Cover Story
And the days go by
In 2007, historic newsmakers, rabble rousers, opinion spouters, and characters from near and far all found their way into the pages of New Times for the second, third, fourth, fifth–up to maybe the dozenth or hundredth time. You’ll recognize them all: Sheriff Pat Hedges. Wal-Mart. Ernie Dalidio. Tom Copeland. Medical marijuana. They’ve made headlines for…
Pet sounds
There may be some confusion due to the recent closing of a store with a similar name, but New Times wants to help set the record straight. # Tails Pet Boutique in San Luis Obispo is still open and is still providing Central Coast animal owners with high-quality pet foods and supplies. In fact, the…
Peace on turf
The two semi-pro baseball teams vying for playing time at SLO’s public stadium have come to an agreement with the city and each other for the 2008 season. Last season, after 12 years of shared use with youth and adult baseball leagues at Sinsheimer Stadium, Blues baseball was shook up when a second semi-pro team,…
Was the ‘bust’ a bust?
To the befuddlement of the artists and craftsmen who worked there, more than 30 officers from various county departments–guns drawn and clad in body armor–stormed a now-defunct chicken farm south of Arroyo Grande on Dec. 17, apparently to enforce fire codes. “I would have thought that they were looking for Osama Bin Laden,” said Steve…
When you wish upon an elf
I had the strangest thing happen to me early Christmas morning. I woke up from an eggnogged slumber to the sound of bells and clunks, so I grabbed my 3-iron, stumbled into the den, and, seeing a bunch of folks in tights ransacking the place, started swinging. The guy in red was fast for a…
Fast facts
ArtMinds will be hosting a farewell sale during Art After Dark on Jan. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. SLO’s talented art collective is bidding the town adieu with this final display. ArtMinds is located at 560 Higuera St., Suite A. For more information, visit www.artmindsstudio.net. Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo…
New videogames bring the pain
Central Coast shoppers rampaged through crowded local electronic stores in the days before Christmas, with many snaring motion-controlled videogame consoles and games–such as the Nintendo Wii and Guitar Hero–for holiday presents. But as the interactive systems offer gamers more physically demanding options, some experts say that couch potatoes can expect a host of health hazards…
Two legends set to clash in the Octagon
Ed. note: For his Christmas present, New Times allowed sports enthusiast Kai Beech to set aside the mask of objectivity and write this following brief exactly the way he wanted to. San Luis Obispo hometown hero and former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell is taking part in what many experts…
Relive the dazzle and drama of 2007
For those of you attempting to keep track of the comings and goings of county arts administrators and spaces, 2007 has been a year of change. At the beginning of 2007, Tim Anderson, who had been curator at the SLO Art Center for seven years, left the organization to become curator of the Cuesta College…
Paper or plastic? SLO County shoppers may soon not have a choice
San Luis Obispo County may soon follow in the footsteps of San Francisco in outlawing plastic bags at grocery stores. “We’ve been thinking about it for a while,” Bill Worrell, manager for SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority, said of banning plastic grocery bags. “We are a coastal community and there’s a real issue with…
Bel Frites rules
“When people ask me what’s the difference between French fries and Belgian frites, I tell them 11 hours and 57 minutes,” quipped Fred O’Toole, co-owner (with his wife, Joyce Connelly) of Bel Frites in downtown SLO. “It takes 12 hours to make our frites.” # Clearly, they’re worth the effort. These are the best fries…
Letters
Apply the same rules to everybody My hero will always be Marion Jones. She lost all her Olympic metals because of drug use. Recently, 90 baseball players were found to be drug users as well. They and their teams should have any honors, trophies, or wins taken away as well. What applies to a great…
Listen up!
Years ago when I worked in a record store, coming up with a year-end top 10 list was a snap. After all, I managed to listen to tons of new releases over the course of the year and had access to them all. These days, most of the CDs I encounter are from local bands…
Correction
The co-founder of Noi’s Thai Takeout–and now Noi’s Thai Imports–mentioned in “A shop of great import” (Dec. 20) was incorrectly identified. Her name is Wanida.
