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Editor’s note

This week cover Are prescribed burns the answer? ................................... 12

news City pushes back on Gurnee’s housing talk ................................... 10 A ballot proposition rundown .......................................... 11

opinion Gurnee is a hypocrite ..................... 15

arts GALLERY: Really conceptual art ....42 GALLERY: Artists with disability ......44

flavor WINE: Celebrate the harvest ........55

he number of massive, destructive wildfires that have broken out in California in recent years have lawmakers and federal and state agencies scrambling to do something to prevent more catastrophic damage in the future. State agencies are pushing to increase prescribed ON FIRE SLO fires as a wildfire prevention tool into the County let a fire that broke out future. But environmental groups say that this summer governing bodies need to look at development burn to 250 acres because a restrictions in the wildland-urban interface. prescribed burn was planned for For this week’s cover story, local fire officials the same area and environmental activists discuss prescribed later in the week. fire, wildfire, and what needs to change for the future [12]. You can also read about what SLO city leaders are saying about the development push-back proposals that T. Keith Gurnee is campaigning on [10] ; the propositions that you will meet on the Nov. 6 ballot [11] ; how conceptual the artist on display at Cuesta College is getting [42] ; SLOMA’s showcase of artists with disabilities [44] ; and the best way to celebrate SLO wine country [55].

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News ............................. 4 Viewer Discretion............7 Strokes ......................... 14

Starkey..........................47 Live music listings.........47

opinion Letters .......................... 15 Hodin ............................ 15 This Modern World ....... 15 Street talk ..................... 18 Rhetoric & Reason ....... 19 Shredder ....................... 21

art Artifacts ....................... 42 Split Screen...................47 Reviews and Times ......47

the rest Classifieds.....................57 Real Estate ...................57 Brezsny’s Astrology..... 63

Events calendar Hot Dates .................... 23 Special Events ............. 23 Arts .............................. 23 Culture & Lifestyle ....... 26 Food & Drink ............... 32 Music ........................... 34 Drift into Baywood Drift Studio’s Holiday Art Show [31]

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Measure G campaigns clash as opposition spends millions

n the final weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 elections, the campaigns for and against Measure G—the local initiative to ban fracking and new oil and gas wells in San Luis Obispo County—are throwing around their full financial weight to sway voters’ minds. But one campaign is 32 times heavier than the other. The No on Measure G campaign, backed by four major oil and gas companies, has received $7.9 million in total contributions as of Oct. 20, raising $3.1 million of that between Sept. 23 and Oct. 20. In contrast, the Yes on Measure G campaign has attracted $242,544 in total donations, with nearly half of those being nonmonetary contributions. Local residents should expect more mailers and advertisements to hit their mailboxes and digital screens all the way up to Election Day. While No on G has already spent $6.2 million, the campaign still has $2.2 million in cash on hand. That’s compared to $42,134 for the Yes on G group. “We knew it was going to be millions,” Yes on G campaign co-chair Charles Varni said of his opposition’s fundraising. “We didn’t know it was going to be $8 million. It’s been an interesting experience ... unprecedented historically.” The heavily funded Measure G opposition is propped up by Chevron Corporation ($4 million), California Resources Corporation ($900,000), Aera Energy ($900,000), and Sentinel Peak Resources ($2 million), owner and operator of the Arroyo Grande oil field. “[Representing] more than 90 percent of SLO County’s production, we stand keenly interested in the outcome of Measure G,” Christine Halley, Sentinel Peak Resources’ director of environmental health and safety, said in a

statement to New Times. “Our employees and contractors that work in support of your energy production join in this interest.” While both campaigns work to get their messages out to the public, Yes on G backers have been critical of No on G’s rhetoric and tactics. Members of the campaign have accused the opposing campaign of spending some of the millions of dollars they’ve acquired to trick progressive and Democratic Party voters into voting against the measure. In late October, Yes on G supporters began circulating photos of slate mailers aimed at progressive and Democratic voters, but urging them to vote “no” on Measure G. Locally, both the SLO County Democratic Party and the SLO Progressives have endorsed the measure. “I have gotten a lot of calls from people,” Varni said. “They’re outraged at it.” Those mailers include one from a group called “Feel the Bern,” a term coined by supporters of 2016 Democratic socialist presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). That mailer suggests recipients vote for Democratic Party candidates like Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra, and yes on Proposition 10, a statewide measure that would allow cities to enact rent control, but also includes a suggestion to vote no on Measure G. Another mailer touting itself as a “Democratic Voter Guide” included something similar, showcasing SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon, who supports Measure G, while also promoting a position against Measure G. According to campaign finance filings, the two mailer companies received roughly $6,000 from Winner & Mandabach Campaigns LLC, a consulting company working with the No on G campaign. The records also showed that the SLO Progressives paid $1,270 to put Harmon on

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FINAL STRETCH The campaigns on both sides of Measure G, the initiative to ban new oil and gas wells in SLO County, clashed over campaign mailers as Election Day loomed.

the mailer for one of those companies. Matt Cunningham, spokesman for the No on G campaign, pointed out that Harmon’s name appears on a “Republican Voter Guide” mailer. Harmon told New Times she was unaware her name was on the mailer. “Is the Yes on G campaign calling her deceptive?” Cunningham said. “This is a nonpartisan election and we’re informing all voters, regardless of party affiliation, about how Measure G will shut down existing oil and gas production in SLO County.” While the mailers have been called deceptive, Varni acknowledged that they’re not illegal. Both include a disclaimer noting that the guides were not prepared by an official party, and use asterisks to show that the No on G and Harmon suggestions were paid for by a campaign. “I think for me, the mailers may be the clearest symbol in this campaign of the lengths at which Big Oil will go to achieve their goal,” Vanri said. “Their willingness ... to trick people into voting no on G is just indicative of a real lack of moral and ethical grounding that I think for a whole lot of people in the county was kind of a final straw.” Δ —Peter Johnson and Chris McGuinness

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AG mayor received warning letter over past Briscoe Road votes California’s Fair Political Practices Commission officially warned Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill that he should have recused himself from past votes he’d taken on the city’s multimillion-dollar Brisco Road interchange project. Hill already promised to no longer vote on the project after voluntarily seeking advice from the FPPC earlier this year. But after investigating a subsequent citizen complaint, the commission said in an Oct. 16 warning letter that Hill also should have refrained from taking several votes related to the project in 2015 and 2016. At issue is the proximity of Hill’s home to Brisco Road on- and off-ramps. Hill’s home is about 2,600 feet from sites where ramps might be relocated as part of the project. The warning letter indicated that Hill and other members of the City Council were notified in March 2015 by the city attorney about changes to the commission’s conflict of interest rules. Specially, the FPPC was dropping a rule stating that living near a proposed construction project was only conflict of interest if elected officials lived within 500-feet of the project. The new rule allowed a somewhat broader interpretation than

the previous “500-foot rule,” FPPC officials told New Times. Despite being aware of the rule change, the warning letter said that Hill still made several votes between June of 2015 and November of 2016, including voting in favor of temporarily closing Brisco Road ramps. The commission said that voting to close the ramps mimicked one of the three permanent options being considered for Brisco Road, and thus could have a foreseeable material or financial impact on Hill’s property interests. The Oct. 18 letter warned Hill about his past votes but stopped short of issuing any fines because those votes occurred so close to the FPPC’s rule change. Speaking to New Times, Hill noted that he’d sought the FPPC’s advice on the issue before the complaint was made, and had followed the advice in the commission’s response to refrain from voting on the project moving forward. “They found that I’ve been in compliance with their advice,” he said. “I’ve been studiously compliant.” The warning letter comes as Hill is running for a third term as mayor against his challenger, sitting Councilmember Caren Ray. Ray raised concerns that Hill has a habit of overstepping his authority as mayor, pointing to the results of NEWS continued page 7

VoteNOonG It Goes Too Far

Measure G would shut down existing oil and gas production in San Luis Obispo County. Shutting down existing oil and gas production in the County will not reduce our oil consumption – it will just eliminate good-paying jobs and result in more oil being imported to meet our needs. As we transition to a greater reliance on renewable energy, we should continue to produce the oil and gas we use locally, where it’s the most regulated in the world and our community will benefit from the tax revenue — instead of transferring wealth and jobs out of our County to places like Saudi Arabia and Russia.

That’s why thousands of community members are joining the No on G Coalition. Here’s what some of them are saying:

“Measure G would hurt working families and eliminate an important source of county tax revenue that goes to our local schools.” Melissa Diedrich-Williams, High School Teacher, Paso Robles Joint USD

“My family farm still relies on oil and gas for fuel and electricity. Rather than banning production, we should continue to produce it safely as we transition to a clean energy economy. Measure G goes too far.“ George Donati, 4th Generation Farmer, Edna Valley

“Shutting down existing oil and gas production means transferring money and jobs out of our county to countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia to meet our energy needs. That’s why the Tri-Counties Labor Council urges you to vote No on G.” Keilah Crichton Welder, Local Union 403

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a 2017 independent investigation into his conduct as mayor and as a board member for the South SLO County Sanitation District. “It’s unfortunate that this is consistent with the independent investigation that showed a similar pattern of behavior,” Ray told New Times when asked to comment about the warning letter. Hill disputed Ray’s assertion. He said that the woman who filed the FPPC complaint against him, Oceano Community Services District board member Shirley Gibson, was a supporter of Ray’s. Campaign finance reports showed that Gibson contributed $600 to Ray’s mayoral campaign. Similar to his response to the independent investigation’s results, Hill characterized the FPPC complaint as politically motivated. “They are trying to make something out of this lettter,” Hill said. “That’s just the way they play. That’s the tactics they’ve chosen.” —Chris McGuinness

SLO County looks to remove hurdles for farmworker housing

Amid a statewide shortage of agricultural labor and housing, San Luis Obispo County is looking at overhauling its farmworker housing regulations, criticized by industry members as too restrictive. County officials held a public workshop on Oct. 16 to outline the direction of the new housing ordinance and receive feedback. Proposed reforms include allowing agricultural housing on smaller acreages, on land farther away from work sites, in more diverse land-use zones, and with more opportunities to obtain permits over the counter. Industry leaders say SLO’s regulations are outdated for their current labor needs, as farmers rely increasingly more on seasonal foreign workers hired through the federal H-2A program. Among H-2A’s requirements is that the employer must provide housing and transportation, which has created a crunch for units across the Central Coast. Much of SLO’s H-2A workforce commutes from the Santa Maria Valley to South County fields, or from the Salinas Valley to Paso Robles wine country. SLO farmers seeking housing solutions on their own properties—for both their H-2A and domestic workforces—can be hampered by regulatory red tape. “Farmers are, at a high expense, having to buy properties in Oceano at a premium price to house [workers],” SLO County Farm Bureau Government Affairs Specialist James Green said at the workshop. Removing barriers to ag worker housing could allow multiple farmers to pursue a project on one site to house their employees, said Dana Merrill, owner of Mesa Vineyard Management, a Templeton-based firm. Under current regulations, that’s challenging because housing must be located within 5 miles of a work site. “In South County, ag workers go from Oceano through Nipomo, down into Santa Maria and Guadalupe,” said Brian Pedrotti, a senior planner for SLO County. “It’s a much larger area, a regional type of thing.” Of the roughly dozen or so attendees at

VIEWER DISCRETION the workshop, not all were in favor of loosening the rules for building farmworker housing. One attendee lamented a lack of diversity in the stakeholders consulted (mostly industry members), and expressed concern about whether ag housing is compatible with county residents and neighborhoods. He brought up the incident in April 2016 where an unknown arsonist set fire to a residential home built for H-2A farmworkers. Similarly, another attendee worried that expanding the number of land-use zones where housing could be built— currently only allowed in “agricultural” and “rural lands”—could lead to compatibility conflicts with neighboring landowners. County officials say they will continue to sculpt the ordinance, with plans to issue a public draft in December. The Board of Supervisors isn’t expected to make a final decision on the revisions until fall 2019. Ordinance changes that affect the county’s coastal zone—largely relevant to the Nipomo/Oceano area— also require the Coastal Commission’s approval. —Peter Johnson

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That’s all come to a brief halt as the nonprofit looks for a temporary commercial kitchen to resume its meal plans and cooking programs. On Oct. 29, Grieb said she was hoping to find a temporary home by the end of the week and start operating in the next three. “We’ve never asked for anything of our community, and we’re pretty good at managing ourselves as a nonprofit, working on how we can make a difference. It’s very unusual for us to do a big ask but I think this is the time to do it,” she said. One way to support, Grieb said, is to attend the Nov. 29 Holiday Fundraiser: A Top Chef Tribute at Fig at Courtney’s House. Paso Robles’ J Dusi Winery is also donating to The Wellness Kitchen $1 for every bottle of 2017 rose it sells to and is encouraging other wineries to support the cause. —Karen Garcia

Prosecutors seek to Fire damage sets back admit accusations of past abuse in Petetit The Wellness Kitchen domestic violence trial The Wellness Kitchen and Resource Center is temporarily closed due to a fire in the building that took place on Oct. 21. The nonprofit offers specialized meals for those with health issues and health and wellness cooking classes for all ages. It leases a space with a commercial kitchen on the first floor of a medical building on 1255 Las Tablas Road in Templeton. Gina Grieb, the nonprofit’s executive director, said she received a call the morning of Oct. 21 about smoke in the building. “I rushed over there and we just saw water pouring and gushing out of the ceilings and we smelled smoke,” Grieb said. “From that day forward, it’s been a different world for us.” An electrical fire on the second floor resulted in smoke and water damage in the nonprofit’s space. Grieb said the organization is currently compiling a list of items that were lost in the damage that caused The Wellness Kitchen to temporarily close. “We don’t have any ownership of the building; we’re just a tenant. So we’re not responsible for repair and damage, so we’re taking a hit because of loss of service,” Grieb said. The nonprofit provides more than 200 healthy meals and specialized broths weekly for an average of 75 customers. Food is picked up or delivered in San Luis Obispo, North County, and North Coast communities. According to The Wellness Kitchen website, at the end of an average year volunteers will have prepared about 13,000 meals and approximately 7,000 quarts of broth.

SLO County prosecutors are asking a judge to allow them to include past allegations of violent domestic abuse in their case against a local developer accused of beating one of his former girlfriends. In recent court filings, the SLO County District Attorney’s Office said it wanted to present jurors with allegations from two additional women who said that the defendant, Ryan Joseph Petetit, verbally and physically abused them while they were dating him. The prosecution’s filings stated that one of those women also claimed that Petetit tried to pay her $250,000 to stay silent about her allegations of abuse against him. Petetit is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly attacking his then girlfriend, identified only as Jane Doe 1, at an Arroyo Grande home in November 2015. According to prosecutors, Petetit had been drinking and became angry with the woman, choking her, slapping her, and slamming her head against a tile floor. The SLO County DA’s Office said Petetit inflicted similar abuse on two other women he dated previously. In its court filing, the women are referred to as Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3. Jane Doe 3 dated Petetit from 2010 to 2012 and claims that he strangled, pushed, and kicked her in the head. Jane Doe 2 was in a relationship with Petetit between 2012 and 2014. She claims that Petetit also verbal and physically abused her during the relationship, saying he gabbed her by the throat, pushed her against walls, and slammed her head against a concrete bench. “From this evidence it is clear that

he has an intense need to control and dominate women he is in relationships with,” SLO County Deputy District Attorney Kristy Imel wrote in an Oct. 25 motion. “[Petetit] expresses this need through physically assaulting women.” Petetit pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. An Oct. 25 trial brief from his defense lawyer, Patrick L. Fisher, questioned the credibility of the two women who accused Petetit of abusing them in past relationships. He noted that Jane Doe 3 had a domestic battery conviction on her record, and that witnesses would testify that she was violent, vindictive, and dishonest. Fisher said that Jane Doe 3’s accusations were not credible because they involved an ongoing lawsuit against Petetit. Court records show that Michelle Jewsbury, who wrote a book and play about her experience in the abusive relationship, is still pursuing her civil lawsuit against Petetit. “Ms. Jewsbury’s credibility will be impeached with the fact that she is suing Mr. Petetit [and] seeking $10 [million] for, among other things, jewelry he did not buy her, a house he did not build her, and exotic vacations on which he did not take her,” Fisher wrote. Court filings from the prosecution indicate that Petetit may have tried to pay Jewsbury to keep quiet about the abuse she experienced. In December 2015, after the incident that lead to his arrest, Deputy DA Imel wrote that Petetit allegedly paid off $8,000 in Jewsbury’s credit card debt, and later offer her $250,000 to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which she declined. Fisher declined to comment on the record for this story. Petetit’s trial is scheduled to begin on Nov. 27. —Chris McGuinness

Cambria appoints acting general manager

Cambria Community Services District appointed its former district clerk as the acting general manager. At the Oct. 25 district meeting, the board unanimously approved Monique Madrid and the salary schedule for the position. Madrid is filling the position left vacant by former General Manager Jerry Gruber. During public comment, resident Christine Heinrichs said that appointing an interim general manager is an important step in moving Cambria forward. “Let’s get off that hiring merry-goround. Cambria needs a competent water and sewer manager who can work within financial constraints. This person needs to appreciate the differences within the community,” Heinrichs said. “Cambria needs enthusiastic, knowledgeable administration as the community resolves legacy problems and steps into the future. Cambria can be known for something other than scarecrows.” The compensation for the position will be based upon an annual base salary of $152,000. According to the staff report, employers may only provide temporary pay upgrades to employees for 960 hours per each fiscal year. This is due to a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1 relating to “outof-class” appointments. The law limits temporary pay upgrades for out-of-class service while the employer is actively recruiting to fill a staffing vacancy. Madrid’s new employment agreement NEWS continued page 8

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limits her appointment as acting general manager to no more than 960 hours. Madrid has been with the district since 2001 and was promoted to the combined position of administrative services officer and district clerk. On top of Madrid’s appointment, the dual position of administrative services officer and district clerk salary was increased by 5 percent, consistent with an increase previously approved by the prior general manager. The board also introduced new personnel to the district: a finance specialist, billing clerk, three wastewater treatment plant operators, and sustainable water facility chief plant operator. —Karen Garcia

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A 46-year-old Atascadero man accused of threatening to kill members of the Women’s March SLO on Facebook accepted a plea deal that will keep him out of jail. On Oct. 30, Daniel Joshua Phares appeared in SLO County Superior Court and pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of making criminal threats. Judge Craig Van Rooyen sentenced Phares to 18 months of formal probation. Phares will also be required to complete anger management counseling, write letters of apology to the Women’s March members who received the threats, and give up any

guns and ammunition he owns. Phares was arrested in August 2017 after police said he left a threatening comment directed at three members of the Women’s March who were organizing a public rally against hate and racism in Mission Plaza. The rally, called “Outshine the Darkness,” was organized as a local response to a deadly riot in Charlottesville, Virginia. “I suggest you racist subhuman shitbags start contributing to something useful,” Phares reportedly wrote on the event’s Facebook page. “I will kill every one of you and make you like it.” According to court documents, Phares first told investigators his Facebook account had been hacked, but later admitted to SLO police detectives that he made the comment out of “frustration and anger.” As part of the terms of his plea, Phares will not only be required to turn in any guns he owns, but will be banned from owning or possessing any firearms for 10 years. According to court documents obtained by New Times, Phares told investigators that he had three guns registered to him, including two automatic pistols and an AR-15 rifle. According to the SLO County District Attorney’s Office, those guns have already been seized. Phares will appear in court on Dec. 11 for a sentencing hearing. Van Rooyen said that Phares will have the chance to address the court and that the members of the Women’s March whom he allegedly threatened will also have the opportunity to make statements. ∆ —Chris McGuinness

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The right fight? Mayoral candidate T. Keith Gurnee wants SLO to push back on state housing laws, but city leaders say that will be hard, if not impossible

ne of T. Keith Gurnee’s most consistent messages as a candidate for San Luis Obispo mayor is also something of a war cry: A recent slew of California housing laws is trampling SLO’s ability to control development, Gurnee says, and he will lead the charge to fight back. “The biggest issue we face is the state’s recent intrusion into local control,” Gurnee wrote in a commentary published in New Times on Oct. 11. “Rather than meekly surrendering to this new law as our current council has done, we need to join with other cities to fight back ... and take back our rights to self-determination through a statewide initiative.” It’s true that the state Legislature has clamped down on municipalities’ reign over housing projects. To address an affordability crisis, new laws (and bolstered old laws) are aimed at incentivizing housing production and making it harder for cities to slow or turn down projects that are largely compliant with local zoning. That turf war between the state and its cities has come into sharp focus in SLO as the community barrels into a contentious municipal election on Nov. 6. New apartment projects in neighborhoods like the Anholm near Foothill Boulevard have upset residents because, due to those housing laws, they earned exemptions from city codes—like relaxed parking requirements and increased building height, density, and site coverage—in exchange for more units (both market rate and affordable). Gurnee’s not alone in his distaste for this dynamic. City Councilmember Andy Pease told New Times she’s “frustrated” by it. Mayor Heidi Harmon, Gurnee’s opponent, said it’s something that’s tied the city’s hands. Councilmember Carlyn Christianson, who’s also up for reelection, pointed out that SLO is actively lobbying Sacramento for more local control through the League of California Cities organization. But as far as Gurnee’s campaign

promises to pursue a statewide ballot measure to overturn state law, to find ways on the council to deny unfavorable projects, and to revisit city general plan policies— they’ve been met with skepticism, and outright rebuking, from the current leadership. “There are legitimate discussions to have around housing, but what he’s saying isn’t even remotely feasible,” Christianson, a veteran on local government bodies, said. “It’s just a political statement. I understand the emotional reaction that people have to change and the kinds of pressures we’re feeling—it’s just a stressful time. But I think Mr. Gurnee is smart enough to know better, and I’m disappointed.” The League of California Cities, which goes to bat for cities’ interests, doesn’t see a ballot initiative as a practical solution to the issue, either. Merely qualifying one would require at least $3 million in signature-gathering—plus another $10 million to $30 million to run a credible campaign, according to David Mullinax, League of Cities’ regional public affairs manager. “To do a statewide initiative is insanely difficult,” Mullinax said. “The odds of a housing measure to come together like that are long, at best.” On this pursuit, Gurnee has taken interest in the nonprofit Livable California, an organization formed out of the Bay Area whose mission is to “empower communities to take action to support local community planning ... free from undue influence of big business and Sacramento.” “I would want to join in with those that are trying to resist,” Gurnee told New Times, acknowledging that there’d be “no quick solution” to his biggest campaign gripe. Mullinax said the League of Cities’ current approach in Sacramento is also an uphill climb. With a Democratically controlled Legislature and the potential election of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom as governor, housing will likely continue to

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be a top policy priority. “There are a lot of cities that are mad about it,” Mullinax said. “There’s going to be some really big battles over the next few years.” While the battle wages in Sacramento over local control, Gurnee has also promised to take a different tack on the City Council when development comes forward for review. State law says that cities cannot deny housing that’s in line with zoning without providing “a preponderance of evidence” showing that the community’s health and safety is at risk. “Cities need to work harder on documenting when those threats exist,” Gurnee said. But current city leaders warn that rejecting projects without a legal leg to stand on is just inviting litigation. Case law is showing that courts are interpreting health and safety risks strictly, according to SLO officials. A housing development that harms neighborhood character, or is incompatible with a neighborhood, doesn’t reach that threshold. Concerns about parking or traffic impacts must be backed up by documented, objective data (a “preponderance of evidence”). “It doesn’t go well for cities, for the most part,” SLO City Attorney Christine Dietrick said of past cases between developers or nonprofit housing advocates and municipalities. “The courts are very consistently and strictly construing those laws in favor of approving housing.” SLO City Council members see it as

unwise to drag matters into court that aren’t likely to tilt in their favor. “If [Gurnee’s] talking about becoming a test case for local control, he’s dreaming,” Christianson said. “It’s ridiculously expensive, and the likelihood of winning is like zero. It’s a false expectation. I think he’s misleading the public.” “If we do what we know is not legally possible, that’s real money that could’ve gone somewhere else in the city,” Mayor Harmon added. Pease also expressed skepticism with this strategy. “Success of fighting back does not sound promising to me, from what I understand,” she said. Gurnee told New Times that he is aware of the risks involved. “There are some serious fines if [projects] are turned down for the wrong reasons,” he said. “You have to be cautious with that.” If state law can’t change and if SLO can’t deny unpopular developments, Gurnee hopes to tweak city policies to try to thwart overdevelopment, mentioning the city’s land use and circulation element (last updated in 2014) and recently overhauled zoning regulations. But finding colleagues on the council with the same mission may be challenging if he’s elected. “I think we’re already doing what is appropriate,” Pease said. Δ Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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Shedding light on the Nov. 6 ballot’s lesser-known propositions

hen SLO County voters head to the polls Nov. 6, they’re going to have a lot of decisions to make. In addition to voting for candidates running for state and local offices, as well as local ballot measures, those voters will also have to decide whether to approve or shoot down 11 statewide propositions addressing a wide range of issues. But not all ballot measures are created equal, at least not in terms of the time they’ve been getting in the public spotlight prior to the election. Some of the propositions have become highly visible, with supporters and opponents pouring millions of dollars into television ads and mailers to sway voters to their side. The expensive public battles have pushed some measures—like Proposition 6 to repeal the gas tax increase—into the spotlight, leaving others to linger in the shadows. “The one we are really focused on, worked on, and contributed money to, was the No on Proposition 6 [campaign],” said Dave Mullinax, the Central Coast’s regional public affairs manager for the League of California Cities. While the public battle over the gas tax repeal is the organization’s most visible effort, Mullinax said the League is also asking voters to support three other measures on the November ballot. Those include Proposition 1, which would allow

the state to issue $4 billion in general obligation bonds to fund affordable housing and the state’s veterans homeownership program, and Proposition 2, which would allow the state to spend funds generated by the state’s “millionaire tax” on housing for people in need of mental health services. The group has also endorsed Proposition 3, which would provide $8.9 billion in bonds for water-related infrastructure projects. “These are all public policy issues that we are facing, and there are no easy answers,” Mullinax said. “But they don’t have the juice and money behind campaigns on both sides.” The League isn’t the only organization with its eye on some of the election’s lesser-known ballot measures. Five Cities Homeless Coalition Executive Director Janna Nichols said the organization’s board hadn’t taken an official stance on Proposition 2, noting that affordable housing was difficult to secure and maintain. “I am cautious about speaking on behalf of the organization on this issue,” Nichols wrote in an email response to New Times. “What I will say is that I believe that more resources dedicated to creating affordable housing, especially for those with disabilities (physical or mental), is desperately needed.” Central Coast Alliance United for

a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) is a social, economic, and environmental justice organization that operates in in Ventura, SLO, and Santa Barbara counties. CAUSE Policy and Communications Director Lucas Zucker said the organization was focused on two measures. One of these is Proposition 10, which would allow California counties and cities to pass rent control ordinances. “We are an organization that works with low-income families and the middle class, and they are being pushed out of the area by rising housing costs and increasing rents,” Zucker said. “Prop. 10 would really be a huge, historic change and really give cities a tool in their toolbox to tackle the housing crisis.” Zucker also said that the organization was concerned about Proposition 5, a measure that would allow homeowners who are older than 55 or severely disabled to move and carry their low property tax payments to a home anywhere in the state, as many times as they want when they sell their home and purchase a new residence. Opponents like Zucker say that the measure would cut up to $1 billion in funding for public schools, police, and other services. “This could be a really destructive proposition,” Zucker said.

Andrea Seastrand, president of the Central Coast Taxpayers Association, is on the other side of the fence when it comes to Proposition 5. Similar to other supporters, she argued that passing it would allow seniors and the disabled to purchase smaller, safer, and more practical homes, something she said could also help combat the state’s housing crunch. “This would encourage seniors to sell their larger homes, and families could move into them,” she said. While Seastrand and the association backed Proposition 5, she said the organization was still focusing the majority of its energy on advocating for the passage of Proposition 6. Part of the reason she believes that the measure has gotten so much attention is that the gas tax the measure seeks to repeal is something Californians experience every day. “This was something very visible to people,” she said. “It’s a real pocketbook issue.” Regardless of how much attention they get, the ballot measures’ fates will only be decided after voters step into booths across the state on Nov. 6. For a full listing of the state’s 11 propositions, visit the California Secretary of State’s website at voterguide. sos.ca.gov/propositions. Δ Reach Staff Writer Chris McGuinness at cmcguinness@newtimesslo.com.

