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Dead End
She was spiritual, intelligent, and incredibly generous. She had a degree in literature and was known for always having a good book on hand. She was a woman without vices who was strongly opposed to drinking and drugs. She was an unusually beautiful woman with flawless skin, striking blue eyes, and an almost palpable confidence,…
Surfboard-foam company’s closure makes waves in SLO
For years every Friday a shipment of surfboard blanks from Clark Foam in San Clemente arrived at Shane Stoneman’s house in Los Osos. The shaper then hauled the white foam blocks up to his shop in the hills of Cayucos where he ran a special foam-adapted planer, also provided by Clark Foam, over the boards…
Uh-oh, ECOSLO
The Central Coast’s longest-running environmental activist organization is in the middle of a financial crisis that is threatening to close its doors for good. The Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo, or ECOSLO, is running on a budget that’s less than half of what it was six years ago. The nonprofit agency can barely afford…
Letters
I’m not threatened by all-inclusive monikers In the Opinion piece “Going, going … gone?” (Dec. 8-15) Don Feder is confusing apples and oranges with regard to Christmas. On Dec. 25, I, along with many other Christians, will go to our various churches to remember the birth of Christ Jesus of Nazareth. At around the same…
Burglaries and bungles
It was a busy week for the sheriff’s department, as a rash of crimes swept through the county, resulting in two arrests and one escape. On Dec. 8, according to a press release, 20-year-old Felipe Alonzo Sanchez was attempting to burglarize the 10th Street Grill in Los Osos. However, an alarm sent him running to…
December 8th
Back in the 1970s, the dream of most disc jockeys like myself was to gain control of a commercial FM station and program whatever we wanted. Of course, it rarely happened. It was the kind of thing was so rare as to be almost nonexistent. Jeff Riedel and I were a couple of San Luis…
McDonald’s employee tests positive for hepatitis
An employee who handled food at the Niblick Road McDonald’s in Paso Robles tested positive for hepatitis A, according to the San Luis Obispo Health Department. The disease is often spread when an infected person does not wash their hands before they handle food. Anyone that ate at the restaurant between Oct. 30 and Nov.…
Man pleads guilty to murdering son-in-law
Philip Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to the murder of his son-in-law Jarrod Davidson. In July 2004, Jones and his wife Malinda allegedly left their home in Grover Beach to set an ambush for Davidson at his residence in Goleta. The surprise attack was a bloody climax to the bitter custody battle between Davidson and the…
Water board dishes fines
The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board handed out a set of fines to four different groups earlier this month. The city of San Luis Obispo received a fine of $20,000 for the Aug. 2 sewer leakage. A glitch in the city’s sewer system caused 30,000-40,000 gallons of effluent to flow down SLO Creek.…
Meth lab bust in AG
Officers in Arroyo Grande unsuspectingly found a meth lab in the 400 block of Beech Street on Dec. 10. The officers were serving a search warrant for narcotics when they found meth cooking supplies, chemicals, and equipment. “The chemicals were fresh and it appeared that they were in the process of being ready to be…
Nice rack!
If you’ve ever tried loading and unloading sporting equipment onto the roof of your car, you know that it can be a real pain in the neck – literally. Well, hauling your bikes, boats, and utility boxes doesn’t have to be such a chore, thanks to the Rack and Roll Personal Gear Trailer. It’s a…
Here’s to life
Once upon a time, there was a Big Bang, or someone said “Let there be light!” or a giant cosmic turtle with four elephants on its back swam onto the scene, and pretty much everything started happening. Time, space, matter, gravity, jazz-you name it, it popped into being, or gradually evolved over time, or whatever.…
