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Inclusivity, change, acceptance, celebration [14]

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July 5 - July 12, 2018 VolumE 32, numbEr 50

Editor’s note

This week Pride 2018 Proud to be an American ............... 14 SLO County assesses LGBTQ mental health ..................... 15 Tranz Central Coast trains locals ... 16 GALA is making big changes ......... 17 LGBTQ teens talk about coming out ........................... 18

news The Central Coast protests ICE ......4

opinion Politics versus morality .....................9

arts AUTHORS: Mother and son pen children’s book ........................36 MUSIC: Festival Mozaic knows no boundaries ................................39

flavor COCKTAILS: Calwise moves to Paso ..........................................44

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he annual Pride in the Plaza event is here again, and while you can find those events in this week’s calendar [19] , we’re also taking a look at what’s happening in SLO’s LGBTQ community for New Times’ second annual Pride issue. Flip through and find stories about GALA’s Proud to Be art show PRIDE Celebrate and how diverse patriotism can be [14] ; the LGBTQ community in how SLO County is trying to tackle its lack San Luis Obispo of information about the mental health of the starting on July 6 with the Pride LGBTQ community [15] ; Tranz Central Drag Show, July 7 with the Coast’s program to train allies on the Central Opulence Pride Coast [16] ; the changes that are happening Party, and July 8 with Pride in the at GALA [17] ; and teens who talk about Plaza and the their experience of coming out [18].

Pride After Party.

You can also read about the protests against ICE and the Trump administration’s immigration policies [4] ; a children’s book written by a local mother and son [36] ; how Festival Mozaic is taking music beyond borders [39] ; and where to lounge and drink local cocktails in Paso Robles [44].

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opinion Hodin ............................. 9 This Modern World ........ 9 Letters .......................... 10 Street talk ......................11 Rhetoric & Reason ....... 12 Shredder ....................... 13

art Artifacts ....................... 36 Split Screen.................. 40 Reviews and Times ..... 40 Get Out ........................ 43

the rest Classifieds.....................47 Real Estate ...................47 Brezsny’s Astrology..... 55

Events calendar Hot Dates ..................... 19 Special Events .............. 19 Arts .............................. 23 Culture & Lifestyle ....... 26 Food & Drink ................27 Trevor Noah plays Vina [24]

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SLO, Santa Maria join nationwide protests against Trump’s immigration policies

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ore than 1,500 people marched through downtown San Luis Obispo on June 30 as part of the nationwide “Families Belong Together” protest.

The rally and march was organized in response to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which separated undocumented children from their parents when caught crossing the southern border. According to national news reports, more than 2,000 of those children are currently in detention facilities and it’s unclear when or how they will be reunited with their families.

“You don’t need to be a parent to know children belong with their parents,” said Matt West, a father of four from Atascadero who drove down to attend the march. “But it makes it more heartbreaking as a parent to imagine them taking my child away for no reason and not caring enough to reunite us.”

After gathering in front of the SLO County courthouse and listening to several speakers, the crowd moved out, looping around Monterey and Chorro streets. Passing cars honked in support, garnering cheers from protesters.

Organizers said the event was coordinated in a week, so they were unable to get a permit to march in the street, forcing the crowd onto the sidewalks.

Event organizer Alex Lancaster told New Times that she first heard of the Families Belong Together protest while at work. When she saw the closest protest was in Ventura, she decided to organize one in SLO. “I want to emphasize that anyone can do this, organize or lead an event. We can do so much better than just yell at each other on the internet,” Lancaster said.

The Women’s March SLO helped promote the event for Lancaster. Women’s March SLO cofounder Dawn Addis said she was pleased with the turnout, but not surprised.

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“SLO has shown its passion for truth and justice this last year and a half. To have so many people show up for immigrants shows the heart and soul of who we are,” Addis said.

The protest in SLO was one of hundreds of similar events taking place across the country. In Santa Maria, a crowd of about 200 people gathered outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on McCoy Lane. Some READY TO RALLY Gina Whitaker (left) and Alex Lancaster address a protestors held 1,500-strong crowd in front of the SLO County courthouse at a June 30 “abolish ICE” signs protest against the separation of undocumented immigrant children from their families by the Trump administration. and called for the federal agency to Though President Donald Trump signed an leave the city.

