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SLO Little Theater finds its groove
The buzz is out. Word on the street is “Orbison: Only the Lonely, a musical tribute to Roy Orbisonâ€? is another successful installation of the SLO Little Theatre’s popular “Legends Series.â€? New Times thought this was a perfect time to speak with writer, producer, and director Mary Meserve, who’s been instrumental in developing this series,…
Pucker up
I’m not a kiss-and-tell type of person. Of course, with the current state of my love life, I’m not even really a kiss-of-any-sort type of person any more. If I were to be anything at all in this stage of my romantic exploits, it would be a firm-handshake-and-tell sort of person, and that’s not really…
Letters
There’s no justice, there’s just us Your cover story last week (“Forensic Foul-Up,â€? New Times, March 2) was very well written! Thanks to the strong-hearted individuals who okayed being quoted, and Bill King’s father who won’t be sidetracked, derailed or discouraged in his pursuit of a quality investigation to find justice for his son. It is disgusting…
Downtown on two wheels
Last fall I traveled back to Groningen, Netherlands for some rest and relaxation and to visit my alma mater — the University of Groningen. As the most northern city in the country, the destination isn’t exactly on the radar of most international tourists. In fact, most visitors are German tourists making a day trip to…
SLO’s big brother policy
 The city of SLO is proposing a policy on video surveillance. Bill Statler, director of finance and information technology, says the city needs to come up with a video surveillance policy now, before cameras become more prevalent. The policy, says Statler, is not about spying on the public but is instead about protecting the city’s…
On the loose
Forty-eight-year-old former SLO County resident Anthony Francis Dacayana, four-time convicted rapist and a man described as a sexual deviant and remorseless predator, is back on the streets. Â Sgt. Sean Conroy of the Ventura Police Department said last week that Dacayana was arrested by Ventura police on January 23, when he was nabbed for failing to…
City council passes transient ordinances
The SLO city council this week voted 4-1 to pass ordinances designed to limit aggressive panhandling within city limits. Before passing the new laws — conceived by the city’s Transient Task Force — council members tweaked the language. Most notably, instead of establishing a two-hour time limit for sitting on public benches, the council approved…
Dalidio property gets a facelift
 It’s no longer Marketplace, it’s the Dalidio Ranch. And that should tell you something about the highly controversial, and recently revised, shopping center now set to go before county voters on November 7. Ernie Dalidio’s most recent design includes soccer fields, monarch butterfly habitat, a bike path, a farmer’s market, and 13 acres of organic…
Flogging the flautist
To get an idea of how busy police were during this year’s Mardi Gras in San Luis Obispo, one might look to Eric Cletsoway, the 46-year-old life-long resident of San Luis Obispo. On Saturday, February 25, while walking home from his parents’ house at 6:50 p.m. to avoid Mardi Gras chaos, Cletsoway was tackled by…
Do you bamboo?
When Jeff Hornaday opened the Hemp Shak several years ago, he wanted to bring renewable, sustainable resources into the mainstream of SLO County lifestyles. He offered clothing, skincare products, shoes, and even food, all produced from a plant that rivaled cotton for its versatility, and beat it hands down for its environmental friendliness.#The store was…
Strip-o-gram robbers
If your doorbell rings and there is someone outside who claims to be a stripper delivering a promising telegram, you might think twice before answering it. Just ask John Skinner, a 54-year-old Atascadero resident who lives in an apartment at 10710 El Camino Real. Â On the night of January 23 around 6:30, according to police,…
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Our soldiers fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are enduring unimaginable stress on a daily basis. What people might not know, however, is that their friends and family members, the people left behind to maintain a sense of normalcy in the face of the great and many dangers their loved ones encounter, also experience…
No arrest warrant for Egyptian-born Morro Bay man?
It was just last Wednesday that Ahmed Fahmi found himself hiding from the feds who, along with Morro Bay police officers, surrounded his home in the early hours of the morning. Their weapons pulled, they claimed to have a warrant for his arrest. The charge: an expired visa. But Egyptian-born Fahmi, who is married to…
Making sense of the mess at the DSS
The SLO County Administrative Office last week confirmed a million-dollar out-of-court settlement concluding a lawsuit involving three children, siblings who allegedly endured physical, emotional, and at times sexual abuse at the hands of several of the foster families where they were placed over a three-and-a-half-year period. #Between September 1999 and August 2003, the children, all…
