by Aprll Charlton | Mar 1, 2020 | Business, Community, Cover story, Food, People, Pismo Beach
Longtime Pismo Beach chef and restauranteur Doug MacMillan didn’t choose cooking as his life’s work. He was born into it. His wife, Shannon, on the other hand, married into the restaurant industry when she and MacMillan said, ‘I do.’ And for the past two-plus decades,...
by Deborah Cash | Feb 1, 2020 | Community, Cover story, Paso Robles, People
Actor and Paso Robles resident Casey Patrick Biggs says he “got bit” by the showbiz bug as a young man and never looked back. “I loved being on the stage and connecting with an audience,” he said. “The artist’s job is to hold a mirror up to nature; it’s a huge...
by Deborah Cash | Nov 1, 2019 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, People, San Miguel, Templeton
Cynthia Anthony is a natural-born actress, the Founder of Wine Country Theatre, whose demeanor exudes the essence of those who are perfectly at home on the stage, wasn’t acting, however, when she enthusiastically described the genesis and current success of her young...
by Bruce Badrigian | Oct 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Cover story, Morro Bay, People, San Luis Obispo
Your alarm wakes you from a deep sleep at 5 a.m. You rise knowing dogs, horses, sheep, and cattle need to be fed. Still half asleep, you function on autopilot since you’ve been following a similar routine of farm chores since the moment you were able to pull on your...
by Bruce Badrigian | Aug 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
SAN LUIS OBISPO SAVED MY LIFE. IN FACT, THE FIRST TIME I saw San Luis Obispo was in a U-Haul truck filled with my humble possessions that I drove here from San Diego after earning my English Degree from SDSU. I started here selling roofing to help out my mom and dad...
by Susan Stewart | Jul 1, 2019 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, Paso Robles
As nights grow longer and the temperatures climb, a most-frequently heard conversation around SLO County goes like this: “You going to the Fair this year?” “Sure! Who’s playing?” First held 1946, the California Mid-State Fair is preparing for its 75th anniversary next...
