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SLO County COVID-19 News Briefings End
SAN LUIS OBISPO — After over a year of press briefings held by Dr. Penny Borenstein, the County announced that all future COVID-19 News Briefings have been canceled. Instead, Dr. Borenstein will provide an update on COVID-19 in San Luis Obispo County to the County Board of Supervisors. Future briefings and Board of Supervisors updates will be scheduled on an as-needed basis.
Lions Club Gives Away 33rd Free Car
MORRO BAY — A Morro Bay woman who works with the local senior nutrition program was the 33rd person to receive a free car in the Morro Bay Lions Club’s “Car Give-Away Program.”. Malia Neves, who has lived in Morro Bay for the past 25 years, took the keys to...
Det. Benedetti Laid to RestAfter Thousands Attend Memorial Services
“The world is a better place because of Luca, and he will forever be our hero.”. On May 20, friends, family, community members, and fellow law enforcement officers gathered to honor fallen San Luis Obispo Police Department, Detective Luca Benedetti. Almost 2,000 people gathered at the Cal Poly Performing Arts...
Life Intelligence: Beating Overwhelm
It looks like life is returning to normal. This means getting out of your PJs and off to work, juggling a million things, and complaining about not having time for everything you’d like to do. Perhaps, you’d like to start a new project, finish an old one, reconfigure the pieces of your life, family, hobbies, and dreams. But when everything hits you simultaneously and you feel overwhelmed, you get depressed, want to run away, and feel stressed; you quit before you even start.
Opportunities and Challenges
Education has been adapting to the challenges of distance learning and return to in-person learning. One student, Brooklyn Brown, shares some experiences from the past year in Leadership magazine. “Over the last few months, like everyone else in the world, I have been living through tons of new experiences. I...
The Great Cannabis Debate: Part 1
A special in-depth look into a growing industry and what that means to the Central Coast. One of the most controversial topics currently discussed on the Central Coast seems to be the cultivation, use, and distribution of cannabis. Before discussing various viewpoints of the topic, we first need to know...
First California Chapter in San Luis Obispo County
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The battle for who controls our children’s education has heated up to the level of a raucous bullfight all across America. Fueling the fire is the juxtaposition of opposing cultural philosophies, all wishing to impose their beliefs on the minds of our youth. In the 20th...
Revive Your Retirement Savings
If you’re concerned your retirement savings aren’t quite where they should be, you have plenty of company – about 30 percent of working Americans feel the same. But while boosting savings is the most important factor in ensuring a comfortable retirement, there are other changes you can make without straying from your financial plan.
SLO Board of Supervisors Recognizes Young Leaders with Weyhrich Scholarship
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, May, 18 for a regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. The meeting opened with a moment of silence in honor of Luca Benedetti, a San Luis Obispo Detective who was killed in the line of duty on May 10.
Welcome the First Day of Summer and Father’s Day
Welcome the first day of summer on June 20. On that same day, we will celebrate Father’s Day. It’s a time for Bar-b-ques, picnics in the park, and simple patio dining. No matter the style you choose, you will want to end the gathering with something “cool.”. This recipe for...
25th Anniversary of Kristin Smart’s Disappearance
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Tuesday, May 25, marked the 25th anniversary since the day Kristin Smart went missing from the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo. Kristin’s family has released the following statement to mark the occasion:. “It has been 25 years today since our daughter, Kristin, disappeared, and...
City Hires New Assistant City Manager and Finance Director
MORRO BAY — The Morro Bay City Manager has filled one of two open department head positions, reaching into the Ivy League via Paso Robles to fill one of those positions. City Manager Scott Collins announced on May 19 that he hired Sarah Johnson-Rios to become the City’s new “Assistant City Manager/Administrative Services Director.” That filled the position that underwent a makeover after Jennifer Callaway left the City for the town manager’s job in Truckee, Calif., last October.
BBQ Fundraiser for Project Surf Camp’s Return
MORRO BAY — As the world continues to crawl its way out from under the Coronavirus Pandemic, there are several signs that life is returning to normal in Morro Bay. Among these is the return of Project Surf Camp, a beach day camp for children and adults with special needs like autism who, along with a volunteer “buddy,” don wetsuits, learn about the ocean environment and surf.
Flourishing in a Post-Pandemic World
It’s been said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. After over a year of lockdowns, restrictions, isolation, uncertainty, stress, and fear, it feels as if life springs hopeful again. I don’t know about you, but I am not excited to go back to all the things that used to be. I’ve been pondering what future I would like to invent.
Are You as Young as You Could Be?
It seems like the only time in our lives we wished we were older is when we were young. “How old are you?” someone would ask. “I’m five and a half!” Those halves were important. But, when we approach the 40s, we begin to go backward. “I’m 39 and holding.” It’s true that aging is inevitable — there’s no stopping it. But what if I told you there is a way to slow the process, perhaps even reverse it?
The Road Less Traveled: Wineries of Edna Valley & Arroyo Grande
While not the hidden-away paradise of Shangri-La in James Hilton’s famous novel “Lost Horizon,” Edna Valley and Arroyo Grande are two small wine appellations that wine adventurers have for so long passed by unawares. A sense of quietude blankets this bucolic valley cradled by the Santa Lucia range and Seven...
A Delightful Menu for Mother’s Day
May 9 will be a special day for all of the mothers out there. It will be a day to recognize and appreciate motherhood and all that it means. Why not serve brunch in an outdoor setting like a park or even in your own backyard. Make it simple, easy to prepare, and to clean up. After all, it will probably be a mother who puts it together!
PREP SPORTS
To find out when and where your favorite High School sports are playing visit Morro Bay High School Athletics at mbhs.slcusd.org. An unprecedented season comes to an end for the Morro Bay Pirates and their 2020-2021 football season. With all the uncertainty if they would even get to play due to the coronavirus pandemic giving up was never an option. Their hard work and perseverance to improve their game was evident and paid off—congratulations on all your hard work and dedication. Photos by Morro Bay High School Athletics.
Look for the Silver Lining!
During the pandemic, many of our evenings include watching old shows on Turner Classic Movies. A recent film I watched, “Look for the Silver Lining,” 1949 biographical musical of singer-dancer Marilyn Miller, caused me to reflect on how we interact during times of pandemic conditions. In one scene, a public health officer tacks a “Quarantine” sign to the family door because of a mumps outbreak. This scene made me appreciate today’s technology as Miller’s family could only talk through the door to each other.
AgriCULTURAL Fun on the SLO County FarmTrail
Slow Down, Reconnect, Enjoy and Learn along the SLO County Farm Trail through FARMstead Ed. Zoom, virtual, telecommuting, self-driving, robotic, remote, quantum computing, push a button, overnight, maximize, lab-grown, instant, high tech, Google, factory farms, e-commerce, data-driven, corporate, the cloud, buy now, automation, artificial reality, artificial intelligence, Alexa…stop…. It seems...
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