New Times, July 20, 2023

BY ADRIAN VINCENT ROSAS

Editor’s note

INFRASTRUCTURE

IMPACT According to SLOCOG Transportation Manager Sarah Sanders, the Housing and Improvement Plan draft could help cities like Paso Robles optimize and meet state housing development mandates.

What will the future of affordable housing look like in SLO County? Where will the projects go and how will they be funded? The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments is attempting to answer those questions and more about development in the county through a housing and infrastructure plan it’s presenting to cities this month before it takes it to the county Board of Supervisors. However, not everyone agrees with the way it was put together. Staff Writer Adrian Vincent Rosas talks to SLOCOG and plan detractors [8]. This week, you can also read about the projects meant to floodproof the Arroyo Grande Creek channel [9], generational explorations at SLOMA [24], and House of Bread’s second spot in SLO [30]

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Grand jury gives 11 recommendations to fix safe parking site flaws

The San Luis Obispo County civil grand jury is not pleased with the Oklahoma Avenue Safe Parking Site—so much so that it recommended a list of 11 changes for county officials to make.

In the report “Safe Parking? Oklahoma is not OK!” the grand jury detailed its investigation of the site—a county pilot project that opened in August 2021 near the Sheriff’s Office that aimed to temporarily shelter unhoused people living out of their vehicles. The SLO County Board of Supervisors approved responses to some of the grand jury’s suggestions at its July 18 meeting.

The deaths of two program participants—one in an RV fire February 2022 and the other the result of an alleged drug overdose in April 2022—coupled with the lack of a comprehensive formal assessment of the parking site by county officials, their intention to open more parking sites in the future, and residents’ complaints in local media reports sparked the grand jury’s scrutiny.

“While Oklahoma Avenue Parking Village is slated to close, the need has not diminished over the

past 18 months and is likely to increase,” the grand jury report read. “How will San Luis Obispo County address vehicular homelessness in the future?”

Maintaining round-the-clock security became a significant point of interest for the grand jury. Through interviews, site visits, and analyzing participant outcomes and documents, meeting minutes, and videos, it found that the Sheriff’s Office responded 493 times to on-site incidents in the first 15 months of the program’s opening.

The county contracted with Condor Security of America when it established the safe parking site. At $20,000 a month for security, it was the single largest expense for the project, according to the grand jury report. When Condor exceeded its contract amount, the county replaced it with Good Guard Security last year. Security coverage then fluctuated from three shifts a day to one, and finally a reinstatement of 24/7 surveillance. Good Guard filed 90 incident reports with the county about problematic situations with residents and visitors.

“It should be noted that the county received

no incident reports during the period that the participants provided night security and reports completed by security guards disappeared from the guard shack,” the grand jury report read.

The grand jury went on to recommend that along with constant security from a licensed security contractor, the Homeless Services Division should conduct monthly reviews to assess the adequacy of and address any security deficiencies.

Homeless Services responded to this recommendation, claiming that they already carry out the suggestions. However, the department stated it will begin a more formal security review process starting Aug. 1. Based on other recommendations, the division will also update the program participant contract and conduct an analysis of parked RVs that are “running and registered” by that same date.

“We have always maintained daily contact with the owners of the guard company and/or the assigned guard,” Homeless Services’ response stated. “We address concerns as soon as we hear about them, and we do regular check-ins to determine how the service is going.”

Homeless Services rejected one of the grand jury’s recommendations because it cannot be legally implemented, according to the response statement. The grand jury is concerned about the welfare of minors at the safe parking site because of the alleged presence of “rampant substance abuse and drugs,” and “violence and threats of violence.”

“To compound the danger to these minor children, known sex offenders have resided at the site, without notice provided to other participants,” the grand jury report read. “If there are still children living on-site during this closure period, they should immediately be moved to a safe environment.”

However, Homeless Services claimed that it couldn’t remove minors from the site because of the intricate network involving Child Welfare Services, law enforcement, and the court system. Its response said that Child Welfare Services can only separate a child from the adult they are living with if a completed investigation proves that the adult has abused them.

“[It] must receive a report that alleges specific abuse or neglect against a specific child that rises to the level that would require an in-person response,” Homeless Services stated.

Without such a report, Child Welfare Services is unable to take action.

A mixture of county departments addressed the remaining 10 suggestions. Along with Homeless Services, the county Administrative Office, the Public Health Department, and Cal Fire reviewed the grand jury recommendations.

Some of these include conducting monthly inspections of the site for potential health and safety violations from July or August, and completing the county’s fire analysis by Nov. 30.

“An essential step at the conclusion of any pilot program is to identify lessons learned in order to avoid repeating missteps and to determine the best path forward,” the grand jury report said.

“The findings and recommendations in this report by the grand jury are meant to contribute to that process.” ∆

—Bulbul Rajagopal

County upholds denial of subdivision plan for SLO synagogue property

A proposed subdivision of Congregation Beth David’s property in SLO will not get off the ground after the Board of Supervisors heard details of the plan on July 18.

The county Planning Commission first rejected

the proposal in March, which prompted property leasee John Rourke to file an appeal. In the appeal, Rourke cited a state code that would allow the subdivisions under the pretense of housing development due to population density per individual parcel.

“This density bonus applies to any property that provides residential use,” Rourke said to the board. “The state has its rules and we are following those

rules [in our proposal] but we are hitting a brick wall.” Rourke and his agent, Scott Stokes of Above Grade Engineering, told the board that they only wanted the board to reverse the denial so they could continue the conversation with the Planning Commission on the next steps for the proposal on the Los Osos Valley Road property. However, the staff report countered the claim and

DANGEROUS LIVING The Oklahoma safe parking site caught the SLO County civil grand jury’s scrutiny following two on-site resident fatalities. They are memorialized in front of the site.

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Terry Neil Land

Withsadness we announce the passing of Terry Neil Land on June 30, 2023, at Memorial Hospital of Gardena. Born in Los Angeles Sept. 6, 1952, to Fred and Gladys. He lived in Inglewood, CA until age 3 when they moved to San Luis Obispo, CA in 1955. They moved to Shell Beach for several years with a 2-year gap living in San Pedro where his father was a parole officer. They then moved back to the same home in Shell Beach and lived there until moving to San Luis Obispo in 1965.

Terry graduated with the Class of 1970 at San Luis Obispo High School where he participated in wrestling and liked to participate in unsanctioned boxing when he got the chance.

He also lived in Torrance, CA with his Aunt Mary and Uncle George Norman and his Cousin Greg Norman for a few years after high school graduation. After moving back to the coast, he worked for PG&E for several years at the Morro Bay Powerhouse as a Mechanic. He loved animals. He had ferrets and dogs, his favorite dog was Butterbean, a chihuahua. He had red tailed hawks in the trees behind his mobile

home on Higuera Street and he could whistle for them, and they would fly down for a treat in the creek!

Due to health complications, he spent about 3 years in a recovery home in Gardena. He was still sharp mentally, but he had respiratory problems and other health issues that required full time care.

He is survived by his brother Larry Land, Cousin Greg Norman (Kathy) of Paso Robles and Patricia Haugen (Murphy) of Oceanside. There will be a Celebration of Life posted on Facebook soon, no funeral services. •

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cited county code that would not allow the 92 acres of land to be split into 20-acre parcels regardless of the state law due to county provisions.

“The basis for the whole proposal cannot be arrived at with any reasonable interpretation of the [state] code,” Project Planner Cheryl Ku told the board. “Rourke believes that they could use [state code]— which allows for two residential units in agriculture parcels of 20 acres or larger, but this is not correct.”

Ku added that even after he had been informed of this, Rourke continued the development of the proposal—something he and Stokes said they only did to get the attention of the Planning Commission, which they claim had not responded to their further request for discussion after the denial.

“The only reason we completed the plan was because there was no more conversation … we were supposed to get a response in 30 days, and we waited six or seven months,” Rourke told the supervisors. “My only option to get them to answer was to have the plan be complete.”

Ku says that despite not seeing the need to review the completed proposal Rourke submitted, the county did look it over but ultimately ruled that again they couldn’t approve the logic being applied to justify the subdivisions.

“They believe the county failed to review water and wastewater issues, and while there were concerns with them regarding this project, the issue would only come into play if the theoretical basis for their argument was correct—it was not,” Ku said.

The staff report also addressed Rourke and Stokes’ claim of lack of communication while noting that most of the information submitted in the completed plan regarding water on the property was almost 20 years old.

“The county did review water and wastewater documents that were submitted, a response was sent to the appellant—there was no response. In January 2023, there was no health clearance letter or response to concerns [sent in]—again no response ” Ku said. “The information they had submitted to us [that prompted these concerns] was from a 20-year-old source.”

Even with that taken into consideration, Ku reiterated that any discussion past whether or not the subdivisions were approvable would not matter.

“No part of this project is approvable, since the map relies on density bonuses which do not exist,” she said. “So to argue about

the ability to approve very small parcels for residential development on agricultural land is premature.”

Even if the proposal did qualify, Ku told the board it would still conflict with the county’s open space policies and ultimately would not be approved regardless.

“This property cannot be divided and cannot be qualified as a density bonus project,” she said. “If somehow the basis of their reasoning was legit, we would look at the proposal in terms of resource impacts— and those conflict with county open space policy.”

Citing the staff report and confirmation from legal counsel regarding the state density bonus code, the board voted unanimously 5-0 to uphold the proposal’s denial.

—Adrian Rosas

County and state support new downtown SLO courthouse

The wheels are in motion for the San Luis Obispo Courthouse Annex to undergo a major overhaul.

Come December 2029, court operations and courtrooms in the Monterey Street annex and two offsite staff office locations will be replaced or consolidated by a new 12-courtroom courthouse spanning 145,000 feet. The annex is the SLO Superior Court’s largest facility, but it’s riddled with flaws, according to the Judicial Council of California (JCC).

For starters, the annex is rated as a Federal Emergency Management Emergency highrisk seismically deficient building.

“[It] is substantially out of compliance with regulatory safety, seismic, accessibility codes, and Judicial Council space standards,” JCC’s project overview read.

Other issues illustrated are an undersized lobby and limited space for entrance screening for the volume of daily visitors. The courtrooms are too small, with inefficient layouts and cramped space for jurors to gather and deliberate. Attorneyclient interview rooms aren’t secure either, according to the JCC. The general lack of space and subsequent overcrowding caused the court to place a portion of its staff within two offsite offices.

The project requires 2.5 acres of available land in the city of SLO. On July 11 and 18, the county Board of Supervisors and the SLO City Council, respectively, supported the JCC acquiring a county-owned parcel of land in downtown SLO where the new courthouse is proposed to be constructed. The county identified that piece of property as 1144

Monterey St., which is the Kimball Motors site. According to county Administrative Analyst Zachary Lute, following negotiations, Kimball Motors will vacate and move to a new location a block down the street.

The project budget is estimated to be almost $292 million provided by the state. It’s part of a statewide JCC effort to prioritize courts in different California counties to receive funding from state legislation to improve facilities.

“This project is in the ‘immediate need’ priority group and consequently is one of the highest priority trial court capital-outlay projects for the judicial branch,” JCC’s project website said.

With the generous budget, city, county, and state officials hope to improve security measures; relieve overcrowding; provide safe internal circulation that maintains separate zone for the public, staff, and people in custody; create adequately sized public waiting areas; and have ADA accessible spaces.

The proposed courthouse creation project is currently in the acquisition phase. The performance criteria phase is expected to begin in January 2025, with construction to start in January 2026.

—Bulbul Rajagopal

Health care workers picket for better working conditions, pay increase

Health care workers from Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton joined thousands of others across California in a mass picketing movement on Wednesday, July 19.

“Across California and the nation, health care workers have been making their voices heard at unprecedented levels,” Maria Leal told New Times

The United Healthcare Workers West communications specialist said the rally is just one of multiple statewide efforts being made by health care workers to obtain better working conditions, better pay, and more staff assistance.

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“We want Tenet management to work with us to ensure more staffing and improve pay,” Leal said. “That way health care workers stay at our hospitals, and new workers want to come here.”

Kicking off on July 11 at another Tenet Healthcare facility, Sierra Vista Reginal Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, the rallies consist of health care workers from all experience levels pushing for renewed talks with Tenet management.

“We want to go back to the bargaining table,” Leal said. “We’re counting on management to work with us for our patients, our community, and our fellow health care workers.”

One of the picketers at a hospital in Turlock said that the workers feel they have done more than enough—citing the efforts of the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic as reason enough to demand some of the treatment they desire.

“We put our lives at risk during the pandemic and were called ‘heroes,’” Respiratory Therapist Bridgete Lamere said in a statement. “We are calling on our employers to increase their investments in workers.”

In addition to the effects of the pandemic, Leal said workers have been dropping out of the industry at an alarming rate.

“Health care workers are burned out and leaving the industry,” she said. “We want Tenet to provide pay that keeps up with inflation and the cost of living so we can continue to do our job.”

Leal said United Healthcare Workers West understands that residents might have concerns about the picketing efforts taking away from actual care being provided to those in immediate need, but that ultimately those workers need to be supported by their higher-ups in order to provide the best care possible.

“Caregivers are committed to working with their employer to continue providing the best patient care possible,” she said. “But to do that we have to work together to ensure workers have the support they need to accomplish that.”

The easiest way to do that according to Leal is to hire more staff. In doing so, many workers expect that the intense workdays and stressful overtime sessions would be less frequent.

“We need more staff,” she said. “We want management to work with us in our hospitals to ensure more staffing.”

In the end, Leal hopes that this picketing movement will lead to the outcome the health care workers desire and spark a continued effort across the United States to ensure that those who care for residents in their most dire moments receive proper compensation and care in return.

“Too many health care workers are leaving because they are burned out and need support,” she said. ∆

—Adrian Rosas

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SLOCOG’s housing development plan garners questions as funding deadline nears

San Luis Obispo County may have a new tool to help assist with its everpresent housing development struggles, according to Sarah Sanders.

“It’s effectively a means of convenience for planning housing,” the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments’ (SLOCOG) transportation manager said “My hope is that this tool will help make housing planning a little bit easier.”

SLOCOG’s Housing and Infrastructure Plan (HIP) aims to consolidate and adapt housing, transportation, and infrastructure data while figuring out how the county can best use grants and existing funding to meet state housing requirements.

Atascadero is one of the seven cities— including SLO city, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, and Morro Bay—that SLOCOG wants to gather support from before the HIP is presented to the county Board of Supervisors in August.

It was the second city on the HIP’s tour around the county, and questions surrounding the “living document,” its data, and its intent have proven to be as much of a roadblock as the issue the plan hopes to address.

“While the city supports the regional effort to address the need for expanded housing and infrastructure throughout the county, we have a number of concerns regarding the methodology and data used to create the recommendations in the report presented to the City Council at the July 11 meeting,”

Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno told New Times.

At that July 11 meeting, Councilmember Charles Bourbeau questioned the number of Atascadero-related housing and infrastructure projects included in the HIP versus other cities like San Luis Obispo.

“My concern is that this list looks like it was taken page for page from a SLO city capital projects improvement list,” Bourbeau said at the July 11 meeting. “I see one Atascadero-related transportation project, then I see 20-some SLO high-priority transportation projects, so how exactly is this data going to be used if this is what we are being given to support?”

Both the SLOCOG representative at the meeting and Sanders said that, while SLOCOG would be taking input into account

from each of the cities involved in order to ensure the HIP made sense for every party involved, the short time frame SLOCOG had to develop the document may be the source of some of the concern.

Initially set into motion in 2019, the HIP draft is centered on goals formed when SLO County, SLOCOG, and the seven cities agreed to a compact that would facilitate and optimize the housing development process for the upcoming Regional Housing Needs Allocation cycle. The state-mandated cycle requires a certain number of affordable housing units to be built per year per region based on local needs with the next cycle coming in 2028.

The HIP was developed with the help of a 2020 state grant that focused on accelerating housing development to meet the housing needs allocation cycle requirements.

“It’s a combination of an inventory of infrastructure barriers, funding to implement housing allocations, development of foundational information to meet that housing allocation, and what affordable housing actually means for our region,” Sanders said.

But then COVID-19 shifted county focus away from housing. Sanders said the pandemic effectively stalled out development of the HIP until January of this year, giving SLOCOG less than six months to assemble a plan and prepare presentations.

“Because of the pandemic, housing momentum got pushed to the side,” she said. “We essentially had a year left to spend this money we were granted in 2020 once [momentum] started up again, and while we are open to concerns and potential adjustments, we have fulfilled what we set out to do.”

But now that the initial HIP draft is complete, SLOCOG still needs the cities’ support and the county to formally adopt the plan and secure future funding before the 2020 grant money runs out.

Sanders noted it was never SLOCOG’s intention to decide which projects seemed more important in the HIP, noting that all of the data contained within the HIP was provided directly by the individual cities.

“The HIP does not have land use

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authority—in fact, it just takes all information cities have already provided to us by planning and public works departments,” she said. “We have decided to move away from the prioritization projections as it was causing unnecessary concern, and my hope is that this will alleviate some of the tension that was created from ranking projects from high, medium, and low.”

According to Sanders, the HIP doesn’t currently have the data to support what projects—whether housing or infrastructure related—should be prioritized over others.

“Further prioritization of projects needs to have future conversations, and that is something we will address once we have that data,” Sanders said. “The money that funded this plan is tied to accelerating housing development, so we need to focus on that. We would like to add economic development data in the future, but right now that data is not here.”

Mayor Moreno told New Times that Atascadero still plans on working with SLOCOG to reach their common goal of meeting housing requirements.

“We hope to work with SLOCOG in refining the inputs to the Housing and Infrastructure Plan to help tackle the barriers to responsible, sustainably developed affordable housing that meets Atascadero’s unique needs,” Moreno said.

Sanders stressed that city and SLOCOG camaraderie will help cities realize which projects share common ground to streamline grant application and planning processes.

“We just wanted to look at it at a regional level and see where we can meet, that way if there was a grant or program we could apply to together we could,” she said. “We have done this with housing planners in recent months, and it has allowed us to work ahead and begin applying for grants early because we are working together.”

She expects questions and comments to continue with each presentation, but with some adjustments, Sanders said she hopes that everyone involved can move forward as they continue to address SLO County’s housing crisis.

“This is the first plan of its kind, so we are taking on something that no one else has tried and that does make it a little more challenging than previous efforts,” she said. “It’s an ever-evolving document that is designed to be adapted and adjusted based on how much data and information we can gather with the funding it has.”

Ultimately it—as with most countywide processes, according to Sanders—is an ongoing process.

“We will continue to do more outreach, whether that’s to advocacy groups or city governments or residents … we want to get more feedback from the local community,” Sanders said. “I don’t think people realize how much cities in our county have in common with each other compared to Monterey and Santa Barbara counties. I think once they do realize— especially with plans like the one we have been presenting—we can begin to work together to get far more done than we would otherwise.” ∆

Reach Staff Writer Adrian Vincent Rosas at arosas@newtimesslo.com.

