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or this year’s annual student guide issue, we talk challenges and potential successes facing local colleges and universities due to the constraints of COVID-19. Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash covered nontraditional students who have kids and jobs NEW YEAR With COVID-19 as well as the resources out there still for them [8] ; Staff Writer Karen precautions in full swing, Cal Poly and Cuesta Garcia spoke with one of the College students founders of a new app designed to face a new year of education at help students find housing that a distance. suits them [10] ; Assistant Editor Peter Johnson talks to Cuesta College’s bree valle about moving students from the stage to podcasting [12] ; and Sun Staff Writer Malea Martin talks to the HotHouse about virtual successes [14]. You can also read about Studios on the Park’s photography show, Counter Narratives [24] ; and Atascadero’s natural market, Gather [27].

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Cantrell, NAACP, and TMHA discuss racial and criminal justice reform

magining what a just and equitable justice system in San Luis Obispo County would look like depends on who you’re talking to, according to outgoing San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell. The definitions of “just” and “equitable” mean something different to every person, Cantrell said during a Sept. 12 League of Women Voters virtual forum on racial and criminal justice reform, which she participated in alongside Transitions Mental-Health Association Executive Director Jill BolsterWhite and NAACP SLO County Branch President Stephen Vines. “Police serve the community, and we should police in a way that’s meaningful to our community, and every community is different,” Cantrell said. In the city of San Luis Obispo, she said, her department treats all people with dignity and respect. “We work super close with our marginalized communities that might be more affected by laws, and we change our policies and we change our procedures. We work on training. We hold ourselves accountable. We’ve shared all of our data on arrests and traffic stops with the community. I have by far the most diverse department in the city of San Luis Obispo, so people see themselves in their department,” Cantrell said. Her personal vision, she said, is to advance policing, public safety, and public trust through a lens of reducing harm in the community. Bolster-White and Cantrell agreed that systemic racism does exist in the community, however Vines said racism is an oxymoron because there is only one race, the human race. “Society’s culture is built upon the model of how much melanin you have is how you’re treated. We need to change the whole language that we use to talk about it. Racism is an oxymoron that was created to divide and conquer. It’s not a matter of whether it’s here, but what can we do about it,” Vines said. On the topic of defunding law enforcement, the panelists agreed that it wasn’t the answer.

County greenlights Edna Valley cannabis greenhouse near school Overruling opposition from some neighborhood residents, on Sept. 10 the SLO County Planning Commission approved an Edna Valley cannabis greenhouse located fewer than 1,000 feet from Los Ranchos Elementary School. The decision, which was kicked up to the Planning Commission by a county hearing officer on Aug. 7 due to its proximity to the school, came on a 3-1 vote. Commissioners in the majority felt that there

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OPEN DIALOGUE (Left to right) Transitions Mental Health Association Executive Director Jill BolsterWhite, SLO Chief of Police Deanna Cantrell, and NAACP SLO County Branch President Stephen Vines participated in the League of Women Voters panel on racial and criminal justice reform.

Rather, they said, the community needs to be educated on how law enforcement, mental health, and other social services receive funding. In order to have effective policing Vines said, the city needs more wrap-around services that include mental health and social services so law enforcement doesn’t have to wear so many hats when responding to 911 calls. When asked what would need to change in law enforcement for people of color to believe their concerns and complaints are heard, Cantrell said that as a person of color—Cantrell identifies as a Choctaw Native American— and a member of the LGBTQ community, she absolutely feels she’s been heard by the SLO Police Department because of the work she’s done over the last four years. “I promise that I will listen, and I am always willing to sit at the table with anyone that wants to sit down and talk about policing who has ideas. I always come from a position of listening and learning first so we can come together, learn together, and build trust. And teach the community about the complex difficult thing policing is,” Cantrell said.

The League of Women Voters also asked the panelists for their thoughts on how law enforcement should respond to civil disobedience. Vines said it’s dependent on both protesters and law enforcement to be consistent about fairly implementing laws and following them in order to control the environment. Cantrell argued that it wasn’t realistic to see things that way, and pointed to the first protests-turned-march in San Luis Obispo that had more than 1,000 people in attendance. “We’ve asked people, please stay on the sidewalk. And I ask you instead of telling you, because if I tell you ‘get on the sidewalk’ and you say ‘no,’ well I’m going to force the law. And I start to pull one person at a time aside with my whole 61 sworn—who are not all there—so I have five bike officers with 1,000 people, and I start pulling one person aside to write them a ticket for walking in the roadway. What does everybody think is going to happen?” she said. All the panelists agreed, the community and law enforcement need to suspend their previous judgments, listen, and engage to have constructive change. ∆ —Karen Garcia

were sufficient physical barriers between the 1,900-foot greenhouse and the school to grant an exception to its 1,000-foot distance standard. The grow is 860 feet from the school. “Here we have a highway [Highway 227], we have a very large grade separation, we have a railroad next to it—I just don’t see where we’re being anything but formalist in terms of the distance,” 2nd District Commissioner Mike Multari said at the meeting. It was the first time that SLO County has allowed a modification to its school setback standard. For 1st District Commissioner Jay Brown, who voted against the project, that was a precedent he didn’t feel comfortable setting.

“I’m afraid that we’ve taken the first step toward minimizing the sensitive receptor distance, and it’s a precedent that I think would be used by the next person,” Brown said. “I don’t want to see any erosion of our distance standard. … To me, this is a big red line in the sand, and always has been. Edna Valley residents who called in to the meeting on Sept. 10 agreed, testifying that they have smelled foul odors coming from the grow since it started up years ago. But project agent Tony Keith argued that none of those residents filed formal complaints with the county, and there was no proof that the NEWS continued page 5

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odors came from that particular grow. “It is a fact that other locations in the nearby area have had illegal grows and deciding that this is the grow that odor originated from is an assertion without fact and basis,” Keith said. Third District Commissioner Dawn Ortiz-Legg, who voted for it, said she felt comfortable with the project and its conditions, which included having odor and security plans. She also said that its approval does not force the county to give any setback exceptions in the future. “We don’t blanket-approve any of this stuff,” she said. —Peter Johnson

Pismo adopts regulations for sidewalk vendors

With the opening of its new pier plaza, a record-breaking heat wave, and other neighboring beaches closed due to COVID-19 concerns, the most recent Labor Day weekend was a busy one in Pismo Beach. It led to a sudden boom of sidewalk vendors selling food and merchandise near the pier and beach, and with the vendors, came complaints. Now, the city is holding vendors to more stringent regulations. At a meeting on Sept. 15, the Pismo Beach City Council unanimously passed an urgency ordinance that lays out new requirements and guidelines for sidewalk vendors that City Manager Jim Lewis says will ensure vendors are meeting health and safety standards. “It’s more about making sure people are registered,” Lewis told New Times, “having health inspections, and being a legitimate business that we can hold accountable for health and safety purpose.” Under the ordinance, which is already effective, vendors are required to obtain a business license and vendor permit— both of which cost about $100—before operating within city limits. The vendor permit must be renewed annually, according to a city staff report, and can be revoked. Vendors are also required to get a state tax certificate and any necessary health and safety approvals from the county. Vendors aren’t allowed to sell services, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, or porn; they aren’t allowed to sell in residential neighborhoods, areas, on the pier, the boardwalk, the pier plaza, the beach, on

several narrow sidewalks near downtown Pismo and in Shell Beach, or within 500 feet of farmers markets; and vending will generally be allowed between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Lewis said the urgency ordinance gives staff time to develop a more thorough ordinance while still offering a way to regulate vending. Pismo hasn’t had a problem with sidewalk vendors in the past, and Lewis said the explosion of complaints over Labor Day weekend caught city staff by surprise. “We just want to make sure should that happen again, we’re able to regulate it,” Lewis told New Times. “And we feel that keeping vendors off the pier and beach are important to the health and safety of our guests, and maintaining a quality experience for people, and making sure that they aren’t badgered or having to walk out of the way of things, or being concerned about their safety or being confronted by people. Especially during these times when people are trying to stay isolated in groups and trying to keep distance.” —Kasey Bubnash

Grover Beach City Council and mayoral candidates talk street repairs and transparency

There are three city council seats up for election in Grover Beach this year, and 10 candidates are competing for the spots. Longtime Grover Beach resident and court reporter Elizabeth Doukas is gunning for incumbent Mayor Jeff Lee’s seat, and she hopes to bring a different set of values to the council. Doukas, who has unsuccessfully campaigned for a City Council seat many times since 2006, has been heavily involved in Grover Beach politics for years. She’s a founding member of the Rotary Club of the Five Cities and the Eco Club Five Cities, which regularly hosts trash cleanups and zero-waste events. She’s the secretary at her local church and sits on the city’s Traffic and Noise Group Committee. So Doukas said she knows how the city operates, and she doesn’t like what she sees. Community members are desperate for major street repairs, she said, “and not just during the election year.” They want to know why there isn’t funding for streets when Grover Beach voters passed a bond measure specifically geared

toward street repairs in 2014 and allowed recreational marijuana sales in the area. “So everyone wants to know: Where is our money going?” Doukas told New Times. Doukas said the city needs to be transparent and open about where it’s putting it’s money. It needs to listen to what the people want and follow through on promised projects—without asking residents for more help through increased taxes. “So my goal would be to create a budget in which we don’t take any more money from these citizens,” she said. “Listen: They’ve given us enough.” But Mayor Lee said that since he was first elected to City Council in 2012, and even in his time as mayor since 2018, Grover Beach has made significant strides in both community outreach and collaboration and street repairs. The condition of Grover Beach’s streets has been an issue since Lee moved to town in 2001. There’s never much funding available for major street repairs, but since the passage of Measure K-14, progress has been made, Lee said. “We’re actually ahead of schedule,” he said, although he said he’s aware that many residents would like to see things moving faster. City Council, he said, is always working to get residents as involved as possible, especially now, when the COVID-19 pandemic has left so many struggling and feeling isolated. When the coronavirus hit locally, Lee said City Council was quick to offer grants to struggling businesses, outdoor dining options for restaurants, and launched social media campaigns aimed at bringing the community together virtually. Lee said he’d like to continue that work and do more to help the city fully recover post-pandemic. He wants residents to be a part of that process, too. “The more we can get the community involved,” he said, “the better the city would be.” Electrical contractor and 15-year Grover Beach resident Robert Robert is running on a similar platform to Doukas, but he’s vying to fill a two-year term left by Barbara Nicolls, who was elected in 2018 for a four-year term but retired on June 30 due to health issues. Robert also helped start the Eco Club, he’s been on the ExplorationStation’s board for about seven years, and he sits on the city’s sales tax board. Even at his level of involvement with

city government, Robert said he’s not entirely sure what the city is using its sales tax and bond revenue on. He hopes to change that, and make it easier for citizens to get involved and get answers to their questions. “I would like to see a little more transparency in our finances,” he told New Times. “I would like to see less taxes on our businesses.” Joseph Holmes is one of many candidates hoping to snag incumbent City Councilmember Karen Bright’s seat this year, and as a near lifelong resident of Grover Beach, Holmes said he knows the people of Grover Beach and what they want: safer streets for both pedestrians and drivers, affordable housing, and a bustling local downtown economy. Holmes said he’s been active in Grover Beach city politics for about the last 14 years, and currently serves on the Parks and Rec Beautification Commission. There are ongoing street repairs, he said, but he wants to see more progress in pedestrian safety efforts—lights at intersections, the implementation of crosswalks, the construction of sidewalks on busy streets—and faster. If Grover Beach is more walkable, Holmes said it could lead to more business for the shops on Grand Avenue, where he hopes to see a true downtown develop. “I want to see things booming downtown,” he said. But first Grover has to make it through COVID-19, and as a father of two young children and a restaurant worker who was recently laid off due to the pandemic, Holmes said he knows what real residents are going through right now, and he’d like to help however possible. But incumbent Karen Bright said she already has experience helping Grover Beach residents through a pandemic— she’s doing it right now. Bright was appointed to her current position in March 2019, but she’s served on City Council many times before. There are a lot of great people running this year, but Bright said many of them don’t have prior experience with city government. With the city and nation in the middle of a pandemic and economic downturn, she feels it would be best to go with someone who knows what she’s doing. “I think things that have been going really well in spite of the COVID-19 issues, the fact that we have been able to NEWS continued page 6

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assist our businesses and helping them with the microgrants and that sort of thing,” Bright told New Times. “Helping them keep their businesses open. We’re doing all we can with that.” City Council is also working closely with the 5 Cities Homeless Coalition to get those struggling with housing help as quickly as possible, and Grover Beach is working with day care centers to offer scholarships to families in need. Streets are always a priority, and Bright said in her 33 years as a Grover Beach resident, essentially every person who has run for City Council says they’ll fix the streets. Then when they’re elected, they realize it’s not that simple. So Bright wants to continue focusing on getting through the pandemic, preventing an increase in homelessness, and improving the police and fire departments, much of what she said City Council is already doing. “Even though we have the smallest general fund in the county,” she said, “we are able to use our grant funds in a way that is able to assist our residents in the best way that we can.” New Times spoke with City Council candidates Dan Rushing, Anna Miller, Will Bruce, and David Duringer last week. —Kasey Bubnash

Nipomo could finally see skate park construction in 2021 San Luis Obispo County is closing in on its $1.5 million funding goal for the Nipomo Skate Park with the hopes of breaking ground on construction next spring. It’s taken more than six years to get to this point in the project process, but if you ask Wyatt Russell how he feels about it, he remains optimistic. “I’ve always been pretty excited about the idea, and I never expected it to be a quick process. I’m just glad we’ve had this opportunity and glad to be a part of it,” he said. Russell was in the eighth grade at Mesa Middle School when he joined the campus Skate and Surf Club run by his teacher, Tom Slater. At the club meetings, he learned about the Nipomo Skate Park project and was encouraged to reach out to his local officials and SLO County Board of Supervisors to see the project through. At the age of 13, Russell and his peers normally skateboarded in a makeshift skate park off South Frontage Road in Nipomo. The property was private but hadn’t been used for several years and lent itself to the local skate community and individuals experiencing homelessness. He wanted something more, and was engaged in the project process, which included a six-month period of several meetings with youth like him who were using the makeshift skate park. Russell is now 19 and hopeful he’ll be able to test out the new park that he’s been a part of since the beginning. At the Sept. 1 SLO County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board

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authorized the Department of Parks and Recreation to submit an application for $456,230 in Per Capita Grant Funds for project construction. SLO County 4th District Supervisor Lynn Compton told New Times she’s confident the application will be approved. After that, the project will only need to raise about $250,000 to $300,000 in order to begin the construction process. “We’re closer than we’ve ever been. There’s more of an emphasis, I think, to get the project done because the property that was on Frontage Road where the kids made this makeshift skateboard park was recently sold,” Compton said. A Southern California developer bought it and has already contracted with three to four businesses to put their facilities in that location, she said. SLO County Parks and Recreation Director Nick Franco said applications for the Per Capita Grant Funds close in December, and the department will only have to wait on the state before it can put the project to bid for a construction company. The project is ready to go from there, he said, as it already has the construction plans, underwent the environmental review process, and received its permits. Slater told New Times that the kids using the makeshift park who spent their own time, money, and resources to build their own skate park “on an abandoned slab shows how badly we need this recreational resource.” His club was instrumental in putting a spotlight on the project by creating T-shirts to raise awareness, creating a GoFundMe to raise funds, and taking a seat at the table in designing the project. The skate park is part of a larger upgrade to the Nipomo Community Park Master Plan, which Slater said is needed for the community at large. The park’s goal is to not just be for skateboarders, but to be a place where youth can hang out and families can go as well. “When you think about Nipomo, there really isn’t a central place because the downtown’s not developed. There isn’t really a central meeting place for young kids, so this will be the epicenter for them,” he said. Slater said the youth are also hoping that there could be a plaque honoring their peer Matt Diaz, 24, who was struck by a car and killed in 2019 as he was leaving the makeshift skatepark. Diaz, Slater and Russell said, made an impact on the local skateboard community and they would like to commemorate him in this way, if possible. —Karen Garcia

Monterey Bay Community Power changes name, unveils new renewable goals San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay’s default electricity provider has a new name and a new plan for renewable energy, as it gears up to start servicing most Central Coast residents and businesses next year. Effective Sept. 8, Monterey Bay Community Power is now Central Coast Community Power. The name change reflects the agency’s recent expansion

south, which began with SLO and Morro Bay in 2020 and will cover most of SLO and Santa Barbara counties, from Paso Robles to Carpentaria, by 2021. As one of more than 20 community choice energy (CCE) agencies operating in California, Central Coast Community Power purchases power for its ratepayers, while PG&E continues delivering the electricity. Customers can also opt out and continue with full PG&E service. Central Coast Community Power’s expansion will make it the largest CCE by geographic area in the state, responsible for more than 400,000 customers. It launched in 2018 in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties. Unincorporated SLO County and Atascadero are the two municipalities that haven’t joined Central Coast Community Power. “This is a good fit for everyone,” Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson said in an email to New Times about the expansion. “We do not expect to expand beyond this five-county region.” McPherson also chairs the agency’s multi-jurisdictional policy board. “Our counties share a similar coastal weather pattern,” he said, “and our economies are focused on agriculture, tourism/entertainment, high technology, and education, with a University of California, California State University, or California Community College campus in each of our counties.” With the name change, Central Coast Community Power also announced a 10-year plan to achieve 100 percent renewable energy. The utility currently offers 31 percent renewables—a portfolio nearly identical to PG&E’s—at a slight rate reduction. Under the new plan, officials promise a path to 60 percent renewables by 2025 and 100 percent renewables by 2030—15 years sooner than California’s mandate— all at continued lower rates. That will be accomplished by divesting from hydroelectric power sources and investing in “low-cost renewable energy and energy storage technologies,” according to a Sept. 8 agency press release. “Because the cost of renewable energy is at an all-time low while carbon-free attributes have increased five-fold in the past three years, this new approach would also reduce Central Coast Community Energy’s energy supply costs by up to $10 million a year,” the press release stated. In the past two years, Central Coast Community Energy has partnered with fellow CCE Silicon Valley Clean Energy on multiple long-term renewable energy contracts worth more than $1 billion, mostly for solar, solar plus storage, and geothermal. McPherson said that investments in energy storage will be critical looking forward. The need for more storage capacity statewide has been at the center of recent discussions over heat-wavedriven electricity shortages and shutoffs. “Like all power providers, we need to increase storage capacity so we can provide electricity with more assurance in times of high demand,” he said. ∆ —Peter Johnson

