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wo decades have gone into investigating the seawater used as part of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s cooling system, and the parties involved— PG&E and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board—recently released a draft TEMPERATURE settlement. The electricity company DEBATE Using seawater to has agreed to pay millions to a cool Diablo Canyon Power local nonprofit and more than Plant’s system, $30 million in fees through 2025 the water that PG&E discharges as a way to mitigate the system’s back into Diablo impacts on local marine habitat.

Cove can be 22 degrees warmer Assistant Editor Peter Johnson than the ocean has the story [9]. water.

You can also read about Templeton’s water woes [8] ; Kristen Black’s deeply personal new album [19] ; calendars that feature local artists [20] ; and Atascadero’s newest brewery [22].

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Paso clarifies COVID-19 restrictions and enforcement

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he Paso Robles City Council danced around saying it wouldn’t enforce recently implemented state stay-athome orders for nearly an hour at its Dec. 15 council meeting—until it did, stating it would continue observing purple tier restrictions.

However, the city made it clear that businesses (mainly restaurants) that knowingly don’t comply with the regional stay-at-home order are at risk of enforcement from county and state agencies. The state determines those restrictions, City Manager Tom Frutchey said during the meeting. The city can’t do that.

If an individual or business holds a license or permit from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, for example, and violates regional stay-at-home orders, they are subject to that state agency’s enforcement.

“So what the council talked about last Thursday, wishing it could have the ability to say that. The state has determined we are not in the purple tier,” Frutchey said.

With that clarification, the council unanimously affirmed its Dec. 10 direction to city staff that it will not enforce restrictions beyond the state’s purple tier guidelines. That means the city will continue working with businesses on compliance through education via the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce and leave the responsibility of categorizing who is an egregious or flagrant violator to the county Public Health Department.

The council may reconsider its direction, if SLO County’s ICU capacity falls below 15 percent—similar to the criteria used by Gov. Gavin Newsom to implement the regional stay-at-home order.

Mayor Steve Martin said the council’s Dec. 10 and 15 actions were an effort to provide a system that is equitable, transparent, and consistent—something the community can easily understand.

“And something that doesn’t change quickly. Now, obviously in a situation like the pandemic, things can happen quickly. There’s no way to legislate a virus. If it comes on strong we’ve got to be nimble, and we’ve got to change,” Martin said.

Frutchey said Newsom’s direction to state agencies is “strategic targeted enforcement actions with the goal of adjusting behavior, interrupting high-risk actions and defiances of public health orders and restoring compliance.” He said that county code enforcement will serve as a backup for the city.

“The county has no intention of enforcing any violation of the public health restrictions of the [city of Paso Robles] other than those related to restaurants and food service,” Frutchey said.

SLO County issued a clarification on outdoor dining restrictions and decided to allow customers to consume takeout meals outdoors at restaurants with outdoor seating.

The restaurant must not provide table service, is still required to sanitize tables, and needs to ensure seating is far enough apart to comply with safety guidelines.

Customers must abide by social-distancing guidelines and not gather. Whether a city decides to allow customers to eat takeout at parklets is up to each city.

The council also supported Frutchey and Paso Robles Police Chief Ty Lewis in creating enforcement protocols for egregious violations. An egregious violation is defined as conspicuous, flagrant, intentional, unashamed, and serious.

The process would involve outreach and education in collaboration with the chamber, potential administrative citations, and an appeal process to include community members appointed by the city manager. Δ —Karen Garcia

Los Osos gets new growth and vacation rental policies

The unincorporated bayside town of Los Osos is another step closer to getting the greenlight to develop for the first time in decades—with a long road still ahead—after the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new Los Osos Community Plan on Dec. 15.

Several logistics are still pending—including the Coastal Commission’s certification of the plan—but the board’s approval marks a milestone in local efforts to lift a 32-year-old building moratorium in Los Osos brought on by water and wastewater issues.

“This is representing the vision of the community,” 2nd District Supervisor Bruce Gibson said before voting.

The plan charts 20 years of growth in Los Osos, estimating a 30 percent population increase to about 18,000 residents at build-out.

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LEADER The city of Paso Robles is enforcing purple tier restrictions only as it continues to lead the county’s positive COVID-19 cases with more than 1,800 since March.

until local water agencies are able to advance a court-mandated plan to balance the Los Osos Valley Groundwater Basin. For at least the near term, it requires all new structures to be able to account for 200 percent of water demand.

SLO County jump-started its Los Osos growth plan following the completion of a wastewater treatment plant in 2015. For years prior, septic tanks contaminated the town’s underlying groundwater. While the new sewer largely addressed that issue, seawater intrusion continues to threaten its lower aquifer. “[Water] is obviously a topic of considerable concern. It has been for coming on most of 50 years in Los Osos,” Gibson said. “The Los Osos groundwater basin must be managed for sustainability.”

Just how the county plans on balancing growth and sustainability is an ongoing subject of community debate. The plan drew mixed— and sometimes passionate—reactions from residents and local agencies at the Dec. 15 meeting.

The Los Osos Community Services District (CSD), the community’s largest water purveyor, warned in a letter to the county that the growth and water plans “are not in sync” and that the community plan “has the potential to perpetuate the poor land-use planning decisions made in the past.” The letter urged the county to delay adopting the plan.

“The 2019 data indicates the groundwater basin’s health is improving, but the CSD believes more careful analysis of the results is needed before proceeding with development,” the CSD’s letter reads.

Many Los Osos residents also opposed the plan with water concerns, like Michael Gille.

“There is no logic to this proposal except to satisfy political necessity. Long after most of the county officials and legislators have departed, local homeowners will continue to bear the burden of resulting horrendously expensive utilities,” Gille wrote.

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commented that he’s waited nearly 30 years to build on his empty lot in Los Osos. He lamented how the plan will exempt secondary dwelling units from its growth restrictions while he must continue to wait for several more years.

“I can’t tell you how patient I have been and how upset I am about this possibility,” Mehring, 63, wrote in a letter.

“I will be dead before I can build.”

In addition to approving the community plan, the Board of Supervisors also passed new vacation rental regulations for Los Osos on Dec. 15.

In a 3-2 vote, the board signed off on rules that cap the number of communitywide vacation rentals at 50, requiring a 500-foot buffer between them.

Los Osos joins other unincorporated coastal communities like Avila Beach, Cayucos, and Cambria that have vacation rental ordinances.

—Peter Johnson

County launches Arroyo Grande Subbasin sustainability project SLO County recently launched a project aimed at developing a groundwater sustainability plan for the Arroyo Grande Subbasin and is calling for community members with wells that tap into the basin to help improve the county’s water level data.

Although the state considers the Arroyo Grande Subbasin to be very low priority and it is not required to have a sustainability plan, SLO County Water Resources Division Manager Courtney Howard said that’s largely because it serves a smaller population than others throughout California.

“But for us locally that’s an important basin,” Howard said. “There’s a lot of agriculture there.”

The Arroyo Grande Subbasin consists of a 7-mile stretch extending from the Lopez Dam to Highway 101 and was established as its own entity in 2019, when the California Department of Water Resources granted a request to separate Arroyo Grande from the rest of the Santa Maria River Valley Basin.

SLO County Water Resources Engineer Dick Tzou said the basin was conisidered a high priority when it was part of the larger Santa Maria River Valley Basin.

All medium- and high-priority basins in the state are subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires communities with such basins to create groundwater sustainability plans that allow for continued monitoring and improving of groundwater conditions.

“So because of that requirement, we applied for a grant to do this plan,” Tzou told New Times.

SLO County received a state grant for about $1.5 million to help create sustainability plans for both the SLO Valley Groundwater Basin and the Arroyo Grande Subbasin. That was before the Arroyo Grande Subbasin became its own separate entity. Now, as a very lowpriority basin, it isn’t required to have a groundwater sustainability plan in place.

Still, Tzou said the county hopes to use the grant money to create a plan that will keep the subbasin in good shape for years to come. County staff say the development of the groundwater sustainability plan will provide information necessary to develop the Arroyo Grande Creek Habitat Conservation Plan, which the

SLO County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is currently working on.

The county hosted its first public workshop for the subbasin on Dec. 15, where community members discussed their goals and visions for the basin with the project team.

Throughout the workshop, team members highlighted the need for improved well data in the Arroyo Grande area. One important measure of sustainability is declining water levels, Tzou said. If water levels in the wells that tap into a basin are chronically declining over several years, that’s a big sign that something needs to change.

While Tzou said the county does have permission from some Arroyo Grande area folks to monitor their wells, some data gaps still need to be filled.

“Without monitoring,” he said, “you don’t know what the conditions are in the ground.”

At the Dec. 15 workshop, GSI Water Solutions Hydrogeologist Dave O’Rourke called for the community’s help in this arena.

“This is my time to make my pitch to anybody in the listening audience who may have a well that would enhance this monitoring network,” O’Rourke said at the meeting. “This is by no means the last time you will hear this request.”

—Kasey Bubnash

Attorney General to decide on Tianna Arata case after SLO DA was disqualified

After a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge disqualified the SLO County District Attorney’s Office from prosecuting Tianna Arata and her codefendents, the California Attorney General’s Office is asking for 30 days to decide whether it will take over the cases.

Deputy Attorney General William Frank told the courtroom on Dec. 15 that he was just assigned the multiple co-defedant case against protesters charged in relation to a July 21 march that blocked Highway 101 traffic and was slated to receive the county District Attorney’s Office’s files on the case.

Frank asked the court for a continuance to review the documents and determine whether the agency would appeal the court’s ruling or take over as prosecutors.

Defendants Arata, Amman Asfaw, Marcus Montgomery, and Joshua Powell have pleaded not guilty to respective misdemeanor charges.

On Dec. 11, SLO Superior Court Judge Matthew Guerrero ruled to disqualify the entire SLO County District Attorney’s Office on the grounds of a “clear conflict of interest.” Guerrero pointed to two emails that Dow and his wife, Wendy Dow, sent out less than 48 hours after the District Attorney’s Office charged Arata with 13 misdeamnors.

“Mr. Dow sought political and professional benefit in campaign contributions in conjunction with the prosecution of the above attached cases.

This creates bias towards charging and a particular outcome which makes it unlikely that the defendant will receive fair treatment during all portions of the criminal proceedings,” Guerrero said.

The campaign email read, “Dan needs to know now more than ever that you support him, and he really needs your financial support so that he can keep

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leading the fight in SLO County against the wacky defund the police movement and anarchist groups that are trying to undermine the rule of law and public safety in our community.”

“These are extrejudicial statements made to potential jurors in an attempt to sway them and to get their financial contributions.

This interferes with the defendant’s right to a fair trial,” Guerrero said.

Arata, attending the meeting via Zoom, exhaled and wiped away a few tears after hearing the judge’s ruling.

Hours later, Dow took to social media to release a statement in which he said he strongly disagreed with the judge’s findings, stating there isn’t a conflict of interest: “To the contrary. While I have been personally attacked on many occasions since the arrests in these cases, I have continued to conduct my duty in a manner that is above reproach without bending to popular opinion and public pressure. I am proud of the professionalism that our office has maintained under months of immense public pressure.”

“To recuse an elected district attorney who has been chosen by the voters of San Luis Obispo County to enforce the law in our community without any evidence of actual conflict undermines the role and independent nature of an elected prosecutor and sets a dangerous precedent,” the statement continued.

—Karen Garcia

Cuesta College censures Pete Sysak over Facebook posts

The Cuesta College board of trustees has done about all it can to boot trustee Pete Sysak from his position over controversial posts he shared to his Facebook page. But Sysak isn’t budging.

At a meeting on Dec. 9, the board of trustees unanimously approved a resolution to censure Sysak, the result of an ad hoc committee investigation into posts on his personal Facebook page— where he identifies himself as a Cuesta College trustee—that contain everything from totally false information to antiLGBTQ-plus and anti-Islam sentiments, and messaging comparing Black Lives Matter protesters to thugs. “ … the San Luis Obispo County Community College District Board of Trustees hereby censures Trustee Peter Sysak,” the resolution reads, “and strongly requests he resign for the abovedescribed conduct, which violates his role and responsibilities as a trustee; Cuesta College’s mission statement; board policies promoting access and equity; and his obligation to promote public trust, and to ensure a safe and healthy academic environment for students, faculty, and staff.”

Although the board does not have the authority under state law to remove a trustee from office, a censure amounts to a public proclamation that a board unanimously disagrees with one member’s behavior. In this case, the censure resolution was brought forward at the recommendation of an ad hoc committee consisting of newly appointed board President Mary Strobridge and Vice President Patrick Mullen. The committee was formed at a special meeting on Nov. 12, where scores of Cuesta College students, faculty, staff, and San Luis Obispo community members called for Sysak’s resignation for

the second time that month.

At the Dec. 9 meeting, Mullen said the ad hoc committee met seven times, reviewed 16 pieces of evidence, looked over all relevant board policies and resolutions, and found that Sysak’s posts are in violation of Cuesta’s policies regarding equity and inclusivity, as they were demeaning to and promoted negative stereotypes about people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQ-plus community, people of certain faiths, and women.

The Cuesta College academic senate, a group of staff and faculty who make recommendations to administrators, came to a similar conclusion, and passed a resolution condemning Sysak’s behavior and calling for his resignation.

Sysak didn’t resign, instead he said that he has been subject of “violent intimidation” and an “organized campaign of lies” designed to destroy his reputation and suppress his right to free speech.

“The ad hoc committee appointed by the board of trustees to review my Facebook shares and in public session asked for my resignation, demonstrating their obvious bias,” Sysak said at the meeting. “They have acted as judge, prosecutor, and jury, and their conclusion is what you would expect from a third-world kangaroo court system. The administration and the board of trustees have, in my opinion, demonstrated political cowardice in not recognizing the First Amendment to our Constitution, guaranteeing free speech.”

—Kasey Bubnash

Hundreds left in dark about botched COVID19 tests in Nipomo

County residents who received COVID-19 tests early this month in Nipomo are still awaiting their results, without explanation, as the clinic mistakenly sent three days of test swabs to the wrong laboratory.

San Luis Obispo County public health officials said the error affected as many as 495 tests administered on Dec. 3, 5, and 7 at the Nipomo Senior Center.

Community members tested on those days are encouraged to get retested.

“We were disappointed to learn that there was a mix-up with the types of tests administered at our Nipomo testing site,” SLO County Public Health spokesperson Michelle Shoresman said by email. “The problem was identified on [Dec. 7] and the contractor was notified of the issue. … We take full responsibility for the error and have corrected the issue, and it will not happen again.”

The testing contractor, OptumServe, called the issue “an administrative error” where “samples were sent to the wrong lab to process.” A company spokesperson said patients tested on those days will eventually receive results—which are typically delivered between two and six days after a test.

Patients affected by the error weren’t notified by OptumServe or Public Health about the problem or reason for delay.

Shoresman said that SLO County Public Health could not contact the patients individually because OptumServe did not provide patient information.

