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Special education teachers change lives, but fewer are entering the field
San Luis Obispo High School teacher Julie McAdon has attended more funerals than she can count. After 24 years teaching children and young adults with significant disabilities and complex medical needs, the special education teacher has experienced the loss of many students she spent years caring for. “I started my summer … speaking at a funeral of a former student,” McAdon told New Times. “My students typically don’t get better. … In the overall…
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SLO County’s ambulance service proposals will open in January
January 2027 will kick off a competitive bidding process to find San Luis Obispo County’s next ambulance provider, with the contract awarded to the most cost-effective and efficient medical service provider. Following months of back-and-forth at local city council meetings between San Luis Ambulance—which has held the service exclusively for 80 years—and six cities demanding the chance to review other options, stakeholders repeated their opinions to the Board of Supervisors at the Nov. 3 meeting.…
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Nobody wants to need an ambulance, but when you do, you sure as hell expect it to be there for you. San Luis Ambulance (SLA) has enjoyed an 80-year monopoly as…
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Find your new fusion favorites at Infused Thai Kitchen
A yellow curry fried chicken sando isn’t common on the menu at most Thai restaurants, but it’s one of the most popular choices at Morro Bay’s Infused Thai Kitchen. Thai curry seasons hunks of Korean-style fried chicken, sitting with coleslaw in between thick slices of white…
Paso Robles High grads launch Rosten Wines to honor late mothers and fund local scholarship
Before Jonah Dewhurst and Gianna Berlingeri ever touched a cluster of grapes, they learned how to navigate the passing of their mothers. Meeting as Paso Robles High School students in late 2018, the pair quickly bonded over a shared reality. Berlingeri’s mother, Rochelle, had already passed…
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