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State and federal agencies focus on increasing prescribed burns for wildfire prevention, but environmental groups say that’s not the answer

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Pent up fuel

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n estimated 129 million trees in California are dead. It sounds apocalyptic, but it’s true. About one-fifth of those, or 27 million, died between November 2016 and December 2017. More than 60 million died the previous year. Most of the die-off has occurred in the Sierra Nevada, but forests on the Central Coast have lost their own share of oak, pine, and fir stands. The U.S. Forest Service surveyed 4.2 million acres of national forest land between Monterey and Los Angeles counties in 2015, estimating that 2 million trees had died from pest infestations, sudden oak death, and drought. The U.S. Forest Service says that tree mortality contributes to the risk of fires that burn hotter, faster, and longer. The federal agency has teamed up with Cal Fire and 80 other federal, state, and local agencies and private utility companies to address “forest health,” remove trees, increase the use of prescribed fire on public lands, and change the way fire suppression is funded. “Wildfire is the largest risk to our national forest and the watersheds and communities adjacent to it,” Los Padres National Forest Fuels Officer Nic Elmquist said. “We’re always trying to be proactive and looking for projects that could potentially help with a more resilient landscape moving forward.” In 2017 and 2016, six major wildfires touched Santa Barbara County, charring 375,000 acres, burning up 1,133 structures, and killing three people. The largest of those, the Thomas Fire, started in Ventura County in December 2017, burning 282,000 acres between the cities of Ventura and Santa Barbara. The Montecito debris flow followed weeks later in January 2018, killing 20 people (two people are still missing). San Luis Obispo County has had one major fire in that time, the Chimney Fire, which burned 46,000 acres and 49 homes. While the Thomas Fire held the record as the state’s largest fire since record keeping began, the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California burned almost 500,000 acres this summer. Wildfire is a natural part of the landscape in California, but fires of that size—which burn hundreds of homes, irreparably devastate thousands of acres of land, and kill people—are unacceptable to state legislators like Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara). At the end of the 2018 legislative session, Gov. Jerry Brown signed two Jackson-authored bills that push for changes in the way public and private lands are managed for fire, development in the wildland-urban interface is addressed, and how residents are alerted about fires that threaten their homes. “What we have to do is recognize the fact that so much of our weather has changed as a result of climate change. … We’re seeing fires in December, which was unheard of before,” Jackson said. “We all know that it’s happening, unfortunately, the debate seems to be about who’s responsible for it. We really do need to recognize that the impacts of climate change are very dramatic on our

TRIMMING AND BURNING Starting a chainsaw, a U.S. Forest Service crewmember gets ready to saw tree trunks into more managable pieces as part of a pile burn conducted in Los Padres National Forest in April 2018.

forests and on our entire ecosystems. We have to be more proactive than many of us would like.” Why those fires are so devastating and how to better protect our communities moving forward is an ongoing debate. While California’s elected officials and federal and state agencies are focused on increased fuel management techniques such as prescribed burns, environmental groups say the government should be looking at where and how homes are being built. Brown issued an executive order in May 2018 to combat tree mortality and double the amount of land that’s actively managed through vegetation thinning and prescribed fire. The California Chaparral Institute pushed back in a letter, saying that focusing on dead trees in forests is misguided because the fires that have been most devastating to California communities had nothing to with those forests. “The unacceptable loss of nearly 10,000 structures and 45 lives in the 2017 wildfires and the losses caused by the 2018 Montecito debris flow have little to nothing to do with forests or the

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treatment of wildland habitat,” the letter states. “Most of these losses resulted from building flammable homes on flammable terrain, not the condition of the surrounding natural environment.”

All of the above

The argument—to burn or not to burn—was on full display during the Oct. 2 Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting, where the Santa Barbara County Fire Department made its case for increasing the use of prescribed fire and vegetation removal as management tools. “Our landscape is covered, particularly on federal land, continuously with large fires over the years,” Fire Battalion Chief Rob Hazard told the board. “The extensive fire history in this county goes back decades and decades. We know that large wildfires are a permanent fixture in our county.” The fuels, mostly chaparral and grass; shape of the land, steep canyons that face the way the wind blows; and weather, hot, dry sundowner winds with low precipitation, give the Santa Barbara

front country a propensity for ignition. Since 2004, the county has had 14 major wildfires on 518,068 acres of land. The biggest fire before that burned in 1993, Hazard said. Between 1955 and 1993, the county had seven big fires that seared 327,563 acres. Hazard attributes the increase in ignitions over the last 15 years to climate and forest management. Santa Barbara County had a very active prescribed fire program from the 1950s to the 1980s, Hazard explained, when about 10,000 acres a year of mostly grass, sage, and scattered chaparral was burned. It reduced the age class of vegetation, reduced the amount of dead fuel, and restored fire-adapted ecosystems, he said. As a way of explaining the impact of vegetation age, Hazard said that when the 2016 Rey Fire met with the area where the 2007 Zaca Fire had burned, it went out. “Fires interact positively with previous burns. They literally stop right on the edges of those burns,” he said. “Up to about 20 years, we see this interaction.” Dead fuel builds after that, becoming more flammable, Hazard said. Fire danger increases from there, as does the inclination for hotter, faster, longer burning fires that are hard to put out. The county spent $180 million on the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow disasters and suffered an estimated $1.8 billion in property losses. Jameson Reservoir is unusable. Montecito’s water supply and watershed are damaged. And the area will likely need to be evacuated this winter and next during heavy rains. In order to prevent disasters of that magnitude in the future, county fire proposed targeting communities that are at a high risk of experiencing a wildfire and completing community wildfire protection plans in those areas. Plans include field treatments between defensible space and the wildland, creating defensible space (100-acre buffer around homes), hardening homes (replacing flammable materials), removing ignition points (such as wood piles), and educating communities about inspection, enforcement, and evacuation. Los Padres National Forest treats approximately 2,000 to 4,000 acres every year. County fire has completed fuel treatments on 648 acres of land since 2004. The department has plans to treat less than 2,000 acres. Hazard said that’s less than 1 percent of what’s burned in the last 15 years. It would consist of working with small amounts of vegetation management in strategic areas—alongside roads, ridgelines, and in forested areas that could help in the event that a wildfire does break out. Tepusquet resident Renee O’Neill, whose community has suffered close calls multiple times over the last 15 years, spoke during public comment at the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting, saying that a plan to do something more in terms of prevention is long overdue. “I’m all for prescribed burns in the right conditions,” she said. “The Chumash Indians used to do this on a regular basis. … Prescribed burns aren’t something new.” She said she watched Los Padres ForestWatch shut down a prescribed burn in the Tepusquet area with the threat of a lawsuit. Luckily, O’Neill said, enough of the burn had already been completed to prevent the “La Brea Fire in 2008 from annihilating our community.” Andy Caldwell with the Coalition for Labor Agriculture and Business accused the environmental community of putting lives in danger with its crusade against fuel management on state and federal land. “They need to be called out,” he said.

“We are disappointed that now that we’re into the next rainy season, we don’t have direction, we don’t have a firm commitment.” Rebecca August with Los Padres ForestWatch pushed back against Caldwell’s statements, calling it false rhetoric to say that environmentalists don’t care about the lives of firefighters. She encouraged the county to put public safety above private property rights and look at ways to curb development in the wildland-urban interface—or at the very least require homes to be as fire resistant as possible “When I bought my house 18 years ago, I never knew I was moving to a fire-prone area,” August told the board. She said the Windmill Fire nearly destroyed her home between Buellton and Los Alamos. “We can do a lot more to ensure that people are safe and that their homes survive a wildfire. … I can’t thank you enough for protecting my family, my animals, and my friends.” Bryant Baker, ForestWatch’s conservation director, followed August in public comment, saying that the county needed to look at a range of options including targeted vegetation removal, curbing new development in fire-prone areas, and reducing human-caused ignitions. “I agree these issues should not be controversial,” he said. “These issues should be science-based. … There are some types of vegetation treatment that have no place in chaparral. Prescribed fire is one of them.” Janet Wolf, Santa Barbara County 4th District supervisor, pleaded with the room to come together. She said she lost everything in the Painted Cave Fire in 1990, and it was difficult for her to listen to groups being pitted against one another in the aftermath of one of the worst disasters in county history. “It’s really disheartening for me because I think we all know that we don’t really want this to happen and we don’t want this to devolve into two different camps. We really need to be coming together,” Wolf said. “I just hope the tenor of all of our discussions is that people are well-respected and that we can get to a point again where we can do an ‘all of the above’ strategy.”

Active burning

SLO County has had an active prescribed fire program since the 1930s, according to SLO Cal Fire spokesperson Chris Elms. “We don’t just go out and burn anything,” Elms said. “These burns are planned out months, maybe years, ahead of time.” He said that wildfires gain strength as they burn, and firefighters have to work against factors such as slope and wind when battling blazes. The goal with prescribed fire is to keep them low intensity while still burning the fuel that they’re trying to get rid of—which include invasive weeds, dead brush and trees, and overgrown vegetation. Elms said the fire department will trim back branches so the fire stays low. If too much smoke accumulates, they can slow it down. “The biggest thing that we get is: ‘Why are you doing this now?’” Elms said. “Unfortunately, on the Central Coast, our good burning window is usually right in the middle of fire season.” In the winter, vegetation is often too wet to burn effectively and emits a lot of smoke. The conditions have to be just right for a prescribed burn. If the wind or temperature changes, or if the fuel moisture in the vegetation is too low or too high, they’ll call off a prescribed burn, said Dan Falat, the district superintendent for SLO County’s coastal State Parks.

“If we don’t get the right lift or the right wind conditions, we have to cancel the whole thing,” Falat said. “We probably cancel more than we burn because of the natural conditions that we have.” Planning those burns takes a lot of work and resources, Falat said. The SLO County Air Pollution Control District has to approve smoke management plans, there has to be an environmental review, State Parks has to coordinate with Cal Fire and other agencies or private landowners. With State Parks resource management techniques, Falat said they try to work with the environment, reducing the amount of fuels on the ground, so that ladder fuels don’t push fire up into tree canopies such as the Monterey pine stands in Cambria. That way, if fire does run through an area, it’s not going to wipe out entire hillsides. “It reduces the temperatures of the fire, reduces amount of damage even if it burns. A lot of these native plants, they either germinate or they are used to California fire conditions, but if you have higher fuel loads, it creates higher temperatures which creates more damage, not to mention [the ability] to control it,” Falat said. Right after it rained in early October, SLO County Cal Fire cleared and conducted pile burns of French broom, an invasive brush growing along both sides of Cambria Pines Road. Alan Peters, the unit forester for county fire, said clearing about 4 acres of brush produced 600 piles of the non-native plant. “You’re supposed to either burn it or leave it in place and let it rot,” Peters said. “We didn’t want to just cut it and leave it because we were obviously trying to reduce fire danger.” Between 500 and 4,000 acres of SLO County land gets treated with some form of management every year: Some of it’s prescribed burn and some of it’s trimmed, piled, and burned. Peters said county fire works closely with the SLO County Fire Safe Council, which recently received four grants totaling $3.8 million. The money will be used for vegetation management countywide and in three specific areas with high fire risk: the Cambria pine forest, Nacimiento Lake, and Park Hill (southeast of Santa Margarita). “When we burn, it usually grows back right away. But the big difference is, since the burns are planned for strategic locations, rather than having a 60-year-old stand with old growth and tons and tons of underbrush, it’s new,” Peters said. “It completely changes how wildfires react.”

vulnerable to disease, insects, catastrophic fire, and drought,” the commission wrote. “California spends all too much for the immediate, emergency consequences of its long-neglected forests. Massive landscapes once sustained by beneficial, low-intensity wildfire are overrun with fire-intolerant fuels and thick carpets of forest fuels that can turn even the smallest campfire into a raging firestorm.” Peters said the state’s Cal Fire director instructed an increase in prescribed burning in the coming years. The California Air Resources Board is doing the same with the state’s Air Pollution Control Districts (APCDs), giving them more money and equipment to work with local fire agencies on controlled burns, smoke monitoring, and weather forecasting. SLO County APCD Control Officer Gary Willey was at a conference during the week of Oct. 22, and said they had a presentation with the Forest Service, Cal Fire, and the Air Resources Board on the topic of prescribed fire. “We recognize the need to reduce that fuel load,” Willey said. “We’re finally putting some money toward it.” Willey said the biggest issue at the state level is definitely in the Sierra Nevada with all the dead trees, but that all districts will see an increase in burning. Therefore, residents will also see an increase in smoke, which the APCD is responsible for monitoring. “From a health perspective, having these wildfires is a huge health impact. They can happen anytime without warning,” Willey said. “You get less smoke with a prescribed burn than you do with a wildfire per acre burned.” Santa Barbara County APCD spokesperson Lyz Hoffman said wildfires put off as much as three times the amount of pollution as a prescribed burn does. Another benefit to prescribed burns, Hoffman said, is the APCD’s ability to notify the public ahead of time. That way people with health conditions who could be impacted by smoke have time to prepare. During the Thomas Fire, Santa Barbara, Goleta, and parts of Lompoc had unhealthy or very unhealthy air

for almost two weeks. Hoffman said the increased focus on prescribed burns is a way for the state to stave off or minimize impacts such as unhealthy air. Prescribed burns aren’t the answer, though, said Jeff Kuyper, director of Los Padres ForestWatch. “The overarching theme is that our communities need to take a comprehensive and holistic approach into protecting ourselves from wildfire, and so we can’t really depend on one approach, and so we need to look at what the science tells us is the most effective way to accomplish that,” Kuyper said. “The most effective way to protect communities from wildfire is to start from the home and work outwards.” The automatic reaction, Kuyper said, is for local decision makers to simply say that they need to clear more brush to protect communities, but that approach lulls communities into a false sense of security. ForestWatch Conservation Director Baker said that he sees some California communities taking the right approaches. Monrovia, on the edge of Angeles National Forest, has a robust community wildfire protection plan that focuses on creating defensible space around homes and making sure that people have the resources to fireproof their homes. This includes putting emberproof screens on the outsides of homes and replacing shake roofs. “When a home burns, it becomes a source of embers for much longer than when vegetation burns,” Baker said. “It can burn for an hour or more that’s kicking up embers that’s raining on all these other homes.” August, who does public outreach for ForestWatch, added that a home that’s not fire resistant in a neighborhood is a liability. “The more we manage nature, the more harm we tend to do. And since science doesn’t back it up, it doesn’t make sense to focus on those measures,” August said. “If that was the answer to saving everybody’s homes and everyone’s lives, I’m certain that we wouldn’t be arguing with anybody.” ∆ Reach Editor Camillia Lanham at clanham@newtimesslo.com. FILE PHOTO BY SPENCER COLE

Re-upping resources

The recent push from state elected officials and agencies will allocate more resources to local fire departments to conduct burns, Peters said, which means that California residents will likely see an increase in prescribed burn activity. He attributes some of the upper statewide movement to a study published by the Little Hoover Commission in February 2018. “California’s forests are reaching a breaking point. Poor management policies that interrupted the natural and historical cycle of fire, combined now with a changing climate, have left forests

PRESCRIPTION U.S. Forest Service crew members work on a controlled burn in Los Padres National Forest in April 2018. The work included clearing brush and curing wood for small pile fires. Once reduced to ash, they are doused with water and mixed back in with the soil.

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ext to the blue lunch tables at C.L. Smith Elementary School, boys and girls are picking fruits and vegetables, playing a produce hunt game (similar to an Easter egg hunt) and sampling local produce on Oct. 25. It’s all part of San Luis Coastal Unified School District’s participation in Collective Action Day. Collective Action Day is a highlight of California Thursdays, a program that commits to serving fresh and locally prepared meals at public schools. On this day, participating school districts host school community events and join a statewide media campaign to celebrate the program’s collective impact. California Thursdays started as a pilot program with 15 school districts collaborating with the Center for Ecoliteracy in October 2014. According to the California Food For California Kids website, the program has grown to 89 districts across the state that enroll more than 2 million students and serve more than 334 million meals every year. The program has grown from serving fresh meals on Thursdays to doing it every school day. San Luis Coastal Food Service Director Erin Primer says that the district serves 378,000 meals a year. “This exposure for them at such a young age is really important for them to become life-long healthy eaters, and really understand and appreciate their local

food system,” Primer says. On this particular California Thursday, menu options include California-made chicken and cheese tamales, pinto beans from Kandarian Organic Farm in Los Osos, roasted chickpeas, sweet-and-sour broccoli, farm fresh fruit salad, and Red Barn Farm cherry tomatoes. The fruit salad contains pears from San Francisco, grapes picked in Kingsburg, and cantaloupe from Vernon. The broccoli was sourced from Guadalupe and the chickpeas from Atwater, just northwest of Merced. Primer points at students who are lined up at the farmers market section of the celebration, filling up bags with lettuce, tomatoes, pears, and apples. “It’s so nice to see them so excited about fresh foods,” she says. Javier Magana stands at a booth labeled “Ask a Farmer.” He is the farmer at Red Barn Farm, which leases space from City Farm in San Luis Obispo. He has slices of his cherry tomatoes for students to try in paper sample cups. Students come up to him and ask what he has, whether he’s a farmer, and what it’s like to be a farmer. Some students are shyer than others and decline to try the tomato because they already know that they don’t like it. “Sometimes it’s hard to get kids to try certain fruits or vegetables because they’re picky or don’t know much about it.

That’s why I’m here to answer their questions,” he says with a laugh. Magana has been providing the district with produce for about two years now. He also provides the school with carrots, cucumbers, spinach, and boysenberries—when they’re in season. FRESH AND LOCAL Javier Magana, the farmer at Red Barn He is part of the Farm, talks to students of C.L. Smith Elementary School about larger initiative to the benefits and tastiness of his locally grown tomatoes. create fresh food options for students locally and has been awarded a $130,100 grant from regionally. the California Office of Traffic Safety “Millions of pounds of California foods for a yearlong enforcement and public are being served, which is really exciting awareness program. The traffic study for our economy and our kids,” Primer program is intended to educate the public says. on safe roadway habits and deter people The California Thursday program does from violating traffic laws or practicing more than provide students with a fresh daily other unsafe behaviors that lead to meal and keep the ingredients local. She says injuries and fatalities. The funds will go it helps fund the local and regional economy. toward DUI checkpoints and saturation “Economists estimate that every $1 patrols, patrols at intersections with spent on regional food fosters $2.56 in increased incidents of pedestrian and regional economic activity,” she says. bike collisions, and probation supervision “Every job created in the production of for high-risk DUI offenders. For more regional food can also lead to an addition information, visit prcity.com. ∆ of more than two new jobs.”

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Opinion Gurnee’s hypocrisy is on display

I find San Luis Obispo mayoral candidate T. Keith Gurnee’s opinions and stances on some of the issues in this race hypocritically puzzling in light of past opinion pieces he wrote for the website that calls itself CalCoastNews. As a past resident of SLO, I am concerned about his disingenuity. Gurnee is angry that a bikeway is being built in his neighborhood and whose residents are opposed to it. But he wanted to shove through a quarry project outside of Santa Margarita despite the fact that the residents were adamantly opposed to it. He certainly wasn’t sympathetic to their concerns when he accused them of nimbyism. Nimbyism, in Gurnee’s opinion, is a dirty word. Except when it’s his backyard being discussed. “How is it that the Golden State has become the ‘nimby’ state where that phenomenon has metastasized in the body politic at every level of government?” “Deny all quarries and cave into this latest example of ‘nimbyism?’” Quotes from “To quarry or not to quarry” and “California: Wherefore art thou?” He apparently does not believe in the greater good—in the form of bicycle safety and getting people out of their fossil-fuel-burning cars—any longer either. And I guess alarmist emotionalism from the neighborhood is all right in this case since it’s his neighborhood. “What will the board do? Reward the alarmist emotionalism of the opponents or stick with the logic, history, and the need to serve the greater good?” Quote from “Santa Margarita quarry points and counterpoints.” Gurnee trumpets his past open space

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preservation throughout California, yet he attacked the city of SLO when it donated funds to the Land Conservancy to help purchase the Pismo Preserve open space. “The city recently spent $75,000 on open space preservation—not in our city, but adjacent to a city that is miles away from San Luis Obispo.” Taken from “The case against Measure G.” Last I checked, Johnson Ranch and Reservoir Canyon were outside of SLO city limits, also, and nobody seems bothered by the funds used to purchase them. Ironically, Pismo Preserve is only about 6 miles and a 10-minute drive from Johnson, hardly miles away. I think it’s wonderful that he pats himself on the back by vowing to stay above the fray in the mayoral race. If only he had managed to do so when he regularly and repeatedly insulted the supporters of Adam Hill, not to mention progressives in general, in many of his opinion pieces. SLO voters may want to think long and hard about the hypocrisies of T. Keith Gurnee. Tiffany Abeloe Grover Beach

challenges of being in the classroom. Both have worked with the district’s other bargaining units to ensure pay, working conditions, and benefits that are the envy of the districts in our county. Under their watch, our schools have been recognized locally, countywide, and nationally. By every standard and measurement, our students continue to steadily thrive and achieve. Salaries and working conditions remain strong. All taxpayers, students, and the community at large will benefit from their continuing contributions. Of the nonincumbent candidates, one has attended one partial school board meeting and the other attended only a meeting when the board thanked and expressed our appreciation at the time the teacher retired. Between them, Jim and Marilyn are supported by former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, Supervisor Bruce Gibson, SLO Progressives, and many current and former district teachers, staff, and administrators. Ellen Sheffer San Luis Obispo

All the right skills to serve on the school board

Keith Gurnee, James Lopes, and Sarah Flickinger have my votes for the mayor of San Luis Obispo and City Council seats respectively. We need intelligent, healthy, financially solvent individuals in office who have integrity and experience with planning. These three dedicated citizens have those qualities! As a trio, I know that they will provide leadership while being civil and inclusive. They will be fiscally responsible in regard to our city budget. All three will preserve the character of SLO and foster a positive relationship with all residents.

It has been my honor and privilege to serve with Marilyn Rodger and Jim Quesenberry on the San Luis Coastal School District board. Each brings unique talents to the board. Marilyn’s background in construction contracts has been invaluable as we navigate the complexities of faithfully fulfilling the Measure D projects. Jim’s strong history as former teacher, union president, and grievance chair provide insight into the

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Letters As a lifetime Democrat, I want to remind voters that these positions at the city level are nonpartisan. Regardless of any national and state political issues, what is at stake here is our quality of life. As a previous council candidate, teacher, and active community volunteer, I still attend City Council and advisory meetings often. I voted for Mayor Harmon in 2016 with great hopes. Unfortunately, she has failed her constituents in many ways, multiple times. Our city can gracefully experience a metamorphosis with Gurnee, Lopes, and Flickinger in their sought-after elected positions. Please join me on Nov. 6 and mark your ballots for a better SLO! Mila Vujovich-La Barre San Luis Obispo

Morro Bay is disenfranchising voters

Last week’s New Times article, “Morro Bay approves $67 million sewer contract—while a legal challenge looms,” stated that Save Morro Bay was formed to oppose the wastewater project. It was formed have a cost-effective project and have a fair Proposition 218 process, which the city refuses to do. Imagine more than 1,000 protest votes being thrown out by the city, which added extra voting requirements not required by state law to “win” the vote. That’s what the city is trying to pull off but, thankfully, the public is very aware of voter suppression and won’t take it. Count the votes. It’s the democratic thing to do—letting at least half the community, if not more, have LETTERS continued page 16

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their votes counted and voices heard in one of the most consequential votes in the history of Morro Bay. Every one of those 1,000 uncounted voters went through the trouble of filling out a written ballot because they intended and expected that their votes would count. Save Morro Bay’s attorney started reviewing the protests the day before the city quickly signed the contract to build the plant—doing so, knowing that the vote was in question and the contract could be canceled within months by a new council. With only two weeks before the election and before purchasing the property for the plant, the city moved forward, knowing this was a significant legal issue. Morro Bay cannot possibly move forward until all the votes are counted. Pam Ochs co-founder Save Morro Bay

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I worked for Chevron for 32 years in various capacities. I have a degree in geology from Stanford and in law from Santa Clara University. I am voting yes on Measure G. I am deeply disturbed by the many false and misleading claims about Measure G appearing in ads, flyers, and on signs paid for by the oil company-funded opposition to the measure—opposition that resides almost entirely outside of our county. These claims are not true. Measure G would not shut down any existing production. It specifically permits it to continue. Measure G would not prevent routine maintenance. It specifically provides that routine maintenance may continue. And the measure’s definition of routine maintenance is very broad. G is not an oil production “shutdown.” Measure G will ban fracking (which is a genuine threat to our groundwater supplies) and ban new oil development on private lands in SLO County (which is consistent with county plans for the future and protective of one of California’s most beautiful environments). Don’t be fooled by the $8 million oil industry campaign to defeat G. Join me in voting yes. Steven Schneider Arroyo Grande

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We need to address our disparities before it’s too late

I picked up the Oct. 25 issue of New Times and was moved by the juxtaposition of the cover photo, a homeless man lying face down on the grass, and the glossy Menus insert, featuring a well-dressed couple dining in an upscale restaurant toasting each other with wine surrounded by plates of expensive food on the table in front of them. The disparity of the conditions in the two photos exemplifies what many people have come to realize is a serious issue facing not only the Central Coast but the nation as a whole. The economic conditions of this country have deteriorated due to decades of failed and flawed economic policies such as free trade, which exported our once thriving manufacturing sector to foreign countries, leaving our nation unable to manufacture the goods needed to sustain us as a First World country. The policy of privatizing

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health care has led to a collapse of the health care delivery system, the closure of hundreds of public hospitals, and the outrageous costs of receiving basic health care through privatized health insurance companies that have made health care a for-profit business. In the past 20 years, our nation has spent trillions of taxpayer dollars waging illegal wars of aggression against Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan (to name a few). That money could have been used to fund a universal health care system for every American, provided free college education for our citizens, built a water pipeline from Alaska to California, rebuilt our collapsing and decaying power grid and highway infrastructure, dams, and bridges and so forth. Under Barack Obama, our nation spent billions bailing out the bankrupt Wall Street banks, which are presently in the process of another collapse that will be far worse than the collapse of 2008. As a longtime activist for the LaRouche Political Action Committee, I have lobbied my representatives and fellow citizens on the Central Coast to think about these issues and take action to reverse the policies that have created the conditions that led to the collapse of the middle class, the rise in homelessness, and hyperinflation of basic goods including housing. The population has been like the proverbial frog in hot water, not recognizing the rise in temperature or how close we are to the boiling point. It’s almost too late to jump out of the boiling water, so we are witnessing the sights of the haves and the have-nots, an escalation of Third World conditions in our once thriving nation. I hope it’s not too late to reverse these conditions for our citizens. We need to eliminate homelessness and make sure our citizens have their basic needs met. Emily Esslinger Los Osos

Two good things

Spending three nights in Morro Bay, as a tourist from Germany, I came across the latest New Times edition. What a surprise, no offense intended, to find, in a local paper like this, two very readable pieces: One was the very thoughtful and insightful article by Chris McGuinness (“Is homelessness a crime?”). So, when SLO Police Chief Deanna Cantrell is quoted as saying: “It’s not illegal for ... homeless people to hang out with each other... ,” it’s only fair to say, as attorney Eric Tars puts it, that LETTERS continued page 18

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criminalizing those people “is a terrible policy, because you are trying to use the criminal justice system to address a social failing.” I couldn’t agree more. The opinion piece on race (“Vote”) just touched my heart. I wasn’t aware of just how hurting the race issue in this beautiful country still is. It was well written by Anonymous, and, alas, it’s easy to see why this piece was published anonymously. Only, for the sake of transparency, when an article in Germany gets published anonymously, the editor adds the note: “Name of author known to editor.” Thank you very much for these two pieces. Michael Scharenberg Germany

Get to know your candidates: Read their slogans

There has been a lot of confusing rhetoric in our mayoral election, with conflicting information everywhere about what the candidates actually represent. However, their true beliefs and intentions have been in plain sight within their campaign slogans all along. Heidi Harmon’s slogan is “People, Prosperity, and Planet.” This represents her values of social equity, economic vitality, and environmentalism, and her actions support these words. Last year, she declared San Luis Obispo a “welcoming city” for everyone regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or immigration

status. She approved workforce and affordable housing to address the housing shortage, which threatens local jobs and businesses. She expanded our open space and is working to make San Luis Obispo carbon neutral by 2035. By contrast, Keith Gurnee’s slogan “For our Neighborhoods” shows his representation of a narrow, but powerful, constituency who oppose any change, even if it benefits the greater community at large. His actions also support his campaign slogan; he opposed environmentally friendly bike lanes in the Anholm neighborhood and tried to stop essential workforce housing due to his perceived impact on surrounding developments. His campaign slogan should really be “For a Few Neighborhoods” since he seems to support the wealthy, the corporations, and those who would marginalize anyone struggling to get by. We need a mayor who will serve the interests of everyone, not a small and vocal minority. Vote Heidi Harmon for mayor! Charlotte E. San Luis Obispo

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One vote is all it takes

oes your vote matter? “Funny you should ask,” said Cousin Dave. Years ago, Dave’s brother served their New Jersey town as a municipal judge, a position appointed by the town council. At the time, the council held a Republican majority by one seat— until Dave voted for the Democrat, who won by one vote. When the majority on the council switched, Dave’s brother lost his judgeship. And he still blames Dave. Julie Rodewald, former San Luis Obispo County clerk recorder for nearly two decades, cites a plethora of local races that have been won or lost by literally a handful of votes. “In 2012, two votes out of 600 determined the election for the San Miguel Community Services District,” Rodewald told me. “In 2014, Shelly Higginbotham won the race for mayor of Pismo Beach by two votes over challenger Kevin Kreowski. And in the 2016 elections, Heidi Harmon won the San Luis Obispo mayoral race by 47 votes over incumbent Jan Marx.” This past June, the conservative majority on our county Board of Supervisors was retained because challenger Jimmy Paulding lost to Lynn Compton by 60 votes out of 18,861 votes cast. This outcome has far-reaching consequences for issues ranging from local affordable housing to climate change measures. With all these razor-thin elections, you

might ask what happens when the vote comes down to a tie. “It becomes a game of chance,” Rodewald said. “In 2017, after multiple recounts, the election for a seat on the Virginia House of Delegates was declared dead even out of 20,000 votes cast. The winner was decided by a blind drawing from a film canister,” she said. So, yeah, your vote matters. Rodewald now devotes her fervor for voting as a volunteer for the League of Women Voters, the nation’s largest grassroots voter registration organization. The League was founded in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Six months later, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote after a 72-year struggle. Along that 72-year journey, suffragettes were jailed, clubbed, beaten, and tortured. Always remember, too, that although the 15th Amendment gave black men the right to vote in 1870, it wasn’t until 1965—after a century of marches, lynchings, and murders of civil rights activists—that Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act to prohibit racial discrimination and disenfranchisement in voting. Sorry about the history lesson, but Americans have died for the right to vote. I’m especially talking to you, 18- to 20-year-olds, whose turnout was less than 50 percent for the 2016 general election,

and less than 20 percent for the midterms in 2014. Wow. That means you hold this election in your hands. I remember my first vote. I was away at college and my Republican father called to extort me to vote for Richard Nixon, saying, “He has a secret plan to end the Vietnam War.” (In truth, he had no plan.) At that moment, I took a fundamental step toward maturity. I critically assessed my own values apart from those of my parents. I am proud to say I voted for George McGovern. Ian Levy, the 19-year-old president of the Cal Poly Democrats, voted for the first time in the June primaries. Since becoming energized by the Trump election, Levy practically carries voter registration forms around in his hip pocket. “Along with ASI [Associate Students Inc.] and other student groups, our club is constantly registering voters,” Levy told me. “It’s so important to get my age demographic to vote because doing so establishes a lifelong voting habit. “I encourage students to vote here, where they live,” explained Levy, “because even though we’re here a short time before we graduate and move away, our vote affects policy that impacts us now. “Our vote is our voice. I am so happy when students come up to me and say, ‘Ian, I just registered to vote and it was so easy!’” Unforgivably, however, voter suppression is alive and well. Tactics include cuts to early voting, voter ID laws, changing laws to make voting less convenient, and purging voter rolls.