“Unfortunately, we were unaware of the issue until it was too late and still do not have data from the vendor,” Shoresman said. “Please consider getting retested to know your health status.” ∆ —Peter Johnson

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water sources to provide sustainable water to its current customers. Those include deep aquifer groundwater, shallow underflow from the Salinas River, and water supply augmented through treated wastewater retrieval and importation of hospital setting. We are truly grateful Lake Nacimiento raw water. Currently, to the Community Services District for the district has access to a little more its consideration and approval of our than 2,000 acre-feet of water per year. application when we were looking at the “And so our community has grown option of a free-standing clinic,” Lisa said. exponentially. I moved here in 1990, and District board president Geoff English the whole west side has developed since said the wound center project is a relevant the ’80s. That’s a significant increase in part of the water discussion. However, the number of residents and the demand he said he wanted to focus on informing for water,” English said. the community about the projects the There isn’t a formal moratorium district is working on to make more water on water units, but English said that available. approximately 119 people are on a water “The challenge with Templeton is we do waiting list. Their requests for water not have water to allocate to folks because vary, but he estimates that it totals up to of our limited water supply,” he said. more than 1,500 new water meters.

According to a water supply sources Part of the district’s strategic overview report from January, the district plan approved in May is working to relies on a combination of several different receive the district’s full allocation of Nacimiento water, IMAGE COURTESY OF TEMPLETON COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT which English said includes pinpointing a location to percolate that water into the ground so it can be delivered to customers.

“So that is a significant supply that will eventually be provided to the additional folks who want water.

And that’s really kind of the large supply we’re anticipating in 2025,” he said.

The district also established its water buffer policy in 2016, which evaluates WATER AVAILABILITY The Templeton Community Services water availability District wants the community to know it’s working on long-term and protects water water availability.

Templeton has projects in the pipeline to increase the community’s water supply, but some residents want more creative solutions

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empleton Community Services District doesn’t have water units available for new development—and although the district says it’s working on projects to ensure future water availability, some residents are asking the district to do more than it’s proposing.

Residents and businesses that are already allotted water units have access to plenty of water, but there’s a lengthy waitlist for those who want to expand their home or business, or want to propose new development.

During the district’s Dec. 1 board meeting, community members brought up an issue from several years ago: From 2015 through 2016, Tenet Health’s Twin Cities Community Hospital was interested in expanding its services by creating a wound care center on its property. Rumor had it that the hospital didn’t follow through with the project because it needed more water units, which the district didn’t possess to give.

According to email correspondence between the district and Tenet Health, the hospital was in the planning phase for a modular wound care center for several months in September 2015. At the time, the report for the project indicated that the hospital had reached its water credits limit, so Tenet was trying to figure out ways to conserve water to offset its use.

In May 2016, the district approved Tenet’s water savings plan and said it was willing to provide a conditional “will serve” letter for the proposed project.

Tenet never submitted an application to move forward with construction.

Tenet Health’s CEO Mark Lisa issued a statement to New Times, saying that there were many options, proposals, and plans during the development of the wound care clinic. The clinic is currently open and serving patients, but it’s not a separate facility.

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As part of the policy, the district has to update its water demand forecast and available supply to determine whether it’s appropriate to release new water units at the beginning of each calendar year.

“As a result of some improvements that the district has made and really leveling off of demand, we anticipate that there will be water units available next year for release. A couple of dozen, according to the general manager,” English said.

According to the most recent water buffer policy update adopted in January, English said, the district anticipates releasing water units to the waitlist in 2025.

The district also received a grant to help with a $6 million project that would install approximately 17,000 feet of new sewer pipelines collecting and returning all eastside wastewater to the Meadowbrook Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment and disposal. Water from that project needs to be in the ground for a few years before it can be used, but it will increase the district’s future water supply.

Former Templeton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessica Main said she appreciates the district’s efforts, but they are a drop in the bucket.

She and other business-interested residents called in during a Dec. 1 board meeting to ask the board to work with interested community members on creative ideas to increase water supply. The board didn’t respond to the public input. “[The district] is very focused on making sure their service for the current customers is efficient, but I also don’t think that they’re realizing they have to strive to let more building happen to sustain current residents,” Main told New Times.

Her concerns go beyond the water that’s available for development. She said the district needs new development projects to ensure that it has the funds it needs to continue providing water, wastewater, fire, and recreation services. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia can be reached at kgarcia@newtimesslo.com.

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Water board and PG&E settle environmental case over impacts of Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s cooling system

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G&E has agreed to pay $5.9 million to a local nonprofit as part of a tentative settlement between the company and water regulators that resolves a long-running investigation into Diablo Canyon Power Plant and its cooling system’s impact on the marine environment.

The draft settlement, announced on Dec. 7, is the result of more than 20 years of investigation and monitoring at the nuclear power plant site. Officials say that Diablo’s “once-through cooling system”— which functions by continuously sucking seawater into the plant to condense steam and then flushing it back into the ocean at a warmer temperature—has caused a “degradation of the marine habitat” that violated its permits.

Pending public comment and court approval, the settlement will be paid to the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay— the parent nonprofit of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program—to fund future projects that will “benefit water quality and the environment on the Central Coast,” according to a copy of the settlement.

PG&E and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s agreement honed in on the impacts of the plant’s outfall in Diablo Cove. Over time, the warmer water pumped into the cove disrupted the nearby marine habitat— displacing some species like bull kelp and attracting other species native to warmer waters south of the Central Coast, among other alleged impacts.

These effects were tracked and documented for years, both environmental watchdogs and PG&E told New Times, with studies showing continued but relatively unchanging impacts.

“They’ve been monitoring not just water temperature, but the different species in the water,” said Lexie Bell, executive director of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program. “If the discharge causes the temperature of the ocean to go up in that small zone where the outfall is, that can change what species are able

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Despite agreeing to the settlement, PG&E maintained that it believes Diablo’s discharge “fully complies with its permits”—noting that the outgoing water never exceeded its required temperature limit of 22 degrees above the natural water temperature.

“The effects of thermal discharges from the plant have been monitored since the plant began operation in 1984,” PG&E spokesperson Suzanne Hosn told New Times. “As in any dynamic marine environment, there are some changes within the cove, as it is affected not only by the discharge but through natural phenomena such as El Niño and winter storm events.”

The settlement puts to bed a process that began decades ago, according to Thea Tryon, assistant executive officer at the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

In 2003, regulators put forward a similar settlement to address the impacts of both Diablo’s intake and discharge systems. But at the time, the water board tabled it. In 2015, the state adopted a new fee system to mitigate intake impacts, which include entrainment—as power plants pull seawater into their cooling systems, plankton, fish, and other organisms are killed in the process.

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For years, the water board also explored other methods to curb or eliminate the impacts of the cooling system— but those options proved too costly or environmentally disruptive on their own, according to board reports. The Dec. 7 settlement serves as the resolution to that prolonged investigation.

“This settlement before us is actually from the 2003 settlement that never got

Officials say that Diablo’s ‘once-through cooling system’—which functions by continuously sucking seawater into the plant to condense steam and then flushing it back into the ocean at a warmer temperature—has caused a ‘degradation of the marine habitat’ that violated its permits.

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finalized,” Tryon said. “It was determined there was really no technical way of not having the thermal discharge.”

While Diablo watchdog groups like SLO Mothers for Peace did not return a New Times request for comment before press time, in 2003, they bashed the board’s proposed settlement with PG&E. “The current settlement does nothing to address or abate the ongoing thermal discharges from Diablo Canyon,” read a 2003 letter co-signed by Mothers for Peace and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. “[It] is an abdication of the board’s responsibilities to protect water resources and marine life from the indisputable ongoing and growing damage from the generators’ condenser cooling system.”

If approved, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board will determine which projects the $5.9 million held by the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay will support. Public comments on the settlement can be submitted via email to thea.tryon@waterboards.ca.gov through Jan. 8. ∆ Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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BY KASEY BUBNASH

Taking care S even-year old Isabella Ramirez has always been a high-energy, bubbly kid—the kind who never seems to get sleepy no matter how much she runs around all day. She’s tough, too, always popping right back up after a fall without so much as a peep.

So her mom, Santa Maria resident Fabiola Ramirez, knew something was wrong when Isabella started lagging behind her siblings early last year, complaining about feeling tired constantly and of pain in her legs and head. Fabiola took Isabella to a doctor for a checkup, and in March 2019, Isabella was diagnosed with leukemia.

The following year was about as challenging as you could imagine. Both Fabiola and her husband, Noe, took time away from work to care for Isabella while she went through various treatments and recovered from surgery in the hospital for three months. Her hair fell out twice throughout the year, and her 9-year-old sister and 11-year-old brother took the news hard.

“It was really, really scary,” Fabiola told New Times.

Isabella is fortunately doing better now.

She has just six months of treatment left, Fabiola said, and the cancer appears to be in remission. But the hospital bills have since piled up, and when the COVID-19 pandemic hit this year, things that were already tough— going to the hospital, taking care of Isabella’s

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battered immune system, school, work—got even more complicated. Everyone in the family has had to make sacrifices this year, but they won’t be giving up having an amazing Christmas.

The Ramirez family was one of 53 in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties to receive decked-out Christmas trees and gifts at the beginning of this month as part of the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s Season of Hope fundraising campaign.

Donations to the foundation will go to helping kids with cancer like Isabella and their families, many who are currently battling cancer and other financial and health issues brought on by COVID-19.

In the two years that Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation has been working with the Ramirez family, Isabella received tutoring through the foundation’s educational program, thousands of dollars in financial assistance, and various gifts, including $100 worth of wrapped gifts for all three Ramirez kids this Christmas.

“The foundation—it’s always there to help us with anything we need,” Fabiola said. “They’ll always find a way to help us.”

But according to Executive Director Corey Pahanish, the foundation is grappling with two conflicting trends

groups virtual and doubled the groups available, and earlier this month gave out thousands of dollars’ worth of holiday gifts.

Now the foundation, Pahanish said, is hoping to raise about $98,000 to continue offering emotional and financial support to families who were already in the most desperate times of their lives prior to the pandemic.

“And now,” he said, “everything has been exacerbated.”

SEASON OF HOPE Santa Maria resident Isabella Ramirez, 7, was diagnosed with cancer in the spring of 2019. This year, the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation donated hundreds of dollars’ worth of Christmas gifts and decorations to her family.

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brought on by COVID-19 this year: families caring for children with cancer need more help than ever, but many of the big fundraising events that bring in the bulk of the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s funding were canceled this year.

“When you have to cancel an event that traditionally has generated a larger portion of the funding that’s been important for us to support families,” Pahanish told New Times, “we’ve had to pivot to thinking outside the box.”

So the foundation is just trying to get the word out—the word being that it needs the help of generous community members—as far and as loudly as possible.

To offer more help to families struggling to pay bills amid cancer and COVID-19, the foundation opened up additional funds to families already receiving financial assistance, gave out more than 7,000 grocery gift cards, made all its support

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• Hope’s Village of SLO had to shut down its shower program for individuals experiencing homelessness due to COVID-19 concerns, but now the nonprofit is offering a new program called “Room at the Inn” for Christmas. On Dec. 24 and 25, Hope’s Village is providing motel lodging to those without homes of their own. But first the organization needs donations.

If you’re interested in helping out, visit hopesvillageofslo.com/donate. ∆ Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash wrote this week’s Strokes and Plugs. Send tidbits to strokes@newtimesslo.com.

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DEATH NOTICES TERRY ENFIELD, 59, of Bradley passed away 11/29/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

JUANITA KAY PEARCE, 67, passed away 12/6/2020 arrangements with Chapel of the Roses

ANDRES CANCINO, 83, of Santa Maria passed away 12/1/2020 arrangements with Moreno Mortuary

WILBERT EDWIN ROJEWSKI, 94, of Arroyo Grande passed away 12/6/2020 arrangements with Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel

STELLA POWELL, 73, of Santa Maria passed away 12/3/2020 arrangements with Moreno Mortuary RANDY TENHAEFF, 61, of Templeton passed away 12/3/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation GILBERT E. WALTON, 90, of Paso Robles passed away 12/3/2020 arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home ALICHA FRANCINE ST. MARTIN, 50, passed away 12/3/2020 arrangements with Chapel of the Roses NAHUM SANCHEZ, 91, of Santa Maria passed away 12/3/2020 arrangements with Moreno Mortuary ALYCIA AMOS, 45, of San Luis Obispo passed away 12/3/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

BRENT ALAN VOLBRECHT, 42, passed away 12/6/2020 arrangements with Chapel of the Roses FAYE CHAPMAN WALTON, 94, of Atascadero passed away 12/6/2020 arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home AARON JAMES EZELL, 41, passed away 12/7/2020 arrangements with Chapel of the Roses ANN F. WINTHROP, 94, of Paso Robles passed away 12/7/2020 arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home CONNIE DURGAN, 68, of Arroyo Grande passed away 12/7/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

JUDITH ANDERSON, 79, of Atascadero passed away 12/4/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

WAYNE DOUGLAS FRANKLIN, 76, of Orcutt passed away 12/8/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

JENNIE CASTRO RAMOS, 72, of Santa Maria passed away 12/4/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

RONALD SCHMIDT, 90, of Arroyo Grande passed away 12/8/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

TAMARA CORDIE DEERING, 80, of Santa Maria passed away 12/4/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

CONCHA CHAVIRA, 98, of Santa Maria passed away 12/9/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

NATHAN “NATE” MASALTA, 45, of Santa Maria passed away 12/4/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

WILSON LEE USELTON, 85, passed away 12/9/2020 arrangements with Chapel of the Roses

MARJORIE JORGENSEN, 99, of Morro Bay passed away 12/5/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

ALBERT “GORDO” DOMINGUEZ, 52, of Santa Maria passed away 12/9/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

MITCHELL WILSON JR, 51, of Paso Robles passed away 12/5/2020 arrangements with Blue Sky Cremation

JESUS ESPINOZA, 79, passed away 12/9/2020 arrangements with Chapel of the Roses

CAMILLE RYLL, 77, passed away 12/5/2020 arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home LEONA FRANCES YOUNG, 78, of Bradley passed away 12/5/2020 arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home MARILYN L. NOYES, 89, of Santa Maria passed away 12/5/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

STUART ALAN LARSEN, 84, passed away 12/9/2020 arrangements with Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home WILLIAM PRESTON CONN, 70, of Santa Maria passed away 12/9/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

DALE G. HOLT, formerly of Lompoc passed away 12/5/2020 arrangements with Starbuck- Lind

JORDAN “JORDY” VASQUEZ, 26, of Orcutt passed away 12/10/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

JAMES “JIMMY” WOODARD, 61, of Santa Maria passed away 12/6/2020 arrangements with Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory & Memory Gardens

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Ronald James Rusconi R onald James Rusconi was born at Saint Agnes Hospital in Fresno, California in 1940.

The second of two sons, he was raised in San Joaquin, California by his mother, Anna Marie Giuliano, and father, Atillio Rusconi. His mother was one of nine children born to immigrants from Foggia, Italy who had moved to Fresno from the Chicago area of Illinois. Ron’s father, Atillio had immigrated with his family from the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, Brione, (Verzasca) a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino. The Rusconi family sailed from Le Harve, France on the La Lorraine and arrived in America on January 2, 1912. Ron was proud of his Swiss-Italian roots. When he was 43, he traveled to Locarno, Switzerland and connected with many of his Swiss-Italian family members.

Ron and his brother Phillip both attended San Joaquin Elementary School and Tranquility High School.

