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an Luis Obispo County and a former legislative aide to late 3rd District Supervisor Adam Hill have settled a recent workplace complaint that accused Hill of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. A heavily redacted copy of the former aide’s complaint states that Hill made unwanted sexual advances and behaved inappropriately toward her after she had ended a consensual but clandestine relationship with the supervisor. The complaint describes her suffering from “PSTD” over “gross things that happened,” citing instances of groping and other unwelcomed touching and comments. “[Redacted] would tell Hill that [redacted] felt uncomfortable … and he would reply that he couldn’t help himself because [redacted] was so sexy. He told [redacted] would need to quit being so sexy,” the complaint reads. SLO County’s Nov. 13 settlement pays the aide—whose name New Times is withholding because she’s an alleged victim—six months of salary and benefits exceeding $40,000, and relieves SLO County of liability. Her last day as a county employee was Nov. 13. “The county treats allegations of workplace misconduct very seriously,” county administrators said in a statement on Aug. 13 acknowledging the complaint and an investigation into the allegations. SLO County has since completed that investigation but denied New Times’ request for a copy. The redacted complaint—which was lodged a few weeks before Hill committed suicide on Aug. 6—appears to describe a long and complex relationship that began in late 2017 as a “casual sexual relationship” and started before her
employment at the county. Through 2018 and most of 2019, the two maintained a relationship, but, according to the complaint, she “finally broke it off … when Hill became upset and ‘freaked out’ and worried their relationship would become public as a result of the Katie Hill scandal.” Former U.S. Rep. Katie Hill resigned from Congress in October 2019 after she admitted to a relationship with a campaign staff member. “[Redacted] was upset since they had been in a sexual relationship for a few years and he had previously told [redacted] he would make it SETTLED San Luis Obispo County will pay a settlement to a former public,” the complaint states. county employee who alleged that late 3rd District Supervisor Adam Following their breakup, Hill sexually harassed her and created a hostile work environment the complaint states that before his August passing. she feared retaliation. Hill allegedly asked her to delete their consensual sexual relationship,” the their texts and emails. complaint reads. “[Redacted] felt bad about “He would get angry often and lash out, abandoning him. … [Redacted] just cared about pounding his fists,” the complaint reads. him and felt sorry for him.” Hill’s alleged sexual misconduct continued In October, the SLO County coroner’s periodically through the first half of 2020, investigators ruled Hill’s death a suicide due to according to the complaint, as the employee an intentional lethal overdose of cocaine and an offered him both professional and personal anti-anxiety medication. support during his decline in health. His seat remains open pending an “[Redacted] supported Adam Hill with his appointment by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Δ mental health issues, both during and after —Peter Johnson
Grand jury report details failures that led to Paso Unified’s financial crisis
Paso Unified had managed to put about $3.9 million into its rainy day fund, equating to about 7 percent of its overall budget and sitting well above the minimum 3 percent reserve required by the California Department of Education. By the end of Williams’ first term in 2015, the district’s reserve was equal to about 10 percent of its overall budget. But at the end of the following year, that had dropped back down to about 8 percent, and by the end of the 201617 year, the reserve had declined to 4 percent. When the 2017-18 fiscal year was all said and done, Paso Unified had just $306,172 left in its reserve, equating to less than a percent of its budget. “Between 2015 and 2019, nearly $6 million in reserve funds were depleted,” the report reads. “This was primarily due to administrative and accounting errors, poor fiscal planning, and improper management guidance.” Overestimated average daily attendance— which the state uses to determine how much funding will go to a school district—from 2016 to 2018 led to an unexpected loss of more than $1 million, according to the grand jury report. The district also improperly calculated its transportation costs—leading to another surprise seven-figure expense—and made mistakes in calculating accounts payable. It miscalculated the number of students in need
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It took a number of serious miscalculations and failures in leadership to get the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District into the unfortunate financial situation it’s in today. That’s according to a recently released SLO County grand jury report that details what led to the district’s second financial crisis since 2012, which the report says serves as a “a cautionary tale” for other school districts in the region. In the 28-page report released on Nov. 17, the jury blames several accounting errors, a lack of oversight, and shortcomings on the part of the Paso Unified’s former superintendent, the former board of trustees, and the SLO County Office of Education for draining the district’s reserve funds between 2015 and 2018. “The financial problems that developed at the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District were a result of the actions of three groups charged with school system oversight,” the report reads. “Their collective failures to control or report on excessive expenditures created a fiscal crisis that will take time and hard work to resolve.” Former Superintendent Chris Williams was hired in August 2014, according to the report, shortly after the district had pulled itself out of another financial crisis in 2012. At the time,
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of free or reduced meals and submitted food service expenses that were ultimately rejected by the state; insufficiently planned for pension and salary increases; and underestimated the true costs of new hires, facilities, and programs that Williams launched in hopes of attracting new students and ultimately boosting the district’s revenue. The grand jury blamed these mistakes largely on mismanagement and inexperience caused by high turnover rates among financial administrators. In the four years that Williams served as Paso’s superintendent, there were four different chief business officers and four financial managers, and Williams twice served as the district’s interim chief business officer for six months total. “Beyond lacking the experience for this role,” the report reads, “it left a serious gap in accountability with no systems for checks and balances.” Paso’s current superintendent, Curt Dubost, said that while previous audits and internal investigations had already revealed much of what was included in the recent grand jury report, he found it to be a fair account of what happened. “Unfortunately the enrollment projections were too rosy,” Dubost told New Times, adding that those errors led to huge job and program NEWS continued page 6
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cuts carried out as recently as March of this year. “That’s the main message here: You can’t count on rosy projections to balance your budget.” The district, he said, fully intends to consider the 16 recommendations laid out in the report, and many have already been implemented. While the district’s reserve is currently back up to about 10 percent of its overall budget, Dubost said much of that is one-time CARES Act funding that has to be used by the end of the year, and projections show that Paso’s enrollment will likely decline in coming years, leading to more declines in revenue. There’s a lot of rebuilding to do in the district, and Dubost said that while he understands the community’s mistrust, he hopes everyone can come together to help address the serious issues that lie ahead—including getting kids back to school safely—rather than those of the past. “At some point we have to move forward,” Dubost said. That’s what James Lynett hopes to see too. Lynett is the executive director of the Paso Robles Public Educators union, and he said that a number of community members and newly elected trustees have expressed interest in further investigating Paso’s most recent financial crisis and rumors surrounding former Superintendent Williams. While Lynett said he too wants to see justice served, he said there have been plenty of investigations and audits of the situation. He doesn’t believe there’s any big conspiracy behind the reserve losses, just incompetence. “I feel like really it’s time to move on and learn the lesson from this,” he told New Times. —Kasey Bubnash
Paso continues to have the highest COVID-19 cases
On Nov. 16, San Luis Obispo County reverted back to the state’s purple tier in California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, a response to a rapid surge in positive COVID-19 cases. The county has had more than 5,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. As of Nov. 18, 757 of those are active COVID-19 cases. Paso Robles has been leading the pack of SLO County cities with the most positive cases since March, with 1,308. On two separate occasions in August, the city called on area residents to follow the safety guidelines. However, some City Council members said they don’t believe the virus is cause for alarm and every council member supports the city’s current COVID-19 response, which is through education. At the Nov. 17 City Council meeting, council members considered options for increasing outreach, education, assistance, and enforcement efforts in response to the virus. Councilmember Fred Strong said he believed the businesses in the community are following safety guidelines and aren’t putting the community at risk. “It’s the people and their actions that could put themselves at risk if they don’t use common sense and good judgement,” Strong said. He started off his comments by saying there is a strong feeling that the virus
and responding to it has become a politicized battle rather than an objective battle. “We are supposed to be a nonpartisan organization and our positions are nonpartisan,” Strong said. “I would like to point out that the governor’s guidelines are not mandates. There is no legislative action in this regard.” Councilmember John Hamon said he personally believes “COVID-19 is not a major threat.” “It’s not as bad as people are trying to portray this as a death sentence,” he said. “In my opinion we’re seeing that 99 percent of the general population does not have substantial issues with it after they’ve had it, and I’ve had a lot of people who have had it talk to me about this.” A majority of the council agreed that the city is doing enough to ensure the community is doing what it can to follow the safety guidelines, it doesn’t want to spend more money on resources, and it doesn’t want the police department to respond to calls regarding enforcement because the department is already stretched thin. Instead, the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce will be taking complaints from the community about possible safety guideline violations. The chamber will reach out to the person or business in question to educate them on safety practices. If the chamber believes that there is an egregious violation occurring, it will forward that information to the police department, which will decide whether to send law enforcement personnel and or reach out to code enforcement, which would then issue a citation. The council directed staff to proceed with the city’s current COVID-19 response of education and enforcement— administrative citations for egregious violators—and return to council with additional microgrants for local businesses if funding is available. —Karen Garcia
SLO extends city night hiking program for a year
Outdoor enthusiasts may continue to use San Luis Obispo city open space after dark this winter. On Nov. 17, the SLO City Council unanimously voted to extend a two-yearold pilot program that keeps Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve open until 8:30 p.m. from November to March. The program first passed in 2018 as a way to provide working residents more opportunities to use city open space in the shorter winter days. SLO’s open spaces typically close an hour after sunset. Mayor Heidi Harmon said on Nov. 17 that outdoor access is as important as ever given the COVID-19 crisis. “Now more than ever with COVID bearing down upon us, with restrictions also bearing down on us … folks need the opportunity to get outdoors, to find safe ways to keep their wellness going and potentially to be with each other at a safe distance,” Harmon said. The city did not make any changes to the mechanics of the program, which offers 65 hiking permits per night, handed out on a first come, first serve basis. The permits are available online. Although night hiking is popular with many recreationists, some locals oppose it for environmental reasons. City officials
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pledged in 2018 to produce a report at the conclusion of the pilot program that documented any impacts on wildlife. The city has yet to produce that report thanks to COVID-19. City Councilmember-elect Jan Marx wrote in a letter to the council that any decision to extend the program should wait until an environmental impact report is available. “Council and the public were promised an objective, factual evaluation of the impact on wildlife before considering extending the program further,” Marx’s letter read. “I urge you to do the right thing.” But by extending it just one season, Councilmember Andy Pease argued it will give the community a chance to discuss the program down the road when more information is available. “It’s just a few months,” Pease said. “That will align with us being able to have that bigger conversation and get everybody back to the table.” —Peter Johnson
Pismo Beach bars contractor from work after allegedly botched project
In a move that was described by all parties as “very rare” and “extraordinary,” Pismo Beach City Council banned a Santa Maria-based engineering contracting company from working on city projects for the next five years, the result of a recent project that city staff say was repeatedly delayed due to the company’s shortcomings. At a meeting on Nov. 17, Pismo Beach City Council voted unanimously to declare V. Lopez Jr. & Sons Inc. a nonresponsible bidder, which disqualifies the contractor from working on Pismo Beach projects for the next five years. At the meeting, city staff said V. Lopez was tasked with replacing the Five Cities Lift Station, a project that started in 2018 and included performing maintenance on six lift stations and repairing a wastewater collections system. But according to the city staff report, various glaring mistakes and a lack of preparation on the part of V. Lopez led to a 69-day delay in the completion of the project and roughly $323,000 in losses to the city. “This is actually a very rare thing for a City Council to do and a very rare item,” City Manager Jim Lewis said at the Nov. 17 meeting. “And it was certainly with a heavy heart and a heavy frame of mind that I added this to your agenda. But it really has to do with public safety and the integrity of our projects.” In its staff report, the city claims that throughout the construction process, V. Lopez consistently initiated work without the necessary materials and equipment and demonstrated a lack of understanding of public works processes and requirements, which often led to the use of city staff and materials to help complete projects. But Vince Lopez III, president of V. Lopez Jr. & Sons, said the project delays stemmed from the city’s inadequate design plan and inaccurate specs. V. Lopez has been in businesses for more than 40 years, he said, and his workers fully understand what it takes to get a public works project done. “We’ve never seen anything like this,
and it’s just my opinion that we’re getting ramrodded by the city,” Lopez told New Times. Lopez said he plans to fight Pismo’s declaration and ban on his company in court. “The main thing is our name,” he said. “Our reputation. In 41 years we’ve never been banned from any city, county, any customer that we’ve had. When somebody sees that, they’re not going to see my point of view.” —Kasey Bubnash
Tianna Arata’s attorneys say DA’s office should be disqualified from case
Attorneys for local activist and protest leader Tianna Arata filed a motion to disqualify the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office from prosecuting the case against Arata, citing District Attorney Dan Dow’s personal and political bias. The motion filed on Nov. 17 alleges Dow is publicly aligned with right-wing conservative political organizations and fundamental religious groups that seek to vilify the Black Lives Matter movement. His personal bias and political motivations, the document claims, have usurped his ability to exercise his prosecutorial discretion fairly, and this has pervaded his entire office. From the onset, the document alleges, the motives behind the charging decisions raised serious concerns given a 20-yearold Black female was singled out for prosecution in a crowd of primarily white protesters under a theory that she was responsible for the actions of the entire group. The attorneys compiled a series of events in which they believe Dow’s actions were contrary to prosecuting Arata fairly and free from bias of his personal beliefs. According to the document, on July 4, Dow spoke at a Sculpterra Winery event in Paso Robles where he announced that as the county’s chief prosecutor, he would not enforce state mandates restricting large indoor faith-based gatherings amid resurging cases of COVID-19 across the state, the document claims. Arata’s attorneys argue that Dow made it clear he will not exercise his prosecutorial discretion in accordance with the law if it does not align with his personal views or those of his religious conservative voter base. However when it comes to the Black Lives Matters movement, the defense argues that Dow allegedly turns a blind eye to the First Amendment and is charging Arata with 13 misdemeanors for her participation in a march that attracted a large number of supporters, impeded the flow of traffic, and created loud noise. According to the document, the District Attorney’s Office then began its efforts to justify the arrest and build a case against Arata fueled by Dow’s political agenda. The filing alleges that Dow is prosecuting Arata to gain national attention and endear himself to right-wing political leaders so that he can advance his political career beyond SLO. The defense requests that the case be referred to the Attorney General’s Office to determine whether the prosecution can rightfully proceed. ∆ —Karen Garcia
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Goyer said there have been fewer calls from individuals interested in putting their home on the program. “Those who have called us are under significant pressure financially. They rely on that rent income from their room to pay their taxes,” she said. Currently there isn’t much data on the number of people in San Luis Obispo As people get older, Goyer said—and County who have been affected financially now more than ever—they just need an or have had their residential situation extra little bit of help. impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It might not be a living situation that’ll However, some local nonprofits say they last forever, but for a few years somebody have seen an increase in calls for service. can take out the trash, change a light In Peoples’ Self-Help Housing’s 2019-20 bulb, fix a meal, or make sure you’re impact report, it found that since March, eating,” she said. the Supportive Housing Program saw Goyer said the nonprofit receives calls requests for assistance increase by 217 daily from people who have either lost percent. Through the program, team their employment, held several jobs and members helped residents navigate the are down to one, had their hours reduced, unemployment process, secure pandemicor their credit scores have dropped related benefits, access food programs, because they’ve missed a bill due to and find disaster relief assistance. income loss. Case managers for the organization “We’ve seen all of that. As you know were able to identify residents with there are very few opportunities for the greatest need for rental support housing that is within reach of people at and helped distribute $45,000 in relief the lowest income ranges and certainly assistance for more than a hundred very few opportunities for people on fixed families with funding from the SLO incomes like Social Security or disability,” Community Foundation and the Santa she said. Barbara Foundation. Among the calls for housing assistance, During the Nov. 16 PHOTO COURTESY OF SMART SHARE HOUSING SOLUTIONS Homeless Services Oversight Council meeting, service providers throughout the county gave an update on their available services. Almost all of the organizations reported that they either filled their available housing spaces, can’t take in new clients, or can’t provide certain services to the community. The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo and the Good Samaritan Shelter’s veterans programs, for example, exceeded the HOUSING OPTIONS Smart Share Housing Solutions is number of households looking to fill a gap in affordable living with new programs during they expected to serve the public health crisis. this year.