Rationale given for voter suppression? Voter fraud. At an event last spring, Trump said, “In many places, like California, the same person votes many times—you’ve probably heard about that.” No, in fact. “I’ve never seen anything like that in my career,” SLO County Clerk-Recorder Tommy Gong told me. “Instead, I’m proud that California has pushed to make voting as convenient as possible.” Cousin Dave pointed out that while he has a “stellar” record of voting, he benefits from the time and transportation that makes voting easy. Imagine you’re a single mom balancing a couple of jobs. You get no time off to vote or to apply for a voter ID, and you rely on public transportation. California’s automatic DMV voter registration and online registration system are steps forward, but why not make Election Day a national holiday? “We should wave the flag and celebrate,” Rodewald said. “Even more, by voting we both do our duty as citizens, and we honor those who fought and died for this right.” (Note: The Cal Poly College Republicans and the Republican Party of San Luis Obispo County did not respond to phone calls and emails seeking comments on this subject.) ∆ Amy Hewes is actively involved in grassroots political action. Send comments through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

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Tricky politics I ’m sick of Measure G! Who’s with me? Come on. I know you all are. Every single one of you has received a million gazillion mailers, sponsored Facebook posts, Google ads, television ads, and phone calls about that ballot measure. It’s all part of the almost $8.15 million that’s been spent to fight over a ban on fracking and new oil and gas wells in the unincorporated parts of SLO County. I’ll give you one guess as to who’s put up the lion’s share of those dollars. Yep. Big Oil (Chevron!)—and Medium Oil (California Resources Corporation) and Small-ish Oil (Sentinel Peak Resources) have cobbled together a measly $7.9 million. WTF oil companies? That’s all the Arroyo Grande Oil Field is worth to you? I, for one, feel shafted. I was expecting a continuous banner that covered the fields alongside Highway 101 from San Miguel to Nipomo on both sides. Now, what do I have to look forward to? Rolling hills, oak trees, and vineyards. Boring! Don’t worry, though. There’s still plenty of money in the bank to do other things with until Nov. 6. With $2.2 million still unspent, you can expect the No on G folks to continue filling your mailbox with paper you can do craft projects on. Meanwhile, the Yes on G peeps managed to triple their donations in the past month. Bringing its grand total to a little less than $250,000 (that’s with in-kind donations).

Wow liberals, that’s sooo generous. You know what I’m really going to miss about this campaign? Charles Varni. The things he says about Big Oil are amazing. I just love the rhetoric, man. It’s what makes campaigns so fun for us over here at New Times! The mailers, Varni said, are the clearest symbol of the lengths Big Oil will go to achieve their goal. These slate mailers he’s referring to depict a no vote on Measure G as part of the “Feel the Bern” progressive platform! Well now! Any Bernie Sanders progressive in their right mind should realize that fracking and new oil wells in their backyards are not on the progressive agenda. “To trick people into voting no on G is just indicative of a real lack of moral and ethical grounding,” Varni said. Eeee. Umm. I can think of several things that are way worse tricks than paying a slate mailing company to add something to a “voter guide.” Remember that whole thing where Exxon knew about climate change and was actively studying the effects of increased carbon in the atmosphere from fossil fuels way before it became mainstream thought? And then a Harvard Study came out saying that Exxon actively worked to mislead people about climate change. Now, that’s a dirty trick. Not that the whole mailer thing

is honest or anything, though. But Varni, come on, everybody’s doing it. All they have to do is pay a slate mailer company such as Voter Guide Slate Cards. Remember the June primary? It feels like forever ago. Lynn Compton, then the 4th District Supervisor incumbent and candidate, showed up on a Democratic Voter Guide mailed out by that very same company to Nipomo Democrats, who promptly flipped out similarly to the way in which Yes on G folks are moaning and wailing. But, if you could—and if you had thought about it first—Yes on G could and probably would have absolutely done the same thing. Progressive darling SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon posted a Facebook video speaking out against “some faked-up flyer that’s going around. It says that I am against Measure G and that is baloney.” Hmm, interesting. “This is the exact kind of manipulative behavior we would expect from the most dangerous industry in the world, the fossil fuel industry,” she added. However, she hadn’t actually seen the flyer yet. She had just heard about the flyer. Well, I’ve seen some slate mailers with her name on them. At least two. A “Republican Voter Guide” and a “Democratic Voter Guide,” both mailed out by that Voter Guide Slate Cards company. And she’s on both with … drum

roll please … No on Measure G! WTF? That’s so deceptive. How dare they add her name to that slate mailer! But wait. New Times looked up some campaign finance type things. You know, the boring detail-oriented stuff that we don’t get paid the big bucks to do, and it looks like the San Luis Obispo County Progressives Democrat Club paid that slate card company, which put her on multiple mailers. Harmon told New Times that she knows nothing about it. The slate mailer company doesn’t care. They just want that sweet campaign money. Aww geez, guys. My self-righteous feelings about manipulative behavior from Big Oil (those bastards!) are all confused. Who should I be mad at? Who’s deceptive, manipulative, and up to dirty tricks? Heidi’s not a Republican. So why is she on that voter guide that was mailed out? No on G is not a progressive or Democratic platform, so why is it on those mailers? Welp, guys. I hate to break it to you, but politics is all about money and manipulation. Dirty tricks are for politicians and election campaigns. If you haven’t figured that out by now, go crawl back behind that computer screen you’ve been yelling at for the last two years. ∆ The Shredder yells at computer screens all the time, but knows how to sniff out dirty tricksters. Send comments to shredder@ newtimesslo.com.

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Fall Harvest Spaghe i Dinner/ Bingo Night FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Avila Beach Community Center

Central Coast Economic Forecast FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Alex Madonna Expo Center

St. Joseph High School CIF Football vs. Bullard FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 St. Joseph High School

Autumn Wine Stroll SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Paso Robles Downtown Wineries

Moza & The Masons Chamber Conce SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 King David’s Lodge of SLO

Murder Mystery Dinner Series SAT & SUN, NOV. 3 & 4 Point San Luis Lighthouse

Vegan Cheese and Wine Pairing SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Tooth & Nail Winery

Ghost Ship NOVEMBER 8-18 CPAC at Cuesta College

Salute! A Trumpet Tribute to Veteran’s Day SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Atascadero United Methodist Church

Tribute to the Eagles TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Morro Bay Wine Seller

The Byrom Brothers THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 7Sisters Brewing Co.

Wine & Dine SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Wild Coyote Estate Winery

Santa’s Doggie Parade SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Avila Beach Civic Association

Fin’s Giving TuesdayDinner for a Cause TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Fin’s Restaurant

Roy Zimmerman THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 7Sisters Brewing Co.

Season’s Greetings Holiday Choral Conce THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Monarch Club at Trilogy

Victorian Christmas Open House THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Friends of the Price House

Holiday Dinne ainment NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 23 Cambria Center for the A s Theatre

Anne of Green Gables NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 16 By the Sea Productions

SLO Wind Orchestra: Make a Joyful Noise SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST CPAC at Cuesta College

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THE WINNERS TAKE IT ALL

The 10th annual New Times Music Awards takes place Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fremont Theater in SLO. This competition is designed to showcase local music and songwriting talent exclusive to Central Coast musicians. Finalist performers include Brass Mash, The Cimo Brothers, Izara, Arthur Watership, and Rogue Status. (Pictured: The Tipsy Gypsies, winner of 2017’s Songwriter, R&B/Blues, and Best Album awards, performing at last year’s showcase.) Tickets are available online at my805tix.com and at the door. Visit newtimesslo.com for more info. —Caleb Wiseblood

NOV. 1 – NOV. 8 2018

SPECIAL EVENTS N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

29TH ANNUAL CHARITY HOLIDAY QUILT AUCTION Features a silent and live quilt auction. Proceeds benefit Courtney’s House, Hospice SLO County, and ACQG Education Programs. Nov. 3, 6-10 p.m. Free. acqguild.com. Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston Road, Paso Robles, 805- 238-3702.

CENTRAL COAST WEAVERS 12TH ANNUAL SALE AND GUILD SHOWCASE Features fine

handwoven and handcrafted items. Nov. 2, 3-7 p.m., Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 805-438-5501. centralcoastweavers.org. Central Coast Weavers, 9156 Santa Margarita Rd., Atascadero.

EIGHTH ANNUAL GARAGISTE FESTIVAL Events include a Grand Tasting and a tribute to the increasing influence of Spanish grape varieties in California. Nov. 9-11 $59-$150. californiagaragistes. com/. Fairgrounds, 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles, 805-769-8211.

ELEGANT EVENING: DOWNTOWN PASO ROBLES Kick off the holiday shopping season while enjoying live entertainment, refreshments, carriage rides, and more. Nov. 10, 5-8 p.m. Free admission. 805238-4103. PasoRoblesDowntown.org. Paso Robles Main Street Association, 835 12th St., Suite D, Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO

2018 CENTRAL COAST ECONOMIC FORECAST An informative program on the economy featuring guest speakers Chris Thornberg, Doug Lipp, and Robert Kleinhenz. Nov. 2, 7:30-11:30 a.m. $120$135. 805-543-3000. Alex Madonna Expo Center, 100 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo.

ANNUAL WILDLIFE SYMPOSIUM Brings students and professionals together to share ideas, professional knowledge, and on-going research.This year focuses on collaborative ventures in wildlife conservation. Nov. 9, 8 a.m.4:30 p.m. app.donorview.com/1PWM. Veteran’s Memorial Building, 801 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, (510) 285-6221.

FALL FEAST: A VEGAN THANKSGIVING Celebrate a turkey-free Thanksgiving in an outdoor setting. Dinner includes tofurky, field roast, trimmings, and more. Guests are welcome to come early to feed the animals. Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m. $40. 805-748-7733. Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary, 2375 Corbett Canyon Rd., San Luis Obispo.

FIFTH ANNUAL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

CELEBRATION Presented by Wilshire Hospice and community partners San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Latino Outreach Council, and Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805547-7025. diadelosmuertosslo.org/. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

MARCH TO THE POLLS A broad coalition of groups welcomes the public to this rally. Keanu LyDay and Andrea Chmelik are the keynote speakers. Find Facebook page for more info. Nov. 3, 12-2 p.m. Free. 805-748-2874. sloprogressives.org. Mitchell Park, 1445 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo. NEW TIMES MUSIC AWARDS 2018 This annual music competition is designed to showcase local music and songwriting talent exclusive to local musicians on the Central Coast. Nov. 2, 7 p.m. $10. 805-546-8208. newtimesslo.com. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

FUNDRAISERS SAN LUIS OBISPO

27TH ANNUAL AIDS WALK Proceeds help fund services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-781-3660. asn.org. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo. CHICKEN BINGO: FUNDRAISER FOR CAL POLY GLOBAL MEDICAL BRIGADE Participants will buy a square on the bingo grid. If the brewer’s chickens poops on your lucky number, you will win a prize. Nov. 3, 2-4 p.m. Free to attend; $10 to buy square. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION WISHIRE HOSPICE FUNDRAISER Features Day of the Dead themed craft vendors, food trucks, free children activities, live music from Dr. C Hite,

and more. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. wilshirehcs. org. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

SEASON TO BELIEVE: BENEFIT GALA Features a champagne reception, hors d’oeuvres, a gourmet dinner, a raffle, silent and live auctions, and more. Proceeds benefit Central Coast Funds for Children. Nov. 10, 6-10 p.m. $125. 805-773-1223. centralcoastfundsforchildren.org. San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club, 255 Country Club, San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

CAMP FIRE’S 21ST ANNUAL HOLLYBERRY DINNER AND AUCTION BENEFIT FUNDRAISER Proceeds benefit Camp Fire’s club programs and summer camps. Nov. 10, 4-8:30 p.m. $15-$100. 805773-5126. campfirecentralcoast.org. Pismo Veterans Memorial Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach.

FALL HARVEST SPAGHETTI DINNER/BINGO NIGHT Admission to this spaghetti dinner includes one Bingo card, salad, garlic bread, and dessert. Proceeds support the programs and operations of the Avila Beach Community Center. Nov. 2, 6-8:30 p.m. $5-$10. 805-627-1997. avilabeachcc.com. Avila Beach Community Center, 191 San Miguel St., Avila Beach.

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER Featuring the Arroyo Grande High School Theatre Department. A 5-course dinner will be served with complimentary beer and wine. Nov. 3-4, 4-7:30 p.m. $54-$89. 805-540-5771. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

ARTS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

BEGINNING SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCE Learn beginning east coast swing, foxtrot and cha cha too. Tuesdays, 7:15-8 p.m. $100; $185 per couple. 805225-1728. debonairedancers.com. FitnessWorks, 500

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

INDEX Special Events ..........[23] Arts ............................[23] Culture & Lifestyle.......[26] Food & Drink..............[32] Music .........................[34]

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CAMBRIA NURSERY NOVEMBER WORKSHOP: HARVEST CENTERPIECE Learn how to make a centerpiece. Floral designers will be demonstrating how to wire succulents, branches, and pods and add them to your arrangements. Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-noon $45. 805-927-4747. cambrianursery.com. Cambria Nursery & Florist, 2801 Eton Rd, Cambria.

CREATIVITY GROUP Enjoy a creative experience each Wednesday, unless other events/classes conflict. Bring your art work, in any medium, and join others. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. MOSAIC HOLIDAY TREE AND MORE Project options include holiday tree, trivet, stepping stone, and more. Appropriate for beginners. All materials included. Nov. 3, 1-4 p.m. $40-$95. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

PAINT PARTY No artistic experience necessary. All materials and supplies provided. Outside food and drinks welcome. Saturdays, 7-9:30 p.m. $40. 805-772-9095. foreverstoked.com/paintparty.html. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay. RESIN WORKSHOP An assortment of shells, colored glass, glitter, white frames, and resin will be provided. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-noon $80. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. ZEN DOODLE ADULT COLORING BOOK GROUP Relax and unwind with adult coloring books. No experience necessary. Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

LIFE DRAWING Each session is limited to 10 participants. Email Jonathan Gaetke to register: jonathangaetke@msn.com. Nov. 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10 each session. 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

ZENTANGLE AND THE ART OF MINDFUL CREATION Zentangle drawing is designed to create inner space in order to breathe, reflect, and create. No art experience needed. Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $22-$37. 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

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to teach them how to get started with knitting. All class materials provided. Nov. 3, 12-1 p.m. and Nov. 10, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-781-5783. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

OPEN STUDIO FOR HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN Includes drawing, painting, sewing,

LIFE DRAWING WITH JOSE LEMUS This class will look at the complexity of the human form and explore methods of simplification in lines, forms, and values. A live model will provide a variety of poses so students can produce multiple interpretive drawings. Nov. 3, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $45. 805-234-2228. artcentralartsupply.com/current-workshops. php. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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Women’s Basketball vs. Academy of Art November 6 - 5:30 p.m.

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Men’s Basketball vs. Menlo College

Learn how easy it is to create with succulents. All materials provided to complete a lush wreath including locally grown succulents. Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m. $62. 805-549-1222. creativemetime.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

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weaving, mixed media, printmaking, and 3-dimensional building in a safe, non-competitive environment. Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $15 per hour. 805-668-2125. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. Suite 101, Arroyo Grande, lila.community.

PLAY EXPLORE CREATE 2 Includes drawing, pastel, watercolor, tempera, collage, printmaking, sewing, and building. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9-10:30 a.m. & 1:30-3 p.m. $20 for one day; $35 for two. 805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. Suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

NOV. 1 – NOV. 8 2018

NANOWRIMO WORKSHOP WITH BAXTER TRAUTMAN In celebration of National Novel Writing Month, the library hosts this writing session facilitated by local author Baxter Trautman. Nov. 10, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-781-4187. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

NANOWRIMO WORKSHOP WITH SUE MCGINTY A writing session facilitated by local author Sue McGinty. Her books include Murder at Smuggler’s Cove and and Murder in a Safe Haven. Nov.

SPECIAL ART EVENTS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

35TH ANNUAL SLO POETRY FESTIVAL: DAY TWO Includes selected and featured readers. These events are funded in part by the Annual SLO Poetry Festival /Corners of the Mouth, SLO County Library, and Glenna Luschei and supported in part by Poet & Writers. Nov. 11, 2 p.m. languageofthesoul.org. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay, 772-2880.

BOOK SIGNING WITH AUTHOR DEBORAH KRUEGER Let’s Play Gratitude! With Life’s Sticky Issues is the first in a series of offerings by Deborah Krueger to guide adults and children along the path from gratitude to joy. Nov. 3, 2-4 p.m. 805-772-2880. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARGARET KOSIBA

November 7 - 7 p.m.

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Wrestling vs. Cal Baptist November 10 - 1 p.m.

Yout Day

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Football vs. Idaho State November 10 - 4 p.m.

Hats Off to Heoes / Homecoming #17

Volleyball vs. UC Riverside November 16 - 7 p.m.

Football vs. Southern Utah November 17 - 4 p.m.

Senio Day

#17

Volleyball vs. Cal State Fullerton November 17- 7 p.m.

Senio Night

SNOW SHOW

The Chumash Village Holiday Art and Craft Fair runs Nov. 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., both days, at the Chumash Village Clubhouse in SLO. This event features arts and crafts items, baked goods, specialty coffee, food trucks, and more, and is sponsored by the Chumash Village social committee. Email margaretkos105@gmail.com to find out more. —C.W.

1, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. 805-781-4187. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

PACIFIC HORIZON CHORUS WELCOMES WOMEN SINGERS Visit site or come by in person to see if these music lessons are right for you. Tuesdays, 6:30-9 p.m. 805-441-1405. pacifichorizon. org. SLO United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo.

ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES: WRITING AND EDITING WORKSHOP WITH SHERRY SHAHAN Author Sherry Shahan will lead this hands-on workshop with emphasis on editing your early drafts. Bring a highlighter and your work-in-progress. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-noon Free. 805-781-5783. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO NIGHTWRITERS MONTHLY MEETING: PUBLIC WELCOME The organization’s goal is to provide a venue for SLO County writers to connect. Features a variety of guest speakers. Second Saturday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5 for guests; free with membership. United Church of Christ (Congregational) of San Luis Obispo, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obipo, 805-544-1373.

SUCCULENT WREATH Students learn mosaic basics by cutting plate pieces, then gluing and grouting to take home a finished piece in three hours. Great for beginners. Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m. $60. 805-546-3100. creativemetime.com. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

TECHNIQUES WITH ALCOHOL INK AND PEBEO FANTASY PAINTS WITH MARGARET BURDICK An overview of the techniques and

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possibilities when using alcohol ink with other media. Attendees will create one or two pieces each after experimenting with the materials. This class is limited to nine persons. Nov. 3, 2-5 p.m. $35. artcentralartsupply.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey

coalescebookstore.com. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

RECEPTION: 2018 ANNUAL WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW Morro Bay Art Association presents paintings, photography, jewelry, fine crafts, and more. Nov. 4, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-7722504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

SUNDAY FUN DAY Fishes and paint are provided. All ages welcome. Nov. 4, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-9952049. cayucosart.org. Cayucos Community Art Gallery, 10 Cayucos Dr., Cayucos.

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35TH ANNUAL SAN LUIS OBISPO POETRY FESTIVAL Featured readers are Steven Sher, Chris Schulz, and Tom Harrington. Followed by an open reading. Nov. 11, 2-4:30 p.m. Donations accepted at the door. 805-903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

ALMOND COUNTRY QUILT GUILD AND FASHION SHOW Features a fashion show of wearable art presented by Almond Country Guild members. Nov. 5, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-286-5313. Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston Road, Paso Robles.

ART AFTER DARK PASO: STUDIOS ON THE PARK Celebrating the opening of The Short Story Collection: Narrative Gowns and Feminine Histories with Dilecta Wines and a live performance. Nov. 3 Free. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

ISLE OF DOGS FILM SHOWING FOR SHERWOOD DOG PARK Proceeds benefit Sherwood Dog Park.

Includes popcorn, drinks, and other snacks. Nov. 8, 6-9 p.m. $12-$15. 805-239-4437. parks4pups.org/

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SALE OF JOHN BARNARD’S ART WORK John Barnard passed away in July at the age of 94. He painted watercolors, oils, and acrylics. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 361-658-4451. johnbarnardart.com. Colony Inn Conference Center, Best Western Plus, 3600 El Camino Real, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

35TH ANNUAL SAN LUIS OBISPO POETRY FESTIVAL Featured readers are Mira Rosenthal, Paul Willis, and Hiram Sims. Followed by an open reading. Nov. 11, 2:15-4:30 p.m. Donations accepted at the door. 805-903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

35TH ANNUAL SLO POETRY FESTIVAL AT GALA Featured readers include TC West, Karl Kempton, Don Wallis, Glenna Luschei, and Kevin Patrick Sullivan. Followed by an open reading. Nov. 10, 2:15-4:30 p.m. Donations accepted at the door. 805-903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

FAR OUT: FILM PREMIERE REI and Teton Gravity Research present this feature length ski and snowboard film. Nov. 8, 7-10 p.m. ticketweb.com. SLO Brew Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, 209-417-7748. ART AT HIGH NOON: DAVID LIMRITE’S GHOST STORIES Bring your own lunch to this art appreciation program for working adults. Features artist-in-residence David Limrite for an in-depth look at his exhibition, A Roomful of Ghosts, on view through Dec. 2. Nov. 1, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/events/art-at-high-noon. php?event=1763. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

BRENT DICKINSON: ARTIST CRITIQUES Local artists and students are welcome to bring their portfolios and discuss their practice with Brent Dickinson in a supportive and educational environment. Dickinson is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist and writer based in Los Angeles. Nov. 6, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-546-3202. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, cuesta. edu/student/campuslife/artgallery/.

BRENT DICKINSON: PERFORMATIVE LECTURE A lecture on a crypto-fictional organization called the Marcel Maus Hermeneutical Think Tank. Nov. 6, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-546-3202. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, cuesta. edu/student/campuslife/artgallery/.

CAL POLY ARCHITECTURE 15TH ANNUAL VELLUM FURNITURE DESIGN SHOW Projects range from tables and chairs to light fixtures, toys, and other furniture design solutions. Nov. 2, 6:30-9 p.m. and Nov. 3, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. wayback. archive-it.org. Downtown SLO, 1185 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805-234-1727.

CHUMASH VILLAGE ART AND CRAFT FAIR This fair features baked goods, candies, and arts and crafts by Chumash Village seniors including watercolor and acrylic paintings, jewelry, fused glass, paper art and holiday cards, ornaments, handmade books, wood sculptures, and more. Food trucks will be present. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 510-301-1286. Chumash Village, 3057 S Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

and Roberta Ahmanson, Michael Douglas, Ray Bradbury, Robert Takken, and Jane Hind. ThursdaysSundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Varies. 805-234-2048. kreitzerArt.com. Kreitzer Fine Art and Voice Studios, 1442 12th St., Los Osos.

5:30 to 7 p.m and features live music, wine, and refreshments. Thursdays, Fridays, 1-4 p.m., Nov. 2, 5:30-7 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Nov. 25 Free admission. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria. tour that takes place every second Friday of the month. Guests can enjoy refreshments, trolley rides, and more. Second Friday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

winter showcase, which features a collection of artworks submitted from all over the Central Coast. Meet the artists at the opening reception on Nov. 4. Works include paintings, photography, jewelry, and fine crafts. Nov. 1-Jan. 7, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-7722504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

BOBBYE WEST THOMPSON: PASTEL DRAWINGS Features orignal pastel drawings of various subjects. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 1-4 p.m. through Nov. 28 Free. 805-995-2049. CayucosArt.org. Cayucos Community Art Gallery, 10 Cayucos Dr., Cayucos.

DAVID KREITZER: FINE ART OPEN STUDIOS Featuring water, landscape, figure, fantasy and floral works. Collectors of Kreitzer’s works include Howard

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

Enjoy local art, music, wine, food, and more. Find Facebook page for more info. Nov. 3, 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Free-$100. 805-927-3563. oceantovine.com. Centrally Grown, 7432 Exotic Garden Dr., Cambria.

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OPEN TO INTERPRETATION A collaborative art show featuring Page Graeber and Janice Pluma. An opening reception takes place Nov. 2 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Includes abstract and contemporary art. Nov. 1-30, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. 805-238-0725. castorocellars.com. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

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Sat. Nov.17 Fremont Theatre 7pm

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BOTH SIDES OF THE BIG POND: SHARING COMMON GROUND This photographic exhibition showcases the beauty of 2 areas, separated by the ocean, that are in danger due to misuse and potential damage by large corporations. Features photos by Michael Messina and Marty Cullen. Nov. 9, 6-9 p.m. and Nov. 9-Jan. 15 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

FALL, FLORA, AND FAVORITES Showcasing autumn colored works by award-winning photographers Deb Hofstetter and Dean Crawford Jr. Nov. 1-Dec. 1, 12-9 p.m. Free. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

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PRJUSD STAFF AND ALUMNI The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Gallery presents a showcase of the talent that teaches their students. Featuring alumni pieces as well. Through Nov. 1, 12-9 p.m. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION Made up of precious and humble materials, discarded garments, fabrics, and trims, as well as bits of nature and desk supplies. Nov. 1-Dec. 1, 12-9 p.m. Free. 805-2389800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org. THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION: NARRATIVE GOWNS AND FEMININE HISTORIES Every gown is made from humble materials including discarded garments, fabrics, and trims, as well as bits of nature and desk supplies. Nov. 1-30 805-2389800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark. org.