At an early age, Ron became interested in California history, sparked by the discoveries he made of American Indian artifacts in the fields near his home. This began a lifelong passion which he often shared with school children during special events in Fresno and Central Coast schools.

He also had a deep interest in rocks and gems and was an active member of the local Santa Lucia Rockhound organization.

After high school, Ron spent some time working in trucking and retail for Herb Bauer Sporting Goods in Fresno and Visalia, California. He loved to be active and played on volleyball teams on nights and weekends while he resided in Fresno and continued to actively play on teams after moving to San Luis Obispo in 1985. He enjoyed winning in tournaments and making great friends. Ron opened Rusconi’s Pool Service in the late 1980s which he ran until his death. He was a member of the Independent Pool Spa Service Association and had just retired from the position of president.

He considered his clients his friends; many had been in his life for more than 30 years. Ron’s love of the outdoors led him regularly to the activities of hiking, fishing, and hunting. One of his favorite weekly activities was fishing on a friend’s lake.

Ron made friends wherever he went and was extremely funny. Most of his friends describe him as being a unique character, which is so true.

His impressions of Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Clinton were spot on.

He loved dancing and listening to Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire, Etta James, and George Benson. Ron had a healthy appetite and a love of sweets and fruit. He often frequented the San Luis Obispo weekly farmer’s market, visiting his favorite vendors and bringing home the “best” thisor-that to gobble up. Ron could down much of a chocolate cake or pie in one sitting, and simply worked off the calories the next day while working or hiking. Ron always had a garden growing with plenty of Swiss chard that he would harvest for dinners with his freshly caught fish. Ron loved to talk about current events and politics, he was a frequent caller to the local Dave Congalton’s Hometown radio talk show.

Ron’s life was taken as a result of an automobile accident on January 24, 2020, while fishing and exploring near Tulare Lake, California.

Although Ron did not leave a traditional family, he is survived by a large circle including relatives and friends whom he considered his family.

He is survived by his daughter, Dyana Hesson (Randy) and granddaughter, Sydney Hesson of Mesa, Arizona.

Nephews, Darren, Todd and Dylan Rusconi and sister-in-law Lorraine Rusconi, of Fresno, Susan Sullivan Rusconi, Nicki Giuliano and Donna Rusconi. His best friend/fiancée, Linda Billey, adopted niece, Bonita Sevedge both of Santa Maria, California, artifact and rockhound buddy, Jason Martines, Paso Robles, California and lifelong friends, Kristie and Ernie Dalidio, Los Osos, California.

Ron was preceded in death by: His mother, Anna Marie Giuliano Rusconi, father, Atillio Rusconi and brother Phillip Rusconi.

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In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his name to the Monastery of the Risen Christ or the Santa Lucia Rockhound College Scholarship Fund.

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BY MICHAEL SMITH

Alive and well Racism is still a reality in this country, and true progress is a long way off

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ust when I thought I had heard all of his grievances, disinformation and alternative facts, Al Fonzi goes from the ridiculous to the absurd in his recent column.

In his Dec. 3 Rhetoric and Reason piece, “A conservative perspective,” Fonzi claims that Richard Nixon’s “Southern strategy” (a cynical attempt to bring racist white Southerners over to the Republican Party by a politician who would gain or hold power by any means) led directly to the “integration of all realms of our society,” and “an overwhelming change of heart by hundreds of millions of Americans,” thereby uplifting Black Americans to spontaneous equilibrium with their white counterparts.

Moreover, according to Fonzi, the election of Barack Obama by a “majority of white voters” was further proof that America, within a mere 40 years, had become totally color-blind and a different country from Fonzi’s youth when young Black men were lynched for simply looking at a white woman or Black women were denied seating at the front of the city bus after a hard day’s labor.

You know, Fonzi almost had me going there for a second, and I might just have agreed with him, to a certain extent, if the 2016 election had not gone the way it went. If Hillary Clinton had been elected and filled the White House and her cabinet with Hispanics, Asians, and African Americans, I would have had to admit that America was actually making meaningful strides toward integration.

Unfortunately, that’s not what happened. Instead, the American people, through the anachronistic electoral college, elected an unapologetic racist to the most important office in the land.

President Donald Trump promptly filled the most important cabinet posts with white men (sure, there was the token Black, Ben Carson, and Asian, Elaine Chao). I base my claim that Donald Trump is an unapologetic racist on several pieces of observable evidence.

First, Trump and his father were investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for well-founded allegations that the Trump real estate enterprise was denying rentals to qualified Black applicants in the 1970s. A mountain of evidence pointed to the Trumps’ guilt.

When queried on the topic in the 2016 election, Trump brushed it off and, most importantly, never apologized for even the semblance of bias by his father’s company.

Second, in 1989, Trump made it his personal crusade to judge and execute the “Central Park Five,” a group of Black and Latino men who were accused of assaulting a female jogger. Trump even took out a full-page ad in four New York

City newspapers calling for the state to use the death penalty for murderers. The five men were later judged to be innocent of the crime. Trump has still never apologized.

Third, obviously dismayed that America had elected a Black man to the presidency, Trump concocted the highly bigoted “birther conspiracy,” suggesting, without a shred of evidence, that Barack Obama had not been born in Hawaii and was most certainly an African Muslim plant set to destroy America. Although Trump finally grudgingly admitted to Obama’s citizenship, he never apologized for the racist dog whistle.

Fourth, after the Confederate statue rallies in Charlottesville in 2017, Trump claimed there were “very fine people on both sides” of an altercation between Nazis and counter-protesters. To say that a group of Nazis includes “fine people” is antagonistic to the ideals framed by the Founding Fathers in 1787 and what my father fought for during World War II. Trump never apologized for his comments, not even to the mother of a young woman who was killed by a white supremacist at the rally.

And, if that were not enough evidence, Trump’s recent hysterics about voter fraud focuses on four American cities— Atlanta, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Detroit—which have high numbers of minority voters. In fact, Trump would have these voters disenfranchised if he had his druthers.

That America would elect a racist and then give him another 74 million votes for his reelection—thank God, 81 million Americans voted for the other guy— proves to me that racism is not dead in this country, despite Fonzi’s arguments to the contrary.

True equality can only be realized in this nation when all of us come to terms with the fact that our society continues to be skewed against minorities and that we need to make serious changes to several aspects of that society. I fear, however, that with individuals like Trump and Fonzi around, true progress is a long way away. ∆ Michael Smith wrote to New Times from Santa Maria. Put your thoughts together and email them to letters@newtimesslo.com.

Letters A coming flood in Oceano

In the debate about whether ATVs should be allowed to tear up environmentally sensitive habitat and run over endangered birds in the Oceano

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dunes, or whether a moneyed Central Valley tradition should trump the rights of disadvantaged locals to a safe beach and clean air, there’s one significant point that’s largely overlooked. Operation of the Pier Avenue vehicle ramp to Pismo State Beach, the gateway to the Oceano Dunes SVRA miles south, puts Oceano’s homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure at increased risk from sea level rise and tsunamis. The recent Local Hazard Mitigation Plan prepared for the Oceano Community Services District highlighted this risk. Over decades of use, countless tons of sand have been removed from the beach on vehicle tires and hauled to the landfill, creating a funnel for the sea where protective dunes used to stand tall.

King tides hint at the danger, as the sea rushes up the beach nearly to the gate at the park’s entrance. How can it be that the state continues to put a town at risk for a recreational purpose already fraught with negative impacts? Why does the SLO County Board of Supervisors stand idly by? Will anyone step up to prevent the coming flood?

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Phony survey by State Park’s OHV Division

After years of ignoring Oceano, State Parks Off-Highway Vehicle Division is distributing a flyer to Oceano homeowners with their water bills from the Oceano Community Services District.

It advertises a survey about the Public Works Plan for the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA.) State Parks Director Armando Quintero and Secretary of Natural Resources Mark Gold promised a final draft of the Public

Works Plan for the middle of December 2020. This survey was due three years ago, not a week before the deadline of the Public Works Plan. Clearly, State Parks again has no intention of completing any plan. Besides, the survey is highly flawed. Renters in Oceano do not receive water bills. How will they be notified of the survey? People with multiple email addresses can complete the survey multiple times. Residents of Chicago and Beijing using a local ZIP code can complete the survey, too. Some questions are openly biased: “What community do you live in?” Options include Santa Maria but not Nipomo. Obviously State Parks doesn’t want to hear Nipomo residents complain about the air pollution it causes.

Other questions combine the State Vehicular Recreation Area and Pismo Beach so that people who visit only the vehicle-free beach and not the OHV end up supporting State Parks’ claim that millions of people visit the ODSVRA. This survey is unscientific and unreliable.

We request a survey be conducted by a reputable, independent agency.

Lucia Casalinuovo president Oceano Beach Community Association

A community question

If cases of COVID-19 are traced to a business that has openly operated in violation of local, state, and Centers for Disease Control guidelines for COVID-19 safety, can the patrons of those businesses who contract COVID-19 or the families of those who die from COVID-19 sue those businesses for pain, suffering, loss, or wrongful death?

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Opinion

Rhetoric&Reason

BY JOHN DONEGAN

Our Constitution

W

e Americans love and revere our Constitution. The problem is that we have very different ideas on what the Constitution is and what it means.

For example, the recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision striking down the New York COVID-19 restrictions on churches has a lot of liberals worked up, arguing that it violated the establishments clause by giving preferences to religion, etc. However, lost in the usual feverish liberal hyperbole is the fact that SCOTUS merely applied the long-standing Constitutional principle that you can’t treat churches more restrictively than secular institutions, and that a law applying equally to both secular and comparable religious assemblies would pass Constitutional muster. Conservatives just saw a law singling out churches, and the ruling merely as protection for religion from arbitrary attack.

Clearly, our politics make us view the Constitution quite differently. To Conservatives, it is a fixed “rule book” controlling the government, while to liberals it is a sacred talismanic scroll with wisdom only they can decipher, to be cited as authority to do whatever they think is best.

We conservatives see the Constitution as a document providing set rules and rights—a “rule book.” The language in the document itself controls, and to the extent that the language is unclear, dated, or incomplete, the intentions of the framers are determined. This approach is called “strict constructionism” or similar terms.

Liberals take a more expansive view, and see the Constitution as more of an ever-evolving expression of a “spirit” that should guide us. And that since this “spirit” is supposedly advanced by their agenda, the Constitution should be interpreted in a way that furthers this agenda. Its principles are meant to be constantly adapted to current social attitudes, and there are new rights waiting to be discovered. This approach is called the “living Constitution.”

To a conservative, the liberal “living Constitution” approach renders a constitution meaningless. A rule book serves no purpose if it can be interpreted to render any outcome that a majority of the court may prefer at that moment. We find it analogous to allowing a referee to officiate a football game according to whichever team they feel is most worthy, or whichever receives the loudest cheers from the stands.

On the other hand, liberals argue, correctly, that the world has changed immensely since the Constitution was drafted, and that it needs to be interpreted with a view toward modern life and technology. How can a document written at a time when the only communications were by speech or letter, and travel by horse, wagon, or sailboat, govern the world of the internet, telephones, radios, jet airplanes, etc.?

Conservatives argue that necessary changes can be addressed by amending the Constitution, a cumbersome process designed to buffer the more rash and impulsive expressions of popular sentiment. We point out that blindly following momentary public demand can take you to some pretty bad places, such as the WWII internment of Japanese Americans, which was very popular

with the public at that time, and which SCOTUS tolerated.

Of course, the Constitution is ultimately interpreted and applied by SCOTUS. The tension between the fixed “rule book” and the ever-flexible “living Constitution” approaches is made even more fraught by the fact that the court has the final word in determining what the Constitution provides. This is a power that they gave themselves in the famous Marbury vs. Madison case. Since as a practical matter it is necessary that somebody have the final word, the other branches acquiesced. The power has endured because SCOTUS has tended to be restrained in asserting it, often deferring to the political process. But, such restraint is diminishing as the judiciary asserts itself more aggressively in matters like immigration and national defense, which previously had been the domain of the executive branch.

There is no real political remedy to override a SCOTUS decision, since they could just use to use their unlimited power to either overrule any legislative or executive act, or just decree that the political process used was somehow flawed.

And the issue is made yet more difficult by the fact the justices have lifetime appointments and have no real accountability. Only one justice has ever been impeached (in 1805), and he was acquitted. With the lifetime tenure, and the high political stakes involved, as well as the oft-demonstrated shamelessness of the political class, I am surprised that we have never seen a failing justice kept on indefinite life support in order to frustrate or delay a shift in power.

So we are left with lifetime appointees whose power is limited only by the degree of restraint that they may choose to exercise, and by their creativity in divining and fashioning legal principles. To those of us who believe the old adage that “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” this is a frightening concept.

The next time you find yourself shocked and surprised at the level of strife and bitter contention over the appointment of a Supreme Court justice, remember that the appointee and eight other justices will be exercising the ultimate power in this country for the rest of their lives. ∆

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Opinion

The Shredder

Awkward!

W hat’s more awkward than being SLO County Distirct Attorney Dan Dow and getting dismissed from an obviously political case because you were too obvious about your politics?

Being SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson in an extremely uncomfortable attempt at a public relations video, saying, “I’m white, and I’m American, and you are safe with us,” while standing in Avila Beach. The video, which the SLO County Sheriff’s Office posted to its Facebook feed, is making the rounds. People who love Parkinson are praising it, and those who can’t stand the guy are making fun of it.

“Next level copaganda,” commented Susan Ladrie Mackey. Touché, Susan.

“Hello I’m Latina, and this is cringy AF,” Carla Michaelson commented. Yep. Is there any way to unsee what we’ve just seen?

“Good to see that Avila is safe, and that the sheriff officers don’t know how to interact like humans,” Michael Foote said.

It’s so bad. I’m definitely making fun of it.

It’s like one of those “let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace” videos from the ’90s. Poorly scripted and a little weird. If I didn’t know better, I would think it was a spoof: Parkinson haltingly using sign language, a fist bump between a white deputy and a Black man on the

sidewalk, deputies talking to “randoms” and attempting to play with little kids on a slide, no masks, and a not-so-solid attempt at social distancing.

“I’m [insert nationality/race], and I’m American, and you are safe with me,” over and over and over again.

As Dave Coker commented: “This is about half a pair of short shorts away from being a Reno 911 skit.” While others were trying to get Trevor Noah or Saturday Night Live to pay attention.

Who knows, maybe SLO County could be famous again (for all the wrong reasons)!

Seriously, though, who signed off on this? I can’t believe our tax dollars helped pay for this little piece of uncomfortable history. But, on the bright side, between this riveting video and Dow getting kicked off the Tianna Arata case, at least everyone really knows how tonedeaf the elected leaders of local law enforcement are!

Dow, for his part, has learned absolutely nothing from the experience of a judge disqualifying him from the case he’s obviously used and is still using as political propaganda.

“There is absolutely no conflict in this case. To the contrary,” he posted on Facebook. “While I have been personally attacked on many occasions since the

arrests in these cases, I have continued to conduct my duty in a manner that is above reproach without bending to popular opinion and public pressure.”

He’s saying he’s above fault. He’s blameless. He hasn’t acted in a manner unbecoming of his office. Although, Judge Matthew Guerrero thought differently.

