by Deborah Cash | May 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
“This community is important to us; we want to leave it better than before we came.” –Ty Safreno When Ty Safreno was asked what motivated him to start his own business—Trust Automation, Inc.—back in the early ’90s, he was pretty upfront. “It was mainly a...
by Susan Stewart | Apr 1, 2019 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Nature versus nurture: which one has more influence? It’s an age-old argument. If you’re on the side of Nature, look no further than Rich Ferguson. Consider, if you will … A 16-year-old girl gives birth to a baby boy and takes him home to a squalid house in...
by Will Jones | Mar 1, 2019 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo, Sports
According to Will Kraemer, he spent extra time in preschool because his teachers told his parents, “All he wants to do is dig.” Now a senior Bio Resource and Agricultural Engineering major at Cal Poly, with a love for hands-on experience, he is also the reigning Stihl...
by Susan Stewart | Feb 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
SLO-bispans talk about this show all year long. I mean, who can ever forget Katcho Achadjian doing The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elivra,”” or Dave Romeo and Christine Mulholland singing Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe,” or Pam Copeland flying onto the...
by Bruce Badrigian | Jan 1, 2019 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
For the first time, SLO County is home to the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) President—our own homegrown, born and raised … Luke O’Leary. When Journal Plus owner/photographer, Tom Meinhold, asked me to write about Luke’s impressive achievements, I readily...
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...
