Cover Stories
Johnson Gallery bids farewell
After two decades operating one of San Luis Obispo’s most prominent art galleries, Gail Johnson has announced that she will close her gallery on Marsh Street and go “back to basics” to concentrate on picture framing. Johnson Gallery will remain open through the holidays, offering steep discounts on art and gifts throughout the store, until…
Sunshine Daydream
It is the source of all life on earth – every plant and animal in the world depends on it for food. It’s the greatest and safest source of nuclear power within about 25 trillion miles, producing 5 million tons of pure energy every second. But don’t stare at it – you could go blind.…
Murder in Oceano
Maximino Cerna Zamora probably never thought he’d die this way, bleeding to death from a stab wound in his neck. For reasons yet undetermined, the Grover Beach man failed to survive a violent altercation in the Carombola Bar in Oceano Sunday night. His body was found Monday morning on Barca Street. Later that day police…
One-half cent isn’t much … or is it?
The Atascadero powers that be are currently attempting to convince the local populace to impose a half-cent city sales tax upon them in addition to the current state sales tax. Ostensibly, this tax is intended to bolster the coffers of the Atascadero city government with $1.5+ million additional adscititious funds to continue or expand all…
A man’s home is a hassle
All I ever wanted was a place to hang my hat, or, lacking any kind of fashionable headwear, at least hang my head, considering that I finish most days as tired and dejected as, well, me, which is about the most tired and dejected thing I can think of at the moment. I’d come up…
Sexual harassment suits plague Duke
A former employee at Duke Energy’s Morro Bay plant has terminated a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company as part of what appears to be a settlement. When asked about the suit two months ago, the woman’s lawyers would only say that it was in settlement mode. This week they could only confirm that they…
Letters
The National Guard is on your side, Janet Re: Janet Allenspach (“How dare you allow the National Guard to advertise in this paper,” Letters, Oct. 13-20): You know, I bet when your house in Cambria slides down a hill during a massive earthquake or some other natural disaster, you would accept the help, wouldn’t you?…
Secretive or security-minded?
PG&E’s plan to store spent radioactive fuel rods in large concrete casks at Diablo Canyon is facing a legal challenge by the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, the Sierra Club, and former county supervisor Peg Pinard. A San Francisco federal court of appeals heard arguments on Oct. 17 against the dry-cask storage plan. Mothers…
Bees in your bonnet
They’re here, finally, as predicted by ag officials. After all, killer bees have been on the move northward from Central America since the 1950s and 12 California counties, including Kern, Ventura, and Santa Barbara, have been infested for some time now. So it was no surprise when a small swarm of killer bees was recently…
Caught between a sewer and a hard place
In a morning press conference on Friday, Los Osos CSD President Lisa Schicker announced that Measure B – the initiative to move the sewer – is in fact the law, and that the board will relocate the treatment facility accordingly. Pursuant to Measure B, all construction contracts have been suspended, but Schicker and her colleagues…
