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Little town, big problems: San Simeon’s CSD loses general manager, struggles with board member appointments
Stay informed For more information on current San Simeon Community Services District happenings, visit sansimeoncsd.org. San Simeon has a problem. Years of board quarreling, legal disputes, and redistricting have left the small coastal town south of Hearst Castle without cohesive leadership. “What we effectively have is a situation where if one board member is out,…
SLO-based brewery Liquid Gravity launches new taproom in Old Town Orcutt
Go with the flow For more info on Liquid Gravity’s new taproom in Old Town Orcutt, visit liquidgravitybrewing.com or follow the brewery on Instagram, @liquidgravitybrewingco. The taproom is located at 156 Broadway St., suite F, Orcutt. The venue is open Tuesday through Thursday from noon to 9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 10…
Stephen Marley plays Vina Robles Amphitheatre on June 25
On Father’s Day, June 14, 2023, Stephen Marley premiered the new video for his song “Old Soul,” a sweet tribute to his famous father’s influence as well as the influences of others who came before him. On it, he sings, “It was 1972, my mom and papa brought me through. Back then I was the…
The Flash has enough humor and action to overcome its faults
THE FLASH What’s it rated? PG-13What’s it worth, Glen? Full priceWhat’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Bay, Colony, Downtown Centre, Fair Oaks, Park, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive-In Andy Muschietti (It, It Chapter Two) directs this time-traveling sci-fi adventure about Barry Allen, aka The Flash (Ezra Miller), who uses his blinding speed to travel…
Templeton school board member faces scrutiny over SLO Tea Party meeting video
Templeton school board trustee Jennifer Grinager found herself under fire from residents and the Gala Pride & Diversity Center for her connection to Moms for Liberty, which allegedly orchestrated a June 20 school board special meeting as a means to end protections for transgender students. “Far-right hate group ‘Moms for Liberty’ will attempt to end…
Regarding the Oklahoma Avenue safe parking site:
This site was put up in answer to Palisades Avenue in Los Osos—someone somewhere posted that this was a free place to park your RV and in they came—from all over the country. Oklahoma was an answer to get people living in their RVs off Palisades. Regardless of what anyone thinks, this site is successful.…
Cal Poly students demand rent control, accountability for substandard housing from SLO City Council
As they struggled with their own rental housing issues this year, a group of Cal Poly students decided to walk door-to-door in San Luis Obispo to find out if they were alone. After knocking on hundreds of doors and interviewing about 100 students living in off-campus neighborhoods, the group said they got a clear answer…
Thanks for all the informative news and opinions
Thank you for printing Mark Tognazzini’s opinion piece about the Ironman Event in Morro Bay (“Displaced visitors,” June 1). I think it is helpful to know how different events affect merchants and others. This sounds like something Morro Bay should avoid in the future. I have to agree with Mark about Morro Bay and the…
Pismo Beach rejects permit for residential rainwater collection system
Pismo Beach’s City Council and Planning Commission united in denying a permit for a residential rainwater collection system. On June 20, the City Council in a 4-0 vote with Councilmember Stacy Inman recusing, upheld the Planning Commission’s April dismissal of a coastal development permit to build 10 rainwater retention tanks and a new underground sump…
Could this be ‘weather weirding’?
There is no doubt that the weather we have had this year has been weird, culminating in rare June rain. Can we attribute these record highs and lows, droughts and floods to a newly unstable climate? Might that be because a century of greenhouse gas emissions has trapped solar heat, magnified the shifts of the…
Yvonne Kimball selected as the next Morro Bay city manager
Starting on Aug. 14, Morro Bay will have a new city manager after the City Council voted to hire Yvonne Kimball at its June 13 meeting. “I am delighted to welcome Yvonne Kimball as the new city manager of Morro Bay,” Mayor Carla Wixom said in a press release. “We look forward to working with…
It’s time to hold the Supreme Court accountable
The recent news about Clarence Thomas’ financial entanglements with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow should be alarming to every American. This is what happens when the highest court in the land is given free rein to police itself. Clarence Thomas isn’t the first justice to engage in unethical behavior. And if Congress continues to ignore the…
Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach approve new fire services board
The once opaque and long-running deliberation about the future of emergency medical and fire services in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, and the Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) became demystified in June with the creation of a new governing model. By June 13, the cities of Arroyo Grande and Grover Beach chose members from its respective…
A correction request for New Times’ Juneteenth story
I’d like to point out that the New Times article “Human liberation” in the June 15 to 22 newspaper is historically incorrect. The article states several times that “Juneteenth honors the anniversary of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.” While this federal holiday does celebrate the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, it does much more. Historically, Juneteenth…
Rescue shelter’s Pony Parties enable children to spend quality time with farm animals
As someone who’s worked with animals and as an agriculture teacher her whole life, Julie Hilton wanted to share this lifestyle with others. In 2021, Hilton and her two daughters opened up Hoofprints—a farm animal rescue center that teaches children and youth how to work with the animals. “Ideally, it’s just basic animal care: how…
Marginalizing victims
One SLO County supervisor was eerily silent during a recent Pride Month discussion on the dais. Political consultant, Ronald Reagan conservative, and soon-to-be running for his third term, 1st District Supervisor John Peschong didn’t say a word except “no” on June 20 when he voted against a resolution proclaiming June to be LGBTQ-plus Pride Month.…
Extraction
What’s it rated? R When? 2020 Where’s it showing? Netflix Stuntman Sam Hargrave directs this action thriller about Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth), a mercenary-for-hire who specializes in rescues. This time around, he’s been tasked with finding and returning Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal), the son of imprisoned Indian drug lord Ovi Mahajan Sr. (Pankaj Tripathi) who’s…
Central Coast Artists Collective celebrates second anniversary with exhibition at Art Center Morro Bay
Support local art See more than 100 pieces from sculptors, craft-makers, and photographers at Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay, until the exhibition ends on June 26. The Central Coast Artists Collective’s (CCAC) fourth artist group, The Painters Group, will have its show at Art Center Morro Bay Sept. 21 through Nov.…
Great American Melodrama presents Under the Boardwalk
A whimsical rivalry between two groups of beach dwellers is explored in the Great American Melodrama’s latest production, Under The Boardwalk, which opened in late May and is scheduled to run through mid-July. According to press materials, the plot of the show, set at Pismo Beach, follows an “unthinkable” romance between a clam and a…
Upcoming workshop invites public to create their own glass ice cream bowls
Glasshead Studio in Atascadero will hold a fused glass ice cream bowl workshop on Tuesday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants of the class will create their own eight-sided fused glass bowls using triangular shaped glass in various colors. Admission to join the workshop is $75, which includes all required materials to complete…
Extraction 2
What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix This sequel, again directed by Sam Hargrave, takes up right were the first film left off, with Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) grievously wounded after his last mission. It’s unclear if he’ll ever be able to work again as a mercenary, so he travels to a…
