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A year of disruption: From politics to energy, 2022 pushed for change in SLO County
The battle for control of the SLO County Board of Supervisors is arguably the biggest story of 2022. New district lines, allegations of voter fraud, ballot recounts, and a fiercely contested 2nd District race all play a role in that fight, which is now winding its way into 2023. But it’s not the only big…
Seniors Helping Seniors provides care, connection to SLO County’s older population
After working in corporate America for two decades, retired human resources career-man Ron Torres realized he wanted to continue serving in a meaningful way. Calls with a career coach last year brought him face-to-face with Seniors Helping Seniors—a national franchise that matches older and active community members with senior citizens who need help with tasks…
Wednesday
What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2022 Where’s it showing? Netflix Netflix is hitting us right in the nostalgia with Wednesday. While the whole Addams family is iconic, this series focuses on Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) and her new school—one she’s forced to go to after setting piranhas free in her former school’s pool. Take that, bullies!…
Proof and Gather’s Kaitlin Munoz launches two bakeries on the Central Coast
For sweet and savory treats Proof and Gather is open Tuesday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 778 Higuera St., suite A, in SLO. The Paso Robles bakery will be located at 3075 Limestone Way. For more information, visit proofandgather.com, follow the bakery on Instagram @proofandgather, and attend the grand opening in SLO…
The White Lotus (Season 2)
What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2022 Where’s it showing? HBO Max If you’re worried that your relationship has problems, you and your significant other should tune into The White Lotus and behold the psycho-social dysfunctions of the various characters in this delicious black comedy about upscale resort vacationers and the staff that serves them. What…
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is quick-witted fun
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Netflix Writer-director Rian Johnson cooks up this thorny sequel to his 2019 film about astute detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who this time finds himself on a private Greek island at…
The Greys in Between is the latest piece from SLO’s public art program
Experience the wonder Take a drive out to the roundabout on Orcutt and Tank Farm roads right across from Islay Park and enjoy the spectacle of The Greys in Between. For more information on the artist and her work, visit anilaagha.com. See what’s happening with SLO public art projects at sloma.org. As the sun begins…
Local designer Breann DeLisle leads journaling workshop in Atascadero
Oracle in Atascadero will host its Creative Journal Vision Board Workshop, led by artist and designer Breann DeLisle, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants of the class will start a creative journal with a vision board—a “collage of images and words that represent what you want in your life,” according to…
Big Sky Cafe showcases paintings by Hilda Kilpatrick-Freyre
A collection of scenic paintings by Hilda Kilpatrick-Freyre is currently on display in the artist’s new solo exhibit at Big Sky Cafe in San Luis Obispo. The show is scheduled to run through mid-February. Kilpatrick-Freyre is an impressionist painter who specializes in capturing nature scenes. To find out more about Kilpatrick-Freyre’s exhibit, call the Big…
Are you ready for New Year’s Eve?
The most common New Year’s resolution is to live healthier, followed by losing weight and exercising more. What a downer, eh? Once you factor in the surge of respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial infection (RSV), not to mention strep throat on the rise, living healthier seem like a bit of a…
SLO County conservatives’ gerrymandered map didn’t work out so well for them
It’s now been seven weeks since our Nov. 8 election and three weeks since SLO County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano certified the results. Those results show that the Republican Party of SLO lost big. The local GOP is being “hoist by its own petard”—an expression from Shakespeare’s Hamlet that means blown up by your own explosive…
There was a lot of SLO County awfulness to shred in 2022
If you’re a surly office appliance whose side hustle is lampooning the travails and tribulations of local politics, 2022 was a very good year indeed! So much to chew up! Cal Poly was certainly an easy target from its civil rights woes brought up by students of color claiming they were relegated to substandard housing…
Jones campaign mulls lawsuit as 2nd District recount starts
Update: On Dec. 29, requester Darcia Stebbens asked county officials to halt the recount of the 2nd District supervisor election. More than two weeks after a recount was filed in the razor-thin Nov. 8 contest for 2nd District county supervisor, San Luis Obispo County workers began to manually retally the election’s 23,400-plus votes on Dec. 28.…
New Senate bill could decriminalize psychedelics in California
Psychedelic drugs could be legal in the future if a newly introduced state Senate bill comes to pass. California state Sen. Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 58 would decriminalize certain hallucinogenic drugs such as psilocybin (mushrooms), psilocyn, and dimethyltryptamine (DMT) for personal use and possession. The bill doesn’t include synthetic psychedelics like LSD and…
SLO County says wait to skate Nipomo’s new skate park
Excitement is building for Nipomo’s skaters anxiously awaiting the opening of the town’s long-discussed skate park. The San Luis Obispo County Parks and Recreation Department issued an alert on Dec. 21 declaring that the not-yet-completed skate park is being damaged by local skaters who were using it before the site was ready. Parks and Rec…
Candidate nomination period starts for special Paso Robles school board election
The search to replace a recently ousted Paso Robles school board member is underway. It entails a special election coming up on April 18 that was spurred by a petition removing Paso Robles Joint Unified School District trustee Kenney Enney from his seat. The SLO County Clerk-Recorder’s Office recently announced that the nomination period for…
Donegan confuses consequences for censorship in free speech debate
Once again, John Donegan uses the “liberal” straw man to bolster logically hazy talking points and incomplete thoughts. In his column (“Free speech and the left,” Dec. 22), he claims that an unspecified swath of liberals worshiped billionaire Elon Musk until he purchased Twitter for $44 billion, and liberals went “apeshit.” Mr. Donegan indicated that…
Rallying for America
At breakfast I read with interest a letter to the editor in the Sun. Entitled “Rallying for President Trump” (Dec. 22), it made an enthusiastic case for continuing to fully support him. The unflinchingly ardent argument by the writer was more bracing than two cups of my morning java. The public airing of all types…