HOUSING HEADACHE SLOCOG is hopeful that, should the newly drafted Housing and Improvement Plan be adopted, efforts like the San Luis Ranch development could benefit from more coordinated grant application efforts for affordable housing.

learn more about the Housing Improvement Plan and when future meetings will be held, and to access a fully interactive design map, visit slocog.org.

Creek cures

An estimated almost $7 million price tag for post-storm damage repairs hovers over Arroyo Grande Creek. The series of winter rainstorms starting Jan. 9 wreaked havoc on San Luis Obispo County. The Arroyo Grande Creek swelled with an overabundance of water that broke through the south side of the creek levee that same day. A series of speedy fixes throughout the remainder of winter and spring temporarily plugged the levee, and it held for the rest of the wet season. Now that the land surrounding the creek channel is finally dry enough, county officials are left to deal with the additional damage and safeguard the future of the levee.

The plan is a two-part repair mission, and the county Board of Supervisors authorized both phases to proceed on June 20 and July 11, respectively.

Phase One is an attempt to remove 11,100 cubic yards of accumulated sediment and debris from the channel because it reduced the creek’s capacity, especially downstream of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge. It’s expected to cost $1.8 million.

Phase Two anticipates long-term repairs for the levee by installing hydraulic barriers in different compromised portions to protect against seepage and more erosion. The county estimates this project to cost $4.9 million.

Brandon Zuniga, a water resources engineer for the Public Works Department, told New Times that clearing the sediment is critical because of an impending climate pattern that will heat up the atmosphere.

“Looking at projections for this coming winter, with the El Niño forming and expected to be a moderate to high El Niño event, we’ve got a lot of reason to go ahead and try to remove as much sediment that has accumulated since the WMP [waterway management plan] was constructed in 2019 and 2020,” Zuniga said.

The management plan dates to 2010 and is a comprehensive set of actions designed to improve the capacity of the levee. Zuniga said that Public Works officials had to wait to remove sediment until the land near the creek channel was dry. Waiting for the driest part of the season is in accordance with the management plan, he added, so that there’s minimal impact to endangered species—like the steelhead trout—in the creek.

“All of the emergency actions that we took, none of it involved sediment removal,” he said. “There were debris jams that we removed, repairs to the levee structures that we did but when it’s wet, that kind of sediment removal work is a bit harder to do.”

Still, even the management plan—a documented effort to provide flood protection for up to a 20-year storm event in tandem with enhancing water quality and

sensitive species—couldn’t predict the extent of the damage.

“[The sediment removal work] doesn’t quite fit with the waterway management program because the amount of sediment we’re removing is larger than what it was designed as, especially since this year was so crazy,” Zuniga said with a laugh.

The goal of the first phase is to restore freeboard space—the distance between the top of the levee and the water surface elevation—along different sections of the channel and bring it back to the level it was at during 2020 when the management plan was constructed.

“Under a 10-year flooding event, the water surface elevation should be 2 feet from the top of the levee,” Zuniga said.

Removing debris is also urgent because the creek capacity at the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge decreased thanks to the sediment load. One of the identified alternatives that the management plan provided for 20-year flood protection was raising the levee by another foot.

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“But if they raised the levee another foot on each side, they have to raise a variety of bridges … Highway 1 Bridge, 22nd Bridge, and Union Pacific Railroad Bridge as well,” Zuniga said.

“The day that the levee breached, we saw flows well above the railroad trestle.”

Another reason for the urgency: Lopez Lake is full.

“Our engineers have estimated that it will probably be around 87 percent capacity by the time we get to the winter season,” he said. “Lopez Lake will likely spill again this coming winter season, so we have to get in there and try to restore capacity before that happens.”

Sediment and debris removal work will begin over September and October, and

Public Works staff must be out of the creek by Oct. 31, which marks the beginning of the rainy season. The construction schedule for levee repairs is yet to be determined.

Public Works has received a state earmark of $1.2 million for the Arroyo Grande Creek levee. It’s also working with a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) project manager to receive more funding. Zuniga said his department expects to receive FEMA funding of at least a 75 percent price match.

Public Works is preparing for hypothetical financial scenarios too. If additional finances are required for both phases, the county Flood Control District and the creek’s Water Conservation District plan to approach the Board of Supervisors for a loan. The Flood Control District is a separate entity from the county. There is a legal divide even though both are staffed by Public Works officials. That separation allows for the district and the county to have different grant and project managers, according to Zuniga.

Even though the original management plan was financed through money cobbled together from grants and taxes on property owners living in the flood control zone, Zuniga told New Times that Public Works is determined to create a funding scheme that’s not too reliant on those property owners.

“That budget is not quite the largest, especially with Oceano being a disadvantaged community,” he said. “We don’t want to increase taxes; we’re trying to find grant opportunities for anything that will help us provide more flood protection.” ∆

Reach Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal at brajagopal@newtimesslo.com.

Arroyo Grande Creek will undergo a two-stage sediment removal and levee repair process as county Public Works assesses post-rainstorm damage

DRENCHED When the Arroyo Grande Creek Channel swelled and broke the levee this past January, water inundated agricultural fields and some residential neighborhoods in Oceano. The unincorporated town is still dealing with the sediment and debris left behind after the water receded.

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Animal connection

Growing up in Vermont, Chelsea Montgomery started riding horses when she was 5 years old.

“That was just it for me,” Montgomery said. “You know, they say you either have horse DNA or you don’t. I do.”

Montgomery has more than just horse DNA—she loves all animals. She’s taught kids to ride horses, worked at vets offices, and run a horse boarding ranch in her life. And now, her spot in Atascadero, The Shady Oaks Farm, has horses, miniature horses, goats, alpacas, and more. Since 2021, Shady Oaks has invited the public in to share that love through goat and horse tours and a new kind of artistic endeavor: The Art of the Horse.

“Use the horse as your canvas,” Montgomery said.

You can literally paint a horse at The Shady Oaks Farm.

Her daughter came up with the activity one day as they were driving home from Fresno, where they’d gone to look at a miniature horse. Montgomery was originally going to offer miniature horse driving at the farm, but it didn’t quite work out.

“The miniature horse that we bought decided she didn’t want to be driven,” Montgomery said with a laugh. “She crashed a couple of times.”

As they were coming back from a failed attempt at purchasing another mini, they brainstormed other ideas that the public might enjoy participating in. Her daughter suggested that people could paint their horses.

“I literally said, ‘That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard of,’” she said. “I told my friends about it, and they thought it was brilliant.”

Turns out, everybody likes it, even the horses. Montgomery compared it to having a facial, where the clay mask gets painted onto your face. It’s soothing and soft, and the horses often fall asleep as people paint them.

Usually, depending on the size of the group of painters, each horse accommodates four people. Shady Oaks can host kids and family paint events as well as paint and sip get-togethers, where a group of friends brings their own wine, and she provides the hypoallergenic paint, horses, and snacks.

“For many people, it’s intimidating to have such a large, blank canvas,” she said. “You come, we meet all the horse, and there’s some people that a full-sized horse is really scary. So we use the miniature horses for them, and also the kids.”

In addition to three miniature horses and a handful of Iberian horses, Shady Oaks is also home to more than 22 goats. They get milked daily and are the Get Your Goat Tour stars. Both the horse and goat tours are hands on, where you can learn more about the animals and meet them.

The Shady Oaks Farm doubles as a spot for goat and horse breeding, with the goats getting bred once a year and the horses much less often. She said one of her horses might get bred every couple of years.

Montgomery purchased the property in 2018, after she and her husband divorced and they sold their horse boarding facility and ranch. She said she made an attempt to live in town with her kids, two dogs, and two cats but didn’t last very long. They missed the open space and being surrounded by horses, goats, and more.

“I don’t know how to function without them,” Montgomery said. “There’s something so cyclical, there’s a cadence and rhythm to your life when you have animals, especially livestock, that depend on you.”

She added that she couldn’t have pursued her dream of having the farm without her mother, Marguerite Lyons, who passed away in 2019. Lyons was a local artist, so it’s fitting that her love for art lives on at Shady Oaks with The Art of a Horse.

“It’s kind of an homage,” she said. “It kind of brings full circle to my family to bring my mom, art back into [our] lives.”

Check out the theshadyoaksfarm. com to book a tour, and visit the farm on Instagram @theshadyoaksfarm. The Shady Oaks Farm is offering 20 percent off to customers who make an Art of the Horse booking before the end July. The event can be for any time, it just needs to be booked in July.

Fast fact

• Mathnasium of Atascadero is open for business, serving children ages 2 to 12 and focusing solely on math with the belief that virtually any child can exceed in mathematics. The Mathnasium is currently hiring math instructors for the summer and fall. The Mathnasium Method, implemented at more than 1,115 Mathnasium centers worldwide, provides each child with a customized learning plan and personalized instruction in a way that makes sense to them. Every child is assessed to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses, and the results provide the foundation for their personalized learning plan. To learn more, call Michael Rosen at (805) 471-6108 or drop into the center at 7041 El Camino Real. ∆

Reach Editor Camillia Lanham at clanham@newtimesslo.com.

PAINT ON Sip and paint hits a little different at The Shady Oaks Farm in Atascadero, where a horse is your canvas.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHELSEA MONTGOMERY

BY JEAN’NE BLACKWELL

An open letter to the California Public Utilities Commission about Diablo Canyon

What do you do with the comments you get from the public? Are you legally obligated to take public comments into consideration when you make a decision? Who is your boss? Who appointed you? Who pays your salary? What do you do with expert advice that proves Diablo Canyon Power Plant is not safe, sits on faults, proves it needs to be on life support in order to continue, can never be fail-safe because of its age, has breached its promise to shut down by 2024-25, and failed to honor its good faith agreement by asking for an extension.

All the billions donated to Diablo from

BY JOHN TEXEIRA

Shut it down Keep it open

state and federal taxpayer dollars should: 1. Invest in securing a safe waste disposal, and

2. Invest in a safe alternative energy resource that has a zero harm output. All that is possible. All the technology to operate at zero harm is readily available and applicable. And PG&E should be held legally responsible for ensuring all employees are financially compensated for one year after Diablo is shut down.

All energy and resources should be concentrated on shutting down by the previously agreed upon time of 2024-25 or sooner. PG&E cannot be trusted to honor its commitment as is demonstrated by its

failure to meet the terms and conditions of this contract. There is no good faith between the parties, and that is an absolutely essential component to a valid and legitimate contract.

PG&E is a convicted felon. Where is the honor, integrity, and good character component necessary for a valid contract?

Allowing, by means of a legislative mandate, for Diablo to continue beyond the originally agreed upon time is a breach of trust, faith, and oath of office by elected officials. Extending shutdown time is enabling the inevitable possibility of a nonpreventable total disaster from an earthquake.

It is impossible to prevent an earthquake that could destroy life within a 600-squaremile radius of Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Without a guarantee of a safe and harmless continuation of production—even after the proposed risky and totally insufficient life support system is installed that will demand

constant input and will never be able to sustain itself—Diablo must be shut down immediately if not sooner for the safety, health, and well-being of this community and all living beings and environmental factors and functions beyond our lifetime.

Declare Diablo Canyon a disaster right now while we can still do something to ensure our safety and well-being and save lives with the innate principle of prevention.

If you, California Public Utilities Commission, cannot guarantee the prevention of an earthquake here and now, then you must do what will prevent the inevitable disaster of a nuclear cluster bomb ignited by an earthquake and remove the trigger point. Diablo Canyon is a trigger point. Shut it down now. ∆

Jean’ne Blackwell writes to New Times from San Luis Obispo. Send a response for publication to letters@newtimesslo.com.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has produced affordable electric power for our state for decades. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant produced 10 percent of all the electric power in California and was the cleanest form of energy production, yet the environmentalists could not stand PG&E’s success so they shut them down through government regulations. The combination of radical environmentalists, government regulations, government subsidies to wind and solar, along with faulty forest management practices resulted in last year’s catastrophic forest fires, finally forcing PG&E to file for bankruptcy.

Now that the environmental movement

has forced PG&E to bankruptcy, who will provide cheap electric power to the population? Will it be the environmentalists? I think not; they never provide solutions to the problems they create. The environmentalists’ unreasonable demands and government regulations have put us in this mess.

Please don’t say you are going to buy electricity and redistribute it via the PG&Eowned power grid. If that is the case, all we will have is a government “middleman” who will ration our power and create additional increased costs. Will we never learn that government is the problem, not the answer? The private sector is fully capable

of producing and marketing all the cheap electric power we need. The government and the environmentalists need to get out of the way and let the private sector work.

The state wants everyone in an electric vehicle yesterday, yet there is no way our power grid can support the power needed to bring this about. We need all sources of energy to include keeping the Diablo Canyon Power Plant open as long as possible. Nuclear power is the cleanest and most cost effective power source. Until technology and the private sector can develop what is required to meet the state’s electric energy needs, we should utilize all available energy resources. This includes nuclear, as well as oil, natural gas, wind, solar, and hydroelectric plants. Natural gas is a clean and cost effective energy source.

Government and the environmentalists

need to get out of the way and let the energy industry experts do their job and develop the state’s energy needs in accordance with the cleanest and most cost effective means possible.

The sun doesn’t shine at night and the wind doesn’t blow 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the environmentalists don’t want us to mine the rare earth materials required for battery production.

Keep Diablo Canyon open and let PG&E construct three new nuclear power plants and three new hydro-electric power plants to power the grid. Our elected representatives need to start providing solutions instead of creating problems! ∆

John Texeira writes to New Times from Paso Robles. Respond with your own opinion, by emailing a letters@newtimesslo.com.

PG&E should be allowed to keep Diablo Canyon open and build more nuclear plants

HODIN Russell Hodin

Thank you, Dan DeVaul

Dan DeVaul has left his home but will never be forgotten. Thanks to him (and his dedicated team), hundreds of men and women came walking down that road to go through his unconventional program and came out with a new lease on life.

We would be walking downtown in SLO and some guy would come up and ask: “Dan, do you remember me? You saved my life.”

When we went to Costco, it was like he was holding court—everybody wanted to come talk with him and pay their respects.

Dan took in folks no one else could help— not TMHA, the sheriff, drug and alcohol, parole, probation, nor mental health. They all brought folks to him. He ran his program without a dime of government funds. He knew people needed to be needed so everyone worked. His heart was in the right place, he just had a different delivery. I called it tough love.

We will forever be grateful to Dan, who saw to it that others had what they needed to thrive and survive and stay clean and sober. And no one could do it as he did. He gave of his home, funds, time, energy and blood, sweat, and tears for over two decades.

Thank you, Dan, for your humble service to this community. You will never be forgotten.

Becky Jorgeson Hopes Village of SLO

Protect Morro Bay wildlife

As anyone knows who drives between Los Osos and Morro Bay or visits the state parks and Montaño De Oro, we lose a lot of creatures trying to cross this busy road. With the large expanse on either side, the toll is staggering on the biodiversity of our newly designated marine protected area adjacent to the roadway.

Finally, an opportunity has presented itself to build our own wildlife bridge, which have been proven successful worldwide. There are several opportunities here, and one is to ensure the integrity of the area next to South Bay Boulevard, which has been designated a State Marine Reserve under the Marine Life Protection Act. This area enjoys a “no-take” provision, where killing or disturbing biological resources is strictly prohibited. Such a wildlife crossing would greatly increase the likelihood of our marine protected area meeting the goals set forth in the Marine Life Protection Act.

Another opportunity that has arisen is the ability, as a so-called “energy community,” for us to have the much-needed project funded under the Inflation Reduction Act. Another source of funding is the Land and Water Conservation Fund. State Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) are the subject of a community petition seeking this wildlife crossing to be built, and the timing seems right. There is a new bridge for traffic already in the works, and these goals would meld seamlessly.

Please support this great project for our children, wildlife, and marine reserve in the beautiful Morro Bay Estuary.

Joseph John Racano Los Osos

Dana Reserve needs more input

As we all await the final environmental impact report (EIR) on the Dana Reserve Project in Nipomo, it’s valuable to look at how SLO County’s process for the Dana Reserve has reduced community involvement.

Changes made in 2019 allow developers to work more closely with county staff in the planning process to assist the developer in avoiding snags or lawsuits that may impact or

delay project approval. In practical terms, the change effectively limits public involvement in the planning process, especially in the formative stage. The project is closer to being “sewn up” before the public sees the details.

The worthy goal of getting affordable housing built sooner would be better served by engaging the community proactively throughout the planning process.

This is playing out now as the Dana Reserve developer and county staff work closely to tweak and modify the plan behind the scenes. The result is an uninformed public that is limited to making comments on the original and possibly outdated aspects of the draft EIR. When the final EIR comes out in just a few weeks, it will be a rush to the gate to catch up with changes as we will only have a few days to prepare for a long overdue public forum that will be held by the South County Advisory Council on July 24. Such forums should happen at the outset, when community input can actually help shape a proposed development plan to fit the community’s needs. At this stage, the forum becomes a referendum for or against the project. We can expect to hear from residents who have been disenfranchised from the process finally getting their say.

To add to frustration, the final EIR and forum are only a few weeks away from the Planning Commission’s critical consideration, where well-informed stakeholder feedback could significantly help commissioners address the problems in the project, such as the six unmitigable impacts already identified in the draft EIR.

Rather than being community driven, this project could accurately be characterized as a dangerous developer-led shape-shifting process with a complicit county staff. Also at this stage, the developer and county planning are too enmeshed and invested in the final EIR and are more likely to push for approval than to consider constructive input from community members.

If this project does end up in a lawsuit, the Dana Reserve may be SLO County’s first large test case for a new legal precedent. A recent decision, Save Civita Because Sudberry Won’t v. City of San Diego, allows developers to work more closely with county planning staff on making changes to project plans and the draft EIR.

This is too big of a project with too many moving parts and too many changes behind the scenes with too little community involvement. With the imminent release of the final EIR and the upcoming July 24 meeting, now is the time to be heard. Ultimately it will be citizens who fully confront the problematic elements of this project. We hope our county representatives are listening. Cynthia

Bodger Nipomo Action Committee

What changes to crop insurance do you want to see for wine grape growers?

36% I’m OK with only being covered for harvested damaged grapes.

28% I want the option to buy up to a higher insurance plan.

24% I didn’t know wildfires damaged our wine grapes.

12% Crop insurance is already expensive.

Safe parking?

You know what’s not surprising? When a half-assed project fails.

For some reason, though, the county always seems surprised that anyone would believe the Oklahoma Avenue Safe Parking Site was a disaster.

After receiving pressure to do something, anything to get people living in their vehicles out of Los Osos and Oceano, SLO County threw a cool $500,000 at the problem, opened up a dirt parking lot in 2021, and crossed its fingers. No case management. No screening. No real security. Not a lot of sanitation services. No potable water.