The judge found that one email in particular established a clear conflict of interest. Shortly after Dow filed charges against Arata for a July protest that entered Highway 101, Dow’s wife sent out an email requesting campaign donations.

It said that Dow was “leading the fight” against the “wacky defund the police” movement.

Above reproach, huh? Danny boy, you’re too funny!

I guess the “popular opinion” and “public pressure” you’re not bending to is the movement for social justice. The opinion and pressure you bend to comes from the God Squad of Dow Disciples who support you at every turn! They are praying for his success and stand by him as a great example of Christian faith!

“Proud to have you as our leader!

Continue to spread His light!!” Susan Needleman responded to his post. Umm, hey, Susan? I think Dan’s job is actually to uphold the laws created by man.

“We know what’s going on here,” Dave Lowden stated. Really? What’s going on here, Dave? Did Dow get spanked by the justice system for not being above reproach or is it a liberal conspiracy brought to us by George Soros and Bill Gates?

“Wow, George Soros must be very proud of his minions!” Chuck Clark wrote.

“Now, to decide which state to move to as it appears California is finally a gonner (sic).” Oh, I guess it’s good ol’ Soros.

Umm, hey, Chuck? Might I suggest any other state or even country will do for you.

I’ll come over, help you pack if you need!

See? Don’t ever say a liberal never did nothing for you! I’ve got contact info for Soros and Gates, too. I’m sure they’ll send cash.

You know who else is awash in wacky conspiracy? Paso Robles City Councilmember John Hamon. During the Dec. 15 council meeting, Hamon pooh-poohed Paso Fire Chief Jonathon Stornetta, who was explaining that his department and others in the county have been hard hit by COVID-19.

“I have to tell you, Jonathan, I don’t really trust the numbers that I’m seeing truly, but it’s hard to know. It’s hard to put faith in anything right now, government related, with respect to this COVID,” Hamon said.

“I can tell you that we are seeing it in our staff and we’re losing staff. So we’re begging people, please believe the numbers. We’re having a hard time staffing the fire engines,” Stornetta replied.

Umm, hey, John Hamon? Maybe now’s a good time to start believing in numbers and get off the internet. ∆ The Shredder is awkward all the time. Send comments to shredder@ newtimesslo.com.

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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.

EVENING SKIES: A GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Photographers Beth Sargent, Karen Peterson, Terry Garvin, Jack McNeal, and Greg Siragusa bring their talents together in depicting the evening skies of our seaside beaches and sanctuaries on the Central Coast. Through Dec. 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. 805-7721068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE: FEATURED ARTIST DON DOUBLEDEE Doubledee has been drawing all his life. As well as being a Cal Poly architecture grad, he has been a resident of Morro Bay since 1970. Through Dec. 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. 805772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

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DAVID SETTINO SCOTT: FEATURED ARTIST Offering personal appointments and tours of Scott’s studio in San Miguel.

Through March 1, 2021 805-286-4430.

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. 805-2389800. 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

SLOMakerSpace, 81 Higuera, suite 160, San Luis Obispo, 805-225-4783.

virtual classes and workshops online. ongoing studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, 805-238-9800.

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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.

ARTIST TALK WITH ZALIKA AZIM Join the Harold J. Miossi art gallery for our sixth event in our Laboratory Series, a conversation series with Black-identified artists in collaboration with R.A.C.E. Matters San Luis Obispo. A Zoom webinar and artist talk with New York based artist Zalika Azim. Dec. 17, 5-7 p.m. cccconfer. zoom.us. Online, See website, 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.

COLLEEN GNOS: OPEN STUDIOS ARTIST Call or email for private tours of Gnos Art Studio. ongoing 805441-8277. 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 slomakerspace.com/making-home.

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/.

AN IRISH CHRISTMAS Features an award-winning cast of world champion dancers in a celebration of the great traditions of Christmas in Ireland. Enjoy spectacular dance, song, and music. An online replay of the 2015 PBS television show. Dec. 19, 6-7 p.m. Free; donation requested. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org/ event/an-irish-christmas-5/. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.

JORDAN QUINTERO: COAST RANGES An exhibition of recent work by Central Coast artist and designer Jordan Quintero. In this evocative new series, he explores the California landscape in oil paint, transparent varnish, and pyrography on hand built wood panels. Mondays-Sundays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. through Dec. 31 Free. 805-545-5401. jordanquintero.com. Big Sky Cafe, 1121 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo.

THE LINK BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE An art show benefi ting NatureTrack, whose mission is to instill young students with leadership skills, attitudes, and habits for lifelong learning, and to inspire them to be respectful stewards of our natural world. Through Jan. 1, 2021 Free. 805-252-1100. oakgroup.org/. 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

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.

INDEX Arts ............................[15] Culture & Lifestyle.......[16] Food & Drink..............[18] Music .........................[18]

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.

SLOMA: WEEKLY ART PROJECTS Kids can enjoy new activities from home (posted online every Monday).

Mondays sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562.

VIRTUAL ART GALLERY Every Friday, we publish our Virtual Art Gallery to our blog and newsletter. Featuring artworks from customers and the community. Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo. wordpress.com/category/gallery-exhibits/virtualgallery/. 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.

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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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.

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ARTS from page 15 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. Preregistration 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.

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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. Through Jan. 2, 2021, 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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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.

COMPLIMENTARY SHOWERS WITH SHOWER THE PEOPLE After a short hiatus, the San Luis Obispo Library will once again be partnering with local non-profit organization, Shower the People. The shower trailer will be located between the library and parking structure.

Toiletries provided. Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Free. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY STROLL Walk through Downtown San Luis Obispo to see businesses, windows and parklets lit up for the Holidays. Visit site to get your Merry map and itinerary to see bright and cheery decorated windows and other surprises and visual delights. Through Jan. 1, 2021 SLOHolidays.com.

Mission Plaza, 751 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

GIVE JOY HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN Family Care 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.

GRIEF RECOVERY AND SUPPORT PROGRAM

TAI CHI CHUN CERTIFICATION With the 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the year. Ongoing courses. ongoing Call for price. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com.

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

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offering city residents the chance to showcase their holiday lights. Deadline to enter address to map is Nov. 30. Maps available through Christmas. Through Dec. 25 visitatascadero.com/holidaylights.

Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

People say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don’t tell you how to accomplish that. This Grief Recovery Program will make that possible while providing guidance. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Jan. 19 Total: $49 plus $12 book. 714-2739014. cccsl.org/classes/. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.

foundation of Qi Gong, the rooting of breathing, and Shaolin Tai Chi. Tuesdays-Thursdays Call for details. 805701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

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TRAIL OF LIGHTS A new holiday lighting trail map

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with the horses, and a foster to adopt program. ongoing Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Union Road, Paso Robles, 831-386-0135, RedwingsHorseSanctuary.org.

distanced candle lighting ceremony, coordinated by the JCC-Federation, happens outside the steps of the Mission in San Luis Obispo each night of Hanukkah.

Through Dec. 17, 5 p.m. Free. jccslo.com. Mission Plaza, 751 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

JCC-FEDERATION OF SLO PRESENTS HANUKKAH DOWNTOWN 2020 10 participants maximum surrounding the menorah spaced at least 6 feet apart. Masks are required. Dec. 17, 5-6 p.m. Free.

805-426-5465. jccslo.com/hanukkah.html. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

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Dec. 19 Charles Paddock Zoo, 9100 Morro Rd., Atascadero.

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BY GLEN STARKEY

Learning to heal

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Kristen Black’s tribute to her fallen son

L

ongtime SLO resident Kristen Black was a pretty hot ticket around these parts, constantly playing gigs and recording great music, but a divorce and the death of one of her twin boys were two blows that would knock anyone off their feet.

She’s now in Nashville in a new relationship with Jeffrey Perkins, the longtime drummer for the Paul Thorn Band, and she recently released The Healing, a deeply personal nine-song album she calls “a tribute to my son Anders Meisenheimer.” Perkins co-wrote a few tracks and plays—along with other Thorn band members and Nashville stalwarts—on the album.

“Anders was a brilliant, creative, loving, handsome, and talented man,” Black wrote in the album’s liner notes. “Anders died of an accidental overdose on March 5, 2019, at the age of 22. This album follows his addiction.”

The record opens with hard-hitting, punk-edged “Hurricane.” Think Pat Benatar and you’ll be on the right track.

Black mixes drug addiction metaphors, but it’s really about her son’s emotional addiction to his middle school girlfriend: “No sleep, you’re to blame/ You’re the drug, in my veins/ Get me soaked in your pouring rain/ Let your love hit me like a hurricane.”

Black moves on to “Spencer’s Shed,” a country-fried bluegrass number in which she speculates naïvely what her then-high schooler was doing with his friends: “In Spencer’s Shed/ Are they praying to the light/ In Spencer’s Shed/ Solving world peace tonight/ Are they helping feed the homeless by baking banana bread/ That’s what goes on in Spencer’s Shed—in my head// After two short hours, those teens come on home/ Eyes all red, and they’re laughing up a storm/ They stuff their mouths even though they’ve been well fed/ What went on in Spencer’s Shed?”

The song ends with the sound of someone taking a bong hit.

The album turns darker as Anders’ addiction grows with the slow burning rocker “Pass it to Me”: “It’s been a tough day, need to look the other way/ A heavy pour will numb me to the core you see/ It’s what I need/ Been up all night, now I’m blinded by the light/ Need to shut it all down before that next go round for me/ I need some sleep/ Give me that little push to set my mind free ... Pass it to me.”

The smoky, psychedelic “One Love Down” depicts the insidious way drug addiction grinds users down: “The price you paid, for the trips you made/ Was it worth the cost, of one love lost?/ Behind your smile was complete denial/ Of all those dirty needles, seen by so many people.”

The folk ballad “Perfect Life” seems to be about Anders’ guilt over his addiction.

In her liner notes, Black writes, “He admitted he wanted to get clean. But

A MOTHER’S LOVE Kristen Black works through the pain of her son’s drug overdose on The Healing, available now on her Bandcamp page.

sadly, that did not happen.” She sings, “Everything’s wrong in my perfect life/ I let you down again/ Everything’s wrong in my quiet house/ I let you down again.” It’s a heartbreaker. It can also be interpreted as Black’s own guilt for not being able to turn Anders around.

The bouncing pop rock track “Again” moves from guilt to confession, as Black imagines how her son feels about their relationship: “Fell off the wagon, ran off the rails/ I broke that promise that said, I wouldn’t fail/ Now you’re looking through those disappointed eyes/ Thinking my mouth spills—nothing but lies.”

“Morpheus, the god of dreams, is depicted in the song ‘Arms of Morpheus’ as a metaphor for the sensations heroin gives its users,” Black writes in the liner notes. The song is a gauzy, swirling, languid ballad: “I’ve got so many ghosts, Morpheus/ Far too many ghosts/ And they’re knocking on the walls of this old house/ But none of them worse than the girl with the morphine high.” It’s about the attractive escape and warm envelopment of a deep dive into a druginduced haze.

Black describes “You’re Finally Free” as “the heartbreaking end to a mother’s heart,” and if you haven’t already wept at the songs, this tender, elegiac ballad will have you blubbering: “As you’re flying through those clouds/ Hear me screaming out loud/ That I know and believe—You’re finally free/ The light that shined within your heart/ Led so many strangers out of the dark/ But those shadows that called upon your soul/ Tightened their grip, did not let go.”

The final track on the album, “egxdd,” is Anders playing a wholly improvised piano solo he recorded on his cellphone, which Black wrote, “perfectly illustrates the darkness and light that bounced within him.”

The recording is a beautiful tribute to a beautiful kid who turned into a kind, creative, but troubled young man. The artwork on the packaging is Anders’.

As Black wrote to me in an email, “Thank you so much for writing the

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review. I truly appreciate it for so many reasons! One, as a tribute to Anders.

Two, because the U.S. has had so many teens or young adults suffer and/or lose their battles with addiction over the recent years—it is time to bring this taboo subject into the spotlight. As I am sure you know, the opioid epidemic is as prevalent in affluent areas as it is in low-income areas. It is time to treat this epidemic compassionately, not scornfully.”

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The Basin Street Regulars have another terrific streaming show cooked up for you this Sunday, Dec. 20 (2 p.m. on facebook.com/BasinStreetRegulars and youtube.com/user/BasinStreetRegulars.

Donations are encouraged at paypal.me/ BasinStreetRegulars). This Christmas Show features the terrific a cappella trio The Jingle Belles, who will remind you of The Andrews Sisters, as well as the Amigos Swing and Jazz Band, playing ’30s and ’40s swing. Move the coffee table out of the way—you’re going to want to dance!

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AGING PUNKS UNITE! Hayley & The Crushers will release “Church of Flag,” a tribute to old punks, on Dec. 20.

loud … an homage to growing old and staying punk.” Hayley sings side A, and “for a fun bit of friendly rivalry, Dr. Cain sings side B,” she said. Hear Hayley’s A side and preorder a T-shirt and twosong cassette on their Bandcamp page (hayleyandthecrushers.bandcamp.com), which will be released in January.

Sting and The Rock

“Since we didn’t get to do our annual community radio fundraiser this year, we’re giving away a Fender P-Bass signed by Sting,” explained The Rock 97.3/107.9FM founder and on-air talent Hal Abrams. “Contestants can register by making a donation of any amount, as many times as they wish to register. The drawing is Dec. 31, just shy of midnight.

We really need help making up for deficits this year and keeping community radio on the air.” Visit esterobayradio.org, and give early and often! Keep this community gem on the air! Δ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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Arts Artifacts

The Laboratory Series’ next virtual program features guest speaker Zalika Azim

The Laboratory Series, a Black-identified artist showcase program co-hosted by R.A.C.E. Matters SLO and the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery, holds its next episode with special guest speaker Zalika Azim, on Thursday, Dec. 17, from about 5 to 6:30 p.m. This virtual program is offered via Zoom, and admission to join the meeting is free.

A 30-year-old artist based in New York, Azim aims to conceptualize the mechanisms of personal and collective narratives, through a wide range of media, including photography, text, sound, and installation and performance art.

Through her art practice, Azim hopes to investigate the ways in which “memory, migration, movement, and the body are negotiated within the American landscape,” according to press materials. She holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography and imaging from the Tisch School of the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social and cultural analysis from New York University, focused in Africana, gender and sexuality studies, and sexuality studies.

Azim’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, through group exhibitions at venues including The International Center of Photography, The Dean Collection, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Welancora Gallery, the Dorsky Gallery, Diego Rivera Gallery, the Instituto Superior de Arte, and the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Her first solo exhibit premiered in 2019 at The Camera Club of New York.

To find out more about Azim, visit zalikaazim.com. For more info on the Laboratory Series and its Zoom programming, visit racemattersslo.org.

DPAC Dancers perform to benefit Arroyo Grande’s Clark Center and Santa Maria Elks Recreation

The Dellos Performing Arts Center (DPAC) Dancers will perform live on stage as part of Christmas in the Country at the Elks Unocal Event Center in Santa Maria, on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. The dance performance, set to a variety of seasonal music, will be streamed live through YouTube and Facebook, giving community members the chance to experience some of Christmas in the Country, a drive-through holiday light display, from the comfort of their own homes.