WINTER TREASURES Featuring original artworks by Central Coast artists. Works are available for purchase. Nov. 8-Dec. 26, 12-9 p.m. Free. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org. SAN LUIS OBISPO

ANNUAL WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW Morro Bay Art Association presents its annual

Legendary actress Katharine Ross will be joined by Malibu Coast Silent Film Orchestra in a live performance of

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FLORA AND FAUNA BY DANCING DOG CLAYWORKS Opening reception is Nov. 2 from

WELCOMING THE OVERWINTERING MONARCHS Features food, music, arts and crafts vendors, and more. Docent talks take place at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monarch expert Jessica Griffiths will speak on the plight of the monarch at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Monarch Butterfly Grove, 400 S Dolliver St., Pismo Beach, 805-773-7170.

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ART AFTER DARK SLO Unites visual, literary, and performing artists with the community and participating venues. Visit site for full list of programs and events. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. 805544-9251. artsobispo.org. SLO County, Countywide, San Luis Obispo. BRENT DICKINSON Dickinson is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist and writer based in Los Angeles. His work explores Christian theology, critical theory, and experimental comedy. Nov. 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m. and Nov. 8-Dec. 5 Free. 805-546-3202. cuesta. edu/student/campuslife/artgallery/. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

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CYNTHIA MEYER: LOCAL COLOR Enjoy landscape, light, and architecture captured on a sunny day in SLO. ongoing, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-2108687. secretslo.com. Sauer-Adams Adobe, 964 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo. INTERESTING TIMES Featuring the political and whimsical art of Mark Bryan. Through Jan. 23, 2019 805-710-2929. Frame Works, 339 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo, sloart.com.

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BOARD GAME NIGHT AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. Facebook. com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

NOV. 1 – NOV. 8 2018

BOOK DISCUSSION New book every month. Second Thursday of every month, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-539-9374. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

KEROUAC’S ON THE ROAD SCROLL This famed 120-foot long scroll manuscript of On The Road, the novel by Jack Kerouac, is on display and open to the public during regular library hours. Through Nov. 21 Free. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

CONSCIOUS AGING RETREAT This three-day retreat will focus on listening to inner wisdom and guidance, writing and sharing in intimate conversation circles, and listening to the collective wisdom of the small group. Preregistration is required. Nov. 3, 9:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; $10 workbook fee. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/workshops. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

OUTLIERS: RECEPTION The exhibit features works by Lena Rushing, Hope Kroll, and Graham Smith and runs through Dec. 1. Nov. 2, 6-9 p.m. 805-710-4798. lenarushing.com. The 4 Cats Cafe and Gallery, 1531 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase.

PILGRIM’S PROCESS: THE POETRY OF MICHAEL HANNON The exhibit celebrates over five decades of works in print. Includes chapbooks, books, broadsides, poetry-infused sculpture, mail art, and altered objects. Nov. 5-March 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-756-2305. lib.calpoly.edu/events/ pilgrimsprocess. Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, 1 Grand Ave., Building 35, Room 409, San Luis Obispo.

SIXTH ANNUAL LITTLE TREASURES All artwork is priced at $100 or less. Nov. 2, 6-8 p.m. and Nov. 2-Dec. 30 Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply. com/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

FROM ARTISTS, FOR ARTISTS, BY ARTISTS Featuring fine art oils and pastels from Corynn Wolf, acrylics from Ryan Adams, and works from various mediums by Marc Wolf ongoing Free. 805-7736563. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, puffersofpismo.com/.

SHE SANG ME A GOOD LUCK SONG A statewide traveling exhibit featuring the California Indian photographs of Dugan Aguilar. ongoing 415-5251553. exhibitenvoy.org. DANA Adobe Cultural Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo, 805-929-5679.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: CCWS AQUARIUS 2019 CALIFORNIA OPEN WATERMEDIA EXHIBITION Showcasing watermedia paintings by artists residing in California. Features a wide range of subjects, materials, and techniques, from experimental to traditional. Juror/Judge: David Lobenberg Mondays-Sundays, 2 p.m. through Dec. 1 Members $25-$35 (1 or 2 paintings); non-members $45-$60 (1 or 2 paintings). 805-439-0295. ccwsart.com/ aquarius-2019.html. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

UNDER $200 ART SHOW Individuals may enter 1 or 2 pieces to this unjuried annual show. No cost to enter. Show opens Nov. 16. All ages and skill levels welcome. Through Nov. 10 Free. 805-464-0533. the1artery.com. The ARTery, 5890 Traffic Way, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

CALL FOR ARTISTS: AWAKEN SLO COUNTY STUDENTS A year-long program celebrating art and community expressed through the imaginative creations of our county’s students. Three student exhibitions will be displayed at SLOMA throughout the year. Through May 12, 2019 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: SLOMA A non-themed state-wide juried exhibition at SLOMA. Juror: Jerry McLaughlin. Visit site for details. Mondays-Sundays. through May 15 $35 for up to two paintings. 805-5438562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: SLO PART-TIME PLAYERS 10-MINUTE PLAYS Accepting submissions of 10-minute plays with 5 or fewer characters (1-3 preferred), few or no props, simple staging, and an emphasis on the text. Writers should have theater experience (please include brief description). Email submissions to celestegoyer@gmail.com. ongoing Free. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

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THE GLASS MENAGERIE Tennessee Williams’ classic drama. This intensely personal piece explores the complexity of our memories and the ways in

PARK Learn, interact, and share with a diverse community of photographers. Every other Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. through Nov. 13 $5; Free for Paso Robles Art Association members. 805-748-5815. pasoroblesartassociation.org/guilds/. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles.

Nov. 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-546-3202. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, cuesta. edu/student/campuslife/artgallery/.

Wednesdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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The 29th annual Charity Holiday Quilt Auction takes place Nov. 3 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Paso Robles. Proceeds of the live and silent auctions will benefit Courtney’s House, Hospice SLO County, and Almond Country Quilt Guild education programs. Admission is free. Visit acqguild.com for more info. —C.W. which we can never truly escape them. WednesdaysSundays, 7-9 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m. through Nov. 18 $20-$39. 805-786-2400. slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo.

TRUST FALL This tale features legends, villains, and heroes, who lived centuries apart, as they meet in a mythic world. Performed with four puppet interludes. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8-9:30 p.m. through Nov. 10 $12-$20. 805-756-4TIX. theatredance.calpoly.edu/ productions. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

GHOST SHIP Presented by Cuesta Drama. Nov. 8-18 $20. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 805-546-3198, cuesta.edu.

TRUST FALL A comic saga that tells the story of Daedalus, an inventor and sculptor who always ends up creating problems that others must solve. Nov. 1, 8-10 p.m., Nov. 2, 8-10 p.m., Nov. 3, 8-10 p.m., Nov. 8, 8-10 p.m., Nov. 9, 8-10 p.m. and Nov. 10, 8-10 p.m. $12-$20. 805-756-4849. theatredance.calpoly.edu/. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? Nov. 4 Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 756-4849, pacslo.org. S A N TA M A R I A VA L L E Y/ LO S A L A M O S

PETER PAN A family-friendly musical based on the

J.M. Barrie tale. Nov. 8-Dec. 23 Marian Theatre, 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 805-928-7731, pcpa.org.

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E-DEVICE HELP Please sign up in advance. Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

MORRO BAY METAPHYSICIANS Explore the history of metaphysics with a different topic each week. Led by Tobey White Heart Crockett. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. $10-$20 suggested donation. 805-7722880. facebook.com/groups/MBMetaphysicians. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. SAN LUIS OBISPO

CALL OF THE WILD FRIDAY! Includes 2 presentations: Friends of the Elephant Seal presents “Beachmasters and their Harems: Birthing and Breeding in Northern Elephant Seals”; and Pacific Wildlife Care presents “Back from the Brink-Saving an Endangered Species”. Nov. 2, 6-7 p.m. Free ($5 recommended donation). 805-748-7425. Odd Fellows Hall, 520 Dana St., San Luis Obispo.

PEACE CIRCLE TRAINING Evelyn Zellerer will be conducting trainings in conjunction with the CC Bioneers Conference. Peace Circles are a methodology for communication and creating change. Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $190 (must register in advance). 805-548-0597. ecologistics.org/ccbconference-2018/#peace. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo. Evelyn Zellerer, PhD, will be conducting trainings in conjunction with the CC Bioneers Conference. Peace Circles are a methodology for communication and creating change. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $190 (must register in advance). 805-548-0597. ecologistics. org/ccb-conference-2018/#peace. French Hospital Copeland Health Education Pavilion, 3rd Floor, 1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo.

START, RUN, AND GROW YOUR BUSINESS Learn about the process of starting your own business, the fundamentals of running a successful small business, and more. Tuesdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. through Nov. 13 $100. 805-595-1357. slcusd. asapconnected.com. America’s Job Center of California, 880 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

POINT SLO LIGHTHOUSE TOURS Docents lead guests on a one-hour tour of the historic site, the buildings, and up to the Lighthouse tower. Please arrive 15 minutes early. All proceeds go directly toward the site’s restoration. Wednesdays, 12 & 1 p.m. and Saturdays, 12, 1 & 2 p.m. $17-$22. 805540-5771. pointsanluislighthouse.org. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

TINY HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP Learn the ins and outs of tiny house construction from planning to finish during this hands-on workshop presented by contractor and tiny home builder Joe Pollon. Space limited to 10 people. Through Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $300. 805-235-8028. Joe Pollon, Verde Canyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

CLUBS & MEETINGS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP First

AUTHOR PAUL ENGLER: CC BIONEERS CONFERENCE Engler is the co-author of This Is An

Wednesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the TwentyFirst Century. Nov. 3, 1:15-3:15 p.m. Must register for conference ($25-$45). 805-548-0597. ecologistics. org/ccb-conference-2018/. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SURFSIDE TENNIS CLUB Saturdays, 9 a.m. Free the first month; $30 per year afterwards. surfsidetennisclub.teamopolis.com. Los Osos Middle School, 1555 El Moro St., Los Osos, 534-2835.

THE BEATS, THE STREETS, AND ENLIGHTENMENT With poetry, prose, and images,

GOLDEN STATE CLASSICS CAR CLUB Monthly

architectural historian James Papp shows how the Beats mapped a vanishing landscape before the Age of the Interstate. Nov. 10, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805781-5783. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y meeting for Golden State Classics of Paso Robles. First Tuesday of every month goldenstateclassics.org. Paso Robles Elks Lodge, 1420 Park St., Paso Robles, 805-239-1410.

PHOTOGRAPHY AT STUDIOS ON THE

FREE-FOR-ALL MOVIE NIGHTS Each meeting, a movie is selected from a wide variety of GLBT films. Second Friday of every month, 7-10 p.m. Free. galacc.org. GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

THE PAINTERS GROUP MEETING Artist and educator David Limrite will present a talk. Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. PT PUB NIGHT: CENTRAL COAST Hosted by local physical therapy professionals. First Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Free admission. vant.ge/ PTPubNightCentralCoastCA. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-548-2337.

RAINBOW CONNECTION GROUP This group serves gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth (ages 18 through 26). Meets every Thursday (except the the third of the month). Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. 805-541-4252. galacc.org. GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO CHESS CLUB All ages and skill levels welcome. Plays at the giant chess board in Morro Bay on Saturdays. Boards generally provided. Thursdays, 6:30-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-215-4963. slochess.com. Target, Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SLO SKIERS MONTHLY MEETING A local non-profit sports and social club for adults. First Wednesday of every month, 7-8 p.m. Free; $40 for membership. 805-528-3194. sloskiers.org. SLO Elks Club, 222 Elks Lane, San Luis Obispo. SLO TABLE TENNIS All ages and skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Sundays, 4-7 p.m. Free. 805-215-4963. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo. TOASTMASTERS WEEKLY MEETING A meeting for those who wish to improve their communication skills and lose their fear of public speaking. Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 a.m. SLO County Government Center, 1055 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805-544-6654. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

HOMESHARESLO COFFEE CHAT Learn about homesharing, share your housing stories, and network with others. First Wednesday of every month, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-215-5474. homeshareslo. org. Coffee Bean, 354 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach.

NIPOMO SENIOR CENTER The center is open five days a week; closed on weekends and holidays. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-929-1615. Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo.

SOUTH COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB Includes coffee, snacks, and a social time. Meetings start at 7 p.m. with Bill Ostrander, candidate for 35th State Assembly District, as the main speaker. First and First Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 805-709-6234. slocdp.org. Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave., Grover Beach.

SUPPORT GROUPS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEETING CoDependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a 12-step recovery program for anyone who desires to have healthy and loving relationships with themselves and others. Saturdays, 1-2:15 p.m. Free. 805-203-5875. Cambria Connection, 1069 Main St., Cambria.

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS OF CAMBRIA MONTHLY MEETING A self help support group for parents who have experienced the death of a child of any age from any cause. First Tuesday of CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 28

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First Aid / CPR Certification Training

every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 805-909-8101. The Compassionate Friends Cambria Chapter, Cambria Pines Rd, Cambria.

By reservation only Tues, Nov. 6th 8:30am–12:30pm

GENERAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP (NORTH COUNTY) A support group for those grieving

$75 members $90 non-members

Mechanics Lien Workshop By reservation only Wed. Nov. 7th 8:30–10:30am $10 members $30 non-members

10th Annual NTMAs Friday, November 2 The Fremont Theater

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the death of a loved one. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. Wednesdays, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/supportgroups/general-grief-support-group-0. Hospice SLO County: North County Office, 517 13th St., Paso Robles.

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Hosted by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). A free and confidential group of families helping families who have a loved one living with mental health challenges. First Monday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 805-674-8009. Life House, 5850 West Mall Rd., Atascadero.

CREATE & LEARN N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

BASIC COMPUTER HELP Come to learn basic computer skills. Call to sign up. Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

FUSED GLASS WORKSHOP Teen and adults are invited to create their own fused glass artwork with artist Sheri Klein. Registration required. Register online or by calling. For ages 15 and up. Nov. 10, 2-3 p.m. Free. 805-473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

SEWING CAFE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Sewing Cafe offers various classes and workshop. Call for full schedule. ongoing Sewing Cafe, 541 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach, 805-295-6585. IMAGE COURTESY OF MY805TIX

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meeting for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. Free. 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. 805221-5523. The Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4500 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

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Hospice SLO County is offering this support group for those grieving the loss of a child. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Dropins welcome. Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/ support-groups. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

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The Avila Beach Community Center hosts its Fall Harvest Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo Night on Nov. 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Admission includes spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert, and one bingo card. Tickets are available online at my805tix.com. Call (805) 627-1997 or visit avilabeachcc.com for more info. —C.W.

FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A support group for those who are caring for a loved one, no matter the diagnosis. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. Every other Friday, 2:304 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP A free support group for those who suffer from Fibromyalgia. Second Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-noon Free. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo. LIVING WITH GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Grief is a

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BEGINNERS DANCE BUNKAI Appropriate for all skill levels. The foundation of Dance Bunkai uses precise movements to build on. These movements are borrowed from all over the world and include Martial Arts movements. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop-in. 805-203-6318. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, ignitemovementstudio.com/.

CHAIR YOGA Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

natural response to the death of a loved one. This group helps those who have lost a loved one or have a loved one who is dealing with a life-altering illness. Trained grief counselors will be present to provide information about grief. Mondays, 12:15-1:15 p.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org/support-groups. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

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props, rhythm instruments, and a fusion of world dance to upbeat, fast drumming music. Fridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805203-6318. desertcoastdance.com. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

is a support group for those who are affected by someone else’s addiction. Tuesdays 805-458-7655. naranoncentralca.org/meetings/meeting-list/. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

GENERAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) Hospice SLO County is offering this support group for those grieving the death of a loved one. Held in the Church Care Center. Drop-ins welcome. Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

SPOUSE AND PARTNER LOSS SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) A Hospice SLO support group for those grieving the loss of a partner or spouse. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Held in Room 16. Drop-ins welcome. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

flexibility, balance, breathwork and more through adapted poses with chairs and/or mats. Wednesdays, Fridays, 1-2 p.m. through Dec. 14 805-546-3942. cuesta.edu/academics. Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay.

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QI GONG CLASS Qi Gong is an ancient and powerful system for physical health and spiritual development. Join certified instructor Devin Wallace for this outdoors class. Please call to register. Fridays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Suggested donation $10. 805-709-2227. Tidelands Park, South end of Embarcadero, Morro Bay. SURF FITNESS A 45-minute workout to improve your time in the water. Re-align your spine, make CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 31

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space for breath, mobilize, stabilize, and more. Nonsurfers welcome. Mondays, 4-4:45 p.m. 805-7763686. studiofitnessmorrobay.com. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay.

TODDLER STORYTIME Hosted by Ms. Kaela. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. A storytime for toddlers ages 18 months-and-up. Share stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, and more. Wednesdays, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

A WORKSHOP TO INTRODUCE THE SANCTUARY An evening of yin yoga, massage, myofascial release, a social hour with tea, and more. Nov. 11, 6-8 p.m. Choose to pay: $10; $25; $40. 805215-4565. omniyogastudio.com/workshops/. Omni Yoga, 2190 9th St. #A, Los Osos.

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enrichment program for ages 7 to 11 that promotes social, emotional, and physical fitness and well-being. Learn and practice how to respond to various types of stress in a healthy way. Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/ dragonfly-circles/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

isolated stretching, trigger point, foam rolling, and yoga techniques, participants can increase their range of motion. Please bring a mat and water. Tuesdays, Fridays. through Dec. 18 805-7763676. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay, studiofitnessmorrobay.com. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

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class integrates the wide-ranging benefits of music, movement, yoga, mindful awareness training, guided relaxation strategies, expressive arts, and more. Additionally offered at SLO and Arroyo Grande locations. Tuesdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity. com/younique-fitness/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

of light and tone provided by Lightshare. No appointment necessary. First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. through Dec. 1 Free. 805305-7595. lightshare.us. Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

ZUMBA/DANCE FUSION This dynamic class is choreographed to carefully selected upbeat music. No experience is necessary. Drop in any day. Mondays, Fridays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. through Dec. 31 $6.50 residents; $7.10 non-residents. 805-466-7912. Atascadero Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way, Atascadero, atascadero.org/communitycenter. SAN LUIS OBISPO

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AIKIDO FOR KIDS AGE 4-13 AIKI-MITES (age 4-6) class is 3pm on Tuesdays. AIKI-KIDS (age 7-13) classes are Tuesdays/Thursdays at 4pm. Call to observe or pre-register. Tuesdays, Thursdays $50-$75 monthly. 805-544-8866. aikidosanluisobispo.com. Budo Ryu, 3536 South Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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ADVANCED STRENGTH TRAINING Build strength through proper form. Sessions feature various dumbbell exercises. Mondays, Wednesdays, 8:15-9:15 a.m. $88. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

AFRICAN DANCE An all levels dance class where you can learn traditional dances from Guinea and West Africa. Accompanied by live drumming. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $5-$10. afrodance.net. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-547-1496. AIKIDO BEGINNERS PROGRAM This program covers the basics of Aikido. For ages 14 and up. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. through Dec. 13 $60. 720-588-0798. kiryu-aikido.com/beginners-slo. Fitness Edge, 795 Buckley Road, Ste. 1, San Luis Obispo.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS YOGA Featuring teacher Robyn Gimler. Includes one hour practice and a beer, cider, wine, or craft soda afterwards. Nov. 4, 12-1:30 p.m. $15 early; $20 same day. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com. GENTLE YOGA Includes exercises involving the

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Baywood Drift Studio in Los Osos hosts its 18th annual Holiday Art Show on Nov. 3 and 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., both days. Featured items include jewelry by Anita Marie, handmade cutting boards and knives by Billy Horner, paintings by Ingrid Brink and Carol Paulsen, and more. Call (805) 528-8182 to find out more. —C.W. Club, 6699 Bay Laurel Place, Avila Beach.

MINDFUL MEETUP: FOR RESILIENCE AND WELL-BEING Experience how the practices of mindfulness, self-compassion, and self-care are the essential life skills to transform your well-being. Subscribe online for updates. Nov. 8, 6-7 p.m. 805270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/meetup/. Coffee Bean, 354 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach.

MINDFUL YOGA: GENTLE, RESTORATIVE, AND SLOW FLOW Wednesdays, Saturdays, 9-10:15 a.m. $10 donation. White Heron Sangha Meditation Center, 6615 Bay Laurel Place, Avila Beach, whiteheronsangha.org.

Egoscu Method, foundation training, active isolated stretching, and more. Mondays, Wednesdays, 5:306:30 p.m. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

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SILVER SNEAKERS ZUMBA Appropriate for all ages and fitness levels. An easy-to-follow dance fitness class. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Free for members; $6 to drop-in. 805-441-7932. Oceano Community Center, 1425 19th St., Oceano, adulted.luciamarschools.org.

poses, resistance and active stretching, trigger point therapy, and nerve flossing techniques. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10:15-11:30 a.m. $88. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

IGNITE BOOTY SCHOOL This series offers dance fitness, twerk technique, and optional choreography lessons. Nov. 7, 7-9 p.m. $150. 805-748-0749. ignitebootyschool.com. SLO Yoga Center: Marigold, 3840-1 Broad St, San Luis Obispo. METABOLIC CONDITIONING Enjoy a workout using your own bodyweight, dumbbells, large exercise balls, and the TRX suspension training system. Designated as intermediate advanced level fitness. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8-9 a.m. $88. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo. MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION: 8-WEEK COURSE Covers practical tools for managing stress. Call to register. Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. through Nov. 12 484-459-1066. Laura Liss, MSW, 743 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

STRENGTH FOR 50+ Each session begins with “static back” to realign you spine. Features dumbbells and exercise balls. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. $88. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

BEGINNER’S CHI GONG AND YOGA For adults and youth ages 11 and up. Includes stand up exercises, breathing techniques, and more. Sundays, 9:45 a.m. Free. 805-534-1600. Morrocco Method Headquarters, 800 Farroll Rd., Grover Beach, morroccomethod.com.

DREAM BIG, LIVE BIGGER! Enjoy a glass of wine and get to know the Elevate team as they help you rediscover your dreams and give you the tools to make them happen. Nov. 8, 6-7 p.m. Free. 805-235-0212. dreamteamelevate.com/events. Avila Bay Athletic

Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805-203-6318. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, ignitemovementstudio.com/.

weights and bands. Mondays, 11 a.m.-noon $1 per class. 805-598-7108. Cortina Apartments, 241 Courtland St., Arroyo Grande.

WATER EXERCISE FOR ALL AGES These classes help relieve joint pain, enhance your breathing, and increase your range of motion. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 805-4816399. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, 5citiesswimschool.com.

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SURFSIDE TENNIS CLUB All ages and all levels welcome. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon through Nov. 10 Los Osos Middle School, 1555 El Moro St., Los Osos, 534-2835, loms.slcusd.org/. SAN LUIS OBISPO

CAL POLY FOOTBALL VS. IDAHO STATE All military, veterans, and first responders get in for free for Hats Off To Heroes Day. Nov. 10, 4 p.m. Alex G. Spanos Stadium, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

KNOCKERBALL POP-UP PLAY Also includes spike ball, kan jam, and Giant Jenga to play in between games. Nov. 4, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $10-$20. 805776-3588. knockerballslo.com/public_events/. Santa Rosa Park, Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO PING PONG Lots of tables are available for guests to play at. Sundays, 4-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. through Dec. 4 Free. 805-5400470. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo. S A N TA M A R I A VA L L E Y/ LO S A L A M O S

NFL FLAG FOOTBALL Presented by Rise and Achieve. For boys and girls ages 5 to 17. First game takes place July 7. 10 games guaranteed. ongoing 805868-3633. riseandachieve.com. Ernest Righetti High School, 941 E. Foster Rd., Orcutt, 805-937-3738.

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SWAP ELFIN FOREST WORK PARTY Help the SWAP Weed Warriors with weeding, trail trimming, and erosion control. First Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.-noon 805-528-0392. El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area, 1100 15th St., Los Osos. SAN LUIS OBISPO

SOUTH HILLS HIKE WITH ECOSLO Difficulty: moderate. Elevation: 450 feet. Distance: 1.5 miles round trip. Please bring water, sturdy walking shoes, and snacks Nov. 3, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. 805-544-1777. ecoslo.org. South Hills Open Space, 200 Woodbridge St., San Luis Obispo.

SPORTS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

MORRO BAY MARTIAL ARTS Offering adult and youth classes in kickboxing, boxing, judo, jiu-jitsu, MMA, tai chi, qi gong, and self defense. Programs are customized to fit your needs , goals, age, and abilities. Mondays-Sundays, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. through April 25 Call for details. 805-701-7397. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

BILINGUAL STORYTIME/ CUENTOS BILINGÜES Children and their families are invited to listen to tales in English and Spanish. Wednesdays, 3:30-4 p.m. Free. 805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

PAWS TO READ Children are welcome to come read to Berkeley the dog. Wednesdays, 3 p.m. Free. 805-528-1862. Los Osos Library, 2075 Palisades Ave., Los Osos. Come read to Karly the Dog. A great way to get kids interested in reading. Second Friday of every month, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT DANCE FOR KIDS Utilizing theatrical props, games, and improvisational tools to encourage skill building and creative movement. For ages 5 to 8. All levels of dancers are welcome. Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805-203-6318. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, ignitemovementstudio.com/.

TEEN VIRTUAL REALITY For ages 13 to 18. First Tuesday of every month, 3:30-5:30 p.m. 805-7726394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. THEATER DANCE CLASS FOR KIDS An interactive group for kids ages 9 and up to express themselves through dance and theatrical expression.

DRAGONFLY CIRCLES (AGES 7-11) This enrichment program promotes social, emotional, and physical well-being. Learn/practice how to strengthen inner “superpowers” to nurture positivity and respond to challenges effectively (stress/anxiety, emotions, bullying) in a healthy, balanced, and positive way. Saturdays, 10-11 a.m. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/dragonfly-circles/. Academy of Dance San Luis Obispo, 3422 Miguelito Ct., San Luis Obispo. DRAMA AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY CLASS: AGES 5-8 Sing, dance, play games, and create stories and characters. Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m. $120 for 10 weeks. 805-709-0761. pyjamadrama. com/us. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

DRAMA AND PLAY CLASSES: AGES 2-4 Build language, develop motor skills, and practice cooperation, concentration, and problem solving. Mondays, 10:15-11 a.m. $120 for 10 weeks. 805-7090761. pyjamadrama.com/us. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

FAMILY NITE AT 7SISTERS BREWING $5 options include kids’ grilled cheese, kids’ pulled pork sliders, craft root beer floats, and more. Features live Irish music and family activities. Wednesdays, 4-9 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com. FAMILY POTTERY NIGHT Classes include instruction and materials. Saturdays, 6-8 p.m. through Dec. 20 $50 for 2 classes. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo. KIDS PARTY PARADISE For kids ages 4 and up (potty trained) to enjoy games, an obstacle course, dinner, dessert, crafts, GymJam time, a movie, and more. Registration required. Second Saturday of every month, 5:30-10:30 p.m. $34-$44 with family discounts. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo. com. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. POTTERY CLASSES AND PAINTING POTS Kids are welcome to come and learn various ways of working with clay, including sculpting, slab building, and throwing onto the pottery wheel. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. $30. 805-8966197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

BILLINGUAL STORYTIME Enjoy storytelling and songs in both English and Spanish. First Tuesday of every month, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. 805-473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

DRAGONFLY CIRCLES (AGES 7-11) IN AG This enrichment program promotes social, emotional, and physical well-being. Learn how to respond to stressful emotions and situations in a healthy, balanced, and positive way. Register thru AG Recreation. Thursdays, 3:45-4:45 p.m. through Dec. 13 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/dragonfly-circles/. Women’s Club of Arroyo Grande, 211 Vernon St., Arroyo Grande. OCEANO DUNES VISITOR CENTER Enjoy exhibits of dune and lagoon plant and animal species. End your CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 32

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FREE GUIDED MEDITATION GROUP Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-439-2757. meditationintro.com. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

GUIDED MEDITATION CLASS Come learn to meditate in a relaxed setting. Pay attention to each second and increase your awareness of the inner world. Frequent prompts facilitate the focus. Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-439-2757. meditationintro.com. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

REFUGE RECOVERY Refuge Recovery is a nontheistic, Buddhist-inspired approach to treating and recovering from addictions of all kinds. Open to people of all backgrounds and respectful of all recovery paths. Saturdays, 7:30-8:45 p.m. Free; donations welcome. SLO County Drug and Alcohol Atascadero, 3500 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 800-838-1381. SAN LUIS OBISPO

ASK SABRINA 30 years of Tarot reading experience. Open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday in SLO County and Thursday and Sunday in South SLO County. ongoing 805-441-4707. asksabrina.com. Private Location, TBA, San Luis Obispo.