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o Christina Nystrom, a “day off” is a day where she can focus solely on her full-time job. In addition to working full time as a scheduling analyst in Cal Poly’s Office of the Registrar, Nystrom is starting her second year of grad school at Cal Poly, where she’s on her way to getting a master’s degree in public policy. Nystrom’s work and school schedules abruptly moved almost entirely online in March, when Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his first stay-at-home order, and her new schedule took some getting used to. Fortunately, Nystrom said her son’s preschool was one of the few in SLO County that stayed open for COVID-19 compliant, in-person care through the spring and summer. Even though he only attended three days a week, Nystrom said the program helped immensely. “Spring was tough with everything online,” Nystrom said. “It felt a little overwhelming, to be honest. If our son had been in school at that time, I would have cried more.” But in August, Nystrom’s 5-yearold son started kindergarten at Pacheco Elementary School, where he’ll be learning entirely at home, too. His schooling has already proven to require pretty constant attention and coordination. Nystrom and her husband sit down every night and plan out the following day hour by hour—who has to be in which Zoom meetings when, and who will be in charge of helping their son navigate which parts of the school day. She wakes up at about 4:30 a.m. every day—that’s the only way she can get some time to herself to exercise and get work done without distractions—and then she gets her son up and ready for school, leads him through his morning Zoom meetings, and starts her own day of work after that. To get at least some days of the week to focus completely on work, Nystrom and her husband rotate caretaking duties with another family, so that every other day her son is at the other family’s house working on school with their child. Both families’ kids were also accepted into San Luis Obispo’s city COVID day care program, where their kids go during the afternoon. But Nystrom talked to New Times before

Cal Poly’s fall classes started on Sept. 14, and even with the day care program, she wasn’t sure what this school year would look like for her. “I’m super nervous about classes starting,” she said. It’s estimated that a little more than 100 students enrolled this year at Cal Poly and even more at Cuesta College have children. In a normal year, raising a family while juggling work and college is challenging. This year, with most of SLO County’s young kids learning from home and in need of some kind of support, working toward a degree as a parent is a much more daunting a feat. National research indicates that about 26 percent of all undergraduate students have dependents, according to Cal Poly, and while student parents earn higher grades on average than traditional students, student parents drop out of school at much higher rates. There are concerns that COVID-19 hardships could lead to worsening retention for student parents. But Ashlee Hernandez, a coordinator of Cal Poly’s Parent and Family Programs, said students with dependents are some of the most resilient and dedicated there are. Hernandez said that with a little support and flexibility from the Cal Poly community, she’s confident these students will get through this year. “The main concern is time constraints,” Hernandez told New Times. “There is not enough time in the day to care for your child, their educational needs, and balance [your] own financial and educational responsibilities.” Parents will pretty much be stuck at home until schools reopen for in-person instruction, and those with young children or kids with special needs have to help their children work or attend classes in some way throughout the week. That means less time for work and college. At Cal Poly, Hernandez said student parents who opt in to the school’s Students with Dependents Initiative can obtain support services on and off campus. Through Parent and Family Programs, Hernandez said Cal Poly offers counseling and advising, access to parking permits, financial aid, connections with other student parents, and early registration to students with children so they have access to courses that fit into their schedules.

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In April, Parent and Family Programs staff pushed the university to pass a resolution that allows student parents to make up classwork missed while a dependent is sick, injured, or in other extenuating circumstances. Previously, a Cal Poly student with a child would have had to provide a professor with a doctor’s note from a hospital visit for such an absence to be excused. Cal Poly’s child care and preschool programs will also be up and running for modified in-person instruction this fall. The Orfalea Family and ASI Children’s Center offers early care and education to kids ages 4 months to 6 years, and is open to Cal Poly students, staff, and faculty. The center, according to Tonya Iversen, director of ASI Children’s Programs, has been open since July. It’s operating at half capacity and with a number of extensive COVID-19 prevention measures in place. Children and staff are adapting, but Iversen said it’s a particularly difficult time for the early childhood education business. Those in the industry already have “razor-thin margins,” she said, and now with reduced income and increased costs due to safety requirements, the Children’s Center is doing all it can just to stay in business, even though it has an extensive waitlist for enrollment. Cuesta’s Children’s Center and Lab School is also open for the fall semester at both its San Luis Obispo and North County campuses, and according to Center Director Katie Mervin, it too is fully enrolled under the current COVID-19 restrictions. About 58 percent of those enrolled are the children of Cuesta students, according to Mervin. Other programs can also help relieve the scheduling pressures strained by COVID-19.

Camri Wilson is studying criminal justice at Cuesta College and has four kids—a 10-year-old, a 9-year-old, a stepson in kindergarten, and a 9-month-old. Those who are old enough to attend school are all learning from home right now. It’s a lot to coordinate, and Wilson said she wakes up earlier than she did preCOVID-19, but her family is adjusting well. Although the after-school program her children used to attend is closed now, her older kids are pretty adept with technology and can handle most of their work alone. With Wilson’s classes at Cuesta being online too, she said her schedule is more flexible than usual. And thanks to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKS) program, Wilson doesn’t have to work. Wilson is a domestic abuse survivor, and she left her former relationship with her kids and not much else. She was homeless when a social worker encouraged her to apply for the CalWORKS program, which provides recipients with financial assistance, help with child care, and other services they might need in order to obtain a job or college degree. Without that program, Wilson said, she’s not sure where she’d be. Still, Wilson has other long-term concerns for her children. “I am worried when it comes to my kids getting a better education,” she said. “It’s more hands-on in the classroom and being with classmates, I feel like they’re missing out on that. That’s what I worry about. The hands-on learning experience. I don’t see that happening in the near future.” ● Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash can be reached at kbubnash@newtimesslo.com.

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rowing up on the Central Coast, local Adam Lee has fond memories of his parents hosting international students in their home when he was in high school. Some of the students his family housed are still in contact with Lee to this day. Through the international programs his parents participated in, Lee said he has friends in Germany and other parts of Europe, so when he travels, he often visits or stays with them. That positive experience carried into his adulthood, when he and his wife began opening their home to students from countries across the world as well. “I think it just opens up your mind, especially from an international perspective, just being able to be surrounded by a different culture and interact with somebody from another country and let your kids experience that, too, I think is probably one of the coolest things,” Lee said. The way he sees it, people are raised differently internationally and in the U.S. They have differing cuisines and different beliefs. “Being able to share those, have open communication, and learn about other people in other parts of the world is exciting,” Lee said. The connection and learning opportunities became a passion for Lee when he started the company Mirror Student in 2014. Now known as AmeriStudent, Mirror Student helped international students under the age of 18 find housing in the U.S. In the years that followed, the company acquired American Homestay Network, Australian Homestay Network, and Mystay International, but Lee wanted to provide the accommodation service and opportunity for growth to college students in the states as well. With the help of his Australian business partner David Bycroft, Cal Poly and Cuesta College students, as well as those from other surrounding colleges and universities, can be the first to use Lee’s latest service, StudentRoomStay. The online platform is built to make the house-hunting experience for students fluid, transparent, and safe. Interested students will be able to use the online site and mobile app to choose from homes and apartments that will fit their financial and location needs. “These young adults have so much to think about that we’re here to make the process easier, more transparent, and safer,” he said Lee said the goal is to give more information about the location of the available space so students know exactly what services they will be surrounded by.

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“I think one of the things that I’ve seen just in this industry is just a lack of transparency where students can get themselves into very long leases in places that maybe they don’t know about,” Lee said. He said often students are coming from different parts of the state, country, or world and they aren’t sure what neighborhood to live in or how close they want to live to their school or university. “We’re able to help them and guide them through a lot of those questions

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they have and get them into an accommodation that’s right for them and that’s in almost all cases less expensive too,” Lee said. Each accommodation is vetted by the company through an inspection and by getting to know the homeowner or property owner. The company finished its first round of funding, which valued it at more than $10 million for its 2020 U.S. launch; it has plans to expand to international markets next year. Local students must wait for the company’s October launch to find approved rentals on the Central Coast and throughout the state. However, homeowners and property owners interested in listing their available spaces can access the website and sign up. When StudentRoomStay officially launches, it will be available to students in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Fresno, Orange County, Los Angeles, Fullerton, and San Diego. Lee said the company would launch 30 days from when he spoke with New Times on Sept. 9. “I think the one thing that’s really cool is just the fact that we’re local here in San Luis Obispo, but we’re really an international company,” he said. “Collectively we’ve placed over 100,000 students in our different entities. So we’ve been doing this a long time.” ●

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he Cuesta College drama program and bree valle are nationally known for their award-winning original stage productions, like last year’s Ghost Ship, which took home 20 top honors at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Los Angeles. But this year, the program and its artistic director are using that creative acumen to adapt to a bizarre and unprecedented fall semester disrupted by a pandemic. With classrooms and theaters closed indefinitely due to COVID-19, valle has pivoted the drama program to a brandnew medium—podcasting—with current social and political events shaping its focus. “We’ve decided that we’re creating a podcast that interrogates policing and the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S.,” valle, a Cuesta professor since 2001, told New Times. “Our performance, which we’re really excited about, is in response to the May 25 murder of George Floyd. When Mr. Floyd got killed, obviously there was a huge change in culture.” Producing a podcast presents a whole new challenge for both faculty and students—but that’s in keeping with a program that’s never shied away from creative risk. While virtual classrooms on Zoom are useful for conducting certain acting courses, like camera acting and script analysis, valle said podcasting is a much better medium for an online production. “The other option is to do a play over Zoom with everybody in little squares, and I can’t actually stomach that anymore,” valle said. “It’s a good way to continue to hone your craft as an artist, but the reality of it is it’s difficult for the audience to sustain their attention on a screen like that.” Valle said that the podcast, which students will produce as a series over the semester, will have its “footing in

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something similar to what you can hear on NPR,” but will take on a life of its own combining historical reenactments with journalism-style storytelling and interviewing. The themes of the project—the Black Lives Matter movement, protests against racial bias and police brutality, and their historical context—solidified for valle after the death of former congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, who passed away in July. “That was a pivotal moment for me,” she said. “The day after, his family published in the newspaper a note from John Lewis. It was all about remembering history, that history has lessons for us today. It’s about memory and how we remember events and how we get amnesia.”

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For that episode, Cuesta students are interviewing survivors of the shooting and the widow of one of the slain men. For another episode, about the history of tear gas, students interviewed police chiefs—including outgoing SLO Police Chief Deanna Cantrell, who recently authorized the use of tear gas against local protesters—as well as scientists and scholars. Another episode discusses the legacy of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched in 1955 after being accused of flirting with a white woman. Interspersed through all of the interviews are students performing lines from historical documents, videos, and recordings. “Actors are storytellers,” valle explained. “We have actors reading some of the script. We’re taking real pieces of text that have been said in different videos that we’ve seen of the protests. We’re taking quotes from newspapers and things like that, and we’re having our actors say those quotes. So we’re taking print material and breathing life back into it and telling the story that way.” She expects the first episode in the series to publish sometime before the

‘We’re taking quotes from newspapers and things like that, and we’re having our actors say those quotes. So we’re taking print material and breathing life back into it and telling the story that way.’ —bree valle, artistic director of the Cuesta College drama program

One of the historical events that Cuesta students will bring back to life in the podcast is the 1970 Jackson State University massacre. Happening just 11 days after the more widely known Kent State massacre, which occurred amid Vietnam War protests, Jackson, Mississippi, police opened fire on a group of Black students around midnight, killing two and injuring 12 others. “Jackson State University students were not protesting,” valle said. “They weren’t doing anything actually. They were just hanging out outside of their dorm. It was basically a message they were sending to Black people. And it was kind of a blip on the media scene because it was Black students.”

November election. She added that the project could extend into next semester if COVID-19 restrictions continue in 2021. With the pandemic upending every facet of the performing arts industry, including Hollywood, valle hopes students will learn new skills that will help them adapt to a post-COVID-19 world. And have some fun while they’re at it. “This is all an experiment. We’ve never done anything like this,” she said. “But we’re always looking to challenge ourselves in new directions. And our students are stoked.” ● Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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s the pandemic forces thousands of Cuesta College and Cal Poly students to learn and study away from the classroom this school year, the question of what will happen to the extracurricular aspects of college— student-led organizations, clubs, and campus life—looms large. Cuesta College Faculty Coordinator for Student Life and Leadership Dr. Anthony Gutierrez said that community colleges like Cuesta can take advantage of already having a somewhat spread-out student body. Even before the pandemic, Cuesta was familiar with “the challenge of having students in SLO and other parts of the state,” Gutierrez said, “so this gives us an opportunity to connect with possibly more students.” But for a school like Cal Poly, where “learn by doing” is the school’s core philosophy and remote classes are a brand new concept, the transition to a virtual landscape may be more acutely felt. “I think the connotation around ‘learn by doing’ is that it’s hands-on,” said recent Cal Poly graduate and entrepreneur Nathan Brickman. But, he continued, “the reality is there’s so much ‘doing’ that is separate from that.” Brickman just finished participating in the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) HotHouse Summer Accelerator Program, an intensive three-month program for

student entrepreneurs and recent graduates to develop a product idea into reality. Brickman and his fellow Summer Accelerator team members—Ryan Murtaugh, Sam Rogers, Fletcher Easton, Maxwell Taylor, and Tim Newman—all graduated from Cal Poly in spring 2020. During the program, the group started Bridge, a web-based software application designed to increase access to mental health services for those seeking care. “The Summer Accelerator is typically held in the HotHouse,” said John Townsend, the CIE executive director.

The HotHouse is a space that supports both students and community members to bring their business ventures to life. “We normally have all eight teams working side by side in a pretty confined space,” Townsend said of the summer program. “Obviously we couldn’t do that.” The popular CIE summer program quickly adapted by providing a distanced workspace for the student teams and using productivity apps like Zoom and Slack. “Even though we provided some workspace, we still ran the program entirely virtual, so you can be anywhere at any point in time,” Townsend said.