All of the issues just relocated from Los Osos and Oceano to the new spot near the jail—and compounded as the number of vehicles at the site multiplied.

It took the county months to try to figure out what it needed and even longer to actually start doing something about the problems.

The county even rebranded the site a few months after it opened from Kansas Avenue to another street named after a Midwestern state near the jail where the site is still located. Whose bright idea was that? It happened after a woman and her cats died in their motorhome that caught fire at the site in February 2022.

And, just for the punny record, changing the name from Kansas to Oklahoma didn’t mean that site residents weren’t in Kansas anymore. Tornados still managed to find their way there.

Remember how the county announced it was closing the site?

Well, there’s still no official close-down date yet—which the SLO County civil grand jury states in an investigative report of the site (“SAFE PARKING? OKLAHOMA is not OK!” What a title!).

As that report notes, when the county announced the closure, this is what it said: “We wanted to provide an opportunity for people to transform their lives, and we weren’t meeting the objectives that we initially thought we would.”

Oh really? “Transform their lives.”

That might be the objective that the parking site morphed into pursuing midway through the project after being spanked by John and Jane Q. Public for not having direction, but it definitely wasn’t how Kansas Avenue started.

Here’s a great example of the shortsightedness of the county. A security firm overpaid its welcome at the site, costing more than the county wanted to spend. That firm, Condor Security of America, was replaced with Good Guard Security. Good, strong names, amirite? Well, the security service itself wasn’t quite so strong. It fluctuated, and guess what? Sometimes the site participants themselves provided security. What? I’m not sure how the county let that happen, but it did.

And guess what?

Incident reports dried up when participants were in charge of their own security. Shocking, I know!

In fact, “reports completed by security guards disappeared from the guard shack,” the grand jury’s report said. Double shocker! Was the county really concerned about site safety?

“We have always maintained daily contact with the owners of the guard company and/ or the assigned guard,” the county’s response to the report said. “We address concerns as soon as we hear about them.”

Yah, except for when you don’t hear about them!

The site is also dealing with (and here’s another shocker) “rampant substance abuse and drugs,” and “violence and threats of violence,” according to the grand jury report. The Sheriff’s Office responded to incidents at the site no less than 493 times in the program’s first 15 months.

And—let me just say this without homeless advocates jumping into my gears—duh!

I just don’t understand how the county, which performs a lot of social services for the vulnerable populations, didn’t foresee the problems that actually happened.

Now, the county’s just going to shut ’er down. What are the lessons the county should have learned? Well, for one, rebranding doesn’t really work! And, perhaps, half-assing projects meant to help, not harm, a specific population isn’t such a good use of taxpayer funds.

The population that the safe parking site is serving is a subset of people who need lots of services, and the “services” coordinated and provided by the county weren’t enough, not nearly enough, to do the job the county now claims it wanted to do all along. That would be to get people out of their vehicles and into permanent housing—an easy task on the Central Coast, right?

Right.

The contracts that the county Homeless Services Division made site residents sign included provisions that stipulated a 90-day limit to stay there—85 percent overstayed that welcome without proper enforcement.

As for the solution? Well, the county will likely have to deal with unhoused folks living in vehicles for the foreseeable future. The report notes that 370 people were living out of their vehicles in SLO County as of January 2022, and 50 percent of those were in RVs— some of which run and some of which don’t.

The grand jury recommends that the county come up with a plan of action for opening and closing safe parking sites. But, in the county’s responses (approved by the county Board of Supervisors on July 16) to the jury’s report, it simply stated that it wasn’t implemented yet, but it will be “in the future, prior to opening or closing any future safe parking sites.”

Hmm. Sounds safe to me. ∆

The Shredder thinks “safe parking site” is a misnomer. Send comments to shredder@ newtimesslo.com.

Hot Dates

FAIR FLAIR

The 2023 California Mid-State Fair is currently open and will run through Sunday, July 30, at the Paso Robles Event Center. The event features carnival attractions, food vendors, live concerts from various featured acts, and more. For the full lineup of festivities, visit midstatefair.com. The Paso Robles Event Center is located at 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles.

—Caleb Wiseblood

ARTS

NORTH COAST SLO COUNTY

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Presented by By the Sea Productions. Visit site for tickets and more details. Through Aug. 6 my805tix.com. By The Sea Productions, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay.

BEGINNER MOSAIC CLASS Come learn mosaic basics to create a one-of-a-kind project. You’ll have many colors, baubles, and beads to choose from to create a custom piece. July 29 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Various. 805-286-5993. CreativeMeTime. com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

COASTAL WINE AND PAINT PARTY Listen to music while enjoying an afternoon of creativity, sipping, and mingling. Event lasts up to 2 hours. The party includes a complimentary glass of wine and canvas with materials. Saturdays, 12-2 p.m. $55. 805-394-5560. coastalwineandpaint.com. Harmony Cafe at the Pewter Plough, 824 Main St., Cambria.

COSTA GALLERY SHOWCASES Features works by Ellen Jewett as well as 20 other local artists, and artists from southern and northern California. Jewett’s work is also on display at Nautical Bean in Laguna shopping center during February. Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays, 12-4 p.m. 559-799-9632. costagallery.com. Costa Gallery, 2087 10th St., Los Osos.

FINE ART OIL PAINTINGS BY PATRICIA

NEWTON “The ocean is a favorite subject of mine with its calming, yet powerful movement. Like the rise and fall of a crescendo, the sea bestows a feeling of increasing intensity with a dramatic force that feels exhilarating, captivating,

yet terrifyingly beautiful,” Newton stated. Through July 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare. com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY BY GREGORY SIRAGUSA Gregory Siragusa’s photography is inspired by the ebbs and flows of the world around us: the flight of a bird, the strum of a guitar, the kick of a drum, the endless and eternal crashing of the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Through July 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

A FINE FEAST: ACRYLICS BY ANNE SELTZER Seltzer’s July exhibit is currently on display. For more information or to purchase work, please contact Seltzer via email: anniearts2003@yahoo.com. Mondays-Sundays. through July 29 805927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

FOREVER STOKED PAINT PARTY Join us at the gallery, for a few hours to travel on a creative paint journey. You will receive as much or as little instruction as you prefer. No artistic experience is necessary. Saturdays, 7-9 p.m. $45. 805772-9095. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

METAL ART BY TRUDI GILLIAM Gilliam creates her sculptures using copper, brass, nickel/silver, and found objects. This new series of whales and birds uses copper and sea glass. ongoing 805-772-9955. Seven Sisters Gallery, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 8, Morro Bay, sevensistersgalleryca.com.

MOSAIC TRIVET WORKSHOP During this workshop, you will learn how to design and create a mosaic trivet. You will learn how to select materials, lay out a pleasing

pattern, and adhere the tiles to the trivet base. You will learn how to properly grout and seal your project. ongoing, 1-4 p.m. $60. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay. org/index.php/workshops/. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

THE PLEIN AIR TEAM Acrylic artist, Nancy Lynn, and husband, watercolorist, Robert Fleming, have an ongoing show of originals and giclee prints of Morro Bay and local birds. ongoing 805-772-9955. Seven Sisters Gallery, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 8, Morro Bay, sevensistersgalleryca.com.

PORCELAIN POTTERY BY THOMAS BROWN Brown has dedicated his ceramics career to studying crystalline glazes specifically. His medium of choice is usually porcelain and he typically creates his forms on the potter’s wheel. All of Thomas’ glazes are mixed from scratch, perfected throughout the past four decades. Through July 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare. com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

THE REBOOT: STORYTELLING

REIMAGINED July’s theme is “baggage.” Features true stories about the real and symbolic things we carry, sometimes willingly, often unknowingly, shouldering legacies and letting go. A sometimes funny, always magical, monthly event featuring seasoned tellers, first-timers, and open mic for audience 99-second stories. July 28 , 7-9:15 p.m. Free. 805-7729225. facebook.com/the.reboot4u. Top Dog Coffee Bar, 857 Main St., Morro Bay. ROCK, PAPER, PRINT AND ABSTRACTION Art Center Morro Bay is proud to present two exhibits: Rock, Paper, Print and Abstraction. Through Aug. 7 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

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.

SEA GLASS WIRE WRAP JEWELRY

Learn basic wire wrapping to create a lovely necklace and two pierced earrings. All materials are provided including local sea glass, jewelry findings, jewelry wire, and use of tools. All skill levels welcome. July 30, 10 a.m.-noon $50. 805-286-5993. CreativeMeTime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

|2 and My 805 Tix|PICK SLOFUNNY

COMEDY GYM The SLOFunny Comedy

Gym is a monthly showcase for local, SLO County-based comedians. There is always a professional touring host and headliner, in addition to 8 to 10 local comedians. July 30, 7-9 p.m. $15. 805-534-3129. facebook. com/slofunny. Central Coast Pizza, 1050 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos.

SLOFUNNY COMEDY SHOW Hosted by Phill Johnson, with Cory “Showtime” Robinson, Sarah Halstead, Featuring Richard Chassler and headliner Claude Stuart. July 29 6:30 & 9 p.m. my805tix. com. The Savory Palette (formerly Morro Bay Wine Seller), 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, (805) 679-3326 / (805) 858-8440.

SLOFUNNY COMEDY SHOW: JULY

Hosted by Gary Cannon. With Sarah Halstead, Phil Johnson. Featuring Richard Chassler and headliner Claude Stuart. July 29 6:30 & 9 p.m. my805tix.com. Morro Bay Veterans Memorial Building, 209 Surf St., Morro Bay.

SUMMER ART FOR KIDS SERIES Ages 6-12. Schedule changes during Fourth of July week (to Wed, Thur, Fri). Each week offers three creative sessions with an experienced art teacher using a wide variety of art techniques Tuesdays-Thursdays, 2:30-5 p.m. through Aug. 10 $120 per week. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

TOM GOULD: CONNECTIONS Seeking

original art of all types, large and small, to exhibit concurrently with next featured artist: Tom Gould. Submit up to four pieces online June 28 through July 2. FridaysSundays, 12-4 p.m. through Aug. 27 Free. 805-927-8190. cambriaarts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

NORTH SLO COUNTY

CAMP AND PAINT Join Art Social 805 at Sun Outdoors Paso Robles where you will paint the featured image while enjoying your favorite snacks and beverages (BYOB). July 22 , 5-7 p.m. $40. 805-242-4700. artsocial805. com. Sun Outdoors Paso Robles, 3800 Golden Hill Road, Paso Robles.

DEPRISE BRESCIA ART GALLERY:

OPEN DAILY Features a large selection of encaustic art, sculpted paintings, art installations, acrylic palette knife paintings, digital art, glass, jewelry, stones, fossils, and a butterfly sculpture garden. ongoing DepriseBrescia.com. Deprise Brescia Art Gallery, 829 10th St., Paso Robles, 310-621-7543.

JULY ART EXPLORATION: JACKSON

POLLOCK This kids art class focuses on the famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock. Your child will study Pollock’s work, discuss its meaning, and create their very own abstract artwork inspired by Pollock’s bold colors and vivd splatters. Recommended for ages 6-10. July 23, 1-2:30 p.m. $40. 805464-0533. The ARTery, 5890 Traffic Way, Atascadero, the1artery.com.

LIVE FIGURE DRAWING CLASS These are uninstructed sessions. The model will be either minimally clothed or nude, so participants must be at least 18 years old. Please bring your own art supplies (sketch pad, pencils and/or charcoal, whatever medium you wish to use). Chairs and tables provided. July 20 1-4 p.m. $20. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark.org/ events/july-live-figure-drawing/. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles.

OUR CENTRAL COAST Four art associations (Atascadero Art Association, Cambria Center for the Arts, Morro Bay Art Association, and Paso Robles Art Association) come together to showcase their visions of Central Coast living.

The show has been curated by Jordan Hockett. Through Aug. 27 Free. 805-238-

9800. studiosonthepark.org/events/ourcentral-coast/. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. STUDIOS ON THE PARK: CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Check site for a variety of classes and workshops offered. ongoing studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, 805-238-9800.

SAN LUIS OBISPO

ACTOR’S EDGE: ACTING CLASSES

Actor’s Edge offers film and television acting training in San Luis Obispo, plus exposure to Los Angeles talent agents. All ages and skill levels welcome. Classes available in SLO, LA, and on zoom. ongoing $210 per month. actorsedge.com. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. ALL LEVELS POTTERY CLASSES Anam Cre is a pottery studio in SLO that offers a variety of classes. This specific class is open to any level. Teachers are present for questions, but the class feels more like an open studio time for potters. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. $40. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, anamcre.com.

ARTIST RIKI SCHUMACHER AT ART

CENTRAL GALLERY Schumacher’s work is pensive and introspective, inspiring one to take a solitary walk on a cloudy day. Wander in to reflect on her “delicious, wistful landscapes.” Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.com/galleryartists/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

CERAMIC LESSONS AND MORE Now offering private one-on-one and group lessons in the ceramic arts. Both hand building and wheel throwing options. Beginners welcomed. ongoing 805-8355893. hmcruceceramics.com/. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.

CLAY BABY HANDPRINTS Offers a unique experience of pressing your baby’s hand/ foot into clay so parents can cherish this time forever. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays $55. anamcre.com/babyhandprints. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

$40 INDIVIDUAL $400 TABLE OF 10

$1,000 SPONSOR TABLE

DOORS OPEN AT 2:30 PM, CONCERT AT 4 PM

AUTHORIZED DEALER:

COMEDY NIGHT Professional comedy show featuring local and touring comics. Hosted by Aidan Candelario. Third Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m. $5. 805540-8300. Bang the Drum Brewery, 1150 Laurel Lane, suite 130, San Luis Obispo, bangthedrumbrewery.com.

DATE NIGHT POTTERY Looking for a fun date night? Head to Anam Cre Pottery Studio and play with clay. Couples will learn how to throw a pot on the wheel and make a cheeseboard. Fridays, Saturdays, 6-8 p.m. $140. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, anamcre.com.

FILM PRESENTATION: TÁR Festival

Mozaic and the SLO Film Festival present a screening of the Academy Award-winning film following the life of a female orchestra conductor. Starring Cate Blanchett. July 28 , 2-4 p.m. Suggested donation of $10. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Palm Theatre, 817 Palm St, San Luis Obispo.

FREE DOCENT TOURS Gain a deeper understanding of the artwork on view with SLOMA’s new docent tours. Every Saturday, join trained guides for interactive and engaging tours of SLOMA’s current exhibitions. ongoing, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/visit/ tours/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. HONK! JR., A MUSICAL TALE OF THE UGLY DUCKLING In this story for audiences of all ages, the animals on the farm are quick to point out that Ugly looks different from his duckling brothers and sisters. So Ugly embarks on an adventure of self-discovery. Saturdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m. and Through July 22, 7-9 p.m. through July 23 $15-$25. 805-786-2440. slorep.org/shows/honk-jra-musical-tale-of-the-ugly-duckling/. SLO Rep, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo.

INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING: ADULT

ART CLASS This class is for students who may have tried oil painting in the past but are looking to advance their skill levels. Color theory and proportion study will be a focus in the class. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. $30 per student or $75 for 3 classes. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.com/workshops-events/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

INTRO TO DERWENT INKTENSE WITH Learn what these amazing water-soluble pencils can do. In this 3-hour workshop you’ll see demonstrations on a variety of surfaces. , 12:30-3:30 p.m. $40 per person. 805-478-2158. artcentralslo.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

INTRO TO OIL PAINTING WITH

The perfect class for those wanting to try oil painting for the first time. Guests discuss color theory, layering paint, and how to use various media. For ages 16 and over. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $30 per class or $100 for 4 classes. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo. com/workshops-events/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

INTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINTING WITH Discover the art of oil painting through this hands-on five-week series. You will be led through the process from staining the canvas to “finishing” the painting. Take your painting home at the end of the series (July 4 is off). Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. through July 25 $250 for five sessions. 805-234-6940. artcentralslo. com/workshops-events/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY AND ART

Owen and Kyoko Hunt from Kyoto, Japan offer classes for Japanese calligraphy (Fridays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.), a Japanese art called “haiga” (Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m.) and more at Nesting Hawk Ranch. Fridays $45. 702-335-0730. Nesting Hawk Ranch, Call for address, San Luis Obispo.

For ages 4-8 (10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.), 9-12 (11 a.m. to noon), and 13-17 (1 to 3 p.m.). Through July 21 $250. 805858-8255. centralcoastcomedytheater. com/classes. Central Coast Comedy Theater Training Center, 2078 Parker Street, Suite 200, San Luis Obispo.

KIDS POTTERY CLASSES Enjoy making animal sculptures, bowls, plates, etc. Please arrive on time, not early, as venue

uses the transition time between classes to sanitize. Designed to sign up on a weekly basis. Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. $40. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

LEARN TO WEAVE MONDAYS An opportunity to learn how a four-shaft loom works. You will get acquainted as a new weaver or as a refresher with lots of tips and tricks. This class includes getting to know a loom, how to prepare/dress a loom, and much much more. Mondays, 1-4 p.m. $75 monthly. 805-441-8257.

Patricia Martin: Whispering Vista Studios, 224 Squire Canyon Rd, San Luis Obispo, patriciamartinartist.com.

LISA SOLOMON Solomon’s mixed media works revolve thematically around discovering her heritage, the notion of domesticity, craft, feminism, and the pursuit of art as science/research.

Through Aug. 28, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibition/lisasolomon/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING: GARET

ZOOK Garet Zook’s contemporary sculptures utilize resin castings, molded foam, and natural stone along with abandoned and forgotten objects, unearthing hidden treasures and revealing layers of profound significance, challenging traditional notions of value and inviting viewers to engage in dialogue about the nature of existence. MondaysFridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Aug. 18 Free. 805-546-3202. cuesta.edu/student/ campuslife/artgallery/index.html. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

OPEN MIC COMEDY Sign-ups at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Aidan Candelario. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-540-8300. saintsbarrel. com/event-calendar. Saints Barrel Wine Bar, 1021 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

PAINT A PRE-MADE POTTERY PIECE

Paint a pre-made pottery piece. Choose from a variety of different pieces including mugs, bowls, jars, dragons, cats, etc. Priced by size, accompanied with an additional $10 firing fee per piece. Book your appointment online. Mondays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Aug. 28 Free appointment; prices vary based on pieces chosen. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

PARENT-CHILD POTTERY CLASS Make lasting memories with clay together as a family. For ages 6 and over. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon $70. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, anamcre.com.

PLEIN AIR PAINTERS OF THE CENTRAL COAST A self-directed fun group of dynamic artists who enjoy painting and sketching outdoors. Artists meet on site at various locations. Weekly plein air destinations are provided by Kirsti Wothe via email (mrswothe@yahoo.com).

Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon SLO County, Various locations, San Luis Obispo.