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REFUGE RECOVERY SLO Refuge Recovery is a non-theistic, Buddhist-inspired approach to treating and recovering from addictions of all kinds. Open to people of all backgrounds and respectful of all recovery paths. Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; donations welcome. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

CHANNELING With Mike Smith. Receive channeled messages from spirit guides and love ones. Second Saturday of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $35. 805489 -2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

DRUM MEDICINE JOURNEY With Julie Jensen. Every third Monday, 6:30-8 p.m. $30. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

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tarot readings, crystal and crystal ball readings, and more. Nov. 10, 2-6 p.m. and Nov. 11, 2-6 p.m. $25. 805-4892432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

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Preregistration required. In-Home Volunteers assist individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families by providing caregiver respite, practical assistance, emotional support, companionship, and comfort. Thursdays, 1-6 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo. org/workshops. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

MEALS ON WHEELS Meals on Wheels, San Luis Obispo, needs noon time drivers. Must have own car to deliver prepared meals. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-235-8870. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO. SLO REP SEEKING VOLUNTEER BARTENDERS Must be 21 or over. All volunteers receive complimentary tickets. Email volunteer@slorep.org for more info. ongoing slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-786-2440.

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DAOU VINEYARDS WINE PAIRING DINNER Cambria Pines Lodge has partnered with DAOU Vineyards and Winery to host this dinner. Includes a five-course meal and DAOU wines. A DAOU expert will be present to talk about each wine. Call for reservations. Nov. 11, 6-9 p.m. $60. 805-924-3360. facebook.com/events/1079114288936736/. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria.

EIGHTH ANNUAL SOUPABRATION Enjoy soup creations by local restaurants, food samples by local vendors, and sweet treats. Meet wildlife ambassadors and partake in the silent auction and live Fund-A-Need. Premium tickets include wine, beer, and hard cider tastings. Nov. 4, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. $50-$65. 805-9271017. pacificwildlifecare.org/soupabration/. Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

AUTUMN WINE STROLL Featuring 15 downtown wineries. Nov. 3, 3-6 p.m. $40. downtownpasowine. com. Paso Robles Downtown Wineries, 612 12th St., Suite 101, Paso Robles, 805-729-2000.

BURGER SUNDAY WITH LONE MADRONE Guests can enjoy elevated lamb, beef, and portobello mushroom burgers grilled by Chef Jeffery Scott. Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Starts at $14. 805238-0845. Lone Madrone Winery, 5800 Adelaida Rd, Paso Robles, lonemadrone.com.

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT THE NAUTICAL COWBOY Enjoy happy hour specials at this Central Coast steak and seafood house. ongoing, 4-6 p.m. 805-461-5100. the-carlton. com/dining/the-nautical-cowboy. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

Recovery is a non-theistic, BuddhistNOV. 1 – NOV. 8 inspired approach to treating and 2018 recovering from addictions of all kinds. DOLLAR OYSTER WEDNESDAYS Open to people of all backgrounds and Enjoy fresh dollar oysters. Wednesdays, respectful of all recovery paths. Wednesdays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. The Nautical Cowboy, 7-8 p.m. Free; donations welcome. The Haven 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero. (classroom), 621 E Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, 805FALL PICK-UP PARTY Featuring sliders by Rib 202-3440. Line (2 meat, 1 vegetarian) with salad and baked SUNDAY FOR SPIRIT PSYCHIC READINGS beans, live music on the lawn by the Michael Russell Features an assortment of psychic readers. Sundays, Trio, and more. Nov. 10, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. Vaires. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $15 tasting; $20 Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. tasting and lunch; free for club members. 805-2389940. pomarjunction.com/events/. Pomar Junction YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central Coast Vineyards & Winery, 5036 S. El Pomar Dr., Templeton. holds youth services for junior high school students. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free. 805-929-8990. thecitycc.org. TRI TIP TUESDAYS Enjoy Santa Maria style tri tip Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Tefft St, Nipomo. every Tuesday. Tuesdays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. the-carlton.com/dining/the-nautical-cowboy. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

VOLUNTEERS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

ART CENTER MORRO BAY Seeking volunteers to be docents and/or organize art programs. Mondays-Sundays, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. SAN LUIS OBISPO

FELINE NETWORK OF THE CENTRAL COAST Seeking volunteers to provide foster homes for foster kittens or cats with special needs. The Feline Network pays for food, litter, and any medications needed. Volunteers also needed to help with humanely trapping and transporting feral cats for spay/neuter. ongoing 805-549-9228. felinenetwork.org. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

HOSPICE SLO COUNTY THRESHOLD SINGERS SEEK NEW VOICES Sing for individuals experiencing life-limiting or end-of life conditions. First Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org/services/hospice-slo-countythreshold-singers. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

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MARVEL UNIVERSE TRIVIA Features prizes from 7Sisters Brewing and other local businesses. Nov. 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com. OCEAN VIEWS, TACOS, AND MUSIC, OH MY! Brad Wills will prepare Mary’s Chicken Tacos with local ingredients and “all the fixins.” Features live music by the Van Gundys. Nov. 10, 4-6 p.m. $8. 858880-5304. hearthmeals.com/#me1. Brad Wills, 325 Cuyama Ave., Pismo Beach.

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The New Times Music Awards returns to the Fremont Theater on Nov. 2!

BATTLE! Arthur Watership (pictured) will compete against Izara, Rogue Status, the Cimo Brothers, and Brass Mash for Best Live Performance at the New Times Music Awards at the Fremont Theater, on Nov. 2.

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ure, it might be better to win an Oscar, a Tony, a Grammy, an Emmy, a BET, a Teen Choice, or even a Razzie Award, but a Newtie’s nothing to sneeze at, people! This Friday, Nov. 2, the 10th annual New Times Music Awards fills the Fremont Theater with live music and a night celebrating our local music scene (6:30 to 10 p.m.; all ages; $15 general, $10 students at my805tix.com—free for active duty military and veterans!). The evening will begin with performances by Youth Category winners Sacha Carlson, Escaping Monochrome, and Rio Fleming. Genre finalists Arthur Watership, Brass Mash, the Cimo Brothers, Izara, and Rogue Status will compete for Best Live Performance. In between, awards will be IN IT TO WIN IT! Seven of these bronze Newties will be presented along with a slew of plaques to this year’s New Times Music Awards winners!

LIVE MUSIC N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

A-MAC AND THE HEIGHT LIVE Genres include reggae, rock, hip hop, and funk. Nov. 8, 8-11 p.m. Free. The Siren, 900 Main St., Morro Bay, 805-2251312, thesirenmorrobay.com/.

ANDY SCOTT LIVE Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Free. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

BANJERDAN LIVE Tuesdays, 3 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-9274200, cambriapineslodge.com.

BOB BENJAMIN AT CAMBRIA PUB Fridays, 6-9 p.m. Free. Cambria Pub and Steakhouse, 4090 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-0782.

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given for Best Albums, Best Songwriters, and Best Recordings in Rock/Alternative, Hip-Hop/Rap, R&B/Blues, Country/Folk/ Americana, and Open categories. Readers’ Choice—who you voted for—will receive their award, and we’ll also give out our Local Legend Award to someone who’s been an instrumental part of the local music scene. If you love live music and our local scene, you won’t want to miss it! The live music lineup is on point this year! Izara, who’s getting an award in the R&B/Blues category, has a crazybeautiful, soulful, elastic voice. Her track “Fight to Survive” has sparse but effective instrumentation—the perfect showcase

for her amazing pipes! Rogue Status, a finalist in the Hip-Hop/ Rap genre, creates deftly produced tracks with perfectly incorporated samples. You’ll hear some Auto-Tune for effect, not because these emcees can’t sing in tune. Their winning track “Peaceful” is a deep groove about being in the recording studio: “That’s where I find some kind of peace of mind, leave the problems of this world behind in the studio.” The Cimo Brothers, finalists in Country/ Folk/Americana, are amazing local musicians—go-to guys for studio and session work with groups such as Moonshiner Collective. Their truly spectacular musicianship is on display in their song “The

features yoga, a bonfire, and a potluck. Nov. 3, 1210 p.m. Free-$20. 805-801-9077. Indian Summer Festival Grounds, 1831 Ferrell Ave., Los Osos.

Retreats. First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. through June 4 Free; $5 to enter. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/calendar/. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

JON STEPHENS LIVE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Free. 805-927-0175. lascambritas.com. Las Cambritas, 2336 Main Street, Cambria. KEVIN GRAYBILL LIVE An acoustic indie-folk singer/songwriter. Nov. 2, 4-6:30 p.m. $10 wine tasting; wine for purchase by glass or bottle. 805927-9800. twincoyotes.com/. Twin Coyotes Winery, 2020 Main St., Cambria. LIVE JAM AT OTTER ROCK Thursdays, 8 p.m. Free. 805-772-1420. otterrockcafe.com. The Otter Rock Cafe, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

LIVE MUSIC AT OLD CAYUCOS TAVERN Fridays, Saturdays Free. 805-995-3209. oldcayucostavern. com. Old Cayucos Tavern & Cardroom, 130 N Ocean Ave, Cayucos.

Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-927-3563. centrallygrown.com. Centrally Grown, 7432 Exotic Garden Dr., Cambria.

8 p.m. Free. 805-772-1420. otterrockcafe.com. The Otter Rock Cafe, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

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BOBBY MALONE LIVE Saturdays, 3-6 p.m. Free. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

HOUSE CONCERT WITH INTENTCITY The Richards Siblings from Idaho perform traditional American, Irish, and French Canadian folk music. Nov. 9, 7-9 p.m. $10 suggested donation. 805-5281096. contraintentcity.weebly.com. Home of Jean and Keith Gorrindo, 1449 Santa Maria Ave., Los Osos. INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL Artists include Mama Tumba, Cuesta Ridge, Dante Marsh, Tam Tam Sacree, and Mama Africa. This festival also

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p.m. Free. 805-772-5055. staxwine.com. Stax Wine Bar & Bistro, 1099 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

LOUIE ORTEGA LIVE Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

MARCUS DIMAGGIO LIVE Fridays, 3-6 p.m. Free. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

MORRO BAY WINE SELLER SONG CONTEST Each night includes 10 contestants, 3 judges, and 3 winners. Each contestant does 2 original songs. Sponsored by Painted Sky Recording Studio, JP Maddex Voice Lessons, and Brett Perkins of The Listening Room International Songwriter

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THE RED BARN COMMUNITY MUSIC SERIES: BEN HUNTER AND JOE SEAMONS This duo performs acoustic blues, fiddle and banjo breakdowns, and early jazz. All proceeds go to the musicians. Potluck starts at 5 p.m. Music starts at 6 p.m. Nov. 3, 5-8 p.m. $15. 805-215-3238. Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

SLOFOLKS PRESENTS THE RITA HOSKING TRIO Rita Hosking is a country-folk artist. The trio

Good Times,” which is classic back porch or around-the-campfire music. Brass Mash is a finalist in the Open category. They play amazing horn-driven sounds—and I mean phat wall-of-sound horns played with percussive thunder—on tracks like their “Toxicity From a Rose,” a mash-up of Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose” and System of a Down’s “Toxicity.” Also, Arthur Watership, a finalist in the Rock/Alternative genre, will perform live, with their emotive vocal harmonies, unusual instrumentation and arrangements, and cool quasi-psychedelic Laurel Canyon ’70s vibe on songs like STARKEY continued page 36

DAN CURCIO LIVE Enjoy wine, food, music, and more. Nov. 4, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-369-6100. Tooth and Nail Winery, 3090 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles, rabblewine.com/ tasting-room/.

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features multi-instrumentalist Sean Feder and Bill Dakin on the upright bass. Nov. 9, 7-9:30 p.m. $20. 805-772-2880. slofolks.org. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

JAMES LEE STANLEY LIVE Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. $20 donation. 805-466-6941. musicadelrio.org. Musica Del Rio House, Del Rio Rd., Atascadero.

SLOFOLKS PRESENTS THE RITA HOSKING TRIO Featuring Rita Hosking, Sean Feder, and Bill

Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-237-1425. asuncionridge.com. Asuncion Ridge, 725 12th St., Paso Robles.

Dakin. Nov. 10, 7:30-10 p.m. $20. 805-238-0725. slofolks.org. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: STEVE DUKEHEART For ages 21 and over. Nov. 5, 6:30-9 p.m. Free; tips accepted. 805-772-8388. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

ADAM LEVINE AND JUDY PHILBIN Levine and Philbin perform live jazz. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-238-2834. labellasera.com. Enoteca Restaurant and Bar, 206 Alexa Ct., Paso Robles.

THE BANJERDAN SHOW Thursdays, 6 p.m. Free. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero, 805-461-1393, laststagewest.net.

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LIVE MUSIC AT BROKEN EARTH Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-239-2562. brokenearthwinery.com. Broken Earth Winery, 5625 Highway 46E, Paso Robles.

LIVE MUSIC AT CATTLEMANS LOUNGE Fridays, 6-8 p.m. Paso Robles Inn Cattleman’s Lounge, 103 Spring Street, Paso Robles, 805-238-2660.

LIVE MUSIC AT THE NAUTICAL COWBOY Enjoy different acts weekly in the Nautical Cowboy’s lounge. Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m. through Dec. 29 Varies. 805-461-5100. facebook.com/pg/ NauticalCowboyatTheCarlton/events. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero. NICOLE STROMSOE SEXTET Enjoy live jazz, blues, soul, and classic country. Nov. 2, 7:30-9:30 MUSIC LISTINGS continued page 39

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their award-winner, “Holy Lighter.” It’s going to be a blast! Come on down, have a beer or some wine, hang out with your favorite local musicians, grab a photo or two in front of our New Times Music Awards banner, and celebrate this year’s winners! Also this week in the Fremont Theater, see electronic artist Yung Pinch this Thursday, Nov. 1 (9 p.m.; 16-and-older; $27.31 at Boo Boo’s or fremontslo.com), with Tyla Yaweh & Daghe. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, electronic dance DJ Jauz rolls through on his Bite This! tour (9 p.m.; 18-and-older; $36.69 at Boo Boo’s and fremontslo.com), with Holy Goof and Skepsis.

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In the 1960s and ’70s, LA was a hotbed for soul/jazz sounds—acts such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, and Jimmy McGriff would light up the nightlife. The scene’s heyday may have passed, but there’s still a tight-knit community keeping the flame alive. Traffic Records, Atascadero’s coolest record store, in conjunction with local public radio station KCBX, hosts worldclass organ-driven jazz, funk, and soul outfit The White Blinds at The Siren this Thursday, Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $10 presale at Boo Boo’s and eventbrite.com; $12 at the door). PHOTO COURTESY OF WHITE BLINDS

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FUNKY ORGAN Worldclass organ-driven jazz, funk, and soul outfit The White Blinds play The Siren on Nov. 1.

Led by drummer and percussionist Michael Duffy (Jungle Fire, Ozomatli), with organist Carey Frank (Tedeschi Trucks) and guitarist Matt Hornbeck, The White Blinds are touring in support of their new LP Get To Steppin, available on vinyl on F-Spot Records. It features nine originals and a cover of McGriff’s classic “Blue Juice.” Traffic Records proprietor and SLO Record Swap founder Manuel Barba will spin an all-vinyl set of funky soul jazz ahead of the show.

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Americana/folk act Dead Horses plays downtown SLO Brew this Sunday, Nov. 4 (7 p.m.; 18-and-older; $12 at slobrew.com), with Benjamin Jaffe (of HoneyHoney) opening. Dead Horses was born out of turmoil. When lead singer Sarah Vos was 15, “she and her family were expelled from the rural Wisconsin church where her father had long served as pastor,” according to her bio. “What happened next is the story of Dead Horses’ stunning new album, My Mother the Moon, a record full of trauma and triumph, despair and hope, pain and resilience.” Imagine being raised in a strict fundamentalist home only to have your world turned upside down? STARKEY continued page 38

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TRIUMPH FROM DISPAIR Americana/folk act Dead Horses plays downtown SLO Brew on Nov. 4, touring in support of My Mother the Moon, which chronicles frontwoman Sarah Vos’ overcoming youthful adversity.

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RED BARN BOUND Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons play Nov. 3 in Los Osos’ Red Barn, delivering acoustic blues, a cappella field hollers, fiddle and banjo breakdowns, and early jazz.

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“My older brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and my twin had mental illnesses and cognitive disabilities,” Vos explained in press materials. “When the church kicked us out, they basically told my dad, ‘If you can’t lead your family, how can you lead your church?’” They were forced to leave the church’s parish house, and with no home, income, or insurance, care for her siblings wasn’t forthcoming. Her family struggled for years, and though this is all in the past, she finally processed it enough to create My Mother the Moon. Don’t miss this show!

For the Folks music series caps off their year on Friday, Nov. 2, at Bang the Drum Brewery (6:30 p.m.; all ages; $10 with kids under 12 free), with Reno funk band Mojo Green headlining and Arthur Watership opening (I guess Watership will be running between gigs since they’re playing the NTMAs later that night!). Proceeds will support Bang the Drum as they look for a new location. The Red Barn Community Music Series presents Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons this Saturday, Nov. 3, in Los Osos’ Red Barn (5 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m.

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SHE COMES FROM A LAND DOWN UNDER Australian native and R&B artist Kara Grainger and her band play the SLO Blues Society show on Nov. 3, in the SLO Vets Hall.

show; all ages; $15 at the door; BYOB). These roots revivalists play acoustic blues, a cappella field hollers, fiddle and banjo breakdowns, and early jazz. The SLO Blues Society has two terrific LA blues bands lined up for their Saturday, Nov. 3, show at the SLO Vets’ Hall: the Kara Grainger Band and the Dennis Jones Band (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $25 at the door). Australian native Kara Grainger mixes fierce vocals and ripping slide guitar in her R&B sound. Dennis Jones delivers smooth vocals and sizzling hot guitar licks in his rock and blues style. Two bands means double the fun!

James Lee Stanley—who Tom Robbins, author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, called “probably the last great undiscovered singer-songwriter in America”—returns to Música Del Río in Atascadero, on Saturday, Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $20 at the door with reservations and directions at (805) 466-6911). ∆ Keep up with New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey via Twitter at twitter. com/glenstarkey, friend him at facebook. com/glenstarkey, or contact him at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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Featuring Dulcie Taylor and her band. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnic baskets are welcome. Wine, beer, soda will be available for purchase. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-237-3987. Paso Robles City Park Gazebo, Spring and 12th St., Paso Robles.

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PINT NIGHT MUSIC AT SWEET SPRINGS SALOON Features local bands and beer specials.

SIDELINE LIVE A touring Bluegrass band from North Carolina. Nov. 8, 6-9 p.m. Free (donation requested for the band). 805-461-1393. laststagewest.net. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero.

Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight 805-439-0969. sweetspringssaloon.com. Sweet Springs Saloon, 990 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

POZO SALOON OLD TIME MUSIC GATHERING Features live music, food, beer, wine, a fiddle workshop with David Bragger and Susan Platz, and more. Guests are welcome to bring their fiddles, banjos, and guitars. Nov. 10, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Free. 805-2352874. Pozo Saloon, 90 Pozo Rd., Santa Margarita.

THE REAL BLUES JAM NORTH All Blues musicians, regardless of experience, are welcome to join this jam session. Hosted by Ted Waterhouse with Bruce Willard and Dean Giles. Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 donation/musicians exempt. 805-704-5116. danbino.com. D’anbino Vineyards and Cellars, 710 Pine St, Paso Robles.

SALUTE! A TRUMPET TRIBUTE TO VETERAN’S DAY: SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT CONCERT Presented by the SLO County Trumpet Alliance. The program will include patriotic and military music to commemorate Veterans Day. Collected donations will go to support the Trumpet Alliance’s scholarship program. Nov. 11, 3-5 p.m. Free; donations accepted at the door. 805-5501192. Atascadero United Methodist Church, 11605 El Camino Real, Atascadero, atascaderoumc.org.

SATURDAY LIVE Live music every Saturday afternoon. Wine and lunch offerings available for purchase. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

music and award-winning Vina Robles wines. Nov. 10, 1-4 p.m. Complimentary; wine and food available for purchase. 805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY Presented by Steve Key. Different acts every weekend. Sundays, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805- 226-8881. sculpterra.com. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles. SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: CARBON CITY LIGHTS With special guests The Dennis and Laura Show. Nov. 11, 1-4 p.m. Free; tips accepted; all ages welcome. 805-226-8881. songwritersatplay.com. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: LYDIA LUCE Nov. 4, 1-4 p.m. Free. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles, 805-226-8881, sculpterra.com/. VERN SANDERS LIVE This jazz pianist covers songs from the Great American Songbook. Sundays, 5-8 p.m. 805-238-2834. Enoteca Restaurant and Bar, 206 Alexa Ct., Paso Robles, labellasera.com/enoteca-restaurant. SAN LUIS OBISPO

20TH ANNUAL VOCAL JAZZ FESTIVAL CONCERT Featuring Groove for Thought. Nov. 2, 8-11 p.m. $15-$20. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 805-546-3198, cuesta.edu.

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latin dances. Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. $10. 888-395-4965. atownballroom.com/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

MUSIC LISTINGS from page 39 Steve Key, Hayley Layne, Kenny Taylor, Matt Yaki, Will Breman, Michael Venia, and Kaiya. Nov. 1, 6:30-9 p.m. $10. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com.

SUNDAY DANCE PARTIES A weekly dance party that includes free dance lessons. Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free; $5 on DJ nights. 888-395-4965. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

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month, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-543-5451. fpcslo.org. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

CONSCIOUS DANCE Shelley Kilcoyne (teacher and somatic psychotherapist) and Kari Stettler (teacher and somatic experiencing practitioner) provide soundscapes, gentle guidance, and compelling inquiry to help support this meditation dance. Second Thursday of every month, 7:30-9 p.m. through Dec. 13 $15-$20. 805-550-8717. insightsomatics.com. SLO Yoga Center, 672 Higuera St #200, San Luis Obispo. COUNTRY NIGHT Thursdays, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. 805-541-096. slograd.com. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo.

ESTAS TONNE: THE BREATH OF SOUND WORLD TOUR New Times readers can get a 15% discount off tickets with the promo code: SPIRIT. Nov. 11, 7-9 p.m. $35-$90. 424-385-1992. estastonne2018.com/. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

FOR THE FOLKS FUNK FINALE FT. MOJO GREEN Featuring funk/dance band Mojo Green and indie-folk group Arthur Watership. Proceeds support Bang the Drum. Nov. 2, 6:30-10 p.m. $10; free for ages 12 and under. 805-888-7940. forthefolksmusic.com. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo.

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support by Benjamin Jaffe. Nov. 4, 7-11 p.m. ticketweb.com. SLO Brew, 736 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-1843. Fridays, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Free. 805-541-8733. motherstavern.com. Mother’s Tavern, 725 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

MOZART AND THE MASONS: CHAMBER CONCERT Presented by Orchestra Novo, featuring Michael Nowak. Nov. 3, 7:30-9 p.m. $40. King David’s Lodge, 859 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, 805-545-5681.

NOCHE CALIENTE Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. 805-541-096. slograd.com. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo.

PINT NITE WITH WILL BREMAN Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com. SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL AT COURT STREET A

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summer concert series. Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. The San Luis Obispo Collection, 870 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 415-394-6500.

SLO SYMPHONY PRESENTS: THE AMERICAN MASTERS This concert celebrates classical favorites of American composers. Featuring Ilya Kaler on violin. Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. $20-$87. 805756-4849. slosymphony.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: NICOLE STROMSOE WITH DORIAN MICHAEL Performing an atmospheric blend of eclectic, old soul, jazz, and blues. Nov. 8, 6:30-9 p.m. Free; all ages welcome. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 805-868-7133, 7SistersBrewing.com.

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Madonna, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, and many more. Artists include Charles Motley, Noah David, Steve Key, and more. Nov. 1, 6:30-9 p.m. $10 for tickets in advance. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com.

SUNDAY SERENADE Features a different acoustic act each week. Sundays, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, 242-8372, bangthedrumbrewery.com/. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS Sundays, 3-6 p.m. Seaventure Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave, Pismo Beach, 805-779-1779, seaventure.com.

THE CLIFFNOTES SQUARED Nov. 3, 7-10 p.m. Free. 805-773-6563. puffersofpismo.com/. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach. FRIDAY MUSIC NIGHT AT AVILA BEACH RESORT Enjoy acoustic music from local artists

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and dance. First Saturday of every month, 6:3011:30 p.m. through Dec. 8 $5. 805-888-9980. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo, slograd.com.

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HOT, HOT, HOT: SINGLES DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY An opportunity for singles to meet, mingle,

with food and drinks from Mulligan’s. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-595-4000. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila Beach.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC Enjoy live music and food on the patio. Fridays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-489-9099. branchstreeetdeli.com. Branch Street Deli, 203 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande.

THE GUESTROOMS Enjoy live music, a food truck, cupcakes, and more Nov. 2, 5-8 p.m. Free. The Place Arts Co-op, 1699 Pacific Coast Highway 1, Oceano, 8051234567. LIDO LIVE Live music at Lido at Dolphin Bay. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-773-8900. thedolphinbay.com/lido. Lido Restaurant at Dolphin Bay, 2727 Shell Beach Rd.,

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The Nicole Stromsoe Sextet performs Nov. 2 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at D’Anbino Vineyards and Cellars in Paso Robles. This group performs jazz, blues, soul, and classic country. Admission is $10 for club members and $15 for nonmembers. Call (805) 227-6800 or visit danbino.com for more info. —C.W.

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DJ CAMOTE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Harry’s Night Club And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, 805-773-1010, harryspismobeach.com.

DJ DRUMZ AT MONGO’S Fridays Free. 805-4893639. mongossaloon.com. Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach.

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all ages hosted by Professor Matt Saxking Tuttle. Fridays, Saturdays, 5-7 p.m. Free. San Simeon Lodge Restaurant, 9520 Castillo Drive, San Simeon.

recording artists Lee Lessack and Johnny Rodgers recreate Simon & Garfunkel’s Live at Central Park. Nov. 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $49-$56. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org/event/live-at-central-park-revisitedsimon-garfunkel-tribute/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande.

LIVE MUSIC AT MOROVINO WINERY With Jon Stephen. For ages 21-and-over. Second Sunday of every month, 2-5 p.m. through Dec. 9 Free with wine purchase. 805-627-1443. morovino.com. Morovino Winery, 468 Front Street, Avila Beach.

LIVE MUSIC AT PUFFERS Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. 805-773-6563. puffersofpismo.com. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach.

OPEN BLUES JAM Wednesdays Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 805-489-3639.

SAN LUIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND HANCOCK COLLEGE SINGERS Features guest artist Kumiko Uyeda. Nov. 4, 3-5 p.m. $10 donation. 805-748-6087. sanluischamberorchestra.org. Grace Bible Church, 100 Rodeo Dr., Arroyo Grande.

SIDE EFFECTS Tuesdays Free. 805-773-6563. puffersofpismo.com. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: CHRIS BELAND Special guests include Ynana Rose, Shining in the Dark, Sarah Biklen, Charles Motley, and host Steve Key. Nov. 7, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com. Branch Street Deli, 203 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande.

WEDNESDAYS: LIVE MUSIC Enjoy live music in the fireplace room. Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. Seaventure Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave, Pismo Beach, 805-779-1779, seaventure.com.

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BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS WITH A-TOWN BALLROOM Dance lessons with Cammie Velci and Brian Reeves. Singles and couples from all levels of experience are welcome. Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. $10-$15. 888-395-4965. atownballroom.com. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

DANCE LESSON AND DANCE PARTY Come learn a variety of ballroom, swing, and Latin dances. Followed by a potluck dance party. Sundays, 5-7:30 p.m. $10. 888-395-4965. atownballroom.com/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

DANCE LESSONS WITH CAMMIE AND BRIAN Come learn a variety of ballroom, swing, and

KARAOKE AT OTTER ROCK Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Free. 805-772-1420. otterrockcafe.com. The Otter Rock Cafe, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

OPEN MIC WITH MATT SAXKING TUTTLE All ages and skill levels welcome. Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. through April 16 Free. 916-694-9466. San Simeon Lodge Lounge, 9520 Castillo Dr., San Simeon.

UNCORK THE MIC: AN UNCONVENTIONAL OPEN MIC SESSION Hosted by Michelle Morrow. This session features a singer/songwriter/musician each week. To be featured on Uncork the Mic, email uncorkthemic@gmail.com. Mondays-Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-772-5055. Staxwine.com. Stax Wine Bar & Bistro, 1099 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

OPEN MIC AT THE LAST STAGE WEST Bring your own acoustic instrument or play on the house guitar or piano. Sundays, 5-9 p.m. Free. 805-461-1393. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero, laststagewest.net.