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Brickman said there were even some benefits specific to the virtual experience. “I think we took full advantage of it being virtual, and all the teams did as well,” he said. “We had the opportunity to meet with speakers virtually that we otherwise wouldn’t have, if it were to be in person.” Townsend said that the pandemic actually increased student demand for the already competitive program, which provides $10,000 in seed money to eight teams each year. “As soon as we went into the pandemic, a lot of graduates had job offers that were either deferred or maybe retracted,” he explained. In turn, “not only the number of teams that applied, but the number of students that were wanting to join teams that applied, both went up.” For Brickman and his team, the pandemic further underscored the need

livestream,” a CIE press release stated. Another way the CIE engages entrepreneurially minded Cal Poly students is through the Entrepreneurs Club, which Townsend said is the largest non-athletic club on campus. The university also has an academic entrepreneurship program, which Brickman completed a minor in. “It’s the epitome of being truly interdisciplinary,” Townsend said. “Even though there’s going to be some physical challenges, I think the fact that we’re still, relatively speaking, one of the strongest, collaborative, communityoriented groups to get involved with—I think we’re going to do just fine.” Brickman echoed this sentiment, saying that “learn by doing” is about more than getting one’s physical hands dirty. “‘Learn by doing’ is, to me, about experiencing challenges and being forced to adapt,” he said. “Obviously right now we’ve been tremendously challenged, and our world is a lot different than it was. But at the same time, we’re adding the tools on our tool belt to be more successful beyond, and be more adaptive to hardships and adversity as we graduate and move on in our careers and life.” Cuesta College’s student life coordinator Gutierrez said he’s witnessing the pandemic make Cuesta’s student life stronger, too. “We want to encourage them to communicate with other students and try to bring them in,” he said. “Our students are pretty resilient.” ●

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for the services that their startup, Bridge, seeks to provide. The software essentially creates a space for mental health professionals to consult with and refer clients to one another, as well as promote and grow their practices. “Demand for [mental health] services is unbelievably high right now, so subsequently, a lot of these mental health professionals are bombarded with calls and emails from people they either can or cannot accept into their practice,” he explained. “We started this research well before COVID-19, and we were still solving problems and challenges then—it just so happens that those problems and challenges have been enunciated simply because demand is so much higher.” Bridge isn’t the only Summer Accelerator Program venture that has gained pertinence during the trials and tribulations of 2020, Townsend said. The other seven teams’ budding startups address issues including wildfires, frontline responders, healthy food, housing shortages, supporting mobile workers, and more. “They’re trying to solve some pretty significant problems,” Townsend said. “I think that was another outcome of the pandemic: It just became, to some extent, an intense focus on societal issues that they wanted to be a part of solving.” The CIE will showcase the work of the Summer Accelerator teams at its annual Demo Day, a virtual event to be held on Sept. 18. “Company representatives, who ordinarily would pitch their respective startups in front of a live audience, will shift their presentations to a YouTube

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BY MICHAEL SMITH

Busting the myth-buster A response to Al Fonzi’s latest rhetoric

read with interest Al Fonzi’s recent opinion, “Myth busting” (Sept. 10). I mean, I like “myth busting” as much as the next person, and I feel obliged to bust a few of the myths in this piece. But, first, I’d like to sincerely thank Mr. Fonzi for his military service to this nation. I strongly believe that our veterans and current servicemen and women are heroes, and I do not think they are “suckers” or “losers.” Unfortunately, Mr. Fonzi’s commentary employs a series of distortions and cherry-picked facts to bolster his contrarian worldview. While it is true that during his administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) did not tackle race issues directly and was, like many presidents before him, basically apathetic to the plight of African Americans, it is a distortion to suggest that he had nothing to do with the civil rights conquests that would result from decisions made by his disciples, including Presidents Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Truman and Johnson, both New Deal liberals, made headway in civil rights by desegregating the military and passing the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Fonzi descends into outright lies when he says, “Roosevelt’s economic accomplishments were mediocre.” This lie was originally fabricated by neoliberal economists in the 1970s in order to villainize Keynesianism. Here are

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the facts: FDR inherited an economy with contracting GDP and 25 percent unemployment. During the nine years before the U.S. entered World War II and fully mobilized its wartime economy, average GDP growth was above 9 percent, hitting double digits in 1934, 1936, and 1941. In the same period, the unemployment rate fell by more than 60 percent. In contrast, current GDP growth under what President Donald Trump lauds as the “greatest economy in history” has averaged 2.5 percent and that does not count the current economic recession, which will most certainly drive that average into negative territory. As for unemployment, it looks like at the conclusion of Trump’s term, it will be nearly double what he inherited. Moreover, FDR created Social Security, which raised millions of America’s senior citizens out of poverty. Before Social Security was signed into law about half of America’s seniors lived in poverty, by 1970 that number had dropped to 25 percent and by 2000 it was at 10 percent. In addition, FDR created the Fair Housing Administration, which enabled millions of American families to buy their own home by insuring those loans. As for George Floyd, Mr. Fonzi claims that Floyd died from a drug overdose. This is wrong. An independent autopsy labeled Floyd’s death a homicide, while the medical examiner’s report claims he died from “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual,

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restraint, and neck compression.” We all saw it, it was murder. A cop kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes while he pleaded for his life. With climate change, I know I’ll never change the minds of the climate-change denialists, but Mr. Fonzi’s rant on “climate hysteria” simply presents more disinformation. Fonzi says sea levels rose 7.5 inches between 1900 and 2010. But what he doesn’t tell you is that half of that increase has taken place in the last 25 years. Fonzi correctly claims there were more wildfires in the past, but he what he fails to tell you is that today’s “megafires” are far more destructive. In fact, 11 of the top 20 most destructive fires in California’s history have occurred since 2015. Fonzi also claims the climate will “warm regardless of what we do.” Climate scientists—and I would point out that 97 percent of actively publishing climate scientists believe that global warming is “highly likely” due to human activities—believe it is not too late to reverse current trends. Renowned climatologist Michael Mann contends that with aggressive government action—exactly what Mr. Fonzi warns against—we could mitigate climate change. Again, contrary to what Mr. Fonzi posits, a focus on renewable energy would create good jobs and actually improve our economy. ∆ Michael Smith wrote to New Times from Santa Maria. Send a response to letters@ newtimesslo.com.

Letters Support for essential workers

I was raised on the Central Coast and lived in Morro Bay, Avila Beach, and San Luis Obispo, but I no longer live in the area. This past weekend I had come home to visit my mother on her 66th birthday in Los Osos. She lives in the Daisy Hill Estates, a senior park that is truly one of a kind. She just moved into the park in July since my grandmother, her mother, passed on and left her the house. New to the park, she has been welcomed by incredible folks who I truly think should be noticed. Not to give them recognition, but to let the people they honor nightly know that there are people like them out here sending them thanks, sending them their thoughts and appreciation, prayers and love. Every night at 8 p.m. I heard this ruckus outside, flutes and bells, etc. I asked my mom what the heck all the noise was about. She told me that at 8 p.m. every single night, many people from the estates gather in the cul-de-sac at the end of her road with their bells, one flute, and warm hearts. They gather to ring their bells, sing, and play the flute in recognition of and to honor the essential workers during the pandemic, as well as people who are impacted by COVID-19. I thought this was a really nice, and I thought that the people being honored by these kind folks should know that these people are out here for them, thinking of them, thanking them, and wishing them well. I figured maybe there was a way that you would be able to let them know LETTERS continued page 17

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that these folks have every one of them in their hearts. You never know. Worth a try. If not, at least you know. Kristen Bishop visiting Los Osos

Vote for local control

During the next term of the Cambria Community Services District board, the appeal of a Coastal Development Permit application will reach the California Coastal Commission. At the crucial hearing there, I want our board to show unequivocal support for the permit. Only current board member David Pierson and candidate Tom Gray have promised their support. Your vote for these two candidates will give us the best chance for local control of the facility we built and are paying for. Mike Lyons Cambria

What’s up with downtown SLO parking?

I’m not sure who the person was that decided to go back to paying for parking in downtown San Luis Obispo, but way to go! Your Parking Services Office did not give out any September parking passes but you still decided to go “back to normal” with 10-hour parking meters. Hmm, did this person even think about what would happen to those of us who actually purchase passes on a regular basis? 1. We now have to find non-metered parking blocks away from our work locations. Yes, I know, there is free parking at the parking structure on Palm Street. Awesome, for those who don’t have medical issues that make it very difficult to walk several blocks to get where they need to go. 2. We are in the middle of a national coin shortage. Do you think that your local bank will give you 10 rolls of quarters to drop in the meters that will cost you approximately $9 per day? Not to mention that you have to make an appointment to go into the bank to get the much-needed coins. 3. Speaking of $9 per day, this is the reason we need passes. It’s now going to cost me $153 to pay for parking for the rest of the month when I could’ve purchased a September parking pass for $60. 4. Why didn’t the Parking Services Office create an in-house pass for September? It would’ve been super simple and hardly cost you anything to produce. This could’ve really helped a lot of people. As I drive down Higuera, I see three cars that have paid for metered parking. If the city is in need of money, don’t you think it would’ve made more sense to create that temporary pass? Not to be ungrateful, I do thank you for offering the free parking these past several months. It has helped a ton of us to save money during this trying time. But now, seriously? Stacey King San Luis Obispo

Suffragists fought for all white women

An Aug. 27 New Times article on the centennial of women voting (“Local political leaders reflect on 100 years of women’s suffrage”) quotes the San Luis Obispo mayor as saying: “When we were all growing up, we just heard the story of the 19th Amendment and never really had to grapple with the reality that it was only white women … . We’re in the middle

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of another uprising that hopefully will do for people of color what suffragists did for white women.” The 19th Amendment makes no reference at all to race. It states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Women were denied the vote at the founding of our country, and again in 1870 when the 15th Amendment gave the vote to men of all races, but not women. The 19th Amendment healed this great constitutional injustice by eliminating male-only voting privileges. What if we could travel back in time and ask the courageous Black women and men suffragists this question: “Are you fighting to win the vote for ‘only white women?’ ” They could have been outraged at the mere suggestion. To be clear, these fierce Black voting rights advocates— such as Sojourner Truth, Frederic Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, or Nannie Helen Burroughs, to name a few—bravely fought for the vote for all women, not “only white women.” It is shamefully true that racism infected factions of the suffrage movement, and American society in general, then as now. It is also true that, despite the passage of the 15th and 19th Amendments, officials engaged in voter suppression, then as now, motivated by sexism and racism. Such toxic prejudices undermine democracy and must be eradicated. But, their existence does not justify any attempt to rewrite the suffragists’ paramount goal, i.e. winning the vote for all women, regardless of race. During this centennial year, let us fight for the enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment and give thanks to the 19th Amendment by casting our ballots in November! Jan Marx former mayor, SLO College of Law dean San Luis Obispo

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During difficult social and economic times, it is important to have leaders whose experience and temperament can be trusted. That’s why I was so encouraged to see Jan Howell Marx put her name forward for one of two open positions on the SLO City Council. I’ve known Jan for some decades and hold her in the highest respect as a thoughtful and knowledgeable leader who has always had our community’s best interest at heart. A former City Council member and mayor, Jan knows our city and its history, intimately. As an attorney and dean of the SLO College of Law she knows the law and the intricacies of public policy. I hope you’ll join me and vote for Jan in November. Sam Blakeslee former state senator San Luis Obispo

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BY ANDREW CHRISTIE

The 40-year train wreck F or the past year, The Dunes Alliance (American Woodland Conservancy, Surfrider San Luis Obispo, Sierra Club’s Santa Lucia Chapter, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of Oso Flaco Lake, Morro Coast Audubon, ECOSLO, San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper, Oceano Beach Community Association, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Northern Chumash Tribal Council) have been asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to help resolve the seemingly interminable land management impasse between the state’s coastal protection policies and the perceived mission of the California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. Specifically, State Parks has managed the Oceano Dunes with the interests of motorized recreation as a clear priority over the protection of state coastal resources, environmentally sensitive habitat areas, and protected species. Despite four decades of reports, meetings, negotiations and pledges of cooperation with resource agencies, it is giving every indication that it intends to continue doing so. The most recent evidence of this was the discovery of official State Parks protocols for the harassment of federally protected Western snowy plovers to discourage expansion of their nesting habitat during the coronavirus shutdown of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area.

Plan for the future management of the Oceano Dunes is moving forward in tandem with the HCP, which proceeds from the premise of “no net loss” of OHV riding area and the presumption that the purpose of the HCP is to avoid “impacts on recreation” at the expense of listed species and habitat. Fish and Wildlife will likely act on the HCP prior to the Coastal Commission’s review of the Public Works Plan, which will likely result in federal authorization for activities that cannot be found consistent with the Coastal Act. The Coastal Commission is recommending that “rather than completing the HCP at this time, State Parks and USFWS could wait to further consider the HCP and its associated EIR [environmental impact report] until after the Coastal Commission takes action on State Parks’ PWP. The content of the PWP would then be available to inform the range of alternatives and management measures that could need to be considered in the HCP and EIR. Although this would delay the HCP and EIR process, having that process commence after the commission acts on the PWP would provide greater certainty to the agencies involved, and USFWS, State Parks, and the Coastal Commission would have the benefit of the information developed through the completion of the PWP.”

The danger that the Trump administration will approve a wholly inadequate [Habitat Conservation Plan] … represents perhaps the single greatest threat to protected species on the coast of California. The California Coastal Commission issued a rare cease and desist order to halt that illegal activity on July 9. The two-part solution to this conflict is supposed to be State Parks’ preparation of a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) to address federal Endangered Species Act issues, and a Public Works Plan (PWP) for future management of the park consistent with the Coastal Act. After decades of delay, it now appears that State Parks is poised to submit its long-anticipated HCP to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)—the same agency that was ready to sign off on those protocols for the harassment of snowy plovers and destruction of their nests before the Coastal Commission intervened. The organizations in the Dunes Alliance are not the only ones to have noted that the draft Habitat Conservation Plan reads more like an off-roading protection plan. The HCP promotes expanding off-highway vehicle use in habitat for listed species, taking as its baseline condition an ecosystem damaged by decades of motor vehicle use, thereby guaranteeing a wholly skewed environmental analysis. Meanwhile, State Parks’ Public Works

The danger that the Trump administration will approve a wholly inadequate HCP in the context of an unapproved PWP and an expiring cease and desist order represents perhaps the single greatest threat to protected species on the coast of California. Gov. Newsom needs to head off that train wreck and direct State Parks to sequence the preparation of these two critical planning documents in the manner that will ensure California’s landmark Coastal Act shapes the long-term outcomes at Oceano Dunes, as opposed to a weakened and diminished federal Endangered Species Act that has already been gutted by the most destructive president in U.S. history. The purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. Both history and current events make it clear that, at the Oceano Dunes, this will be up to the state of California, governor’s office intervention will be required to ensure that this happens, and time is of the essence. ∆ Andrew Christie is the director of the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club. Send comments through clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

Opinion Lost in translation

ant to know why we can’t find common ground societally? Because people believe what they want to believe. When they hear or read something that conforms to their worldview, they feel vindicated and are certain they’re right. When they hear or read something that contradicts their beliefs, they reject it, undermine it, and refuse to believe it. The phenomenon is called the confirmation bias, and it’s why you’re sure you’re right and your opponents are wrong. Hey, can’t you both be wrong? Last week’s cover story, “Tough conversations” (Sept. 17), was about the so far unsubstantiated rumors that local downtown SLO businesses had been extorted by Black Lives Matter activists who specifically targeted shops that had boarded up their windows in fear of looting. In our story, we tried to get to the truth and reported why some businesses had boarded up (a Downtown Association memo suggesting precautionary measures as well as wholly unfounded rumors of protesters being “bussed” in from elsewhere), why BLM activists were offended by the boarded windows (“It just really felt like they had turned their backs on a community that was asking and pleading for help”), and finally the assertions that BLM activists had demanded money from the boarded-up businesses. We heard about a letter sent to businesses, but no one could produce said letter and no local business owners

we spoke to could corroborate the alleged extortion. Then we posted the story on our Facebook page, which predictably led to a long stream of vitriol, unsubstantiated assertions, and textbook examples of confirmation bias. You know what else was predictable? That people don’t actually click on links to read articles before they pass judgment! “I know first hand. These are not rumors. It was ugly and they threatened the business owners and tried to slander them on social media. It’s all factual,” commenter Ane Motes May claimed without providing a shred of evidence. “There were actual letters demanding payment or they would slander the business name and basically these business owners feared that and that their businesses would be vandalized. I saw the letters and personally know business owners that have recieved (sic) them. It’s called extortion,” Dana Webster claimed, to which we say, please forward said letter! We’ve been looking everywhere for it! Some commenters seemed to have looked at the accompanying photo of two men boarding up a window and decided they didn’t need to the read the story to comment. “How dare a business owner think they have a right to protect their business,” Jim Hansen wrote. “It is time to march until

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The Shredder they leave their doors open all night, remove their burglar alarms, and leave cash in the register for those that need it more than the business owner.” Sarcasm, I see. But not everyone saw it that way, because Coleen Tooley replied, “Jim Hansen what, BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECT THEIR BUSINESS FROM PROTESTERS IT SEEMS LIJE YOU ARE NOT A BUSINESS OWNER. PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESS WORK 40 LKUS TO ESTABLUSH TGEIR BUSINESS IN A COMMUNITY TGEY LOVE. THEY HAVE RIGHTS TOO (sic, sic, sic, etc.).” That very loud interaction proved that 1) sarcasm often doesn’t translate, and 2) even people who agree with each other can’t understand each other. Susan Smith commented, “Shakedowns, extortions … that isnt (sic) rumors. New times, you used to help businesses now you destroy them supporting these ppl.” Um, we went to businesses to let them have their say. In fact, we went to all the various sides we could find who were willing to go on the record, and we still couldn’t find any evidence of extortion. Webster then trotted out the CalCoastNews story (“Protesters demand money from San Luis Obispo business owners,” Aug. 18) that stated all of the very rumors we were dispelling in our story, which, of course, brought out the anti-CCN faction. “Dana Webster, no offense but many people don’t consider CCN as credible,” Susan Schenk Testa replied. “ … CCN is a tabloid rag that has lost lawsuits due

to lying.” Holly Holiday claimed, “I have been told by multiple owners of businesses downtown that the threats of calling out the businesses that border up as ‘racist’ would happen UNLESS reparations were paid. Those aren’t rumors. It happened,” and yet no downtown SLO business owners would confirm this assertion. I guess they’re scared? Holiday added, “They aren’t anecdotal stories when they were the businesses targeted. There are many of them downtown—and it’s one of the reasons a downtown business owner is running for mayor.” Umm, someone telling you about something that happened to them is actually the definition of an anecdote, Holiday. She’s speaking, of course, about Cherisse Sweeney, owner of Basalt Interiors, who in another New Times story last week (“SLO mayor’s race pits downtown store owner against incumbent Harmon,” Sept. 17) admitted that since boarding up her windows she’s had contentious conversations with activists but didn’t assert she’d been extorted. Seems like something she might have mentioned if it were true, right? Regarding local racism, Sweeney did say, “Right now, a lot of people are making assumptions without getting all the facts first.” Hey! That’s an idea. Anyone have that extortion letter? I’d love to see it! ∆ The Shredder likes evidence not anecdotes. Send some to shredder@newtimesslo.com.