New local housing program provides affordable living options through reduced rent in exchange for help around the house
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hen Smart Housing Solutions began its HomeShare SLO program in 2017, the goal was to provide San Luis Obispo County with an alternative affordable housing option. Through the program, homeowners with an extra bedroom are matched with a qualified tenant—shared housing seekers are required to undergo a background check, provide proof of income, and have three references—for a low rental cost. The solution is two-fold, isolated residents who are in need of extra income or companionship are matched with an individual looking for housing at a cost that’s below market rate. At the time, a rental agreement could be anywhere between $570 to $800. The nonprofit is now establishing another alternative program to aid individuals whose income has been affected by COVID-19 via an exchange— helping around the house to reduce the tenat’s rent. Smart Housing Solutions Executive Director Celeste Goyer said the Reduced Rent Task Exchange Homeshare has been in the works for a long time. “This is a program that people have been asking about, but now was the right time to fine tune it and offer it to the greater community,” Goyer said. The task exchange model is available for existing and new housing seekers with a limited budget. They can reduce their rent by providing five to 15 hours of help to the homeowner each week with tasks such as light housekeeping, pet care, rides to appointments, yard work, meal preparation, computer help, or companionship. If the tenant completes approximately 15 hours of assistance to the homeowner per week, he or she will only pay roughly $150 of monthly utility share. Partial task exchanges are also an option where the tenant provides either five to eight hours of assistance and pays anywhere between $300 to $500 in monthly rent.
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Abuse and power Woman’s federal lawsuit details alleged rape and stalking by a former Paso Robles police officer Editor’s note: New Times chose not to use the alleged victim’s full name to protect her privacy.
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n a day in late December 2017, then Paso Robles Police Sgt. Christopher McGuire ushered city resident J.G. from her home to her detached garage, and allegedly asked her to lock the door behind her. Afraid, J.G. obeyed and reportedly asked him what they were there to talk about. J.G. knew McGuire from a few nights before. On Dec. 19, 2017, he was one of several officers who’d responded to her home in a 911 domestic violence call that resulted in her boyfriend’s arrest. That night, after the other officers had left, a uniformed and armed McGuire lingered for hours, according to allegations in a federal lawsuit. At one point, McGuire allegedly ordered J.G. to hug him and then forced her hand onto his penis. “McGuire then asked which gun she preferred,” the lawsuit alleges. “McGuire directed [her] to tell him what she would do with his ‘big cock.’” McGuire left her house late that night, but he returned a few days later to conduct an unexpected “welfare check” on his way to work. Inside her locked garage, McGuire allegedly “pulled down his shorts and attempted to physically force [J.G.] onto her knees to perform oral sex.” J.G. tried to resist, the suit claims, and then the sergeant raped her. Investigators would later match the semen left on her garage floor with McGuire’s DNA. These alleged events are just the start of a months-long story of abuse detailed in the May 27 lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. J.G.’s complaint seeks civil damages from McGuire and the city of Paso Robles for sexual battery and harassment, stalking, civil rights violations, and negligence. J.G. and her attorneys filed the lawsuit
after the SLO County District Attorney’s Office declined to file criminal charges against McGuire following a 2018 investigation, during which McGuire resigned from the department. In 2019, the city of Paso Robles dismissed J.G.’s administrative claim for damages, arguing it was filed after a mandatory six-month window. But J.G.’s attorneys are arguing in federal court that her claim is still valid— that the trauma inflicted against her by local law enforcement and the justice system were what caused her delay. “It is entirely reasonable for a victim of sexual assault, especially a victim of sexual abuse by a police officer, to need a few months to process everything before filing a civil claim against the officer,” her lawsuit reads. A federal judge agreed that J.G. deserved a trial and denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the case for lack of timeliness. It will go in front of a jury next summer. The allegations against McGuire and the Paso Robles Police Department span nearly a year. In court filings, McGuire denied all guilt, stating he’s never sexually assaulted or harassed “any woman at any time.” The SLO County Sheriff’s Office, which conducted the 2018 criminal investigation, denied New Times’ requests for documents related to the case. Attorneys for all parties involved in the lawsuit didn’t return New Times’ requests for comment before press time.
Stalking, assault, threats After the alleged rape in J.G.’s garage in December 2017, McGuire reportedly stalked and harassed her for months while on duty. According to the lawsuit, McGuire repeatedly threatened to harm her and take her children away if she told anyone about the incident, harassing her in public places and routinely driving by her house in his patrol vehicle.
“He would frequently park his official police vehicle in front of [her] residence for several minutes at a time,” the lawsuit reads. “The GPS on McGuire’s official law enforcement vehicle establish that McGuire’s police vehicle drove past [her] residence during the late night/early morning hours, without any legitimate reason for doing so, dozens of times.” The harassment eventually caused J.G. to change residences, the lawsuit says. Afterward, in April 2018, an on-duty McGuire pulled J.G. over while she was in her car with her daughter and allegedly demanded she give him her new address. “McGuire said he was angry because he had heard that [J.G.] told someone about his assaults and harassment,” the lawsuit states. “McGuire then threatened to call Child Protective Services and report [her] and have her kids taken away from her if she did not keep her mouth shut.” According to the allegations, McGuire then followed J.G. in his police car to her new home and ordered her to the bedroom. After he allegedly attempted to force oral sex and rape her, the lawsuit states that she “fought back and began screaming.” Upon leaving, the lawsuit says McGuire told her to “call the police department every Wednesday and leave a message for him.” “This was done for the purpose of intimidating her into not reporting his sexual assaults and sexual harassment of her,” the lawsuit alleges. “[J.G.] was terrified of McGuire and what he could do to her with his authority as an officer of the law.” In May 2018, J.G. reported McGuire’s conduct to the Santa Cruz Police Department, which kicked off an internal investigation at the Paso Robles Police Department, according to the lawsuit. McGuire went on paid administrative leave that month. The SLO County Sheriff’s Office took over that investigation. J.G. participated anonymously through a Marsy’s Law attorney. According to the lawsuit, the sheriff’s final investigation found that McGuire had sexually harassed or assaulted multiple women in Paso Robles. In one alleged incident in 2015, “McGuire directed a female civilian to ‘flash’ her breasts” to make an arrest “go away.” The investigation also allegedly found that “McGuire routinely engaged in sexual
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DAMAGES Former Paso Robles Police Sgt. Chris McGuire is accused of raping, harassing, and stalking a local woman while on duty in 2017 and 2018.
intercourse and oral sex with other women while he worked his regular patrol shift.” Despite the Sheriff’s Office recommending felony charges for forcible sex acts, SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow announced on Nov. 1, 2018, that his office would not pursue the case against McGuire. Citing a lack of evidence of nonconsensual sexual contact, Dow said “no reasonable and objective jury could find Mr. McGuire guilty of the alleged crimes.” According to her lawsuit, DA Dow’s decision delivered J.G. a “devastating blow” and further challenged her ability to file a timely claim for damages. “Processing the fact that McGuire had gotten away with raping her, it is reasonable that [J.G.] … would need some time before initiating a civil claim against McGuire,” the lawsuit states. ∆ Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.
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Essential care K elly Maguire was just a few months away from completing Cuesta College’s registered nursing (RN) program when COVID-19 first started making its way around the Central Coast. As cases trickled into San Luis Obispo County in March, Cuesta closed its campus and canceled in-person classes. In an effort to limit person-to-person contact and reserve personal protective equipment, local hospitals also stopped allowing students into their facilities for the clinical rotations that are required for graduation. But unlike nursing programs across the nation that were derailed by the pandemic, Cuesta found a way to continue classes through online instruction and clinical simulations, and by May, Maguire was able to graduate. That, she said, could only be described as a bittersweet moment. “No one expects to graduate nursing school in the middle of a pandemic,” Maguire said. Maguire is one of about 20 recent Cuesta College nursing grads hired at Dignity Health hospitals in SLO and Santa Barbara counties amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an experience that Maguire said has been at once completely overwhelming and incredibly rewarding. Dignity Health has a long-standing partnership with nursing programs on the Central Coast and hires recent grads annually, but this year’s group faced unparalleled and unexpected obstacles, both in actually graduating and upon entering the workforce. When schools closed across the Central Coast in the spring, Cuesta transitioned to online instruction. So Maguire and her classmates worked through various scenarios and case studies over Zoom, discussing what kind of treatment they’d offer to patients with theoretical symptoms or diagnoses. By early April, Cuesta’s nursing students were able to return to local hospitals for the hands-on clinical experience that Maguire said is vital to truly learning what it takes to be a nurse. Shortly after her graduation in May, Maguire was hired as an RN at French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, where she’s worked with a few COVID-19 patients. She felt nervous about it at first, but then she thought back to all
her training—the hours spent studying, the days working side by side with other healthcare workers during clinical rotations—and she felt lucky to be able to offer some kind of assistance at a time when so many feel like there’s no hope. “During the pandemic sometimes a lot of people feel helpless,” Maguire said. “But we had just learned everything and gotten all of this training, and we were able to apply it.” Sara San Juan, a spokesperson for Dignity Health Central Coast, said Maguire was one of six recent Cuesta grads hired at French Hospital. Arroyo Grande Community Hospital also hired six grads, and Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria hired eight. This year’s nursing grads, San Juan said, have been important in the fight against COVID-19. Their help is even more important now that cases of COVID-19 are surging on the Central Coast and throughout the nation. “While some of them do not work directly with COVID-19 patients, they are vital in supporting health care in our communities during the pandemic,” San Juan wrote via email. “Their presence allows us to manage staffing levels in each department to best care for our patients.”
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• SLO Food Co-op raised more than $1,600 for Transitions-Mental Health Association in September and October, and now SLO’s only community-owned grocery store is hosting a fundraiser for RISE, a nonprofit that works to provide crisis intervention and treatment services to survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence. Two percent of all Tuesday sales made at SLO Food Co-op will go toward RISE this November and December. For more information, visit slofood.coop. • Grimmway Farms, a global leader in organic produce, recently donated $5 million to Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences. The funding will go toward Cal Poly’s expansion of research into organic production and soil health. ∆ Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash wrote this week’s Strokes and Plugs. Send tidbits to strokes@newtimesslo.com.
DEATH NOTICES EDRIE JO DEJONGE, 101, of Arroyo Grande passed away 10/31/2020, arrangements with Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel
SISTER CAROLE MARIE KELLY, OSF, 86, of Santa Maria passed away 11/8/2020 arrangements with Magner-Maloney Funeral Home & Crematory
THOMAS ANDREW DRUMMOND, 69, of Santa Maria passed away 11/5/2020, arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens
GLENN J. POGATCHNIK, 71, passed away 11/8/2020 arrangements with Los Osos Valley Mortuary & Memorial Park
DANIEL JOSEPH KIRK, 93, of Santa Maria passed away 11/5/2020, arrangements with DudleyHoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens
STEWART KIEL, 41, of Bradley passed away 11/8/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation Service
MARY CARMEN HERNADEZ, 79, of Santa Maria passed away 11/5/2020, arrangements with DudleyHoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens
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CHRISTINE BUNTING, 82, of San Luis Obispo passed away 11/5/2020, arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home LEO VINCENT WRIGHT, 91, of Arroyo Grande passed away 11/5/2020, arrangements with Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel GEORGE M. CLUTE, 100, of Santa Maria passed away 11/6/2020, arrangements with DudleyHoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens JUANITA CANALES NORIEGA, 70, of Guadalupe passed away 11/6/2020, arrangements with Magner-Maloney Funeral Home & Crematory CINDY LEE FOX, 57, of Grover Beach passed away 11/6/2020, arrangements with MarshallSpoo Sunset Funeral Chapel DONALD JAY AVERY, 83, of Paso Robles passed away 11/7/2020, arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home LOUELLA UNDERWOOD, 94, of Santa Maria passed away 11/7/2020, arrangements with DudleyHoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens SHIRLEY M. KINNEY, 85, of Arroyo Grande passed away 11/7/2020, arrangements with Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel REGINA D. RAMIREZ, 87, of Santa Maria passed away 11/7/2020, arrangements with DudleyHoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens SUZANNE STAVICH, 63, of Paso Robles passed away 11/8/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation Service
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Better without Airbnb Morro Bay’s housing market is adversely affected by short-term rentals
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y wife and I have used Airbnb quite a bit over the years, both as hosts and as travelers. We know the benefits of the original idea: 1. Hosts can make some extra money by renting out part of their property, like a bedroom or mother-in-law’s quarters, etc. 2. Travelers can stay in real neighborhoods, meet locals, and generally experience an improved travel experience versus the average motel/hotel. But, over the years, Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms have become monsters. Airbnb was never meant to be what it has become, which is a system used to a large extent by absentee owners who perhaps own several (or dozens) of properties, turn entire neighborhoods and tourist towns into vast pseudo hotels, and ruin their character and affordability. Mr. Juren (“Share Morro Bay,” Nov. 12), whose company profits from absentee Airbnb properties, makes it sound like travelers would lack access to California’s coast if it weren’t for Airbnb, and that somehow Airbnb serves the public good— which is so misguided it’s nauseating. There is a lack of coastal access? Morro Bay is full of motels/hotels. While having untold dozens and hundreds of short-term visitors to a given neighborhood every year can have numerous negative affects, to me perhaps the worst effect Airbnb has on communities is the strong upward price pressures put on rents and sales prices. As far as rents go, rents skyrocket as a typical property owner can see large
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increases in income by converting their long-term rental to short-term rentals. Did anyone else notice in March/April of 2020 at the start of COVID-19, that suddenly many relatively affordable rental properties popped up on Craigslist? That was a glimpse of the real Morro Bay. It happened because Airbnb hosts switched to long-term renting as tourism dropped. As far as sales go, when properties are placed on the market, buyers can afford to pay much higher prices as the potential short-term rental income typically pays the entire mortgage and more. And when it’s time to sell, buyers can then also ask much higher prices. Many prospective Morro Bay residents, folks whose work is essential to our community, either can’t afford to buy or rent here, or if they can, they need to work two to three jobs to make it happen. And even then, it’s for a residence the size of a closet. Short-term-rental advocates who deny these community affordability issues are simply putting their heads in the sand. These are quite basic market forces at play, seen worldwide and repeatedly throughout the short-term rental system, and are undeniable. Nothing I’m saying here is new, but it really irks me that the commercial property interests (the absentee property owners who own several properties as well as their management companies), who profit from the destruction of our communities, have the nerve to make it sound like Airbnb is a benefit to the community. That’s like saying a certain amount of property fires should be
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encouraged because the extra fires would provide jobs for fireman and homebuilders. And property rights? Neighborhoods are zoned residential. If a person wants to exercise their so-called “property right” of short-term absentee-renting, they need to buy a property in a part of town zoned accordingly. “Hosted” short-term rentals, and/ or greatly restricted rentals (like one or two per month) would solve almost all the problems with short-term rentals all at once and immediately, but, with encouragement from the understandably(?) biased commercial Airbnb interests, the city decided that hosted rentals are not needed. How utterly sad. Look, this is a very tough situation and without easy answers. I applaud all those who work so hard on solving this issue, but I believe we would all, generally speaking, be better off without any shortterm, absentee, residential rentals. Δ Bill Salopek writes from Morro Bay. Share your thoughts in a letter to the editor emailed to letters@newtimesslo.com.