“I’m so glad you’re here to show our neighbors executive order reversing the child separation policy on June 20, the local protests went here in the Santa Maria Valley that we forward as planned, and anger over the still retain our humanity and remind the administration’s treatment of undocumented folks who work here in this office to reclaim immigrants remains. their humanity and stop the raids, stop “This country was built on immigration the deportations, stop the deportations of from the very beginning, from the pilgrims families,” Jorge Manly-Gil, an activist with the on forward,” Santa Maria resident and Guadalupe-based nonprofit Catholic Worker Marine Corps veteran Edward Zook told organization told the crowd.

New Times. “This is like repeating history The crowd then headed from the facility again a couple of times over, with the Native along McCoy Lane to Broadway, congesting the Americans being dehumanized, blacks being intersection’s crosswalks for several minutes dehumanized, Latinos being dehumanized, before marching back to the facility. Marchers and it’s got to stop.” Δ included activist youth, the local Democratic club, and social justice organizations.

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Water banking ballot initiative dropped

San Luis Obispo County voters won’t get to decide in November whether to enact a ban on exporting groundwater outside of local aquifers.

Backers of the ballot initiative dropped a push to collect the 8,580 signatures needed to qualify the measure for the election, opting to hold the campaign for a future election cycle, according to proponent and Creston resident Greg Grewal.

Grewal told New Times that organizers had collected about 3,500 signatures for the initiative, but they decided recently to table it to simplify the ordinance language and build a broader coalition of support from residents and agriculturalists countywide.

“It was easier to do that and get everybody else’s support,” Grewal said.

The proposed “SLO County Groundwater Protection Ordinance” aimed to prohibit moving groundwater outside of the boundaries of the basin it originated from and prevent local agencies from issuing any water export permits.

Concerns about groundwater exports or sales—also called water banking—stem from the contentious politics over the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, a 780 square-mile aquifer

serving agriculturalists and landowners in North County. When the last major drought cycle parched the Paso basin, prominent farmers and viticulturists in North County joined forces in 2013 to pursue forming a water district. In response, some residents in the area peddled theories that those stakeholders planned to bank and sell groundwater out of the basin— including one of the region’s elected officials, 5th District SLO County Supervisor Debbie Arnold.

Grewal believes that’s still the intention of the two water districts that recently formed over the basin—the Shandon-San Juan Water District and Estrella-El Pomar-Creston (EPC) Water District.

“They do want to wheel and bank and sell water,” Grewal said.

Water district officials have repeatedly denied that allegation and continued to after the ballot initiative fizzled out. They say their intention is to find solutions that can bring sustainability to a basin that’s designated by the state as “high priority” and in a “critical state of overdraft.”

“I don’t know of any activity on that issue,” Dana Merrill, president of the EPC Water District and owner of Mesa Vineyard NEWS continued page 6

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Management, said in an email to New Times. “In my opinion, there never was any interest in exporting and not much in banking.”

Some safeguards against water exporting already exist in SLO County.

A county ordinance requires that any groundwater export plans receive a discretionary permit. In addition, the formations of both water districts were approved under the condition that they do not export water.

Merrill suggested that the debate over water banking is more nuanced than some may think. As farmers and government officials across California grapple with new laws and mandates for groundwater sustainability planning, some water agencies are experimenting with solutions. The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency in Ventura County recently opened a groundwater market where farmers can sell their surplus groundwater to other farmers in the region according to a report by Water Deeply. The market is designed to incentivize the conservative and efficient use of groundwater.

“They have annual crops still that are irrigated, which are more flexible than vineyards, so it may not work here,” Merrill said. “There will likely be opposition to any new concepts, of course.”

—Peter Johnson

Oceano denies special fire tax

The Oceano Community Services District opted not to put a special fire tax on the November ballot.

At the June 27 meeting, General Manager Paavo Ogren said the district is committed to the Five Cities Fire Authority joint agreement for 2018-19 fiscal year, but the fate of the joint service beyond that is unknown. The proposed tax would have helped fund Oceano’s portion of the Fire Authority’s cost beyond its current two-year agreement.

