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Noll Inc. wants the regional water board to take accountability for wrongfully accusing it of contaminating groundwater
In the last four years, the Nolls have spent almost half a million dollars on consultants, investigatory reports, water bottles and filtration systems, well testing, and more. Starting on July 31, 2019, the family lived under constant threat from the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board: a fine of $5,000 a day for not…
Five Nights at Freddy’s offers tween-friendly creepiness
Emma Tammi (Fair Chase, The Wind) directs this horror mystery thriller about Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), a security guard hired to oversee Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a once successful but now defunct kid-centric restaurant and arcade, whose four animatronic mascots—Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy—turn murderous after midnight. The film is based on the 2014 point-and-click…
The Jerk
What’s it rated? R When? 1979 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Nov. 4 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.) and Nov. 6 (7 p.m.) Carl Reiner (Oh, God!) directs the 1979 comedy classic The Jerk, about simpleton Navin Johnson (Steve Martin), who decides to leave home to experience the world. His naivete leads him…
The Burial
What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime Maggie Betts (The Carrier, Novitiate) directs this dramedy inspired by true events. Tommy Lee Jones stars as Jeremiah O’Keefe, who owns a string of financially struggling Mississippi mortuaries. To meet financial obligations, he agrees to sell a few to Raymond Loewen (Bill Camp) of…
OCSD needs new legal counsel, new general manager
After four years as general manager of the Oceano Community Services District (OCSD), Will Clemens, is heading for an early retirement due to what he said was the board’s constant state of disarray. “The dysfunction of this board came to a head at our last meeting of Oct. 11 and culminated with the resignation of…
Local group sparks recall attempt against Bruce Gibson
Second District Supervisor Bruce Gibson is less than a year into his fifth four-year term. He’s weathered a vote recount process, and now he’s facing a recall attempt. On Oct. 27, a group called the Committee to Support the Recall of Supervisor Bruce Gibson served the supervisor a notice of intention to recall at his…
Don’t miss the 15th annual New Times Music Awards on Nov. 3, at SLO Brew Rock
For the past 14 years, we’ve gathered to celebrate our live music scene with the New Times Music Awards. This marks No. 15, and I’m excited to see some new performers vying for Best Live Performer this Friday, Nov. 3, at SLO Brew Rock (7 to 10 p.m.; all ages; $15 at my805tix.com). The five…
‘We Heart Nipomo’ is poised to debut as a volunteer park improvement gathering
A community beautification project with roots in Arroyo Grande found so much success since its 2018 creation that the goodwill is extending to Nipomo. Called “We Heart Nipomo”—an offshoot of “We Heart AG”—the volunteer event aims to clean up and maintain a section of the South County town. Organizer Kendra Paulding, who took over the…
Templeton discusses changes to district athletics policy for independent study students
Sports are everything to Stacey White’s son—who has specials needs that impact his social abilities—but he can’t participate in high school athletics due to constraints placed on students in independent study. White, other parents, and special needs education advocates made their case to the Templeton Unified School District at an Oct. 26 board meeting, pushing…
New Times reporting didn’t tell the whole story about the conflict between Israel and Hamas
New Times’ Oct. 26 article “Roar of resistance,” reads like a piece of Hamas propaganda. It is full of misrepresentation, but I will comment on just one instance. Referring to the horrific Hamas attack on 600 young people at a concert and several collective farming communities (Kibbutzim) near the Gaza border, the article states “On…
Orchestra Novo uses music to inspire creativity in its latest collaboration with ECHO.
Experience it live For more information on Orchestra Novo and to purchase tickets, visit the website at orchestranovo.com. For more information on ECHO, visit its website at echoshelter.org. What inspires you? For some people, it’s the beauty of nature. For others, it’s the love of the family around them. Still others find inspiration in their…
New Times printed hateful propoganda
To the editor of New Times, I am absolutely appalled at what your “newspaper” has done. You recently printed, and mass distributed, anti-Jewish propaganda, which you knew to be false, and placed it on the cover of your paper (“Roar of resistance,” Oct. 26). On top of all this, you choose to do this two…
SLO County poised to return to Integrated Waste Management Authority after two years
San Luis Obispo County’s liberal majority of supervisors conducted a cleanup of their own with a decision to return to the Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA). Two years after the Board of Supervisors made the decision to pull the county out of the IWMA and manage solid and hazardous waste programs on its own, the…
Shame on New Times for victim blaming
Shame on you New Times for publishing the article “Roar of resistance” (Oct. 26) that is not only historically inaccurate (no mention of the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan) but is the equivalent of victim blaming. You fail to mention that Israel’s military response is because Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, did not just “attack,”…
Supervisors approve new study for Paso basin water-blending project
The ongoing search for a solution to groundwater sustainability in the Paso Robles Basin received new life following the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors’ Oct. 31 meeting—but not without conflict. The board voted 3-2—with 5th District Supervisor Debbie Arnold and 1st District Supervisor John Peschong voting no—to approve and authorize a contract with…
Citizens initiatives do the work government should already be doing
For a variety of reasons, distrust in government is now at an all-time high. By acting in ways contrary to our own general plan, previous Morro Bay City Councils alienated voters and eroded trust at the local level. In her Oct. 26 letter criticizing the citizens initiative process, former City Councilmember Marlys McPherson provided an…
An interfaith inquiry into War, Peace, and History
The tragic spasm of war in Israel and Palestine shocks the senses. Hamas militants launched their vicious attack into Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 and taking hundreds hostage. Israel struck back, killing more than 8,000 in Gaza to date. In the West Bank, Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli Defense Forces and Jewish militants. This…
Learn by don’ting
There’s nothing like doing the wrong thing to figure out how to do the right thing, amirite (wrong)? And this week, never have so many done so wrong for such dumb reasons. Where to start? How about the case of a neurodivergent high schooler in an independent study program being denied the right to try…
Paso’s esteemed vintners welcome newcomer Andy Neja of Cairjn Wine Cellars
Taste on Tuley Cairjn Wine Cellars, located at 2323 Tuley Road, No. 120, in Paso Robles, is open daily by appointment only at cairjnwinecellars.com. Follow the winery on Instagram and Facebook @cairjnwines. Cairjn will be among 60 local boutique producers at the Garagiste Festival, which kicks off Nov. 10 at the Pavilion on the Lake…
Sea + Green holds wreath making class in Cambria
On Saturday, Nov. 4, Sea + Green in Cambria will host its Dried Floral and Crystal Wreath Making Fall Workshop from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Participants of the class will use a rustic twig frame, dried flowers, crystals, ribbons, and other materials to complete their projects. Admission to the workshop is $65, which includes all…
SLO Instrumental Music Boosters Association holds fundraiser to benefit local school bands
The deadline to place orders in the 16th annual Holiday Tree and Wreath Sale, coordinated by the San Luis Obispo Instrumental Music Boosters Association (SLOIMBA), is Monday, Nov. 20. Trees and wreaths will be available for pickup at San Luis Obispo High School on Saturday, Dec. 2, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The sale…