Letters Thanks, Jeff Heller
Instead of criticizing City Councilmember Jeff Heller’s solitary stance against Morro Bay’s policy on vacation rentals by owners (VRBO’s), I applaud him for taking a stand against an industry that can come into our town and change residential areas into tourist-serving zones (“Neighborhood character,” Nov. 5). I moved here in 1979, and I rented from people who had purchased homes here for retirement. Renting from roughly six
different people at reasonable rents, I did this for about 20 years. Many of my friends did the same thing. Although not all out-of-town property owners do this, the fact is these second homes have provided a very important part of the workforce housing market. These places allow renters to live here full time and participate in our community. Rather than protecting this important segment of our population, the city’s VRBO policy jeopardizes their available housing. Plus it circumvents existing zoning, allowing residential zones to be used for commercial purposes. Our elected officials have allowed spec houses to be built on commercial land on Main Street in North Morro Bay—and that was suitable for tourist purposes. A bad decision. Any vacation rentals should be kept within the commercial districts of Morro Bay or maybe limited to a twoblock radius of downtown. Like many others, I wrote a letter opposing the council majority’s vacation rental plan. Again, I thank Mr. Heller for being the only one to watch out for the residents of Morro Bay. I appreciate that he’s not just a rubber stamp on issues like this VRBO policy and the new wastewater treatment plant. He not only looks at short-term financial gains but at what really benefits our town in the long term. David Nelson Morro Bay
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on the warpath! O h, no! Once again, our local “woketariat” is in an uproar! This time, the irritated and indignant insurgents have fixed their sights on Cuesta College Trustee Pete Sysak, and on Paso Robles school district Clerk Chris Arends and demand their banishment for the usual liberal litany of “-isms.” What has our youthful cadre of activists in such dudgeon? Well, for one, Sysak had the temerity to call last summer’s BLM rioters “thugs.” However, most people who watched the riots on TV already came to the same conclusion— those cities didn’t loot and burn themselves. Most of us have difficulty seeing a kid hauling a big screen TV out of a broken window as merely an “engaged social activist participating in nontraditional shopping,” no matter how their apologists would prefer that they be characterized. Sysak compounded his crimes by insisting that “all lives matter,” again drawing the condemnation of the woke warriors. Perhaps they should focus their wrath on left wing icon Bernie Sanders, who in 2016 also insisted that “all lives matter,” before ever-tolerant BLM activists drove him from the stage and shut down his rally. Perhaps the biggest offense in the eyes of the social justice warrior is the refusal to obey the semantic diktats of their continually evolving nomenclature. Arend’s “crime” was arguing that no such thing as “systemic racism” actually exists, an unforgivable transgression against the liberal worldview. Still, an objective observer might also wonder why, despite all the chatter about systemic racism here in SLO, nobody has actually cited any specific practices that they feel are systemically racist. I suppose that if a particular narrative is adopted as part of the liberal dogma, we must accept on faith that it in fact actually exists, lest we be deemed loathsome nonbelievers deserving of, at the least, public censure. Since none of the examples of impermissible statements cited are actually extreme, or vary enough from the realm of mainstream conservative thought as to raise any eyebrows among objective observers, the kids are playing their trump card: The presence of such wrongheaded people in education makes them “feel unsafe.” Really? Since no allegations have been raised that Sysak and Arends are prowling their campuses with assault rifles, or are leading blood-lusting lynch mobs, perhaps the kids mean “unsafe” figuratively. These students have somehow gotten the idea from their everindulgent teachers and parents that they can veto anything that makes them feel subjectively “unsafe” by annoying them, giving them the right to drive anyone who disagrees with them off campus. If anyone truly feels physically threatened by the usual boisterous dialogue in our political discourse, they really should be under therapy in a Home for the Pathologically Fragile. I wonder
how they could even survive participation in the tumult of usual political demonstration? This is a surprising stance to take on a college campus. Traditionally, college is intended to expose students to various points of view, not serve as a finishing school for grievance mongering. When you combine the intolerance of opposing views with the carefully inculcated mantle of victimhood, then you can understand why these demandingly delicate kids need “trigger warnings” and “safe places.” Sadly, it is not just kids playing the “safety” card anymore. A chronologically adult city commissioner for Portland, a lefty advocate of defunding the police, was recently in the news after a dispute with a Lyft driver over the driver’s refusal to roll up his window, which he kept open in compliance with COVID-19 rules. After the driver terminated the ride and stopped at a gas station to let her out, she refused to leave his car, later citing her fear of rampaging “white supremacists.” In Portland?!?! Perhaps she would have felt safer guarded by a crack squad of tactical social workers who could deftly “de-escalate” any menacing bigots. Where is all of this headed? It often seems that the progressives are trying to replicate Stalin’s purges in the Soviet Union, and Mao Zedong’s 1966 Cultural Revolution. They seek to “cancel” and “cleanse” those with insufficient ardor for their revolution. Perhaps most frightening, such revolutionary fervor tends to feed on itself, and to generate even more extreme stances as the participants continually seek to outdo each other in commitment to The Cause. None dare argue for moderation or restraint, lest they be deemed insufficiently committed to The Cause and thus counter-revolutionary. And, of course, at some point the revolutionary feeding frenzy ends up like the violence of the French Revolution, in which the guillotine was eventually used whimsically, and often just as a device by individuals settling scores with personal enemies. Our local leftists should note that the recent election showed a resounding rejection of their agenda. Moderate Democrats are desperately seeking to distance themselves from the agenda of defund the police, the Green New Deal, Medicare for all, free college, etc. Other than the narrow rejection of a historically unpopular president, no “blue wave” materialized. Even in very blue California, the liberal stances on affirmative action, property taxes, gig jobs, and rent control were defeated, and Republicans gained Congressional seats. Sorry, kids, but you’re just gonna have to learn to put up with us. ∆ John Donegan is a retired attorney in Pismo Beach who has enough sense to avoid social media, and instead does his venting right here. Send thoughts through the editor at clanham@newtimesslo.com.
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Paso Robles blues B ack when I was a wee shredder, being a police officer sounded neat-o. They were heroes, protectors, good guys. When we played cops and robbers, everyone wanted to be the cops. Not so much lately. These days, many view the police with a jaundiced eye. How can we trust those enlisted to protect and serve us when they seem more interested in protecting the “thin blue line” than in holding their ranks accountable to the law? The sad case of former Paso Robles Police Sgt. Christopher McGuire certainly doesn’t engender much faith in the police or SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow. A federal lawsuit shows that in 2017, McGuire allegedly raped a Paso Robles woman and continued to stalk, terrorize, and harass her in the following months. She eventually reported McGuire’s actions to the Santa Cruz Police Department. What was she supposed to do? Go to the Paso Robles PD? Her report triggered a Paso PD internal investigation, which was later taken over by the SLO County Sherriff’s Office, which apparently found that McGuire had sexually harassed or assaulted multiple Paso women for years. Naturally Dow filed rape charges against McGuire, who was found guilty and is now in prison … not! Instead, Dow said “no reasonable and objective jury could find Mr. McGuire guilty of the alleged crimes.” Well, if you say so, Dan. I mean, usually
judges and juries get to hear the evidence and decide someone’s fate, but apparently all-knowing Dan didn’t think the alleged rape victim deserved her day in court. She then filed a claim for damages with the city of Paso Robles, which dismissed the claim, arguing it was filed after a sixmonth statute of limitations. I bet she felt very protected and served. The 2018 investigation supposedly discovered evidence like McGuire’s semen on the victim’s garage floor. Weirdly, “innocent” McGuire up and resigned from the department, but Dow still declined to file charges. People who are innocent usually scamper away, right Dan? And it’s reasonable to completely ignore the alleged pattern of abuse with these other women, right? Yeah, your lack of action seems perfectly reasonable, Dan, you Bible-thumping hypocrite. By the way, New Times’ request for documents in the sheriff’s investigation were denied. The only reason we’re discovering this stuff now is because the victim filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Despite arguments that her lawsuit had come too late, a federal judge agreed that the victim deserved a trial and dismissed the defendants’—McGuire and Paso Robles—motion to dismiss. It didn’t have to come to this. Dow could have taken this case seriously, filed charges, and let the victim’s claims play out in front of a jury. McGuire might be
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in prison and Paso wouldn’t be looking down the barrel of significant civil liability. Instead, Dow was apparently more interested in sweeping law enforcement malfeasance under the proverbial rug. Meanwhile, he’s got no problem throwing the book at Black Lives Matter protesters. You charge 20-yearold student-activist Tianna Arata with 13 crimes, but Chris “Tell Me What You’re Going to Do with My Big Cock” McGuire gets off scot-free? When is your term up again, Dan? Soon, I hope, because you’re no longer worthy of office. Speaking of Paso, I guess we can thank you and a bunch of reckless Cal Poly students for putting SLO County back in the COVID-19 purple tier. Wouldn’t it be great if people would follow health guidelines? Instead, Poly kids are partying like it’s February 2020, and Paso is apparently populated by rugged individualists who don’t believe COVID-19 is dangerous. Paso City Councilmember Fred Strong essentially said at Tuesday’s meeting that it’s not the city’s lack of guidance, leadership, or enforcement of safety guidelines that’s at fault: “It’s the people and their actions that could put themselves at risk if they don’t use common sense and good judgment,”
Strong said. “I would like to point out that the governor’s guidelines are not mandates. There is no legislative action in this regard. … People are so upset, so bothered by the way this is being handled. And many people feel an infringement of their constitutional rights. Granted, everybody’s constitutional rights end where the next person’s begin, so we have no right to intentionally endanger others.” Careful, Fred. You almost sound reasonable, though apparently, it’s not reasonable to require Paso businesses to follow state mandates. And as for Councilman John Hammon, you sound like a COVIDiot. “I’m speaking personally for myself again,” Hammon said, I guess to make sure we understand he’s not a ventriloquist’s dummy. “I am in the opinion that COVID-19 is not a major threat.” I’m sure the nearly quarter-million dead Americans and their families will be very reassured by that. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! I’m sure early December will be super interesting, virus-wise! Oh, and sorry to kick a downed dog, but Paso Robles Joint Unified School District just got a grand jury beatdown for completely demolishing its finances again. Titled, “Paso Robles School District: A Cautionary Tale,” the report details how “failures in leadership and management” led the district to “fail its students and the community it serves.” Go Paso! ∆ The Shredder wishes Paso a speedy recovery. Send death threats to shredder@ newtimesslo.com.
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The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of San Luis Obispo hosts a drive-in concert with local multigenre violinist Brynn Albanese (pictured here with Cafe Musique, center left) on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m. Attendees can listen to the concert from inside or directly outside their vehicles. Masks and social distancing will be required. Suggested donation per car is $20. Call (805) 426-5465 or visit jccslo.com for more info. The JCC is located at 875 Laureate Lane, SLO. —Caleb Wiseblood FILE COURTESY PHOTO BY BRITTANY APP
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ANNUAL WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW A collective of exceptional paintings, photography and fine crafts, spanning a variety of artistic mediums from traditional to contemporary. Crafts include fiber, wood, glass, sculpture, pottery, jewelry and more. Through Jan. 3, 2021 Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay, 805-772-2504, artcentermorrobay.org.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS: CAMBRIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS VIRTUAL JURIED SHOW Fall juried exhibit will be held virtually and will feature paintings only. Cash prizes given by Juror. Mondays-Sundays. through Jan. 3 $15-$25 per piece. 805-927-8190. Gallery@CambriaCenterfortheArts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.
GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE: FEATURED ARTIST CARLO CHRISTIAN “I love revisiting deserted buildings, farms, ranches, and junkyards over time as they return to nature—the sacred circle,” Christian said. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. through Nov. 29 Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.
GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE: FEATURED ARTIST SPANKY ANDERSON Spanky Anderson grew up in Georgia and learned to draw and paint at an early age. He graduated from the University of West Georgia with a BA in Art. Mondays, Tuesdays, ThursdaysSundays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. through Nov. 29 Free. 805-7721068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.
MOSAICS FOR BEGINNERS Learn everything you need to complete an awesome mosaic project from home. Perfect for beginners. Preregistration required. Nov. 28, 10-11 a.m. Various. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. 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.
SUCCULENT WORKSHOP Choose from succulent pumpkin, round wreath, square wreath, heart wreath, or
grapevine wreath kits. Preregistration required. This is an at-home project. Instructor will provide all supplies (except pumpkin) and a how-to video. Nov. 29, 10-11 a.m. Various. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.
WOMEN OF WARWICK MAKERS MART POPUP SALE Features crocheted, embroidered goods, hand forged jewelry, painted notecards, soaps and oil, and more. Nov. 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Nov. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $5-$100. 805-927-4805. Happy Hill Hippie Haven, 345 Warwick St., Cambria, ladytiedi.com.
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CALL FOR ARTISTS: THE ARTERY’S ANNUAL UNDER $200 ART SHOW Open call has begun for The ARTery’s Annual Under $200 Art Show. An unjuried and all skill level show without an entry fee, this show features a diverse selection of artwork priced feasibly for the average collector. Accepting art until the end of November. Nov. 19, 12-6 p.m., Nov. 20, 12-6 p.m., Nov. 21, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 24, 12-6 p.m., Nov. 25, 12-6 p.m. and Nov. 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 805-464-0533. the1artery.com/gallery. The ARTery, 5890 Traffic Way, Atascadero.
DAVID SETTINO SCOTT: FEATURED ARTIST Offering personal appointments and tours of Scott’s studio in San Miguel. Through March 1, 2021 805-2864430. Park Street Gallery, 1320 Park Street, Paso Robles, parkstreetgallery.com.
SLOPE PAINTERS AT STUDIOS ON THE PARK Please stop by to see paintings by San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment (SLOPE), at Studios on the Park. SLOPE painters have been sheltering at home and are now ready to break out to show paintings and prints at open galleries. Fridays, Saturdays, 12-9 p.m. and Wednesdays, Thursdays, 12-4 p.m. through Dec. 31 Free. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.
STUDIOS ON THE PARK: ONLINE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Check site for a variety of virtual classes and
slomakerspace.com/making-home. SLOMakerSpace, 81 Higuera, suite 160, San Luis Obispo, 805-225-4783.
workshops online. ongoing studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, 805-238-9800.
I’LL TAKE YOU THERE: ART EXHIBIT Art Central will host well-known painter Rosanne Seitz with her latest watercolor works. Over 15 works created from her solo travels on out of the way roads to places showing the grandeur, and quiet beauty of California scenery, that revitalizes mind and body. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. through Nov. 24 Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply.com/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.
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ART IN THE GARDEN: GALLERY AND FUNDRAISER AT SLOBG Local artists will display and sell handmade items to benefi t the SLO Botanical Garden. Get your holiday shopping done in one spot. Thursdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Dec. 27 805-541-1400. slobg.org/calendar-of-events/gallery. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: ART CENTRAL’S VIRTUAL GALLERY Central Coast artists to submit artwork to Virtual Gallery Exhibit every Friday. Free to join, all you have to do is email image(s) of artwork created since COVID-19 with name, title, medium, and a positive message. Fridays, 5-11 p.m. through Dec. 18 Varies. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.wordpress.com/blog/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: GROUNDED (EXHIBITION AT SLOMA) Artists of all media are eligible for this digital exhibition. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 29. Exhibit runs January 8 through Feb. 28, 2021, with a digital reception on Jan. 1, 2021, with awards and cash prizes. Assistant Curator Courtney Davis will make selections from submitted entries. Through Nov. 29 805-543-8562. sloma.org/call_for_artists/grounded/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.