POTTERY: BEGINNING WHEEL CLASS

This series is a great intro to the pottery wheel. Students learn to throw various shapes, surface decorate, and glaze. Clay and firing included with admission. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $180. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SCULPTURE CLASS WITH ROD PEREZ

This weekly sculpture drop-in class gives an opportunity for potters to take on new projects and learn new techniques relating to sculptural work. Additionally, every first Friday of the month, a new project will be taught by Rod Perez for beginners. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon $40. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SCULPTURE WORKSHOP: SPIRIT

ANIMAL Beginners welcome. This 6-visit sculpture class meets twice a week for a total of 3 weeks. Rod will guide each student in creating an animal sculpture. Mondays, Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. through July 21 $240. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SENIOR CLAY CLASS Offered to the senior community as an outlet to explore the beauty of clay. For ages 60 and over. Caretakers welcome for an additional $20.

Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon $40. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO COMEDY UNDERGROUND OPEN

MIC NIGHT Enjoy a night of laughs provided by the local SLO Comedy Community. It’s open mic night, so anyone can perform and “you never know what you’ll see.” Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Free. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-548-2337, libertinebrewing.com.

SLO DRAWZ: OPEN FIGURE DRAWING

GROUP Improve your drawing skills while also building a community of supportive creatives with live models. This is not a guided class, please bring your own materials. To sign up, email chantellegoldthwaite@gmail.com. Every other Monday, 5-7 p.m. and Every other Thursday, 5-7 p.m. through Dec. 31 $20 per session; or $60 for a month pass. 805-747-4200. instagram.com/slodrawz/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SUMMER 2023 THEATRE CAMPS

SLO REP’s Academy of Creative Theatre presents fun theatre camps for all ages and levels of experience, taught by professional teaching artists. Check site or call for camp dates. Through Aug. 1 slorep. org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 3533 Empleo St., San Luis Obispo.

SUMMER ART SERIES: FUSED GLASS

WORKSHOP Janine Stillman will share her 30 plus years of glass experience with you as you explore the art of fused glass to create one of a kind pieces. For more information about this program, email millie@slobg.org. July 30, 1-3 p.m. $55-$65. 805-541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SUMMER ART SERIES: PAPER

FLOWERS An intro to the wonderful world of paper flowers. July 23 , 1-4 p.m. $55 for members; $65 for non-members; $200 for all four classes. 805-541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

TINY POTTERS: WISE ONES AND WEE ONES PAINT For ages 4 to 6. Kids have the option to paint animals and other subjects. Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $30. anamcre.com/booking. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

VANESSA WALLACE-GONZALES

Wallace-Gonzales is a Black-Latinx and Santa Barbara-based artist who uses elements of mythology to explore her identity and personal experiences. Through Oct. 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibition/ vanessa-wallace-gonzales/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

YOU HAD TO BE THERE: STANDUP

COMEDY LIVE AT BANG THE DRUM You Had To Be There Comedy brings the best comedians from Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, and more. July 20, 8-9 p.m. $20. youhadtobetherecomedy.com. Bang the Drum Brewery, 1150 Laurel Lane, suite 130, San Luis Obispo, 805 242-8372.

SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

FLAMENCO DANCE WITH LA GITANE

Event host: “Explore the feminine aspect of flamenco through its mysterious rhythms and songs that represent the purest of emotions we possess as a people.” July 20, 6-7 p.m. $20. 805-5957600. Avila Bay Athletic Club, 6699 Bay Laurel Place, Avila Beach.

GOLD FEVER AT THE ROUGH AND READY Boo the villain and cheer the hero at this show full of colorful characters. July 21Sept. 9 Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano.

SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS

AMERICAN

MARIACHI: SANTA MARIA

An uplifting comedy about family, the freedom to go after your dreams, and the music that unites us. By José Cruz Gonzalez. July 21 , 7 p.m., July 22 1:30 & 7 p.m., July 23 , 1:30 p.m., July 26 1:30 p.m., July 28 , 7 p.m. and July 29 1:30 & 7 p.m. Starting at $25. 805-922-8313. pcpa. org/events/american-mariachi. PCPA: The Pacific Conservatory Theatre, 800 S.

College, Santa Maria.

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Presented by Orcutt Community Theater. Through July 30 my805tix.com. Minerva Club, 127 W. Boone, Santa Maria.

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY

BRIGHT STAR Steve Martin and Edie

Brickell’s Grammy and Tony-nominated musical weaves toe-tapping bluegrass and incredible true events into a rich, refreshingly genuine journey along the Blue Ridge Mountains. July 20 8-10 p.m., July 21 8-10 p.m., July 22 8 a.m.-10 p.m. and July 23 , 8-10 p.m. Starting at $25. 805-922-8313. pcpa.org. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang.

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

NORTH COAST SLO COUNTY

AXE THROWING Enjoy the art of axe throwing in a safe and fun environment.

Kids ages 10 and older are welcome with an adult. No personal axes please. Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturdays, 12-6 p.m. $20. 805528-4880. baysidemartialarts.com. Bayside

Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos.

BARE HEART NIGHTS: ROPES FOR FUN

AND FASHION Delves into the art of rope tying, inspired by the Shibari style. Learn some of the basics of this technique, as you apply them for fashion, and to add an element of sensuality and empowerment to your intimate experiences. For ages 21 and over. Partners welcome at July 21 event. July 20 6:30 p.m. and July 21 6:30 p.m. my805tix.com. Bare Heart, 1333 Van Beurden Drive, suite 201, Los Osos.

BREATHE BALANCE AND STRETCH Be prepared to get down to the floor and up again. Breath practice is sustained throughout the session, which is filled with accessible movements that will create and enhance flexibility and balance. Shoe-less environment. Please bring a mat. Every other Monday, 9-9:45 a.m. $10. 415-516-5214. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos.

CENTRAL COAST WOOD CARVERS Learn the art of wood carving or wood burning. Join Central Coast Wood Carvers in Morro Bay at St. Timothy’s. Open for beginners, intermediate, or advance. Learn a wide range of techniques and skills. Mask

Required. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. St. Timothy’s Catholic Church, 962 Piney Way, Morro Bay, 805-772-2840, sttimothymorrobay.org/index.html.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS

MEETING Co-Dependents Anonymous

(CoDA) is a Twelve Step recovery program for anyone who desires to have healthy and loving relationships with themselves and others. Meeting is hybrid (both in person and on Zoom). For information, call 805-900-5237. Saturdays, 1-2:15 p.m. Free. thecambriaconnection.org/. Cambria Connection, 1069 Main St., Cambria, (805) 927-1654.

MORRO BAY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Disciplines include advanced athletic performance fitness training, Thai kickboxing, and more. Beginners to advanced students welcome. Day and evening classes offered. MondaysSaturdays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Call for more info. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. SENSORY PLAYTIME AT THE CAYUCOS LIBRARY Let your little one lead the way in this open-ended playtime. Kids will use their five senses to explore the play stations. This month features a texture walk, sensory scooping bins, and wet chalk art. July 21 , 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-995-3312. slolibrary.org. Cayucos Library, 310 B. St., Cayucos.

SHAMANIC MORNING RITUALS FOR VITALITY

Hosted by Aurora Meditations & Rituals. July 20

8:30-9:30 a.m. my805tix. com. Beach Access Parking Lot, 102 Atascadero Road, Morro Bay.

SOCRATES: DISCUSSION GROUP Group members present interesting and thought provoking topics of all sorts. Topics are selected in advance and moderated by volunteers. Vaccinations are necessary. Enter through wooden gate to garden area. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. 805-528-7111. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay, coalescebookstore.com/.

STAY YOUNG WITH QI GONG Qi gong offers great anti-aging benefits, providing a comprehensive system for improving physical, mental and emotional health. Its roots date back thousands of years in China. Learn with certified instructor Devin Wallace. Call first. Thursdays, 10-11 a.m. $10. 805-709-2227. Hardie Park, Ash Ave. and B St., Cayucos.

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. 805-7017397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

TAI CHI CHUN CERTIFICATION With the 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the year. Ongoing courses. ongoing Call for price. 805-7017397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

TAI CHI CHUN/ QI GONG BASICS Learn the foundation of Qi Gong, the rooting of breathing, and Shaolin Tai Chi. TuesdaysThursdays Call for details. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

WEEKLY QIGONG PRACTICE AT FITNESSWORKS MORRO BAY Calm your mind and nourish your joints with a weekly Qigong practice led by Mike Raynor of Tai Chi Rejuvenation. The practice is rooted in Qigong fundamentals, and standing/moving meditations.

Forms include: Eight Brocades, Five Elements, Shibashi 18, and Tai chi 24. Saturdays, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Members free; non-members $8-$10. 805-772-7466. fitnessworksmb.com. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

NORTH SLO COUNTY

CALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR Features live music, food vendors, carnival attractions, and more. Through July 30 midstatefair.com/. Paso Robles Event Center, 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles.

FREE TO FLY: ZIP AND SIP ADVENTURE

Hosted by Women Making Waves. Visit site for more details and tickets. July 30, 9 a.m.1 p.m. my805tix.com. Margarita Adventures, 22719 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

GODDESS GROUP Please join Oracle

Owner/Intuitive Medium, Tiffany Klemz, for this twice monthly, Goddess Group. The intention of this group is to curate connection, inspiration, unity, and empowerment. Every other Tuesday, 6:30-8 p.m. $11. 805-464-2838. oracleatascaderoca. com. Oracle, 6280 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

NAR-ANON: FRIDAY MEETINGS A meeting for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805441-2164. North County Connection, 8600 Atascadero Ave., Atascadero.

TAI CHI This course’s instructor has won many Tai Chi and other internal martial arts tournaments. Both experienced martial artists and new learners are welcome to the class. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $65. 805-237-3988. Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles.

YANG STYLE TAI CHI The course’s instructor won many Tai Chi and other internal martial arts tournaments. Both experienced martial artists and new learners are welcome to the class. Mondays, Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. $62. 805470-3360. Colony Park Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

SAN LUIS OBISPO

AERIAL SILKS CLINIC Learn aerial skills that build memory, strength, coordination, confidence, and endurance. Plus, silks is a great way to learn flipping safely. Ages 7-17. No experience necessary. July 22 1-3 p.m. $25 for first child; $10 per additional sibling. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com/events.

Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

BARS AND BOUNCE CLINIC A sneaky way to get fit. Build whole-body strength swinging on bars and bouncing on trampolines. No experience is necessary. July 29 1-3 p.m. $25 for first child; $10 per additional sibling. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com/events.

Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

BIRDS AND BOTANY MONTHLY WALK AT SLO BOTANICAL GARDEN The Garden is excited to present a monthly bird walk series on the fourth Thursday of every month which explores the intersection of birds and botany. Fourth Thursday of every month, 8-11 a.m. $10 for Garden Members; $40 for general public. 805-541-1400. slobg. org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

CAL HOPE SLO GROUPS AT TMHA Visit website for full list of weekly Zoom groups available. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays,

Fridays calhopeconnect.org. Transitions Mental Health Warehouse, 784 High Street, San Luis Obispo, 805-270-3346. CAMP SHORESHIM Summer camps offered in two separate sessions. Visit site for more details. Through July 21 jccslo. com. JCC-Federation of SLO Property, 875 Laureate Lane, San Luis Obispo, 805-426-5465.

CENTRAL COAST CONJURERS (SLO COUNTY MAGIC CLUB) Monthly meeting of magicians of all levels. Please call or email for more info. Meet like-minded folks with an interest in magic, from close-up to stage performances. Last Wednesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-440-0116. IHOP, 212 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo.

CITY FARM SLO’S YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM Check site for more info on programming and summer camps. ongoing cityfarmslo.org. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

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.

DM PRO TENNIS ACADEMY Classes

offered for all ages. Training and assistance are provided to support any goal, from the development of basic skills to top competition. Consultation with instructors is available. Multilingual instruction in English, Spanish, and Italian are available. Mondays, Wednesdays, 9-10, 10-11 & 11 a.m.-noon through July 26 Ranges from $55–$105. slocity.org. Islay Hill Park, 1151 Tank Farm Rd., San Luis Obispo.

GYM JAM CLINIC Two hours of progressive gymnastics skill training on bars, beam, floor, trampoline, plus obstacle courses, and more. Ages 5-17. July 22 1-3 p.m. $25 for first child; $10 per additional sibling. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com/events. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

HEALING DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP

A safe place for anyone suffering from the pain of depression. We do not criticize but do share our journey, feelings, and what works for us. We can meet in person or use Zoom if needed. Mondays, 6-7 p.m. Free. 805-5283194. Hope House Wellness Center, 1306 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo.

INTRODUCTION TO PICKLEBALL

For ages 18 and over. Come see what pickleball is all about. Participants will learn the basics of the game including the rules, basic skills and strategy, types of equipment, and game safety. Saturdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. through Aug. 26 $35. slocity.org. Meadow Park, 2251 Meadow St., San Luis Obispo.

LOTERÍA NIGHTS Enjoy a game of La Lotería Mexicana, a bingo-style game with colorful and beautifully-drawn cards. With drink specials and prizes for the winners. RSVP encouraged. Thursdays, 6 p.m. Free. drinkramblingspirits.com. Rambling

Spirits, 3845 S. Higuera St. (inside SLO Public Market), San Luis Obispo.

MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION

(ONLINE MEETING) Zoom series hosted by TMHA. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon

Transitions Mental Health Warehouse, 784 High Street, San Luis Obispo, 805-270-3346.

PLUG-IN TO LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION Get inspired by local action, connect with others, and discover more ways to get involved with the SLO Climate Coalition. Attend virtually or in-person. Sustainable snacks and childcare will be provided. Third Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. sloclimatecoalition.org/ events/. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: TRAIN

THIS SUMMER TO MEET CRUCIAL

HOSPICE VOLUNTEER NEEDS Put your extra time to beneficial use by completing this three-day, in-person, hospice volunteer training program. Community volunteers are critically needed to provide in-home companionship or respite care to hospice patients, near you. July 21 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and July 28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-540-6020. centralcoasthomehealth.com/index.php/ hospice/. Put your extra time to beneficial use by completing this three-day, inperson, hospice volunteer training program. Community volunteers are critically needed to provide in-home companionship or respite care to hospice patients, near you. July 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-305-7980. centralcoasthomehealth.com. Central Coast Home Health and Hospice, 253 Granada, San Luis Obispo.

PUPPY SOCIAL HOUR Puppies (10 weeks to 5 months old) will learn appropriate play style with other pups, acceptable manners with people, tolerance for gentle restraints, confidence with the approach of friendly strangers, and more. Saturdays, 9 a.m. and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. $25. 805-543-9316. woodshumanesociety.org/ training/. Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo.

SLO BLUES BASEBALL: JULY SCHEDULE

Visit site for tickets and full lineup of games. Through July 29 my805tix.com. Sinsheimer Park, 900 Southwood Dr., San Luis Obispo, 805-781-7222.

SLO LEZ B FRIENDS (VIRTUALLY VIA

ZOOM) A good core group of friends who gather to discuss topics we love/ care about from movies, outings, music, or being new to the area. We come from all walks of life and most importantly support each other. Transgender and Nonbinary folks welcome. Third Friday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. sloqueer.groups.io/g/lezbfriends. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.

SLO NOONTIME TOASTMASTERS CLUB

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

Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID.

SLO RETIRED ACTIVE MEN: WEEKLY COFFEE MEETING SLO RAMs is a group or retirees that get together just for the fun, fellowship, and to enjoy programs which enhance the enjoyment, dignity, and

independence of retirement. Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. through Nov. 25 $10 coffee meeting. retiredactivemen.org. Madonna Inn, 100 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo, 877-468-3861.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ATHLETES (GRADES 2-4) In this program, your child will learn the foundation of becoming a well-rounded athlete as we focus on skill development, movement, teamwork, and increasing confidence in each workout session. Mondays, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:20 p.m. through Sept. 20 $399 for a 12-Week Session (24 Classes). slocity.org. MZR Fitness, 3536 S. Higuera St. suite 200, San Luis Obispo, 805-439-4616.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ATHLETES

(GRADES 5-7) In this program, your child will learn the foundation of becoming a well-rounded athlete as we focus on skill development, movement, teamwork, and increasing confidence in each workout session. Mondays, Wednesdays, 4:30-5:20 p.m. through Sept. 20 $399 for a 12-Week Session (24 Classes). slocity.org. MZR Fitness, 3536 S. Higuera St. suite 200, San Luis Obispo, 805-439-4616.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ATHLETES

(GRADES 8-12) In this program, your child will learn the foundation of becoming a well-rounded athlete as we focus on skill development, movement, teamwork, and increasing confidence in each workout session. Mondays, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m. through Sept. 20 $399 for a 12-Week Session (24 Classes). slocity.org. MZR Fitness, 3536 S. Higuera St. suite 200, San Luis Obispo, 805-439-4616.

SUPER REC SATURDAYS Offers the public a full day of recreational swim on Super Saturdays, with an obstacle course, diving boards, activities, and music. All ages are welcome to enjoy. Every other Saturday, 12-6 p.m. through Aug. 13 Adults: $4.75; Youth/Seniors: $4.25. 805-7817288. slocity.org. SLO Swim Center, 900 Southwood Dr., San Luis Obispo.

TOUR THE HISTORIC OCTAGON BARN

CENTER The Octagon Barn, built in 1906, has a rich history that The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County looks forward to sharing with visitors. Please RSVP. Fourth Sunday of every month, 2-2:45 & 3-3:45 p.m. Tours are free; donations are appreciated. Octagon Barn Center, 4400 Octagon Way, San Luis Obispo, (805) 544-9096, octagonbarn.org.

TRANS* YOUTH PEER SUPPORT GROUP

This group is a safe place for trans* and gender non-conforming people, as well as those questioning, from ages of 11 to 18. A facilitated emotional support group to be heard, share your story, and hear stories that may sound surprisingly like your own. Fourth Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Free. GALA Pride and Diversity Center, 1060 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, 805-541-4252.

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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH SLO

A free summer movie night for families. Join for a family-friendly viewing of a beloved G-rated movie. July 21, 6 p.m. Free. 805-481-7339. bgcslo.org/events. Boys and Girls Clubs of South San Luis Obispo County Clubhouse, 1830 19th St., Oceano.

FIVE CITIES REPAIR CAFÉ Get free help fixing household appliances, smart phones, laptops, bikes, clothing, toys, etc. Knife and tool sharpening. Master Gardener available for plant advice. Bring your garden abundance to share. July 22 1-4:30 p.m. Free. 650-367-6780. repaircafe5cities.org. Oak Park Christian Church, 386 N Oak Park Blvd., Grover Beach.