Admission to view the virtual show will be free, but donations will be accepted and split equally between DPAC, the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, and Santa Maria Elks Recreation. The performance will be available online through Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Visit clarkcenter.org for more info. ∆ —Caleb Wiseblood

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Calendars

BY CALEB WISEBLOOD

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Save the dates Local artists and photographers showcase their work through original 2021 calendars

I

magine holding an entire art exhibition in the palm of your hand. For Orcutt-based contemporary painter Lori Mole, the concept isn’t far-fetched, especially in the form of a desk calendar for 2021. Mole is one of a handful of local artists showcasing their original works in the form of next year’s calendar.

“It makes a great stocking stuffer,” said Mole, who usually draws inspiration from her travels around the country.

While the pandemic put a halt to most of her trips this year, Mole was able to paint new works from her past sketches, compiled in multiple sketchbooks for more than a decade.

With one painting per month, Mole’s desk calendar highlights 12 of her acrylic pieces.

Rockin’ Cab, featured on the September page, was inspired by a drawing Mole sketched at a Cajun restaurant in Chicago.

“Musical instruments hung from the ceiling and all over the walls,” said Mole, whose illustration of the eatery is riddled with musical notes and other stylistic details, inviting viewers to play a round of I Spy within the frame.

Mole’s other pieces in the calendar include August’s Chardonnay Day, a still life painted from a sketch she drew at Hudson Street Winery in Healdsburg, and November’s In the Mood, inspired by a big band concert she attended in Santa Rosa years ago.

Meanwhile, Lompoc printmaker Angelina LaPointe is showcasing a variety of her block print illustrations through her 2021 calendar.

As a linoleum block printer, LaPointe carves each of her images into the linoleum’s surface,

WILD AT HEART Lompoc printmaker Angelina LaPointe is showcasing a variety of her block print illustrations through her 2021 Flora and Fauna calendar. Each month includes a different portrait of local wildlife.

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Seize the day(s)

Find out more about each artist online: Lori Mole (lorimole. com); Angelina LaPointe (on Instagram, @sidecarpress); Paul Irving (bigbigslo.com/calendar); and Amy Joseph (centralcoastpictures.com).

“creating what is essentially a giant stamp,” she said while discussing the process.

“Each color has its own block, and they are layered to create the final image,” said LaPointe, who is inspired by the traditions of Japanese woodblock printing, the bold color blocking of many comic books and children’s books, and other motifs.

The theme of LaPointe’s 2021 calendar is flora and fauna, as each month includes a different portrait depicting either local or regional wildlife—both “familiar and exotic,” the artist said.

“We have such a diverse climate and ecology.

Go 50 miles and you’re in a completely different microclimate,” said LaPointe, who also attributes the style of her wildlife prints to art found in the science books she grew up loving.

“The 1970s earth tone color palettes and faded illustrations have a special place in my heart and are COURTESY PHOTO BY AMY JOSEPH mirrored in my work,” she said.

As for other locally produced calendars, a few Central Coast photographers are showcasing their portfolios through the format, including Paul Irving of Big Big SLO and Bayside Life. An avid boater as well as photographer, Irving captures most of his coastal landscapes around Baywood Park and Morro Bay. Irving’s classic wall-style calendar offers patrons the chance to enjoy these scenic views “all year round,” according CAVE OF WONDERS Arroyo Grande photographer Amy Joseph, owner and founder of Central Coast Pictures Fine Art Photography, is using her to his website.

2021 calendar to highlight several destinations throughout SLO County, Arroyo Grande including the sea caves of Pismo Beach. local Amy Joseph,

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THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED Orcutt artist Lori Mole’s desk calendar highlights 12 of her acrylic paintings, including Rockin’ Cab, featured on the September page, which was inspired by a Cajun restaurant she once visited in Chicago.

owner and founder of Central Coast Pictures Fine Art Photography, also specializes in landscapes and is using her 2021 calendar to highlight several destinations throughout San Luis Obispo County.

“It’s paradise for a photographer,” Joseph said of her home region. “The landscapes are so diverse on the Central Coast. You can be at the beach taking amazing coastal shots one minute, and drive 5 miles inland and be at a vineyard in Edna Valley, or a few miles north and be hiking up one of the nine sister volcanic mountains with 360 degree views. I mean, what more could a photographer ask for?”

Of all the locales featured in her new photography calendar, Joseph’s favorite spot to shoot at was probably the sea caves of Pismo Beach, based partly on nostalgia, she explained.

“That is where I used to spend most of my time as a kid at the beach. It was the place to get away from the crowds at Pismo or Avila,” Joseph said. “They were always fun to explore, even if you knew every inch of them. It was like having your own private paradise.” ∆ Send stocking stuffers to Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood at cwiseblood@newtimesslo.com.

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Modern magic

Editor’s note: Staff Writer Karen Garcia and Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood took over Split Screen while the Starkeys enjoy GODMOTHERED their holidays off.

What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth, Karen? Matinee irector Sharon What’s it worth, Caleb? Matinee Maguire (Bridget Where’s it showing? Disney Plus Jones’s Diary) takes the audience on a lighthearted and comedic journey with Eleanor Fay Bloomingbottom (Jillian Bell, Workaholics, Brittany Runs a Marathon), an untrained fairy godmother who ventures into the human world to prove she’s got what it takes to answer the call of a girl BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Fairy-godmother-in-training Eleanor Fay whose request for help was left unanswered.

Bloomingbottom (Jillian Bell, left) takes on her first assignment, Mackenzie Walsh (Isla (113 min.)

Fisher, right), in Disney’s Godmothered (2020).

D

Caleb In a magical realm known as Motherland, fairy-godmothers-in-training hone their craft in an academic setting reminiscent of Hogwarts, minus the teen angst and, well, all things youthful really.

The school’s students and faculty are solely composed of elderly women, with one exception, Eleanor Fay Bloomingbottom (Bell), who appears to be in her mid-30s (at least from a human perspective—who knows how old she is in fairy years). As the youngest of the fairies, Bloomingbottom (whose surname I will not tire of) is an outlier who embodies becoming a fish out of water during her first visit to Earth, where she sets out to find a 10-year-old girl named Mackenzie Walsh. After reading a wishful letter from Walsh, Bloomingbottom is determined to make all of her dreams come true by granting her a “happily ever after.” But she’s a few decades late, as Walsh is a middle-aged, single mother by the time Bloomingbottom arrives. Recently widowed, Walsh (Isla Fisher, Confessions of a Shopaholic) and her two daughters live in Boston, Massachusetts, where she works as a reporter for a local television station.

Bloomingbottom shows up at the station to convince Walsh that she’s her fairy godmother in front of her co-workers during an awkward scene that echoes Buddy the Elf meeting his father for the first time (“I love you, I love you, I love you!”).

Karen It’s a hodgepodge modern-day fairy tale until Bloomingbottom realizes that happily ever after isn’t so black and white. She quickly realizes Walsh might not need a knight in shining armor but a touch of positivity and to be intertwined

back into her girls’ lives. But nevertheless, as the dried-out saying goes, she persisted—and I mean that in a positive way. Bloomingbottom doesn’t let go of her positive spirit and will not give up on her assignment. This fairy godmother has a dual mission: help Walsh and save The Motherland. Sadly, Bloomingbottom is in a dying industry slated to become a Tooth Fairy enterprise because humans don’t believe in happily ever after (Gee, I wonder what would make us so cynical?). Seeing her interact with humans and deliver fishout-of-water jokes is top notch and had me belly laughing. In almost every scene, you know that Bloomingbottom is going to get into some kind of mischief while trying to help the Walsh family. That being said, the story doesn’t do anything new. In fact, it’s following the footsteps of many Disney films, where several storylines somehow mesh together in one.

Caleb It’s in the same vein of films like Enchanted and A Simple Wish (I wish Martin Short was my fairy godfather).

And while I agree Godmothered doesn’t bring much new to the table, it’s still fun to see these actors take on the genre. Bell is never not funny as Bloomingbottom.

Her childlike, but often hazardous, optimism in the face of one disaster after another reminded me of her role as wide-eyed Jillian Belk in Workaholics.

In one scene, Bloomingbottom attempts to transform a pumpkin into a carriage, a la Cinderella, but ends up destroying the entire patch. You can easily imagine Bell’s Belk coming to the same conclusion

as her Bloomingbottom does: Well, let’s try watermelons instead! And it’s that level of perseverance that makes her occasional angry outbursts all the more effective (“Mother of fudge!”). My favorite character by far though is one of her Motherland mentors, Agnes, played by the always wonderful June Squibb (Nebraska, About Schmidt). Agnes is basically Bloomingbottom’s guide throughout the film as she pops in from time to time to offer some godmotherly advice. Their convos are usually via “FaceTime,” but not our version of FaceTime, as Agnes’s head magically appears inside of an old, wooden clock (Droid users can relate).

Karen What I appreciated most from writers Melissa Stack and Kari Granlund is that they rewrote the fairy tale formula of needing a prince to have a “happy ending.” Of course Walsh has a love interest, her colleague at the news station, but it’s not a primary goal for her or Bloomingbottom. Time and time again, these modern-day fairy tales end with a couple coming together in love. It’s a lovely thought, but finding happiness in family, friends, and work is more of a life lesson. So take the time to enjoy the loved ones in your home by curling up on the couch, sharing a large bowl of popcorn, and laughing together at Bloomingbottom’s magical journey. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia and Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood wrote Split Screen this week. Comment at gstarkey@ newtimesslo.com.

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As a Fincher fan, I enjoyed Mank not only as a stylistic love letter to the Old Hollywood era but also as a much-needed reprieve from the gritty thrillers he’s become most known for. And call me biased, but the San Simeon setting and Hearst history stuff immediately drew me in. It’s fun to hear Oldman say lines like, “I took a cab from Morro Bay,” or Seyfried rave about some gaudy picture house in Santa Barbara. Woo! (132 min.) ∆ —Caleb Wiseblood

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hen Colony Mash Brewing Co. first opened in August, it was for to-go beers only: 16 ounce cans of fresh new brews.

Then they started serving outdoors, then indoors at 25 percent capacity, then back to outdoors, and now, Colony Mash is already back to where it started: selling to-go.

“We kind of made the full circle,” owner/brewer Erik Knapp said with a laugh. “The fastest circle ever.”

Due to his work with a mobile cannery, Mercenary Canning Solutions, Knapp said Colony Mash was able to have seven different beer styles in cans on the day they opened. It gave them a little bit of a boost amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Of course, due to the limited shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, Colony Mash isn’t doing as well as they’d initially hoped. But Knapp said that’s the case for everybody, and the brewery’s built on a solid foundation.

“At this point, we’ve planned for so long to have this come into fruition, and we’ve done our due diligence to get proper financing, so we’re not scrambling,” Knapp said. “We’re going to keep chugging until it’s over and take our lumps, but we’re not worried.”

Colony Mash has been in the works since 2014, when Knapp was still working in the wine industry after graduating with his enology degree from Cal Poly. He worked

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around the Edna Valley, dabbling in home brewing on the side before moving backed to Pennsylvania to see if he wanted to take over the family winemaking business.

Knapp’s father is a first generation winemaker who planted wine grapes in 1990 in Pennsylvania. After spending some relatively weather-free years in California, Knapp’s return to snow country made him realize that he didn’t actually want to deal with snow for the rest of his life. So he headed back to the temperate Central Coast in 2016, where he got serious about beer making.

“After spending a lot of time in the wine industry, the moments that I really liked the best was essentially the end of the day, and you all kicked ass that day, and you’re relaxing with a beer,” Knapp said.

“I felt a little bit disjointed because I was thinking if we all like beer that much, why aren’t we making beer?”

He continued working full time in the wine industry as a cellar tech, operating pumps and hoses every day from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. before heading over to his friend and future business partner Ethan Kraut’s house to brew in the evenings.

Using a half-barrel brewing system (15 gallons) they built in his business partner’s basement, he tested out recipes, leaning on his knowledge of chemistry and the wine industry to help tweak and perfect his beers. Knapp said he pursued beer making in a similar way to the way he pursued his winemaking degree, with diligence and copious notes.

Kraut and Knapp first met at Tolosa Winery, where Kraut worked on the facility to ensure that everything was running properly so that the wine could be made in the best way possible. Kraut’s background, Knapp said, is in framing and electrical, so Kraut takes care of the brewing equipment and facility maintenance, while Knapp handles the brewing side of the things.

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GRAIN FOR MASH Colony Mash Brewing Co. owner/brewer Erik Knapp gets the grain ready to go into the kettle.

Suds and more Currently open from 4 to 8 p.m. from Wednesday to Friday and noon to 6 p.m. on weekends, you can pick up canned beer from Colony Mash and food from Colony Culture at 3164 El Camino Real in Atascadero. Find them on Instagram @colonymashbrewing.

The brews Colony Mash is putting out span the gamut, from IPAs to imperial stouts.

Favoring lower alcohol, cleaner, lighter beers, Knapp said he loves traditional German PILSNER PARADE Postconventional German pilsners and Belgian saisons.

Pilsner was the first beer in tanks at Colony Mash Co., But, being a winemaker, and it’s one of brewer Erik Knapp’s personal favorites.

Knapp said fruit fermentation is really fun for him.

Obviously, a love for fermentation Take Colony Mash’s most recent kettle runs in the Knapp family, and his sister sour. It’s pink guava and pineapple Monika is no different. She recently “It’s pretty much like adult fruit punch,” moved out to Atascadero to cook up Knapp said. grub for Colony Mash. And although, Traditionally, a sour beer is inoculated she hasn’t been able to dish out a full with wild yeast—which can wreak havoc on menu due to the pandemic, her business, commercial strains of yeast used to ferment Colony Culture, is serving up plenty of non-sour beers. Instead of risking crossfermented goods: hot sauce with carrots contamination, he lets the beer mash sour and habañeros, spicy beer mustard, in the kettle for 24 hours before completing sourdough, and more. the brewing process and feeding it into the Knapp said Monika has started offering tanks, where he adds the fruit. some different to-go specials on Thursdays, That way, the beer retains a certain which people can pick up with their to-go tartness and a lot of aroma from the fruit beer orders. She serves up different toasts itself. And the rest of his beers are safe. with fermented goodies on top such as Colony Mash also dabbles in hard black garlic, pickles, cultured butter, and seltzers, currently selling a cucumber fermented fruit jams. and lime seltzer as well as a plum and Although the brewery and tasting ginger. He does an initial fermentation room is small, 1,300 square feet, it’s using dextrose, which is a corn sugar, and effective and efficient, full of the smells of then re-ferments the seltzer on fruits and fermentation and a family that’s making spices. Colony Mash doesn’t back-sweeten things work. Δ the seltzers before they’re canned, either.

The seltzers are bone dry with no residual Editor Camillia Lanham is having sweetness to them, and a fruity kick at the another plum and ginger seltzer. back end, making them clean, refreshing, Don’t judge her, but send food news to and a wee bit dangerous at 6 percent alcohol. clanham@newtimesslo.com.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2306 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TOOTH FAIRY PHOTOGRAPHY, 1330 Red Brome Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. David M. Lawrence (1330 Red Brome Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ David M. Lawrence.

