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Summer Guide 2025: All the fun things you’re going to want to do while the sun’s out
There’s live music and then there’s the Live Oak Music Festival. Lucky for you, we feature both and more in our annual Summer Guide. You can find events for dancing, feasting, drinking, holidays, art, artisans, and whiling away the summer days. You can find things for your kids to do while you’re at work or…
SLO’s shooting range could reopen soon after months of effort to open bids and award a contract to manage the land
There’s a shot of hope for local sportsmen who are eager to use the San Luis Obispo County shooting range again, said Robert Brennan, who’s currently working with the state to have the facility reopened since it closed in January. Brennan is a board member of the San Luis Obispo Firearms and Safety Training group,…
Local author Kevin Carver releases debut dark fantasy novel on May 24 in Banner Coffee Co.
Meet the author Oceano author and musician Kevin Carver is poised to release his debut novel, The Forbidden Parallel. An accompanying soundtrack of original music is available online now. He’ll present “An Evening of Words and Music with Debut Author Kevin Carver” on Saturday, May 24, in Arroyo Grande’s Banner Coffee Co. (995 E. Grand…
Blues icons Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite play Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center on May 23
Guitarist Elvin Bishop is 82. Harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite is 81. Together they share 121 years of being at the forefront of Chicago’s 1960s blues explosion, with Bishop starting in 1963 and Musselwhite in 1966. They’re both absolute masters of their craft. Cal Poly Arts presents Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite in the Performing Arts…
Casa Ramos Gallery raises funds for Estero Bay Kindness Coalition via art raffle
Casa Ramos Art Gallery in Los Osos is raising funds to benefit the Estero Bay Kindness Coalition (EBKC) through auctioning off the one-of-a-kind surfboard bench, No Dings, by reclaimed materials artist Jonny Miller. The piece could function as a coffee table or bench, indoors or out. Made with recycled redwood and copper and a used…
SLO Museum of Art presents Notes for Tomorrow, pandemic artworks from around the world
Through June 1, the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) will display Notes for Tomorrow, an exhibition of “artworks from around the world, brought together to reflect on a new global reality ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the museum announced. “Coming out of a moment where collective crisis had to be managed through…
The Friend examines loss, pet bonding, and the creative life
THE FRIEND What’s it rated? RWhat’s it worth, Anna? Full priceWhat’s it worth, Glen? Full priceWhere’s it showing? Downtown Centre in San Luis Obispo Co-writers-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel adopt Sigrid Nunez’ 2018 National Book Award-winning novel, The Friend, for the big screen. After the death of her friend and mentor, Walter (Bill Murray),…
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey chronicles a man’s quest to rehabilitate a trafficked pangolin
What’s it rated? PG When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Buckle up and prepare to fall in love with Kulu. Looking like a hybrid of an anteater, armadillo, and a sloth, the pangolin is a contender for World’s Most Adorable Animal. Kulu was rescued as a pangopup (yes, that’s what the babies are called) from…
MobLand follows a criminal fixer as his world grows increasingly dangerous
What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Paramount+ Created by Ronan Bennett (Gunpower, Top Boy, Day of the Jackal) and set in London, the story follows Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), a fixer for a crime family led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve Harrigan (Helen Mirren). Harry, a highly capable fixer, helps…
Paso Robles’ Trevor Dealy sells handcrafted soap helping support and inspire those with disabilities
When looking at a map of the United States, Trevor Dealy of Paso Robles has placed a star on all 50 states—each sticker representing where he has sold his handcrafted soap to. “It’s just remarkable. It’s life changing for Trevor, and for me as his mom, and as an advocate for individuals with disabilities,” Trevor’s…
Graci-Lane Brooks’ Rogue Dining supper club blends French heritage and Pacific influence
We have trends at home Learn more about Graci-Lane Brooks’ supper club events—monthly seven-course group meals held in locations across the Central Coast—on Instagram @roguediningcoslo. The dinner party trend is all the rage. In case you haven’t already heard, take it from social media. TikTok currently has more than 98 million posts related to the…
Antisemitism is real, but fighting against it shouldn’t undermine Palestinian voices
While my fellow Democrats and I proudly rally in support of marginalized communities, I am deeply alarmed to see many of our lawmakers in Sacramento backing legislation that betrays our most fundamental values. Assembly Bill 715, sponsored by Assemblywoman Dawn Addis and co-sponsored by Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel, Rick Chavez-Zbur, and others,…
Now is the time to defend our public lands
“Action is the best antidote to despair.” – Joan Baez Eleven years after the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, it’s time to act on that commitment—now more than ever. At the time, on April 1, 2014, the board stated: “We reflect on…
Political pawns
Does Gaea Powell have nothing better to do than try and spread her anti-LGBTQ-plus rhetoric all over the county? The twice-failed Arroyo Grande mayoral candidate just can’t help herself. And she’s offended that her “work” has been criticized. The South SLO County resident told a North County school board as much during its May 13…
Health services face elimination as SLO County’s proposes to balance $38 million budget deficit
San Luis Obispo County’s slow-growing revenue hasn’t kept up with its expenses in the face of inflation and looming state and federal funding cuts, leaving local health services to bear the brunt of a proposed budget slash. Second District Supervisor Bruce Gibson, who oversaw his 19th county budget proposal on May 20, said such a…
Paso Robles school board faces call for transgender athletes policy change
At its last meeting, the Paso Robles school board got an earful from people concerned about transgender students and providing safe spaces for female student athletes—following the lead of residents a few miles south. The topic wasn’t on the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District’s May 13 meeting agenda, but several commenters who spoke during…
Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss sued for sexual harassment by former Halter Ranch employees
Swiss billionaire and co-owner of the Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club Hansjorg Wyss was sued for alleged sexual harassment and wrongful termination by two former employees of his Paso Robles winery. Wyss’ former employees, Madison Busby and Bryce Mullins, are married and allege they endured mistreatment for years while employed at Halter Ranch. “After Ms.…
