by Aprll Charlton | May 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Food, Paso Robles, People, Pismo Beach
Nicholas “Nick” Deshon–newest executive chef at the Inn at the Pier in Pismo Beach—got his first taste of the Central Coast when he and his family would leave their Huntington Beach home for the sunny shores of Lake Nacimiento. “I have been coming up...
by Heather Young | May 1, 2019 | Atascadero, Community, Paso Robles, People, San Simeon, Templeton
Candice Hubbard spends her life giving to others and loves what she does. At present, she is a virtual special education teacher, ambassador for Noonday Collection and a site director for a summer exchange program, and that’s just for her working life. As a volunteer,...
by Deborah Cash | May 1, 2019 | Community, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
“Do you live in a house, ” I asked? “No, la calle (the street), ” he said. I knew that without asking. People with disabilities end up desperately poor in countries like Honduras. And poor people end up on the street. It was his lot. He reached for my hand and held it...
by Will Jones | May 1, 2019 | Community, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
My father fought fires in Philadelphia, where I grew up, from the end of WW II until 1975 when he retired as a captain. My childhood memories include many stories and visits to the fire houses where he was stationed. And, yes, I did get to slide down the fire pole and...
by Susan Stewart | May 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
IN THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, PERFECT STRANGERS, Eldonna Edwards’ three-year odyssey to become a kidney donor is chronicled. She would later write her own memoir of that journey, Lost in Transplantation, a first book that would launch her career as a writer and...
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...