COLLEEN GNOS: OPEN STUDIOS ARTIST Call or email for private tours of Gnos Art Studio. ongoing 805-441-8277. gnosart.com/store. Private home, Private address, TBA.
FUN DIY HOLIDAY PLUSHIE KITS Make your own Holiday Plushies. Comes with all materials needed and instructions. Mondays-Sundays. through Dec. 18
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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THE INTERMISSION SHOW This brisk 8- to 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/.
MOSAICS FOR BEGINNERS Learn mosaic basics at home with a how-to video and kit of supplies. This class is great for beginners. Choice of snowman, wonky holiday tree, heart, or wine bottle. Register, purchase kit, then instructor will provide video link and kit pickup times. Mondays-Sundays. through Nov. 30 Various. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.
NIPOMO ARTISTS SOCIALLY DISTANCED OPEN STUDIO Artists of Nipomo are opening their homes for a socially distanced open studio. Features paintings, jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, and mixed media creations will be on display. Addresses and map can be found on web page. Nov. 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-633-0796. nipomoartists.com/pages/open-studio. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.
PICKETS FOR PROGRAMS AT SLO BOTANICAL GARDEN Buy and paint a picket to be displayed on the SLO Botanical Children’s Garden fence from 2021 to 2023. Pickets, paint, and brushes supplied on site at SLO Botanical Garden. Your contribution to public art supports the garden and programs. Saturdays, 10 a.m.2 p.m. and Tuesdays, 2-4:30 p.m. through Dec. 22 $150 per picket or $600 for 5. 805-541-1400. slobg.org/ calendar-of-events/pickets. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.
SEA GLASS WIRE WRAP JEWELRY Learn how to wire wrap sea glass to create beautiful earrings and a necklace with step-by-step video instruction. Register, select kit, and instructor will provide video link and kit options. Mondays-Sundays. through Nov. 29 Various. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.
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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.
SLOMOTION AND R.A.C.E. MATTERS SLO: DOUBLE FEATURETTE SLOMotion and R.A.C.E. Matters SLO will be co-hosting a limited in person screening and virtual screening of Restrictions Apply and The Last Black Man in San Francisco. A coming together of local organizations to speak about issues affecting our world. Nov. 21, 6-8:30 p.m. Virtual: $10-$20; In person: $18 per person. slomotionfilm.com/events/ last-black-man-san-francisco. A Satellite Of Love, 1335 Walker St., San Luis Obispo, 805-439-1604.
STANDEMIC (VIRTUAL COMEDY COMPETITION) 32 of the nation’s top touring comedians competing in a March-Madness style tournament to decide the top comedian. Each show is about 25 minutes; watch all 11 or just as many as you want. Nov. 20-22 $30. clarkcenter.org/event/standemic-virtual-comedycompetition/. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.
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. 805-7474200. artcentralslo.wordpress.com/category/galleryexhibits/virtual-gallery/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.
VIRTUAL OPEN STUDIOS ART TOUR Visit ARTS Obispo’s Facebook page to view works from several local artists and artisans. ongoing Free. facebook. com/artsobispo. Downtown SLO, Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo.
VIRTUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION This year, the 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.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: ARTFUL QUILTING Inspired by Picasso’s etchings and Matisse’s cutouts, create a series of drawings with fabric and thread. Instructor Gina Gilbert will teach you how to transfer drawings to quilted projects using appliqué, traditional quilting, trapunto, and hand and machine stitching. Tuesdays, Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m. through Nov. 21 $160 members, $175 general. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/product/quiltingzoom/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. WINTER SNOWFLAKE CERAMIC CLASS A socially distanced hand-building ceramic, snowflake class. Ceramic artist Heather Cruce guides this workshop. Through Jan. 31, 2021 slomakerspace. com/. SLOMakerSpace, 81 Higuera, suite 160, San Luis Obispo, 805-225-4783.
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DANA’S ALL ABOUT TREES: A MULTIARTIST EXHIBITION DANA Adobe and Cultural Center showcasing the best in local and regional art. Artwork is available for purchase. Through Dec. 4, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $5, free for DANA members and children under 12 years of age. 805-929-5679. danaadobe. org. DANA Adobe Cultural Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo.
MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS Each 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. MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR AGES 5-6 Each 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.
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.
PAINT ‘N SIP AT POINT SLO A one-time afternoon of wine and painting at the Point San Luis Lighthouse with celebrated artist Andrea Olivier. Nov. 21, 2-4:30 p.m. my805tix.com. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.
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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.
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LIGHTS AT CAMBRIA PINES Cambria Christmas Market has been postponed until 2021, but enjoy a new, limited experience called Lights at Cambria Pines. The Lights at Cambria Pines will only be accessible for guests staying overnight on a Christmas package at a Moonstone Hotel Property or with restaurant reservations. Nov. 27-Jan. 2, 5-9 p.m. cambriachristmasmarket.com. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200.
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.
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.
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OPEN AIR VINEYARD YOGA Intentionally carve out time for quiet, movement, and a little self pampering in the open air of the vineyard with Yogi Chelcy Westphal Johnson, of Mindful Movement Collective. Fridays, 9:3010:30 a.m. $28-$150. Cass Winery And Vineyard, 7350 Linne Rd., Paso Robles, 805.239.1730.
PASO, HERE WE COME Redwings Horse Sanctuary is making their permanent home on Union Road in Paso Robles. Donate to its $1 million fundraising campaign. Redwings offers public tours, volunteering with the horses, and a foster to adopt program. ongoing Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Union Road, Paso Robles, 831-386-0135, RedwingsHorseSanctuary.org.
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Cal Poly Arts presents a four-episode, live-stream music and conversation series, The Muse Hour, in partnership with Luther Burbank Center for the Arts and Tacoma Arts Live. The Muse Hour‘s Hour third episode will air live on November 22 at 7:30 p.m. featuring American folk artist and former lead singer of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens, and Italian pianist and percussionist, Francesco Turrisi. Centuries before West African music and dance influenced American culture, European music was transformed by Arabic and North African instruments and rhythms. Giddens and Turrisi trace this musical globalism by reimagining these encounters with the banjo, the frame drum and other instruments, in a musical journey journ from Africa and the Middle East, through Europe, and finally to the Americas. This event features live performances and will be followed by a moderated audience Q&A session. Tickets are $11.50 and are available through calpolyarts.org. Support Cal Poly Arts as a VIP Member ($75 level or greater) or a Season Sponsor to receive FREE access to upcoming episodes of The Muse Hour series.
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ACORN ADVENTURES Kids are invited to discover the natural world with Environmental Management and Protection major, Danika. Explore and get hands-on with nature to better understand the plants, animals and natural processes found around us. Parents welcome. Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m. through Dec. 2 Free. 805-5411400. slobg.org/calendar-of-events/acorn-adventures. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.
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CENTRAL COAST CONJURERS (SLO COUNTY MAGIC CLUB) Monthly meeting of magicians of all levels. Please call or email for more info. Meet likeminded folks with an interest in magic, from close-up to stage performances. Last Wednesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-440-0116. IHOP, 212 Madonna Rd., 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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Wednesdays Around the World Dinner: Sri Lanka WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Cass Winery, Paso Robles
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Network’s Give Joy Campaign matches families’ needs with our community’s heart to give. Help raise awareness, funds, and resources to make sure our families have everything they need for this holiday season and beyond. Participate and donate today. Through Dec. 31 fcni.org/givejoy. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.
PLAN TO AGE BETTER: LIFE CHOICES TO MAKE NOW Wondering how to plan for serious medical conditions and decision making? Want to know when to use the different types of powers of attorney? Retired attorney Angie King will discuss these and other important legal issues. Nov. 23, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. 805-242-6440. slovillage.org. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.
SLOBG: ONLINE FALL PLANT SALE FUNDRAISER A semi-annual plant sale. Find the perfect plant for your garden. Greenhouse open to the public for a two-week plant blow-out. Enjoy a wide selection of drought-tolerant and volunteer-grown plants. Members save 10%. Through Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Varies. 805-541-1400. slobg.org/ calendar-of-events/plantsale. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.
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Gallery at Marina Square in Morro Bay presents a showcase of landscapes and seascapes by local painter Spanky Anderson through Sunday, Nov. 29. According to press materials, Anderson’s artistic inspiration is dictated by his “peripheral vision of the Central Coast.” Visit galleryatmarinasquare.com for more info. The gallery is located at 601 Embarcadero, suite 10, Morro Bay. —C.W.
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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.
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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 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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BEATS FOR THE BAY: BENEFIT CONCERT FOR MORRO BAY ESTUARY This show features Upside Ska, a full eight-piece band of veteran Central Coast musicians. Tickets are free and donations are encouraged. All proceeds benefi t the Morro Bay National Estuary Program. Nov. 19, 6-8 p.m. Free. bigbigslo. com/mbnep. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.
CAL POLY ARTS VIRTUAL MUSICAL SERIES: A KILLER PARTY A collaboration between more than 50 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.
A CONVERSATION WITH ALICE DADE AND SCOTT YOO A conversion of intrigue and delight. Get to know community leaders and musical superheroes Scott Yoo and Alice Dade. Go online for more info. Nov. 19, 4:30-6 p.m. $15 for members; $20 for future members. 805-781-2777. slochamber.org/event/ conversation-with-alice-dade-scott-yoo/. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.
DRIVE-IN CONCERT: BRYNN ALBANESE The JCC is excited to host local violinist, Brynn Albanese, for her one-woman, drive-in concert. This is a COVID-19 responsible event. Masks and social distancing required. Listen from inside car or sit directly outside. Nov. 29, 2-3:15 p.m. Suggested donation: $20 per car; more or less welcome. 805-426-5465. jccslo.com/calendar.html. JCC-Federation of SLO Property, 875 Laureate Lane, San Luis Obispo. SOUTH COAST SLO COU NT Y
GENTRI: THE GENTLEMEN TRIO (VIRTUAL) Pioneering a signature sound they call “Cinematic Pop,” the music of GENTRI is transfused with lush, epic orchestrations and rich, dynamic three-part harmonies. GENTRI has released 3 EPs and 3 full length albums. Nov. 28, 6-7 p.m. Free; Donation requested. clarkcenter.org/ event/gentri-the-gentlemen-trio/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805489-9444. Δ
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Upside Ska livestreams a benefit concert for the Morro Bay Estuary on Nov. 19
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ho’s your favorite old-school ska band? I’m not asking about 2 Tone, ska punk, or Third Wave ska; I’m talking about all the way back to the late ’50s and ’60s, back when Bob Marley was a clean-shaven lad singing “Simmer Down” with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. I’m talking about Desmond Dekker, Prince Buster, and The Skatalites. They were the progenitors of ska— kids in Jamaica picking up R&B sounds from New Orleans radio stations and mixing in Caribbean mento and calypso and popping out songs like “Forward March” by Derrick Morgan and “Freedom Sounds” by The Skatalites and “My Boy Lollipop” by Millie Small and “Pressure Drop” by Toots and the Maytals. These early ska sounds are what inspires Morro Bay ska act Upside Ska, fronted by Eric Cotton, who in the ’80s fronted Rock Steady Posse, arguably SLO Town’s most popular club band. Cotton eventually moved north to the Bay Area, where he’s had a long career fronting the supergroup The Cheeseballs, which specializes in cover songs of all genres. Cotton is super versatile! A couple of years ago, he returned to SLO County and for fun teamed up with Rock Steady Posse’s old trumpet player Paul Irving to form this old-school ska act, which also features Jacob Odell (guitar), Dylan Johnson (bass), Antiye Mensah (drums), Lucas Pearson (keys), Brian Conaway (alto and tenor sax), and Brett Malta (trombone). A lot of these players come from Irving’s Afro-Cuban band Zongo All-Stars, so they’re tight! They play classic covers as well as a few select originals, and on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m., they’ll be streaming a
benefit concert live from the SLO Brew Rock stage on Big Big SLO’s webpage to raise money for The Morro Bay National Estuary Program, which SKA FOR THE ESTUARY On Nov. 19, Upside Ska plays a has been protecting livestream concert from the SLO Brew stage to benefit the Morro and restoring the Bay National Estuary Program, available on the Big Big SLO website. estuary for people and wildlife since part of the matching donation program. 1995. After the show, stay for a screening ESTERO hoodies, T-shirts, hats, stickers, of the award-winning documentary short, and other goodies are available at Of Marshes and Morros. esterosurf.com and at Joe’s Surfboard You can register for your free ticket for Shop in Morro Bay.” Beats for the Bay at mbnep.org, where Join the effort to protect the bay and you can also make donations. Best of all, get down to some wicked-good ska music every donation will be matched dollar for and Upside Ska’s monster horn section! dollar up to $20,000. “With COVID-19 health precautions Slow burning blues and travel restrictions, more people are When I think of local singer-songwriter turning to nature for recreation and Ynana Rose’s music, I think Americana. relaxation,” Estuary Program Executive Her gorgeous song “Mendocino Sunrise” Director Lexie Bell noted. “In Morro won second place in last year’s NTMA’s Bay, this means more feet on trails, more watercraft where the birds rest, and more Country/Folk/Americana category. This year her track “Trouble” won second in trash to fit into the same number of cans. Throughout this trying time, the Estuary the R&B/Blues genre, and it’s a sultry, sexy, doomed track about being inevitably Program has been hard at work to keep drawn to a troubled romance. our beautiful bay clean, healthy, and “I wasn’t looking for trouble,” she wild. Donations from Beats for the Bay sings. “You brought it right to my door. will help us respond effectively to these increasing demands on our beautiful bay.” Like nectar from the vine, like a drop of forbidden wine, I tasted your kind of love According to event organizers, before. No I don’t want trouble because I “Homegrown lifestyle brand ESTERO is know what you’ll do. You’ll leave me broke pitching in to the cause, too. ESTERO and lonely dear, oh crying for something regularly donates 20 percent of the true. No I can’t pay the price for trouble proceeds from their Estuary Line gear like you. Beautiful trouble like you.” sales to the Estuary Program. They will “‘Trouble’ is a slow cooking blues tune be increasing that donation and giving 50 percent of proceeds for Estuary Line about frustration and desire,” Ynana gear through Dec. 3. This will also be explained via email. “I wrote it years
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GOOD ‘TROUBLE’ Local singersongwriter Ynana Rose teamed up with producer Damon Castillo on “Trouble,” this year’s runner-up in the NTMA’s Blues/R&B category, and recently released a lyrics video you can see on YouTube.
ago as an honest exorcism, sexy and fun and freeing. Recently I handed it over to Damon Castillo (co-producer, sound engineer) and said, ‘I don’t have the blues band needed to carry this live, but if you like it, I trust you to do the right things to it,’ and he did. The narrator of this song knows that this lover’s invitation won’t bring her peace of mind, but she can’t seem to turn away. I have spent an inordinate amount of time in my life yearning for unattainable or unavailable experiences and people, and this song speaks to that yearning.” Not only is the song terrific, but Castillo’s production and accompaniment brings it to a whole new level. He plays rhythm and lead guitar, bass, and other instrumentation. He enlisted Kristian Ducharme on Hammond B3 organ and Wurlitzer to add a little groove grease to the track. Paul Griffith is on drums. The single is available at all the usual places: Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Music, Amazon, and there’s also a neat lyric video created by Grant Thorshov on YouTube. Look it up! You won’t be disappointed. ∆ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.
