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Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival is Back and Bigger than Ever
Paso Begins Level 2 Water Shortage Regulations City Council approves new short-term rental ordinance
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Early Results for Tuesday’s Primary Election District supervisors’ races most likely will not advance to November election
By CAMILLE DeVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Paso Robles City Council met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 7, where it heard several public hearings, including one on the short-term rental housing ordinance. Councilmen Steve Gregory and John Hamon recused themselves from the hearing on short-term rentals due to being directly and indirectly involved with short-term rentals. City Council originally approved Ordinance 1082, Short-Term Rental Ordinance, in August 2019, allowing the council to regulate short-term rentals in Paso Robles. The ordinance differentiates between home shares and non-hosted accommodations,
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By HAYLEY MATTSON hayley@pasoroblespress.com
Scores of beer lovers attend the ninth Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest in Paso Robles. Photo by Will Hamann
Over 4,500 beer lovers tational, which took a break beginning of COVID and held eclectic collection of the brewdue to COVID in both 2020 onto them for two years. We eries that we love dearly, and attended the event By CHRISTIANNA MARKS christianna@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Thousands of beer lovers rushed through the gates of the Paso Robles Event Center at noon on Saturday, June 4, to participate in tasting an extensive range of beers at the ninth annual Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival (FWIBF). The Firestone Walker Invi-
and 2021, sold out in minutes, with many tickets already kept by ticket holders who bought for the canceled 2020 fest. This year’s festival brought in 4,500 guests, as well as breweries from all over the world. “The cool thing was, actually, this one sold out in 2020, and we tried to give everyone their money back, and they wouldn’t take it. So, most of the people here, 90 percent of the people here, bought their tickets at the
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canceled the event two years in a row,” said David Walker of the Firestone Walker Brewing Company. This year’s Beer Festival boasted 63 of the world’s top breweries and beer-makers. Twenty-three came from the Central Coast and the rest of California, 28 traveled in from out of state, and 12 breweries traveled to Paso Robles from multiple foreign countries. “It’s very much sort of an
they love coming here,” Walker added. “Paso’s sort of this artisanal, cultural place for food and wine and beer, and so it’s a great place to come.” The FWIBF also hosted 27 restaurants and other food establishments to keep attendees well fed during their beer-drinking fun, which also included two beer and chocolate pairings and two Behind the Beer presentations. CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
SAN LUIS OBISPO — As results from Tuesday’s Primary Election continue to roll in, understanding what the results mean are just as important as the vote itself. The 2022 June primaries are used by political parties to determine the candidates who will run for all partisan offices in their states on the general election ballot in November. The ballots are legislative, congressional, gubernatorial, and statewide office contests in 46 states. Locally according to state law, nonpartisan races can end at the June primaries if one primary candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote. If one candidate does not receive the majority of the vote, then CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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‘Backroad Cowgirls’: Court and Kiah Take California Central Coast’s Kiah Twisselman Burchett premieres digital series highlighting people in agriculture
By CAMILLE DeVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
The family of former Paso Robles High Librarian Bertha Phillips gathers around a plaque after the PRHS library was renamed in her honor. Contributed Photo
Four Paso Robles High Facilities Dedicated Four facilities were named for locals who have impacted the district By CAMILLE DeVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — On Tuesday, June 7, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (PRJUSD) honored four individuals who have directly impacted the district by dedicating district buildings in their names. Four buildings at Paso Robles
High School (PRHS) were renamed after Randy Canaday, Don Parish, Bertha Phillips, and William F. Stroud Jr. Randy Canaday was an electrician for many years before he decided to lead the trades classes at PRHS. The Building Trades and Construction Classrooms 601-602 were named for Canaday. Over the years, Canaday has influenced and changed the lives of hundreds of students, with between 150 and 200 completing the pathway in his time at PRHS and around 20
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percent of them starting careers in the trades after high school. He not only taught students the various trades and skills in construction but taught them many key personality traits that would lead them to be successful no matter what their future career choices might be. Canaday changed the involvement of SkillsUSA for PRHS and led over 30 students to win state championships and compete on the national level. During his time at PRHS, his students in electrical construction wiring won 18 total state CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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CALIFORNIA — A new digital series highlighting California’s people in agriculture premiered this week — and it was created and hosted by the Central Coast’s very own Kiah Twisselman Burchett. “Backroad Cowgirls” premiered the first episode of its first season on YouTube this week. The digital series features Burchett and her Texan friend, Courtenay DeHoff — known to many as the creator of the Fancy Lady Cowgirl brand. The two friends, along with photographer Shelby Caitlin, traveled up and down California, sharing stories of the people behind one of the most vital industries in the world — agriculture. “We don’t want this to be a show just teaching people about how their food is made,” said Burchett, “What we wanted
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Kiah Twisselman Burchett (left) and Courtenay DeHoff co-host “Backroad Cowgirls,” a YouTube series highlighting people in agriculture. Photo by Shelby Caitlin Photography
it to be was talking about the people. Because at the end of the day, people connect with people.” Burchett is a sixth-generation California cattle rancher from Carissa Plains. She has made national headlines after sharing her health journey to lose over 100 pounds in one year. She now doubles as a life coach, speaker, and podcast host. Prior to Burchett and DeHoff hitting the road, Caitlin offered her photography skills to docu-
ment the journey. Caitlin is a destination photographer known for capturing the western lifestyle based out of Paso Robles. For two weeks, Burchett and DeHoff went to different farms and ranches in California. They ended up producing 13 episodes, with new episodes available every Tuesday, starting June 7, for the next three months. The idea for the project came CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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