by Susan Stewart | Jul 1, 2021 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Just 12 days after his graduation from San Luis Obispo High School in 2009, 17-year-old Wes Reid boarded a plane bound for Colorado Springs where he would begin basic training at the celebrated United States Air Force Academy. Today, Reid is an Air Force Captain...
by Susan Stewart | Feb 1, 2021 | Business, Community, Food, San Luis Obispo
As we await the arrival of a replacement for our food writer, we decided to fill her space by finding out what our local restaurants are doing to survive the pandemic—even as they also keep us well-fed. Since 1980, the multiple award-winning Café Roma has been...
by Anthony Roberts | Feb 1, 2021 | Business, Community, San Luis Obispo
Without knowing it, most people are significantly impacted by the architecture and interior design that surrounds them. On a long enough timeline, drab dwellings will create gloomy personas in their inhabitants. This is why an establishment like the Madonna Inn,...
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 Deborah Cash | Feb 1, 2021 | Atascadero, Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo, Templeton
Sitting in the corner of his grandfather’s automotive workshop deconstructing engines as a young lad in 1990s Devon, England, little Ben Harvey couldn’t have imagined that, some twenty years later and thousands of miles away from home, he’d be inspired by those...
by Will Jones | Jan 1, 2021 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Dane Hodgson launched his career as a videographer after graduating from UC Santa Barbara in 2011 with a degree in film and media. For the next several years he traveled the country and the world making promotional videos for a wide variety of customers, with a...