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The ARTery in Atascadero seeks artists for its annual Under $200 Art Show The ARTery in Atascadero is accepting submissions for this year’s rendition of its annual Under $200 Art Show, an unjuried showcase open to all skill levels. Artists hoping to participate can submit their artworks through the end of November. There is no entry fee. The ARTery is seeking one or two original art pieces from each participant that can be displayed freestanding or on the gallery’s walls. The Under $200 Art Show aims to showcase a diverse selection of artworks priced to be attainable for the average art collector, according to press materials. The show will open during the first week of December and is scheduled to run through January. Call (805) 464-0533 or visit the1artery.com/gallery to find out more about this year’s showcase and other updates from the ARTery. The gallery is located at 5890 Traffic Way, Atascadero.
The Nipomo Artists hosts open studio event that accommodates social distancing
The Nipomo Artists presents its Socially Distanced Open Studio event on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at various locations throughout Nipomo and Arroyo Grande. Visit nipomoartists. com for a map and list of the event’s featured locations and respective addresses. This group show and sale will include paintings, jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, and other media. Participating artists and craft vendors include Moreno Creations, Maggie Pickering, Tina Ellis, Marjorie Lane, The Clay Geeks, Rose and Stone Pottery, The Harried Potter, and Karen Fields, who launched the Nipomo Artists website as an ongoing outlet for her and other Central Coast-based artists. For more info on the group and its upcoming event, call (805) 633-0796 or email info@nipomoartists.com.
LilA Creative Community in Arroyo Grande holds Handmade Holiday Outdoor Market
The LilA Creative Community in Arroyo Grande hosts its Handmade Holiday Outdoor Market on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature a wide variety of media created by local artists, and all items on display will be available for sale. Attendees of the event can also participate in several art activities and workshops, suitable for children and families. Admission to the Handmade Holiday Outdoor Market is free. To find out more about the event, call (805) 668-2125 or visit lila.community. The LilA Creative Community is located at 1147 E. Grand Ave., suite 101, Arroyo Grande. Δ —Caleb Wiseblood
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She’ll take you there Rosanne Seitz’s exhibit at Art Central in SLO depicts out-of-the-way locales
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ippocrates said, “Nature itself is the best physician.” He was certainly onto something. Disappearing into wild and remote places strips away the day-to-day stresses. Grover Beach plein air painter Rosanne Seitz knows this better than most. “When heading out to paint, I feel excited about the exploration, and when I get there, I am totally focused on what I’m doing, which is sort of a meditative process where I lose track of time,” Seitz explained during an email interview. “When I’m done and headed home, I feel relaxed, tired, but satisfied and ready to meet other life challenges.” Seitz’s current solo exhibition, I’ll Take You There, features more than 30 works created during the pandemic from “solo trips, off the beaten track, to places showing the majesty and quiet beauty of our Central Coast scenery.” It’s on display at SLO’s Art Central Art Supply through Tuesday, Nov. 24. The landscapes are “inspired by personal sketches, photos, and plein air paintings developed while driving outof-the-way backroads.” How does she decide on where to go and what to paint? “When I’m painting on my own, I have selected painting sites when on roads, visiting ranches, or parks,” she explained. “I will notice a particular way the shadows accent landforms, the way oaks are gathered or spread out, the overlapping shapes of trees, creeks, or rocks. I also look for man’s footprint on the land, such as barns, fences, equipment, and water tanks that show past use. If it speaks to me, then I will photograph it and go back there. “I do set off on driving trips and just wander, trying to hit roads I have not been on before that go way back into the countryside and are not often used,” she continued. “I’ll also go back to locations to see how it looks in different light and weather. I’m attracted to lands that are a bit more open. I found when traveling in Georgia that I was very frustrated because I couldn’t see the landforms and the distance because of all the trees.” Seitz’s paintings are lovely and calming, many of them painted plein air on location, others worked up in her studio from sketches, photos, or earlier studies. “I love to work plein air, to be out in the landscape, to absorb the places’ smells, insects, and weather, even in windy weather from my van,” she revealed. “I do prefer some shadows. I’ll photograph and take my plein air paintings home. Some are finished and some are enlarged or changed in the studio. If there’s a choice between inside and outside, I will always choose outside.” Boundless and Laguna Wetlands are both examples of paintings she worked in her studio. “Laguna Wetlands was inspired by a scene on Foothill Boulevard near O’Connor Way with no place to safely pull over or set up,” she explained. “Also, the light was fading fast so it required a studio setting. Boundless is also a studio painting with many plein air works
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TEMATATE RIDGE FOOTHILLS This 15-by-22-inch watercolor depicts an area southeast of Arroyo Grande, one of Rosanne Seitz’s many plein air paintings created on location during the pandemic. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSANNE SEITZ
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Rosanne Seitz’s exhibit of landscape paintings remains on display at SLO’s Art Central Art Supply, 1329 Monterey St., and online at artcentralartsupply.com/places-of-quiet.php through Tuesday, Nov. 24. For more info, visit artcentralartsupply.com, call (805) 747-4200, or email artcentral93401@gmail.com.
done before it over the years in the Carrizo National Monument.” Seitz has painted with various media, but she prefers watercolor, explaining, “I tried watercolor on a trip to Yosemite and I was a ‘goner.’ I love how the colors blend, how spontaneous and inventive you can be with your brushstrokes. It dries quickly, is easily transportable, and easy to clean up. I can work on more than one piece at a time. I can make corrections to it using the correct paper and pigments. “The difficulties are that it usually needs matting and framing under glass. It’s not as well regarded by some members of the art community and public, and conversely it is also well regarded by others as being the most difficult medium to work with,” she continued. “I find it the easiest.” In addition to calming the mind and restoring the spirit, being out in the sticks comes with added surprises. “While painting with a friend, we were mobbed by cattle that were thinking we were delivering food. Our easels got bumped around a little, and we took cover next to the vehicles until the cattle figured out we did not have food,” she said. “Nothing like a big cow coming towards you! “Another time, painting on one of the creek roads, inland from Highway 1, I was surrounded by deep bellows. It turns out that it was mating time for the cattle and the bellows were echoing up and down the tree- and bush-shrouded creek bed like having my head inside a bell. “One more story—just leaving for a painting site, I saw a bunch of turkeys under a tree. I stopped to photo as they walked towards me. They got closer and closer and squeezed under a barbwire fence. I got in my car and they surrounded me, thinking I had food for them. I started my Prius, which doesn’t make much noise, so [it] didn’t scare them off. I started
ON LOCATION Grover Beach artist Rosanne Seitz travels throughout the county to paint remote but breathtaking scenes.
driving slowly, getting them to move out of my way, and as I sped up, they kept pace until we were racing each other.” The joys of plein air painting! If you want to get a feel for the many remote places Seitz visits, check out the show before it comes down. “I wanted to show my travel and painting during COVID-19 in hopes that sharing what I love with others will help them enjoy the landscape for a moment in time,” Seitz added. “I also wanted to put together a slideshow for my newsletter and Facebook so that it could be shared with those who don’t or can’t get out. “I visited New York City for my 70th birthday just before COVID-19. I stayed in a vacation rental on the seventh floor of an apartment complex,” she continued. “I remember the families living in that building with no front porch, back porch, open space, or parks, with a very slow elevator. It is a wonder how they keep it together during sheltering, especially with kids. “I am grateful that I live in SLO County with access to so many beautiful areas. The families that live here that can get outside with social distancing at the beach or walks in the neighborhood and still be safe,” Seitz reflected. “We’re very fortunate.” Δ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.
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KILLER QUEEN Anya TaylorJoy stars as orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon, whose keen mind makes her a worldclass player but also causes her torment, in The Queen’s Gambit, on Netflix.
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reators Scott Frank and Allan Scott helm this TV miniseries about orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Isla THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT Johnson as young Beth, and What’s it rated? TV-MA Anya Taylor-Joy as teen and What’s it worth, Anna? Full price young adult Beth), whose What’s it worth, Glen? Full price prodigious talent comes at a Where’s it showing? Netflix price. Based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel, it begins in the 1950s and moves into the ’60s, as Beth lush named Alma—finds in Beth a new moves up the chess ranks while struggling best friend and a reason to keep going with mental health and addiction issues. even after her marriage fails. Beth is (seven 55-min. episodes) internal and odd, a nut that refuses to crack. Taylor-Joy is brilliant here, and Glen This wonderfully told story moves she adeptly moves the character through back and forth through time, from Beth’s her teenage years and into her early 20s. stay in an orphanage where she befriends She may seem demure and shy, but the fellow orphan and resident bad girl Jolene real Beth is just under the surface— (Moses Ingram) and learns to play chess biting and whip-smart and unafraid to from custodian Mr. Shaibel (Bill Camp), use anger to fuel her. She may not fit in to her rise to fame as Kentucky state with most kids her age, but along the champ and later U.S. champ taking way she does find friends who share her on Russian grand masters, and all the obsession with chess, though none to way back to her childhood with her the same degree. Harry Melling plays troubled but brilliant mathematician Harry Beltik, a foe turned friend turned mother, Alice (Chloe Pirrie). Better living sexual partner who reappears in Beth’s through chemistry is on full display at life once she has gained some fame for the orphanage, where the girls are given her cutthroat style of play. Benny Watts tranquilizers to keep them compliant. (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) acts as a These pills seem to enhance Beth’s mentor until she soon surpasses his skill spatial intelligence, and though at first level. These two soon start to see the reluctant because “girls don’t play chess,” cracks in Beth’s facade and warn her of Mr. Shaibel agrees to teach her the game becoming a washed-up pill addict by the and quickly recognizes her brilliance. age of 21, something that doesn’t seem This “woman in a man’s world” theme is too far off when Beth starts to spiral. explored throughout the series, and Beth Glen It’s less about chess and more about learns to use it to her advantage. There’s the dark side of genius and addiction. It’s strategy in life, too, and as someone who’s also about a woman who doesn’t know very inward-looking and self-contained, how to navigate human relationships. Beth learns to protect herself and control Mr. Shaibel, in addition to teaching her her environment, except when her inner chess, tries to teach her how to seem more demons and alcohol and pill addictions empathetic and human. We’ve seen stories spin her out of control. You’ll gobble this like this before—A Beautiful Mind and up one episode after another. If you’ve Good Will Hunting tread similar themes— got the time, set aside 6 1/2 hours and but The Queen’s Gambit gets to take its consume it all at once! time, and Taylor-Joy is certainly up to the Anna When Beth is 15, she’s adopted by task. She seems like a little girl when the Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley (Patrick Kennedy film transitions from Isla Johnson as Beth and Marielle Heller). While her new to Taylor-Joy, but by the end, her Beth father’s interest in her is nonexistent, is a sophisticated, worldly, savvy young woman. I’m sure you can speak to this her new mother—a lonely and troubled
better than me, but I was also completely wowed by the costuming and sets. These hotels, rooms, and homes just scream out early 1960s, and Beth and her mother’s dresses and styles are so spot on. Hats off to the costume designer, set decorator, and art directors. You deserve Emmys! Likewise to the music selector! So many great period songs! This is TV at its finest. Anna The sets and costuming are amazing, as is the way they’re shot. At one point, they’re in a hotel in Mexico City and the camera sweeps along up stairways and open-plan lobbies through this retro hotel. It’s really clever camera work and beautiful as well. Beth isn’t the only one who can be her own worst enemy. Mrs. Wheatley is desperate for love and affection, and a boozehound to boot. She hitches her ride to Beth’s career because, quite frankly, if she didn’t, she probably would have drunk herself to death alone in the house. Instead, she becomes Beth’s sounding board as she relives her triumphs and tears herself apart over losses. You’re right, this isn’t so much about chess as it is about the trappings of genius, but it’s also about human connection and disconnection, and how relationships can be navigated even if you aren’t inherently someone who naturally bonds. I’m definitely adding this book to my reading list; I can’t wait to see how similar or different it is to the series. I plan on a re-watch too. It hit me just right emotionally and is an absolute visual feast. This is a winner! ∆ Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and freelancer Anna Starkey write Split Screen. Glen compiles streaming listings. Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.
