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Many dancers dancing
Ballet Theatre of SLO is performing the romantic holiday story of a true love who makes all other true loves look bad. That’s right, the guy who famously gifted his love with golden rings, French hens, leaping lords, milking maids, calling birds, etc. while other men were out doing last-minute shopping has moved beyond simple…
Don’t mess with X-Mas
A rivulet of sweat poured off my forehead and onto the icy pavement as I labored up a back way gradient near Mission Prep. Cresting the hill on the west side of downtown, I caught sight of the float party. They were nearing to go on. An all-out sprint tested the structural integrity of my…
It’s official: Cyclists will stop in SLO
On Dec. 6, AEG, the promoters and presenters of the 2007 Amgen Tour of California, announced the specific route and race details for the Feb. 18 through 25 event. The route will take 16 professional cycling teams on a Tour de France-style race stretching 650 miles from San Francisco to Long Beach. Feb. 22’s stage…
Boeing receives aid from Air Force
The Air Force and Boeing recently signed a contract worth more than $674 million in order to help Boeing maintain its required infrastructure. After a slowdown in the commercial satellite market, it wasn’t certain that Boeing would be able to provide the support that Vandenberg Air Force Base and other bases desired. Specifically, the money…
Letters
Downtown’s trees are in good hands “Curious George follows the stumps” (Nov. 30) piqued my own curiosity at some of the assumptions and omissions made in the article. The Downtown Association, referenced in the piece but not contacted for this story, has been included in the city’s discussions and decisions surrounding the urban forest, and…
Take two of these and call me in the morning
Do my glands look swollen to you? They look swollen to me. Really, could you check? I’ve had a little tickle in my throat, and I think my temperature has gone up a degree or two. Could you put your hand on my forehead and feel for yourself? I’ll try not to breathe on you.…
Local nonagenarian wins top ag honor
According to a Dec. 5 release from the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF), a pioneer in California avocado production has earned the highest honor bestowed by the organization. Ernie Righetti of San Luis Obispo won the Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award, given at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Anaheim. The CFBF’s Food and Farm…
Local on-air experts make radio waves
The scope of the soundscape for local radio listeners is widening, with more Central Coast residents tuning in to “progressive” radio programming. That’s the word from a panel of local radio experts, who explored the future of “programming for progressives” at a recent meeting of the San Luis Obispo Democratic Club. # “Progressive radio means…
Blood donations take holiday dip, but mostly bounce back
As expected, blood donations on the Central Coast declined markedly during Thanksgiving week. United Blood Services Central Coast which provides all of the blood needed by hospitals in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties announced on Nov. 27 that donations during that time period averaged 189 units a day a far cry from…
Fast facts
The San Luis Bay Surfrider Foundation is holding a comprehensive wellness workshop on Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Infinite Dynamic Studio, 811 El Capitan Way in SLO. The event focuses on surfers’ health issues, but is open to everyone and provided at no cost to participants. Scheduled workshops include “Energy for…
State dishes out flood-control funding
The Santa Barbara County Flood Control District will receive approximately $50,000 from the state for a project that will help strengthen a critical erosion site on the Santa Maria River, the often-dry bed that borders San Luis Obispo County. The site in question is between Highway 101 and the Suey Road crossing, right near Santa…
Activist arrested after alleged vandalization
Arroyo Grande police arrested animal rights activist Robert Evans, 52, after an alleged animal rights protest on Dec. 2. Evans said that he splattered paint on the entryway of CD’s Pet Emporium at 1402 East Grand Avenue in Arroyo Grande to protest the store’s treatment of animals and to encourage animal lovers to adopt pets…
Tobacco sting busts three businesses
Local tobacco control officers announced that they’re pleased with the results from a Nov. 30 Grover Beach tobacco sting, in which employees at three out of 14 stores were caught selling tobacco to a minor. The officers are happy, they report, because during their last sting, 50 percent of Grover Beach clerks tested sold cigarettes…
Lack of broadcast prompts citizen questions
Why was AGP Video the production company that tapes and streams almost all public meetings in San Luis Obispo County absent from the latest session of the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)? No, that wasn’t the setup for a joke. We really don’t know. The easy answer would be that the contract between the…
Stuck in the middle with you
During the golden age of The Simpsons, the FOX Network ran an episode in which the teachers’ association fronted by series mainstay Edna Krabappel went on strike to protest budget shortfalls at Springfield Elementary. The plotline culminated in a classic scene: Krabappel and Principal Seymour Skinner went before voters at a community forum to debate…
Grom-o-rama
Grom is a term for a young surfer. Short for “grommet,” it implies some level of inexperience but not in a bad way. Groms often have a rosy outlook that more experienced surfers wish they still had. To say “Lil’ Grom,” then, might seem redundant, but the downtown shop actually carries surf and skate accessories…