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The 2020 Central Coast Writers Conference begins online on Thursday, Sept. 24, and is scheduled to run through Saturday, Sept. 26. Participants of this annual workshop series can expect a variety of virtual panels and writing classes to attend. Admission to the complete series starts at $225. For registration details and more info on this year’s conference, visit centralcoastwritersconference.com. —Caleb Wiseblood FILE PHOTO BY MALEA MARTIN

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CAMBRIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ONLINE: TAMING THE RESTLESS MIND A virtual exhibit. These featured artists for September bring works of abstraction. Deborah Pepin works with pastels, oils, and cold wax to create what she calls her doodles. Marvin Sosna, now 93, will be exhibiting abstracts. MondaysSundays, Sept. 18, Sept. 19, Sept. 20, Sept. 25, Sept. 26 and Sept. 27. through Sept. 27 Free. cambriacenterforthearts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

FEATURED ARTIST: GREGORY SIRAGUSA “Photography is an opportunity to marvel at all the beauty in the world. Birds, sunsets, mountains, oceans, each offers a journey into the sublime,” the photographer said. Through Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

FEATURED ARTISTS: BENJAMIN EDMISTON AND SAMUEL T. ADAMS A duo show for the month of September. Through Oct. 1 Left Field Gallery, 1036 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, 805-305-9292, leftfieldgallery.com.

FEATURED ARTISTS: TERRY GARVIN AND KAREN PETERSON An exhibit of fine art photography. Garvin says, “Art is important. It can relax, inspire, transform, elate, more. My hope is that you have art in your life,” while Peterson’s images showcase her love for the Central Coast. Through Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

MORRO BAY ART ASSOCIATION: PERSPECTIVES MBAA presents this exhibit, which explores how perspective gives a three-dimensional feeling to a flat surface, using various artistic strategies in various mediums; textile, encaustic, mixed media, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and photography. Sept. 17-Nov. 2, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

OUT ON A WHIM Whimsical and unique artwork from Larry Le Brane. Sept. 17-Nov. 2 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. THE REBOOT: STORYTELLING REIMAGINED ON ZOOM Now live on Zoom. A curated mix of invited

storytellers and open mic for novice storytellers. Spoken word, improv, character sketches and interactive games. Third Friday of every month, 7-8 p.m. Free. 805-772-9225. facebook.com/topdogcoffeebar/. Top Dog Coffee Bar, 857 Main St., Morro Bay.

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FREE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ART CLASSES (ONLINE) Check the foundation’s site for various classes offered, for ages 5 to 18. Through Oct. 31 Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation, 3201 Spring St., Paso Robles, 805-238-5825, pryaf.org.

INTRODUCING ENCAUSTICS Encaustic workshop that provides an intro to basic techniques. Taught by Vicky Hoffman. All supplies included. To register and prepay, contact vicky@vickyhoffman.com Sept. 19, 1-4 p.m. $75. 310-993-1732. Marie A Ramey, 7460 Pinal Ave, Atascadero.

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BRUSHSTROKES 2020 Brushstrokes 2020 is a digital exhibition featuring 42 paintings by members of The Painters Group, an affiliated artist group of SLOMA, and members of Art Center Morro Bay. Artists explore a variety of subject matter, from portraits of loved ones and animals to serene landscapes. Through Sept. 27 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibition/ brushstrokes-2020/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

CALIFORNIA SCULPTURE SLAM 2020 California Sculpture SLAM showcases current works by established and up-and-coming California sculptors. The exhibition’s goal is to provide a platform for a wide variety

of concepts and materials. Exhibition slideshow online. Through Sept. 27 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ exhibition/slam-2020/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

CENTRAL COAST WRITERS CONFERENCE Central Coast Writers Conference goes virtual in 2020. Register today for courses. Sept. 24, Sept. 25 and Sept. 26 $225. 805-546-3132. CentralCoastWritersConference. com. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. DIGITAL EXHIBITION: TERMINALLY OPTIMISTIC-THE PRINTS OF RACHAEL WINN YON This

SLOMA: WEEKLY ART PROJECTS Kids can enjoy new activities from home (posted online every Monday). Mondays sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562. VIRTUAL ART GALLERY Every Friday, we publish our Virtual Art Gallery to our blog and newsletter. Featuring artworks from customers and the community. Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.wordpress. com/category/gallery-exhibits/virtual-gallery/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

retrospective exhibition explores the prints of Rachael Winn Yon, who was joyous, adventurous, curious, and energetic. Her large personality is reflected in her prints, with playful imagery and imaginative scenes. You can view this digital exhibition at SLOMA.org. MondaysSundays. through Sept. 27 Free. sloma.org/exhibition/ terminally-optimistic/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562.

VIRTUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION This year, the

THE INTERMISSION SHOW This brisk 8- to

MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS Each

10-minute show is set up like a socially distanced talk show with SLO Rep’s Managing Artistic Director Kevin Harris at the helm, clad in a tacky suit and tie with a faux alcoholic drink nearby. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 3 p.m. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-786-2440, slorep.org/.

RAYTOONS ONLINE CLASSES: CARTOONING, VIDEO GAME DESIGN, AND CREATIVE WRITING

Cuesta College Harold J Miossi Student Exhibition went online. View student work, including the Salon des Refuses, on the website. Mondays-Sundays hjmgallery2020studentshow.org/. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 805-546-3202.

SOUTH COAST SLO COU NT Y week we will combine two or more mediums in several pieces. We will work with watercolor, acrylic, ink, pastels, charcoal, as well as various printmaking techniques in the course of a month. Maximum of 5 guests. Pre-registration and masks required. Mondays, Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. $25. 805-668-2125. lila. community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

Raytoons will be having online classes this fall in Cartooning, Video Game Creation, Comic Book Making, 2D Animation, Claymation, Creative Writing, and more. Available through the Outschool Online School. MondaysThursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through Sept. 21 $10. 805-546-3132. outschool.com. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR AGES 5-6 Each

THE REBOOT: SEASON FINALE The final run in

MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR AGES 7-12 Each week students will have the opportunity to use two mediums while emphasizing an Element of Art and a Principle of Design. Maximum of 5 students. Pre-registration and masks required. Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. $20. 805-668-2125. lila. community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

2020 features a curated mix of diverse storytellers sharing true tales around getting dirty and coming clean. Sept. 18, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-225-1553.

New Times and the Sun now share their community listings for a complete Central Coast calendar running from SLO County through northern Santa Barbara County. Submit events online by logging in with your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account at newtimesslo.com. You may also email calendar@ newtimesslo.com. Deadline is one week before the issue date on Thursdays. Submissions are subject to editing and approval. Contact Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood directly at cwiseblood@newtimesslo.com.

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zoom.com. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

INDEX Arts ............................[20] Culture & Lifestyle....... [21] Food & Drink..............[22] Music .........................[22]

week students will have the opportunity to use two mediums while exploring the Elements of Art. Maximum 5 students. Masks are required. Pre-registration required. Mondays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. $20. 805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

SUMMER DATE NIGHTS WITH THE CLARK CENTER: ONLINE A weekly online performance series. Look for it on the Clark Center’s YouTube Channel and Facebook page. Donations will be split between artists/ organizations and the Clark Center. Saturdays, 6-7 p.m. through Sept. 26 Donations accepted. 805489-9444. clarkcenter.org/summer-date-nights-2020/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande.

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GO FISH

Out on a Whim, a new art show presented by the Morro Bay Art Association, opens at Art Center Morro Bay on Thursday, Sept. 17, and is scheduled to remain on display through Monday, Nov. 2. This exhibit showcases Larry Le Brane’s multimedia art created from repurposed shoes, musical instruments, and other objects. Call (805) 772-2504 or visit artcentermorrobay.org for more info. The gallery is located at 835 Main St., Morro Bay. —C.W. ARTS from page 20 S A N TA M A R I A VA L L E Y/ L O S A L A M O S

PCPA: ACTORS TALKBACK Streams live on PCPA’s Instagram every Thursday and spotlights a different thespian guest each week. Hosted by Erik Stein. Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. Free. pcpa.org. PCPA: The Pacific Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313.

PCPA READS AT HOME A literacy project that uses our students’ learning to serve children and parents who are learning at home. Co-hosted by Allan Hancock College and the Santa Maria-Bonita School District to bring a love of stories and language to people right in their homes. ongoing PCPA: The Pacific Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313, pcpa.org.

TECH TALKS: LIVE ON INSTAGRAM Every Tuesday sit down with one of our technical staff and learn about the ins and outs of their craft. Get the exclusive with our host Erik Stein. Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. PCPA: The Pacific Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313, pcpa.org.

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CENTRAL COAST SUMMER SLIM DOWN A 12-week program. Shed those extra pounds and learn which foods work with your unique body. ongoing, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Call for price and schedule. 805-235-7978. gratefulbodyhealthcoaching.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

MORRO BAY MARTIAL ARTS: SCHOOL OF TECHNIQUE A variety of adult and youth classes. Instructor has more than 35 years of experience. Offering Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing, MMA, and Self-Defense classes. Mondays-Saturdays, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. through Dec. 31 Call for details. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

SUCCULENT SEPTEMBER PLANTS AND POTTERY SALE A selection of unusual and gorgeous plants; Rowe Clayworks features pots and air plants as well. Masks and distancing required. Sept. 25, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sept. 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-602-7817. facebook.com. Steve Super Gardens, 2016 9th St., Los Osos.

TAI CHI AND QI GONG: ZEN IN MOTION Small group classes with 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the Year. Call for time and days. Learn the Shaolin Water Style and 5 Animals Qi Gong. Beginners welcomed. Mondays, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Call for price details. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

TAI CHI CHUN CERTIFICATION With the 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the year. Ongoing courses. ongoing Call for price. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

TAI CHI CHUN/ QI GONG BASICS Learn the foundation of Qi Gong, the rooting of breathing, and Shaolin Tai Chi. Tuesdays-Thursdays Call for details. 805701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

ZEN IN MOTION Tai Chi and Qi Gong basics. Deep breathing and moving meditation. Beginners welcome, classes outdoors in Morro Bay. Wednesdays, 10:3011:30 a.m. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

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11TH ANNUAL DANCING WITH OUR STARS Dr. Steve Robinson is fundraising for the Charles Paddock Zoo by dancing on the 11th Annual Dancing with Our Stars presented by the Friends of the Atascadero Library. Sept. 17-19, 5:30-10 p.m. charlespaddockzoo. org. Charles Paddock Zoo, 9100 Morro Rd., Atascadero.

KRAZY DAZE SIDEWALK SALES Sept. 18, 10 a.m. and Sept. 19, 10 a.m. No admission. 805-238-4103. pasoroblesdowntown.org/. Downtown Paso Robles Shopping Core, 12th and Park Streets, Paso Robles. NAR-ANON: FRIDAY MEETINGS A meeting for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-221-5523. North County Connection, 8600 Atascadero Ave., Atascadero.

NAR-ANON: TUESDAY MEETINGS Nar-Anon is a support group for those who are affected by someone else’s addiction. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. naranoncentralca. org/meetings/meeting-list/. The Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4500 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 805-221-5523. POP-UP DRIVE-IN The businesses at Colony Square would like to invite you down to a Pop-Up Drive-In Movie where we can provide you with donuts, popcorn or brews directly to your car during the film. Thursdays, 8:15 p.m. $11-$20. my805tix.com. Colony Square, 6909 El Camino Real, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER MCAS September Community Program presented by Jessica Griffiths. Sept. 21, 7-8 p.m. Free. 805-772-1991. zoom. com. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

COASTAL CLEANUP MONTH Become part of the solution to ocean pollution during Coastal Cleanup Month. Want to keep our beaches and creeks clean and stop marine debris from entering the ocean? Clean up your neighborhood anytime during Coastal Cleanup Month and you’ll make a difference for the coast. Saturdays. through Sept. 26 805-884-0459. exploreecology.org/coastal-cleanup-day/. County-Wide, Artists Throughout SLO County, San Luis Obispo. COMPLIMENTARY OUTDOOR YOGA CLASSES Hotel San Luis Obispo, Piazza Hospitality’s first property on California’s scenic Central Coast, is now offering complimentary outdoor yoga classes on its rooftop terrace. Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, 8 a.m.-noon $10$15 donation suggested. 805-235-0700. hotel-slo.com. Hotel San Luis Obispo, 877 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

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COMPLIMENTARY SHOWERS WITH SHOWER THE PEOPLE After a short hiatus, the San Luis Obispo Library will once again be partnering with local non-profit organization, Shower the People. The shower trailer will be located between the library and parking structure. Toiletries provided. Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Free. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

HOMESHARESLO CALL-IN COFFEE CHAT Connect with the folks at HomeShareSLO to talk about homesharing and other housing solutions twice a month during our Call-In Coffee Chat events. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 12-1 p.m. through Nov. 11 Free. 805215-5474. smartsharehousingsolutions.org/events/. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

LITERACY FOR LIFE TUTOR TRAINING Literacy For Life has a San Luis Obispo countywide need for tutors. Work one-on-one with non-literate adults learning to read, write, and speak English. If you are interested in attending the training but need help with using Zoom, please email assistant@literacyforlifeslo.org. Both

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CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 21 sessions are required. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Sept. 19 805-541-4219. literacyforlifeslo.org/ become-a-tutor.php. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

MINDFUL INNER DIALOGUE (ZOOM) Join hypnotherapist Art Kuhns to learn a simple and fun technique to allow you to access your inner mind. Sept. 22, 6-8 p.m. $25. 805-242-1649. breakingdayhypnotherapy.com/events. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

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VIRTUAL 28TH ANNUAL WIGGLE WAGGLE WALK FOR WOODS AND 5K Woods Humane Society’s annual Wiggle Waggle Walk is going virtual this year and anyone, anywhere can participate. Participants can walk, run, kayak, hike, bike or stroll. All proceeds benefit homeless dogs and cats at Woods. Through Oct. 31 $25. 805-5439316. woodshumane.org/walk2020. Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo.

you’d see on an in-person tour, plus more. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. $10. 805-540-5771. pointsanluislighthouse.org/. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

SWIM LESSONS Call or go online for full schedule and to pre-register. Mondays-Thursdays Member $130; SEPT. 17 – SEPT. 24 Non-member $160. 805-481-6399. 2020 5citiesswimschool.com. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande.

Mindfulness is a type of meditation without dogma that is simple and suitable for anyone. Engage your senses-sound, sight, touch--by sitting, walking and exploring in silent contemplation. Tuesdays, 9-10:30 a.m. through Sept. 29 $15. 805-543-0638. historycenterslo.org/ mindful.html. Dallidet Adobe and Gardens, 1185 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

VIRTUAL AG FORUM WITH REP. CARBAJAL To

OCTAGON BARN VIRTUAL TOUR (LIVE) The Land

VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE JACK HOUSE Public virtual

Conservancy is proud to partner with The History Center of SLO County to host public virtual tours via Zoom of the famous Octagon Barn of San Luis Obispo. Fourth Thursday of every month, 4-4:30 p.m. through Oct. 22 $5. 805-5449096. lcslo.org. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CLASSES FOR SENIORS Have you heard the phrase, “Sitting is the new smoking”? Cuesta College’s Emeritus exercise program, taught by Doris Lance, is offering a 45-minute class of stretching, balance, and cardiovascular fitness three days a week available to seniors. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9-9:45 a.m. through Dec. 18 Free. 805-546-3942. cuesta.edu. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

SLO NOONTIME TOASTMASTERS CLUB MEETINGS Want to improve speaking and leadership skills in a supportive and positive environment? During COVID, we are meeting virtually. Contact us to get a meeting link for info. Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. Free. slonoontime.toastmastersclubs.org. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

hear what challenges the ag community is experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic, share info on the USDA programs available to help, and understand how they are working for our farmers, ranchers, and growers. Call or email for Zoom link. Sept. 18, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. 202281-7612. zoom.com. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. tours via Zoom of the famous Jack House of San Luis Obispo. Access to the house is extremely limited and this is your best opportunity to get the inside view. Thursdays, 2 p.m. $5 suggested. 805-543-0638. historycenterslo.org/jack-tour.html. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

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METABOLIC CONDITIONING We use primarily our own body weight in this interval training class to run through exercises and drills to raise the heart rate, condition our muscles, and stay flexible. This advanced class also incorporates hand weights and sand bags, if you have them. Mondays-Thursdays, 8:15-9:15 a.m. $72. 415-516-5214. ae.slcusd.org. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. POINT SAN LUIS LIGHTHOUSE VIRTUAL TOUR Zoom with a docent on a virtual tour of the Point San Luis Light Station. Travel back in time to 1890, delve into the history of the light station, and see all the places

FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF MARVIN SOSNA

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MORRO BAY FARMERS MARKET A delightful mix of local farm fresh products, baked goods, crafts, and more. Saturdays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. 805-824-7383. Morro Bay Main Street Farmers Market, Main Street and Morro Bay Boulevard, Morro Bay, facebook.com/ MorroBayMainStreetFarmersMarket/.

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VIRTUAL WINE TASTING PACKAGES AT CASS WINERY Wine by the glass and bottles are also available for purchase. Check site for specific virtual tasting packages. ongoing Free. 805-239-1730. casswines.com/. Cass Winery And Vineyard, 7350 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

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SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts more than 60 vendors. Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, 325 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo.

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ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, Arroyo Grande.