PETE KELLEY’S “HISTORY OF AVILA

BEACH AND AVILA PIER” Pete Kelley, retired SLO County restaurateur, will reprise his recent Avila Beach history presentation, with additional focus on the Avila Pier. Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be provided. Presented by the Friends of Avila Pier. July 20, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. AvilaPier.org. San Luis Yacht Club, 443

FOOD & DRINK

MORRO BAY MAIN STREET FARMERS

MARKET Get fresh and veggies, fruit, baked goods, sweets, and handmade artisan crafts. Come have some fun with your local farmers and artisans and enjoy delicious eats while enjoying the fresh breeze of Morro Bay. Saturdays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. through May 31 Varies. 805-824-7383. morrobayfarmersmarket.com. Morro Bay Main Street Farmers Market, Main Street and Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

CLUB SUPSUP

Coast’s newest pop-up dinner experience the last Wednesday of every month. Last Wednesday of every month, 6-9 p.m. $125. 310-692-0046. clubsupsup.com/. Kindred Oak Farm, 1250 Paint Horse Plaza, Paso Robles.

A SHELL OF A TIME

Chamisal Vineyards in San Luis Obispo hosts Lobsterfest on Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. both evenings. Dinner includes wine selections and an ocean-totable, family-style feast. Admission ranges between $210 and $265. Visit chamisalvineyards.com for more info. The venue is located at 7525 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo.

Front St., Avila Beach, 805-595-2017.

PLANT 101 WORKSHOP Are you ready to take your green thumb skills to the next level? Look no further than this upcoming Plant 101 Workshop. Join to learn everything about house plants, build your own soil mix, and repot a lovely plant. July 30, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $65. 805-574-3793. pacificplantco.com. Pacific Plant Co., 859 N. Oak Park Blvd., Pismo Beach.

POINT SAN LUIS LIGHTHOUSE TOURS

Tours will give you a glimpse into the lives of Lighthouse Keepers and their families, while helping keep our jewel of the Central Coast preserved and protected. Check website for more details. Wednesdays, Saturdays pointsanluislighthouse.org/.

Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

SEA EXPLORERS SUMMER CAMP

New sessions start each week for Sea Explorers ages 5 to 12. Deep dive into a unique marine science subject exploring marine habitats, interacting with live animals, and conducting experiments each day to learn more about the wonders of our oceans. Mondays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through July 31 Varies. 805-457-5357. centralcoastaquarium.com. Central Coast Aquarium, 50 San Juan St., Avila Beach.

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY

2023 PEACE OF MIND: 10,000

STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

FUNDRAISING WALK A fundraising walk to support mental health community services, research, and treatment for anxiety and depression. July 22 9 a.m.noon $55. 707-227-8503. almarosawinery. com. Alma Rosa Estate, 7250 Santa Rosa Road, Buellton.

LAS FLORES: A CLUB SUPSUP EVENT

An intimate setting, a rotating Latin inspired menu, and “an evening never to forget.” Check out the Central Coast’s newest pop-up dinner experience during the last Wednesday of every month. Contact to host, sponsor, or collaborate. July 26 6-9:30 p.m. $95. 310-692-0046. clubsupsup.com. Carbon 6 Wine Bar, 5940 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

ONX WINES VINEYARD TOUR AND TASTING

Enjoy a private tour and tasting at the ONX Estate. The tour begins at the Tractor Shed with a portfolio tasting. From there your host will drive you around the vineyard in an off-road vehicle, allowing you to taste the wine right where it’s grown. Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Oct. 29 $45 per person. 805-434-5607. onxwine.com/ estate. ONX Estate Vineyard, 1200 Paseo Excelsus, Templeton.

TACO TUESDAYS La Parilla Taqueria will be in the courtyard serving up their delicious tacos and tostadas. Menu typically includes barbacoa, chicken, and pastor tacos, as well as shrimp ceviche tostadas. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 805-4606042. ancientowlbeergarden.com. Ancient Owl Beer Garden, 6090 El Camino Real, suite C, Atascadero.

YOGA AND WINE BLENDING CLASS

Includes a wine blending class after the yoga practice. July 29 11 a.m.-1 p.m. my805tix.com. Timshel Vineyards, 825 Riverside Ave., suite 1, Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO

BRINGIN’ ON THE HEAT A celebration of spice and heat at the Public Market. Vendors will prepare their unique spicy dishes for all to buy and enjoy. Vote for your favorites at Rambling Spirits. July

p.m. Free. eastoneverett.com. Sea Pines Golf Resort, 1945 Solano St., Los Osos.

FOREVER GREEN LIVE AT THE LIBERTINE, MORRO BAY Enjoy the creative tunes of Forever Green, spectacular views, delicious eats, and fantastic drinks at one of Morro Bay’s most iconic pubs. July 22 6-9 p.m. Free with purchase. Libertine Brewing Co. (Morro Bay), 801 Embarcadero Way, Morro Bay, 805-772-0700.

LIVE MUSIC WITH GUITAR WIZ AT LUNADA GARDEN BISTRO “Guitar

Wizard” Billy Foppiano plays a wide range of music, including blues, R&B, classic rock, and more. Fourth Sunday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-900-5444. Lunada Garden Bistro, 78 N. Ocean Ave., Cayucos.

MIDDAY MINI-CONCERT: EUNICE KIM

AND JOHN NOVACEK Violinist Eunice Kim and pianist John Novacek collaborate on a mini-recital of works for violin and piano. July 25, 12-1 p.m. Suggested donation of $10. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 490 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

MIDDAY MINI-CONCERT: FEI XIE Fei Xie, principal bassoonist of the Minnesota Orchestra, performs a mini-recital of music for bassoon and piano, joined by pianist Chiao Wen Cheng. July 28 12-1 p.m. Suggested donation of $10. 805781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Community Presbyterian Church of Cambria, 2250

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FAMILY CONCERT

Copland’s Appalachian Spring

Tickets $5

CHAMBER CONCERT

Hummel, Françaix, Villa-Lobos, Beethoven

JULY 22 11:00 AM

OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION

Copland’s Appalachian Spring

JULY 23

NOTABLE DINNER

JULY 22 7:30 PM

JULY 24 5:30 PM

RACHEL BAIMAN WITH STEVE HAAN

Americana Singer-Songwriter

CHAMBER CONCERT AT MISSION SLO

Poulenc,

JULY 23 2:00 PM

JULY 25

Harold J. Miossi CPAC, Cuesta College

Paso Robles

Harold J. Miossi CPAC, Cuesta College

Ginastera, Mozart, Dvořák

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

See Canyon Fruit Ranch, Avila Beach

Harold J. Miossi CPAC, Cuesta College

SCOTT YOO MUSIC DIRECTOR

Yorkshire Dr., Cambria.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY FEATURES

J. GAVIN J. Gavin comes from a musical family, as the son of a singer-songwriter father. Special guests include local duo LOVR. July 25, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-2046821. songwritersatplay.com/events.

Schooners, 171 North Ocean Ave, Cayucos.

SUMMER TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES

AT HARMONY CELLARS Start your weekend in Harmony with live music, food truck fare, and wine on the patio. Reservations required. Seating provided. Fridays, 5:15-7:15 p.m. through Sept. 8 $12$20. 805-927-1625. harmonycellars.com.

Harmony Cellars, 3255 Harmony Valley Rd., P.O. Box 2502, Harmony.

NORTH SLO COUNTY

BAROQUE IN THE VINES Scott Yoo leads this annual Baroque concert at the beautiful hilltop setting of Serra Chapel. Enjoy concertos for flute, bassoon, and cello. July 29 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets start at $67. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic. org. Serra Chapel, McMillan Canyon Rd., Shandon.

CHAMBER CONCERT 3: MISSION

SAN MIGUEL Festival Mozaic returns to Mission San Miguel Arcángel for an afternoon of chamber music for piano and strings. Pianists Stewart Goodyear and John Novacek will lead works by Fauré and Brahms. July 26, 4-6 p.m. Tickets start at $29. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org.

Mission San Miguel Arcángel, 775 Mission St., San Miguel.

DEADSTOCK 2023 With 12 lethal bands from across the state. July 27-29 my805tix.com. Dark Nectar Coffee Lounge, 5915 Entrada, Atascadero, 805-835-1988.

EASONT EVERETT Easton Everett plays guitar-woven music that has an authentic feel and an indie attitude. July 27 6-8 p.m. Free. 760-514-8822. 15 Degrees C Wine Shop and Bar, 624 S Main St., unit 101, Templeton, 15degreescwines.com.

EASTON EVERETT Easton Everett plays

guitar-woven music that has an authentic feel. The sound is easy to listen to but also distinctive. July 22 12-3 p.m. Free. eastoneverett.com. Riboli Family of San Antonio Winery, 2610 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles, 805-226-2600.

FRIDAY NIGHT DJ Weekly DJ series, with a different DJ every Friday. Presented by friends at Traffic Record store in Atascadero. Come listen, dance, drink, and unwind every Friday. All ages event; no cover charge. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. 805-4606042. ancientowlbeergarden.com. Ancient Owl Beer Garden, 6090 El Camino Real, suite C, Atascadero.

JOLON STATION BAND VARIETY SHOW

Come join Jolon Station Band every Thursday night in downtown Atascadero for a night of comedy, musical guests, prize wheels, and more. Thursdays, 8-10 p.m. $5 at the door. Raconteur Room, 5840 Traffic Way, Atascadero, 805-464-2584.

MIDDAY MINI-CONCERT: ALEX

WASSERMAN After his Festival Mozaic debut in 2022, pianist Alex Wasserman returns to the Midday Mini-Concert series for a recital of works for solo piano. July 26 12-1 p.m. Suggested donation of $10. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Cass Winery and Vineyard, 7350 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

NOTABLE DINNER: EVOLUTION OF THE PIANO QUARTET Evening begins with a wine and appetizer reception and concludes with a three-course dinner. Scott Yoo will play with a chamber music ensemble, the piano quartet. You will learn about the history of the art form and hear selections of of different quartets. July 24 5:30-9 p.m. Tickets start at $175. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Halter Ranch Vineyard, 8910 Adelaida Road, Paso Robles.

SAN LUIS OBISPO

FILM PRESENTATION: AMADEUS Festival Mozaic and the SLO Film Festival

present a screening of the 1984 film that follows the story of composers Mozart and Salieri. July 25, 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $10. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Palm Theatre, 817 Palm St, San Luis Obispo.

CHAMBER CONCERT 1: HUMMEL, FRANÇAIX, AND BEETHOVEN This program celebrates the quintet. July 23 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets start at $29. 805-7813009. festivalmozaic.org. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

CHAMBER CONCERT 4: A SOLDIER’S

TALE The 2023 Chamber Concert series ends with a performance of Stravinsky’s cautionary story about a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil. July 28 , 7:309 p.m. Tickets start at $25. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

EASTON EVERETT Easton Everett plays guitar-woven music that has an authentic feel and an indie attitude. July 29 6-9 p.m. Free. The Mark Bar and Grill, 673 Higuera St., Sal Luis Obispo, 805-439-4400.

FAMILY CONCERT: APPALACHIAN

SPRING Scott Yoo and Ryan Lawrence lead a family friendly performance of Aaron Copland’s ballet Appalachian Spring. This concert is open for all ages will last under one hour without an intermission. July 22 , 11 a.m.-noon All tickets $5; children sitting on a lap do not need a ticket. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

FESTIVAL MOZAIC OPENING NIGHT:

APPALACHIAN SPRING To celebrate the opening of the 2023 Summer Music Festival, Scott Yoo and the Festival musicians will join forces with the Movement Arts Collective for a new setting of Copland’s Appalachian Spring, choreographed by Ryan Lawrence. July 22 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets start at $29. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Cuesta

College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

FILIPPONI RANCH WINERY WITH THE SKYLITES Enjoy some Sunday afternoon music with The SkyLites at a beautiful outdoor venue in the canyon behind the fabulous Filipponi Ranch Winery. July 23 1-4 p.m. Filipponi Ranch, 1850 Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo.

MIDDAY MINI-CONCERT: KO-ICHIRO

YAMAMOTO Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, principal trombonist of the Seattle Symphony, joins pianist Chiao Wen Cheng for a recital of music for trombone and piano. July 27, 12-1 p.m. Suggested donation of $10. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks Street, San Luis Obispo.

MIDDAY MINI-CONCERT: STEWART GOODYEAR Featured Guest Artist, pianist Stewart Goodyear, presents a free recital of works for solo piano. July 24 , 12-1 p.m. Tickets start at $10. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

MO BETTA SUMMER JAZZ SERIES Visit site for tickets and more details. July 23 3 p.m. my805tix.com. Antigua Brewing Company, 1009 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

MOZART IN THE MISSION Join the Festival musicians for this annual concert presenting Mozart and more in our historic Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. July 25, 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets start at $29. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

NOTABLE INSIGHT: STRAVINSKY’S A SOLDIER’S TALE Scott Yoo guides you on a tour into the music of Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale.” He will discuss the history surrounding the piece, Stravinsky’s influences and musical style, and the ensemble will perform some selections.

July 27 2-4 p.m. Tickets start at $25. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY BAND The San Luis Obispo County Band performs a variety of music for the enjoyment of Farmer’s Market patrons. At the corner of Higuera and Nipomo during the third Thursdays of July, August, and September.

July 20 6-8:45 p.m. Free admission. 630-421-2556. San Luis Obispo Farmers Market, Broad and Higuera, San Luis Obispo.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY FEATURES

BRETT PERKINS, YNANA ROSE

Songwriters at Play host Steve Key will share the stage with Ynana Rose and Brett Perkins. Tim Pacheco joins for a guest set. July 26, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/events. SLO Wine and Beer Company, 3536 S. Higuera St., suite 250, San Luis Obispo.

SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

DAVE BECKER QUARTET: LIVE AT

THE LIGHTHOUSE Dave Becker, Ken Husted, and Dean Giles are joined by Kristian Ducharme (Damon Castillo Band, 41k). Featuring the rich vocals of Nicole Stromsoe. July 22 2-5:30 p.m. my805tix.com. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

FM PRESENTS: LUCIA MICARELLI AND LEO AMUEDO Join violinist and singer Lucia Micarelli and guitarist Leo Amuedo for an intimate concert showcasing diverse influences moving from jazz, to classical, to traditional fiddle music, Americana, and Latin, that creates a musical map binding together Lucia’s trademark emotional vulnerability and Leo’s technical wizardry. July 27, 5:30-8 p.m. Tickets start at $59. 805-781-3009. festivalmozaic.org. DANA Adobe Cultural Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo.

FM PRESENTS: RACHEL BAIMAN Americana singer, songwriter, and multi-

instrumentalist Rachel Baiman returns to Festival Mozaic to headline this show at See Canyon Fruit Ranch. July 23 2-4 p.m. Tickets start at $57. festivalmozaic.org. See Canyon Fruit Ranch, 2345 See Canyon Rd., Avila Beach, 805-595-2376.

THE JUMP JAX AND THE TALIA ORTEGA

QUARTET: LIVE IN CONCERT Presented by the Basin Street Regulars Hot Jazz Club. July 30, 1-4 p.m. my805tix.com. Pismo Beach Veterans Memorial Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach.

SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS

SUMMER CLASSIC CAR SHOW AND CONCERT Presented by Welcome to the 805. Features live music, food, beer, wine, a kids zone, and more. July 23 welcometothe805.com. Simas Park, 600 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

LOMPOC/VANDENBERG

5 PUNK BANDS LIVE Presented by Records on Tap. July 29 6:30 p.m. my805tix.com. Flower City Ballroom, 110 W. Ocean Ave., Lompoc.

THE 805 CALI TEJANOS: LIVE IN CONCERT Beer, wine, cocktails and food will be available for purchase. For ages 21 and over. July 22 7 p.m. my805tix.com. Flower City Ballroom, 110 W.

Arts

Odd Fellows Hall in SLO hosts comedy night

Prolific stand-up comedian and television writer Curtis Cook will headline an upcoming comedy night at the Odd Fellows Hall in San Luis Obispo, slated for Saturday, Aug. 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. Cook has written for Crank Yankers American Dad, and other shows throughout his career.

The Odd Fellows Hall show will also feature comedian Wendy Wilkins, a frequent act at The Comedy Store in Hollywood, and additional special guests.

Tickets to the show are $15 for adults and $10 for students with ID. Email comicsal@gmail.com for more info on the event. The venue is located at 520 Dana St., San Luis Obispo.

Grossman Gallery showcases art by Shell Beach-based painter Judy Chapel

The featured artist for the month of August at the Grossman Gallery in Lompoc is Shell Beachbased painter Judy Chapel, whose exhibit will premiere on Friday, Aug. 4, and remain on display through Thursday, Aug. 31.

The showcase will include more than 50 paintings by Chapel, a signature member of the Central Coast Watercolor Society. Chapel was born and raised in Ohio. After graduating from Kent State University with a degree in education, Chapel moved to California to become a teacher for the Santa Maria-Bonita School District in Santa Maria.

She retired from teaching in 1996 and now lives in Shell Beach. During her second career as an artist, Chapel has traveled to countries across Europe as well as Mexico and Canada for extended periods of time to paint and study.

Chapel works with watercolor, acrylics, and other media. Her bold, colorful artworks have been juried into various art shows over the past few decades, according to press materials. In 2002, Chapel won Best of Show in a showcase hosted by the Oil, Pastel, and Acrylic Group of San Luis Obispo.

Her work has previously appeared in galleries in Arroyo Grande, Paso Robles, and other cities along the Central Coast.

Chapel’s watercolor paintings have been juried into the annual Aquarius exhibition, hosted by the Central Coast Watercolor Society, a total of three times over the years.

An opening reception for Chapel’s upcoming exhibit at the Grossman Gallery will take place on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. To find out more about the event, call (805) 875-8775 or email judy@judychapelart.com.

The Grossman Gallery is located inside the Lompoc Library, at 501 E. North Ave., Lompoc. ∆

—Caleb Wiseblood

BY ADRIAN VINCENT ROSAS

Origin point

Lisa Solomon dives into what it means to

from somewhere with abstract art showcase Cellular Memory

Where are you from?

It’s the type of question that seems like it would have an easy answer, but for artist Lisa Solomon it’s so much more.

“I’ve been asked that question my entire life, and there has always been this strange wanting to put in a box behind [whatever I answer],” Solomon said.

Explore the origins

See Cellular Memory for yourself until Aug. 28 at SLOMA, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. For more information on this and future exhibits, visit sloma.org.

In this conundrum, the Oakland-based artist has found a path to expression in her abstract mixedmedia art showcase Cellular Memory, currently running at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA).

“Everything I do is rooted in something I’m interested in,” she said. “ en I do a heck of a lot of research and make a body of work surrounding that.”

e exhibition, which runs until Aug. 28, features a collection of work from Solomon’s extensive career, including self-portraits, photo re-creations, and net-like sculpture pieces centered on her research on her part-Japanese, part-Jewish ancestry.

Solomon—who was born in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in both Southern and Central California—has had pieces featured across the country, including exhibits in San Jose; Wichita, Kansas; and Washington, D.C. Cellular Memory serves as a collection of some of the past pieces featured in her many exhibitions.

e SLOMA exhibit features a set of ve portraits that focus on her complex ancestry as the daughter of a Jewish father and immigrated Japanese mother and all of the positive and negative history that is associated with it.