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o-writer Joe Talbot directs this story, co-written by Ron Richert and the film’s protagonist Jimmie Fails (who plays himself), a young black man in San Francisco who reclaims his childhood home, a Fillmore District Victorian house supposedly built by his grandfather. This charming 2019 independent film is a reminder of what’s possible outside the big-money studio system, and it establishes first-time feature-length director Talbot as someone to watch. Poetic, soulful, and elegiac—it’s a lament for what’s been lost to gentrification, a poignant examination of race and class, and a swan song to a deeply felt male friendship. There’s some breathtaking cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra and arty direction by Talbot, but what really sells this film are stars Fails and Jonathan Majors, whose performances are so perfect, so affecting, and so nuanced. Sometimes a mere look is enough to break your heart, and your heart will surely
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riter-director Yuval Adler (Bethlehem, The Secrets We Keep) helms this story based on former Israeli intelligence officer Yiftach R. Atir’s 2016 book The English Teacher: A Novel, about Rachel (Diane Kruger), a young Western woman recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran, Iran. We meet her handler, Thomas (Martin Freeman), and her target, Farhad (Cas Anvar), as Israel purposely feeds faulty intelligence to Iran as they work to build their nuclear capabilities. Atir’s novel was censored purportedly because it revealed too
many spy-craft secrets. Rachel is the perfect recruit. Her mother’s dead, and her father’s estranged. She’s close to no one, and she moved around frequently throughout her childhood. Proficient at multiple languages, she takes on the role of a language teacher, building her background and bona fides over a year before she’s finally turned loose in Iran on assignment. It’s a taut, fascinating thriller, and Kruger is terrific as Rachel, both capable and steeled, and vulnerable and endangered. She’s also a little bit of a wild card. Unlike most Mossad operatives, she isn’t burdened by dogmatic ideology, but she is burdened by morals, which puts her at odds with Mossad. If you’re in the mood for a realistic and tight little spy flick, this one’s worth a couple of hours. (116 min.) ∆ —Glen
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Capturing a memory Joliene Bakery creates professional French pastry at The Creamery with a nod to owner Chloe Fertel’s happy place
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Christmas, I wanted a Kitchen Aid mixer and waffle iron and cookbooks. A lot of kids would watch cartoons after school, I would watch cooking shows,” she said. After concerts or games on the weekend, her dad, who was a professor at UC Santa Cruz, would always take her to Kelly’s French Bakery for a treat. “It was always the highlight of my week,” Fertel said. “It was just my happy place ... . To me, that was just the type of place that I wanted to spend time in and perpetuate.” Given the right time, the right place, Fertel said, she would go for it. She attended the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, graduating with a degree in baking and pastry arts. She worked at Bay Area landmarks such as One Market Restaurant in San Francisco and was the pastry chef for Silver Oak, PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHLOE FERTEL which has a handful of properties in the Napa/Sonoma area. Silver Oak was where she honed her bread baking skills. Fertel would bake bread using grapes to make the starter, which enables bread to rise. Bread starter is a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), Fertel said, a culture of wild yeast cohabitating in flour and water. “The world is just populated with yeast and bacteria, and all kinds of yeast can give you really great flavors,” she said. Grapes have natural sugar as well as yeast and natural bacteria living on the surface. So she would mash up some grapes, let that sit, and use it to leaven the breads. She would also try to incorporate the fruit in other ways, using wine to make a Bordeaux marble rye bread or grapes to create a crust on the ALL IN THE FAMILY The Fertels outside of her loaves. opened up Joliene Bakery in May 2019, “It was a lot of fun to play around with celebrating their first anniversary right after the COVID-19 pandemic caused just grapes in general, bringing food and shelter-in-place orders across the state. wine to a whole other level, if you will,” she said. She met her husband, Thomas Fertel, in Napa. He was a winemaker. She worked in fine dining. It was a lot of long hours and late nights, but it was fun. When they had time off, sometimes they would travel to San Luis Obispo, where Thomas had gone to Cal Poly, and visit friends. They moved to the area in January 2017 after he got a job offer at Wild Horse Winery in Paso Robles. Eventually, a spot in The Creamery Marketplace opened up, and they BEHIND GLASS French pastries such as fruit tartlets and pastry chef Chloe Fertel’s twist on commercial cookie decided to go for it. What classics, such as Nutter Butters and Oreos, wait for was once a clothing store hungry mouths at Joliene Bakery. and dance studio is now
ight streamed through a wall of windows on a chilly Monday morning, brightening up Joliene Bakery and hitting the folds of tiny orange and pink rose-printed fabric that covered Chloe Fertel’s nose and mouth. The roses dance as she talks about the dream that she and her husband made a reality more than a year ago. Modeled after sweet memories of a French bakery in Santa Cruz, Fertel said she wanted to create a beautiful, bright place that looked amazing and smelled amazing. Growing up on the Westside of Santa Cruz, she played soccer, played in symphonies and orchestras, and baked. She joked that as a kid, she was foodobsessed. Always baking, always engaged in learning more about food. “A lot of kids got dollhouses or bikes for
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a commercial kitchen and bakery producing delicate, delicious French baked goods—fun things like choux pastries and macarons; staples like baguettes; and savory or sweet delectables like croque-monsieurs and pain au chocolates. Let’s talk about that pain au chocolate. Fertel said she wanted to make a pastry with BAKED TO EAT Pastry chef Chloe Fertel bakes fresh English muffins and croissants daily at Joliene Bakery in more than just a sliver of downtown SLO. chocolate smack in the middle of all that dough. So she usually at the beginning of the week, and spreads a homemade ganache just kind of control it throughout the week all over the dough before wrapping it so it doesn’t overferment,” she said. up into the croissant it will eventually Although the couple celebrated their become. That way, there’s chocolate folded first year of business at the beginning of between the fluffy, buttery layers of the the summer, it’s been a tough year. After pastry. they had their son, Thomas shifted fullAnd if you really think about it, that time to the bakery in January so they should be the only way they’re made. could juggle family life and the bakery You can also get breakfast and lunch together. Then COVID-19 really shook sandwiches, pies, cakes, and fresh things up. They initially lost employees, baked English muffins. Princess tortes, who were mostly Cal Poly students, eclairs, and tartines. Along with a coffee, because they moved back home in March espresso, or café au lait while you have due to shelter-in-place orders. So Fertel a seat out on the patio overlooking the and her husbad basically did it all. Creamery courtyard. Joliene Bakery moved to a pre-order “We keep it pretty simple for the most pickup system. Fertel would prep Monday part. We keep it pretty standard,” she through Friday, come in at midnight on said. “It’s just real ingredients, made Saturday and bake until 7 a.m. She would fresh, every day.” go home to be with her son, and Thomas And fluffy. They keep it fluffy with their would come in and pack up all the orders. crusty loaves of perfectly seasoned and Then they had to rehire and retrain leavened bread. Fertel said her Meyer employees as the economy sort of opened lemon and herb bread is really popular. A back up. sourdough bread with Meyer lemon zest Back to being open five days a week, and fresh herbs, she said it pairs really Fertel said they’re just keeping an eye on well with the Mediterranean influence on COVID-19 regulations, cleanliness, and California cooking. best practices. And she’s looking forward “When I think about bread, I’m always to the holidays and the upcoming menu thinking about what people are cooking shift at the bakery: a new wave of French right now and what would pair with it,” items, festive holiday pies, and potentially Fertel said. bûche de noël (yule log) and panettone for Plus, every bread she bakes has a little Christmas. bit of Luis in it. There might even be a gigantic That’s what she calls her local SCOBY, gingerbread structure on display. made with yeast collected from the coast. Whatever she puts out there, though, the Avila Beach was home when they first goal is to put a smile on a customer’s face. moved here. So she took a bowl of flour “For us, at the end of the day, what and water, put a little layer of cheese cloth makes us happy isn’t necessarily what’s on top, and let it sit outside for a couple of in our bank account. It’s the people,” days. The yeast and bacteria in the air did Fertel said. “It’s just making a happy their thing, and when the beast bubbled, place for people, just like the place that she knew it was ready. I loved when I was a kid, and passing on Luis has been going strong ever since. that joy to others.” ∆ You can train a SCOBY to know when Editor Camillia Lanham is smiling about to expect food, kind of like a little bit of pain au chocolate. Send flavorful feast supply and demand. ideas to clanham@newtimesslo.com. “We feed our starter every week,
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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2070 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/29/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RANCHITA CANYON VINEYARD, 3439 Ranchita Canyon Road, San Miguel, CA 93451. San Luis Obispo County. Avella LLC (35244 Oil City Road, Coalinga, CA 93210). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Avella LLC, James Anderson, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-13-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 10-13-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2093 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/26/2007) New Filing The following person is doing business as, A NEW APPROACH COUNSELING SERVICE, 7730 Morro Road, Suite 102, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Linda Kay Shaleen (250 X-Bar-D Way, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Linda Kay Shaleen, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-20. 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. 10-16-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2095 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/09/2009) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BABY SEALS SWIM ACADEMY, 14505 San Antonio Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Steffi Ketzler (14505 San Antonio Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Steffi Ketzler. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-20. 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. 10-16-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2101 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ENDURO CAMPERS, 835 Capitolio Way, Ste. 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Pacific Adventure Vehicles Inc. (835 Capitolio Way, Ste. 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Pacific Adventure Vehicles Inc., Leif Stein, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 10-19-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2109 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO HAPPY HOMES, 350 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Shannon Stire Bowdey (350 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Shannon Bowdey, Realtor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 10-19-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2113 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, OZCAL HOME INSPECTIONS, 800 Manzanita Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Brent C Brown, Kayla N Brachear (800 Manzanita Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Kayla N. Brachear. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-20. 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. 10-19-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2114 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE GREEN LANE GROUP, 650 Sandydale Dr., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Yasna Rosso (100 Crest Rd. #721, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Yasna Rosso. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-20. 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. 1019-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2115 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/15/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RM PRIVATE STUDIO, 197 N 10th Street, Suite 104, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Moises Angel Medel (2040 Beach Street, Apt. A, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Moises Angel Medel. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-1920. 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. 10-19-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2118 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE UPS STORE 6192, 1375 E. Grand Ave., Suite 103, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. JBK Central, Inc. (3940-7115 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ JBK Central, Inc., Jane KostiwSecretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-20. 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. 10-1925. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2124 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/04/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SAN LUIS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 2241 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Turn Key Real Estate Management Services Inc (2241 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Turn Key Real Estate Management Services Inc., Matt Mortenson, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-21-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2128 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/14/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MODICA FINANCIAL AND TAX, MODICA FINANCIAL & TAX, MODICA TAX, MODICA FINANCIAL, 8380 Morro Road, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Grand Business Solutions, LLC (10 N. Ocean Avenue, Suite 111, Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Grand Business Solutions, LLC, Heather Newsom, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-20. 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. 1022-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2131 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/08/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BOUNDING MAIN, 2289 Main Street, Ste. A, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Bridget Irene Smith (9255 Santa Rosa Creek Road, Cambria, CA 93428), Shara Tatham (466 Bristol Street, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Bridget Smith, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-20. 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. 10-22-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2135 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CRESCENT YOGA, 547 N. 9th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Dawnielle Quick (547 N. 9th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Dawnielle Quick. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-20. 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. 10-22-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2137 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/07/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GREG LINN IMPORTS, LLC, 2260 Valley Oaks Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Greg Linn Wines, LLC (2260 Valley Oaks Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Greg Linn Wines, LLC, Greg Linn, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-20. 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. 10-22-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2138 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SURF COACH SLO, CENTRAL COAST SURF RETREATS, 372 Woodland Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Kai Booth Sanson (372 Woodland Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kai Booth Sanson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-20. 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. 10-22-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2140 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/17/2002) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TACKLE WAREHOUSE, 181 Suburban Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Wilderness Sports Warehouse LLC (181 Suburban Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Wilderness Sports Warehouse LLC, Mark Sczbecki, Manager/Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-2220. 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. 10-22-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2160 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/21/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DUCKHORN WINE COMPANY, POSTMARK, 1201 Dowdell Lane, St. Helena, CA 934574. Napa County. Phase 2 Cellars, LLC (4910 Edna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Phase 2 Cellars LLC, Kenneth Robin Baggett, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-20. 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. 10-23-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2141 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/22/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CH HOME INSPECTIONS, 651 Woodland Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Catherine Hayes (651 Woodland Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Catherine Hayes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-20. 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. 10-22-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2161 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/23/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PARIS NAIL LOUNGE, 3230 Broad St. Ste. 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Tan D. Nguyen (3230 Broad St. Ste. 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tan D. Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-20. 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. 10-23-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2142 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CUPSANDCARRIAGE, 1716 6th St., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Whitney Elise Taylor (1787 6th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Whitney Elise Taylor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-20. 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. 1023-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2148 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/23/1994) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JVPAINTING, 2176 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Joseph William Verodi III (2176 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joseph William Verodi III. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-20. 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. 10-23-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2157 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HOUSE TO HOME INSPECTIONS LLC, 1900 Doris Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. House To Home Inspections LLC (1900 Doris Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ House To Home Inspections LLC, Justin Miner, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-20. 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. 10-23-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2164 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/17/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CALIFORNIA VINTAGE TRAILER RESTORATION, 1760 21st St. Apt. 1, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. JTL Construction (1760 21st St. Apt. 1, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ JTL Construction, Jay Levin, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-20. 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. 10-26-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2183 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/12/2005) New Filing The following person is doing business as, A.S.P.I.R.E. PHYSICAL THERAPY, 894 Meinecke Ave., Suite B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Tyrone McSorley, Julie McSorley (2897 Shadow Brooke Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Tyrone McSorley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1028-20. 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. 10-28-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2185 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SEAGLASS SALON, 1367 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Chalaunt Marie Craig (743 Seabright Ave. Apt. A, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Chalaunt Craig. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-28-20. 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. 10-28-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2187 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PBK-WLC, 8163 Rochester Avenue, Ste. 100, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. San Bernardino County. PBK Architects, Inc. (11 Greenway Plaza, 22nd Floor, Houston, TX 77046). This business is conducted by A TX Corporation /s/ PBK Architects, Inc., Christopher M. Cunico, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-28-20. 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. 10-28-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2193 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SALON SALT & STONE, 1750 El Camino Real, Suite E, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Kathryn Jean Cano (1750 El Camino Real, Suite E, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kathryn Jean Cano, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-20. 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. 10-29-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2194 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/22/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ZACH’S WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES, 1435 Pine St., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Zach A. Roorda (1435 Pine St., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Zach A. Roorda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-20. 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. 1029-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2197 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/15/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DOUSE FIRE SYSTEMS, SOLID OAK TREE MANAGEMENT, 10240 Digger Pine Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Jeremy F Lowney (10240 Digger Pine Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jeremy F Lowney. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-20. 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. 10-29-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2199 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/11/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JULIA RICE DESIGN, 1298 Warren Rd., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Spaceman International, USA, Inc. (1298 Warren Rd., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Spaceman International, USA, Inc., Monty G. Rice, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1029-20. 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. 10-29-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2196 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/29/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DANIELS WOOD LAND SIGN CO., 2125 Ardmore Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Daniels Wood Land, Inc. (2125 Ardmore Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Daniels Wood Land, Inc., Ronald Daniels, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1029-20. 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. 10-29-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2175 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO GALLERY, 1019 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Roger Doane Cantrell (1019 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Roger D. Cantrell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-27-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 10-27-25. October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2020-2180 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/26/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE NATURAL TOOLBOX, 910 Longbranch Ave. #B, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Roxann Lynn Buchanan (910 Longbranch Ave. #B, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Roxann Lynn Buchanan, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-28-20. 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. 10-28-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
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BROAD STREET/WOODBRIDGE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON SPEC. NO. 91609
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 641 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council held on November 10, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. held 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, introduced Ordinance No. 641, amending Title 14 (Building and Construction) to add Chapter 14.43 (Electric Vehicle Charging Systems) to the Morro Bay Municipal Code establishing an expedited permitting process for Electric Vehicle Charging Systems. A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is available for public review on the City’s website at www. morrobayca.gov, and upon request by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (805) 772-6205. The City Council will consider adoption of Ordinance No. 641 at their next regularly scheduled meeting December 8, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. held via teleconference. /s/ Heather Goodwin Deputy City Clerk
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City of San Luis Obispo will receive bids for the “BROAD STREET/ WOODBRIDGE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON, Spec. No. 91609” at the Public Works Administration Office located at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 until, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020, at 2:00 P.M., when they will be publicly opened via Microsoft Teams. Bids received after said time will not be considered. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the project title, contractor name, address, and specification number. The Contractor must possess a valid Class “A” or C-10 Contractor’s License at the time of the bid opening. Every bid must be accompanied by a certified check/cashier’s check or bidder’s bond for 10% of the bid amount, payable to the City of San Luis Obispo.
Dated:
November 12, 2020
Download FREE at the City’s website: www.SloCity.org Bid packages under Bids & Proposals. Questions may be addressed to Jennifer Rice, Project Manager, at 805-7817058 or jrice@slocity.org.
Publish:
November 19, 2020
November 19, 2020
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach City Council will hold a public hearing for the following purpose: PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA: To receive community input, requests, and recommendations for use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. These funds are intended to assist persons and families of lower income in the provision or improvement of low-income housing and community services. Total funding available to the City of Pismo Beach will be determined in spring 2021 by the State Department of Housing and Community Development; approximately $36,300 in funding is anticipated. No more than 20% of the funds may be used for program administration by the County and City. Project Location: Within the City of Pismo Beach. Details about ways to participate in this hearing will be provided on the agenda posted for the meeting online at pismobeach.org/agenda, and on the bulletin board at City Hall. The agenda will be posted in the afternoon of Wednesday November 25, 2020. Environmental Review The grant application is not considered a project and is therefore exempt from environmental review. Specific projects that may have environmental impacts will be reviewed under CEQA and NEPA prior to implementation. You have a right to comment on these projects and their effect on our community. Interested persons are invited to participate in the hearing or otherwise express their views and opinions regarding the proposed projects. Written and voicemail comments are welcomed prior to the hearing. Written comments prepared prior to the hearing may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by mail or delivery to the utility bill drop box at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, by fax at (805) 773-7006, or by email at citycouncil@ pismobeach.org. Oral comment may be provided prior to the hearing by calling 805-556-8299 and leaving a voice message. Please state and spell your name, and identify your item of interest. Generally, written comment may be submitted by email up until the start of the public comment period during this item. Every effort will be made to provide an opportunity for live public comment during the meeting, but because the City cannot guarantee the quality of internet access or video conferencing facilities for the meeting, live public comment may not be available at every meeting. Please refer to the agenda for this meeting for specific instructions for participation. Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review from the City Clerk’s Office, by emailing City Clerk Erica Inderlied at einderlied@ pismobeach.org. The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Thursday before the meeting and may be obtained upon request by mail or by visiting www. pismobeach.org. The Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website. PLEASE NOTE: If you challenge the action taken on this item 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 City of Pismo Beach at, or prior to, the public hearing.