OPEN MIC NIGHT AT DARK STAR With host Rusty Hobbs. No cover charge. Fridays, 5:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-237-2389. darkstarcellars.com/ Events. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO

KARAOKE NIGHT SUNDAYS AT BUFFALO PUB AND GRILL Sundays, 8 p.m. Free. 805-544-5155. Buffalo Pub And Grill, 717 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

OPEN MIC Mondays, 7:30-10 p.m. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, 2428372, bangthedrumbrewery.com/. OPEN MIC NIGHT AT 7SISTERS For musicians, poets, and comedians. Family-friendly. Performers get a free beer. Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-8687133. 7sistersbrewing.com/calendar. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. OPEN MIC NIGHT AT KREUZBERG Wednesdays Free. 805-439-2060. kreuzbergcalifornia.com. Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

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Cal Poly hosts Elevator Pitch Competition

The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will host the ninth annual Elevator Pitch Competition on Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center. Cal Poly and Cuesta College students will have the opportunity to present their entrepreneurial ideas for a chance to win $1,000. Each participant will have 90 seconds. Registration for the event is free. This year’s guest speaker, AJ Forsythe, will share what he has learned since his winning pitch at the inaugural Elevator Pitch Competition led him to co-found iCracked, a cellphone repair company. Visit cie.calpoly. edu for more information.

Progressive activist to speak at Bioneers Conference

Human rights activist Paul Engler, co-author of This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty-First Century, will speak at the ninth annual Central Coast Bioneers Conference on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Oak Glen Pavilion in the SLO Botanical Garden. Engler will discuss how social movements of the past can guide contemporary fights for justice. Ted Hamilton, program director of the Central Coast nonprofit Ecologistics, said in a press release that he believes Engler’s workshop will demonstrate how local progressive movements can “fit in with a larger movement for social and climate justice.” The conference will also include pre-recorded videos on topics like climate change and the use of Google Earth Outreach to map environmental solutions. Visit ecologistics.org for more information.

Pilobolus to perform at the PAC

The American dance company Pilobolus is bringing its latest creation, Shadowland, to the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Nov. 3. This multimedia show combines aspects of circus performances, concert theatrics, shadowplay, and dance routines. The story centers on a teenage girl searching for independence. Her dreams take her to “Shadowland,” illustrated by moving screens, projected images, and choreography. The show starts at 8 p.m. A pre-show lecture, led by Cal Poly dance professor Diana Stanton, takes place at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Cal Poly ticket office, online at calpolyarts.org, or by calling (805) 756-4849. For more information, contact Lisa Woske at lwoske@calpoly.edu. ∆ —Andrew Medlock

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A shift in perspective

Los Angeles artist experiments with theology, critical theory, and experimental comedy

he takeover was swift and all encompassing. Just like that, in 2017, Los Angeles artist Brent Dickinson went from being a solo artist to the resident artist of the Marcel Maus Hermeneutical Think Tank, which operates as a Deleuzean machine, working to interrupt, antagonize, and decontextualize Dickinson’s solo work. “This website has been taken over by the Marcel Maus Hermeneutical Think Tank,” is what flashes on the screen as you enter Dickinson’s art website. “The artist whose site this originally was has been given the gift of generative destruction.” Unsurprisingly, a lot of Dickinson’s work is inspired by situational comedy. He likens the Marcel Maus riff to a sort of process of cryptic fiction. “It’s a massive project that’s continuing to be ongoing,” Dickinson said. “The concept is that it’s an organization that hacked me, that’s outside of me, and now I’m deep inside of it. It’s kind of fake news or [Kellyanne] Conway’s alternative facts. It allows me to create meaning. It came about through my interest in developing a more immersive platform.” Dickinson’s multidisciplinary work will LISTEN Los Angeles artist Brent Dickinson’s piece, be on display at Cuesta College’s Harold J. inspired the name of the show, Babbling Objects. Miossi Gallery, Nov. 8 to Dec. 5, as Brent scenic landscape. Different voices come out of Dickinson, Babbling Objects: An Indoor each rock, giving voice to an interpretation of Earthwork. Dickinson has performed and the objects, and illustrating the show’s name. displayed work at the Essi Museum in Vienna, Another source of inspiration for Dickinson the Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City, and the Cornerstone Music Festival in Chicago. is Christian theology. Rock Face is a nod to the biblical story about the tower of Babble, Dickinson initially studied painting and where God made everyone speak a different drawing as an undergraduate, but then language so people couldn’t work together to moved on to working with other media, like build a tower tall enough to reach heaven. sculpture, sound, performance, and video “It’s one where there’s editing. equal amounts of confusion “I wanted to get more Conceptual conceptual as well as and delight,” Dickinson Brent Dickinson, Babbling Objects: An Indoor personal,” Dickinson said. said. Earthwork will be on display from Nov. 8 through “I couldn’t figure out a way Dickinson comes from a Dec. 5 at Cuesta College’s Harold J. Miossi to do that with painting.” long line of ministers, and Gallery. A performative lecture will take place on Nov. 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. An opening reception One of Dickinson’s he also studied theology. will be held on Nov. 8 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., pieces, Rock Face, features “Most of the projects have with an artist’s talk in room 6304 beforehand at fake rocks affixed to a some hook into Christian 5:30 p.m. Visit cuesta.edu for more information. wallpaper background of a theology or culture that

IN THEORY Brent Dickinson’s work is inspired by theology, critical theory, and experimental comedy.

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Rock Face, features fake talking rocks, which

plays into the work,” he said. “I’m looking at those things not so much as sources of content but the way those end up having complicated dynamics between them. It’s the sparks that are produced between them that I’m interested in.” Some of Dickinson’s other pieces include photos of complex equations scribbled on buildings, phallic shaped carrots, and live performances. While Dickinson said that the meaning of his work is open to interpretation, he hopes viewers take the time to think about his pieces. “There’s a hope that the viewer engages with these things that are pregnant with meaning,” he said. ∆ This newspaper has been taken over by the Shredder Corporation. Send comments via Arts Writer Ryah Cooley at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

RESIDENT ARTIST In 2017, Marcel Maus Hermeneutical Think Tank emancipated Brent Dickinson from the “illusion of independent autonomy” by making him its resident artist.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF ED CHANDLER he images of the children stayed with him. Visions of children and their parents drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, hanging lifeless from barbed wire, or otherwise being blocked from a safe place to create a home. Those stuck with Los Osos artist Ed Chandler so long, that when he was asked to contribute a piece to the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art’s (SLOMA) show, Home Sweet Home, Chandler painted a piece called Barriers. It speaks to the weary searcher—whether from Mexico, Syria, or beyond—looking for a safe harbor. Chandler knows a lot about barriers. In 1969 he was involved in a car accident that led to a loss of mobility and also impacted how quickly he can talk. “I’m basically one-handed at this point,” Chandler said. “It’s given me a different perspective on what people can and can’t do.” In fact, the Home Sweet Home show exclusively depicts the work of California artists with disabilities, with the hope to create a more inclusive art community. “Seeing the colorful ways people with disabilities process life pushes us to consider how others see the world,” SLOMA curator Ruta Saliklis said in a statement. “These compelling moments exercise our MOVING THROUGH IT Despite being in a car empathy and imagination while helping crash years ago that severely impacted his mobility, CROSSING Barriers, by Los Osos artist Ed Chandler, depicts the struggle of Los Osos artist Ed Chandler paints regularly and adults with disabilities explore art making immigrants to gain access to a safe place to call home. attends weekly classes at the SLO Museum of Art. on their own terms, by their own standards, with their own abilities.” break through the barriers of discrimination.” Chandler’s been painting since childhood, landed yet, and rough depictions of barbed While the entirety of the current Social justice and the environment though manipulating a paintbrush became wire, along with dark streaks of red, black, SLOMA building isn’t accessible to all (both natural and manmade) inspire more difficult after his car accident. Still, and a metallic gray, imply that the moment people with disabilities, director Karen Chandler’s work. after the Cal Poly alumnus retired from a of safe passage may never come. Children Kile said that the new building, which is “I would like people to look at the art career in architecture, Chandler explored being detained and separated from their in the planning stages, will be accessible and think a bit more about immigration parents at the border between the U.S. and to all. Kile said they hope to break ground creating in charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and people struggling to be free,” watercolor, and more. Mexico, and tiny Syrian hands clinging onto on the new building sometime in 2019. Chandler said. “Also I want them to take He describes his painting, Borders, as flimsy rafts as the ocean waves crashed “SLOMA will have away that people with disabilities also “very graphic.” The down, stayed in Chandler’s mind as he the modern equipment All are welcome have something worthwhile to say.” ∆ somewhat abstract piece painted Barriers. and newest technology Home Sweet Home, featuring the work features the outline of “They were struggling to get to their home to do many more of California artists with disabilities, is on Arts Writer Ryah Cooley supports a person leaping from sweet home,” Chandler said. “People are remarkable things for display at the SLO Museum of Art through inclusivity. Contact her at rcooley@ one spot to another. The imagining a home or striving to get to a home people of all ages and Dec. 9. Visit sloma.org for more information. backgrounds,” Kile said. person hasn’t safely that they don’t yet know. It speaks to trying to newtimesslo.com.

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Wicked, wild West developed to find river gold. They head south out of Oregon, discovering that The Commodore’s scout John Morris has What’s it rated? R taken up with Warn instead of holding What’s it worth, Anna? Full price him for their arrival. Next they come What’s it worth, Glen? Full price upon the dangerous town of Mayfield, Where’s it showing? The Palm where they meet the town’s namesake o-writer/director Jacques Audiard (Rebecca Root), every bit as vicious as (Dheepan, Rust and Bone, A The Commodore. Eventually they catch Prophet) helms this adventureup with Warn and Morris near San comedy-crime story set in 1851 Oregon, Francisco. Along the way, we get to know and based on Patrick DeWitt’s novel. introspective Eli and reckless, hardJohn C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix star drinking Charlie, who squabble along the as Eli and Charlie Sisters, two notorious way. They’ve had an impossibly hard life assassins in pursuit of gold prospector and know of no other way to get by than Hermann Kermit Warn (Riz Ahmed), with gun in hand. Even though they’re who’s been taken under the wing of murderers, Charlie being especially scout John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal). awful, I couldn’t help but sympathize Unfortunately, Eli begins to question his with them. This is a cutthroat world, and “profession,” while Warn hopes to offer an those they dispatch are just as unsavory. alternative to his death. (121 min.) In stark contrast to the Sisters is the educated and philosophical Morris, and Glen What a brutal, unforgiving world the idealist Warn, who dreams of creating Eli and Charlie Sisters find themselves in. a utopian world of true egalitarian The Old West that Audiard conjures up democracy. It’s a story about the horrors reminds me of the work of Sam Peckinpah of the real world and the dream of a (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs, Bring perfect world—one too terrible to survive, Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia)—dark, the other too good to be true. violent, and absurd. The film opens with Anna It certainly is a harsh world in a nighttime gunfight, fiery discharges the Old West, and Charlie and Eli have lighting up the blackness. The Sisters chosen a particularly nasty line of work are remorseless, and they’re under the that affords them little time for rest and command of The Commodore (Rutger an inherent distrust of the world around Hauer), a classic Old West villain who them. I was surprised that I hadn’t heard takes what he wants. The Sisters’ next more about this film when it came to SLO. mission is to find Warn and kill him, but It has four very billable actors as leads and not until they’ve extracted a formula he’s a shoot-’em-up storyline to keep the action rolling. Reilly and Phoenix are a good match as the outlaw brothers—while they work together seamlessly in the midst of a gunfight, their personal relationship is a lot messier. Charlie is a drunk just like their pa; Eli is the put-upon older brother who yearns for a simpler life sans a murderous career. When the brothers finally track down Warn and Morris, the idea of a different life starts to settle in, but nothing goes quite right for these two outlaws, and Charlie’s erratic ways soon lead to ON THE RUN Scout John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal, more trouble. This is the kind left) takes chemist and budding prospector Hermann Kermit Warn (Riz Ahmed) under his wing, putting them of Western I like—there’re both in the Sisters brothers’ crosshairs. plenty of gunfights and

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squinty-eyed cowboys staring each other down, but there’s a story here and not an oversimplified one. It may have quiet moments but it doesn’t get boring. A nice balance is struck between bloody battles and crisp, beautiful, quiet moments out on the plains. Glen Since I’m unfamiliar with the book upon which it’s based, I had no idea where the story was going, and it certainly went to a lot of unexpected places. Both brothers endure some truly horrible ordeals, in Eli’s case through bad luck, and in Charlie’s case through reckless stupidity. Some of it plays out like a horror film. At heart, however, it’s the story of family. Charlie’s a terrible person and Eli has been taking care of him his whole life, sticking by him regardless of what stupid mistakes he makes. To an outsider, Charlie’s irredeemable, but Eli knows how and why Charlie is who he is. Eli doesn’t blame Charlie even though he’s clearly exasperated by the drinking and aggression. It’s a very unusual Western, sort of in the vein of The Missouri Breaks (1976), and director Audiard mixes classic Western vistas with the sort of dark, dirty horrors of A Man Called Horse (1970). There have been a few good Westerns lately: Hostiles (2017), The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017), contemporary Westerns Wind River (2017) and Hell or High Water (2016), In a Valley of Violence (2016), The Revenant (2015), and Django Unchained (2012) spring to mind. It’s hard to know which films will stand the test of time and become iconic like The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), High Noon (1952), or Shane (1953),

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BROTHER’S KEEPER Eli Sisters (John C. Reilly, standing) seems to always be keeping his reckless younger brother, Charlie (Joaquin Phoenix), out of trouble.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Sunset Drive-In From director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner) comes this liveaction adaptation of A.A. Milne’s Winniethe-Pooh characters that poses this question: What happens to Christopher Robin after he grows up? After decades of separation, everyone’s favorite Pooh bear makes a trek from the mythical Hundred Acre Wood into the real world to find out what’s become of his old, lost friend. In a nutshell, it’s Winnie-the-Pooh meets Hook. In fact, the two films’ protagonists and their arcs are virtually identical. The adult Christopher (Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!, Big Fish) is an overworked

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father who alienates himself from his wife (Hayley Atwell, Captain America: The First Avenger, Agent Carter) and daughter (Bronte Carmichael) by spending too much time at the office. In the same way Hook ’s adult Peter Pan had to return to Neverland to rediscover his long-lost inner child, so must Christopher to the Hundred Acre Wood. (120 min.) —Caleb Wiseblood

FIRST MAN What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) helms this historical drama and biopic about astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling), who became the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969. Exploring

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but if you love Westerns as much as I do, The Sisters Brothers is absolutely worth the price of admission. As a bonus, you get an amazing Carol Kane as the brothers’ mother Mrs. Sisters. It’s a small but essential role, and it perfectly caps this surprising and affecting story. Anna The short time that we get to spend with Mrs. Sisters and her two boys is precious, and Kane plays the tough but motherly woman with tenderness. I loved the ending of this film. As someone who is personally pretty tight with siblings, I can tell you that the loving but exasperated relationship between Charlie and Eli is very much relatable, just brought to an extreme. That whole concept of “you can’t choose your family” plays across Eli’s face every time he’s forced to deal with Charlie’s terrible decisions. As you said, he knows the reasons behind Charlie’s faults and most certainly feels guilt for not being able to protect his little brother from the world’s evils. Reilly and Phoenix seemed a bit of an odd pairing to me at first, mostly because I think of Reilly as a comedy guy through and through. This is a great reminder that he holds more cards than that. If this were playing at a Downtown Centre or Galaxy type theater, I may say hit a matinee, but the Palm’s pricing is so good that there’s no reason not to hit this one up day or night. It’s an entertaining and style-savvy ride through the Old West, and a sad yet sweet family story at heart. ∆ Split Screen is written by Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna. Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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Stafford) to cancer, Armstrong harbored a secret fatalism. He knew the danger of space travel was real. He had lost colleagues, but stoicism was paramount. Gosling manages to convey all these complications within a man of few words. His Armstrong is intensely focused, and the loss of his daughter drives him deeper into his work. Armstrong’s wife, Janet, is a big part of the story, and Foy is amazing in the role. Janet, too, has to be stoic—she knows her husband might not come back. There’s an amazing scene in which she forces her husband to sit down with their two boys and explain to them the very real dangers. It really is miraculous that the mission was successful. Even though viewers should know the outcome, there’s plenty of tension throughout the film. The spacecraft are rickety, the technology antiquated, but

the heroics are timeless. At the end of the film, the three returning astronauts are quarantined. It’s fascinating to think that three men spent eight days in space, that two of them walked on the moon, and that when they returned they were locked in a glass box with very pedestrian-looking hotel furnishings. What a dichotomy! Of course, there was nothing glamorous about early space travel. (141 min.) —Glen Starkey

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IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? The life and times of Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) and the band Queen are chronicled in Bohemian Rhapsody.

and directs this sequel to John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). Completely erasing the continuity of the original film’s seven sequels, serial killer Michael Myers has been locked up for 40 years. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), the sole survivor of the Haddonfield Halloween murders, has been preparing for the day he should ever escape and inevitably come after her. And whadda ya know, he does escape, and just in time for Halloween, too. Just a day before the 40th anniversary of the murders, Myers is set to be transferred to a different prison (what a terrible coincidence). There’s a bus crash and yada yada yada he’s out! Laurie convinces her daughter’s family to join her Halloween night at her house, where she’s devised a bomb shelter of sorts. To withstand the apocalypse? Nope, just Michael. It’s all for Michael. “He’s waited for this night, and I’ve waited for him,” Laurie says at one point. This is where the overthinking on my part begins. I just don’t buy this theme at all. Where did this obsession come from? As far as the first film is concerned, the murders were completely random. The original never implies that Myers chose Laurie, only that she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was Halloween II that made Myers’ choice to pursue Laurie deliberate (the big reveal that they are biological siblings). Imagine a direct sequel to A New Hope that doesn’t acknowledge the events of The Empire Strikes Back. Would they really expect us to simply forget that Vader is Luke’s father? Yet, Curtis’s livid performance suggests a symbiotic relationship between Strode and Myers of Harry Potter/Voldemort proportions. If we’re only given the events of the first film to fall back on, this notion makes absolutely zero sense. It’s as if Green and co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride couldn’t help but write Strode as the product of the franchise as a whole. Oops! Sloppy writing and inconsistent retconning aside, Halloween is worth watching for the things it does right. The performances, score, and overall atmosphere are on par with the original, making it a worthy homage. But the best homages still leave room for originality. This one leaves a tiny bit. It’s obvious how

much Green and company love the material, but they cross the line between reverence and flat-out plagiarism too often. Still, the predatorbecomes-the-prey motif pays off quite well and Curtis wielding a shotgun hunting down Myers is worth the price of admission alone. (106 min.) —Caleb Wiseblood

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What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Galaxy, The Palm Writer-director Rupert Everett stars as Oscar Wilde in this biopic that recalls the writer’s unusual life, with Colin Firth starring as Wilde’s friend Reggie Turner, Emily Watson as his long-suffering wife Constance, and Colin Morgan as his lover Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. (105 min.) —Glen Starkey

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Rent it Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park Donovan Marsh (Spud, Spud 2: The Madness Continues, Avenged) directs Gerard Butler as Capt. Joe Glass, a Navy lifer who dives into the depths of Russian waters to stop a rogue Russian military man from starting World War III. The film is less concerned with originality as it feels similar to Olympus Has Fallen. It has the same producers, so what do you know? The United States seems to be in some kind of peril and in comes Butler to save the day in an actionpacked drama. But there are so many oddities about this film that it’s hard to stay engaged for two hours while Navy SEALs fight to protect America in a submarine. The film follows the USS Arkansas, a sub captained by Glass to investigate the sinking of another ship by Russians. Instead, Glass finds himself in the middle of an international crisis. Russian President Zakarin (Alexander Diachenko) is overthrown by his own Defense Minister Dmitri Durov (Mikhail Gorevoy), and the sub’s investigation turns into a rescue mission, where any wrong move could be misinterpreted and inadvertently start another world war. Halfway into the movie we’re introduced to a

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Pick MURKY WATERS Gerard Butler plays Capt. Joe Glass, a Navy SEAL manning his submarine crew to save the U.S. from starting an international war, in Hunter Killer.

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ROLE MODELS? Skateboarders Ray (Na-Kel Smith, left) and Fuckshit (Olan Prenatt) become competing role models for a troubled 13-year-old, in Mid90s.

LETTING GO Bridget (Hilary Swank, right) must convince her father to place her Alzheimer’s-suffering mother, Ruth (Blythe Danner), in a nursing home, in What They Had. an unsettled question, but what the film ultimately proves is that he’s more loved than he knows. It may be a small film, but it’s a potent one. (84 min.) —Glen Starkey

NOBODY’S FOOL What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Park, Stadium 10 Writer-director Tyler Perry (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea) directs this comedy-drama about Tanya (Tiffany Haddish), newly released from prison, who reunites with her sister Danica (Tika Sumpter), upending her life. The sisters’ mother, Lola (Whoopi Goldberg), does little to help alleviate the craziness. (110 min.) —Glen Starkey

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MOVIES from page 48 Heather (Sarah Drew), who must overcome the trauma of war to wage their own battle to save their marriage. This type of faith-based filmmaking is eternally appealing to its targeted Christian audiences, but many viewers will find its message ham-fisted and its production values and acting beneath the standards of most mainstream films. That said, its exploration of PTSD will resonate even with non-Christians. (119 min.) —Glen Starkey

JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Stream it Where’s it showing? Park David Kerr directs William Davies’ (Johnny

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English, Johnny English Reborn) spy spoof screenplay—the third installment in the Johnny English franchise. After a cyber attack releases the names of all Britain’s operating secret agents, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is forced to come out of retirement to save the day. If you like silly pratfalls or are a fan of Atkinson’s particular brand of preening comedy, by all means, go. Otherwise, skip this unremarkable and immediately forgettable end (hopefully!) to this James Bond-esque parody. (88 min.) —Glen Starkey

MID90S What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre In his feature-length debut, actor Jonah Hill (Knocked Up, Superbad,

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Forever, and it definitely was the first Batman movie I watched all the way through. The only other one I’d seen up When? 1995 to that point was in fractured segments What’s it rated? PG-13 and it had Danny DeVito dressed up as a Where’s it available? DVD, murderous goth penguin that kept trying to kill Michael Keaton. Amazon, iTunes Danny DeVito is scary enough to a ’m writing about Joel Schumacher’s toddler before you smear a bunch of Batman Forever this week because my white foundation all over his face and editor, alleged Stanford graduate and human labrador retriever, Peter Johnson, surround him with flightless ice birds. But this movie doesn’t have Danny said I couldn’t write an entire column DeVito. It has Tommy Lee Jones, Val about Seal’s two music videos for “Kiss Kilmer, and Jim Carrey, all of whom From A Rose” (yes, there are two). I think I was 5 when I first saw Batman were apparently so annoying on set that Schumacher vowed to never work PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES with any of them again. Despite this, he and Carrey did The Number 23 a few years later, so maybe it was just that Val Kilmer is as hard to work with as some in Hollywood claim, and Tommy Lee Jones really is a dick. According to Carrey, Jones told him he “hated him and all his movies” when they first met, and anyone willing to say that to Jim Carrey is probably an asshole. This might be why Jones was considered a perfect fit for the role of Two-Face because his character seems to dislike everyone. Well, at least before he develops some creepy relationship with Carrey’s Riddler that is borderline bromance, but really leans toward disturbing. Nicole Kidman is in this movie and she honestly deserves way more SEAL OF APPROVAL credit than she gets for pulling out a Batman Forever may not solid performance while dealing with have Danny DeVito, but it Tommy Lee Jones being a grouchy does have Jim Carrey and old curmudgeon and Carrey allegedly a song by Seal that plays accidently breaking prop canes and over the closing credits. furniture trying to stay in character. My two favorite tidbits of trivia for And sometimes that’s all Batman Forever are: 1) All the riddles you need. delivered by Carrey were written by Will

Get Him to the Greek) gets behind the camera as writer-director in this film about Stevie (Sunny Suljic), a 13-yearold navigating mid-’90s LA as he moves between his troubled home life and new friends he meets at a skate shop. It’s a well-observed coming-of-age story told with an unexpected tenderness. The intimate film plays cinéma vérité style—it feels more raw, real, and less artificial than most Hollywood stories. It helps, no doubt, that Hill employs some first-time actors and real-life skaters in the pivotal roles of Ray (Na-Kel Smith) and Fuckshit (Olan Prenatt), who, to compare this film to Oliver Stone’s Platoon (1986), are basically the good and evil Sergeants Elias (Willem Dafoe) and Barnes (Tom Beranger) to Stevie’s Chris (Charlie Sheen). Who’s influence will Stevie follow? Ray works at the Motor Avenue skate shop, where his crew Fuckshit,

BLAST FROM THE Shortz, the editor for The New York Times crossword puzzle and 2) Director Joel Schumacher asked singer/artist/Heidi Klum-hater Seal to shoot a second music video for his song, “Kiss From A Rose.” Growing up I was told “Kiss From A Rose” was written specifically for Batman. But after a cursory glance at the lyrics you will learn that “Kiss From A Rose” has nothing to do with Batman. In fact, I’m not even sure Seal knows what it’s about. “I have avoided explaining these lyrics for over 25 years,” he told fans on the website Genius in 2015. “I am not going to start doing it now.” I don’t blame him. But I’m thankful that Schumacher talked Seal into filming a second music video where he just lip syncs next to the Bat Signal while footage from the movie plays over it. My point here is the first version wasn’t even released for a year or so, and it involved Seal as a photographer taking pictures of a supermodel. It comes across as an Austin Powers scene without any humor and a lot of bad lighting. The videos are parallel opposites in this sense because it’s impossible to be poorly lit in front of a gigantic searchlight with a bat emblazoned on the front. There are a lot of terrible things in the world, but both versions of “Kiss From A Rose” do not fall in that ever-widening category. Batman Forever is OK too, I guess. Δ —Spencer Cole

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Fourth Grade (Ryder McLaughlin), and Ruben (Gio Galicio) hang out. Escaping his abusive older brother, Ian (Lucas Hedges), Stevie starts hanging at the shop, first befriended by the youngest crewmember Ruben but later accepted Ray and Fuckshit, who seem to be competing for Stevie’s soul. Ray wants to make something of himself while Fuckshit is just looking for the next party. Fourth Grade chronicles the crew’s hijinks on a camcorder while Ruben grows jealous of all the attention Ray and Fuckshit give Stevie. Like Kids (1995) and Thirteen (2003), Mid90s is filled with cringe-worthy moments of youthful stupidity—drinking, smoking, drug use, promiscuous sex, and foolhardy recklessness. Stevie looks up to Ray and Fuckshit in equal measure, but as he leans more and more toward Fuckshit’s self-destructiveness, I couldn’t help but worry about his safety. He wants so badly to be accepted that he’s willing to risk everything. Stevie’s brother, Ian, has his own set of problems, and both brothers feel the pain of a missing-in-action father and an ill-equipped mother, Dabney (Katherine Waterson). They’re a dysfunctional family filled with dysfunctional people. It all adds up to a downer of a film, but it’s so much more. Will Stevie be all right? That remains

THE NUTCRACKERS AND THE FOUR REALMS What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive-In Lasse Hallström (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules, A Dog’s Purpose) and Joe Johnston (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Jumanji, Captain America: The First Avenger) co-direct this family adventure fantasy about a young girl named Clara (Mackenzie Foy) who’s transported to a magical world built by her mother. (109 min.) —Glen Starkey

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THE SISTERS BROTHERS What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm See Split Screen.