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.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2307 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BIRTH WITHIN DOULA SERVICES, 102 E. Branch St., Suite J, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Ashley Marie Daoust (821 N. 2nd St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Ashley Daoust. 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, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 11-16-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2316 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RANCHO SESTERO MEAT CUTTING, 1478 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Clinton James Eighmy (1478 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Clinton J. Eighmy, 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, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-16-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2323 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/11/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, 20 WEST STUDIOS, 20 West 12th St., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County.

Tyler Tedeschi (20 West 12th St., Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tyler Tedeschi. 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, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 11-17-25.

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FILE NO. 2020-2327 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/05/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CHEF ANTONIO’S ITALIAN KITCHEN, 250 Wesley Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Antonio Ramos III (945 Sombrero Way, Santa Maria, CA 93458).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Antonio Ramos III, Owner. 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. 11-17-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2329 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2004) New Filing The following person is doing business as, POLY PERFORMANCE, INC., 870 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Poly Performance, Inc. (870 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted

by A CA Corporation /s/ Poly Performance, Inc., Aaron David Schlossberg, President. 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. 11-17-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2333 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/20/1992) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LOPEZ & SUN SEALING, 485 Meredith Avenue, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. George Lopez (485 Meredith Avenue, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ George Lopez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-18-20.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 1118-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2337 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/20/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, P5 LLC, 1181 Swallowtail Way, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. P5 LLC (1181 Swallowtail Way, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ P5 LLC, Michael Parker, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-18-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-18-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2340 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/17/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WILDFLOWER MEDICINE, 289 Irish Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Clare S. Ramirez (289 Irish Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Clare S. Ramirez.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-20. 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. 11-20-25.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2341 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BLUE MOON PROPERTIES, 7830 Blue Moon Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Lauren Peterson, Erik Peterson (1213 La Brea Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362).

This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Lauren Peterson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-20.

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. 1120-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2344 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/20/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MONTENEGRO STEEL WORKS, 2125 Fairchild Way, Unit 4A, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Brian Montenegro (10695 Colorado Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brian Montenegro. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1120-20. 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. 11-20-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2345 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MEGAN’S ORGANIC MARKET, 280 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. MOM SLO LLC (280 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ MOM SLO LLC, Megan Souza, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-20.

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. 11-20-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2346 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/20/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BREADHEAD BAGELS, 1480 13th St., Apt. C, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Kyle Jesse Lemons (1480 13th St., Apt. C, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kyle J. Lemons.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-20. 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. 11-20-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2349 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TAHOE LIFE REALTY GROUP, 5922 Pebble Beach Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Siljax Real Estate, Inc. (5922 Pebble Beach Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Siljax Real Estate, Inc., Keli Silva-Jackson, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-23-20. 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. 11-23-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2364 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/12/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEACHSIDE AUTO SALES, 636 Clarion Ct., Suite 102, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Justin Anthony Zepeda (4922 Surfbird Ln., Guadalupe, CA 93434). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Justin Anthony Zepeda.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-25-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2365 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/25/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEAR VALLEY HAULING, 1280 5th St. Apt. A, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Ricardo Gomezarroyo, Reina Aguilarroman (1280 5th St. Apt. A, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Ricardo Gomezarroyo, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 11-25-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2357 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, S. AND K. STUDIOS, 175 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. S. And K. Music LLC (2331 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ S. And K. Music LLC, Shaira Benitez, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-24-20.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 11-24-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-2374 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/30/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CHINELO, 1131 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Diana Luisa Perez Tufino (1321 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Diana Luisa Perez Tufino.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-30-20. 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. 11-30-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2359 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/18/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, POZO SALOON, 90 W. Pozo Rd., Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County.

High Mountain Road, LLC (1646 4th St., Los Osos, CA 93402).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ High Mountain Road, LLC, Timothy S. Reed, Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-24-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1124-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2361 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/24/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WEST S.T.O.PEST PEST CONTROL, 365 S. 4th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433.

San Luis Obispo County. Joseph Eugene Essert (365 S. 4th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joseph E. Essert, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-25-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 11-25-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

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FILE NO. 2020-2380 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/30/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST CONVERSIONS, R & R BY THE SEA, 2741 Ocean Boulevard, Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Robert K. Knox, Rachael K. Knox (2741 Ocean Boulevard, Cayucos, CA 93430).

This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Rachael K. Knox. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-30-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 11-30-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2382 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/30/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NUCCIMOTO, 3563 Sueldo St., Ste. R, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Nuccitelli Enterprises LLC (3563 Sueldo St., Ste. R, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Nuccitelli Enterprises LLC, Brett James Nuccitelli, Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-01-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-01-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2393 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KALDERA COLLECTIVE LLC, SEEDBOX PASO ROBLES, BIKE PASO, THE SANDBOX PASO ROBLES, 1345 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Kaldera Collective LLC (7563 Newport Drive, Goleta, CA 93117). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Kaldera Collective LLC, Kyle W. Ashby, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-01-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-01-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2394 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LONGOTHEBARBER, 2389 Sandpiper Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Tony Edmond Longarini (2389 Sandpiper Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tony Edmond Longarini.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-01-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-01-25.

December 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2401 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/07/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COASTAL VINEYARD MANAGEMENT, 120 Callie Ct., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Kevin Wilkinson (120 Callie Ct., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kevin Wilkinson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-02-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-02-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2407 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/18/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CAREFREE POOLS CONSTRUCTION, 202 Tank Farm R., Ste. B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Pools By Petersen (202 Tank Farm R., Ste. B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Pools By Petersen, Josh M. Petersen, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-03-20.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 12-03-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2408 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/16/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE ROCK ESPRESSO BAR, 275 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Melissa Louise Catalli (275 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Melissa Catalli, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-0320. 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. 12-03-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2409 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/03/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TWISTED & GLAZED, 521 Spring Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County.

Seakngim Song (6730 Navajoa Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Seakngim Song, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 12-03-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2410 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/26/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KDB BACKHOE SERVICE, 3765 Calf Canyon Highway, Creston, CA 93432. San Luis Obispo County. Kenneth Earl Bridgman, Debbie Jean Bridgman (3765 Calf Canyon Highway, Creston, CA 93432). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Debbie Jean Bridgman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-0320. 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. 12-03-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2411 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, STRING PING, 100 Crest Drive, Suite 1308, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Gracious Advocate LLC (100 Crest Drive, Suite 1308, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Gracious Advocate LLC, Catherine Kerpsack, Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-03-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2412 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/1997) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PARTNERS IN HEALING, 1141 Pacific St., Suite G, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Patricia Norman-Reed (22110 F St., Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Patricia Norman-Reed, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-03-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2419 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, 12 VIRTUES WINE, 6565 Squire Knoll Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Grapevine Investments LLC (6565 Squire Knoll Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Grapevine Investments LLC, Brady Lock, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, A. Bautista, Deputy.

Exp. 12-04-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2420 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2004) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEACH BUM HOLIDAY RENTALS & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC., 354 Main St., Suite A, Pismo Beach, CA 93449.

San Luis Obispo County. Beach Bum Holiday Rentals & Property Management Inc. (354 Main St., Suite A, Pismo Beach, CA 93449).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Beach Bum Holiday Rentals & Property Management Inc., Tony Spinelli, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-04-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2423 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PACIFIC BILLING, 330 James Way, Suite 180, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Karl Emery Peterson (1159 Laurel Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Karl Peterson, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-0420. 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. 12-04-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2425 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JIMMY BUMPS PASTA HOUSE, 1019 Santa Ynez Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Benjamin Gobel Brown III (1472 10th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Benjamin G. Brown III. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-0720. 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. 12-07-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2429 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/07/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KCBXNET, 4100 Vachell Ln., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

KCBX Inc. (4100 Vachell Ln., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ KCBX Inc., Frank Lanzone, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-0720. 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. 12-07-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2450 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/15/2009) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST COMMERCIAL GROUP, 1177 Marsh St., Ste. 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. W. Behn & Associates, Inc. (1177 Marsh St., Ste. 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ W. Behn & Associates, Inc., Walter A. Behn, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-09-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, E. Brookhart, Deputy.

Exp. 12-09-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2462 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BITCHIN’ TEE COMPANY, 837 Turquoise Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Amanda Wienold (837 Turquoise Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Amanda Wienold. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-20. 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. 12-10-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2426 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/11/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPLASH AWAY, LLC, 2371 Beach St. #B, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County.

Splash Away, LLC (2371 Beach St. #B, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Splash Away, LLC, Gina Marie Huseman, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-07-20.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-07-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-2472 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/31/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KUMA SUSHI, 2011 10th St., Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Osos Enterprises LLC (2712 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Osos Enterprises LLC, Quaid Tatlow, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-14-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk, JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 12-14-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2427 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/30/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COAST HEATING & AIR, 1007 El Morro Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Brett Andrew Oringer (1007 El Morro Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brett Andrew Oringer, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-0720. 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. 12-07-25.

December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

FILE NO. 2020-2474 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RELIC FINDERS, 400 S. Elm St., Unit E17, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Derek Palani Wengeler (400 S. Elm St., Unit E17, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Derek Palani Wengeler. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-1420. 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. 12-14-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2020-2479 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ANZA LANDSCAPE DESIGN, 1530 16th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Zachary David Tanner (1530 16th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Zachary Tanner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1215-20. 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. 12-15-25.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021.

Lien Sale On January 4th, 2020, Nipomo Self Storage, will be holding an online auction listed with www. lockerfox.com For unit # 2 located at 542 Lindon Lane, Nipomo Ca. The contents are believed to be miscellaneous household and personal items tools. The names of person renting units and the unit number is as follows. Name: Nathanael Miller Unit #2 December 17 & 24, 2020

hold a Public Hearing on February 3, 2021 via Zoom Webinar/

hold a Public Hearing on February 3, 2021 via Zoom Webinar/

Teleconference, to receive public testimony on the following:

Teleconference, to receive public testimony on SLOCOG’s Draft 2021 Public Participation Plan (PPP). The PPP is both a federal and state

Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) Programming:

requirement for MPOs, which establishes a model for effective public

An estimated $551K in FY 2020/2021 Low Carbon Transit Operations

involvement and contains written procedures for including the public

Program funds are available for public transit operating or capital projects within the region that support new or expanded bus service and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve mobility.

Please note: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, SLOCOG Board meetings are virtual meetings only via Zoom webinar meetings via teleconference/Zoom webinar/GoToMeeting, and all requirements in the Brown Act, expressed or implied, that require

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PROPOSALS will be received by the City of Grover Beach Public Works Department, Attention: Gabriel Munoz-Morris, Senior Engineer, at City Hall 154 South 8th Street, Grover Beach, California 93433 until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2021 for Professional Design Engineering Services specifically for the following project:

WATER MAIN UPGRADE PROJECT Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 4004 The entire Request for Proposal document may be obtained electronically via the City’s Bids and Proposal web page, https://www.grover.org/bids. aspx or via email at publicworks@groverbeach.org. ### December 17 & 24, 2020

NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 641 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council held on December 8, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference in accordance pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay 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 on the City’s website at www.morrobayca.gov, and upon request by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (805) 772-6205.

Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Headding, Addis, Davis, Heller, McPherson None None None

Dated: Publish:

December 10, 2020 December 17, 2020

/s/ Heather Goodwin, Deputy City Clerk

NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 635 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council, held on December 8, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, the City Council certified the results of the November 3, 2020 general municipal election, including that a majority of voters voting on Measure E-20 at said election did vote in favor of Measure E-20, and thus the People of the City of Morro Bay adopted Ordinance No. 635 and thereby repealed Chapter 3.22 and adopted Chapter 3.26 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code to Increase the City’s Transactions and Use Tax Rate From .5% to 1.5%, and further the City Council at the same meeting also adopted Ordinance No. 635.

A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance is available on the City’s website at www.morrobayca.gov, and upon request by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (805) 772-6205.

Headding, Addis, Davis, Heller, McPherson None None None

in our region’s planning process. Public participation is an integral part of the transportation process; it helps assure projects address community needs and concerns. The Draft PPP will be presented for Board adoption at this meeting.

The public comment period for the Draft PPP is from December 18, 2020 through the hearing on February 3, 2021. To review the Draft PPP, visit: https://slocog.org/about/public-information-office. Submit written comments via email to pio@slocog.org or via mail to SLOCOG,

the physical presence of board members, staff, board clerk or other

Attn: Anna Devers, 1114 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

participants, or of the public as a condition of participation in or

Hard copies can be made available for the cost of printing. For more

quorum for a public meeting are hereby waived. In accordance with

information, contact Anna Devers at pio@slocog.org or 805-781-4462.

San Luis Obispo County Local Emergency Mandatory Order to Shelter at Home, and in accordance with Executive Order N-29-20, SLOCOG

Please note: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and in

will not make available a physical location from which members of

accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, SLOCOG

the public may offer public comment. SLOCOG Board meetings will

Board meetings are virtual meetings held via teleconference

be live-streamed at the following link: www.slo-span.org, or watch

until further notice. SLOCOG is authorized to hold virtual public

the meeting via Cable TV Public Access Channel 21. For members

meetings via teleconference/Zoom webinar/GoToMeeting, and all

of the public, a link will be provided in the SLOCOG Board agenda

requirements in the Brown Act, expressed or implied, that require

for them to register in advance so they can participate in live public

the physical presence of board members, staff, board clerk or other

comment. Further directions on providing live comments will be

participants, or of the public as a condition of participation in or

included in the SLOCOG Board agenda. Public members may also submit written public comments by email or mail: Email: pio@slocog.org by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2021.

Mail to: Clerk of the Board, SLOCOG, 1114 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Mailed written comments must be received by SLOCOG no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2021.

Please refer to www.slocog.org for the meeting agenda and further

quorum for a public meeting are hereby waived. In accordance with San Luis Obispo County Local Emergency Mandatory Order to Shelter at Home and Executive Order N-29-20, SLOCOG will not have a physical location available for the public to provide public comment.

SLOCOG Board meetings are live-streamed at www.slo-span.org and can also be viewed on Cable TV Public Access Channel 21.

Opportunities are provided for the public to provide live verbal

information. The hearing will be held virtually during the SLOCOG

comments at the virtual meeting and written comments via mail and

Board meeting/Zoom Webinar on Wednesday, February 3, 2021,

email. Please refer to www.slocog.org for the meeting agenda, which

starting at 8:30 a.m. For more information, write to: SLOCOG, 1114

includes participation instructions and meeting link. The hearing will

Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, or contact Tim Gillham at

be held virtually during the SLOCOG Board meeting/Zoom Webinar on

781-1520 (email at tgillham@slocog.org).

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, starting at 8:30 a.m.

December 17, 2020

December 17, 2020

NOTICE:

TO:

SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF NONJUDICIAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS PER HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4(J) ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

$659,980.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY San Luis Obispo Superior Court, Case No. 20CV-0601 Notice is hereby given that on November 19, 2019, the above described property was seized at 8380 Carrisa Highway, Santa Margarita, CA 93453, by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office, in connection with cannabis violations, to wit, section(s) 11358, 11359, and 11360 of the California Health and Safety Code. The estimated/ appraised value of the property is $659,980.00.

Pursuant to section 11488.4(j) of the California Health and Safety Code, you must file a verified claim stating your interest in the property with the Superior Court’s Civil Division, Room 385, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Claim forms are available from the Clerk of the above court and also online at https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mc200.pdf.

