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Lines in the sand
The mystics and freethinkers who lived an idyllic lifestyle hidden away in the Oceano dunes in the 1930s described the wide-open sands as a magic spot with powerful vibrations. In the same spot today, the most obvious vibrations emanate from hundreds of off-road vehicles. # Rumbling in the background is a long-running controversy over the…
Letters
Death isn’t coming from above If I didn’t know better, I might suspect at times that Roy Berger is actually a conservative disguising himself as a progressive in order to make liberals look foolish. His statement in his letter from March 15 (“Let’s work on real problems”) that “the chance of being injured or killed…
Ordinance rewrite irks meeting participants
A proposed county ordinance to protect scenic views in the rural hills above Cayucos has been rewritten by property owners’ groups to apply to a much smaller area. The SLO County Board of Supervisors was asked at its March 20 meeting to support a new version of the Cayucos viewshed ordinance, which was circulated by…
Plan ahead for that run for the border
Procrastinating spring breakers hoping to hop last-minute flights to Cancun or other south-of-the-border party spots may be in for an unpleasant surprise. New federal rules require everyone flying from the United States to other countries now including Mexico and Canada to have passports. With Cal Poly’s spring break at hand, that likely won’t leave enough…
McCarthy’s on the move!
ST. PADDY’S DAY, 5:30 A.M. A line of 200 people had gathered by 5:30 a.m., and those at its end waited until 9 a.m. to get into the 49-person-capacity bar. # PHOTO BY GLEN STARKEY Ah, McCarthy’s! Is there a dirtier, smellier, more rat-holish bar in all of Christendom? About 200…
Are you insane?
Kristina Spitale might actually be crazy. At the very least, she possesses a drive to succeed on her own terms that far surpasses the average co-ed and she’s not afraid to work for it. While her fellow student bodies spend their out-of-class time between the South County’s sunny beaches and the library, the crazy cowgirl…
Paddy Gras, anyone?
If you were wearing green-filtering glasses in San Luis Obispo on March 17, you’d have seen large numbers of preternaturally happy people wandering the streets in party attire and beads, working their way from bar to bar, getting progressively happier throughout the day. And if you kept watching that night, you’d have seen lots of…
Pink and green don’t really mix
It was St. Patrick’s Day, and it was marked by colorful contrasts. By 11 a.m., clusters of green-clad revelers had already formed around the bars on Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo. Some of the guys wearing goofy hats and shirts with messages like “You can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the…
What’s wrong with opposing extremism?
Where shall I begin? Perhaps by listing my “credentials.” I detest militarism, nationalism, and all things neo-con. I know the current war is based on lies, being really all about oil and empire. I think the Bush Administration is an abomination and Ann Coulter is the spawn of Satan. What I think of the Religious…
I’ll be looking over my shoulder
Now that they have the media might of McClatchy backing them, the SLO Tribune folks seem to be taking things a little too seriously. They seem finally to have decided that it is time to crush my fragile butterfly wings with their giant stone grinders. I woke up Sunday afternoon and padded out in my…
Locals ride karmic wheel
This story begins 18 years ago at a rented house in Los Osos. Claudia Goff was away at her job at San Luis Obispo’s old General Hospital. Her then-husband and daughter left their house to take a walk to a local market. They were gone, say, 15 minutes. # As they were walking back, you…
Fast facts
Spring clean your body and mind with an Ayurvedic lifestyle overhaul. Local Ayurvedic specialist Holly Padove will hold two clinics on March 24 at the Yoga Centre in SLO and March 31 at Central Coast Yoga in Arroyo Grande. Padove will discuss techniques for cleansing the body with food, herbs, and exercise. The classes will…