NINTH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS Patrons who purchase tickets online will have three separate dates and locations to pick up (and pick out) bowls handcrafted by local artisans. And in an effort to support local businesses, ticket-buyers will receive a coupon good for a bowl of soup from one of the participating restaurants. Sept. 19 and Sept. 26 805-574-1638. 5CHC.org. Trilogy at Monarch Dunes, 1640 Trilogy Pkwy, Nipomo.

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LIVE MUSIC AND GOURMET PIZZA FRIDAYS Enjoy an evening outdoors filled with gourmet pizza and live music every Friday. Dig into your own personal woodfired pizza, garden or pasta salad, and a non-alcoholic beverage for a flat rate or just order a personal pizza on the side. Fridays, 5-7:30 p.m. through Nov. 20 $10-$15. 805-927-4200. cambriapineslodge.com/onsite. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria.

VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR: LIVE MUSIC BY RACHEL SANTA CRUZ Live music streamed every Wednesday from the Schooners Deck. Tune into our virtual happy to hear some great music and watch the sunset. Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. Schooners, 171 North Ocean Ave, Cayucos, 805-995-3883, schoonerscayucos.com.

The Cambria Center for the Arts Gallery presents Taming the Restless Mind, a duo exhibit showcasing abstract artworks by Marvin Sosna and Deborah Pepin, through Sunday, Sept. 27. Among Sosna’s featured pieces in the show is Rising Tides (pictured). The gallery is located at 1350 Main St., Cambria. Visit cambriacenterforthearts.org/gallery to find out more. —C.W.

ALL EARS

Simple Pleasures, a new duo show, runs through Monday, Sept. 28, at Gallery Los Olivos. This exhibition features handcrafted jewelry by Patricia Watkins and oil paintings by Cheryl Ambrecht. The exhibit is open during the gallery’s new hours, Thursday through Monday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (805) 6887517 or visit gallerylosolivos.com for more info. The gallery is located at 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. —C.W. Pismo Ave., Atascadero, 461-5000.

WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS: VIRTUAL MUSIC SERIES Follow the venue’s Facebook page for a virtual series of music, wine tasting, and education. Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. Free. facebook.com/ vinaroblesamphitheatre/. Vina Robles Amphitheatre, 3800 Mill Rd., Paso Robles, 805-286-3680.

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CAL POLY ARTS VIRTUAL MUSICAL SERIES: A KILLER PARTY A collaboration between more than 50

MUSIC

WELCOME ABSTRACTION

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SATURDAY IN THE PARK: VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES Concerts will be available to stream for free through YouTube. Upcoming acts include Chad Land Band (Sept. 5), Rockin’ Bs Band (Sept. 19), and Ghost/ Monster (Oct. 3). Saturdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Free admission. atascadero.org/youtube. Atascadero Lake Park, 9305

Broadway professionals all working together remotely. A 9-part musical. Wednesdays $12.99 for complete series. akillerpartymusical.com/cal-poly-arts. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7113.

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41K LIVE The group features musician/songwriter/ producer Damon Castillo on guitar, musician/arranger/ producer Dave Becker on all woodwinds, bassist Dylan Johnson, and others. Sept. 26, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $20-$35. my805tix.com. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

FREE ONLINE CONCERT: POP SONGS AND STORIES FROM THE LAST PANDEMIC AND WWI Music from Diana Diaz. Call or check site for more info. Sept. 26, 6 p.m. Free. clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805-489-9444.

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Music

Strictly Starkey

BY GLEN STARKEY

A Jae Ford experience Local beatmaker Jerime Ford drops a wicked-good album

lchemy is the perfect name for Jerime “Jae” Ford’s new album. The 43-year-old SLOcal who grew up singing in church magically transforms an eclectic mélange of sounds into these deep-groove tracks you can feel in your bones. This is an album crying out to be heard in headphones to fully experience all the textures. The 17-track CD, with graphics that emulate a vinyl record, opens with a spoken word intro in Ford’s rumbling electronically transformed baritone: “To create is to exist. In our minds, we are kings and queens, gods of our electrons. From every fold, we control the destiny, and our destiny is to discover, discover what is lost, discover what awaits. It is ours. Every turning corner of our future awaits for our command. So fill the table with odds and ends, select the ingredients, sit down, gaze into the small aperture, and mix. Oh Hermes of the heavens and earth, bless these sacred bindings. The manual of this brew, drift towards my mind’s shore. Alchemy, if only we knew the power we wield when we open and close fist. To create is to exist.” The vibe is avant-garde jazz, funk, soul, and hip-hop. Think Sun Ra’s Heliocentric Worlds (1965), Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s Uncle Meat (1969), Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction (1972), or Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica (1969), but instead of those collaborations, Alchemy is all Jae Ford, every instrument, every beat, every mix, everything. There’s spoken word, but these tracks are mostly instrumental, many smooth and silky, others soulful and hip-hoppy, some chunky and psychedelic. You can hear his formal classical and jazz training throughout, as well as his hip-hop influences. He was one of the producers of the popular local hip-hop collective Public Defendaz. Alchemy is a different animal—philosophical, meditative, and immersive. According to Ford, “The album is available for purchase on Bandcamp. It’s streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and most of the major streaming platforms. The hard copies are an underground, only-from-me kind of thing.” The packaging is super cool and worth the price of a CD, so if you’ve got to have a hard copy, find Ford on Facebook @jaefordbeats.

PHOTO AND ALBUM ART COURTESY OF JAE FORD

under JK Moreno through Reverbnation @jkmoreno. It’s a wildly varied album that starts with a barnburner, “Get Me Back to Missoula,” the album’s most punchy track that sounds like an ’80s Top40 radio hit with a hooky earworm chorus. “I’d Love to Be Wrong” sounds like something Tom Jones could have recorded. It’s a cock-strut of a track: “I throw sevens and elevens on the first try. I got answers whenever Jeopardy’s on. I know who will win out on the gridiron, but with you my dear, oh, I’m not so cocksure that I’m so bright.” The album has some great power-pop songs and bluesy burners but is MAGIC SLOcal beatmaker Jae Ford just released his new also filled with beautiful album Alchemy, available on most streaming platforms. ballads like “Mourning Lullaby” and the title come. The song was about processing loss, track, “Elsinore,” a closing track about something Moreno knows a bit about as an incestuous affair: “Full moon in the a Cal Poly professor of psychology and backseat/ Watchful and bright/ Her chest director of training for the university’s psychology master’s degree program. He’s has freckles/ My father’s wife.” After his novel and now this album, I also a forensic psychologist, meaning he’s fully expect Moreno to take up painting called on by the court system to evaluate and create a masterpiece … over-achiever! criminal defendants’ mental states. Moreno’s been a musician most of his Quarantunes life but set it aside for years to do the psychology thing. Then when he found he Father-and-son duo The Journals, had more time, he wrote a psychological featuring patriarch John Krause and his thriller novel, A Duty to Betray, which son, Dylan, have released a nice batch of I wrote about four years ago (“Cal Poly songs on Soundcloud (@the-journals-music), professor Kelly Moreno offers an insider’s most recently “Another Wind Song,” a account of psychosis in debut novel A Duty gorgeous ballad with Dylan on vocals. to Betray,” April 27, 2016). I think of the pair as sort of a folk/ I guess some people need to be busy! country/pop/rock act, but Dylan has also Now his debut album is out and available posted a hip-hop track called “New Stuff.” Color me surprised! These new tracks PHOTO COURTESY OF ANN MCMAHON are a real divergence for the pair. It’s PHOTO COURTESY OF DIANA DIAZ BOADELLA

definitely new era in their sound—more keyboard driven than guitar. “I write the lyrics, and Dylan writes the music and sings the songs,” John explained via email. “We co-produce them. I’m excited about the possibilities with this new approach! We were booking gigs for The Journals when the virus business hit the fan. Some venues are opening up so there is still hope for this year.” It’s always cool to see an old dog like John learn some new tricks, and Dylan clearly has an ear for hip-hop. Check it out!

Two Saturday streams

The Clark Center and Atascadero’s Saturday in the Park concert series have competing streaming shows this Saturday, Sept. 19, and both sound worthwhile. The Clark Center presents Pop Songs of WWI by Diana Diaz from 6 to 7 p.m. on their YouTube channel (@clarkcenterperfarts) and Facebook page (@ClarkCenter). “Bring history to life for all ages!” press materials state. “Have you wondered what life was like 100 years ago when influenza swept our land? Let’s talk about it. It’s suddenly relevant.” Hear tracks such as “Over There,” “For Me And My Gal,” “K-K-K-Katy, “Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag And Smile Smile Smile,” and many more. A-Town’s Saturday in the Park series features the Rockin’ Bs Band playing rock, country, and blues and featuring a trio of local superstars: Wally Barnick, Julie Beaver, and Kenny Blackwell! Listen starting at 6 p.m. on KPRL 1230AM and atascadero.org/YouTube.

Yoo in TV

Festival Mozaic’s Scott Yoo hosts Season 2 of Now Hear This, the acclaimed PBS miniseries that “merges music, storytelling, travel, and culture, as Scott chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written,” press materials explain. Watch it this Friday, Sept. 18, at 9 p.m. on our local PBS station, or stream it via pbs.org the day after it airs on television. Δ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROCKIN’ Bs BAND

Hello, Elsinore

Back at the beginning of the pandemic, I told you about an emotive new single from Kelly Moreno (“Local singersongwriter Kelly Moreno releases ‘Mourning Lullaby,’” April 9, 2020), off his forthcoming full length CD, Elsinore, which is no longer “forthcoming” but has

SONGSMITH Psychologist and novelist Kelly Moreno releases his debut album, Elsinore, available on Soundcloud.

WORLD WAR I IN SONG The Clark Center presents Diana Diaz in Pop Songs of WWI, streaming on Sept. 19.

THREE B’S Wally Barnick, Julie Beaver, and Kenny Blackwell are The Rockin’ Bs Band, livestreaming Sept. 19 as part of Atascadero’s Saturday in the Park concert series.

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Upcoming online auction to benefit Nipomo’s Dana Adobe and Cultural Center

The Dana Adobe and Cultural Center in Nipomo recently announced plans for its Fall Online Auction, which will open on Sept. 28 at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to run through Oct. 5, closing at 5 p.m. Patrons can view the full catalog of auction items and pre-register to enter the auction online at danaadobe.org. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the center’s educational resources and programming. Although museum tours remain suspended until further notice, the museum’s gift shop is currently open (masks are required). The museum’s mission statement is to engage visitors with the history of California’s Rancho Era. Call (805) 929-5679 for more details. The Dana Adobe and Cultural Center is located at 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo.

The Reboot storytelling group presents its season finale, Dirty Work

The Reboot: Storytelling Reimagined, a monthly storytelling slam group, presents its final Zoom performance of the year on Friday, Sept. 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The theme of this season’s finale is Dirty Work, as its featured storytellers will tell diverse tales of “getting dirty and coming clean.” Described as a curated mix of true stories, The Reboot aims to showcase local writers, poets, musicians, and other types of storytellers. Before going virtual— hosting Zoom meetings on the third Friday of each month—the group originally met in person regularly to perform at the Top Dog Coffee Bar in Morro Bay. Admission to join the Zoom conference is free. The meeting will be limited to the first 100 attendees to join the call. Call (805) 225-1553 or email the.reboot4u@ gmail.com for the Zoom link and other details. You can also find out more about The Reboot: Storytelling Reimagined on its Facebook page, facebook.com/the.reboot4u.

Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation hosts virtual version of its annual Dining with the Arts event

The Dining with the Arts Gala and Auction, an annual fundraiser hosted by the Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation (PRYAF), will be held virtually this year on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 6 to 7 p.m. Auction proceeds and donations raised during this live broadcast will benefit PRYAF’s free performing arts and visual arts programming offered each year. Visit dwta.givesmart.com to pre-register for the event or browse through the auction items. For more details, call (805) 238-5825 or visit pryaf.org. ∆ —Caleb Wiseblood

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erformance artists, fashion, music, street life. Find These cultural aspects of Chicano another life are missing from the mainstream narrative picture of what Mexican-American art Check out Studios on is, according to Henry A.J. Ramos, the Park in person at 1130 Pine St. in Paso Robles Studios on the Park’s artistic director from noon to 4 p.m. on and chief curator. Mondays, Wednesdays, “I think many people, when they think Thursdays, and Sundays about Latino people, when they think about and noon to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. You Chicano or Mexican-American experiences can also visit the Counter … oftentimes people think about low Narratives exhibit online at riders or gang members, tattoo art, and studiosonthepark.org/forimmigrants. All of that is very vital and art-lovers, and find it under BOCA DE SANDIA Photographer David Villarreal captured Nicole Presley the “Exhibitions” tab. It runs singing with Boca De Sandia (“Watermelon Mouth”) at the Troy Café in Los important,” Ramos said. “But that isn’t all through Sept. 28. Angeles in 1992. there is to the cultural experience.” Studios’ September show aims to The show is rooted in a sense of self-identity challenge those stereotypes, to show people a and culture, Ramos said. side of the Mexican-American experience that “Our hope is that people will understand, you is often overlooked, Ramos said. Coinciding don’t have to be Chicano, Latino, or Mexicanwith the 50-year anniversary of the Chicano American to see the show and understand Moratorium in East Los Angeles, Counter it,” Ramos said. “It’s a universal message of Narrative: An Examination of Recently humanity and struggle and humor and all of Discovered Chicano Photography from the things that, you know, make us alive.” 1980-Present focuses on 30 works from three The term Chicano, in and of itself, is a vague East Los Angeles natives—Sean Carrillo, statement of protest, Ramos said. Marisela Norte, and Daniel Villareal—who “It was developed by young working-class captured Chicano community life. Mexican-Americans and kind of a first generation Carillo, now based in New York, is a of college-goers,” he said. “At the time, not unlike CHOLA CON CELLO, 1991 Villarreal former member of the alternative arts now, there was kind of a lot of unrest.” photographed performance artist, musician, group Asco-B, founded by Chicano arts In 1968, thousands of students walked educator, and activist Chola Con Cello, María figures of the 1960s and 1970s. Norte is Elena Gaitán, in 1991. out of East Los Angeles schools, protesting the author of Peeping Tom Tom Girl, a overcrowding, run-down schools, and corporal collection of poetry and prose. Villareal is between the roots that Mexican-Americans punishment. Mexican-American youth, Ramos an LA-based photographer and actor whose share in Mexico and as residents of the United said, had poor school funding, they weren’t photo collection is part of UCSB’s California States, especially as Southern Californians. tracked into college prep classes, and the Ethnic and Multicultural Archives. The art that the Chicano Civil Rights curriculum basically set them up for workingclass careers. On top of that, Ramos said, there movement spawned included the Asco art collective, which was active from 1972 to 1987, was a lot of police brutality and targeting of and rooted in political protest, and Asco-B, Latino youth. which came after. But that artistic and cultural In 1970, almost 30,000 protesters hit the identity also includes crossover/fusion music streets, marching through East Los Angeles from bands like Los Lobos as well as a big as part of the National Chicano Moratorium punk scene including bands like The Brat. Against the Vietnam War, but it was about The show emphasizes performance artists more than that. Underlying it was resentment of the last four decades, including The Brat, about unequal education, police brutality, and Chola con Cello, and Boca de Sandia, fashion racism. Ramos said Latinos were often blocked and makeup, as well as street life. out of weighing in politically—divided into “Even though the photography and the music voting districts where they had no power. And is at the core of this, I think that people will be Chicanos wanted to change that. very impressed with the performance art that “There was really a new understanding of the desire and the right of brown people to have extends beyond music and especially fashion that is somewhat iconic and lasting,” Ramos the same opportunities that upper-class white said. “It might surprise people. You know, how citizens had,” Ramos said. “Although the show doesn’t deal directly with those issues, it does much advance and progressive they were in deal with the culture.” their point of view.” ∆ Counter Narratives isn’t so much about LABIOS Poet and photographer Marisela Norte’s images capture the fashion and colors political unrest, as it is about what evolved from Camillia Lanham is ready to get some culture. of the Latino community, such as a woman it. Chicano culture is about more than protest, Send future arts ideas to Glen Starkey at applying lip gloss while in transit. Ramos said. It’s a dichotomy and an identity gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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irector Niki Caro (Whale Rider, McFarland, USA, The Zookeeper’s Wife) helms this live-action remake of Disney’s beloved 1998 animated film. To save her ailing father from being drafted into a war, a young woman, Hua Mulan, disguises herself as a man to fight in his place. (120 min.) Editor’s note: Staff Writer Karen Garcia and Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood took over Split Screen while the Starkeys enjoyed the week off. Caleb Like its animated predecessor, Mulan begins with an executive order from an unnamed emperor of China (played here by Jet Li), who decrees that one male from every household in the nation must join the Imperial Army in its fight against northern invaders. But unlike the original film, where the opposing side is an army of Huns, this remake’s primary antagonist is Bori Khan (Jason Scott Lee), who leads a battalion of Rouran warriors into China and vows to murder its emperor. #TheWrathOfKhan. Besides bloodlust, another attribute the original’s villain shares with Khan is a penchant for pet falcons. But Khan’s falcon is more than just a falcon, ’tis rather a shapeshifting sorceress of sorts, Xianniang (Gong Li), who can jump between her animal and human form at will (think Professor McGonagall except evil). I love how the filmmakers decided to expand upon the falcon character while simultaneously omitting Mushu, the original film’s primary comic relief (voiced by Eddie Murphy), in favor of a more “realistic” take on Mulan. I can picture how it all went down in the writer’s room: “Nobody’s gonna buy a talking dragon in live-action form. But remember how successful Birdman was? Maybe we can have our very own Birdwoman?” Karen Xianniang is an interesting addition to a beloved Disney classic, but I feel like she was thrown into the film to do Khan’s dirty work of invading villages. However Xianniang and Mulan (Yifei Liu) have something in common: They

