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Space for development: SLOCOG gets pushback for document showing what SLO County’s future housing, commercial, and transportation projects could look like
Interactive infrastructure To learn more about the Housing Improvement Plan and when future meetings will be held, and to access a fully interactive design map, visit slocog.org. San Luis Obispo County may have a new tool to help assist with its ever-present housing development struggles, according to Sarah Sanders. “It’s effectively a means of convenience…
Grossman Gallery showcases art by Shell Beach-based painter Judy Chapel
The featured artist for the month of August at the Grossman Gallery in Lompoc is Shell Beach-based painter Judy Chapel, whose exhibit will premiere on Friday, Aug. 4, and remain on display through Thursday, Aug. 31. The showcase will include more than 50 paintings by Chapel, a signature member of the Central Coast Watercolor Society.…
County and state support new downtown SLO courthouse
The wheels are in motion for the San Luis Obispo Courthouse Annex to undergo a major overhaul. Come December 2029, court operations and courtrooms in the Monterey Street annex and two offsite staff office locations will be replaced or consolidated by a new 12-courtroom courthouse spanning 145,000 feet. The annex is the SLO Superior Court’s…
Mission Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One is action-packed
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE—DEAD RECKONING PART ONE What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Colony, Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive-In Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun; Jack Reacher; Mission Impossible—Rogue Nation; Mission Impossible—Fallout) returns to the franchise to helm this new two-parter…
Health care workers picket for better working conditions, pay increase
Health care workers from Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton joined thousands of others across California in a mass picketing movement on Wednesday, July 19. “Across California and the nation, health care workers have been making their voices heard at unprecedented levels,” Maria Leal told New Times. The United Healthcare Workers West communications specialist said…
Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets
What’s it rated? TV-16 Plus When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime Trigger warning for all things religious, cult related, and sexual abuse. If you had cable TV between 2008 and 2015, chances are you caught a glimpse of the Duggar family and their rise to fame in their show 19 Kids and Counting. Theirs…
Sisu
What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2022 Where’s it showing? Redbox and Amazon Prime Writer-director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, Big Game) directs this action thriller about Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), a quiet man who lives alone in the Lapland wilderness with his horse and faithful dog, where he prospects for gold. In the closing days of…
Arroyo Grande Creek will undergo a two-stage sediment removal and levee repair process as county Public Works assesses post-rainstorm damage
An estimated almost $7 million price tag for post-storm damage repairs hovers over Arroyo Grande Creek. The series of winter rainstorms starting Jan. 9 wreaked havoc on San Luis Obispo County. The Arroyo Grande Creek swelled with an overabundance of water that broke through the south side of the creek levee that same day. A…
You can paint a horse at The Shady Oaks Farm in Atascadero
Growing up in Vermont, Chelsea Montgomery started riding horses when she was 5 years old. “That was just it for me,” Montgomery said. “You know, they say you either have horse DNA or you don’t. I do.” Montgomery has more than just horse DNA—she loves all animals. She’s taught kids to ride horses, worked at…
Fantastic singer-songwriter James McMurtry plays The Siren
I’m just going to say it. Incredible singer-songwriter James McMurtry is so damn good at crafting immersive narrative songs that he’s completely climbed out from under the shadow of his famous novelist father Larry McMurtry (Horseman, Pass By; The Last Picture Show; Lonesome Dove). That’s saying something because Larry is a national treasure, but so’s…
The CPUC should save us all and shut Diablo Canyon down
What do you do with the comments you get from the public? Are you legally obligated to take public comments into consideration when you make a decision? Who is your boss? Who appointed you? Who pays your salary? What do you do with expert advice that proves Diablo Canyon Power Plant is not safe, sits…
PG&E should be allowed to keep Diablo Canyon open, build more nuclear plants
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has produced affordable electric power for our state for decades. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant produced 10 percent of all the electric power in California and was the cleanest form of energy production, yet the environmentalists could not stand PG&E’s success so they shut them down through government regulations. The…
Thank you, Dan DeVaul
Dan DeVaul has left his home but will never be forgotten. Thanks to him (and his dedicated team), hundreds of men and women came walking down that road to go through his unconventional program and came out with a new lease on life. We would be walking downtown in SLO and some guy would come…
Protect Morro Bay wildlife
As anyone knows who drives between Los Osos and Morro Bay or visits the state parks and Montaño De Oro, we lose a lot of creatures trying to cross this busy road. With the large expanse on either side, the toll is staggering on the biodiversity of our newly designated marine protected area adjacent to…
Dana Reserve needs more input
As we all await the final environmental impact report (EIR) on the Dana Reserve Project in Nipomo, it’s valuable to look at how SLO County’s process for the Dana Reserve has reduced community involvement. Changes made in 2019 allow developers to work more closely with county staff in the planning process to assist the developer…
There’s nothing safe about Oklahoma Avenue
You know what’s not surprising? When a half-assed project fails. For some reason, though, the county always seems surprised that anyone would believe the Oklahoma Avenue Safe Parking Site was a disaster. After receiving pressure to do something, anything to get people living in their vehicles out of Los Osos and Oceano, SLO County threw…
House of Bread stretches over San Luis Obispo with a new bakery cafe on Farmhouse Lane
Grab and sit Walk into House of Bread’s new cafe on 1025 Farmhouse Lane, San Luis Obispo from Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check out the website at farmhouse.houseofbread.com or call (805) 592-0255 for more information. Sheila McCann is…
Lisa Solomon explores her origins in abstract art showcase Cellular Memory
Explore the origins See Cellular Memory for yourself until Aug. 28 at SLOMA, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. For more information on this and future exhibits, visit sloma.org. Where are you from? It’s the type of question that seems like it would have an easy answer, but for artist Lisa Solomon it’s so much…
Grand jury gives 11 recommendations to fix safe parking site flaws
The San Luis Obispo County civil grand jury is not pleased with the Oklahoma Avenue Safe Parking Site—so much so that it recommended a list of 11 changes for county officials to make. In the report “Safe Parking? Oklahoma is not OK!” the grand jury detailed its investigation of the site—a county pilot project that…
Odd Fellows Hall in SLO hosts comedy night
Prolific stand-up comedian and television writer Curtis Cook will headline an upcoming comedy night at the Odd Fellows Hall in San Luis Obispo, slated for Saturday, Aug. 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. Cook has written for Crank Yankers, American Dad, and other shows throughout his career. The Odd Fellows Hall show will also feature…
County upholds denial of subdivision plan for SLO synagogue property
A proposed subdivision of Congregation Beth David’s property in SLO will not get off the ground after the Board of Supervisors heard details of the plan on July 18. The county Planning Commission first rejected the proposal in March, which prompted property leasee John Rourke to file an appeal. In the appeal, Rourke cited a…