“I checked in with my dad and remember my grandparents talking about where their parents are from,” she said. “So some of these portraits are me grappling with that question [of where I am from], and the others are based around the places I actually have heritage.”

Solomon describes the ve portraits as a blend of mugshots, a three-quarter view, and a standard portrait, which all stem from di erent perspectives of her heritage she found via research.

“Luckily, there are ve places I have real heritage from,” she said with a laugh.

FACING

THE PAST

In the re-creation of these WWII-era photos, Lisa Solomon explores the history of JapaneseAmericans being put into interment camps by the U.S. government.

Other pieces in the exhibition, like the 535-knot net—Amime—explore the numerical and cultural signi cance of Japanese shing and hunting practices.

“ is net pattern is a sort of wave pattern, and it’s a constant in Japanese culture as it’s supposed to be good luck for shermen,” Solomon said. “I was curious if I could pull o this knot pattern while also featuring the wave idea.”

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Her nished piece is intended to showcase the range of colors that are important to Japanese culture.

“[Amime] has ve di erent shades of blue as its background because I didn’t want the knots to sit in just one color,” she said. “So it has a wave pattern literally and also features waves of di erent colors.”

e spectrum of color also relates to the di erent aspects of her ancestry that sometimes are less celebrated or less acknowledged than others.

In her research, Solomon delved into some of the darker aspects of Japanese American history—speci cally the U.S. interment of people of Japanese descent during World War II.

numbers,

“I had never learned about it my entire life growing up in California,” she said. “You only had to be 1/16 Japanese to be put into the camps so I was like, well, my mom would have to go, I would have to go, and my kid would have to go.”

In a series of re-created photographs, Solomon conveys the dark and somber nature of the internment camps, highlighting the anti-Japanese sentiment of the time and the deception under which the U.S. government moved them into camps. “ ey called the interment ‘evacuation,’ like they were evacuating them, but really they were just putting them into camps,” she said. “ ese shops [owned by Japanese Americans] had signs that said ‘closing out evacuation sale,’ which seems like something that is kind of pleasant, but is not pleasant at all.”

Solomon doesn’t focus entirely on the negative in her re-created photographs, as there are both literal and gurative layers of resilience at play. Ultimately, celebrating resilience is at the core of Solomon’s artistic exploration—something she hopes can inspire people who see the images to appreciate both the positive and negative parts of where they come from.

“ inking about [where I am from] and researching that was heavy,” she said. “But it was also oddly cathartic.” ∆

Sta Writer Adrian Vincent Rosas is researching and appreciating his Los Angeles Chicano roots. Reach him at arosas@newtimesslo.com.

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PHOTO BY ADRIAN ROSAS, ART BY LISA SOLOMON

TAKE FIVE Five different perspectives offer five points of ancestry for artist Lisa Solomon to explore.

PHOTO BY ADRIAN ROSAS, ART BY LISA SOLOMON

PHOTO COURTESY OF SLOMA, ART BY LISA SOLOMON WAVE WONDER In Amime, artist Lisa Solomon explores the significance of

colors, and waves in Japanese history and culture.

Shamanic Morning Rituals for Vitality

THURSDAY, JULY 20

Aurora Meditations & Rituals, Morro Bay

Bare Heart Nights: Ropes for Fun and Fashion (Solo)

THURSDAY, JULY 20 Baywood-Los Osos

Bare Heart Nights: Ropes for Fun and Fashion (Partner)

FRIDAY, JULY 21 Baywood-Los Osos

Orcutt Community Theater: And Then There Were None

FRI, SAT, SUN THRU JULY 30

The Historic Minerva Club, Santa Maria

By the Sea Productions: Barefoot in the Park FRI, SAT, SUN THRU AUG 6 Shasta Avenue, Morro Bay

The 805 Cali Tejanos SATURDAY, JULY 22 Flower City Ballroom, Lompoc

Mo Betta Summer Jazz Series

SUNDAY, JULY 23

Antigua Brewing Company, San Luis Obispo

Laugh Therapy: Stand-Up Comedy

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Maverick Saloon, Santa Ynez

Begrime Exemious (Canada), Poxx, Sepsis + more TBA

THURSDAY, JULY 27 Narducci’s Cafe, Bakersfield

Deadstock 2023 (11 bands from all over California)

THURS & FRI, JULY 28 & 29 Dark Nectar Coffee, Atascadero

KD Train / Knee Deep

FRIDAY, JULY 28

Flower City Ballroom, Lompoc

Saunter Yoga & Wellness: Yoga & Wine Blending Class

SATURDAY, JULY 29 Timshel Vineyards, Paso Robles

SLOFunny Comedy Show

SATURDAY, JULY 29

The Savory Palette, Morro Bay

Records on Tap Presents Five Punk Bands

SATURDAY, JULY 29 Flower City Ballroom, Lompoc

Women Making Waves: Free to Fly: Zip & Sip Adventure

SUNDAY, JULY 30 Margarita Adventures, Santa Margarita

The Jump Jax and The Talia Ortega Quartet

SUNDAY, JULY 30 Pismo Beach Veterans’ Hall

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Peter Strauss Ranch, Agoura Hills

Superheroes in SLO

Vacation Bible Camp

MON, JULY 31–FRI, AUG. 4 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church SLO

All-You-Can-Eat Southern Seafood Boil FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 CaliPaso Winery & Villa, Paso Robles

Songwriters at Play presents: Roy Zimmerman

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10

SLO Wine and Beer Co., SLO

Lompoc Police Car Show

FRI & SAT, AUGUST 11 & 12 Downtown Lompoc and Ryan Memorial Park

Cruise control

Christopher McQuarrie ( e Way of the Gun; Jack Reacher; Mission Impossible— Rogue Nation; Mission Impossible—Fallout) returns to the franchise to helm this new twoparter that follows

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE— DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

What’s it rated? PG-13

What’s it worth, Glen? Full price

What’s it worth, Anna? Full price

Where’s it showing? Colony, Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive-In

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF as they race to track down a cruciform key and the dangerous new weapon it operates. (163 min.)

Glen Generally speaking, I nd these twopart money grabs pretty annoying, but I understand that it’s often because most people won’t sit through a four- or ve-hour lm, and the lmmakers don’t want to decimate their story arc. Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 were certainly worthy of separation, but do we need Dead Reckoning to be ve hours long in two parts? I don’t know yet. Don’t get me wrong: is is action-packed and propulsive throughout, with just a couple of respites for bathroom breaks. Otherwise, the lm feels like one long chase scene, and if Hunt isn’t running or ghting, he’s about to. Apparently, someone has unleashed an arti cial intelligence called “the Entity,” and it’s already in ltrated a Russian sub’s operating system. Whoever gets the key and the location of the lock it ts will perhaps be able to control the A.I. Part One has been all about the various players running around trying to get both parts of the two-part key. We’ll have to wait for Part Two to see who’s able to nd the lock and whether they’re able to control the A.I., or as Hunt and his team wisely want to do, destroy it before it does more damage.

Anna e rst Mission Impossible lm came out in 1996, and here we are just a few years shy of 30 years later, still watching Hunt save

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE: DUGGAR FAMILY SECRETS

What’s it rated? TV-16 Plus

When? 2023

Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime

Trigger warning for all things religious, cult related, and sexual abuse. If you had cable TV between 2008 and 2015, chances are you caught a glimpse of the Duggar family and their rise to fame in their show 1 9 Kids and Counting Theirs was an early domino to fall in the world of reality television based around fundamentalist Christianity and the Quiverfull movement, which encourages members to have as many children as possible and homeschool

the world. Listen, I’ve got my beefs with Tom Cruise, but there’s no denying that dude is savvy when it comes to buying in on a lm franchise. I think I’ve watched all the MI movies, and some are more memorable than others. ere was something special about that rst one, the ceiling drop scene, the gum that exploded, the masks that changed identities that felt really cool and novel. By this point, “cool” and “novel” aren’t words I’d use to describe the series anymore, but propulsive is right. Hunt is charming enough to like, but also jaded and tired. I’ll give Cruise props, he doesn’t just know this character, I think he believes it to be a bit of himself. I’ll certainly see the second part of Dead Reckoning when it comes out, but I’m with you—I’m not sure if we need a ve-hour storyline here, but it will de nitely help sell tickets now and in a couple of years when Part Two comes out. If impossibly highying stunts and nail-biting action are your thing, see it on the big screen.

Glen If you’ve seen the trailer for Dead Reckoning, you saw one of the lm’s biggest stunts: Ethan Hunt driving a motorcycle o a cli and parachuting down. at wasn’t a

them under the church’s guidance. This four-part series interviews Jill, who spent her young life on television and was exploited by her father as well as other former members of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) church led by Bill Gothard. The series explores the secrets and sensationalism behind the organization and the true impact of being raised in a cult setting. Infuriating and eye-opening, this documentary series explores what it means to live under the thumb of extreme religious oppression and what the difficult path to break free looks like. (four approximately 50-min. episodes)

—Anna

THE UGLY TRUTH Jill and Derick Dillard speak candidly about TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting and what it was like to be part of the Duggar clan, in Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets , a four-part miniseries streaming on Amazon Prime.

stunt double. Tom Cruise actually performed the stunt himself. e dude’s 61! I’m 61 and I wouldn’t jump o a step stool. Cruise did 500 hours of skydiving training, and yes, part of the stunt involved wires as he jettisoned the motorcycle and the skydiving was separate from the motorcycle jump, but still. e dude’s a badass. e whole lm is fun, with multiple bad guys—some in the U.S. government and some out of it. I especially liked Pom Klementie as Paris, henchwoman to the enigmatic Gabriel (Esai Morales), who has a past with Hunt. Her character turned out to be amazingly three-dimensional. If you like action, this one’s 100 percent worth it. Anna It is an absolute ride. I’m always impressed by the stunts Cruise decides to take on himself, be it skydiving here or rock climbing in the fourth lm. e dude’s ego extends to death-defying lengths. Any way you cut it, these MI lms are solid blockbuster entertainment. ∆

Senior Sta Writer Glen Starkey and freelancer Anna Starkey write Split Screen. Glen compiles listings. Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

SISU

What’s it rated? PG-13

When? 2022

Where’s it showing? Redbox and Amazon Prime

Writer-director Jalmari Helander ( Rare Exports, Big Game) directs this action thriller about Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), a quiet man who lives alone in the Lapland wilderness with his horse and faithful dog, where he prospects for gold. In the closing days of World War II, he finally strikes it big, but on his way into town to cash in, he encounters a Nazi Waffen SS platoon and its brutal commander SS Obersturmführer Bruno Helldorf (Aksel Hennie), who have kidnapped women and are burning towns as they retreat. The Nazis have other plans for Aatami’s gold, but they underestimate just how deadly this aged former soldier is.

I dig these one-man avenger tales, and this one gets pretty gory with a lot of knife work, machine-gunning, and a trip through a minefield that predictably leads to a lot of flying limbs. Turns out Aatami’s nickname by the Russians he eviscerated during the “Winter War” translates to “immortal” because he apparently can’t be killed. He certainly lives up to it here. For action fans, this will be a sleeper hit. I wish I could have seen it on the big screen. The

UNDERESTIMATED Jorma

Tommila stars as Aatami Korpi, a Finnish ex-commando and now prospector who discovers gold and has to battle a Nazi Waffen SS platoon to keep it, in Sisu, available at Redbox and online at Amazon Prime.

cinematography by Kjell Lagerroos is amazing. (104 min.) ∆

STUNT, MAN! Tom Cruise, who did many of his own stunts, reprises his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One, screening in local theaters.

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BY GLEN STARKEY

American hero

James McMurtry stands up for tolerance

I’m just going to say it. Incredible singersongwriter James McMurtry is so damn good at crafting immersive narrative songs that he’s completely climbed out from under the shadow of his famous novelist father Larry McMurtry (Horseman, Pass By;

turn to face the horses and the hounds.”

Numbskull and Good Medicine are bringing James McMurtry to The Siren this Friday, July 21 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $27 at goodmedicinepresents.com). This one’s going to be amazing.

Also, don’t forget Numbskull and Good Medicine are bringing Color Green to The Siren on Thursday, July 14 (8 p.m.; 21-andolder; $13 at goodmedicinepresents.com).

The Last Picture Show;

Lonesome Dove). That’s saying something because Larry is a national treasure, but so’s his son.

I just really admire an artist who will use his notoriety and soapbox in service to the good, which is why I was pleasantly flabbergasted to discover James played some shows in Tennessee and Texas in a red dress as an eff-you to right-wingers who seem to be spiraling into an anti-gay and anti-trans panic about drag queens that is fueling antiLGBTQ-plus legislation around the nation.

In an essay for Rolling Stone about his act of cross-dressing civil disobedience in states that have banned drag shows, James recalled his youth: “Liberace, in his day, was so much prettier than I’ll ever be. He was on network TV every week for a while, and later had yearly specials, if I recall correctly. I don’t remember anyone feeling threatened by Liberace. No one worried about him influencing or ‘grooming’ their kids. Now the right is all in a wad about drag performers corrupting and possibly molesting children. Right.”

In the essay, McMurtry incisively dressed down the right’s misguided hysteria. I’m with him.

McMurtry’s newest, 2021’s The Horses and the Hounds, is his 10th studio album and among his best. In it, he inhabits his protagonists, singing in the first person and populating all manner of interesting characters.

For instance, on the record’s title track, he sings as an outlaw lonesome for home: “When the white oak leaves are rustling ‘round the courtyard/ Tell the cook to leave the kitchen window down/ Just don’t lock it from inside, I might still need a place to hide/ When I turn to face the horses and the hounds// Sister says to come on back for Christmas/ Mama’s wondering why I never come around/ Lord, I’ve been running for so long I just can’t find a way back home/ So I’ll

This LA-based cosmic rock duo—Noah Kohll and Corey Madden—describe themselves as “fleet-fingered guitar gurus” who “formed the group in 2018 after jamming their way through a lengthy modal excursion into a particularly kaleidoscopic stretch of the astral plane.” Groovy, man. Groovy.

The Siren will also host Escape (The Ultimate Journey Tribute) with special guest Frampton Comes Alive on Saturday, July 22 (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $25 at tixr. com). Hear Journey’s hits, such as “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Any Way You Want It,” and “Wheel in the Sky,” as well as classic covers from Peter Frampton’s seminal album like “Baby I Love Your Way” and “Do You Feel Like We Do.”

Vina Robles gets red and white

When Tori Amos released her debut album Little Earthquakes in 1992, it felt like a revelation. Songs like “Silent All These Years,” “China,” “Winter,” and “Crucify” flew up the singles charts. Rolling Stone magazine eventually listed it as 233 on the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Her follow-up album, 1994’s Under the Pink, was another instant winner with its hit single “Cornflake Girl.” It sold 2 million copies and proved Amos wasn’t some flash in the pan.

She’s now 16 albums into an enviable career of music and activism, and her most recent album, 2021’s Ocean to Ocean, is her pandemic record, written while she was on lockdown in Cornwall, England, and recorded remotely by musicians collaborating in England, California, and Massachusetts.

She’s said the album is “a record about your losses, and how you cope with them.” Its single, “Speaking with Trees,” proves she can still write a hit.

When she finally got back on the road with

the new record in 2022, it led to a soldout world tour, so this summer she’s touring in support of Ocean to Ocean again, including a stop at Vina Robles Amphitheatre this Saturday, July 22 (8 p.m.; $49.50 to $75 at vinaroblesamphitheatre.com).

“I am truly excited to be coming back to the U.S. on the Ocean to Ocean Tour this summer with my amazing bandmates Jon Evans and Ash Soan,” Amos said in press materials. “We are so looking forward to playing iconic venues once again, such as The Greek in LA, Red Rocks, and especially Wolf Trap, where I saw so many shows growing up in neighboring Maryland. As I write this, I’m training hard as we head to Europe in March before then heading back to the states in June.”

A gifted pianist with an amazing voice, Tori Amos is one of a kind.

Also this week at Vina Robles, check out co-headliners Motionless In White and In This Moment next Thursday, July 27 (6:30 p.m.; $39.50 to $69.50 at vinaroblesamphitheatre.com), with Fit For A King and From Ashes to New opening the show. Part of The Dark Horizon Tour, the concert will feature this quartet of hard rock giants all in one location and all on one night.

Mid-State Fair fare

I haven’t been to the California MidState Fair in years. It’s hot, expensive, hard

to find parking, and packed with people, which reminds me of the old Yogi Berra line: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” Well, I’m going this year to wallow in the nostalgia that is The B-52s, who play this Saturday, July 22, in the Chumash Grandstand Arena, with Lou Gramm (Foreigner’s original lead vocalist) opening (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $40 to $130 at midstatefair.com).

Who doesn’t love The B-52s and their fun, danceable hits like “Rock Lobster,” “Dance This Mess Around,” “Private Idaho,” “Roam,” Deadbeat Club,” and “Love Shack”? The answer is nobody, because The B-52s may very well be the world’s greatest party band. They’ve been at it for 40 years and sold more than 20 million records, including several to me. Speaking of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums of all time, The B-52s’ self-titled debut sits at 152.

It’s been a while since they released an album, 2008’s Funplex, but it climbed to 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and had a couple of memorable singles in “Funplex” and “Juliet of the Spirits.” In an interesting sidenote, vocalist-percussionist Cindy Wilson is releasing a solo album on Aug. 25 called Realms on the Kill Rock Stars label.

Lou Gramm should be cool, too. He was lead vocalist on Foreigner hits like “Feels Like the First Time,” “Cold as Ice,” “Long, Long

MCMURTRY THE YOUNGER Numbskull and Good Medicine present singer-songwriter and now activist James McMurtry at The Siren on July 21

VIBRANT AS EVER Singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos plays Vina Robles Amphitheatre on July 22 , in support of her newest album, Ocean to Ocean

PHOTO COURTESY OF NEDERLANDER CONCERTS

GLITTER ON THE MATTRESS (Left to right) Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, and Kate Pierson are The B-52s, playing the Mid-State Fair on July 22

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE B-52S

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Way from Home,” “Hot Blooded,” “Double Vision,” “Blue Morning, Blue Day,” “Head Games,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Urgent,” “Juke Box Hero,” “Break It Up,” “Say You Will,” “Waiting on a Girl Like You,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

There are a bunch of other shows at the fair this week, including Sammy Hagar on Friday, July 21 ($50 to $125), Luke Bryan on Sunday, July 23 ($50 to $175), Nelly on Monday, July 24 ($30 to $110), Parker McCollum on Tuesday, July 25 ($30 to $85), and Pitbull on Wednesday, July 26 ($35 to $125), so visit midstatefair.com and get your tickets.

Feel Mozaic

What began as a music festival dedicated to all things Mozart has morphed over its 52 years into a mosaic of genres, hence its name, Festival Mozaic, which runs Saturday, July 22, through Saturday, July 29 (visit festivalmozaic.org/ summerfestival for a complete listing of events).