A STAR IS BORN What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park Co-writer, director, and co-star Bradley Cooper helms this remake

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of A Star Is Born (first released in 1937, and later remade in 1954 and 1976). In this iteration, Cooper stars as Jackson Maine, a famous musician whose star is waning as he discovers talented but insecure singer Ally (Lady Gaga). As Jack battles alcoholism and his own decline, he helps Ally find the strength to let her talent shine. You’d think on the fourth retelling things would be getting stale, but Bradley Cooper takes a sweeping look at the rise and fall of stardom, the shallowness of the entertainment industry, creativity, substance abuse, family dynamics, and romance. It’s a stunning achievement, and I was most surprised by Lady Gaga, whose acting chops were impressive. I’ve never been a big fan of her music, but her voice is undeniably stunning. Almost every time she sang, the tears welled up. To see the fashion icon with her natural hair color and little to no makeup made her more vulnerable and sympathetic. It’s been driven into Ally that despite her talent, she doesn’t have the looks for stardom. There’s an amazing scene where she overhears her father (a terrific Andrew Dice Clay) explaining to his friends that her looks prevent her from success. When Jack wanders into a bar after a gig looking for a much-needed drink, he happens upon Ally singing “La Vie En Rose” and is immediately smitten by her looks and talent. Later that night, she surprises him by making up a song about him on the spot. Jack gives her the confidence to believe in herself, to feel love, to feel good enough. His most important lesson to Ally is to be authentic, so when he sees her manager Rez (Rafi Gavron) changing her appearance, adding dancers and choreography to her show, he’s artistically offended, though Ally perceives it as jealousy. They’re disconnecting just when they need each other most. Like all substance abusers, Jack’s behavior is unforgivable—he says terrible things to Ally and embarrasses her with his loutish actions. Their love, however, MOVIES continued page 51

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JUST A GIRL Young Clara (Mackenzie Foy) is transported to a magical world built by her mother, where she must work to save it from destruction, in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

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MOVIES from page 50 is real, and she struggles between being supportive and enabling. There’s so much going on in this film, and the fact that Cooper is able to weave all of these emotionally potent threads into such a heartrendingly beautiful tapestry is a triumph. I predict some Oscar nods for this one. See it in the theater; bring your own tissues—this one’s a tearjerker. (135 min.) —Glen Starkey

VENOM What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Galaxy Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) directs Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, a former investigative

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journalist whose TV show is dedicated to taking down evil corporations and, later, becomes the host for an alien symbiote named Venom. The film is an adaptation of the Marvel Comics series featuring the anti-hero Venom. The overall connection between Venom and Brock is interesting as Venom takes over Brock’s body and the two realize the extent of their superpower. They have their humorous moments when Brock tries to fight the transformation. It feels similar to that of Jim Carry’s struggle in The Mask, but the two find a deeper understanding in each other, as both are losers on their respected planets. The film lacks a cohesive and strong storyline for the first introduction of the Marvel character, but I will admit that I’ll be watching for the sequel as the clip at the end of the movie lays the groundwork for

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someone all too familiar to Venom. (112 min.) —Karen Garcia

WHAT THEY HAD What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? The Palm First-time writer-director Elizabeth Chomko helms this story about siblings Bridget (Hilary Swank) and Nick (Michael Shannon), who try to convince their father, Burt (Robert Forster), to place their Alzheimer’ssuffering mother, Ruth (Blythe Danner), in a nursing home. (101 min.) ∆ —Glen Starkey

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wash in a purple and green fluorescent glow, Stark walls that stand tall in the low-hanging dark of an October night. White faces that flicker inside, Mouths pulsating with LED candlelight. A semblance of something I can’t quite decipher. Just flashes of creatures who know how to hide. She rides back and forth, back and forth. Her horse hidden and hollow. Eyes flashing red, she jerks forward. It’s a little unnerving, a little perverse. Cobwebs and shadows. Phosphorescent glimmers. Skulls, spiders, ghosts. Skeletons that have never been thinner. Beauty and The Beast twirl and twerk. Cinderella stands listless, hiking her skirt. Wigs, dark eyes, fake blood.

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in the hallows To cavort and wiggle With others who frolic and jiggle. Bunny hop, boogie down, cut a rug Spin, tango, and jitterbug Contort my arms and my legs With a clatter, a hustle, a tug I pull my friends toward the stage We let loose and rage. As the night closes We quickly strike poses.

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Pumpkin head hovering above We laugh, we make plans, This year we get two chances to primp, preen, and pretend That we can be something different than we normally are Halloween comes twice When Oct. 31 hits a Wednesday, A weekend on both sides to get down and play. Δ Editor Camillia Lanham kind of loves Halloween. Send comments to clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

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very Thanksgiving, a young Stephen Ross Dooley would watch as the grown-ups in his house perform those silly “grown-up” rituals that only seem to make sense years later. Like grabbing armfuls of wine— the sweet, cheap stuff—and lugging the bottles out into the Minnesota cold. There, in the snow bank, the ceremonious Riesling would chill next to the beer (and quickly, at that). As a teen, Dooley prodded his mother with wine-related questions; his fascination stemmed less from an idea that wine made you feel funny or tasted good, but because it was a way to preserve the essence of life itself. Somehow, these juicy vibrant grapes could be preserved— for years, even decades? His scientific mind hummed. “I was like, ‘Gee mom, how is wine made? What is fermentation?’” Dooley recalls during a recent phone interview. I caught up with the Stephen Ross winemaker just after his pinot noir harvest had ended, the calm after the storm. “So there I was, making apple, Go coastal rhubarb, and dandelion wine Learn more about Harvest in the basement in Minnesota. on the Coast’s events, dinners, and tastings, at slowine.com. The bubbles in the glass jars, watching the fermentation ... I was taking a perishable product and turning it into a more stable product, which, to me, was an amazing thing.” If you’re a winemaker, this is probably still an amazing thing; the thing that keeps you going when your back and feet TASTE THE WAVE On Nov. 3, coastal wineries and chefs alike will converge at Avila Beach Resort for the Grand Tasting & Wine Auction as part of the weekend’s Harvest on The Coast celebration. Along with food and wine from more than 60 wineries, attendees can expect a ache from recurring punch-downs. winemaker-led wine and lifestyle auction that features rare wines, themed destination getaways, culinary treats, and more. Dooley’s still in the business of “preserving grapes,” as are dozens of fellow Edna Valley area winemaker friends. Back in 1991, Dooley first hatched the idea of a harvest festival after an inspirational trip to France. Ever since, the annual harvest celebration— now known as Harvest on the Coast— has offered up a time of introspection, anticipation, and celebration for the local wine industry as a whole. “I remember, we did the very first harvest celebration when I was at Edna Valley Vineyard. It was so small that we invited other wineries not necessarily in the association or even in the area, although they all used grapes grown in the area,” Dooley says. “Now we have plenty of wineries. The growth of the organization and the industry has been incredible.” On Nov. 3, local wineries and chefs Along with food and wine from more evenly ripened harvest. Just look toward this year’s lineup than 60 establishments comes live music alike will converge at Avila Beach Resort “We also had beautiful set with and you’ll see what he means. It’s not by the Damon Castillo Band, and a for the Harvest on the Coast grand pollination. Nearly every flower became a just Edna Valley; wines are coming from high-energy winemaker-led auction that tasting and wine auction as part of the grape, and the clusters were big and full,” Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach—and features rare wines, themed destination larger weekend-long celebration. he says. “What I am hearing from other it’s not simply about chardonnay or pinot getaways, culinary treats, and more. According to Dooley, the word on the street winemakers around here is there’s a lot of noir anymore. The live auction will again feature the is that this year was pretty much a “dream excess fruit, and the quality is way up.” With most of the area wineries located “Archie McLaren Fund A Need” lot where harvest.” Those are his words, not mine. You can ask these winemakers yourself just 5 miles from the ocean on average, all proceeds benefit the nonprofit RISE, Generally cool, predictable weather at the grand tasting, which—according to it’s fitting that SLO Coast Wine Country which serves both victims of intimate organizers—will include plenty of reasons would continue to hold its signature harvest (without a ton of super hot spikes during FLAVOR continued page 56 season event right next to the Pacific. to let loose and live a little. harvest) made for an easygoing and

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partner violence and sexual assault/ abuse and their loved ones. Meanwhile, those champing at the bit can hang at a collaborative winemaker dinner kicking off Friday, Nov. 2, at the Casitas Estate and catered by Flora and Fauna. The fun rolls on Sunday, Nov. 4, with Surf’s up Sunday, where wineries throughout the region host open house offerings brimming with hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment, and wine discounts (Heads up: This event is free to all who attend Saturday’s grand tasting event). While these kinds of events are nice, Dooley reminds us that all the winemaking—and harvest—comes down to grit and gumption. Indeed, there’s more to the wine biz than sampling from barrels while the late afternoon light reflects off a perfectly poised wine thief (regardless of what you might see on social media). “We want fruit to arrive at the winery cool, so we’re out there at 2 or 3 or 4 in the morning,” he says. “All these local wineries are out here with their teams, in the field, working hard. And they’re doing it when everyone else is sleeping.” ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain is sleeping in. She can be reached at hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

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HARVEST HUZZAH! Swirl by the sea: As you well know, the Avila Beach Resort will host a Harvest on the Coast harvest party at the beach this Nov. 3, where winemakers and local celebrity chefs will converge for a Grand Tasting and Wine Auction. This beachside grand tasting features more than 50 wineries and restaurants dishing out handcrafted wines and cuisine, paired with live music. But did you know you can purchase an early admission ticket to get in at 11 a.m.? Get early access and enjoy exclusive library, large format, and reserve wines only available during the first hour, and stick around for an auction, featuring a broad selection of rare wines, culinary treats, and SLO Wine Country destination experiences (for info and tickets go to avilabeachresort.com) … Speaking of harvest: GleanSLO is busy harvesting bushels of excess fall produce, including crisp apples! Help out and lend a hand in redirecting this bountiful crop to hungry bellies. Check out volunteer opportunities at gleanslo.org.

COOLER THAN YOU Cool climate culture: Join in on an educational vineyard experience for wine enthusiasts seeking a guided exploration of the frontier for the most complex cool-climate varietals in California, Edna Valley. Allow 90 minutes to appreciate a progressive tasting of Tolosa’s limited production wines on the estate vineyard, Edna Ranch. Explore the valley, the perfect microclimate for ripening delicate pinot noir and chardonnay grapes. Tours are ongoing until Dec. 2. For more information, go to tolosawinery.com … Cambria Pines Lodge will partner with DAOU Vineyards and Winery in Paso Robles to present the

DAOU Vineyards Wine Pairing Dinner on Nov. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. This fivecourse meal will be expertly paired with wines from DAOU’s cellar, and a representative will provide tasting notes for each pairing. (Guests will also have the opportunity to stay overnight at the lodge, on a special package deal. The package will include a choice of accommodations, tickets for the wine pairing dinner, and breakfast.) Reservations can be made by calling (805) 924-3360.

HOLIDAYS ALREADY? Taste the turkey: Parrish Family Vineyards in Paso Robles will host its first Thanksgiving fundraiser this Nov. 10. Funds go to Must! Charities and the meal includes butternut squash soup and garlic herb crostini; turkey medallions stuffed with wild rice stuffing and rustic garlic gravy; lemon and herb roasted potatoes; mushrooms in brown butter, garlic, and thyme; sautéed greens with white wine and shallots and a seasonal dessert. The meal will be paired with a glass each of the winery’s estate sauvignon blanc and award-winning cabernet sauvignon, and additional glasses or bottles will be available for purchase. For more information, go to parrishfamilyvineyard. com … Downtown Paso Robles will host its popular Elegant Holiday Evening Downtown on Nov. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. This is the perfect night to pick up holiday gifts for friends and family, including artisanal foodie finds and (duh) wine! Also check out carriage rides, “live mannequins” in storefront windows, and lots to nibble on! Learn more at pasoroblesdowntown.org. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain is eating an apple with a very sharp knife. She can be reached at hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

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Yes, this is a week of wine mania in SLO County! While the surf is indeed “up” in SLO wine country with Harvest on the Coast events, Paso Robles has been busy celebrating its own happy harvest festivities for a month now. The Downtown Paso Robles Wineries, a group of more than 20 tasting rooms located in downtown Paso, will keep the party rolling with a tasty Autumn Wine Stroll on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 3 to 6 p.m., so bring your strolling slippers and sipping socks (OK, that’s not a thing, I know). The group’s trademark strolls are held about four times a year, each with a slightly different twist. The autumn stroll allure? Attendees can munch on a special wine and food pairing at each tasting room on the route. We are not talking about sad cocktail weenies. Think butternut squash ravioli with roasted chestnuts, artisanal cheeses and sausages, crab cakes, and steak ciabatta sliders! Wash all that down with a vast array of local wines, truly from A to Z. Or, as they say in downtown Paso Robles, “from albariño to zinfandel.” Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at my805tix.com. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain loves the wine alphabet. She can be reached at hthomas@ newtimesslo.com.

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FILE NO. 2018-2346 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TACO RICO, TACO RICO MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 3975 S. Higuera Street, Ste. 101, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jose Fermin Gomez (3975 S. Higuera Street, Ste. 101, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jose Fermin Gomez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-21-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 09-21-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2350 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/1971) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FESTIVAL MOZAIC, 265 South St., Suite G, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Mozart Festival Association (265 South St., Suite G, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Mozart festival Association, Kathy East, Administrative Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-24-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 0924-23. October 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2387 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/13/2005) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TAN DE SOLEIL, 670 Quintana Road, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Angeliek Rangoussis (1322 Vega Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Angeliek Rangoussis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 09-27-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2396 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/10/2011) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BLUE LOTUS SPA, 246 Vista Court, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Serina Marie Sullwold (246 Vista Court, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Serina Marie Sullwold, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 09-27-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2406 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/28/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CAMBRIA GALLERY OF ART, CAMBRIA GALLERY, 1561 E. Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Roger Doane Cantrell (1561 E. Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Roger Doane Cantrell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-28-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 09-28-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2421 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SANTA ROSA DENTAL, 764 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Dr. Ladan Ahmadinia, DMD, Inc. (764 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Dr. Ladan Ahmadinia, DMD, Inc., Ladan Ahmadinia, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 10-02-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2424 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/02/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPEECH 101, 124 Allen St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Katherine Frame Coleman (124 Allen St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katherine Frame Coleman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-03-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Gibson, Deputy. Exp. 10-03-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2428 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HARBORWALK INN, HARBORWALK PLAZA, 833 Embarcadero Rd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. TLC Family Enterprises, Inc. (833 Embarcadero Rd., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ TLC Family Enterprises, Inc., Travis Leage-Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-03-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 1003-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2429 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/02/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE KING GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, 710 Grand Ave., Apt. A, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Juan Nan Altamirano (710 Grand Ave., Apt. A, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Juan Altamirano. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-03-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 10-03-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2433 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/06/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HERITAGE TREE ARBORICULTURAL CONSULTING, 1355 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Rodney D. Thurman (1355 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rodney D. Thurman, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-03-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 10-03-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2435 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RISING ROOTS, 539 Branch St., Unit A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Emily R. Baker (539 Branch St., Unit A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Emily R. Baker. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1004-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2437 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/02/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WALLFLOWER, 778 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Marissa Ann Evernden, (1169 Islay, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401), Ashleigh Nicole Hickerson ( 1696 Sydney, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Marissa Ann Evernden. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 1004-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2441 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CALIFORNIA WELLNESS GROUP, 442 N. Second St., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. California Wellness Group LLC (442 N. Second St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ California Wellness Group LLC, Laura Lynn Havens, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-04-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2459 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ART’S CYCLERY, ARTSCYCLERY.COM, 3988 Short St. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Art’s SLO Cyclery, LLC (3988 Short St. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Art’s SLO Cyclery, LLC, Jonathan Whisenand, Member Mananger. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-09-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2470 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/10/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LAUREL SIGNS, 419 N. Main St. #B, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Guillermo Majano (753 Petersen Ranch Rd., Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Guillermo Majano, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-10-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1010-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2471 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GB SMOKE SHOP (PISMO SMOKE SHOP), 620 Cypress St., Unit A, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Haddad Smoke Shop Inc. (620 Cypress St., Unit A, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Haddad Smoke Shop Inc., Monther Haddad, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 1011-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2442 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COLBY RISK SOLUTIONS, 791 Price St. #165, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Colby Solution Ventures, LLC (791 Price St. #165, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Colby Solution Ventures, LLC, Margarito Bercilla, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-04-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2446 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/16/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CULTURESTOKE, 1014 Ash St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Martin Imes (1014 Ash St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Martin Imes, Founder. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 10-05-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2453 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CONJURE CREATIVE, CONJURE CREATIVE STUDIO, CONJURE, 1163 Main St. Ste. B, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Jon Sontag (1258 Pineridge Dr., Cambria, CA 93428), Tyler Ramsey (5650 Mustard Creek Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Tyler Ramsey. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-05-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2454 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/28/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FLIGHT OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL, 425 Cuerda Corte, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Stewart Errico (425 Cuerda Corte, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Stewart Errico. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 1005-23. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2460 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/24/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AINA BLOOM, 330 Crazyhorse Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Aina Elin Gundersen (330 Crazyhorse Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Aina Gundersen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-09-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2464 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/10/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HAUTE DOGS, 253 Ramona Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Kenneth John Jorgensen, Aryn Jorgensen (253 Ramona Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Kenneth John Jorgensen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-10-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-10-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2467 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/29/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, 5 CITY HOMES, 350 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. 5 City Homes LLC (350 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ 5 City Homes, Vincent Gondry Jr., CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-10-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 10-10-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2469 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/19/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HELPING SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT, 856 Creekside Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Welcome Home Military Heroes (856 Creekside Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Welcome Home Military Heroes, Cheryl Lynn Tolan, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-10-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-10-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2472 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/03/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TRUTH REVOLUTION CLOTHING, 930 Anna Circle, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Truth Revolution, Inc. (930 Anna Circle, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Truth Revolution, Inc., Nathan Stolpman, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 10-11-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2473 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/03/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CENTRAL COAST, 3599 Sueldo Street, Suite 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Mid State Property Management Inc. (3599 Sueldo Street, Suite 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Mid State Property Management Inc., Jerry McLaughlin, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 10-11-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2474 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/31/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as, IRISH HILLS REALTY INC, 3599 Sueldo Street, Suite 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Irish Hills Realty Inc. (3599 Sueldo Street, Suite 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Irish Hills Realty Inc., Jerry McLaughlin, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 10-11-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

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LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2475 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DREAMYDANCERS, 1245 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Brooke Nichole Gutierrez (1245 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brooke Nichole Gutierrez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Ramirez, Deputy. Exp. 10-11-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2476 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VINCENT’S HANDYMAN & HAULING, 2331 Cienega St., Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Vicente Garcia (2331 Cienega St., Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Vicente Garcia. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Ramirez, Deputy. Exp. 10-11-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2480 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/12/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DONOVAN JAMES ANTIQUES AND ESTATE JEWELRY, 248A South Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Daniel E Macclain, Toni A Macclain (248B South Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Daniel E Macclain. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-12-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2481 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/20/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HDM LANDSCAPING, 1073 Huston St., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Hermelindo Villalva Torres, Adulfa Neri Tapia (1073 Huston St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Hermelindo Villalva Torres. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-12-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2482 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/10/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LIFEBRANDS, 1411 Marsh Street, Suite 107, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. LifebrandsD2C, Inc. (1411 Marsh Street, Suite 107, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A NV Corporation /s/ LifebrandsD2C, Inc., Jeffrey Fischer, COO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-12-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2485 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, EIGENGRAU, EIGENGRAU GLOBAL, ZULUUAS, ZULU, 211 Oak St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Michael Jason Downing, Noelle Hannah Downing (211 Oak St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Michael Jason Downing, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-12-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2491 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/12/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST ATHLETIC CLUB, 310 James Way, Suite 120, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. David S. Irwin & Associates, Inc. (310 James Way, Suite 120, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ David S. Irwin & Associates, Inc., William DoukasPresident. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 10-12-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2503 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/15/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE BEACHCOMBER SALON, 150 S. 13th St. Unit E, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Pinegar Flooring, Inc. (591 S. 6th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Pinegar Flooring, Inc., Stacey Pinegar, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-15-23. October 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2514 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/01/2011) New Filing The following person is doing business as, INNER PEACE MASSAGE, 2 James Way, Suite 108, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Katie Jane Baaldwin (2065 Carriage Ln., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katie Baldwin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-16-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2515 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/14/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BIG RED MARKETING, INC., 894 Murray Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Big Red Marketing, Inc. (894 Murray Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Big Red Marketing, Inc., Amanda S. Diefenderfer - Proprietress. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-16-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2540 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/28/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COASTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, 158 N. 10th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. McKenna Marie Gonzales (158 N. 10th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ McKenna Gonzales. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1018-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2517 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/16/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPRING STREET PROPERTIES, 1301 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jeanne Helphenstine (1404 Boxwood Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405), Barbara Parsons (3987 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Unincorporated Association Other Than a Partnership /s/ Jeanne Helphenstine. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-16-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2510 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/05/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TWINS BAY INN, 2460 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Twins Bay Inc. (2659 S. Buenos Aires Dr., Covina, CA 91724). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Twins Bay Inc., Brian Der Vartanian, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-16-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2520 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/16/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LEGACY HORSE RACING ASSOCIATES, 1015 La Serena Way, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Rebecca Novo-Normanly, John Normanly (1015 La Serena Way, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Rebecca Nov-Normanly. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-16-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2513 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/16/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LIFE SOLUTIONS, 3940-7391 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Lauren Somma (4687 Coyote Canyon Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lauren Somma, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1016-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2536 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/03/1998) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LA CASA MORTGAGE COMPANY, 508 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Alyce V. Baker (850 Jennings Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Alyce V. Baker. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-18-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2530 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/17/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PARAMOUNT CLEANING SERVICE, 1168 Brittany Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Jennifer Arcitio (1168 Brittany Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jennifer Arcitio. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-17-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-17-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2540 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HEALTHY LIFE MASSAGE, 1520 W. Branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Aimin Zhu (247 Bard St., Ventura, CA 93001). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Aimin Zhu. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-19-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2543 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BIG OAK LAND COMPANY, 1236 Bodega Ct., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Brandon Lemay (1236 Bodega Ct., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brandon Lemay, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-18-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2544 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as, D’LUX HAIR SALON, 1530 W. Branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Cadelaria Santana (1633 Via Rubio, Santa Maria, CA 93454). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Cadelaria Santana. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 10-18-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

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LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2545 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HUNTER SALON, 1421 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Brianne Janelle Vaughn, Christopher David Vaughn (211 N Tassajara Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Brianne J Vaughn, Owner/ Operator. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1019-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2553 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/10/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GRACE YOGA & WELLNESS, GRACE YOGA & WELLNESS STUDIO, GRACE YOGA, GRACE YOGA CENTRAL COAST, GRACE YOGA & WELLNESS CENTRAL COAST, YOGAFAITH CENTRAL COAST, 8440 Paseo De Caballo, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Shauna Dragomir (8440 Paseo De Caballo, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Shauna Dragomir. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Gibson, Deputy. Exp. 10-19-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2554 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LOS OSOS PAINTING, LOS OSOS HAULING, 1671 17th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. David S Estrada (1671 17th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ David Estrada, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-1918. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 10-19-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2561 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/21/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PEONY SUSHI, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. San Luis Obispo County. Saeed Keshtgar (98 La Colima, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Saeed Keshtgar, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-22-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-22-23. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2567 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ECCYNTRIC WORKSHOP, 1310 San Luis Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Cynthia Lapier (1310 San Luis Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Cynthia Lapier, Indvidual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. R. Parashis, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2570 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/28/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VILLAGE BIKE SHOP, 107 Bridge St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Village Bike Shop, LLC (107 Bridge St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Village Bike Shop, LLC, Juan Daniel Martinez, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2572 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/09/1988) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PRO-COATINGS, 1440 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Peter Riolo (2764 Crockett Circle, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Peter Riolo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2574 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/23/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, #1 NAILS, 885 Oak Park Blvd., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Phuong H Nguyen (3754 W. 157th St., Lawndale, CA 90260). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Nguyen Phuong H. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2575 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GOD LOVES QUEERS, 1105 Laurel Lane, Apt. 6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jennifer Ann Kimble (1105 Laurel Lane, Apt. 6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jennifer Kimble, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1023-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2576 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/03/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, 3CPS, 530 Estero Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. California Central Coast Pastel Society (PO Box 13933, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ California Central Coast Pastel Society, Katherine Caldwell, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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

County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing. Friday, December 7, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: A request by Randal Mock and Susan Chaply for a Minor Use Permit (DRC2017-00077) to allow for the construction of 3,355-square-foot single family residence with a 1,477-squarefoot attached garage. The proposal includes grading and excavation for the driveway and building foundation, with site disturbance of approximately 13,168 square feet including on-site drainage improvements. The project is located on the west side of Flyrod Drive, approximately 0.25 miles east of Nacimiento Lake Drive, of the Heritage Ranch community in the North County planning area (Nacimiento sub area). Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on October 31 for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources and Public Services/Utilities and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www. sloplanning. org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2017-00077 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 012-374-027, -028 Date Accepted: 07/24/2018 WHERE: The meeting 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 Young Choi, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING: 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, November 9, 2018 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2017-00077.” If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. COASTAL APPEALABLE If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043. Nicole Retana, Secretary Planning Department Hearing WHO: WHEN:

November 1, 2018

County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing. Friday, November 16, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: A request by Randy and Karrie Smith for a Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development Permit (DRC2018-00184) to allow demolition of an existing 560-square-foot detached garage, and to allow the construction of a new 290-square-foot detached garage and an external elevator for accessibility. The project will result in the disturbance of approximately 750 square feet of the 3,049-square- foot parcel. The proposed project is within the Residential Single-Family land use category and is located at 1501 Pacific Avenue in the community of Cayucos. The site is in the Estero planning area. Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is categorically exempt under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(2). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062. County File Number: DRC2018-00184 Supervisorial District: District 2 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 064-225-009 Date Accepted: 10/24/2018 WHERE: The meeting 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 Schani Siong, 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: 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, November 9, 2018 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2018-00184.” If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. COASTAL APPEALABLE If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043. Nicole Retana, Secretary Planning Department Hearing WHO: WHEN:

November 1, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to consider amending the countywide Fee Schedule Ordinance. The hearing will be held at the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, in San Luis Obispo. Recommended amendments include increases, decreases, new, and deleted fees. Schedule A Fee amendments would become effective January 3, 2019, and Schedule B Fee amendments would become effective July 1, 2019. Any person interested in expressing their views regarding the proposed amendments to the Fee Schedule may do so at the hearing. To determine specific placement of this item on the Board of Supervisors Agenda and to review the staff report and fee schedule amendments, go to the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov on the Wednesday before the scheduled hearing date. The fee schedule amendments may also be reviewed at the: County Government Center Administrative Office, Room D430 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805) 781-5011 DATED: November 1, 2018 TOMMY GONG, County Clerk-Recorder and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: /s/ Sandy Currens, Deputy Clerk-Recorder November 1 & 15, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMUNITY FORUM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO:

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

San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors

WHEN: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. All items are advertised for 9:00 a.m. To find out placement of this item on the Board of Supervisors Agenda, go to the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov on the Wednesday before the scheduled public community forum date. WHAT: A public community forum will be held, during a Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors, pursuant to Government Code section 7283.1(d) to provide information to the public about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to individuals and to receive and consider public comment. WHERE: The public community forum will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey St., 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The staff report and a copy of the PowerPoint presentation will be available for review the Wednesday before the scheduled hearing date on the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov. DATED: 11/01/2018 TOMMY GONG, COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER By: /s/ Sandy Currens, Deputy Clerk November 1, 2018

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

County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing. Friday, November 16, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: A request by Circle M Enterprises for a Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development Permit (DRC2018-00146) to allow demolition of an existing 1,626-square-foot single family residence and a 433-square-foot attached garage, and to allow the construction of a two-story 2,180-square-foot single family residence and an attached 233-square-foot garage. The project will result in the disturbance of the entire 4,792-square-foot parcel. The proposed project is within the Residential Single-Family land use category and is located at 449 Pacific Avenue in the community of Cayucos. The site is in the Estero planning area. Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is categorically exempt under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(2). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062. County File Number: DRC2018-00146 Supervisorial District: District 2 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 064-143-011 Date Accepted: 10/05/2018 WHERE: The meeting 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 Young Choi, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING: 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, November 9, 2018 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2018-00146.” If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. COASTAL APPEALABLE If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043. Nicole Retana, Secretary Planning Department Hearing WHO: WHEN:

November 1, 2018

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

WHO:

County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing.

