by Will Jones | Dec 1, 2018 | Community, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
Being a teacher, even a retired teacher, has many rewards. Some of them are delayed, like hearing from a former student who has gone on to create a rich adult life. Such was the case when I recently received a Facebook message from Gold Concept co-owner and City...
by Deborah Cash | Dec 1, 2018 | Business, Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Celebrating 20 years since hanging his shingle: “Garcia Architecture+Design,” George Garcia shakes his head. “I still can’t believe I did it,” he said of leaving a civil engineering firm where he had worked for 14 years to head out on his own in 1998....
by Susan Stewart | Dec 1, 2018 | Community, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
Born into a family with a four-generation legacy of teachers, Jill Stearns grew up with a distinct desire to do anything but teach. But when a last-minute unexpected vacancy left her local high school without a math teacher, Stearns was asked to fill the post—just for...
by Tom Meinhold | Dec 1, 2018 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo, Travel
Longtime family friends of mind, Rich and Glenda Powell, have been involved with the local Honor Flight organization for years. They wanted to share this moving experience with our Journal Plus readers, and they offered to pay my way so I could do a story. If you know...
by Ian Parkinson | Dec 1, 2018 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Creston, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Templeton
Now that the holiday season is upon us, I want you to think back to when you were a child opening up your presents on Christmas morning. Remember that feeling? Your eyes would grow big. A smile would spread across your face. Maybe even a shout of joy would escape from...
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...
