by Heather Young | Dec 8, 2020 | Cover story, People
Did you ever sing along to Gordon Lightfoot’s rendition of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” or read Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”? Or watch in horror as Shelly Winters fatally attempted to save the Poseidon or didn’t look away when...
by Will Jones | Nov 5, 2020 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
On a recent visit to her hometown, Dr. Morgan Philbin wrote a Viewpoint article for The Tribune questioning Cal Poly’s plan for safeguarding returning students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing statistics from other universities where rates shot up when students...
by Deborah Cash | Oct 1, 2020 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Cover story, Creston, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, People, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Templeton
A Voter’s Guide to the Elections, Conversing with Tommy Gong, San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder In case you hadn’t noticed, the 2020 election season is flying down the home stretch. While some voters are eagerly awaiting their mail-in ballots (and may have...
by Will Jones | Sep 1, 2020 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
What would it be like to be young, Black, living in San Francisco, but not to be accepted by your Black peers? What disguise would you have to wear to become friends with white students? How would those experiences shape you as you continued your education and...
by Camas Frank | Aug 1, 2020 | Arroyo Grande, Business, Community, Cover story
Since April, organizations like the nonprofit Feeding America have been warning of the potentially dire consequences of systemic food insecurity, noting that: “While changes taking place are disrupting the lives of nearly everyone in some way, food-insecure...
by Susan Stewart | Jul 1, 2020 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
The last live SLO Symphony concert any of us will attend for a while was performed just two weeks before the stay-at-home order was issued in the State of California. In a twist of irony no one could makeup, the title of that concert was Sounds Like Home, and Anna...