The opening night event, Appalachian Spring on Saturday, July 22, is sold out, as is Notable Dinner: Piano Quartets on Monday, July 24, and Baroque in the Vines on Saturday, July 29, but there are several other upcoming concerts in this popular series.

Americana singer-fiddler Rachel Baiman sounds especially interesting. She plays this Sunday, July 23, at the See Canyon Fruit Ranch (2 p.m.; $70 to $90 at ovationtix.com), which is a beautiful venue where my wife and I married.

Baiman appeared at Festival Mozaic and SLO Brew Rock’s Late Night Series in 2022, and now the Americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist returns. Raised in Chicago, she’s been recording and touring internationally with 10 String Symphony, Winnipeg-based folk band Oh My Darling,

and Kacey Musgraves.

You can also see Lucia & Leo at Nipomo’s Dana Adobe next Thursday, July 27 (5:30 p.m.; $70 to $90 at ovationtix.com). Lucia Micarelli is an incredible violinist and singer, and Leo Amuedo is an amazing guitarist, and they’ll collaborate for an intimate night of jazz, classical, traditional fiddle music, Americana, and Latin music. There are so many more great concerts, so visit the website and get tickets while you can.

More music (and comedy) …

SLO’s own Claiborne & Churchill Winery has started Friday Happy Hour every Friday from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring live music, wine, and food. Reservations are recommended by calling (805) 544-4066. This Friday, July 21, see Ted Waterhouse & The Jump Jax playing jump swing, soul, and R&B.

Long Beach-based reggae singer J Boog plays the Fremont Theater this Friday, July 21 (8 p.m.; all ages; $28 at seetickets.us).

The Samoan American became interested in reggae as a child when one of his sisters played

Bob Marley’s “Jamming” on the piano, and his six siblings nicknamed him “Boog,” short for boogie because he couldn’t sit still. He has three albums, most recently 2016’s Wash House Ting

SLO Brew Rock doesn’t have any live music this week, but they are hosting Comedy Night with Steve Furey on Saturday, July 22 (7 p.m.; 18-and-older; $20 at ticketweb.com). The LA-based comedian was recently named Best of the Fest at The SouthLand Festival. ∆

Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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FIDDLIN’ AROUND Americana singer-fiddler Rachel Baiman plays a Festival Mozaic concert on July 23 , at the See Canyon Fruit Ranch.

SAMOAN AMERICAN Long Beach-based reggae singer J Boog plays the Fremont Theater on July 21

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOD VIBEZ

BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL

Proof positive

House of Bread stretches over San Luis Obispo with a new bakery cafe on Farmhouse Lane

Sheila McCann is expanding her bread empire. The former public defender added a second House of Bread store in San Luis Obispo, bringing her national franchise collection up to eight.

Headquartered in SLO, McCann opened House of Bread in 1996 in the heart of downtown. Twelve years later, she moved shop to the 299 Marsh St. location. Now, she runs it in conjunction with a House of Bread brick-and-mortar cafe on 1025 Farmhouse Lane, which opened in early June.

“I wanted to do more meals and actually cook things. That’s what led me to this location because it has a grill and I could introduce hot items,” McCann said.

Farmhouse Corner Market Restaurant answered McCann’s stovetop dreams. It shuttered and she bought the 60-seat space near the SLO airport. The pale wood interiors boast generous beams of natural light and a glossy brick red countertop showcasing fresh-baked breads and pastries and a diverse salad and sandwich lunch menu.

“The other big motivation for me was that my franchisees wanted big spaces … indoor seating … customer interaction, you know, espresso drinks served with meals,” McCann said.

House of Bread found its way beyond SLO’s breadboxes. Its franchises exist in Chatsworth; Wasilla and Anchorage,

House of Bread’s new second location at Farmhouse Lane helps owner Sheila McCann and her team of bakers whip out more fresh loaves for more hungry patrons thanks to updated ovens and a large sitdown space.

Grab and sit

Walk into House of Bread’s new cafe on 1025 Farmhouse Lane, San Luis Obispo from Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check out the website at farmhouse.houseofbread.com or call (805) 592-0255 for more information.

Alaska; Reno, Nevada; and McKinney and Nolensville in Texas with a third café opening soon in Plano.

“Like snowflakes, no two are exactly alike,” House of Bread’s website states. “We are proud of our re-creation of grandma’s kitchen, and we encourage our bakery owners to express themselves in their stores, making each location inviting and perfectly suited to its geographic region and clientele.”

The success and popularity of the original House of Bread created an explosion of interest for franchising. For Montana native McCann, it was a true juggling act. Twenty-seven years ago, she got baking lessons in tandem with opening the bakery—all after completing both law and business schools and a career as a public defender in SLO. She hired a baker for House of Bread who devoted some hours during the work week to teaching McCann the art of baking bread.

“It’s so much easier to bake at home because you’re doing one thing,” she said.

“I told my baker, ‘How about I pay you overtime on Saturday, and you can teach me how to bake?’”

Those lessons paid off. Not only does McCann manage the two House of Bread locations and a staff of professional bakers, but she also teaches baking classes herself, and has been doing so at the old location. At the Farmhouse Lane spot, she conducts those sessions in a small glass-paneled booth inside the new cafe that she calls the “bread theater.” It’s furnished with large tables and wide wooden chopping boards to mix, knead, and shape dough on. On regular days, customers can watch House of Bread’s bakers prep their creations through the glass screen.

On July 7, her baker, John, occupied the booth. He scooped from a heaping mass of biscuit-colored dough, formed small mounds, and placed them on a big metal baking sheet.

“Yeah, those are called dog treats,” McCann said with a laugh.

House of Bread’s classes don’t center on dog treats, though students can pick up and apply the logic of baking from those lessons if they want to make them.

Limited to seven per class at $75 for each person, the classes take place a few times every month from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On July 21, McCann will teach the basics of

flat breads including focaccia, pita, and pizza dough. July 25’s class will look at gluten-free loaves, quick breads, and cookies. The Aug. 8 session will focus on artisan breads like ciabatta.

“My students are our best ambassadors because they know what’s in it,” McCann said. “We use good quality ingredients, and they acquire a taste for it.”

Hungry customers can also get their fix of freshly made bread through a gallery of sandwiches. Pick from options like the cranberry-filled Cranky Turkey, the California Fusion Panini that comes with the house pesto and artichoke hearts, and the Sunrise Breakfast Sandwich with eggs and cheddar cheese. Customize sandwiches with your choice of bread—Grandma’s White, garden herb, sourdough, honey whole wheat, Prairie, and nine-grain, to name a few.

House of Bread offers options for those with a sweet tooth too. Its rotating daily bread schedule features loaves of cinnamon swirl, apple cinnamon, lemon, banana nut, the popular chocolate zucchini, and raspberry swirl. The bakery also doles out a series of cheese and gluten-free loaves. The vast variety is possible through a feature unique to the Farmhouse Lane bakery that McCann is excited about.

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SPICY HIT Try House of Bread’s red pepper cheese steak made with their jalapeño jack bread. The loaf comes from Grandma’s White dough mixed with jalapeños and Monterey jack cheese.

“I’ve got new ovens. These ovens can actually bake at a high temperature without heating the whole world!” McCann. “My other location’s oven is 30 to 40 years old. You turn that oven over 400 … it takes forever to cool down.”

There are other newcomers to House of Bread: salads, soup, and quiches. In fact, the ever-changing soups are popular choices. McCann is experimenting with French onion soup now because it showcases the bread.

“We make the soups from scratch here. [The popularity] was a bit of a surprise,” she said. “It’s a nice way to use meat scraps because we can’t use the whole meat in sandwiches.”

McCann’s latest venture is less than two months old but she’s already working on ways to improve her business.

An inheritor of 12 beer taps through the Farmhouse Corner Market, she’s introduced

HOUSE O’ PLENTY House of Bread doles out more than fresh loaves at Farmhouse Lane. Choose from their selection of quiches, cinnamon rolls, bagels, pastries, and even beers on tap.

the guest bartender program to House of Bread. These bartenders will serve beer and wine during happy hour from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and 50 percent of proceeds will go to the charity of the customer’s choosing.

She also hopes to develop her baking classes into “Baking University.” Based on iterations in San Francisco and the East Coast, McCann’s Baking University would be four to six hour-long classes over the course of roughly five days. Students—those with a passion for baking or who want to be trained for a cottage license—would receive meals and gain the opportunity to explore SLO County during their free time.

“Someone once said to me, I’m either into ventures or adventures!” McCann said. ∆

Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal is ensconced in the scent of fresh bread. Snap her back to reality at brajagopal@newtimesslo.com.

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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:

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July 6, 13, & 20, 2023

Notice of Public Lien Sale

A&G Self Storage, 1173 El Camino Real, #B Arroyo Grande, CA 93420, 805481-1300

The contents of the following units will be sold at auction for nonpayment of rent and other fees.

Unit #52 (8’ x 6’)

Unit #70 (8’ x 6’)

Unit #71 (8’ x 6’)

Sealed bids will be accepted until 5 p.m. July 31, 2023. They may be dropped in the mail slot at above address.

July 20 & 27, 2023

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF LIENED PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that a Lien Sale will be held at Broad Street Storage 4880 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, on July 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM to satisfy the lien on the property stored at the address above in the units listed. Jazmine Hannaford C027. All units must be paid for at the time of sale. Credit/ Debit Card only will be accepted. No one under the age of 18 is allowed to attend the sale. Each person attending must sign in and agree to follow all Rules and Regulations of the sale. The landlord reserves the right to bid at the sale. All purchased goods are sold “as is”; and must be removed within 48 hours following the sale. Buyers must provide a current, original or a photocopy of their original resale permit at time of sale in lieu of sales tax. This sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party.

July 13 & 20, 2023

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is given that undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to sections 21701-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

SuperStorage (formerly Main Mini Storage), 1380 Santa Ynez Avenue, 2000 Mountain View Avenue, Los Osos, CA 93402 and 2100 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442 Will sell by competitive bidding ending on or after July 28th, 2023, on or after 10:00 A.M., property in storage units. Auction is to be held online at www.storagetreasures.com.

Property to be sold includes, but is not limited to: Bookshelves, dressers, washers & dryers, desks, musical instruments, beds, tables and chairs, bed frames, mattresses, kitchen utensils, kitchenware, pots and pans, appliances, furnishings, clothing, household items, luggage, stereo equipment, cabinets, sporting equipment, fishing gear, camping gear, tools, construction equipment,

computers, monitors, printers, toys, TV’S, bicycles, golf clubs, surf boards, office furniture, personal items, possible collectibles/antiques and boxed items contents unknown, belonging to the following:

LOS OSOS

Robert Wallace (10x25)

David Loftus (10x20)

Purchases must be paid for at time of sale in CASH ONLY. All purchased items sold as is, where is. Items must be removed at the time of sale.

Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Advertiser reserves the right to bid.

Dated this day 11th day of July 2023.

Auction by StorageTreasures. com

Phone (480) 397-6503

Main Mini Storage (805) 5287864

Ad to run July 20th and July 27th, 2023

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Loan No.: 16091Cadwell

TS no. 2023-10696

APN: 074-143-019

UNDER DEED OF TRUST YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 4/27/2022, 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on 8/15/2023, at 11:00 AM of said day, In the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Building, 1087 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, Worldwide Lenders, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jeffrey H. Cadwell, Successor Trustee of the Herschel Cadwell 2017 Living Trust, a Revocable Trust

Created on December 31, 2017

recorded on 5/4/2022 in Book n/a of Official Records of SAN LUIS OBISPO County, at page n/a, Recorder’s Instrument No. 2022019565, by reason of a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby, including that breach or default, Notice of which was recorded 4/4/2023 as Recorder’s Instrument No. 2023009267, in Book n/a, at page n/a, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, lawful money of the United States, evidenced by a Cashier’s Check drawn on a state or national bank, or the equivalent thereof drawn on any other financial institution specified in section 5102 of the California Financial Code, authorized to do business in the State of California, ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee, in that real property situated in said County and State, described as follows: Lot 18, Block 20, Cuesta-By-The-Sea, per Map recorded October 4, 1924, Book 3, Page 48 of Maps. The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 1851 Fearn Avenue, Los Osos, CA 93402. The undersigned disclaims all liability for any incorrectness in said street address or other common designation. Said sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or other encumbrances, to satisfy the unpaid obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest and other sums as provided therein; plus advances, if any, thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of said obligations at the time of initial publication of this Notice is $546,517.12.

In the event that the deed of trust described in this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is secured by real property containing from one to four single-family residences, the following notices

are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: 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 the 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’s 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 916-939-0772 or visit this internet website www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2023-10696. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2023-10696 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit or declaration described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Dated: July 13, 2023 Worldwide Lenders, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as Trustee By: Ashwood TD Services LLC, its Agent Christopher Loria, Trustee’s Sale Officer 231 E. Alessandro Blvd., Ste. 6A-693, Riverside, CA 92508 Tel.: (951) 215-0069 Fax: (805) 323-9054 Trustee’s Sale

Information: (916) 939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com

NPP0437806 To: NEW TIMES 07/20/2023, 07/27/2023, 08/03/2023

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

TS No. CA-23-956109-BF Order No.: 230141141-CA-VOI

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/3/2004. 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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. 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 and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): ROGELIO A. RODRIGUEZ AND MARIA E. RODRIGUEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS

Recorded: 6/24/2004 as

Instrument No. 2004055110 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SAN LUIS OBISPO County, California; Date of Sale: 8/15/2023 at 11:00AM

Place of Sale: In the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Building, located at 1087 Santa Rosa Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $242,863.74 The purported property address is: 2131 ARRIBA PL, ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420-5808

Assessor’s Parcel No.: 091-193006 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 the 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 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-23-956109-BF. 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 website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA23-956109-BF to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE OWNEROCCUPANT: Any prospective owner-occupant as defined in Section 2924m of the California Civil Code who is the last and highest bidder at the trustee’s sale shall provide the required affidavit or declaration of eligibility to the auctioneer at the trustee’s sale or shall have it delivered to QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION by 5 p.m. on the next business day following the trustee’s sale at the address set forth in the below signature block. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION

2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan. com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION . TS No.: CA-23-956109-BF IDSPub #0186897 7/20/2023 7/27/2023 8/3/2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0043

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Gabrielle Grace Selna-Guillen filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Gabrielle Grace SelnaGuillen to PROPOSED NAME: Gabriella Grace Selna

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: August 9, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 4, in person or 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: May 10, 2023

/s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0147

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Timothy Dean Hutchinson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT

NAME: Timothy Dean Hutchinson to PROPOSED NAME: Timothy Donovan Hutchinson

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: August 10, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2, in person or 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: June 29, 2023

/s/: Rita C. Federman, Judge of the Superior Court July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0315

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Tristan James Batiste filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Tristan James Batiste to PROPOSED

NAME: Tristan James Nunez

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: August 9, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 4, in person or 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: June 15, 2023

/s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court July 13, 20, 27, & August 3, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0324

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Alexis Ehens filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Alexis Ehens to PROPOSED NAME: Alexis Starr Ehens

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: August 3, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2, in person or 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: June 15, 2023

/s/: Rita C. Federman, Judge of the Superior Court July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0335

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Lynn Allison Jenkins filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lynn Allison Jenkins to PROPOSED

NAME: Laney Allison Mohle

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.

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: June 27, 2023

/s/: Rita C. Federman, Judge of the Superior Court July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:

23CV-0339

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Lauren Michelle Batiste filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT

NAME: Lauren Michelle Batiste to PROPOSED

NAME: Lauren Michelle Nunez

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: August 10, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2, in person or by zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1050 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times

Date: June 27, 2023

/s/: Rita C. Federman, Judge of the Superior Court

July 20, 27, August 3, & 10, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0347

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Cassandra Lopez & Edward Mercado filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Alex Sebastian Mercado to PROPOSED NAME: Alex Sebastian Mercado Lopez

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:

NOTICE OF HEARING:

Date: August 10, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2, in person or by zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1050 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy

August 17, 2023, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2, in person or 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: June 30, 2023

/s/: Rita C. Federman, Judge of the Superior Court July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Grover Beach will conduct a Public Hearing on TUESDAY, AUGUST 1st, 2023 at 6:00 p.m., or soon thereafter.

Development Application 23-27

Applicant – DR Properties LP

The Planning Commission will consider a one-year Time Extension for Development Applications 21-09 and 21-12, Development

Permit and Coastal Development Permit to construct two (2) detached residences and two (2) detached accessory dwelling units on each lot located at 456 Long Branch (APN 060-265-019) and 480 Long Branch (APN 060-265-021), for a total of four (4) single unit residences and four (4) ADUs. The site is zoned Coastal Medium Density Residential (CR2). CEQA Determination – The project received a Class 3 CEQA exemption for new construction. Approved project plans may be viewed at the following url: https://www. groverbeach.org/DocumentCenter/View/14063/PC-APPROVED-61-21---LONGBRANCH

Development Application 23-28

Applicant – El Dorado Holdings LLC

The Planning Commission will consider a one-year Time Extension for Development Application 21-18, a Use Permit for tenant improvements for commercial cannabis uses located at 921/931 Huston Street (APN 060-544-012). The site is zoned Industrial (I). CEQA Determination – The project received a Class 1 and Class 3 exemption for existing structures and facilities. Approved project plans may be viewed at the following url: https://www. groverbeach.org/DocumentCenter/View/14062/PC-APPROVED---

EL-DORADO-070621

Development Application 23-22

Applicant – Wave Division Holdings, LLC

The Planning Commission will consider Development Application 23-22, a Use Permit, Development Permit, and Coastal Development Permit to construct a 9,780 square foot (sf) telecommunications facility to support local broadband deployment, and reservation of 1,500 sf easement for future above ground or underground utility infrastructure ancillary to the primary use. The proposed project is located at 550 Farroll Road (APN 060-541-006). The site is zoned Coastal Industrial (CI). CEQA Determination – The proposed project qualifies for Class 3, New Construction, exemption. Proposed project plans may be viewed at the following url: https:// www.groverbeach.org/DocumentCenter/View/14064/DA-23-22PC-Set-Astound

Development Application 23-21

Applicant – David Pitts

The Planning Commission will consider Development Application 23-21, a Use Permit for a health/fitness facility greater than 3,000 square feet (sf). The proposed project is located at 1536 W. Grand Ave. (APN 060-252-005). The site is zoned Retail Commercial (RC). CEQA

Determination – The proposed project qualifies for Class 1, existing structure, exemption. Proposed project plans may be viewed at the following: url:https://www.groverbeach.org/DocumentCenter/ View/14065/1536-W-Grand-PC-Review-Plans

Where You Come In:

Any member of the public may appear at the meeting or call (805) 321-6639 during the meeting and be heard on the item(s) described in this notice or submit written comments prior to the meeting by personal delivery or mail to: Community Development Department, 154 South Eighth Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433 or by email to comdev@groverbeach.org. If you require special accommodations to participate in the public hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting by calling (805) 473-4567.

