Cover Story
Where the wild things are
Carrizo Plain rancher John Ruskovich stood in the open ground behind his property after dusk, watching the western ridgeline. Starlight coated the sky. A raptor drifted slowly across the remote town of California Valley and toward the distant Caliente foothills. Other than the faint whistle of an eastbound zephyr, not a sound hit the wind.…
Experience Calago
Come mealtime, take a break from the usual downtown culinary establishments and experience something truly sophisticated and intimate. Calago a large Victorian home sporting numerous dining rooms sits at the south end of Marsh Street. # Co-owners David and Anissa Wohrle have worked hard to set themselves apart from the youth-driven nightlife of downtown San…
The writing on the wall
Vandalism has been around for a long time longer, even, than the Vandals themselves, who were a bunch of warriors who got together one day and decided it would be fun to sack Rome. They may have given a name to wanton destruction seemingly for destruction’s sake, but the practice actually dates back to prehistoric…
Foreign drug cartels suspected in SLO County
Score another one for the men in brown. The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Narcotic Unit discovered and removed 815 marijuana plants from a grove in the Santa Maria River bed near the county line on Sept. 27. Earlier this month, detectives seized 5,777 pot plants from an illegal grove on the Hearst Ranch Property four…
Letters
Treat locals with respectStudent Ben Biesek wrote a letter to the editor that was titled “Treat students with respect” (Sept. 21). Students should also remember to treat the regular residents with respect. Most of the students are great, hard-working, studious guys and gals. Only about 10 percent are the pits. Immediately after WoW (Wreck Our…
Fast Facts
Enjoy an evening of incredible food, wine, and music at Hoppe’s Garden Bistro in Cayucos while helping raise money for the developmentally disabled on Oct. 14 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Take in the jazz and swing sounds of Dawn Lambeth and the Usonia Jazz Band while partaking of a stellar menu, including shrimp…
Clarification
“The path of least resistance” (Sept. 21) incorrectly implied that former Santa Barbara County Supervisor Toru Miyoshi accused Santa Maria Mayor Larry Lavagnino of negotiating with Chevron behind closed doors. While several other non-attributed sources alleged Lavagnino of engaging in such talks, Miyoshi never applied that charge to Santa Maria’s top dog.
They speak for the trees
Los Osos developer Jeff Edwards wants to install 20 to 25 solar panels on .a hillside villa he’s building near the entrance to Monta”a de Oro State Park. Edwards, a self-described practitioner of sustainable design, began construction on the Pecho Valley Road property in early 2005. # The rub is, to acquire the proper solar…
Taller downtown buildings win support
Proposed increases in downtown San Luis Obispo building heights have won the support of two city advisory groups: the Cultural Heritage Committee and the Architectural Review Commission. Both groups support a height limit of 60 feet to accommodate four stories, with taller, tiered buildings allowed on a case-by-case basis if they include specific amenities. Currently,…
Complaints drive car clean-up orders
A classic trash-or-treasure conflict is simmering in Santa Margarita. After neighbors’ complaints, SLO County code enforcement officers are cracking down on residents who keep too many non-running cars in their yards. # To I Street homeowner Ken Slusser, the enforcement action is a violation of what he calls his constitutional rights as a hobbyist who collects…
The check is in the hot seat
It looks like a harmless business-to-business check for a mere $3.25. However, the back states that by cashing it, the bearer authorizes YP.Com Internet Yellow Pages to electronically withdraw $27.50 a month apparently forever from the depositor’s checking account. Several local businesses, including the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce, have received these checks. “This…
I want to be a Cal Poly student
I am a 37-year-old single female who is a native of San Luis Obispo. I have lived in this town my whole life. I live off of California Boulevard, close to Campus Bottle, due to cheap rent and a na’ve (but short lived) belief that bad behavior will not be rewarded and … I want…
