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Ten candidates compete for four Lucia Mar seats during a charged election cycle
National politics and internal discontent have played out in Lucia Mar Unified School District since the pandemic, and that discord is impacting this election cycle, too. Four of the district’s seven trustee areas have seats up for grabs in November. On Sept. 21, 10 school board candidates representing parts of Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, and Oceano were supposed to participate in a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County…
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SLO firefighters’ union files unfair practice charge against city
The firefighters’ union in San Luis Obispo filed an unfair practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), alleging the city and City Attorney Christine Dietrick imposed an unlawful gag order. The Aug. 31 complaint claims that Dietrick violated the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, which regulates labor-management relations in California local government. Under that act, employees of local public agencies have the right to form, join, and participate in employee organizations, like unions and bargaining…
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Who knew the Lucia Mar Unified School District board of trustees race would be so spicy! It’s playing out like a student body president race in an ’80s teen comedy with…
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Find classic Mexican dishes, inventive cocktails, and Jell-O shots on Condesa’s new brunch menu
Brandon Ristaino and Misty Orman are no strangers to traveling the world in search of savory food and creative beverages. Usually, after some on-site “R and D” (research and development), Ristaino said they return home with a plethora of inspiration that they seek to incorporate into…
Mee Heng Low closes the chapter on a century of noodles
In 1927, Gin Jack Keen opened Noodle Boom, serving Chinese-American noodles and stir-fry. After generations of ownership and a name change to Mee Heng Low, the 99-year-old historic noodle house permanently closed on Aug. 29, leaving the restaurant’s building awaiting an uncertain future. As the last…
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