by Susan Stewart | Sep 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Cover story, Food, People, San Luis Obispo
Coker Ellsworth worked in his father’s corner grocery store from the time he was 7 years old. He had a special wooden crate to stand on emblazoned with the words “Shortest Box Boy.” For many summers and vacations to come Coker would stock shelves, work the cash...
by Susan Stewart | Aug 1, 2018 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, Santa Margarita
She wasn’t expected to live more than 20 minutes. That’s what the doctors told Tara Olson’s frantic parents when they arrived at the hospital shortly after the car crash. But against all the odds, and with a defiance no one expected, this month, Tara and her family...
by Susan Stewart | Jul 1, 2018 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
He is not your father’s lawyer, says the Mobile Law Center’s Stephen Stern. And just one visit to the tricked- out 1978 Airstream Argosy confirms it. Carefully selected to convey a welcoming message of affordability and utility, the inside of the Argosy has been...
by Deborah Cash | Jun 1, 2018 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
I typically had a plan in life for what I would do next,” Rita Neal said. But in 2012 when she was offered the position of County Counsel to lead the department’s legal team, Rita admits it was a bit of a surprise. “I didn’t have a plan for that!” she laughed. She...
by Will Jones | May 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo, Sports
You don’t think it’s going to work. You step onto sheer granite and it holds you. You feel like a wizard. It feels like magic.” – Josef Maier Few people find their passion by the age of twelve, but Josef Maier is one of them. Now twenty-six and the head...
by Susan Stewart | Apr 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Meathead Movers is 21 years old Aspiring entrepreneurs, listen up! It’s a landmark, coming-of-age year for Meathead Movers, a 21-year-old business whose humble beginnings, irrepressible growth, and give-back philosophy make theirs a business model well worth studying....
