BY MATT FOUNTAIN
The task of the day: digging a trench for a French drain separating the Santa Margarita Community Center’s basketball and tennis courts from a hillside leading up to the Com...
The former Grover Beach financial consultant accused of pilfering some $22 million from his clients made his first two appearances in SLO County Superior Court.
Al Moriarty, ...
BY MATT FOUNTAIN
From about 300 feet in the air, the two workers strapped in atop a newly placed steel tower on a hilltop alongside Highway 101 looked completely at ease and unfazed by the fac...
BY MATT FOUNTAIN
A subcontractor working at Topaz Solar Farm was arrested in late April after other employees reported seeing him with a firearm and a “bag of dope,” according to sources f...
BY NICK POWELL
The owners of the oil field between Pismo Beach and Edna Valley want to add 350 new oil wells and ramp up full-capacity production by almost double—from 5,000 to 9,000 barre...
BY NICK POWELL
In a continued bid to transform Arroyo Grande into a charter city, the City Council sent a stern letter on May 14 to Gov. Jerry Brown and key members of the California Senate ...
BY PATRICK M. KLEMZ
The SLO County Board of Supervisors voted May 14 to oppose a bill in state Senate committee that would fund new low-income housing programs with a $75 tax on recording real es...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
Perhaps everything was legit as far as the April-approved Nipomo water pipeline financing proposal was concerned, but when faced with a lawsuit, the Nipomo Community Services ...
BY PATRICK M. KLEMZ
Former Cal Poly defensive standout Chris Gocong’s attempted return to professional football lasted only three days. The 29-year-old linebacker appeared in Philadelphia on Ma...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
Perhaps everything was legit as far as the April-approved Nipomo water pipeline financing proposal was concerned, but when faced with a lawsuit, the Nipomo Community Services ...
BY RYAN MILLER
Who do you think you are?”
Nick Bilich asks the question from across a small table at Blackhorse Espresso in downtown SLO. He’s not posing it in a “you suggested that...
BY CHRIS WHITE-SANBORN
We are rapidly approaching the end of both Cuesta College and Cal Poly’s spring sessions. Hope you’re all doing the best you can to stay afloat! Don’t let yourself get t...
BY RYAN MILLER
I’m relaxing my usual Opinion Page standards to present a hand-written letter I received this week. Usually, I require writers to include a full name and city of residence t...
BY AMELIA WAGONER
Do you have a pet; a beloved creature that is both friend and family? Many of us have had them, and if you haven’t ever had a pet, it is most unfortunate for your childhood....
BY MAEVA CONSIDINE
If the last name didn’t give it away, I’m Irish. Like, really Irish.
And I’m proud to belong to a race of people who can survive on food so bland, even the potatoes got...
Charlee Smith
Andrew Christie states in his letter on May 9 that nuclear power “has made too many promises it has failed to keep” (“Our answer: Nuclear is dangerous and unnecessary”...
Pat Harris
I am an enthusiastic supporter of Carlyn Christianson for City Council. I have known Carlyn for more than 20 years as a colleague and a friend. Carlyn’s experience and knowl...
Jeff Aranguena
The mail-in ballots for the City Council special election will be arriving in SLO voters’ mailboxes. I am supporting Carlyn Christianson. I believe Carlyn to be an independe...
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I love a good game of make believe. Unlike most other games, I’m not at a disadvantage because I have the lung capacity of a 93-year-old who recreationally takes hits of car...
What’s your favorite local beer?
BY SPENCER VAISHVILLE
Fresh coffee beans actually look like green peas that have been split in half and start to smell like slightly burnt popcorn as they’re being roasted. If you’re feeling a ...
BY ANNA WELTNER
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Mary Oliver asks in her exquisitely simple poem “The Summer Day.” Tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and...
What is beauty, anyway? Is it symmetry? Is it surprise? Is it just a kind of inexplicable rightness? I don’t care. In the Cal Poly University Art Gallery exhibit “Cuban Ph...
BY MAEVA CONSIDINE
It’s a hot, near summer’s day on May 11 in Mission Plaza when my girlfriend and myself make our way from booth to booth in the first ever San Luis Obispo Mini Maker Faire....
BY GLEN STARKEY
The highly anticipated release of Vina Robles Amphitheatre’s inaugural season has been announced, and it’s a doozy! You can read all about it on their website, vinaroblesa...
BY ANNA WELTNER
Where can you find belly dancing, camel rides, rock climbing, something called Walking Water Bubble Pools (I have no idea), and strawberry-flavored everything, all in one plac...
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Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Australia) directs Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, a millionaire with a mysterious past who becomes the object...
BY KATHY MARCKS HARDESTY
After 29 years of creating unforgettable Central Coast Wine Classic (CCWC) events, founder and executive director Archie McLaren remains as ardent as he’s ever been in his m...
Consistently delicious, this is a really great buy from the highly touted Santa Lucia Highlands region in Monterey County. Beautifully balanced and delightful on its own, it i...
I found this dry white—a softer vintage from this longtime producer—refreshing and likeable. Normally bold with tart grapefruit flavors, the 2012 vintage is softer with sw...
When I was a little girl I dreamed of owning a retrofitted Airstream trailer that I could load up with cupcakes and baby cats and we would travel the country together as a fol...
If you know anything about art, you at least know that Pablo Picasso was kind of a big deal. He painted stuff that kind of looks like a bunch of stuff, but is really one thing...
Everyone loves our Pacific coastline. That’s why we live here (and because Oprah told us to), but maybe you’ve been looking for an opportunity to show our beautiful natura...
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