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What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Karen? Stream it What’s it worth, Caleb? Stream it Where’s it showing? Disney Plus both have strength and power that is dismissed because they’re females in a patriarchal world. I appreciate the sentiment, but Xianniang’s side story is a bit of a stretch for me. Actually, the recent Disney live-action reboots of old films are all a stretch for me. At least most of them have the original songs in the film—I’m just bitter that I didn’t get to sing along to “Reflection.” I get it, this was more of a serious adaptation of the film, and on that note, the actors were also very serious, dare I say … flat. In the original when Mulan goes to a training camp for the Imperial Army, she meets a group of men with comical personalities who become her friends, something that was sorely lacking in this go around. Who is that girl I see on my television screen staring straight back at me? Well, it’s not the best reflection of the 1998 Mulan. Caleb Ancestors, hear my plea/ Please bring my $30 back to me. Mulan isn’t worth the “Premier Access” price it’s currently offered at ($29.99 with a subscription to Disney Plus). But if you’ve already got Disney Plus, I recommend streaming Mulan a few months from now when the additional fee goes away. In the meantime, my advice is just stick to the original. I can relate to your bitterness, Karen, I also missed the songs, especially “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” and “A Girl Worth Fighting For.” I really wish they would have tried integrating the musical numbers into the remake. Is a character bursting into song any less believable than Xianniang’s “animorph” powers? Even the warfare scenes felt more powerful and atmospheric in the animated film. Mulan’s training sequences feel watered down as well. The remake implies Mulan was gifted with qi (depicted in the film as a magical energy source rather

ore than three decades have passed since the central event of The Karate Kid took place—the All Valley Karate Tournament, which culminated in its final round between young fighters Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). Now both in their 50s, the rivalry between the two reignites when Lawrence, a recently

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FEMALE POWER Standing in for her father, Hua Mulan (Yifei Liu) impersonates a male to fight in the Imperial Army against Bori Khan and his warriors in the Disney live-action remake of Mulan.

than the traditional martial arts concept it’s named after), which is how she’s able to fight so well. In the original film, Mulan is an ordinary woman who trains hard to become a natural badass, no magic required. I think it’s clear which of the two versions is more empowering. Karen If you don’t want to take our word for it, The New York Times reported that Disney had high hopes that the $200 million film would culturally resonate with moviegoers in China, but instead it was met with complaints. The audience was reportedly troubled by the westernized character that “succumbed to Orientalist stereotypes.” On par with Caleb’s perspective, another issue was the fact that Mulan is turned into a hero because of her qi powers rather than finding the power of inner strength to be who she wants to be—how is that relatable? If you’re looking for a film that will empower your youngsters and teens, stick to the original. This just doesn’t cut it. That goes for you too, Disney, leave the classics alone. Stop being lazy, and come up with new characters and stories that can transcend generations. Personally, I’m just tired of reboots. (120 min.) ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia and Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood wrote this week’s Split Screen. Send comments to gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

SWEEP THE LEG The rivalry between Karate Kid characters Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) reignites after Lawrence decides to reopen his alma mater karate dojo, in the popular YouTube Red series, Cobra Kai, which was recently acquired by Netflix.

n the middle of a mild snowstorm, a young woman What’s it rated? R (Jessie Buckley) narrates the long When? 2020 drive with her Where’s it streaming? Netflix boyfriend, Jake (Jesse Plemons), to visit his parents often creates—think Eternal Sunshine in Oklahoma. But there’s something off of the Spotless Mind and Being John about the trip. Between the woman’s Malkovich. Kaufman did a fascinating drifting thoughts of the seemingly new job of crafting a world that appears to relationship and questioning her suitor, center on the subconscious mind of the her mind always drifts into “thinking of young woman, and yet we know nothing ending things.” The outing becomes eerier about her. But we know everything when the couple finally makes it to Jake’s about Jake. parents’ house where the night seems to The film is dark and questions reality, go on forever as she watches his parents and you can’t help but be sucked into this trip that heads toward an end that isn’t age before her eyes. clear to the audience. It’s worth a watch This adaptation of the novel with or two to truly wrap your head around the the same name has a strange and anxiety-riddled evening. (134 min.) ∆ uncomfortable atmosphere that —Karen director and writer Charlie Kaufman

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bout three weeks before the world shut down, Gather Natural Market opened, smack dab in the middle of the tsunami. Grocery stores were still allowed to keep their doors open as essential businesses, and Gather followed the regulations as they changed by the day (and often by the hour). Gather’s been my main food hub since Day 1 back in February. “Can we use our own bags, Brett?” I would ask the owner, stopping for eggs and milk, which I’m always out of. “I think so! I checked this morning,” he’d say, ringing me up at the counter with the natural lavender hand sanitizer. I don’t like chemical hand sanitizer—I prefer good ol’ fashioned soap—but like everything else at Gather, I like their hand sanitizer. When they opened, many of us Atascaderans were on social media talking about what we call “our store” now. I started to see their shelves fill up with food that’s made, grown, or ranched locally. First came the brown bag stacks of Loaf Osos organic whole grain sourdough, then the grab-and-gos from SLO’s Bliss Cafe and Templeton’s Fig at Courtney’s House. And Trina’s organic produce from Templeton Valley Farms, Joebella Coffee from a few blocks away, Miss Teaberry’s gluten- and dairyfree vegan doughnuts from Los Osos, PHOTO COURTESY OF EMMET ARRIES

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Neighborhood market Gather Natural Market is located next to The Barber Shop in the San Jacinto Centre at 4825 El Camino Real, Atascadero. In-store hours are Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Find Gather’s latest new items on Facebook or shop online for pickup at gathernaturalmarket.com.

and more. Then the fridge filled up with kombucha, yogurt, and eggs—and my go-to wellness potion: BlissRiver Organics Elderberry Syrup made in SLO. The surprisingly affordable organic food AIRY AND SPACIOUS Gather Natural Market is just down the road from Downtown Atascadero on store gave new life El Camino. There’s always plenty of parking, and the high ceilings, large windows, and wide aisles, make to a 10-years-vacant shopping like a breezy walk in the park. former drug store and wine pallet storage are growing organically and really, more even though I can’t hug you and I have unit. Unlike the typical independent regeneratively, is the word now, is the to stand 6 feet back,’ and we want to be a natural market, which is usually on plan. And in turn we can support every place where that happens.” the smaller side, Gather is blessed with part of the ecosystem, and the people who “People gather around food in so many high ceilings, large windows, and wide live in it.” ways,” she added. “And though they can’t aisles. On top of that, the laid-back She met her husband, Lamberson—who sit in our seating area or talk for long vibe embodies the “aloha spirit”—good moved to SLO County from Portland, periods of time with each other right now, feelings that originate from the mind and Oregon—at Paulding Middle School in part of our mission is to be in service of heart, possibly since the owners’ previous that.” Arroyo Grande. They married in their 20s residence was in Kauai. Husband-and-wife team Rilyn Arries and bought their first home in Atascadero “We want a place where people can feel and Brett Lamberson began Gather in ’96. Lamberson has a background connected with each other,” Arries said. with their two sons Emmet, 19, and in shipping and receiving supervision, “Even through COVID, and people being Dakota, 15, with an intention to provide something that comes in handy in this quarantined at times, people would walk an affordable organic food store that line of work. in and say, ‘Oh! It’s so great to see you— both supports local food “I’m obsessed with efficiency,” said production and the planet. Lamberson, who streamlines everything Arries was born and involved in inventory and receiving raised in San Luis Obispo. behind the scenes. “It’s how I think about A graduate of Arroyo things. When we started this, we knew in Grande High School, and order to make it affordable, we’re going to Cal Poly, she moved on to have to run it as lean as we possibly can.” get her master’s degree Their son, Emmet, created and runs in clinical psychology in the website, including the super-easy Santa Barbara. Retail online ordering. He works full time and and grocery was never takes classes at Cuesta, while his brother, her plan, she said—she Dakota, who is homeschooled, helps with wanted to become a the store whenever he can while working farmer. on his homework upstairs. Her grandmother owned Before Gather, Arries and Lamberson Vita Nutrition on Garden ran a health food store in Kauai for Street in SLO in the ’70s, six years. Their island model, which and little Rilyn grew focused on eliminating food waste and up hanging around her only importing what people wanted, has natural food store, with served them well on the mainland. GATHERED TOGETHER the smell of nutritional Arries said they source as much as they Pictured is the founding yeast and the taste of her can seasonally and locally, and they use family with the Gather team. Top row: (from left), Olivia, favorite sour kefir. services like women-owned, sustainable Megan, with husband-and“We want to make the practice, award-winning Veritable wife/owners Brett Lamberson organics as affordable as Vegetable, an organic distributor out of and Rilyn Arries and their we can so that we can keep San Francisco, for the rest of the produce. son Emmet; front row: (from changing the food system,” In the early days of sheltering at home, left) Carol, Kenny, and the Arries said. “Supporting I gauged the pace of the entire food supply owners’ son Dakota. independent farmers who

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from Gather. It was interesting to observe shopping patterns in the community. “The whole distribution system had to do a pretty big re-working,” Arries said. “You order 3,000 products, but not everything comes,” she laughed. They’d put up a sign that they’d be waiting for certain items. Her store was being affected by LA, which was being prioritized for shipments. By the third week, they were getting a 40 percent fill rate (down from about 95 percent). Currently, the store is in good shape, and Arries gave me a new shopping tip. They just started carrying beyond organic, regenerative local lamb from Paso Robles, a project Arries is excited

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FILE NO. 2020-1566 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CASA PINEDA’S PARTY DECORATIONS, PINEDA’S 805 TACOS, 1085 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Alma Pineda, Maribel Rios Pineda (1431 6th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Maribel Rios Pineda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 08-04-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1526 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/20/1990) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MORRO HILLTOP HOUSEMOTEL, 1200 Morro Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Sean A McBride (1210 Morro Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sean A McBride. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-3020. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 07-30-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1537 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/17/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CREEKSIDE INN OF PASO ROBLES, CREEKSIDE BED & BREAKFAST, LEFT BANK CAFÉ AT CREEKSIDE, 5325 Vineyard Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Thomas James Burgett, Amy Colleen Burgett (5325 Vineyard Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Amy Colleen Burgett. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-31-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 07-31-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1602 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AGAVE GRILL, 671 W. Tefft St., Suite 10, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Jose D. Chavez (1611 Capitola St., Santa Maria, C A93458). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Chavez D. Jose, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-07-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-07-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1610 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/01/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MOONLIT MOBILE MAINTENANCE, 2215 Willow Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Angelina Nicole Tillema (2215 Willow Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Angelina Tillema, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-07-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 08-07-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1627 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE SWITCH SLO, 2256 Broad Street, Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Broad Street Rib Line, LLC (2256 Broad Street, Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Broad Street Rib Line, LLC, Krystal Appiano, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-11-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-11-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1628 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SUNSETS AT PISMO, 1197 Highland Way, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Rib Line By The Beach, LLC (1197 Highland Way, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Rib Line By The Beach, LLC, Krystal Appiano, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-1120. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-11-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1631 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/11/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ACADEMIC COACH, 2081 Lopez Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Erik Robert Forbes, Nicola Jane Perje (2081 Lopez Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Copartnership /s/ Nicola Jane Perje. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-11-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-11-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1673 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/12/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE HERBAL COOKIE COMPAY LLC, 2555 Village Ln., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. The Herbal Cookie Company LLC (2555 Village Ln., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ The Herbal Cookie Company LLC, Laura A. Murphy, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-17-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-17-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1647 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/08/1989) New Filing The following person is doing business as, STRAIGHT DOWN CLOTHING CO., 625 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Straight Down Enterprises, Inc. (625 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Straight Down Enterprises, Inc., Michael Rowley-Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-12-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-12-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1655 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CADU, 872 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Amirsalar Pardakhti (754 Boysen Ave., Apt. 10, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Amirsalar Pardakhti. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-13-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-13-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1659 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/15/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ITMD, 867 Vista Del Collados, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. ITMD Inc. (867 Vista Del Collados, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Jason Baron, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-14-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-14-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1672 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/12/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CRAZY BRAVE MEDICINAL HERB FARM, 2555 Village Ln., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Laura A. Murphy, Brendan Murphy (2555 Village Ln., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Laura A. Murphy. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-17-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-17-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1678 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/03/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PCR ONCOLOGY, 584 Camino Mercado, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. David Leigh Palchak, Marie Christine Palchak (345 Mesquite Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Marie C Palchak, Co-Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 08-18-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1679 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/04/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEATO FARMS TRUCKING & TRACTOR SERVICE, 4680 Tower Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Beato Farms Inc. (4680 Tower Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Beato Farms Inc., Joe Beato, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 08-18-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1683 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ALDRETE TRAINED, 3965 Buena Vista Dr., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Richard Aldrete (2140 Prospect Ave., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Richard Aldrete. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 08-18-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1692 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GT REAL ESTATE, 1264 Black Sage Circle, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Gregory Michael Toepfer (1264 Black Sage Circle, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gregory M. Toepfer, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1693 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/19/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO DELICIOUS, 1129 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Michael Paul Martineau (654 Toro St. #B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michael Paul Martineau, Business Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1681 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, M & M MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, 354 N. 6th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Michael N Thibault, Marcia L Thibault (354 N. 6th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Michael Thibault, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-18-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1698 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/19/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RITUAL SKIN AND BODY CARE, STAR BROWS, 522 Paulding Circle, Suite A, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Linda Hall Ruberto (73 La Garza, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Linda Ruberto, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1682 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FIRECRACKERS SLO, 280 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Derrick Dustin Snider (280 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Derrick Dustin Snider. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 0818-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1702 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/14/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ESTEEM SURF INC., 590 Cypress Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Esteem Surf Inc. (590 Cypress Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Esteem Surf Inc., Robert A. Domingues - CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1703 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BUTTERCUP BEAUTY, 1977 Santa Barbara Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Blakeley Margaret Bryan (2252 Broad St. #201, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Blakeley Margaret Bryan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1710 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/20/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FLOWIN’ MAMA, 1230 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Vicki Blond (1230 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Vicki Blond. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-2020. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 08-20-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1715 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/12/1995) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CARDIOTHORACIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FORUM, MEDICINE MEETS VIRTUAL REALITY, NEXTMED, NEWERA CARDIAC CARE, 752 Meinecke Ave., Unit A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Aligned Management Associates, Inc. (793 E Foothill Blvd., Ste. 109A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Aligned Management Associates, Inc., Susan W. Westwood, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1716 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/28/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TOM’S AUTO SERVICE, 1017 E Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Thomas Felmlee (2700 Brisa Blanda Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Thomas Felmlee. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1717 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/19/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, EMPIRE EXPORTS 1924, 325 Stimson Ave., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Empire Development & Construction 2005 Inc. (1375 E Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Empire Development & Construction 2005 Inc., Christine Fraser, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 0821-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1719 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/15/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SACRED SPACE PSYCHOLOGY, 2280 Sunset Drive B-1, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Ashley Ingersoll Hart (2280 Sunset Drive B-1, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Ashley I Hart. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1721 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DT GENERAL ENGINEERING GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, 520 Via Vaquero, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Derek Laurence Todd, Michelle Nova Todd (520 Via Vaquero, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Derek Laurence Todd, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-25. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1722 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MITCHELL PARK DELI, 1401 Osos Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Manny’s Dime LLC (1080 Grove Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Manny’s Dime LLC, Manuel Castillo, Owner/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1723 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/19/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CHRIDOMI, 1774 Longbranch Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Christian Anthony Atencio (1774 Longbranch Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Christian A Atencio, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1725 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/13/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DROUGHTSCAPES, 701 Artic Ave., Santa Maria, CA 93454. Santa Barbara County. Jason Arnold (701 Artic Ave., Santa Maria, CA 93454). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jason Arnold. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1726 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/30/2011) New Filing The following person is doing business as, STEVE’S HOME REPAIR, 2566 Newport Ave., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Steven Truitt (2566 Newport Ave., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Steven Truitt. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1732 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/24/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MIKE’S QUALITY POOL & SPA REPAIR, 334 Uranus Ct., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Michael J Roy, Nanette Julia Roy (334 Uranus Ct., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Nanette Julia Roy, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-25-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1733 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, OPEN OUTCRY WINES, 5414 Vineyard Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Hawks Hill Ranch Winery, LLC (8225 Adelaida Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Hawks Hill Ranch Winery, LLC, Thomas Christopher Kuyper, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 0825-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1737 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VALLEY OAK WELLNESS, VALLEY OAK WELLNESS & STRENGTH TRAINING, VALLEY OAK WELLNESS COACHING, 4940 Huasna Townsite Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Aidan Linsteadt, Olga Apolinarska (4940 Huasna Townsite Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Aidan Linsteadt. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-25-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1738 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE AND RANCH, 282 Templeton Cemetery Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Randall Clagg, Channon Clagg (282 Templeton Cemetery Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Channon Clagg. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-25-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1741 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CELEBRITY HAIR SOLUTIONS, 1440 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Cynthia Kay McGee (2170 Branch Mill Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Cynthia Kay McGee. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-26-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 0826-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1751 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/31/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO PAINT CO, 629 Garfield Pl., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Steve Anselm (629 Garfield Pl., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Steve Anselm, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-27-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 08-27-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1766 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COAST-MOBILE NOTARY SERVICES, 1545 4th Street, Baywood-Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Sonya M Jackson (1545 4th Street, Baywood-Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sonya M Jackson, Notary Public. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-28-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-28-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1742 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NIPOMO SWAP MEET, 263 North Frontage Rd., Nipomo, CA93444. San Luis Obispo County. Carnival Marketplaces, Inc. (263 North Frontage Rd., Nipomo, CA93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Carnival Marketplaces, Inc., Melissa Smith, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-26-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-26-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1754 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/26/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NO BS COW PRODUCTS, 548 Saratoga Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. David B Vagnoni (548 Saratoga Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433), Raffael Lichdi (1047 Maple St. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An General Partnership /s/ David B Vagnoni, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-27-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 08-27-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1768 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CULVER VINEYARDS, 5060 Vineyard Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Stella Vineyards, LLC (5060 Vineyard Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Stella Vineyards, LLC, Mitchell Culver, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-28-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 08-28-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1743 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TREE FACTORY, 2115 Willow Rd., Ste. B1, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. El Valle Originals LLC (2115 Willow Rd., Ste. B1, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ El Valle Originals LLC, Alejandro Mendoza Orozco/Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-26-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-26-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1759 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/24/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SALT & LIGHT THERAPY, 1284 Drake Cir., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Matthew Steven Booth (1284 Drake Cir., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Matthew Steven Booth. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-27-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 0827-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1764 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/27/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GOLDEN STATE DRONE SERVICES, 635 Sequoia Lane, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Cory J. Upham (635 Sequoia Lane, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Cory J. Upham. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-28-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 08-28-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1744 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/20/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, A B CLEANING, 179 Niblick Rd., #423, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Addrell R. Brewer (179 Niblick Rd., #423, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Addrell R. Brewer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-26-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 08-26-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1745 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/20/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MATILIJA MOON, 450 Hathway Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Keli L Kuhn (450 Hathway Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Keli L Kuhn. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-26-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 08-26-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1765 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/28/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BLUE DIAMOND LANDSCAPES, 2770 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Edward Roman Wasniowski (2770 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Edward Roman Wasniowski, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-28-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-28-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1769 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/10/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TABLE – HEIDI PETERSEN CERAMICS, 22210 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Heidi Petersen (22318 J. Street, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Heidi Petersen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-28-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 08-28-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1773 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/15/2006) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HAYWOOD & ASSOCIATES, 228 La Camarilla Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Alan Haywood, Diane Haywood (228 La Camarilla Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Alan Haywood. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-31-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 08-31-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1774 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MOTHER BEAUTY, 222 N. Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Liana Alexia Moynier (14525 Cuesta Road, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Liana Alexia Moynier. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-31-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-31-25. September 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1778 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPYGLASS STUDIOS, 629 Cerro Romauldo Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Matthew D. Bourne (629 Cerro Romauldo Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405), Ihsan Hashim (597 Lilac Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Matthew D. Bourne. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-31-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 08-31-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1779 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/29/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GRACIA BOUTIQUE, 37 Los Verdes Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Vanessa Gonzalez (37 Los Verdes Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Vanessa Gonzalez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-31-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 08-31-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1786 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ZEST IT UP, 14870 Round Mountain Heights, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Nason, Inc. (14870 Round Mountain Heights, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Nason, Inc., Samantha R. Nason, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-01-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 09-01-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1787 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DEFALCO FAMILY WINES, 3230 Riverside Ave., Suite 190, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Gus Defalco (204 Columbia St., Newport Beach, CA 92660). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gus L. Defalco, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-01-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 09-01-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1790 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/16/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, INVEST SLO, INVEST SLO REAL ESTATE GROUP, 350 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Abel Salomon Contreras (345 E. Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Abel Salomon Contreras. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-02-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 09-02-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-1791 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SEA GLASS SALON, 1002 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Heather G Babcock (1571 16th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Heather G Babcock. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0902-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 0902-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-1792 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SHELL BEACH LNAD TENANCY AND COMMON, 750 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Toney Breault Trustee of Bruce Breault Family Trust (750 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449), Toney Breault (148 Santa Fe Ave., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Toney Breault, Jack Paul Britton IV, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-02-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 09-02-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-1794 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/02/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DOWN THE ROAD MOTORS, 1921 Cienaga St., Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Auto Wholesale, Inc. (1921 Cienaga St., Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Central Coast Auto Wholesale, Inc., Nicholas J. Heiland, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-02-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 09-02-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-1795 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MR. FIX IT PLUMBING AND REPAIR LLC, 838 Alejandro Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Mr. Fix It Plumbing and Repair LLC (838 Alejandro Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Mr. Fix It Plumbing and Repair LLC, Flavio Rodriguez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-02-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 09-02-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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CITY OF GROVER BEACH NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED BIDS will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Grover Beach at the City Clerk’s Office at 154 South 8th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433 until 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 15, 2020 and promptly thereafter all bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud outdoors at the entrance of City Hall for furnishing to said City all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, services and supplies necessary to construct and complete the construction of the:

