Thursday, September 2, 2010     Volume: 25, Issue: 5
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Top 5 Articles

Strokes & Plugs: Live like you were dying
News: Morro Bay's Bottle Liquor sells winning lotto ticket
News: It's tough to be the King
Shredder: Might I suggest
News: Mussels may capitalize on buck passing
 
 

News

Pipeline sections succumb to pressure

BY COLIN RIGLEY

Members of the Nacimiento Water Project team still don’t know what caused a pipe made of 3/8-inch thick stainless steel to crumple under...

That's a tall bus for a town with low bridges and trees

BY ROBERT A. MCDONALD

San Luis Obispo city officials had to trim trees and move two power lines to make way for a 40-foot English-style double-decker bus. The $850,000 ...

Undersheriff bolts early

BY ROBERT A. MCDONALD

San Luis Obispo County Undersheriff Steve Bolts, second in command in the county Sheriff’s Department and an accused drunk driver, is retirin...

Sunny Acres gets a reprieve

BY COLIN RIGLEY

It may be the first time in the history of Sunny Acres a new court case has helped residents there. Dan De Vaul, owner of the self-styled sober li...

Historic preservation ordinance hits home

BY MATT FOUNTAIN

San Luis Obispo homeowners expressed their displeasure to city officials over a proposed ordinance that would apply stricter guidelines to homes an...

Harbor commissioners balk at grand jury

BY MATT FOUNTAIN

Commissioners for the Port San Luis Harbor District fired back at a county civil grand jury report that criticized the district on a number of issu...

Morro Bay's Bottle Liquor sells winning lotto ticket

BY NICK POWELL

The city of Morro Bay is abuzz with lotto fever after the announcement on Aug. 27 that a lone winner matched all six numbers for the Mega Millions ...

Mussels may capitalize on buck passing

BY ROBERT A. McDONALD

A plague is slowly descending on the lakes, streams, and rivers of the United States, sparking a brutal conflict between governments and the tiny, ...

It's tough to be the King

BY MATT FOUNTAIN

If John King’s recent financial woes weren’t stacked high enough, the prominent developer and hotelier—and one of the county...

Commentary

Swing those rackets

BY DANIEL S. CORPUZ

Whether you’re a dedicated prodigy with a lightning serve or an average Joe swinging a yard-sale racket, there’s a court for you o...

Letters

It's time to end our addiction to oil

Dennis Young

Just get the job done now. No more dragging your feet.

Where there is smoke, there may be freedom

Kim Watson

If safety is the biggest community concern in Nipomo, then the eradication of Mexican cartel marijuana should be on the top of the list. Regulating...

This SLO City Council is working to restore Laguna Lake

Dave Romero and John Ashbaugh

We would both like to compliment New Times reporter Robert McDonald for his portrayal of the long record of service to the City of San Luis Obispo ...

Cars are deadly weapons

Richard L. Ibison, Sr.

After losing my 26-year-old son last October to an inattentive driver that ran him over just feet from the property where he lived, I am appalled t...

Which Bush policies are Obama and Biden talking about?

Richard W. Neufeld

Here goes President Obama and VP Biden again—blaming Bush’s policies for the country’s problems. Which Bush policies are they ta...

Wake up, people, to these GOP drunken pirates

Scott Jenkins

Sam Blakeslee, the local boy, wants to cut services to the needy in California. Sam and the rest of his republican ilk across the country represent...

Don't infringe on Muslim American rights

Roy Berger

Fundamentalist, hate-filled Christians are rabble-rousing Americans against all Muslims. I hope no one will fall for this abominable un-American ga...

Shredder

Might I suggest

Relinquish your pitchforks and your torches. Annie’s home. The spotlighted dog’s new family returned her to her original owner while a...

Street Talk

What would you ask a random person on the street?

Nancy Ochs Lisa Weks and Nicky Thiolet Lane Thomas Bourchier Heather Weltner

Strokes and Plugs

Live like you were dying

BY COLIN RIGLEY

When Dan Sallia was 14 years old, he snuck his mom’s 1960 Studebaker Lark station wagon into a drag race while his brother distracted he...

Arts

Dig into the cultural Petri dish

BY ASHLEY SCHWELLENBACH

Vanessa Amerson, Brian Lawler, Eric Meyer, Peter Steynberg, and Cate Trujillo assemble around a table in the Steynberg Gallery for a clandesti...

Gather round ...

BY ASHLEY SCHWELLENBACH

Jason Hudson loves stories. He hopes to tell a few through his art exhibit, hanging Sept. 4 to Oct. 2 at Neal Breton’s San Luis Art Supp...

Art after Dark

ARTS Space Obispo: 570 Higuera St., suite 165, 544-9251. Nicole Strasburg’s paintings are featured in “Paradiso/Inferno.” Info: n...

Music

Personally, Karla

BY GLEN STARKEY

Karla Bonoff is one of those artists you don’t know you know. She’s not a household name, and yet you’ve probably heard her ...

Film

Harrowing!

Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) goes on the hunt for her father, who put the family home in jeopardy when he skipped out ...

Cuisine

Talley speaks up about Bishop's Peak Wines

BY KATHY MARCKS HARDESTY

I live for that next great glass of wine and willingly pay the price for the opportunity to indulge in a really special bottle. While I’...

Kathy's Pick

Tolosa 2009 Rosé

This delicious Rosé—a blend of 60 percent Syrah, 36 percent Grenache, and 4 percent Viognier—features an elegant new label ...

Tolosa 2007 Syrah Edna Ranch

This inky-colored Syrah is a very good buy from Edna Valley at only $24 retail. A fruit bomb that isn’t overly ripe, it tastes of fresh,...

Hot Dates

High five

“Live Fast … Die SLO” is the latest lowbrow art event happening at Native Lounge. The viewing is only four days long—Sept....

Organically inspired

Anne Stahl and Lorna Teixeira exhibit in September, kicking off with an Art After Dark reception on Sept. 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Teixeira, whose work i...

Start your engines

The Pinedorado Fest, with its theme of “Hometown Heroes, Honoring Those Who Protect Us” takes place Sept. 4 - 6 with an art show, a par...