an especially powerful meaning. Her mother, you see, died of cancer in...
by Deborah Cash | Oct 1, 2020 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Cover story, Creston, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, People, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Templeton
A Voter’s Guide to the Elections, Conversing with Tommy Gong, San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder In case you hadn’t noticed, the 2020 election season is flying down the home stretch. While some voters are eagerly awaiting their mail-in ballots (and may have...
by Dr. James J. Brescia | Aug 1, 2019 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Santa Maria, Templeton
THE NEW YORK TIMES RECENTLY RAN A STORY ABOUT Betty Smith’s 1943 autobiographical novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, detailing her impoverished childhood and the “great golden glory lasting a half-hour each week when Mr. Morton came to Francie’s room to teach music.”...
by Deborah Cash | Aug 1, 2019 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Santa Maria, Templeton
Under the radar for years, fostered youth students now find new help—and hope Most of us cannot comprehend how it would feel, in high school, to sit in an assembly presentation about the benefits of attending college and think, “What am I doing here? They’re not...