HIGHLAND WAY SEWER LINE PROJECT, CIP 5001 HIGHLAND WAY, GROVER BEACH General Work Description: In general, the Base Bid Work shall be the construction of 1466 LF of new 8” PVC sanitary sewer main and 8 manholes along Highland Way between Huston St. and Aberdeen Ct. and extending through an alley to the north, ending just to the west of Messina Ct. The estimated opinion of probable construction cost for this Base Bid Work is $405,000. Conditions of Submitting a Bid: Bids are required for the entire Work described herein. The Contractor shall possess a Class A license at the time this Contract is awarded through Contract acceptance (Public Contract Code Section 10164). The Contractor and all subcontractors will be required to obtain a City of Grover Beach Business Tax Certificate at the time the Contract is awarded. This Contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code, Section 12990. Notice to Bidders, Plans, Special Provisions, and Proposal Forms may be inspected at the Public Works Office in Grover Beach, California, and copies of said documents may be obtained through the Blueprint Express Plan Room: http://www.beplanroom.com/public. php. No bid will be received unless it is made on a Proposal Form furnished by the City. Bids received via FAX will not be considered. Each bid shall be accompanied by cash, certified or cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the base bid, made payable to the City of Grover Beach. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county, or counties, in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/PWD/. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal or be awarded a contract for public work on public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. Notice is also hereby given that any or all bidders may be required to furnish a sworn statement of their financial responsibility, technical ability and experience before award is made to any particular bidder. Bidders shall contact the City of Grover Beach Department of Public Works office at (805) 473-4530 the day prior to bid opening to obtain any bidding addenda information. Submittal of a signed bid shall be evidence that the Bidder has obtained this information and that the bid is based on any changes contained therein. Submittal of Bidder’s Inquiries: Inquiries or questions based on alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications or estimate must be communicated as a bidder inquiry prior to bid opening. Bidder’s inquiries shall be submitted in writing via e-mail to the City of Grover Beach, Public Works Department, at: PublicWorks@groverbeach.org. The cutoff time that the City will accept bidder’s inquiries is 5:00 p.m. on the fifth business day prior to the bid opening date. Do not count the bid opening date when counting the days. The City will respond to inquires via bidding addenda. Any such inquiries, submitted after the cutoff time of receiving bidder’s inquiries, will not be treated as a bid protest. Bid Submittal Instructions: The contractor must wear a mask when dropping off the bid. On the outside of the bid envelope the Bidder shall indicate the following: 1. 2. 3.

Name and Address of Bidder Name of project on which bid is submitted Date and time of bid opening

The right is reserved by the City of Grover Beach to reject any or all bids, to evaluate the bids submitted, and award the Contract to the lowest responsible bidder. The City further reserves the right to waive any informalities or minor irregularities in the bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) working days after the date set for the opening thereof. Dated this 10th day of SEPTEMBER 2020, at the City of Grover Beach, California. City of Grover Beach STATE OF CALIFORNIA Gregory A. Ray, P.E. Public Works Director/City Engineer Legal Ad Published: New Times, Thursdays, September 10 and 17, 2020

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission WHEN:Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Michael J. Wilson and AT&T Mobility for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2018-00130) to allow for the construction and operation of a wireless communications facility consisting of nine panel antennas, thirty -six remote radio units, seven surge suppression units, one microwave antenna, and associated equipment and hardware. The proposed equipment would be located within a 24-foot wide and 26-foot tall cylinder portion of a new 60-foot tall faux elevated water tank within a 40-foot by 55-foot lease area, surrounded by a 8-foot tall wooden fence enclosure. The enclosed lease area also includes a 20kW diesel standby emergency generator and 190 Gallon fuel tank. The proposed project will result in the disturbance of approximately 47,300 square feet (including utility trenching and access road improvements) and 1,000 cubic yards of cut and fill on an approximately 19-acre parcel. The proposed project is within the Agriculture land use category and is located at 3939 El Pomar Drive, approximately 5 miles east of the community of Templeton. The site is in the El Pomar-Estrella Sub Area of the North County Planning Area. Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on September 4, 2020 for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address aesthetics, air quality, and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning. org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2018-00130 Supervisorial District: District 5 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 033-281-056 Date Accepted: 08/16/2019 WHERE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www.slocounty. ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions. aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning. org. You may also contact Matthew Ringel, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Ramona Hedges, Secretary Planning Commission September 17, 2020

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Steve Olson of Kiler Canyon Vineyards LLC for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2019-00070) to allow for the construction of a winery facility that will include two buildings: Building A (one-story 1,966-squarefoot tasting room building) that will include a 978-square-foot tasting room, 298-square-foot case storage room, wine pick up area, foyer, 3-restrooms and 1,465-square-foot outdoor covered porch; Building B (two-story 6,608-square-foot wine production/barrel storage building) that will include a 2,451-square-foot barrel storage room, 2,659-square-foot tank room, office, breakroom, kitchen, 2-restrooms; the mezzanine level will include a lab and additional storage space. This building will include a 2,410-square-foot outdoor covered work area. Maximum annual case production of 10,000 cases. San Luis Obispo County Code Section 22.30.70.D.2.a. states that the principle access driveway to a winery with public tours, tasting rooms or special events is to be located on or within one mile of an arterial or collector road. The applicant is requesting a modification to Section 22.30.70.D.2.a to locate the winery with a tasting room 1.97 miles from the nearest collector road. Section 22.30.020. D contains a provision that allows a standard to be waived or modified through a Conditional Use Permit if it can be proven to be unnecessary or ineffective and the project meets all other development standards contained in the Land Use Ordinance. This project does not include any special events. However, the project does include the participation in wine industry events as allowed by the Land Use Ordinance. The project will result in approximately 2.75 acres of site disturbance on a 53-acre parcel, including 7,369 cubic yards of cut and 7,488 cubic yards of fill. The proposed project is within the Agriculture land use category, located at 1535 Kiler Canyon Road, 1.97 miles west of the City Paso Robles. The project site is in the Salinas River Sub Area of the North County planning Area. Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on September 11, 2020 for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Biological Resources and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning. org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2019-00070 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 026-472-004, -010 Date Accepted: 11/04/2019 WHERE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions. aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Holly Phipps, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Ramona Hedges, Secretary Planning Commission September 17, 2020

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COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Subdivision Review Board WHEN: Monday, October 5, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Frank Mazzone for a Tentative Parcel Map (SUB2019-00055 / CO14-0106) to subdivide an existing 16.73-acre parcel into two parcels of 11.66 and 5.07 acres each for the purpose of sale and/or development. Parcel 1 will include an existing 6,000-square-foot residence, agricultural barn, and accessory storage structures. Parcel 2 will include an existing 1,200-square-foot residence, a 500-square-foot historic residence converted to storage, and several small accessory sheds. A side setback adjustment is requested to allow the existing structure to be located 10 feet, nine inches from the property line. A second adjustment is requested to eliminate standard road improvements on Monte Road, otherwise required by the County’s standard improvement specifications and drawings and Title 21, The Real Property Division Ordinance. No new site disturbance is proposed or anticipated other than utility improvements. An existing shared well will continue to serve the two parcels. The property is in the Residential Rural land use category and subject to a Planning Area Standard that limits subdivision to two parcels and prohibits secondary residences. The project site is located at 6505 Monte Road, San Luis Obispo on the east side of Highway 101 at the intersection of San Luis Bay Drive and Monte Road, approximately 3 miles south of the City of San Luis Obispo, in the San Luis Obispo Sub Area North of the San Luis Obispo Planning Area. Also to be considered is the determination that the project is categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA. County File Number: SUB2019-00055 Supervisorial District: District 3 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 076-251-044 Date Accepted: 01/31/2020 WHERE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions. aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Cindy Chambers, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Daniela Chavez, Secretary Subdivision Review Board September 17, 2020

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEMPLETON COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Templeton Community Services District will hold a public hearing beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, to consider amending the Master Fee Schedule to establish a flat fee for processing a Community Facilities District Annexation in place of an applicant entering into a reimbursement agreement and providing a deposit to cover the annexation processing costs. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THE PUBLIC MAY ONLY PARTICIPATE BY TELECONFERENCING OR BY USING THE BELOW VIDEO LINK. All interested persons are invited to call in to participate in the hearing, provide comments, and be heard: Public Call in Number to Participate is as follows: ZOOM Phone #: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 838 3815 5399 Password: 554113 Or Join the Zoom Meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83 838155399?pwd=Rzg0Q3hpMjJNbkNrLzFqK1dzaDFzUT09 At the public hearing on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, the District will consider any and all comments and objections to the proposed amendment. If approved, the Master Schedule of Fees and Charges amendment would become effective immediately. Any person interested in this matter is invited to attend the public hearing. Any questions regarding the fee or information in this notice may be directed to Tina Mayer, District Engineer, at (805) 434-4900. All information and documents regarding the proposed amendment will be available for inspection at the Templeton Community Services District office located at 420 Crocker Street, Templeton. OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT OPTIONS: The public may also provide comment via e-mail or letters that will be distributed to the Board of Directors. E-mails may be sent to the Board Secretary at ion@templetoncsd.org. Letters may be mailed to the District Office at P.O. Box 780, Templeton, CA 93465. Letters may also be dropped-off at the District’s Drop-Box located outside the District Office at 420 Crocker Street, Templeton. People may also call the District Office at (805) 434-4900 to leave a message concerning items on the agenda. Public input using one of these methods must be received by Tuesday, October 6, 2020 by 3:00 p.m. September 17 & 24, 2020

CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING The San Luis Obispo Cultural Heritage Committee will hold a Regular Meeting, Monday, September 28, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. While the City encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed by joining the webinar or visiting the City’s electronic archive the day after the meeting to view the recording. Webinar registration details will be available on the agenda and the archive can be accessed from the City’s website at www.slocity.org. Public comment, prior to the start of the meeting, may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail to the City Clerk’s Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to advisorybodies@slocity.org. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: 1. Review of a Mills Act Historical Property Contract for the Lozelle and Katie Flickinger Graham House at 1789 Santa Barbara Street (this action is not subject to environmental Review); Project Address: 1789 Santa Barbara Street; Case #: HIST-0359-2020; Zone: R-3-H; Michael Hughes, applicant. Contact Information: Walter Oetzell – (805) 781-7593 – woetzell@slocity.org The Cultural Heritage Committee may also discuss other hearing or business items before or after the item(s) listed above. If you challenge the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Cultural Heritage Committee during, or prior to, the public hearing. The report(s) will be available 72 hours in advance of the meeting and can be viewed on the City’s website at: https:// www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies/agendasand-minutes/cultural-heritage-committee. Please call the Community Development Department at (805) 781-7170 for more information, or to request an agenda report. September 17, 2020

CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY AND INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION For 281 Broad Street Parcel Division (City File EID-0267-2019 & SBDV-0159-2019) The City of San Luis Obispo has completed an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the subdivision proposed by John Rourke (applicant). The IS/MND found the following environmental factors to be less than significant with mitigation incorporated: Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Noise, and Tribal Cultural Resources. The project’s primary location is 281 Broad Street (APN 001-091-016), San Luis Obispo, CA. Based on a search of the California Department of Toxic Substance Control’s EnviroStar database, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Geotracker database, and CalEPA’s Cortese List website, there are no hazardous waste cleanup sites within the project site. The project includes division of a 6.42-acre low-density residential parcel, of which 3.16 acres is dedicated as Conservation/Open Space (C/OS), into three parcels, 4.1 acres (Parcel 1), 1.30 acres (Parcel 2), and 1.03 acres (Parcel 3) in size. With the exception of Parcel 1, which would have two zoning designations (R-1 and C/ OS), each parcel would have a low-density residential zoning designation (R-1). Approximately 3.16 acres of Parcel 1 would remain designated C/OS, and the remaining 0.94 acre would be designated R-1. While no specific development proposal has been identified for the site, based on the underlying zoning and proposed parcel sizes, this analysis assumes that future development would consist of residential development. Future buildout of the properties would likely result in the removal of two oak trees. Reference copies of the Mitigated Negative Declaration are available on the City’s website at http://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/ community-development/documents-online/environmental-review-documents. If you are unable to access the internet, please contact Kyle Bell at kbell@slocity.org or (805) 781-7524 to arrange for an alternative means to view the study, as the City offices are currently closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated Shelter at Home Order. The required 20-day public review period for the Mitigated Negative Declaration will extend from Thursday, September 17, 2020 to Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Anyone interested in commenting on the document should submit a written statement to the City of San Luis Obispo, Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, Attention: Kyle Bell, Associate Planner, or by email to kbell@slocity.org, by 5:00 p.m., by October 7, 2020. A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission on October 14, 2020 to evaluate the project. Interested persons can access the Planning Commission agenda at https://www.slocity.org/government/ advisory-bodies/agendas-and-minutes/planning-commission to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project. September 17, 2020