City of San Luis Obispo Notice of Intent to Adopt Negative Declaration
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY AND INTENT TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION For the Active Transportation Plan (City File EID 0496-2020) The City of San Luis Obispo has completed an Initial Study/ Negative Declaration (IS/ND) for the proposed Active Transportation Plan (ATP). The ATP will be the guiding document for active transportation in the City of San Luis Obispo. The 2020 ATP will supersede the existing 2013 Bicycle Transportation Plan as the planning document that provides recommendations for the improvements to walking and bicycling in San Luis Obispo. The ATP contains various programs, policies, and recommendations pertaining to the development of pedestrian and bicycle facilities. ATP proposes expansion of and improvements to the City’s existing shared-use paths, bike lanes and routes, sidewalks, pedestrian and bicycle bridges, and crosswalks. The proposed networks are designed to build upon existing shareduse paths; to connect regional routes and paths; to provide access to key destinations; and to serve as recreational assets. The Project (under CEQA), is the adoption of the proposed Active Transportation Plan (ATP) for the City of San Luis Obispo. The ATP is a program/policy-level document, which means it does not provide project-specific construction details that would allow for project-level CEQA analysis. Furthermore, specific development is not being proposed under this ATP and adoption of this CEQA document would not authorize any development. Information such as precise project locations, project timing, funding mechanisms, material types, types of equipment and ultimately construction drawings will be required in order for future “project-level” CEQA analysis to occur. Therefore, this CEQA document has been prepared at a “program-level.” Under CEQA, a programmatic document is prepared on a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project and/or for a project that will be implemented over a long period of time. This CEQA document, prepared at a program level, is therefore adequate for adoption of the ATP by San Luis Obispo City Council. Reference copies of the Initial Study / Negative Declaration are available on the City’s website at https://www.slocity.org/ government/department-directory/community-development/ documents-online/environmental-review-documents . If you are unable to access the internet, please contact Adam Fukushima at afukushima@slocity.org or (805) 781-7590 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. A 43-day public review period (greater than the minimum required 30-day public review period) for the Negative Declaration will extend from Thursday, November 19, 2020 to Thursday, December 31, 2020. Anyone interested in commenting on the document should submit a written statement to the City of San Luis Obispo, Public Works Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, Attention: Adam Fukushima, Active Transportation Manager, or by email to afukushima@ slocity.org, by 5:00 p.m., by December 31, 2020. A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Active Transportation Committee on Monday, November 30, 2020 (with a possible hearing extension to Thursday, December 3, 2020, if necessary) to evaluate the project. Interested persons can access the Active Transportation Committee agenda at https:// www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies/agendas-andminutes/active-transportation-committee to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project. A study session is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 to provide input on the plan. Interested persons can access the City Council agenda at https://www.slocity.org/government/mayor-and-citycouncil/agendas-and-minutes to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project. A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission on Wednesday, December 9, 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.
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A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday, February 2, 2020 to evaluate the project. Interested persons can access the City Council agenda at https:// www.slocity.org/government/mayor-and-city-council/agendasand-minutes to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project.
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For further information, please contact Erica Inderlied, City Clerk, at einderlied@pismobeach.org or 805-773-7003. Erica Inderlied
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The San Luis Obispo City Council invites all interested persons to participate in a public meeting on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. While the Council encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed on Government Access Channel 20 or streamed live from the City’s YouTube Channel at http://youtube.slo.city. Public comment, prior to the start of the meeting, may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail delivered to the City Clerk’s office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to emailcouncil@ slocity.org. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 2020 AND VICE MAYOR APPOINTMENT FOR 2021
FILE NO. 2020-2202 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/12/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MORRO BAY ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES, 1612 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Christopher M. Jules (1804 Fearn Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Christopher M. Jules. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-20. 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. 10-30-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2203 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NIPOMO TRUCKING INC, 1350 La Loma Drive, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Nipomo Trucking Inc (1350 La Loma Drive, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Nipomo Trucking Inc, Juan Carlos Corona, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-3020. 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. 10-30-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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The purpose of this regular meeting will be to certify the results of the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election, recognize outgoing Council Members, install incoming Council Members, and appoint a Vice Mayor for 2021. The City Council may also discuss other hearings or business items before or after the items listed above. If you challenge the proposed project 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 City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. Reports for this meeting will be available for review online at www.slocity.org no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please call the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7100 for more information. The City Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and live streaming on the City’s YouTube channel https://youtube.slo.city. Teresa Purrington City Clerk City of San Luis Obispo November 19, 2020
ORDINANCE NO. 1686 (2020 SERIES) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING EXISTING CHAPTER 3.15 (ESSENTIAL SERVICES TRANSACTIONS (SALES) AND USE TAX) OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE AND REENACTING IN FULL AMENDED CHAPTER 3.15 (COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INVESTMENT) IMPOSING A TRANSACTIONS (SALES) AND USE TAX TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND FEE ADMINISTRATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, at its Regular Meeting of July 21, 2020, introduced the above titled ordinance upon a motion by Council Member Pease, second by Council Member Stewart, and on the following roll call vote: Council Member Christianson, Pease, Stewart, Vice Mayor Gomez, and Mayor Harmon NOES: None Ordinance No. 1686 (2020 Series) – A General Municipal Election was conducted in the City of San Luis Obispo on November 3, 2020 for the purpose of submitting to the voters a question whether to establish a Transaction (Sales) and Use Tax (Measure G-20). The County ClerkRecorder has not given a definitive date when the count will be complete, however, it is anticipated that it will be finalized by November 26, 2020. The preliminary election results indicate that a majority of the voters were in favor of Measure G-20 and therefor Ordinance No. 1686 (2020 Series) shall go into effect. AYES:
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF TENTATIVE ACTION / PUBLIC HEARING
WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing WHEN: Friday, December 4, 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: A request by Tyler Ikeda for a Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development Permit (DRC2018-00091) to allow one agricultural well to support a proposed 20.4-acre avocado orchard. The project proposes to remove three eucalyptus trees. The project will result in the disturbance of a total of approximately 3,000 square feet (SF) of a 45-acre site. The proposed project is within the Agriculture land use category and is located at 1150 Mesa View Drive, west of the community of Nipomo. The project site is within the South County (Coastal) planning area. A Class 1 Categorical Exemption is proposed for this project. County File Number: DRC2018-00091 Supervisorial District: District 4 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 075-281-001, -002 Date Accepted: 10/20/2020 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/Boardsand-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 Young Choi, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING: This matter is tentatively scheduled to appear on the consent agenda, which means that it and any other items on the consent agenda can be acted upon by the hearing officer with a single motion. An applicant or interested party may request a public hearing on this matter. To do so, send a letter to this office at the address below or send an email to pdh@ co.slo.ca.us by Monday, November 30, 2020 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2018-00091.” 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. COASTAL APPEALABLE: If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043. Daniela Chavez, Secretary Planning Department Hearing November 19, 2020
ORDINANCE NO. 1688 (2020 SERIES) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 2.14.010, 2.14.020, AND 2.14.040 OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.14 REVENUE ENHANCEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, at its Regular Meeting of September 1, 2020, introduced the above titled ordinance upon a motion by Council Member Pease, second by Council Member Christianson, and on the following roll call vote: Council Member Christianson, Pease, AYES: Stewart, Vice Mayor Gomez, and Mayor Harmon NOES: None Ordinance No. 1688 (2020 Series) – The intent of the proposed amendment is to broaden community member representation on the Revenue Enhancement Oversight Commission (REOC) and to build in additional accountability and community engagement opportunities to ensure the spending priorities align with the community and City Council’s vision for long-term investment. Full and complete copies of the Ordinances will be available for inspection as part of the published agenda packet for the December 1, 2020 Council Meeting, or you may call (805) 781-7100 for more information. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo will consider adopting the Ordinance at its Regular Meeting of December 1, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. While the Council encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed on Government Access Channel 20 or streamed live from the City’s YouTube channel at http:// youtube.slo.city. Public comment, prior to the start of the meeting, may be submitted in writing to the City Clerk’s Office, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to emailcouncil@slocity.org. Teresa Purrington, City Clerk November 19, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2205 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, S & M FIRE PROTECTION, 3523 S. Higuera St. Ste. D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Tedeschi Fire Protection, Inc. (3523 S. Higuera St. Ste. D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Tedeschi Fire Protection, Inc., Linda Tedeschi, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-20. 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. 10-3025. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2208 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ALL SEASONS GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING, 1167 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. All Seasons Landscaping, Inc. (1167 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ All Seasons Landscaping, Inc., Erik Wolting, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-20. 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. 10-30-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2206 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MANU FORTI CONSTRUCTION, 471 Golden West Pl., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Jeremiah M. McCaa (471 Golden West Pl., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jeremiah M. McCaa, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-20. 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. 10-3025. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2209 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FAERIESBURGH, SUSTAINABLE BUDDHA, 9 GREAT DEALS, 128 Cerro Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Rath Group LLC (128 Cerro Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Rath Group LLC, Tom Halen, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-02-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-02-25. November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF TUESDAY, November 10, 2020 AT 9:00 AM. 4 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT 01.
Update on COVID-19, rec’d & filed.
02.
Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 03-12 (Item No. 2 pulled for separate vote) & Resolution (Res.) No. 2020-238 thru 2020-240, approved.
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Presentations: Res. 2020-241, recognizing Nov. as “National Adoption Month” & Res. 2020-242, proclaiming Nov. 2020 as “National Hospice & Palliative Care Month”, adopted.
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Public Comment Period - matters not on the agenda: B. Difatta; L. Xavier; L. Owen; M. Brown speak. No action taken.
05.
Update on the County’s FY 20-21 budget, & the County’s FY 21-22 financial forecast, rec’d & filed
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Closed Session. Anticipated Litigation: No of potential cases: 2. Significant exposure to litigation: No of potential cases: 2. Existing litigation: Application filed by PG&E in the 2018 Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding (U 39 E & A: 18-12-008); In re PG&E Corporation (19-19-30088); In re PG&E Company (19-19-30089); Protecting our Water & Environmental Resources v. Stanislaus County (Case No. S251709); CA Water Integrity Network v. Co. of SLO (Case No. S251056); Coalition for Ag. Rights v. Co. of SLO (Case No. 20CV-0282). Conference w/ Labor Negotiator re: SLOGAU; SLOCEA-T&C; DCCA; Sheriffs’ Mgmt; SLOCPPOA; DSA; DAIA; SLOCPMPOA; SLOCEA – PSSC; Unrepresented Mgmt & Confidential Employees; SDSA; UDWA. Report out.
07.
Res. 2020-243, hearing to consider a Temp. Commercial Outdoor Entertainment License application from N. Duggan for up to 6 concert events at SM Raceway/ Stadium 805 on dates uncertain in the 2021 calendar year, adopted as amended.
