Cover Story
If the holidays were cocoa, this guide would be the marshmallows.
The procession of holiday activities starts with turkey preparations and doesn’t stop until the clock strikes midnight for the first time in the new year–and even then, there’s all that cleanup. But before the panic of party planning, home-cooked meals, visiting relatives, last-minute shopping, big bills, and massive headaches sets in, New Times invites you…
Exposure cases could represent serious trouble
On Nov. 7, the day after a man exposed himself at two South County outlet stores, a suspect with a similar description–a 6-foot-tall white male, between 20 and 30, with short hair–performed a trio of indecent exposures in San Luis Obispo, according to police. Sexual assault experts say the lewd acts, besides disturbing victims, are…
Violent memories
The 10th of November marked the anniversary of the first two of a string of sexual assaults that rang in a season of fear for young women in San Luis Obispo last year. # On that night, a man in his 20s approached two separate women, who were walking alone in the Cal Poly area,…
Dear Speaker Nancy Pelosi
I have been a strong supporter of you in the past and have been proud to have you as a part of the California delegation in Congress. I am, therefore, profoundly disappointed that you are not only supporting, but actually co-sponsoring the re-authorization of No Child Left Behind. I have been a classroom teacher for…
County seeks state help for women’s jail
County officials are planning to ask the state to help pay for a proposed $44 million women’s jail at the end of Kansas Avenue, north of San Luis Obispo. The new two-story jail would more than quadruple the current inmate capacity, creating space for 192 women, according to an environmental document on file at county…
Stop breathe relax
In advance of the Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort Spa and Wellness Center Open House on Nov. 18, I stepped from my car in a body full of stress and anxiety, and onto the lush, incredibly intoxicating, and beautiful 118-acre wooded property. I hurriedly marched toward a charming gazebo amid the greens, just steps from civilization.…
SLO skateboarders take initiative
John Burns has seen countless skateboarders take a spill at the San Luis Obispo Skateboard Park during his tenure there as program coordinator. Maybe the harsh falls are just the inevitable growing pains of learning a new trick–or maybe skaters are plagued from the get go with uneven surfaces and splintering wood ramps. # “It’s…
Letters
Editor’s note: Though it’s been a couple of months since New Times moved from its Higuera Street location, we’re continuing to see letters forwarded from that address. We publish our current address–1010 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401–each week in a small box at the bottom of our letters page, but that notice doesn’t…
Dalidio trial moves to a federal court
The Dalidio civil suit brought against the San Luis Obispo Downtown Association and Responsible County Development LLC will be heard in a federal court in Los Angeles, rather than continuing in the local superior court. The move was requested by the defendants in response to allegations of RICO violations–charges of corruption within an organization SLO…
Fast facts
The Lady Hookers Fishing Club will hold its annual meeting and fundraising dinner at the San Luis Yacht Club on Nov. 17 starting at 5:30 p.m. at 443 Front Street in Avila. Admission is $12 to $15. Info: 748-1964. As of Nov. 1, Wilmore Auto Works has changed its name to Wilmore Scooter Works. Jim…
Give thanks for food
In my home, Thanksgiving is a joyous celebration of all we have to be grateful for as Americans. I love gathering with family and good friends, sharing all the things we love to eat and drink, and saying diets be damned. # All the same, the preparation of the grand feast always stresses me out.…
After you’re done frying up that Twinkie
The next time you find your fuel gauge approaching empty, instead of heading straight for the nearest gas station to pay # $3.20 per gallon of fuel, consider stopping by your neighborhood Chinese food restaurant for a couple of gallons of waste vegetable oil. It may sound improbable–absurd even–but according to the Veggie Girls (six…
Heed my call to roll
Shredder is pretty angry, folks, so I’m going to set down my well-worn snarky hat for a moment here to say this straight: The police need to catch this shitbag rapist. He attacked a young woman in the street last week and by my guess is responsible for a number of strikingly similar attacks last…
A touch of the Irish
I remember the first time I saw the Young Dubliners, a band filled # with Irish transplants to Los Angeles with a few domestic musicians to boot. The band’s potent mix of American rock filtered through Irish sensibilities felt like a party, and when they toured through SLO in the mid-’90s, crowds went wild. Interestingly…
Beer and roving in SLO Town
# On any given Friday night in the college ghetto that fans out from Fredricks and Hathaway like a blood, urine, or liquor stain, clumsy coeds line up at cheap kegs and commence with their end-of-week libations. College partying is a tradition as old as academia, and as compulsory as a pack of cigarettes and…
Walsh family sues over seized animals
The husband of Cynthia Walsh, the woman who was convicted of animal neglect in a trial late last year, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against San Luis Obispo County, Sheriff Pat Hedges, and Animal Services Director Eric Anderson, seeking more than $1 million in damages. The case, filed in federal court in Los Angeles,…