For More Information:

If you have questions or would like more information regarding the item(s) described in this notice, please contact the Community Development Department by telephone at (805) 473-4520 or send an e-mail to comdev@groverbeach.org

The Planning Commission may also discuss other items of business at this meeting. The complete meeting agenda and staff reports will be posted on the City’s website at www.groverbeach.org

If you challenge the nature of the proposed actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing(s) described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the Public Hearing. (Govt. Code Sec. 65009).

/s/ Nicole Retana, Deputy City Clerk Secretary to Planning Commission

Publish: on Thursday, July 20, 2023 Post: on Thursday, July 20, 2023

New Times Grover Beach City Hall Project Sites

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 25845 and 54354-54358 and Health and Safety Code Section 5473 et seq., by which delinquent charges may be collected on the general County tax bill, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo will hold a public hearing on August 8, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, regarding the proposed collection of delinquent charges on the FY 2023-24 tax roll. All hearing items are scheduled for 9:00 a.m. To determine the placement of this item on the agenda, please contact the County Administrative Office the Thursday afternoon before the scheduled hearing date.

The accepted report describing the delinquent charges proposed to be collected on the FY 2023-24 tax roll is on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Board and is available for public review.

Date: July 18, 2023

JOHN NILON

Interim Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

By: /s/ Niki Martin

Deputy Clerk

July 20 & 27, 2023

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF TENTATIVE ACTION / PUBLIC HEARING

WHO County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing

WHEN Friday, August 4, 2023 at 09:00 AM All items are advertised for 09:00 AM.

To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.

WHAT Request by Dennis and Debra Wright for a Minor Use Permit/Coastal Development Permit (C-DRC2023-00001) to allow for an approximately 564 square foot addition to an existing 2,808 square foot, two-story singlefamily residence, consisting of a 232 square foot first floor addition to an existing master bedroom, a 332 square foot second floor bedroom addition and a 91 square foot permeable balcony. The project additionally includes a new elevator and exterior stairs. The project would result in the disturbance of approximately 0.01-acre on a 1.33-acre parcel. The proposed project is within the Residential Single-Family land use category and is located at 6470 Kathryn Drive in the community of Cambria. The project is in the Coastal Zone and in the North Coast Planning Area. Also to be considered is the determination that this project is categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA.

County File Number: C-DRC2023-00001

Supervisorial District: District 2

Assessor Parcel Number(s): 013-084-043

Date Accepted: 03/31/2023

WHERE Virtual meeting via Zoom platform. Instructions on how to view and participate in the meeting remotely and provide public comment will be included in the published meeting Agenda and are posted on the Department’s webpage at: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/ Grid-Items/Meetings,-Hearings,-Agendas,-and-Minutes/PlanningDepartment-Hearing-(PDH)-Virtual-Meeting-.aspx.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Ana Luvera, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600.

TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING

This matter is tentatively scheduled to appear on the consent agenda, which means that it and any other items on the consent agenda can be acted upon by the hearing officer with a single motion. An applicant or interested party may request a public hearing on this matter. To do so, send a letter to this office at the address below or send an email to pdh@co.slo.ca.us by Friday, July 28, 2023 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on C-DRC2023-00001.”

If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing.

COASTAL APPEALABLE

If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. An applicant or aggrieved party may appeal to the Coastal Commission only after all possible local appeals have been exhausted pursuant to Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043(b). Local appeals must be filed using the required Planning Department form as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.042(a)(1).

Ysabel Eighmy, Secretary Planning Department Hearing

July 20, 2023

NEW COMPETITIVE CULTURAL ARTS & COMMUNITY PROMOTIONS GRANT PROGRAM AVAILABLE NOW

Local non-profit organizations hosting a community event in SLO between January 1 and June 30, 2024 are encouraged to apply now for grant funding from the City of SLO.

The application period is now open for the new Cultural Arts & Community Promotions (CACP) Grant Program, formerly Cultural Grants-In-Aid. The 2023-24 CACP Grants are funded through the City’s Promotional Coordinating Committee, who recognize the significant contribution that arts & humanities have on the quality of life in San Luis Obispo and is dedicated to uplifting these organizations.

These new competitive grants are available to non-profit organizations to use for marketing and advertising of an event or activity of cultural, social, and/or recreational benefit to the residents and visitors of the City of San Luis Obispo. Events for this grant period must take place between January 1 and June 30, 2024.

Interested organizations are invited to attend a CACP Grant Informational Session webinar at 1 p.m. on July 31, 2023. Register at www.slocity.org/CACP.

The deadline to apply for this grant period is September 1, 2023, at 5 p.m. Grant funding will be awarded in October 2023.

For more details on the program timeline, specifications, and application please visit: www.slocity.org/CACP.

Additional questions can be emailed to the City of SLO’s Tourism Manager Molly Cano at mcano@slocity.org.

July 20, 2023

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

WHO County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission

WHEN Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.

WHAT Hearing to consider a request by Max Hall for 1) a Minor Use Permit (DRC2019-00112) to authorize grading on slopes between 20 percent and 30 percent within the area subject to the San Luis Obispo Highway Corridor Area design standards, and 2) a Variance (DRC2019-00113) to allow grading on slopes greater than 30 percent for the purpose of constructing a singlefamily residence and driveway. The project will result in the disturbance of approximately 34,000 square feet (sf) including 11,057 sf of disturbance on slopes greater than 30 percent and will include 2,000 cubic yards (cy) of cut, 1,500 cy of fill and 500 cy of export. The project site will be served by an existing well shared with the three neighboring parcels and onsite septic system. The project site consists of 2.5 acres within the Agriculture land use category and is located at 222 Blue Granite Lane approximately 0.6 miles west of the City of San Luis Obispo. The site is in the San Luis Obispo North Sub Area of the San Luis Obispo Planning Area.

Also to be considered is the adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for this item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the Initial Study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been prepared for this project on May 28, 2023. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use and Planning, and Mandatory Findings of Significance, and are included as conditions of approval.

A copy of the Environmental Document is also available by visiting the Planning and Building Department website at https://energov.sloplanning. org/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/home then searching the file number and viewing the attachments. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s).

County File Number: DRC2019-00113

Supervisorial District: District 2

Assessor Parcel Number(s): 067-070-002

Date Accepted: 06/26/2020

WHERE The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Eric Hughes Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600.

If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing.

Ysabel Eighmy, Secretary Planning Commission July 20, 2023

CITY OF PISMO BEACH PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach City Council will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, for the following purpose:

PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA:

Address: Citywide

Description: Public hearing to hear protests from citizens whose lots have been cleared by the City Contractor. Pass a Resolution forwarding the weed abatement charges to the County of San Luis Obispo for placement on the 2023 property tax rolls.

Details about ways to participate in this hearing will be provided on the agenda posted for the meeting online at pismobeach.org/agenda, and on the bulletin board at City Hall. The agenda will be posted in the afternoon of July 27, 2023.

You have a right to comment on these projects and their effect on our community. Interested persons are invited to participate in the hearing or otherwise express their views and opinions regarding the proposed projects. Emailed comments may be submitted to citycouncil@pismobeach.org; staff cannot guarantee that emailed comments submitted after the start of the meeting will be given full consideration before action is taken. Written comments may be delivered or mailed to the City Clerk’s Office at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, prior to the meeting, or hand-delivered during the meeting no later than the comment period for this item. Oral comment may be provided prior to the meeting by calling 805-773-7005 and leaving a voice message. Please state and spell your name, and identify your item of interest. Oral comment may also be made during the meeting, either by joining the virtual meeting using the link provided on the agenda document, or by attending the meeting in person in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Please refer to the agenda for this meeting for specific instructions for participation

Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review from the City Clerk’s Office, by emailing City Clerk Erica Inderlied at einderlied@pismobeach.org. The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Thursday before the meeting and may be obtained upon request by mail or by visiting www.pismobeach.org/agenda. The Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website.

PLEASE NOTE:

If you challenge the action taken on this item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Pismo Beach at, or prior to, the public hearing. For further information, please contact Erica Inderlied, City Clerk, at einderlied@pismobeach.org or 805-773-7003.

Erica Inderlied

City Clerk

July 20, 2023

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 25845 and 54354-54358 and Health and Safety Code Section 5473 et seq., by which delinquent charges may be collected on the general County tax bill, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo will hold a public hearing on August 8, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, regarding the proposed collection of delinquent charges on the FY 2023-24 tax roll.

All hearing items are scheduled for 9:00 a.m. To determine the placement of this item on the agenda, please contact the County Administrative Office the Thursday afternoon before the scheduled hearing date.

The accepted report describing the delinquent charges proposed to be collected on the FY 2023-24 tax roll is on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Board and is available for public review.

Date: July 18, 2023

JOHN NILON Interim Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

By: /s/ Niki Martin

Deputy Clerk July 20 & 27, 2023

ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT PUBLIC HEARING

The City of San Luis Obispo’s Zoning Hearing Officer will hold a public hearing at 2:30 p.m. or later on Monday, July 31, 2023, in Conference Room

1, at 919 Palm Street, to consider the following:

1. 4725 Allene Way. USE-0639-2022; Request for a Minor Use Permit to establish a 1,566 square foot daycare facility for up to 45 children within an existing building in the Airport Area. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); C-S-SP Zone; Adam Nielson, applicant. (Hannah Hanh)

PLEASE NOTE: Any court challenge to the actions taken on this public hearing item may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing.

July 20, 2023

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF

TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2023 AT 9:00 AM

5 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

01. Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 1-37 (11 withdrawn) & Resolution (Res) Nos. 2023-162 thru 2023-176, approved.

02. Public Comment Period – Items not on the agenda: N. Shaw; J. Grinager; G. Lehrer; M. Williams; D. Athon; L. Quinlan; G. Ricker; M. Brown; G. Grewal & C. Pace: speak. No action taken.

03. Grant allocation agreement w/ the Business, Consumer Services & Housing Agency’s CA Interagency Council on Homelessness for the $13,361,999 Resolution Funding Rolling grant & a $13,361,999 budget adjustment to Fund Center 290 –Homeless Services and Affordable Housing, approved.

04. Res. 2023-177, entering into a purchase agreement for the purchase of Real Property identified by APNs 053-412-025 and 053-412-026 for the SLO Co. Regional Airport, exempt from CEQA; & a $4,110,000 Budget Adjustment Request funded by airport cash on hand & customer facility charges, adopted.

05. Closed Session. Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure to litigation - potential cases:

3. Initiation of litigation - potential cases:

3. Pending Litigation: Existing Litigation re: Application filed by PG&E in the 2021 Nuclear Cost Triennial Proceeding (U39E A 21-12-007). Conference w/ Labor Negotiator re: employee organizations: SLOPA; SLOCEA-T&C; DCCA; Sheriffs’ Mgmt; SLOCPPOA; DSA; DAIA; SLOCPMPOA; SLOCEA – PSSC; Unrepresented Mgmt & Confidential Employees; SDSA; UDWA. Open Session. Report out.

06 PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plant Decommissioning Project permitting & Environmental Impact Report (EIR) preparation update, rec’d; Amendment No. 2 to the Special Services consulting contract w/ Aspen Environmental Group, Inc., amending the contract term to 7/13/24 & increasing the contract by $407,378, not to exceed $2,465,469, to complete preparation of the EIR & certification for the PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plan Decommissioning.

07. Res. 2023-178, denying appeal by R. & J. Taylor & J. & M. Tewell, upholding the Planning Commission’s decision to approve Variance/Minor Use Permit (MUP)/Coastal Development Permit (CDP) (DRC2019-00262) based on the findings, located at 3579 Gilbert Ave, Cayucos, adopted.

08. Res. 2023-179, denying appeal by C. Heinrichs, upholding the Planning Dept. Hearing Officer’s decision, approving a MUP/ CDP (C-DRC2021-00046), located at 2281 Madison St, Cambria, adopted.

09. Res. 2023-180, denying appeal by C. Heinrichs & E. Bettenhausen, upholding the Planning Dept. Hearing Officer’s decision, approving a MUP/CDP (C-DRC2021-00007), located at 2587 Romney Dr, Cambria, adopted.

10. Res. 2023-181, denying appeal by C. Heinrichs & E. Bettenhausen, upholding the Planning Dept. Hearing Officer’s decision, approving a MUP/CDP (C-DRC2021-00001), located at 1875 Chester Lane, Cambria, adopted.

11. Board Member Comments and Reports on Meetings, rec’d. MEETING ADJOURNED

For more details, view the meeting videos at: https://www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Administrative-Office/Clerk-ofthe-Board/Clerk-of-the-Board-Services/Board-of-SupervisorsMeetings-and-Agendas.aspx

John Nilon, Interim County Administrative Officer & Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

By: Annette Ramirez, Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors July 20, 2023

HAVE AN UPCOMING

EVENT?

FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 20

Rob Brezsny

Homework: Is there anyone you love who you could or should love better?

LIBRA

(March 21-April 19): Your deep psyche will soon well up with extra creativity and fertility. I hope you will eagerly tap into these gifts. You should assume that you will be more imaginative and ingenious than usual. You will have an enhanced ability to solve problems with vigor and flair. In what areas of your life would you love to gently erupt with a burst of reinvention? Which of your habits might benefit from being cheerfully disrupted? Give yourself permission to change whatever bores you.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): My teacher Paul Foster Case said the color yellow is midway between warm, exciting red and cool, calming blue. “Yellow has an equilibrating influence,” he wrote. “It stimulates the finer functions of the brain, is of assistance in developing alertness and discrimination, and helps to establish emotional balance.” According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, you should emphasize this hue in the coming days. If you call on yellow to help strengthen the qualities Case describes, you will place yourself in sweet alignment with cosmic rhythms.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Because I enjoy joking with you, I am slightly tempted right now to give you one of the following nicknames: Fidgety, Twitch, Jittery, Quivers, or Shakes. But I will take a more serious tack. Let’s instead see if we can influence you to slow down, stabilize your rhythm, get really steady and secure, and stand strong in your foundational power spot. Would you consider adopting any of the following nicknames? Anchor, Unshakeable, Sturdy, Rock Solid, Staunch, Steadfast, Resolute.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): The sometimes overly clever author Oscar Wilde said, “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.” I reject that warped view of reality and assure you it will have no bearing on your life in the coming weeks. If you formulate your prayers with care and discernment, they will lead you to rewards, not problems. Maybe not the exact rewards you imagined, but still close to your hopes and helpful in the next chapter of your life story. (PS: No sloppy, lazy, careless prayers, please. Be precise and clear.)

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Leo theologian Bernard McGinn defines mysticism as “the consciousness of the immediate presence of God.” In other words, people having a mystic experience are filled with a visceral sensation of the divine intelligence. It’s not just an idea or concept; it’s a deeply felt communion infused with intimate tenderness. You Leos will be more likely than usual to have such contact in the coming weeks—if you want it. If you don’t want it, or don’t believe it’s real, or don’t think it’s possible, well, then, you can of course resist it. But why not give it a whirl? There’s nothing to lose, and it could be fun.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s a parable for you. Once upon a time, there was a woman who could read the future in the night sky. She regarded the planets and stars as her divine informants. On one moonless evening, she took a walk down a dirt road near her home. It was so dark she could barely see 2 feet ahead of her. Oops! She should have brought a flashlight. Lost in wonder, she gazed up at the heavenly bodies, watching and listening for revelations they might have for her. Then one of the lights, the planet Saturn, whispered, “Stop and look down, friend.” The woman turned her eyes from the sky to the ground just in time to find she was two strides away from stepping into a deep, muddy hole. What’s the moral of the tale? Here are some possibilities.

1. Sometimes the heights provide useful information about the depths. 2. Soaring visions may help you tune in to practical details.

3. To become aware of important facts you’ve overlooked in your daily rhythm, consult your higher mind.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A Libran writer I know received many rejection notices when he launched his career. I was amazed at how undaunted he was. In fact, he was the opposite of undaunted. He taped copies of his rejection notices to his bedroom wall. Seeing the evidence of his failures motivated him. It drove him to improve his writing and churn out even more articles. It fueled his search for a wider array of publications that might host his work. During the fourth year of this approach, luck and fate turned in his favor. Within the next eight months, 12 of his pieces appeared in print. My muses tell me, Libra, that you need to hear this story right now.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The cartoon character Bart Simpson is one of the stars of The Simpsons animated TV show. According to him, “Life is a paradox. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” While that principle may sometimes be true, I believe you will be exempt from it in the coming weeks. In fact, I suspect you will be as free as it’s possible for a human to be of grueling contradictions, frustrating oppositions, clashing truths, and paralyzing contraries. There’s a good chance you will also outwit and avoid annoying incongruities and silly arguments. Congratulations in advance, Scorpio! Take full advantage of this phase of simple clarity.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The dragon has appeared in the myths and legends of many cultures. Europe, China, and Mesoamerica are just a few places where the fire-breathing flying reptiles have fascinated the human imagination. In some traditions, they are dangerous and predatory. In China, though, they have been harbingers of good fortune and symbols of great power. Emperors claimed the dragon as their special emblem. In assigning the dragon to be your soul creature, Sagittarius, I am drawing from Chinese lore. What would you like to accomplish that would benefit from you having access to fierce, dynamic, indomitable energy? Call on the dragon for help and power.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There is a world of people who will love you for who you are,” writes author Cheryl Strayed. “A whole, vibrant, fucked-up, happy, conflicted, joyous, and depressed mass of people.” In the coming months, one of your prime tasks is to specialize in communing with these folks. Make it your intention to surround yourself more and more with interesting, imperfect, ever-changing life-lovers who appreciate you for exactly who you are—and who inspire you to grow more and more into the full idiosyncratic glory of your authentic self.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What psychic or prophet is most popular with a-list celebrities? I can assure you it’s not me. Few of my millions of readers are world-famous. What about the planet’s most scientifically accurate astrologer? Who might that be? It ain’t me. I don’t regard astrology as a science, and I mistrust those who say it is. In my view, astrology is a mythopoetic language and psychospiritual system that nurtures our souls and helps liberate us from our conditioning. We shouldn’t try to get “scientifically accurate” information from it. Now I encourage you to do what I just did, Aquarius. Have fun telling people who you are not, what you don’t believe in, and which goals you aren’t interested in pursuing.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): To come up with your astrological reports, I study the positions of the sun, moon, and planets in relation to your sign. That’s the technical part of the work, the framework within which I unleash my intuition and imagination. To augment this work, I meditate and pray, asking higher powers to guide me in providing useful information for you. I often consult books written by my favorite astrology writers. (Currently reading Steven Forrest’s The Elements Series.) I also ask my deep mind to slip me info that might not be accounted for by traditional factors. How about you, Pisces? How do you do the work that you love and care about? Now is a good time to take inventory and make necessary adjustments. ∆

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