Furthermore, an endorsed copy of the verified claim must also be served on the District Attorney, Asset Forfeiture Unit, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, 4th Floor, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, within 30 days of filing the claim with the Superior Court’s Civil Division.

Both the District Attorney’s Office and the Interested Party filing the claim are entitled to conduct reciprocal requests for discovery in preparation for a hearing. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings unless inconsistent with the provisions or procedures set forth in the Health and Safety Code (Section 11488.5(c)(3)).

The Interested Party in entitled to legal representation at a hearing, although not one appointed at public expense, and has the right to present evidence and witnesses, and to cross-examine plaintiff’s witnesses, but there is no right to avoid testifying at a civil hearing.

The failure to timely file and secure a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court will result in the property being declared or ordered forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing.

DATED: December 2, 2020

/s/ Heather Goodwin, Deputy City Clerk Dated: December 15, 2020 Publish: December 17, 2020

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) will

until further notice. SLOCOG is authorized to hold virtual public

CITY OF GROVER BEACH REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) will

December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

DAN DOW District Attorney Kenneth Jorgensen Deputy District Attorney

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) will hold a public hearing to receive public testimony on Unmet Transit Needs within the County of San Luis Obispo and its seven cities. The hearing will be held during the SLOCOG Board meeting that will be held virtually via Zoom webinar/teleconference, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 8:30 a.m.

Please note: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, SLOCOG Board meetings are virtual meetings only via Zoom webinar until further notice.

SLOCOG is authorized to hold virtual public meetings via teleconference/Zoom webinar/GoToMeeting, and all requirements in the Brown Act, expressed or implied, that require the physical presence of board members, staff, board clerk or other participants, or of the public as a condition of participation in or quorum for a public meeting are hereby waived. In accordance with San Luis Obispo County Local Emergency Mandatory Order to Shelter at Home, and in accordance with Executive Order N-29-20, SLOCOG will not make available a physical location from which members of the public may offer public comment. SLOCOG Board meetings will be livestreamed at the following link: www.slo-span.org, or watch the meeting via Cable TV Public Access Channel 21. For members of the public, a link will be provided in the SLOCOG Board agenda for them to register in advance so they can participate in live public comment. To maximize the opportunity for public comment, interested persons or organizations are requested to limit their testimony to three minutes. Further directions on providing comments will be included in the SLOCOG Board agenda.

Public members may also submit written public comments by email or mail for this meeting: Email: unmet_needs@slocog.org by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2021.

Mail to: Clerk of the Board, SLOCOG, 1114 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Mailed written comments must be received by SLOCOG no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2021.

Electronic mail/email may be sent to unmet_needs@ slocog.org or submit requests online at: www. transitneeds.org. Deadline for written, telephone, and electronic testimony is no later than Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 5:00 p.m.

December 17, 2020 & January 7, 2021

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CITY OF GROVER BEACH NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Grover Beach at the City Clerk’s Office at 154 South 8th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433 until 2:00 p.m., on THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021 and promptly thereafter all bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud outdoors at the entrance of City Hall (weather permitting) for furnishing to said City all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, services and supplies necessary to construct and complete the construction of the:

PROPOSALS will be received by the City of Grover Beach Public Works Department at City Hall 154 South 8th Street, Grover Beach, California 93433 until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 for the following project: DESIGN, PROCURE AND INSTALL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND FALL ZONE MATERIAL

MAJOR STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT

Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 1004

CIP 2283-1

The entire Request for Proposal document may be obtained electronically via the City’s Bids and Proposal web page, https:// www.grover.org/bids.aspx or via email at publicworks@groverbeach.org.

GRAND AVENUE / OAK PARK BOULEVARD INTERSECTION General Work Description: In general, the Base Bid Work shall be improvements within and approaching the Grand Avenue intersection with Oak Park Boulevard, including and not necessarily limited to, project management and controls activities, mobilization activities, public notification and interaction activities, construction surveying and staking, traffic control, protection of pavement surface features (water utility boxes and valves, and sewer manholes), removal of existing asphaltic concrete pavement and subgrade, roadway preparation, hot mix asphalt over compacted FDR cement repaving street surface and conform areas, signage, installation of pavement striping and markings, and traffic signal system modifications. Due to the high volume of traffic during the day, the City prefers that construction activities be completed at night; however, the City will consider allowing work during regular business days and hours provided contractor plan the work to minimize the inconvenience (7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). All night work activities shall be completed between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Sunday-Thursday. The night work will be a bid alternate.

The Contractor shall possess a Class A license at the time this Contract is awarded through Contract acceptance (Public Contract Code Section 10164).

The Contractor and all subcontractors will be required to obtain a City of Grover Beach Business Tax Certificate at the time the Contract is awarded.

This Contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code, Section 12990.

Notice to Bidders, Plans, Special Provisions, and Proposal Forms may be inspected at the Public Works Office in Grover Beach, California, and copies of said documents may be obtained through the Blueprint Express Plan Room: http:// www.beplanroom.com/public.php. No bid will be received unless it is made on a Proposal Form furnished by the City.

Bids received via FAX will not be considered.

Each bid shall be accompanied by cash, certified or cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the base bid, made payable to the City of Grover Beach.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county, or counties, in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/ PWD/. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

Pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal or be awarded a contract for public work on public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations.

Notice is also hereby given that any or all bidders may be required to furnish a sworn statement of their financial responsibility, technical ability and experience before award is made to any particular bidder.

Bidders shall contact the City of Grover Beach Department of Public Works office at (805) 473-4530 the day prior to bid opening to obtain any bidding addenda information. Submittal of a signed bid shall be evidence that the Bidder has obtained this information and that the bid is based on any changes contained therein.

Submittal of Bidder’s Inquiries: Inquiries or questions based on alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications or estimate must be communicated as a bidder inquiry prior to bid opening.

Bidder’s inquiries shall be submitted in writing via e-mail to the City of Grover Beach, Public Works Department, at: PublicWorks@groverbeach.org. The cutoff time that the City will accept bidder’s inquiries is 5:00 p.m. on the fifth business day prior to the bid opening date. Do not count the bid opening date when counting the days. The City will respond to inquiries via bidding addenda. Any such inquiries, submitted after the cutoff time of receiving bidder’s inquiries, will not be treated as a bid protest.

Bid Submittal Instructions: The contractor must wear a mask when dropping off the bid. On the outside of the bid envelope the Bidder shall indicate the following: 1. Name and Address of Bidder 2. Name of project on which bid is submitted 3. Date and time of bid opening The right is reserved by the City of Grover Beach to reject any or all bids, to evaluate the bids submitted, and award the Contract to the lowest responsible bidder. The City further reserves the right to waive any informalities or minor irregularities in the bid.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) working days after the date set for the opening thereof.

At the time of publishing, City Hall is closed to the public.

The bid opening will be held outdoors, weather permitting.

Any changes to the bid opening procedure will be noted in an addendum.

Dated this 10th day of DECEMBER 2020, at the City of Grover Beach, California.

City of Grover Beach STATE OF CALIFORNIA Gregory A. Ray, P.E. Public Works Director/City Engineer December 10 & 17, 2020

01.

COVID-19 update, rec’d & filed w/ direction given to staff.

02.

Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 02-33 & Resolution (Res.) No. 2020-264 thru 2020-277, approved as amended.

03.

Presentations: Res. 2020-278, recognizing Chief Jalbert for his service to CAL FIRE / SLO Co. Fire Dept. upon his retirement & Res. 2020-279, recognizing L. Brown upon her retirement after 20 years of service to the Co., adopted.

04.

Public Comment Period - matters not on the agenda: T. LeGras; L. Owen; L. Doud; P. McGibney; B. Difatta; J. Jones & M. Brown: speak. No action taken.

05.

Res. No. 2020-255, authorizing execution of the amended & restated joint powers agreement for the SLO Regional Transit Authority, & terminate the South County Area Transit joint powers agreement, adopted.

06.

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 (19-1930089); Co. of SLO v. D. Shelter, et al (20CV-0024); Lopez Kayla v. Co. of SLO, et al (19CV-0470). Conference w/ Labor Negotiator re: SLOGAU; SLOCEA-T&C; DCCA; Sheriffs’ Mgmt; SLOCPPOA; DSA; DAIA; SLOCPMPOA; SLOCEA – PSSC; Unrepresented Mgmt & Confidential Employees; SDSA; UDWA. Open Session - Report out.

### Legal Ad Published: The New Times: Thursdays, December 10 and 17, 2020

NOTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION

The estimated opinion of probable construction cost for this Base Bid Work is $355,000.

Conditions of Submitting a Bid: Bids are required for the entire Work described herein.

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 AT 9:00 AM 5 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

CITY OF GROVER BEACH REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Luis Obispo’s Community Development Director has determined that the following project is qualified for adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Project Title:

862 Aerovista Place Office Building

Project Number:

ARCH-0430-2019, USE-0522-2019, & EID-0055-2020

Project Applicant: Quaglino Properties, LLC Project Location:

862 Aerovista, San Luis Obispo, CA (APN: 053-412-015)

Project Description: The City of San Luis Obispo has completed an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the proposed construction of a new two-story office building consisting of 35,908 square feet of office space and associated site improvements on one 2.41-acre parcel located in the Building Park zone within the Airport Area Specific Plan area. Proposed site improvements include parking lots, site access upgrades, landscaping upgrades, the installation of bioretention basins, and minor realignment and enhancements to the unnamed ephemeral drainage that daylights along the north and west property lines. The project proposes a new driveway access and sidewalk along Aerovista Place. The proposed driveway access would result in the permanent loss of approximately four shoulder parking spaces along the north side of Aerovista Place. Project construction would require approximately 2,500 cubic yards (cy) of cut and 1,200 cy of fill for a total of 3,700 cy of earthwork.

The IS/MND found the following environmental factors to be less than significant with mitigation incorporated: Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Hydrology and Water Quality, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities and Service Systems, and Mandatory Findings of Significance. Based on a review of the State Water Resources Control Board’s GeoTracker database and the Department of Toxic Substance Control EnviroStor database, the project site is not an active hazardous waste cleanup site.

The Director’s determination was based on an environmental initial study prepared by City and Consultant staff in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Anyone can review this study on the City’s website at http://www.slocity. org/government/department-directory/communitydevelopment/documents-online/environmental-reviewdocuments. If you are unable to access the internet, please contact Kyle Bell at kbell@slocity.org or (805) 781-7524 to arrange for an alternative means to view the study, as the City offices are currently closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated emergency order. The required 30-day public review period for the Mitigated Negative Declaration will extend from Thursday, December 17, 2020 to Monday, January 18, 2021. Anyone interested in commenting on the document should submit a written statement to the City of San Luis Obispo, Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, Attention: Kyle Bell, Associate Planner, or by email to kbell@slocity. org, by 5:00 p.m., by January 18, 2021.

A web-based hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission on February 10, 2021, starting at 6:00 PM, to evaluate the project.

Interested persons can access the Planning Commission agenda and staff report at https://www.slocity.org/ government/advisory-bodies/agendas-and-minutes/ planning-commission/-selectview-1.

For more information on the proposed project, its environmental effects, City environmental procedures and deadlines, please contact: Project Planner: Kyle Bell, at kbell@slocity.org or (805) 781-7524.

December 17, 2020

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07.

FY 2021-22 Budget Goals & Policies, Budget Balancing Strategies & Approaches, & Board Priorities, approved w/ direction to staff.

08.

A proposed resolution approving the new classification & salary range of Economic Development Manager, not approved; discussion re: economic development proposals, w/ direction to staff.

09.

Res. 2020-280, continuing road improvement fee for all development w/in portions of the San Miguel area; the San Miguel Circulation Study & Road Improvement Fee Update & Mitigated Negative Declaration, adopted.

10.

Hearing re: a request by F. DeCicco to designate 0.4 acre from Commercial Retail to Residential SingleFamily, at 2958 Orville Ave. in Cayucos, cont’d to 12.15.20.

NOTICE: SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF NONJUDICIAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS PER HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4(j) TO:

ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: $2,750.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY

Notice is hereby given that on June 19, 2020, the above described property was seized at on the US-101 Freeway, north of Los Berros, San Luis Obispo County by the Department of California Highway Patrol, in connection with controlled substances violations, to wit, section(s) 11352, 11350, 11377, 11379, of the California Health and Safety Code. The estimated/appraised value of the property is $2,750.00.

Pursuant to section 11488.4(j) of the California Health and Safety Code, you must file a verified claim stating your interest in the property with the Superior Court’s Civil Division, Room 385, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408.

Claim forms are available from the Clerk of the above court and also online at https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mc200.pdf.

Furthermore, an endorsed copy of the verified claim must also be served on the District Attorney, Asset Forfeiture Unit, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, 4th Floor, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, within 30 days of filing the claim with the Superior Court’s Civil Division.

Both the District Attorney’s Office and the Interested Party filing the claim are entitled to conduct reciprocal requests for discovery in preparation for a hearing. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings unless inconsistent with the provisions or procedures set forth in the Health and Safety Code (Section 11488.5(c)(3)). The Interested Party in entitled to legal representation at a hearing, although not one appointed at public expense, and has the right to present evidence and witnesses, and to cross-examine plaintiff’s witnesses, but there is no right to avoid testifying at a civil hearing.

The failure to timely file and secure a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court will result in the property being declared or ordered forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing.

DATED: December 2, 2020

Adjourned.

Kenneth Jorgensen Deputy District Attorney

Wade Horton, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Annette Ramirez, Deputy Clerk December 17, 2020

Notice of Vacancy

Interested persons are hereby notified that, pursuant to Government Code §1780, there is a vacancy on the California Valley Community Services District Board of Directors to be filled for a term expiring December 2, 2022.

Applications are available at: California Valley Community Services District Office 13080 Soda Lake Road, California Valley, CA 93453.

Phone: (805)475-2211 Email: cvcsd3094@gmail.com.

Applications are due by December 31, 2020.

Government Code § 1780 This District has 60 days from the date the Board is notified of the vacancy or the effective date of the vacancy, whichever is later, to fill the vacancy by appointment or to call a special election. This notice shall be posted for 15 days in 3 or more conspicuous places in the District from: December 3, 2020 to December 31, 2020 December 10, 17, & 24, 2020

DAN DOW District Attorney

December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

NOTICE: SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF NONJUDICIAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS PER HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4(j) TO:

ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: $1811.26 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY

Notice is hereby given that on November 11, 2020, the above described property was seized at 8380 Carrisa Highway, Santa Margarita, CA 93453, by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office, in connection with controlled substances, to wit, section(s) 11370.1, 11351 of the California Health and Safety Code. The estimated/ appraised value of the property is $1,811.26.

Pursuant to section 11488.4(j) of the California Health and Safety Code, you must file a verified claim stating your interest in the property with the Superior Court’s Civil Division, Room 385, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Claim forms are available from the Clerk of the above court and also online at https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mc200. pdf.

Furthermore, an endorsed copy of the verified claim must also be served on the District Attorney, Asset Forfeiture Unit, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, 4th Floor, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, within 30 days of filing the claim with the Superior Court’s Civil Division.

