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Path to nature: Volunteers, nonprofits, and local governments work together to make open space accessible by foot, bike, and horse
It’s 8:30 a.m. on a Sunday, and much of San Luis Obispo is just beginning to rouse from sleep. But for Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers (3CMB), it’s time to get to work. As the top of the hour nears, volunteers gathered in the parking lot below the Miossi Open Space, home to the city…
The Princess is a bloody snooze fest
THE PRINCESS What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Bulbul? Skip it What’s it worth, Caleb? Skip it Where’s it showing? Hulu Joey King plays a feisty princess who must save the kingdom from her cruel suitor after he kidnaps and locks her in a tower for not wanting to marry him. (94 min.) Editor’s…
The Bear
What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2022 Where’s it showing? Hulu Jeremy Allen White, who won hearts as Lip Gallagher in Shameless, graces The Bear as Carmy, a young chef who returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop. Carmy received culinary training in fine dining but now contends with a greasy-spoon restaurant manned by…
Morbius
What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2022 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Regal Edwards Santa Maria 10 (Thursday, July 21, 6:30 p.m.) The backstory behind the release dates (yes, plural) for Morbius—Sony’s adaptation of one of the few, obscure Marvel characters that Disney doesn’t have the film rights to—is fascinating. Jared Leto plays the…
Festival Mozaic starts on July 23 with concerts, wine tastings, lectures, and more
In May of 1970, Cal Poly music professors got together to brainstorm the possibility of starting a summer music festival in San Luis Obispo. The SLO Mozart Festival happened the next year, and more than 50 years later, that festival lives on as Festival Mozaic, which hosts year-round events as well as a two-week summer…
The SLOFunny Comedy Show comes to the Morro Bay Vets Hall on July 30
Get your laugh on The SLOFunny Comedy Show comes to the Morro Bay Veterans Memorial Building (209 Surf St.) on Saturday, July 30, with shows at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Hosted by Key Lewis—and featuring Kiran Deol, Sean Grant, Nic Novicki, and headliner Betty Barnes (formerly Liz Stewart)—the show is rated R. Tickets are $20…
SLO Women in Film and TV and Central Coast Film Society co-host upcoming Movie Meetup event
Members of San Luis Obispo Women in Film and Television and the Central Coast Film Society are inviting the public to join them at an upcoming film screening at Downtown Centre Cinemas in SLO. The Movie Meetup event will be held on Sunday, July 31, and includes a screening of the 1989 animated film, Kiki’s…
By the Sea Productions’ latest drama, Church and State, runs for one weekend only
By the Sea Productions presents Church and State, which runs for one weekend only, from Friday, July 22, to Sunday, July 24. The show is described as a thought-provoking drama that follows a senator and his campaign team shortly after a school shooting takes place. Tickets to Church and State are $15 each and are…
Art Central hosts bookmaking workshop with Kathy Miller and Ardella Swanberg (cancelled)
Editor’s note: This event has been cancelled, according to organizers. Kathy Miller and Ardella Swanberg will guide a workshop on bookmaking for journals and gifts at Art Central in SLO on Saturday, July 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission to the class is $60. Attendees can reserve their spot by calling (805) 234-1754.…
Avoid the ‘unavoidable’
Regarding your July 7, 2022, article titled “Build or preserve?”: We hope that the developers of the so-called Dana “Reserve” (the question remains as to what they are in fact “reserving” or “preserving”) will return to their prior top development priorities of “open space uses within the oak woodlands.” “Do a smaller project and leave…
An unjust, unsound waste of money
Our county wants to improve the Oceano County Airport by adding a lounge bar, more parking, and a bigger campground for its users. The Oceano Beach Community Association (OBCA) opposes this project. Our county, and Oceano in particular, does not need this airport. We already have an airport 20 miles to the north, San Luis…
Dear Morro Bay officials
Currently, there are dozens of ground squirrels cruelly separated from their foothill natural habitat by the careless people who throw human junk food at clusters of sometimes 20 of them at a time, harming their circulatory systems and abnormally raising their population. Federal regulation declares feeding of squirrels as harassment subject to a fine between…
R.I.P. affordable housing
On June 7, the SLO County Board of Supervisors made good on its promise to repeal the inclusionary housing ordinance. Few actions of this board can surpass the long-term damage potential of striking down the ordinance that was just about the only thing the county could point to as evidence that it was serious about…
Herrings and geese
Conspiracy theories finally completed their takeover of a San Luis Obispo County supervisor: Debbie “Water Banking and Election Fraud Are Real” Arnold, the 5th District’s very own super MAGA conservative! She was the sole elected official on the Board of Supervisors who voted against approving the June 7 primary elections results. “For me, and call…
Coastal Commission’s concerns pause permit application for Oceano airport
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) flexed its permit-doling power over San Luis Obispo County’s efforts to renovate the campground at the Oceano airport. Back in May, the county declared its plan to upgrade the almost 70-year-old airport’s campground with campsites and a lighted footpath with landscape planting among a slew of additions. In order to…
Recount process begins for supervisor race, Arnold votes against election results
As San Luis Obispo County elections officials started work on a resident’s request for a hand recount of the 4th District supervisor race on July 19, a sitting county supervisor voted the same day to “protest” the June 7 election results. “I just want to say that I still have some unresolved concerns about the…
‘Branch Out’ library vans will bring books to hard-to-reach SLO County residents
A new library on wheels could soon be coming to a park, school, or other community venue near you. The San Luis Obispo Library recently announced its Branch Out initiative—a fleet of new vans capable of carrying hundreds of books that will be dispatched to sites across the county as mini mobile libraries. The goal…
SLOPD places officer on paid administrative leave after use-of-force incident
The San Luis Obispo Police Department came under viral scrutiny on July 17 when an unnamed local spectator livestreamed an officer using force on a restrained man. Posted on YouTube by a channel named SLO County Observer, the video shows three police officers grabbing and holding down a man on the side of a road.…
Field to Vase event transforms Arroyo Grande flower farm into a one-of-a-kind dining experience
Floral feast The deadline to purchase tickets for the Aug. 6 Field to Vase event at Ocean Breeze Farms in Arroyo Grande is Monday, Aug. 1. Visit americangrownflowers.org for more information. Ocean Breeze Farms, located at 1810 Willow Road, is open to the general public on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. At Ocean Breeze…
SLO city beefs up affordable housing requirements for developers
Just weeks after the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors gutted the county’s inclusionary housing program, the SLO City Council decided to do the opposite with theirs—bolster it. At a July 19 meeting, the SLO City Council repealed its existing inclusionary housing ordinance and replaced it with one that has more stringent requirements on…