CITY OF GROVER BEACH NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS *REVISED DATES* The City of Grover Beach is soliciting Proposals for General Administration Services for programs administered by the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development, such as CDBG. Proposals will be accepted electronically at jreese@ groverbeach.org until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 2020. Any questions or requests for clarification must be submitted to Janet Reese at jreese@groverbeach.org by Thursday, September 24 so that an amendment, if necessary, can be made available on Friday, September 25. The selected consultant will be required to obtain a City of Grover Beach business tax certificate at the time the contract is executed. This will be financed by applicable federal or state program funds, administered by the State of California Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department, and is subject to all of the applicable terms and conditions of the Standard Agreement and applicable Federal and State regulations and requirements of HUD and HCD. The right is reserved by the City of Grover Beach to reject any or all proposals, to evaluate the proposals submitted, and award the contract to the proposer who submits the most favorable overall proposal, as determined by the City in its sole discretion, and may be awarded to other than the lowest proposer. To receive a copy of the Request for Proposal, please email Janet Reese at jreese@groverbeach.org. September 17, 2020

NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 638 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council held on September 8, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference in accordance pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay amended section 8.20.030 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code to increase penalties for unauthorized RV and Vehicle Camping within the City of Morro Bay. A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is available on the City’s website at www.morrobayca.gov, and upon request by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (805) 772-6205. Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Headding, Addis, Davis, Heller, McPherson None None None /s/ Heather Goodwin Deputy City Clerk

Dated:

September 9, 2020

Publish:

September 17, 2020

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF AN INITIAL STUDY/ NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE GROVER BEACH 2020 – 2028 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND OPPORTUNITY SITE REZONING An Initial Study/Negative Declaration (ND) has been prepared by the City of Grover Beach for the proposed 2020 – 2028 Housing Element Update and Opportunity Site Rezoning. The ND will be available for public review/ comment beginning on Friday, September 18, 2020. All files can be downloaded from the City of Grover Beach Environmental Review (CEQA) webpage at the following web address https://www.grover.org/374/EnvironmentalDocuments. The Housing Element is one of the seven State-mandated elements of the City’s General Plan and was last updated in 2014 for the 2014 – 2019 planning period pursuant to California Government Code Section 65588. The Housing Element identifies and assesses the City’s existing and projected housing needs and provides an inventory of constraints and resources relevant to meeting these needs. The Housing Element must also identify how the City will meet its share of the regional housing need, commonly referred to as regional housing needs allocation (RHNA). The Housing Element update identifies the potential for development of up to 369 new housing units. In addition to the Housing Element Update, the proposed project includes a General Plan Land Use Element Map Amendment and Development Code Zoning Map Amendment zoning change to help meet the RHNA. The land use change and rezoning amendments will affect Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 060-309-002, 060-156011, 060-156-031, 060-242-044, and 060-242-045. In accordance with Sections 15072(a) and (b) of the CEQA Guidelines, this public notice is posted to officially notify the public, public agencies, and responsible and trustee agencies that the required 30-day public review/ comment period will commence on Friday, September 18, 2020 and conclude on Monday, October 19, 2020. Any written comments (via email or letter) on the IS/ND must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2020. Written comments may be emailed to commdev@ groverbeach.org, or mailed to: Community Development Department, Subject: Housing Element IS/ND, City of Grover Beach, 154 S 8th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. The Planning Commission is tentatively scheduled to review the IS/ND and proposed project at their meeting of Wednesday, October 23, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Please note that due to COVID-19, the City of Grover Beach will hold all meetings virtually. Meetings can be viewed on Channel 20 and are live streamed on the City’s website and on www. slo-span.org. September 17, 2020

CONSUMER INDEX The San Luis Obispo Municipal Code Chapter 5.44 entitled “Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization” requires that the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) percentage (%) be published as a basis for establishing rent increases. The monthly space rent in mobile home parks may not be increased more than once each year based on the CPI % change, or 9%, whichever is less. The CPI monthly data for Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim is used for San Luis Obispo. July 2020 PERCENT CHANGE Year Ending 1-Month Ending June July July 2020 2020 2020 1.4 1.9 0.6 For further information regarding the CPI %, please contact the CPI Hotline at (415) 625-2270. Teresa Purrington City Clerk City of San Luis Obispo September 17, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Simeon Community Services District (SSCSD) is seeking proposals for work related to lifting the water moratorium and the California Environmental Quality Act. Copies of the Request for Proposals may be obtained at the SSCSD website: www. sansimeoncsd.org and by contacting the SSCSD at (805) 927-4778, Monday through Thursday, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Proposal packages must be received by Monday, October 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. to the following address: San Simeon Community Questions and/or additional information concerning this RFP – admin@sansimeoncsd.org or contact the office at (805) 927-4778. September 17, 2020

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS Applications to make minor changes to the properties at the addresses listed below have been received by the City. 1. 1825 Monterey St. DIR-0286-2020; Request for a creek setback exception for the replacement of existing paving in an existing parking lot. Project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); C-T-S and C/ OS-5 zones; RKK Hospitality, LLC, applicant. (Kyle Bell) 2. 1319 Palm Street. HOME-0007-2020; Review of a Homestay Rental application to allow short-term rental (such as Airbnb) of an owneroccupied residence at 1319 Palm Street. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); R-3-H zone; Luke Soules, applicant. (Hannah Nguyen) 3. 157 Higuera Street. DIR-0450-2020; Request to perform work at night from October 14, 2020 to December 6, 2020, between the hours of 7:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M., for street improvements which include a southern extension of the existing right turn pocket lane on Higuera Street towards South Street. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); C-S-MU zone; Wathen Castanos Homes, applicant. (Hannah Nguyen) The Community Development Director will either approve or deny these applications no sooner than September 28, 2020. The Director’s decision may be appealed, and must be filed with the appropriate appeal fee within 10 days of the Director’s action. For more information, contact the City of San Luis Obispo Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, by calling (805) 781-7170, weekdays, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. September 17, 2020

ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT PUBLIC HEARING The City of San Luis Obispo’s Zoning Hearing Officer will hold a public hearing at 2:30 p.m. or later on Monday, September 28, 2020, on the item listed below. While the City encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed by joining the webinar or visiting the City’s electronic archive the day after the meeting to view the recording. Webinar registration details will be available on the agenda and the archive can be accessed from the City’s website at: https://opengov. slocity.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=116939&dbid=0&repo=CityClerk. Public comment may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail to the City Clerk’s Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to advisorybodies@slocity.org 1. 187 Tank Farm Rd. USE-0372-2020; Review of an Administrative Use Permit to allow operation of a coffee roasting business as a Light Manufacturing Land Use in a Service Commercial Area within the Airport Area Specific Plan (this project is categorically exempt from CEQA environmental review); C-S-SP zone; Tom Walsh, applicant. (Walter Oetzell) PLEASE NOTE: Any court challenge to the actions taken on this public hearing item may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing. September 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1803 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/25/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, XPRESSFILL SYSTEMS LLC, 265 Prado Rd., Suite 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Xpressfill Systems LLC (265 Prado Rd., Suite 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Xpressfill Systems LLC, Randy Kingsbury, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 09-03-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1820 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/28/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LA LOMITA WINES, 1985 La Lomita Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. La Lomita Ranch, LLC (1985 La Lomita Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ La Lomita Ranch, LLC, Rebecca Vander Horst, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-08-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 09-08-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1808 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/05/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ENTHEOS ENTERPRISE, LLC, 1375 E. Grand Ave. #532, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Entheos Enterprise, LLC (1375 E. Grand Ave. #532, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Entheos Enterprise, LLC, Lauren L. Stevens, Officer/Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 09-04-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-1809 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/03/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BALL ENTERPRISE, 996 Balboa Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Raymund Paul Ballesteros (996 Balboa Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Raymund Paul Ballesteros, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 09-04-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1810 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/04/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, D’S HANDYMAN SERVICES, 692 Pomeroy Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. David Guzman Higuera Aguirre Sr. (692 Pomeroy Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ David Guzman Higuera Aguirre Sr. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 09-04-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1816 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST ILLUMINATIONS, 3715 Alisos Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Sarah Dawn Gibbs (3715 Alisos Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sarah D. Gibbs. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 09-04-25. September 10, 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1823 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/08/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO MINDFUL RECOVERY, 98 Rafael Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Valerie Ann Ferrario (98 Rafael Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Valerie A. Ferrario, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-08-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 09-08-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1846 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/08/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COASTAL CHILDCARE , 144 Irish Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Lauren Alexandria Garcia (144 Irish Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lauren Alexandria Garcia. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-10-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 09-10-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1847 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/10/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NORTHSIDE MIKE’S BARER SHOP, 2300 N. Main Street, Ste. 2, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Jonathan Elliott (2300 N. Main Street, Ste. 2, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jonathan Elliott, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-10-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 09-10-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1826 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/09/1994) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JVPAINTING, 418 Whidbey St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Joseph William Verodi III (418 Whidbey St., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joe William Verodi III. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-08-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 09-08-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1858 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/17/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST AUTO REPAIR, 2310 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Brian Mayorga (1441 Bethel Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93458), Jonathan Garcia (524 E Central Ave. #B, Santa Maria, CA 93454). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Brian Mayorga. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-11-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 09-11-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1828 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/08/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PAULYWOG’S FARMHOUSE FURNITURE, 263 N. Frontage Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Paul Cornilliac (2166 Sierra Vista, Santa Maria, CA 93458). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Paul Cornilliac, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-08-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 09-08-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1844 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/27/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PORCH POUNDER, 855 Aerovista Place, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Canned Fun, LLC (835 Aerovista Place, Suite 230, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Canned Fun, LLC, Hamish S. Marshall, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-10-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 09-10-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-1864 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/11/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, QUINCON-SWS JV, 200 S. 13th St., Suite 101, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Jose Quintana (200 S. 13th St., Suite 101, Grover Beach, CA 93433), George Whitmer (2437 Radio Lane, Redding, CA 96001). This business is conducted by A Joint Venture /s/ Jose Quintana, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-14-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 09-14-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-1869 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/14/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO MOBILE MASSAGE, 650B East Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Travis C. Ramsum (650B East Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Travis C. Ramsum. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-14-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 09-14-25. September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PATRICIA N. FRENCH DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0153

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PATRICIA N. FRENCH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed PINE STREET SALOON “LLC” in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that RONALD LEE FRENCH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Michael P. Donohoe 1140 Scenic Drive, Suite 110 Modesto, CA 95350 September 17, 24, & October 1, 2020

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LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0450

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Shelly Rosa Reyes filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Shelly Rosa Reyes to PROPOSED NAME: Michelle Rosanne Palfrey THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 10/21/2020, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 9 By Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: August 27, 2020 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court September 17, 24, October 1, & 8, 2020.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CVP-0259

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Mitchell Lee Colombo filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Mitchell Lee Colombo to PROPOSED NAME: Mitchell Henry Thomas THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CVP-0279

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Serena Liliana Castaneda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Serena Liliana Castaneda to PROPOSED NAME: Rosalinn Serena Beckensten THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 10/21/2020, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. 2 By Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times

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TO TERESA REMPE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 13, 2020, in Department 11 of the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County, the petitioner, James Rempe, will petition the Court for judgment of dissolution of marriage. This hearing will take place via teleconference using the Zoom application, or by calling telephone number (669)900-9128. The meeting ID# is 840 2046 9603, and the meeting password# is 87893. Dated this 3 of September, 2020.

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League of Women Voters to moderate candidates forums Candidate forums are intended to provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the candidates and their views on the issues. Community members are encouraged to submit their questions for the candidates in advance of the forum. Questions should be on the issues and applicable to all candidates. Send your questions to info@lwvslo.org.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran playwright Wendy Wasserstein wrote, “Every year I resolve to be a little less the me I know and leave a little room for the me I could be. Every year I make a note not to feel left behind by my friends and family who have managed to change far more than I.” I recommend Wasserstein’s practice to you, dear Libra. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch this ritual as an annual tradition. For best results, write it out as a vow. I mean take a pen and paper and compose a solemn pledge, then sign it on the bottom to seal your determination.

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(April 20-May 20): “There are no ordinary feelings,” says poet Dean Young. “Just as there are no ordinary spring days or kicked over cans of paint.” That’s always true, but it will be especially true for you in the coming weeks. I suspect you will be host to a wealth of interesting, unique, and profound feelings. They might be a bit overwhelming at times, but I think they will mostly provide rich opportunities for your soul to grow deeper and stronger and more resilient.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “There should be a science of discontent,” said novelist Frank Herbert. “People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” I partially agree with that observation, but I also think it’s a gratuitous cliché that’s not at all absolute. In fact, our culture is under the spell of a mass delusion that tempts us to believe “no pain, no gain” is the supreme learning principle. I’d like to see the development of a robust science of contentment: how fascination and freedom and generosity can build psychic muscles. You’ll be a good candidate to study that subject in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian songwriter Mathangi Arulpragasam is better known by her stage name M.I.A. She has accomplished a lot in her 45 years on the planet, having been nominated for three Grammy Awards and an Academy Award. Esquire magazine named her the 75th most influential person of the 21st century. One key to her success is the fact that she formulated a clear master plan many years ago, and has used it to guide her decisions. In her song “Matangi,” she refers to it: “If you’re gonna be me, you need a manifesto / If you ain’t got one, you better get one presto.” I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to formulate (or re-formulate) your life manifesto and master plan.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If you’re not invited to the party, throw your own,” declares singer and actress Diahann Carroll. In the coming weeks, I urge you Leos to use that advice as a metaphor in every way you can imagine. For example, if you’re not getting the love you want from a certain someone, give it to yourself. If no one hands you the opportunity you need, hand it to yourself. If you wish people would tell you what you want to hear, but they’re not saying it, tell yourself what you want to hear. It’s a time when you need to go beyond mere self-sufficiency. Be self-gratifying, selfrewarding, self-acknowledging.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “At the necessary moment, going naked will be your most convincing disguise,” writes poet Dobby Gibson. As I apply his witty statement to your life, I’ll interpret it metaphorically. My sense is that you could really use the kind of “disguise” he’s talking about. What I mean is that you would benefit by appearing to be different from what people expect of you. You can gain key advantages by shifting the image you present to the world—by expressing a part of your identity that is not usually obvious. And I think the best way to do that is to “go naked”—i.e. be candid and transparent and vulnerable about your core truths.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I may not lead the most dramatic life,” confesses singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, “but in my brain it’s War and Peace every day.” He was referencing Leo Tolstoy’s sprawling, exuberant 1,200-page novel War and Peace, which features stories about five families who lived through Napoléon’s invasion of Russia in the 19th century. I’m guessing that these days your fantasy life may also be filled with epic fairy tales and heroic sagas and tear-jerking myths. Is there a problem with that? Not necessarily. It could be quite entertaining and educational. I do recommend that you keep your actual life a little calmer and saner, however.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!” said author Helen Keller (1880-1968). She was a smart activist who worked hard on behalf of women’s equality, labor rights, antimilitarism, and socialism. Was she being sarcastic in saying she loved being alive during a time of upheaval? Not at all. She derived excitement and vigor from critiquing injustice. Her lust for life soared as she lent her considerable energy to making life on earth more enjoyable for more people. I invite you to consider adopting her attitude in the coming weeks. It’s a good time to experiment with generating the personal power that becomes available by taking practical action in behalf of your high ideals.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You know what perfectionists are: people who obsessively strive to finesse every last detail, polishing and honing so compulsively that they risk sucking all the soul out of the finished product. In contrast to them, I propose that we identify a different class of humans known as imperfectionists. They understand that a ferocious drive for utter purity can make things sterile and ugly. They resolve to cultivate excellence while at the same time they understand that irregularities and eccentricities may infuse their work with beauty. I hope you’ll act like an imperfectionist in the coming weeks, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Everything good I’ve ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up,” writes author Elizabeth Gilbert. To that melodramatic declaration, I say, “Really? Everything? I don’t believe you.” And yet I do think she has a point. On some occasions, the most effective strategy for bringing good new influences into our lives is to sacrifice an influence or habit or pattern we’re attached to. And often the thing that needs to be sacrificed is comfortable or consoling or mildly pleasurable. I suspect that the coming weeks will offer you one of these opportunities, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I and me are always too deeply in conversation,” confessed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. I wonder why he said “too deeply” and not just “deeply.” Did he mean his dialogues with himself distracted him from important matters in the world outside of his imagination? Was he implying that he got so consumed while conducting his self-interviews that he lost his bearings and forgot what his goals were? With these cautions in mind, Pisces, I invite you to dive into an intense but spacious communion with yourself. Make this a delightful and illuminating conference, not a raging debate or a debilitating argument. ∆

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