WHEN: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT: A request by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for a Minor Use/Coastal Development Permit (DRC2016-00135) to allow PG&E to perform vegetation maintenance (e.g., removing trees and brush) within PG&E’s existing rightsof-way (ROW) in three areas that contain high-pressure natural gas transmission pipelines to improve emergency access and to address safety concerns. Approximately 36 trees and 10,000 cubic feet of brush would be removed from three waterways, and approximately four willow trees would be pruned. The project sites are within the Agriculture land use category. The northernmost site, RW-V-518-13N, is located approximately 3,500 feet north of State Route (SR) 41 (Atascadero Road); RW-V-523-13 is located less than 200 feet south of SR-41 within Morro Creek; and RW-V-518-13S, is located approximately 2,000 feet south of SR-41 and 500 feet north of Little Morro Creek Road, approximately one-half mile east of the City of Morro Bay. The sites are in the Estero planning area. Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on October 5, 2018 for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address biological and cultural resources and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning. org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2016-00135 Supervisorial District: District 2 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 073-051-059, -084-013, -085-027 Date Accepted: N/A WHERE: The meeting 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 Kate Shea, 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: 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, November 30, 2018 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2016-00135.” If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. COASTAL APPEALABLE: If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043. Nicole Retana, Secretary, Planning Department Hearing November 1, 2018

NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 617 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN at the regular meeting of the City Council held on October 23, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Hall located at 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay, California, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay adopted Ordinance No. 617 which amends Section 3.08.130 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code (MBMC) regarding surplus supplies. In summary, Ordinance No. 617 amends Section 3.08.130 of the MBMC regarding surplus supplies and equipment, specifically adding the authorization for the purchasing agent to sell, by auction or other means to ensure the city receives proper value. A certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance is available for public review in the Office of the City Clerk at Morro Bay City Hall. Ayes: Irons, Davis, Headding, Makowetski, McPherson Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None /s/ Lori Kudzma Deputy City Clerk Dated: October 23, 2018 Publish: November 1, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2578 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/24/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GRAND AWARDS, 1522 West Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Francine Earline Maiden, John Mitchell Maiden (125 Harsin Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Francine Maiden. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-24-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2598 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/25/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DRIFT BOUTIQUE, 1735 Mentone Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Shelly S. St Peter, Kevin S. St. Peter (1735 Mentone Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Kevin St Peter. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-25-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-25-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2609 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/25/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ROOM FOR CREAM FILMS, 2478 Greenwood Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Alex Sam Raban (2478 Greenwood Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Alexander Raban, MR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-25-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 1025-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2613 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE BLEND FITNESS STUDIO, 2280 Sunset Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. The Blend Fitness Studio, LLC (2280 Sunset Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ The Blend Fitness Studio, LLC, Joseph Sarti, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1026-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2614 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ELEGANT BEGINNINGS, ELEGANT BEGINNINGS EVENT RENTALS, 226 W. Price St., Apt C, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Jaedin Gentry Preciado, Derek Robert Preciado (226 W. Price St., Apt C, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Jaedin Preciado. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-26-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2616 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MAYA RESTAURANT LLC, 2490 N. Main St., Morro Bay, Ca 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Maya Restaurant LLC (2490 N. Main St., Morro Bay, Ca 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Maya Restaurant LLC, Heladio Cadena, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-26-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2619 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LINDAMAR INDUSTRIES, 1603 Commerce Way, Paso Robles, CA 93347. San Luis Obispo County. Columbia Burlap and Bag Company, Inc. (1603 Commerce Way, Paso Robles, CA 93347). This business is conducted by A MO Corporation /s/ Columbia Burlap and Bag Company, Inc., Marc Radasky, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 10-26-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2621 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, (SD)2 SERVICES, 801 Turquoise Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. John Wayne Vogler Jr. (801 Turquoise Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ John Wayne Vogler Jr. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-2918. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Morro Bay is requesting proposals from qualified parties to complete a Financial Feasibility Study on a proposed boatyard/marine services facility in Morro Bay, California, based on certain defined location and yard concept parameters. All proposals must be received by the City no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 1, 2019, as outlined in the request for proposals document. http://www.morrobayca.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/12501/Boatyard-Financial-Feas-Study-RFPFinal?bidId= November 1, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NOTICE OF TrUSTEE’S SAlE

FILE NO. 2018-2621 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/29/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MAD BATTERS BAKERY, 790 Donegal Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Katherine L. Drastal (790 Donegal Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katherine Drastal, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2624 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/13/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RELAXING GETAWAY, 111 Grandview Drive, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Myrna Morales Marcos (111 Grandview Drive, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Myrna M. Marcos. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

MISSING ClEvElANd lEE / NEThErlANd

Cleveland is the father of two girls with chronic health conditions who miss their dad. He was last known to be in San Luis Obispo County. If you have any information as to his whereabouts please contact his wife: nancynetherland@gmail.com October 25, November 1, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBlIC lIEN SAlE

The following unit will be sold to satisfy liens against them at a public auction to be held on Friday, November 2, 2018. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that a public lien sale of the following described personal property will be held. Unit #185 Michael Parrent - Hutch, tools, fire extinguishers, rugs, desk chair, totes contents unknown, weight bench, changing table, speaker, PVC pipe. Unit #972 Brandy Eyler - Misc. household goods, antique sewing machine, power washer, mattresses, banjo, grandfather clock, chop saw, motorcycle helmets, file cabinet, camo clothes & backpacks, auto analyzer, electric tools, snow sled, survival gear. Sliding door pet door, retractable driving lights, extension ladder. Sealed bids will be accepted preceding a silent auction at 9:00am to 12 noon, Friday, November 2, 2018 , at ABBY’S SELF STORAGE 50 ABBY ROAD, TEMPLETON , County of San Luis Obispo, State of California. Bond #0455718. Bids will be taken from 9 AM to 12 NOON (owner has the right to refuse and all bids. Owner has the right to bid.) Highest bidder will be notified by telephone by 1:00 PM the day of the auction. Cash or credit cards only, this is to include a $100 refundable cash deposit if the unit is left clean upon removal of goods. This is due and payable, in cash, at the time of possession of the unit, which must be completed by 5:00 PM on the day of the auction, then return to the office for inspection of the unit and refund. October 25, November 1, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2637 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing

The following person is doing business as, THE PORT HOUSE, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Willow Market LLC (PO Box 1433, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Willow Market LLC, Jennifer Morse, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-3018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER AN ASSESSMENT LIEN. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL, AS SHOWN BELOW. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, or a currently dated cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, as specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this State), will be held by the agent of the duly appointed Trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest held by the Trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to that certain Notice of Delinquent Assessment recorded on April 2, 2018 as instrument number 2018013013 in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California and the Declaration of Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions of Tamerlo Investments N.V., a Netherlands Antilles Corporation on August 30, 1978 as instrument number 41866 in Book 2096, Pages 914-955, as amended thereafter. The sale will be held pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell (“Notice of Default”) described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, encumbrances, or otherwise, on an “as-is, where-is” basis, to pay the sum secured by the lien, with interest and late charges thereon, advances, if any, under the occupancy of the premises and all governing documents of the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association, or under terms of the lien, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be as set forth below. Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase this figure prior to sale. It is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated. The beneficiary may bid at sale and may elect to bid less than their full credit bid. Record Owner(s) at the time the Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Notice of Default were recorded: Richard J. Brookins and Sylvia R. Brookins Lien Claimant / Beneficiary: Holiday Recreational Park Owners Association 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, CA 93449-2997 (805) 773-1121 Duly Appointed Trustee: Hart | King Date of Notice of Default: M a y 22, 2018 Recording Date: June 13, 2018 Instrument No.: 2018024244 Recorded in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California Date and Time of Sale: November 15, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: AT THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, 100 S. DOLLIVER, PISMO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 93449-2997 Estimated sale amount: $4,499.11 Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase the sale figure prior to sale; and it is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated herein. From information which the Trustee deems reliable, the Trustee believes that the legal description and street address, or other common designation, of the real property to be sold is as follows: AN UNDIVIDED 1/875 INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”. EXCLUSIVE USE OF LOCKER NUMBER 434. Locker # 434 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, California 934492997 The Trustee and the authorized agent of the Trustee disclaim any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown

LegaL Notices herein. Written directions to the abovereferenced property may be obtained by submitting a written request to the beneficiary identified herein within ten (10) days of the first publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale pursuant to Section 2924f of the California Civil Code. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not 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 (805) 773-1121 for information regarding the trustee’s sale, using the reference number set forth above, 37115.010 (Brookins Locker #434). Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The lien claimant / beneficiary identified above heretofore delivered to the Trustee a written Notice of Delinquent Assessment, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The Trustee caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located, and more than 3 months have elapsed since such recordation. [Signature on next page] he party conducting the sale will be a duly authorized agent of the undersigned Trustee. WE ARE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR. AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 20, 2018 HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Authorized Agent of Trustee By: /s/ Tom Barcellos Board of Directors - Collections EXHIBIT A Legal Description Parcel 1: That portion of Lot 13 of the Subdivisions of the Ranchos El Pismo and San Miguelito, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map made by R.R. Harris, in 1886, and recorded April 30, 1886 in Book A, Page 154 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder, described as follows: Beginning at a point that is 11.6 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner of Lot 27 of the Stokers Addition to the Town of Pismo Beach, as described in the deed in Volume 248, at page 96 of the Official Records, and running North 47°15’ East, 86.04 feet (85.95 rec. deed) to the Easterly line of State Highway Route 1, thence South 7°12’ East along said line 280.41 feet to the true point of beginning; thence from said true point of beginning, North 47°15’ East, 1117.53 feet to the Southerly line of State Highway Route No. 101; thence South 72°21’ East along said line, 52.66 feet; thence South 77°28’ East, 181.53 feet; thence South

LegaL Notices 47°15’ West, 1347.76 feet to the Easterly line of State Route No. 1; thence on a curve to the right; tangent to a line that bears North 26°22’10’’ West with a radius of 565 feet, through an angle of 19°10’10’’ for distance of 189.03 feet; thence North 7°12’’ West 31.75 feet to the point of beginning. Said property is also shown on map recorded March, 17 1969 in Book 3, Page 51 of Parcel Maps. EXCEPTING therefrom 75% of all oil, gas, mineral and hydrocarbon substances below of depth of 500 feet from the surface of said land as reserved in the deed from David L. Vaughn, et al. recorded January 10, 1969 in Book 1503, Page 443 of Official Records. Parcel 2: An easement for sub-terranean drainage pipe over a portion of Lot 13 of the Subdivision of Ranchos El Pismo and San Miguelito, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map made by R.R. Harris, in 1886, and recorded April 30, 1886 in Book A, Page 157 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder, said easement being 10 feet in width, the center line of which is described as follows: Commencing at a point that is 11.6 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner of Lot 27 of the Stokers Addition to the Town of Pismo Beach, as described in deed in Volume 248, at page 96 of Official Records, and running North 47°15’ East, 86.04 feet (85.95 rec. deed) to the Easterly line of State Highway Route 1; thence South 7°12’ East along said line 280.41 feet to a point; thence North 47°15’ East 505 feet to the true point of beginning of said center line, thence at right angles Northwesterly 230 feet more or less to the Northwesterly line of Parcel 1 as described in deed recorded July 8, 1965 in Book 1357, Page 448 of Official Records, being the point of termination of said center line. October 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

NOTICE OF TrUSTEE’S SAlE

LegaL Notices Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Notice of Default were recorded: Jack Brase and Ann Brase Lien Claimant / Beneficiary: Holiday Recreational Park Owners Association 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, CA 93449-2997 (805) 773-1121 Duly Appointed Trustee: Hart | King Date of Notice of Default: M a y 22, 2018 Recording Date: June 13, 2018 Instrument No.: 2018024245 Recorded in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California Date and Time of Sale: November 15, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: AT THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, 100 S. DOLLIVER, PISMO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 93449-2997 Estimated sale amount: $4,612.91 Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase the sale figure prior to sale; and it is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated herein. From information which the Trustee deems reliable, the Trustee believes that the legal description and street address, or other common designation, of the real property to be sold is as follows: AN UNDIVIDED 1/875 INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”. EXCLUSIVE USE OF LOCKER NUMBER 435. Locker # 435 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, California 934492997 The Trustee and the authorized agent of the Trustee disclaim any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Written directions to the abovereferenced property may be obtained by submitting a written request to the beneficiary identified herein within ten (10) days of the first publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale pursuant to Section 2924f of the California Civil Code. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not 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 (805) 773-1121 for information regarding the trustee’s sale, using the reference number set forth above, 37115.011 (Brase – Locker #435). Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The lien claimant / beneficiary

LegaL Notices identified above heretofore delivered to the Trustee a written Notice of Delinquent Assessment, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The Trustee caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located, and more than 3 months have elapsed since such recordation. [Signature on next page] The party conducting the sale will be a duly authorized agent of the undersigned Trustee. WE ARE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR. AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 20, 2018 HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Authorized Agent of Trustee By: /s/ Tom Barcellos Board of Directors – Collections EXHIBIT A Legal Description Parcel 1: That portion of Lot 13 of the Subdivisions of the Ranchos El Pismo and San Miguelito, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map made by R.R. Harris, in 1886, and recorded April 30, 1886 in Book A, Page 154 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder, described as follows: Beginning at a point that is 11.6 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner of Lot 27 of the Stokers Addition to the Town of Pismo Beach, as described in the deed in Volume 248, at page 96 of the Official Records, and running North 47°15’ East, 86.04 feet (85.95 rec. deed) to the Easterly line of State Highway Route 1, thence South 7°12’ East along said line 280.41 feet to the true point of beginning; thence from said true point of beginning, North 47°15’ East, 1117.53 feet to the Southerly line of State Highway Route No. 101; thence South 72°21’ East along said line, 52.66 feet; thence South 77°28’ East, 181.53 feet; thence South 47°15’ West, 1347.76 feet to the Easterly line of State Route No. 1; thence on a curve to the right; tangent to a line that bears North 26°22’10’’ West with a radius of 565 feet, through an angle of 19°10’10’’ for distance of 189.03 feet; thence North 7°12’’ West 31.75 feet to the point of beginning. Said property is also shown on map recorded March, 17 1969 in Book 3, Page 51 of Parcel Maps. EXCEPTING therefrom 75% of all oil, gas, mineral and hydrocarbon substances below of depth of 500 feet from the surface of said land as reserved in the deed from David L. Vaughn, et al. recorded January 10, 1969 in Book 1503, Page 443 of Official Records. Parcel 2: An easement for sub-terranean drainage pipe over a portion of Lot 13 of the Subdivision of Ranchos El Pismo and San Miguelito, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map made by R.R. Harris, in 1886, and recorded April 30, 1886 in Book A, Page 157 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder, said easement being 10 feet in width, the center line of which is described as follows: Commencing at a point that is 11.6 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner of Lot 27 of the Stokers Addition to the Town of Pismo Beach, as described in deed in Volume 248, at page 96 of Official Records, and running North 47°15’ East, 86.04 feet (85.95 rec. deed) to the Easterly line of State Highway Route 1; thence South 7°12’ East along said line 280.41 feet to a point; thence North 47°15’ East 505 feet to the true point of beginning of said center line, thence at right angles Northwesterly 230 feet more or less to the Northwesterly line of Parcel 1 as described in deed recorded July 8, 1965 in Book 1357, Page 448 of Official Records, being the point of termination of said center line. October 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

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LegaL Notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER AN ASSESSMENT LIEN. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL, AS SHOWN BELOW. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, or a currently dated cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, as specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this State), will be held by the agent of the duly appointed Trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest held by the Trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to that certain Notice of Delinquent Assessment recorded on April 2, 2018 as instrument number 2018013015 in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California and the Declaration of Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions of Tamerlo Investments N.V., a Netherlands Antilles Corporation on August 30, 1978 as instrument number 41866 in Book 2096, Pages 914-955, as amended thereafter. The sale will be held pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell (“Notice of Default”) described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, encumbrances, or otherwise, on an “as-is, where-is” basis, to pay the sum secured by the lien, with interest and late charges thereon, advances, if any, under the occupancy of the premises and all governing documents of the Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association, or under terms of the lien, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be as set forth below. Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase this figure prior to sale. It is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated. The beneficiary may bid at sale and may elect to bid less than their full credit bid. Record Owner(s) at the time the Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Notice of Default were recorded: Bertram Brase Lien Claimant / Beneficiary: Holiday Recreational Park Owners Association 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, CA 93449-2997 (805) 773-1121 Duly Appointed Trustee: Hart | King Date of Notice of Default: M a y 22, 2018 Recording Date: June 13, 2018 Instrument No.: 2018024246 Recorded in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, California Date and Time of Sale: November 15, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: AT THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, 100 S. DOLLIVER, PISMO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 93449-2997 Estimated sale amount: $2,276.09 Accrued interest, costs and additional advances, if any, may increase the sale figure prior to sale; and it is also possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the amount stated herein. From information which the Trustee deems reliable, the Trustee believes that the legal description and street address, or other common designation, of the real property to be sold is as follows: AN UNDIVIDED 1/875 INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”. EXCLUSIVE USE OF LOCKER NUMBER 707. Locker #707 100 S. Dolliver Pismo Beach, California 934492997

LegaL Notices The Trustee and the authorized agent of the Trustee disclaim any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Written directions to the abovereferenced property may be obtained by submitting a written request to the beneficiary identified herein within ten (10) days of the first publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale pursuant to Section 2924f of the California Civil Code. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not 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 (805) 773-1121 for information regarding the trustee’s sale, using the reference number set forth above, 37115.012 (Brase – Locker #707). Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The lien claimant / beneficiary identified above heretofore delivered to the Trustee a written Notice of Delinquent Assessment, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The Trustee caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located, and more than 3 months have elapsed since such recordation. [Signature on next page] The party conducting the sale will be a duly authorized agent of the undersigned Trustee. WE ARE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR. AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 20, 2018 HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Authorized Agent of Trustee By: /s/ Tom Barcellos Board of Directors – Collections EXHIBIT A Legal Description Parcel 1: That portion of Lot 13 of the Subdivisions of the Ranchos El Pismo and San Miguelito, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map made by R.R. Harris, in 1886, and recorded April 30, 1886 in Book A, Page 154 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder, described as follows: Beginning at a point that is 11.6 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner of Lot 27 of the Stokers Addition to the Town of Pismo Beach, as described in the deed in Volume 248, at page 96 of the Official Records, and running North 47°15’ East, 86.04 feet (85.95 rec. deed) to the Easterly line of State Highway Route 1, thence South 7°12’ East along said line 280.41 feet to the true point of beginning; thence from said true point of beginning, North 47°15’ East, 1117.53 feet to the Southerly line of State Highway Route No. 101; thence

LegaL Notices South 72°21’ East along said line, 52.66 feet; thence South 77°28’ East, 181.53 feet; thence South 47°15’ West, 1347.76 feet to the Easterly line of State Route No. 1; thence on a curve to the right; tangent to a line that bears North 26°22’10’’ West with a radius of 565 feet, through an angle of 19°10’10’’ for distance of 189.03 feet; thence North 7°12’’ West 31.75 feet to the point of beginning. Said property is also shown on map recorded March, 17 1969 in Book 3, Page 51 of Parcel Maps. EXCEPTING therefrom 75% of all oil, gas, mineral and hydrocarbon substances below of depth of 500 feet from the surface of said land as reserved in the deed from David L. Vaughn, et al. recorded January 10, 1969 in Book 1503, Page 443 of Official Records. Parcel 2: An easement for sub-terranean drainage pipe over a portion of Lot 13 of the Subdivision of Ranchos El Pismo and San Miguelito, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map made by R.R. Harris, in 1886, and recorded April 30, 1886 in Book A, Page 157 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder, said easement being 10 feet in width, the center line of which is described as follows: Commencing at a point that is 11.6 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner of Lot 27 of the Stokers Addition to the Town of Pismo Beach, as described in deed in Volume 248, at page 96 of Official Records, and running North 47°15’ East, 86.04 feet (85.95 rec. deed) to the Easterly line of State Highway Route 1; thence South 7°12’ East along said line 280.41 feet to a point; thence North 47°15’ East 505 feet to the true point of beginning of said center line, thence at right angles Northwesterly 230 feet more or less to the Northwesterly line of Parcel 1 as described in deed recorded July 8, 1965 in Book 1357, Page 448 of Official Records, being the point of termination of said center line. October 25, November 1, & 8, 2018

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. TS 41975 LN MUNARI TO 180037764

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/10/2004. 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 a 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 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. NOTICE: ALL AMERICAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE, AS TRUSTEE, WILL NOT ACCEPT THIRD PARTY ENDORSED CASHIER’S CHECKS. ALL CASHIER’S CHECKS MUST BE PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO ALL AMERICAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE. 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. Trustor: JACK J. MUNARI, AN UNMARRIED MAN, Duly Appointed Trustee: All American Foreclosure Service. Recorded 11/12/2004 as Instrument No. 2004099675 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California. Date of Sale: 11/13/2018 at 11:00 AM. Place of Sale: In the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Bldg. located at 1087 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $2,410,604.62.

LegaL Notices Street Address or other common designation of real property: Vacant Land, APN 080-073-001 Bradley, CA 93426. A.P.N.: 080-073-014. Real property in the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, described as follows: (Certificate of Compliance 2004-014962) A portion of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a portion of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 25 South, Range 9 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian in San Luis Obispo County, California, according to the Official Plat thereof; said parcel being more particularly described as follows: All that real property lying southerly of the following described line; Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 25 South, Range 9 East, Thence North 01° 03’ 22” West along said Quarter Section line 660.00 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Thence leaving said Quarter Section line East 468.23 feet; Thence South 28° 41’ 03” East, 263.31 feet; Thence East 771.97 feet; Thence North 37° 29’ 21” East 291.57 feet; Thence East 1156.38 feet to the east line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 14. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. 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 Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of the monies paid to the trustee and the successful bidder shall have no recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. 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 (805) 543-7088 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.eloandata.com/, using the file number assigned to this case 41975. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 10/11/2018. All American Foreclosure Service, 1363 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543-7088. Sheryle A. Machado, Certified Trustee Sale Officer October 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

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LegaL Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0604

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Pamela Lee Cole filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Pamela Lee Cole to PROPOSED NAME: Paulette Marie 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: 11/08/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2 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: October 1, 2018 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the Superior Court October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CVP-0307

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Bernadene Cheryl Morgan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Jayden Bernard Kame Kona Dove to PROPOSED NAME: Jayden Bernard Morgan 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: 12/19/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: October 25, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CVP-0341

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Paul Warner Carlson, Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Paul Warner Carlson, Jr. to PROPOSED NAME: Paul Warner Carlson 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.

LegaL Notices If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/19/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. P2 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: October 17, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CVP-0344

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Vikki Lynn Moreno filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Vikki Lynn Moreno to PROPOSED NAME: Victoria S Moreno 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: 11/28/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: October 15, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE

We will be demolishing 4 structures at 3063 Rockview Place, San Luis Obisipo, CA 93401. For more information, please call the number below. Phone number: 805-594-0771 x111 September 20, October 11, & November 1, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2443 OLD FILE NO. 2017-0177 Coach KO, 477 Binscarth Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 01-20-2017. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Myung Bun Gottlieb (477 Binscarth Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Myung Bun Gottlieb. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By JF. Brown, Deputy Clerk. October 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2018

LegaL Notices STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2523 OLD FILE NO. 2017-0476 Central Coast Tsunami, 215 Santa Fe, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 02-21-2017. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Scott Newton (215 Santa Fe, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Scott Newton, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-17-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By R. Parashis, Deputy Clerk. October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2584 OLD FILE NO. 2015-0888 San Luis Rental Properties, Hano’s Real Estate, 1304 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 03-30-2015. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Slorent.com (1304 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Slorent. com, Christopher Frago-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk. November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE

The following unit will be sold to satisfy liens against them at a public auction to be held on Friday, November 2, 2018. Unit # 235 - Jesse Roberts. Carpet, art. magazines, 2 boxes. Unit #500 - Theressa Baker. Desk, table, BBQ, hose, records, toys, changing table, dressers, shelves, appliances, beds/frames, artwork, easels, vacuums, 10-15 boxes. Sealed bids will be accepted preceding a silent auction at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Friday, November 2, 2018, at THEATRE DRIVE SELF STORAGE, 2371 THEATRE DRIVE, PASO ROBLES, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California. Bond #0727501. Bids will be taken from 2 PM to 4 PM (owner has the right to refuse and all bids. Owner has the right to bid.) Highest bidder will be notified by telephone by 5 PM the day of the auction. Payment is due and payable immediately. Cash only, this is to include a $100 cash deposit, refundable once the unit is verified clean and goods removed. October 25, November 1, 2018

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt, or distorted. You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to set the tone for your aggressive determination to feel better is to heed this advice from poet Maya Angelou: “Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): U2’s singer Bono, born under the sign of Taurus, says that all of us suffer from the sense that something’s missing from our lives. We imagine that we lack an essential quality or experience, and its absence makes us feel sad and insufficient. French philosopher Blaise Pascal referred to this emptiness as “a God-shaped hole.” Bono adds that “you can never completely fill that hole,” but you may find partial fixes through love and sex, creative expression, family, meaningful work, parenting, activism, and spiritual devotion. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I have a strong suspicion that in the coming weeks you will have more power to fill your God-shaped hole than you’ve had in a long time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Most of our desires are clichés, right? Ready to wear, one size fits all. I doubt if it’s even possible to have an original desire anymore.” So says a character in Gemini author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Sanity.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to refute and rebel against this notion. The cosmic rhythms will work in your favor to the degree that you cultivate innovative yearnings and unique urges. I hope you’ll make it your goal to have the experiences necessary to stir up an outbreak of original desires.

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(June 21-July 22): If you’re a typical member of the Cancerian tribe, you’re skilled at responding constructively when things go wrong. Your intelligence rises up hot and strong when you get sick or rejected or burned. But if you’re a classic Crab, you have less savvy in dealing with triumphs. You may sputter when faced with splashy joy, smart praise, or lucky breaks. But everything I just said is meant to be a challenge, not a curse. One of the best reasons to study astrology is to be aware of the potential shortcomings of your sign so you can outwit and overcome them. That’s why I think that eventually you’ll evolve to the point where you won’t be a bit flustered when blessings arrive. And the immediate future will bring you excellent opportunities to upgrade your response to good fortune.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Each of us needs something of an island in her life,” said poet John Keats. “If not an actual island, at least some place, or space in time, in which to be herself, free to cultivate her differences from others.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Leo, you’ll be wise to spend extra time on your own island in the next two weeks. Solitude is unlikely to breed unpleasant loneliness, but will instead inspire creative power and evoke inner strength. If you don’t have an island yet, go in search! (P.S.: I translated Keats’ pronouns into the feminine gender.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m rooting for you to engage in experimental intimacy, Virgo. I hope you’ll have an affinity for sweet blends and incandescent mixtures and arousing juxtapositions. To get in the right mood for this playful work, you could read love poetry and listen to uplifting songs that potentize your urge to merge. Here are a few lyrical passages to get you warmed up. 1. “Your flesh quivers against mine like moonlight on the sea.” —Julio Cortázar 2. “When she smiles like that she is as beautiful as all my secrets. —Anne Carson 3. “My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars ... The flowers of your garden blossom in my body.” —Rabindranath

Tagore 4. “I can only find you by looking deeper, that’s how love leads us into the world.” —Anne Michaels

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Of course I want you to have more money. I’d love for you to buy experiences that expand your mind, deepen your emotional intelligence, and foster your ability to create inspiring forms of togetherness. My soul would celebrate if you got access to new wealth that enabled you to go in quest of spiritual fun and educational adventures. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be thrilled about you spending extra cash on trivial desires or fancy junk you don’t really need. Here’s why I feel this way: to the extent that you seek more money to pursue your most righteous cravings, you’re likely to get more money.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Penetralia” is a word that means the innermost or most private parts, the most secret and mysterious places. It’s derived from the same Latin term that evolved into the word “penetrate.” You Scorpios are of course the zodiac’s masters of penetralia. More than any other sign, you’re likely to know where the penetralia are, as well as how to get to them and what to do when you get to them. I suspect that this tricky skill will come in extra handy during the coming weeks. I bet your intimate adeptness with penetralia will bring you power, fun, and knowledge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggested that we cultivate an alertness for the ever-present possibility of germination and gestation. On a regular basis, he advised, we should send probes down into the darkness, into our unconscious minds, to explore for early signs of awakening. And when we discover the forces of renewal stirring there in the depths, we should be humble and reverent toward them, understanding that they are as-yet beyond the reach of our ability to understand. We shouldn’t seek to explain and define them at first, but simply devote ourselves to nurturing them. Everything I just said is your top assignment in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re in a phase of your cycle when your influence is at a peak. People are more receptive than usual to your ideas and more likely to want the same things you do. Given these conditions, I think the best information I can offer you is the following meditation by Capricorn activist Martin Luther King Jr. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian environmentalist Edward Abbey spent much of his life rambling around in the great outdoors. He was an emancipated spirit who regarded the natural world as the only church he needed. In an eruption of ecstatic appreciation, he once testified that “life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies and then, then what? I forget what happens next.” And yet the truth is, Abbey was more than a wild-hearted Dionysian explorer in the wilderness. He found the discipline and diligence to write 23 books! I mention this, Aquarius, because now is a perfect time for you to be like the disciplined and diligent and productive version of Abbey.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For renowned Piscean visual artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004), creating her work was high adventure. She testified that artists like her had “to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up. They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse’s neck, peering into a blinding rain.” Whether or not you’re an artist, Pisces, I suspect your life in the coming weeks may feel like the process she described. And that’s a good thing! A fun thing! Enjoy your ride. ∆

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny's expanded weekly horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. © Copyright 2018

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