Meeting Adjourned. Wade Horton, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: T’Ana Christiansen, Deputy Clerk November 19, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2219 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RUN PARKER, 487 Cobre Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Advantasoft, Inc. (487 Cobre Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Advantasoft, Inc., Keith Jackson, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1103-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2221 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/05/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPA AVILA, 347 12th Street, San Miguel, CA 93451. San Luis Obispo County. Sherilynn Hatchard (683 cobble Creek Way, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sheri Hatchard, OwnerOperator. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 11-03-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2227 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/31/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MOUNTAIN GAL MYSTICS, 717 Highland Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Jessica R. Gray (717 Highland Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jessica R. Gray. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-04-20. 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. 11-04-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2228 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HIGHWAY ONE REALTY, 148 North Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Michele A. Lilley (323 Pacific Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michele A. Lilley, Broker/Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-04-20. 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. 11-04-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2230 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/29/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO PLANT THERAPY, PLANT THERAPY, 207 Suburban Road, Suite 4, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Plant Therapy LLC (5980 Tamarisk Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Plant Therapy LLC, Ethan Pilch, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 11-04-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2234 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/04/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FARM TO COOKIE, 2027 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Rita Demasi Morris (2027 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rita Demasi Morris, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-0420. 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. 11-04-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2235 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/10/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KINDRED HOSPITAL REHABILITATION SERVICES, 345 S. Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. RehabCare Group of California, LLC (680 South Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202). This business is conducted by A DE Limited Liability Company /s/ RehabCare Group of California, LLC, Joseph Landenwich, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-0420. 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. 11-04-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2241 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/04/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO DRIP IRRIGATION, 1241 Knollwood Dr., Cir#102, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Michael Anthony Cantafio (1791 Newhall Ave., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michael Anthony Cantafio. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-04-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2244 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/27/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BARREBETHANY, 9020 Junipero Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Bethany Ann Sobraske (9020 Junipero Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Bethany A. Sobraske. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-05-20. 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. 11-05-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2253 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/24/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LAST CHANCE LIQUOR, 320 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Salama Inc. (320 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Salama Inc., Robert Salama, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-06-20. 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. 11-06-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2258 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/09/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST SMOKE HOUSE, 950 Nice Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Smoke House LLC (950 Nice Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Central Coast Smoke House LLC, David B Arruda, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-20. 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. 11-09-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2269 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/30/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ONE STONE DESIGN, 3329 Shasta Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. San Mateo County. Morgan Blaire McKean (3329 Shasta Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403), Clare Joan Stassel (425 Aliso Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92663). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Morgan Blaire McKean. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-20. 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. 11-09-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2288 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SAN JOAQUIN PEST CONTROL CENTRAL COAST, 2343 N. Larkin Ave., Fresno, CA 93727. Fresno County. Morgan Brothers, Incorporated (2343 N. Larkin Ave., Fresno, CA 93727). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Morgan Brothers, Incorporated, Francis J. Oneto II, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2278 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/08/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ARCHER AND COMPANY, RETREAT VACATION RENTAL MANAGEMENT, 1040 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Archer Wilkinson, Inc. (1040 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Archer Wilkinson, Inc., Patrick Wilkinson, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-12-20. 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. 11-12-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2260 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/16/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BRASS PACKS, WISE ASSET DEVELOPMENT, GONSCOOTN, WISE ADVISORY COMMISSION, 410 Kings Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Brothers Wise International, LLC (410 Kings Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A DE Limited Liability Company /s/ Brothers Wise International, LLC, Austin Clay Wise, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-20. 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. 1109-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2270 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ROD & HAMMER SLO STILLS, 855 Aerovista Place, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. SLO Stills, LLC (835 Aerovista Place, Suite 230, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ SLO Stills, LLC, Hamish S. Marshall, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-0920. 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. 11-09-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2281 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LAZY GOODS, 1186 14th St., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Naomi Holmes (1186 14th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Naomi Holmes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-12-20. 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. 11-12-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2272 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/06/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SAN LUIS ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY AND DENTAL CENTER, 1010 Peach St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Adam J. Janette DDS, Inc (1010 Peach St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Adam J. Janette DDS, Inc., Adam J. Janette, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-10-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-10-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2283 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/30/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FUNKYDORAE, 603 Johnson, Apt. 9, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Bailey Nichole Bethard (963 Vista Del Collados, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Bailey Nichole Bethard. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1220. 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. 11-12-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2286 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TREES 4 KILIMANJARO, 10240 Digger Pine Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Jeremy Franklin Lowney (10240 Digger Pine Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jeremy Franklin Lowney. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-12-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-12-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2262 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/22/2004) New Filing The following person is doing business as, EXECUTIVE ESTATE SERVICES, 210 Elaine Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Crystal Nordholm (4511 Meadow Lark Rd., Fort Lupton, CO 80621). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Crystal Nordholm. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-20. 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. 11-09-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2266 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/09/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SIMPLE SEWER, 433 Stagecoach, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Travis Brown (433 Stagecoach, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Travis Brown. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-0920. 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. 11-09-25. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2268 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THAI BBQ COMBO, 630 First St., Ste. B, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Max Trading Group LLC (630 First St., Ste. B, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Max Trading Group LLC, Brent Walsworth, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-20. 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. 11-09-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FILE NO. 2020-2273 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/05/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO DENTAL LAB, 799 East Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. James Dean Davidge, Marissa Irelin Davidge (194 Lincoln St., San Luis Obipso, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Marissa Davidge. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-10-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 11-10-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2275 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/12/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CHRISTINA’S DOGGIE SPA, 5465 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Christina Shawnee Koker (6390 Straw Ridge Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Christina Shawnee Koker, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-12-20. 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. 11-12-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-2287 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CA TAX PROS, 200 Station Way, Ste. B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Douglas Gerry Matthews, Kathy Sue Matthews (200 Station Way, Ste. B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An General Partnership /s/ Douglas Gerry Matthews, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2303 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, P&T DESIGN, 3650 Lawnwood Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. William Jr Paul Enos, Tamsin Jessy Enos (3650 Lawnwood Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ William Paul Enos Jr., Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-20. 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. 11-16-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2313 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/01/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DAVID’S BLUE RIBBON HONEY, 225 Michael Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Maislen Enterprises, LLC (225 Michael Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Maislen Enterprises, LLC, David L. Maislen, Manaing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-20. 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. 11-16-25. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020-2324 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/17/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TLC THERAPY, 411 Traffic Way, Suite B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Tiana Lee Corcuera (411 Traffic Way, Suite B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tiana Lee Corcuera. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-17-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 11-1725. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: AUSTREBERTHA ZUNIGA DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0318
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: AUSTREBERTHA ZUNIGA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HECTOR HENNEBERGER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that by HECTOR HENNEBERGER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 8th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, 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: Joseph D. Borjas, Esq. 3220 S. Higuera St., Ste. 311 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 November 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BETH M. LACKLORE DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0310
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: BETH M. LACKLORE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KIMBERLY K. LACKLORE in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that by KIMBERLY K. LACKLORE 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 author-
LEGAL NOTICES ity 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 1st, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, 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: Joseph D. Borjas, Esq. 3220 S. Higuera St., Ste. 311 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 November 12, 19, & 26, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DAVID HURST DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0322
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DAVID HURST A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by AUBREY SHEA HURST in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that by AUBREY SHEA HURST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 15th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey St., 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
LEGAL NOTICES 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: Nancy A. Gibbons 2540 Camino Diablo, Suite 200 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 November 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EUGENE ANTHONY TEIXEIRA DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0180
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: EUGENE “GENE” ANTHONY TEIXEIRA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by GAIL ANN FURROW in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that GAIL ANN FURROW 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 8th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey St., 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: Dennis James Balsamo, SBN 1297809 Law Office of Dennis James Balsamo 1303 E. Grand Ave., Ste. 103 Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FLORA ANNA RUBLE DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0314
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: FLORA ANNA RUBLE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ALVIN GROVER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that ALVIN GROVER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 1st, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, 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: Martha B. Spalding, Attorney at Law 215 South Main Street Templeton, CA 93465 November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEFFREY LYNN OLDHAM DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0311
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JEFFREY LYNN OLDHAM A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOHN F. NICHOLSON in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that by JOHN F. NICHOLSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 inter-
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LEGAL NOTICES ested 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 1st, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, 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: John F. Nicholson Law Offices of John F. Nicholson 22647 Ventura Blvd., #527 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 November 12, 19, & 26, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSHUA JAMES CALDERA DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0315
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOSHUA JAMES CALDERA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARIAELENA CALDERA in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo. The Petition for Probate requests that MARIAELENA CALDERA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 1st, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, 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
LEGAL NOTICES 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: Martha B. Spalding, Attorney at Law 215 South Main Street Templeton, CA 93465 November 12, 19, & 26, 2020
Notice of Lien Sale
4060 Horizon Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Notice of Public Sale of Property for 2 Storage Units Foreclosure Lien Sale will be held with online bidding @ www.selfstorageauction.com Closing at 5PM December 4th, 2020 Property is to be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Clean up deposit of $100 will be required. Removal must be done within 72 hours. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property from sale. Ethan Gonsalves, Unit Number H050 has the following items such as miscellaneous household items and tools. James Ongley, Unit Number H094 has the following items such as miscellaneous household items and tools. November 19 & 26, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RAMON COO, also known as RAMON G. COO CASE NUMBER: 20PR0317
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RAMON COO, also known as RAMON G. COO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MARY COO in the Superior Court of California, County of: San Luis Obispo. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: MARY COO 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: Date: December 8, 2020 Time: 9:00 A.M. in Dept.: 9 Address of Court: Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1050 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. Hearing attendance by Zoom only: www.zoom.us, Meeting ID 979 6596 1551, Password: 79513. 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 a notice under section 9052 of the
LEGAL NOTICES 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 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Herbert A. Stroh 656 Santa Rosa St., Suite 2A San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: 805-541-2800 November 12, 19, 26, 2020
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER AN ASSESSMENT LIEN. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL, AS SHOWN BELOW. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, or a currently dated cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, as specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this State), will be held by the agent of the duly appointed Trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest held by the Trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to that certain Notice of Delinquent Assessment recorded on March 10, 2020 as instrument number 2020011776 in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California and the Declaration of Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions of Tamerlo Investments N.V., a Netherlands Antilles Corporation on August 30, 1978 as instrument number 41866 in Book 2096, Pages 914-955, as amended thereafter. The sale will be held pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell (“Notice of Default”) described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, encumbrances, or otherwise, on an “as-is, where-is” basis, to pay the sum secured by the lien, with interest and late charges thereon, advances, if any, under the occupancy of the premises and all governing documents of the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association, or under terms of the lien, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be as set forth below. Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase this figure prior to sale. It is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated. The beneficiary may bid at sale and may elect to bid less than their full credit bid. Record Owner(s) at the time the Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Notice of Default were recorded: William Storm Jr. and Alisha Michelle Ball Lien Claimant / Beneficiary: Holiday Recreational Park Owners Association 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, CA 93449-2997 (805) 773-1121 Duly Appointed Trustee: Hart I King Date of Notice of Default: May 29, 2020 Recording Date: July 6, 2020 Instrument No.: 2020033680 Recorded in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California Date and Time of Sale: December 12, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. Place of Sale: AT THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, 100 S. DOLLIVER, PISMO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 93449-2997 Estimated amount due: $3,296.52 Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase the sale figure prior to sale; and it is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated herein.
LEGAL NOTICES From information which the Trustee deems reliable, the Trustee believes that the legal description and street address, or other common designation, of the real property to be sold is as follows: AN UNDIVIDED 1/875 INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A” PURSUANT TO A DEED REFERENCING LOCKER #840 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, California 934492997 The Trustee and the authorized agent of the Trustee disclaim any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Written directions to the above-referenced property may be obtained by submitting a written request to the beneficiary identified herein within ten (10) days of the first publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale pursuant to Section 2924f of the California Civil Code. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. Rather, it would entitle you to ownership of a deed evidencing an undivided 1/875 ownership interest in the real property described in Exhibit A and owned by the members of the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association, a California nonprofit corporation. You should also be aware that ownership of the foregoing interest subjects the owner to the provisions of the governing documents of the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association, including but not limited to the Declaration of Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions referenced above, the bylaws of the foregoing nonprofit corporation, and the applicable rules and regulations in effect for the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park. You are encouraged to investigate the nature of the property and the foregoing governing documents, copies of which are either recorded or available at the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park business office. You are also encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on the property described in Exhibit A by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (805) 7731121 for information regarding the trustee’s sale, using the reference number set forth above, 37115.031 ([Ball] - Locker #840). Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. EXHIBIT A Legal Description The lien claimant / beneficiary identified above heretofore delivered to the Trustee a written Notice of Delinquent Assessment and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The Trustee caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located, and more than 3 months have elapsed since such recordation. The party conducting the sale will be a duly authorized agent of the undersigned Trustee. WE ARE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR. AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 11/12/ 2020 HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Authorized Agent of Trustee By: /s/ Mark Schieber Board of Directors - Collections
LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0449
To all interested persons: Petitioner: Natalie Anderson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Gwan Gio Newsom to PROPOSED NAME: Gabriel Yokoyama Anderson 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: December 17, 2020, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2 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 26, 2020 /s/: Ginger E. Garrett, Judge of the Superior Court October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0496
To all interested persons: Petitioner: Suzan Carol Kyle filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Suzan Carol Kyle to PROPOSED NAME: Suzan Carol Bliss 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: November 25, 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: September 28, 2020 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2020
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0567
To all interested persons: Petitioner: Michele Marie Salwei filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Michele Marie Salwei to PROPOSED NAME: Alexandra Michele Van Nuys 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: December 9, 2020, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 9 By Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1050 Monterey St. 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: October 30, 2020 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
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LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CVP-0342
To all interested persons: Petitioner: Lucia Capacchione filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lucia Capacchione to PROPOSED NAME: Lucia Cecilia Capacchione 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: January 6, 2021, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2 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 Date: October 27, 2020 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court November 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2020
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
NEW FILE NO. 2020-2229 OLD FILE NO. 2019-2454 Highway One Realty, 148 North Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 10/16/2019. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Andrew Lilley (321 Pacific Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Andrew Lilley, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-04-2020. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By N. Balseiro, Deputy Clerk. November 12, 19, 26, & December 3, 2020
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
NEW FILE NO. 2020-2277 OLD FILE NO. 2020-2057 Retreat Management, Archer, 1040 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 10/09/2020. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Patrick Archer Wilkinson (456 Manzanita Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Patrick Wilkinson, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-12-2020. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By E. Brookhart, Deputy Clerk. November 19, 26, December 3, & 10, 2020
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(March 21-April 19): Back in 1974, poet Allen Ginsberg and his “spirit wife,” Aries poet Anne Waldman, were roommates at the newly established Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. The school’s founder asked these two luminaries to create a poetics program, and thus was born the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Waldman described its ruling principle to be the “outrider” tradition, with a mandate to explore all that was iconoclastic, freethinking, and irreverent. The goal of teachers and students alike was to avoid safe and predictable work so as to commune with wild spiritual powers, “keep the energies dancing,” and court eternal surprise. I think that would be a healthy approach for you to flirt with during the next few weeks.
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika,” said Libran fashion writer Diana Vreeland. “We all need a splash of bad taste,” she continued. “It’s hearty, it’s healthy, it’s physical. I think we could use more of it. Having no taste is what I’m against.” I understand that her perspective might be hard to sell to you refined Librans. But I think it’s good advice right now. Whatever’s lacking in your world, whatever might be off-kilter, can be cured by a dash of good, funky earthiness. Dare to be a bit messy and unruly.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Any legal actions you take are more likely to be successful if you initiate them between now and the solstice than if you’d begin them at other times. The same is true for any contracts you sign or agreements you make: They have a better chance to thrive than they would at other times. Other activities with more kismet than usual during the coming weeks: efforts to cultivate synergy and symbiosis; attempts to turn power struggles into more cooperative ventures; a push to foster greater equality in hierarchal situations; and ethical moves to get access to and benefit from other people’s resources.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Never follow an expert off a precipice. Nor a teacher. Nor an attractive invitation. Nor a symbol of truth nor a vibrant ideal nor a tempting gift. In fact, never follow anything off a precipice, no matter how authoritative or sexy or appealing it might be. On the other hand, if any of those influences are headed in the direction of a beautiful bridge that can enable you to get to the other side of a precipice, you should definitely consider following them. Be on the alert for such lucky opportunities in the coming weeks.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Malidoma Patrice Somé was born into the Dagara tribe of Burkina Faso. After being initiated into the Dagara’s spiritual mysteries, he emigrated to America, where he has taught a unique blend of modern and traditional ideas. One of his key themes is the hardship that Westerners’ souls endure because of the destructive impact of the machine world upon the spiritual world. He says there is “an indigenous person within each of us” that longs to cultivate the awareness and understanding enjoyed by indigenous people: a reverence for nature, a vital relationship with ancestors, and a receptivity to learn from the intelligence of animals. How’s your inner indigenous person doing? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to enhance your ability to commune with and nurture that vital source.
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(July 23-Aug. 22): Psychologists have identified a quality they call NFD: “need for drama.” Those who possess it may be inclined to seek or even instigate turmoil out of a quest for excitement. After all, bringing a dose of chaos into one’s life can cure feelings of boredom or powerlessness. “I’m important enough to rouse a Big Mess!” may be the subconscious battle cry. I’ll urge you Leos to studiously and diligently avoid fostering NFD in the coming weeks. In my astrological opinion, you will have a blessed series of interesting experiences if and only if you shed any attraction you might have to histrionic craziness.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing,” wrote philosopher Baruch Spinoza. “Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure.” Spinoza’s thoughts will be a great meditation for you in the coming weeks. If you go chasing phantom hopes, longing for absolute certainty and iron confidence, you’ll waste your energy. But if you identify what is most genuine and true and essential about you, and you rely on it to guide you, you can’t possibly fail.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To convey the spirit of the coming weeks, I’m offering you wisdom from two women who were wise about the art of slow and steady progress. First, here’s author Iris Murdoch: “One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.” Your second piece of insight about the wonders of prudent, piecemeal triumph comes from activist and author Helen Keller: “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian statesman Winston Churchill said that he was always ready to learn—even though there were times when he didn’t enjoy being taught. That might be a useful motto for you to adopt in the coming months. By my estimates, 2021 could turn out to bring a rather spectacular learning spurt—and a key boost to your lifelong education. If you choose to take advantage of the cosmic potentials, you could make dramatic enhancements to your knowledge and skill set. As Churchill’ s message suggests, not all of your new repertoire will come easily and pleasantly. But I bet that at least 80 percent of it will. Start planning!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In accordance with upcoming astrological indicators, I’ve got some good advice for you courtesy of your fellow Capricorn David Bowie. You’ll be well-served to keep it in mind between now and Jan. 1, 2021. “Go a little bit out of your depth,” counseled Bowie. “And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.” For extra inspiration, I’ll add another prompt from the creator of Ziggy Stardust: “Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you’re pretty much on the way out.” In that spirit, my dear Capricorn, please take measures to expand your sense of wonder during the next six weeks. Make sure you’re on your way in.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Most of us aren’t brilliant virtuosos like, say, Leonardo da Vinci or Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie. On the other hand, every one of us has a singular amalgam of potentials that is unique in the history of the world—an exceptional flair or an idiosyncratic mastery or a distinctive blend of talents. In my astrological opinion, you Aquarians will have unprecedented opportunities to develop and ripen this golden and glorious aspect of yourself in 2021. And now is a good time to begin making plans. I encourage you to launch your year-long Festival of Becoming by writing down a description of your special genius.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1969, humans flew a spaceship to the moon and landed on it for the first time. In 1970, the state of Alabama finally made it legal for interracial couples to get married. That’s a dramatic example of how we humans may be mature and strong in some ways even as we remain backward and undeveloped in other ways. According to my astrological analysis, the coming months will be a highly favorable time for the immature and unseasoned parts of you to ripen. I encourage you to get started! ∆
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