Both the District Attorney’s Office and the Interested Party filing the claim are entitled to conduct reciprocal requests for discovery in preparation for a hearing. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings unless inconsistent with the provisions or procedures set forth in the Health and Safety Code (Section 11488.5(c)(3)). The Interested Party in entitled to legal representation at a hearing, although not one appointed at public expense, and has the right to present evidence and witnesses, and to cross-examine plaintiff’s witnesses, but there is no right to avoid testifying at a civil hearing.

The failure to timely file and secure a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court will result in the property being declared or ordered forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing.

DATED: December 2, 2020

DAN DOW District Attorney Kenneth Jorgensen Deputy District Attorney

December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CONSTANCE M. ROGALLA DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 20PR - 0340

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CONSTANCE M. ROGALLA, CONSTANCE MARY ROGALLA, CONSTANCE ROGALLA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JUDITH K. ROGALLA in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that JUDITH K. ROGALLA 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: January 5, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, 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 December 17, 24, & 31, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SHERYL MELODY DICKERSON AKA SHARI DICKERSON MARTIN CASE NO. 20PR-0347

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SHERYL MELODY DICKERSON AKA SHARI DICKERSON MARTIN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CRYSTAL DICKERSON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CRYSTAL DICKERSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the

LEGAL NOTICES Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (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: 01/12/21 at 9:00AM in Dept. 9 located at 1050 MONTEREY STREET; MAILING ADDRESS: 1035 PALM ST. RM. 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 a 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 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 GREGORY M. AJALAT, ESQ. SBN 150878 AJALAT & AJALAT, LLP 5200 LANKERSHIM BLVD. SUITE 850 NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA 91601 12/17, 12/24, 12/31/20 CNS-3423155# NEW TIMES

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PETER TYRE HEWITT CASE NO. 20PR-0339

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of PETER TYRE HEWITT. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by REBECCA GOSCH AND JONATHAN HEWITT in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that REBECCA GOSCH AND JONATHAN HEWITT 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

LEGAL NOTICES why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 01/05/21 at 9:00AM in Dept.

9 located at 1050 MONTEREY STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a 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 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 M. LISA ODOM, ESQ. - SBN 233860 POOLE SHAFFERY & KOEGLE, LLP 25350 MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAY SUITE 250 SANTA CLARITA CA 91355 12/10, 12/17, 12/24/20 CNS-3421821# NEW TIMES

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANNE NICHOLS STORRS CASE NUMBER: 20PR0341 NOTICE OF ZOOM APPEARANCE FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE JANUARY 5, 2021, 9:00AM Dept 9

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ANNE NICHOLS STORRS, ANNE STORRS, A.N. STORRS, formerly known as BEATRICE ANNE NICHOLS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: BRIAN PUTMAN STORRS in the Superior Court of California, County of: San Luis Obispo.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: BRIAN PUTMAN STORRS 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 ZOOM HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: JANUARY 5, 2021 Time: 9:00 A.M. in Dept.: 9 Address of Court: Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

ZOOM MEETING ID: 979 6596 1551 ZOOM MEETING PASSWORD: 79513 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at

LEGAL NOTICES 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 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: Edward E. Attala, Attala Law, APC 1502 Higuera St San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: 805-543-1212 December 10, 17, 24, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN A. ROFFONI CASE NUMBER: 20PR0335 NOTICE OF ZOOM APPEARANCE FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE DECEMBER 22, 2020, 9:00AM Dept 9

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN A. ROFFONI A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ROBERT HATHER and COLEEN EDWARDS in the Superior Court of California, County of: San Luis Obispo.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: ROBERT HATHER and COLEEN EDWARDS be appointed as personal representatives 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 ZOOM HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: DECEMBER 22, 2020 Time: 9:00 A.M. in Dept.: 9 Address of Court: Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

ZOOM MEETING ID: 979 6596 1551 ZOOM MEETING 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

LEGAL NOTICES 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 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: Edward E. Attala, Attala Law, APC 1502 Higuera St San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: 805-543-1212 December 3, 10, 17, 2020

Notice of Public Sale

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC. Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned is hereby given notice that a public lien sale of the following personal property will be held online at storageauctions.net and will end at the hour of 11 AM on the 5th Day of January, 2021 where said property has been stored and which are located at: Downtown Mini Storage, 9200 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422 County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, the following Jose Carlos Cespedes Tools, table saw, refrigerator, floor buffer, ladder, dresser, bookcase, industrial lights, cooler Cameron Lewis Skateboard, laptop, table, chairs, kitchenware, bike wheels, bed frame, misc boxes/bins Marc Naslund Tools, carjack, bike, bottle maker, luggage Theresa Washburn Appliances, washer/dryer, refrigerator, table, chair, furniture, household décor, misc boxes December 10, 17, 2020

Notice of Public Sale

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC. Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned is hereby given notice that a public lien sale of the following personal property will be held online at storageauctions.net and will end at the hour of 10 AM on the 5th Day of January, 2021 where said property has been stored and which are located at: Traffic Way Storage, 5395 Traffic Way, Atascadero, CA 93422 County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, the following Cody Brown Skateboards, long board skateboard, tools, telescope, wood flooring, flooring underlayment, paint supplies, dart board, duffle bags, misc boxes/bins

LEGAL NOTICES Fredrick King Men’s & women’s clothing, misc bags/boxes/bins Fredrick King Men’s & women’s clothing, misc bags/boxes/bins Fredrick King Sleeping bags, bedding, men’s & women’s clothing, misc bags/ boxes/bins Ricardo M Hiatt Gun case, golf clubs, toolbox, rugs, easy chair, armoire, table, mini fridge, kitchen appliances, fan, household goods, dolly, sports equipment, toys, baby stroller, luggage, holiday decorations, luggage, misc boxes/bins December 10, 17, 2020

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 2014-06228-CA A.P.N.:025-523-061 Property Address: 139 Via Fuchsia, Paso Robles, CA 93446

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: CHARLES SMIT AND SASKIA SMIT, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 06/10/2005 as Instrument No. 2005047542 in book —-, page—and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 01/21/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: IN THE BREEZEWAY ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES BLDG. LOCATED AT 1087 SANTA ROSA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 887,117.05 THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 139 Via Fuchsia, Paso Robles, CA 93446 A.P.N.: 025-523-061 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any,

LEGAL NOTICES shown above.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 887,117.05.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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 automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

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 (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2014-06228-CA. 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 or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: October 8, 2020 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www.altisource. com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx _________________________ ___________________ Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2020-2398 OLD FILE NO. 2017-1495 Upstairs Dining and Lounge, Upstairs Catering, 815 Palm St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 06/14/2017. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Upstairs Endeavors, LLC (516 Mitchell Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted by A Limited Liability Company /s/ Leslie D. Gullikson, Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-02-2020. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

By JA. Anderson, Deputy Clerk.

December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: John H. Pascale and Does 1-20, Inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: Jaleah Brynn CASE NUMBER: 20LC0659

Notice! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond in 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

CASE NUMBER: 20-LC-0659 The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 1050 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Andrew W. Hays 1220 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-541-3400 Date: 10/27/2020 By: /s/ Michael Powell, Clerk /s/ Matthew K. Zepeda, Deputy Clerk November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020, 2020

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 2016-01804-CA A.P.N.:092-137-008 Property Address: 759 Viola Court, Nipomo, CA 93444

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04/04/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Gerald L. Davis And Linda J. Davis, Husband And Wife As Joint Tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 04/18/2007 as Instrument No. 2007026248 in book —-, page—and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 01/21/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: IN THE BREEZEWAY ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES BLDG. LOCATED AT 1087 SANTA ROSA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 449,900.86 THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 759 Viola Court, Nipomo, CA 93444 A.P.N.: 092-137-008 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 449,900.86.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening

LEGAL NOTICES bid may be less than the total debt.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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 automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

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 (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2016-01804-CA. 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 or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: September 25, 2020 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx __________________________ _______________ Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 2020-01308-CA A.P.N.:040-143-044 Property Address: 717 MARQUITA AVENUE, TEMPLETON, CA 93465

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY

LEGAL NOTICES IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/17/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: BRUCE A.R. NESBITT, AN UNMARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 06/01/2006 as Instrument No. 2006038813 in book —-, page—and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 02/11/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: IN THE BREEZEWAY ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES BLDG. LOCATED AT 1087 SANTA ROSA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 877,970.28 THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE:

LEGAL NOTICES which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

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 (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2020-01308-CA. 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 or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: December 3, 2020 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx

All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as:

Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

December 17, 24, & 31, 2020

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 717 MARQUITA AVENUE, TEMPLETON, CA 93465 A.P.N.: 040-143-044

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0622

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Gerard John Joseph Horn II filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Gerard John Joseph Horn II to PROPOSED NAME: Jay Horn

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 877,970.28.

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.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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 automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: January 20, 2021, 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: November 30, 2020 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court December 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0635

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Paris Naomi Valencia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Paris Naomi Valencia to PROPOSED NAME: Orellana Nahomy Valencia 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

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LEGAL NOTICES the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: January 20, 2021, 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: December 08, 2020 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021

SUMMONS (Family Law) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name): John Christopher Ritchason You have been sued. Read the information below and on the next page.

Petitioner’s name is: Pamela June Ritchason Case Number: 20FL-0502

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE: Restraining orders are on page 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders.

They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

1. The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Luis Obispo 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney are: Pamela June Ritchason 1866 7th St. Los Osos, CA 93402 805-801-3965 Date: October 26, 2020 /s/ Michael Powell, Clerk, by Shauna Kruse, Deputy November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2020-2315 OLD FILE NO. 2016-2551 C & C Landscaping, 282 Templeton Cemetery Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 11/02/2016. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Chelsey Lee Clagg (282 Templeton Cemetery Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Chelsey Lee Clagg.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-2020. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

By S. Currens, Deputy Clerk.

November 26, December 3, 10, & 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0637

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Christopher James Engelking filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Christopher James Engelking to PROPOSED NAME: Christopher James Wyse 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 20, 2021, 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: December 10, 2020 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 20CV-0640

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Judith Nelson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Judith Nelson to PROPOSED NAME: Judi Nelson 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: April 1, 2021, 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: December 11, 2020 /s/: Ginger E. Garrett, Judge of the Superior Court December 17, 24, 31, 2020 & January 7, 2021

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1. To translate your recent discoveries into practical plans. 2.

To channel your new-found freedom into strategies that will ensure freedom will last. 3. To infuse the details of daily life with the big visions you’ve harvested recently. What will you name your temporary god?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Virginia Woolf said that we don’t wholly experience the unique feelings that arise in any particular moment. They take a while to completely settle in, unfold, and expand. From her perspective, then, we rarely “have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” With that as your starting point, Taurus, I invite you to take a journey through the last 11 months and thoroughly evolve all the emotions that weren’t entirely ripe when they originally appeared. Now is an excellent time to deepen your experience of what has already happened; to fully bloom the seeds that have been planted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Wonder is a bulky emotion,” writes author Diane Ackerman. “When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn’t room for anxiety, distress, or anything else.”

I’d love for you to use her observation as a prescription in 2021, Gemini. According to my understanding of the coming year’s astrological portents, you will have more natural access to wonder and amazement and awe than you’ve had in a long time. And it would make me happy to see you rouse those primal emotions with vigor—so much so that you drive away at least some of the flabby emotions like anxiety, which are often more neurotic than real.

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If for some inexplicable reason you have not enjoyed a relationship like this before now, I urge you to make 2021 the year that you finally do. And if you have indeed been lucky in this regard, I bet you’ll be even luckier in 2021. Here’s Frida: “You deserve a lover who wants you disheveled ... who makes you feel safe ... who wants to dance with you ... who never gets tired of studying your expressions ... who listens when you sing, who supports you when you feel shame and respects your freedom ... who takes away the lies and brings you hope.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2019, singer Ariana Grande got Japanese characters tattooed on her palm. She believed them to be a translation of the English phrase “7 Rings,” which was the title of a song she had released. But knowledgeable observers later informed her that the tattoo’s real meaning was “small charcoal grill.” She arranged to have alterations made, but the new version was worse: “Japanese barbecue grill finger.” I offer you this story for two reasons, Leo. First, I applaud the creativity and innovative spirit that have been flowing through you. Second, I want to make sure that you keep them on the right track—that they continue to express what you want them to express. With proper planning and discernment, they will.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While sleeping, most of us have over a thousand dreams every year. Many are hard to remember and not worth remembering. But a beloved few can be life-changers. They have the potential to trigger epiphanies that transform our destinies for the better. In my astrological opinion, you are now in a phase when such dreams are more likely than usual. That’s why I invite you to keep a recorder or a pen and notebook by your bed so as to capture them. For

inspiration, read this testimony from Jasper Johns, whom some call America’s “foremost living artist”: “One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.” Painting flags ultimately became one of Johns’ specialties.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I composed a prayer that’s in alignment with your current astrological omens. If it feels right, say it daily for the next 10 days. Here it is: “Dear Higher Self, Guardian Angel, and Future Me: Please show me how to find or create the key to the part of my own heart that’s locked up. Reveal the secret to dissolving any inhibitions that interfere with my ability to feel all I need to feel. Make it possible for me to get brilliant insights into truths that will enable me to lift my intimate alliances to the next level.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author Herman Hesse observed, “Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world.” I hope you will prove him wrong in 2021, Scorpio. According to my reading of astrological omens, the rhythms of life will be in alignment with yours if you do indeed make bold attempts to favor music over noise, joy over pleasure, soul over gold, creative work over business, passion over foolery. Moreover, I think this will be your perfect formula for success—a strategy that will guarantee you’ll feel at home in the world more than ever before.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to researcher Nick Watts and his documentary film The Human Footprint, the average person speaks more than 13 million words in a lifetime, or about 4,300 per day. But I suspect and hope that your output will increase in 2021. I think you’ll have more to say than usual—more truths to articulate, more observations to express, more experiences to describe. So please raise your daily quota of self-expression to account for your expanded capacity to share your intelligence with the world.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Our thinking should have a vigorous fragrance, like a wheat field on a summer’s night,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. I encourage you to adopt that joyful mandate as your own. It’s a perfect time to throw out stale opinions and moldy ideas as you make room for an aromatic array of fresh, spicy notions. To add to your bliss, get rid of musty old feelings and decaying dreams and stinky judgments. That brave cleansing will make room for the arrival of crisp insights that smell really good.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Have you heard the term “catastrophize”?

It refers to when people experience a small setback or minor problem but interpret it as being a major misfortune. It’s very important that you not engage in catastrophizing during the coming weeks. I urge you to prevent your imagination from jumping to awful conclusions that aren’t warranted. Use deep breathing and logical thinking to coax yourself into responding calmly. Bonus tip: In my view, the small “setback” you experience could lead to an unexpected opportunity— especially if you resist the temptation to catastrophize.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My Buddhist friend Marcia says the ultimate goal of her meditation practice is to know that the material world is an illusion and that there is no such thing “I” or “you,” no past or future. There is only the quality-less ground of being. My Sufi friend Roanne, on the other hand, is a devotee of the poet Rumi. The ultimate goal of her meditation practice is to be in intimate contact, in tender loving communion, with the Divine Friend, the personal face of the Cosmic Intelligence. Given your astrological omens, Pisces, I’d say you’re in a prime position to experience the raw truth of both Marcia’s and Roanne’s ideals. The coming days could bring you amazing spiritual breakthroughs! ∆

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