“The primary thing is the Five Cities Fire Authority negotiations and the county strategic planning efforts won’t be concluded until after November. The conventional wisdom is that if we go out for a tax election, it’s really important to show individuals in the community what the dollar amount is and what the services are that they are going to get, or what the alternatives are if the special tax measure doesn’t get approved by the voters,” he said.

Ogren said the district would be hardpressed to give definite answers, but he said that Oceano will not be able to fund its portion for the Fire Authority in the projected five-year strategic plan that the authority created.

Oceano CSD board of directors President Karen White told New Times that the district just doesn’t know enough yet to make a decision, but the community has secured fire services until it has more information.

“Until we can narrow it down, we have in the budget funding for the fire department—it’s a little tight on our budget, but it’s there,” White said.

In 2010, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Grover Beach adopted the joint fire service. The three communities recently agreed to work on amending the joint powers agreement to negotiate its future

VIEWER DISCRETION by Jayson Mellom terms. According to the agreement for the 2018-19 fiscal year, Arroyo Grande will pay $2.5 million, Grover Beach will contribute $1.8 million, and Oceano will put forth $987,362.

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Tiny homes could be allowed in SLO backyards

In an effort to boost its affordable housing supply, San Luis Obispo may start allowing “tiny homes” to establish in residential backyards as part of a city zoning code overhaul.

Tiny homes on wheels—categorized by the state as RVs—are currently not allowed on residential property for longer than seven days, per city regulations. A recent push by the SLO City Council to accommodate the experimental housing model may change that.

In the most recent draft of the new zoning regulations, “moveable tiny houses” are considered accessory dwelling units (ADUs) that can be permitted “off-grid”— meaning, without separate utility meters.

Tiny houses can be a maximum size of 450 square-feet, and must have at minimum 100 square-feet of first-floor living space, according to the draft.

Property owners or renters interested in installing a tiny home could obtain a lowlevel building permit from the city.

“It’s the cheapest permit we have,” said Doug Davidson, deputy director of the SLO Community Development Department.

While tiny houses wouldn’t be required to hook up separately to city utilities, they’d still need proof of “adequate, safe, and sanitary utility systems providing water, sewer, heating, cooling, and electric power.”

Since they’re considered RVs by the state, when two or more mobile tiny houses exist on one lot they then constitute a “park,” according to city officials. Because of that, only one tiny home would be allowed per parcel.

SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon, who’s advocated and campaigned in favor of tiny-home-friendly policies, told New Times she was “excited” to see the zoning change.

“This is something I promised people I’d do my best to make come to life,” Harmon said. “I think this is a really good start. ... Where it’s appropriate, they’re going to be great. I can see this policy potentially expanding.”

The SLO Planning Commission signed off on the bulk of the zoning regulations on June 27, and the City Council will make a final decision on the code at a meeting on Aug. 21.

—Peter Johnson

Cannabis ballot question a no-go in Arroyo Grande

Arroyo Grande voters won’t get the chance to sound off on how they feel about commercial cannabis in their city when they go to the ballot box in November.

Members of the Arroyo Grande City Council declined to vote in favor of placing a non-binding question on the ballot to gauge attitudes about commercial marijuana businesses, citing a tightening

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deadline to develop and approve the measure’s wording in order to get it before voters in time.

“The timeline is way too tight, and I feel like we’d be rushing,” Councilmember Kristen Barneich said at a June 26 meeting.

California allows cities and counties to place non-binding questions, called advisory measures, on ballots to gauge public opinion on important community issues. That includes how they feel about commercial cannabis.

The ballot measure questions must be no longer than 75 words, and must include an impartial analysis from the city attorney, as well as arguments for and against the issue. California cities including Albany and Weed, as well as the counties of Sierra and Inyo, have authored cannabis-related advisory measures in the past.

City Manager Jim Bergman said the council could place such a question on the November ballot, but the deadline for submitting the question to the SLO County Clerk’s office is Aug. 10. The city would still need time to develop the impartial analysis, field arguments for and against, and hold a public review period. In order to do that, the council would need to hold at least two more meetings in July to meet the deadline.

“Time is of the essence with something like this,” he said.

That tight window is the reason many of the council members declined to vote to move the measure forward. That included Mayor Pro-Tem Caren Ray, who originally asked to explore a commercial cannabis advisory measure at a June 12 meeting.

“I don’t think we can do this in a reasonable amount of time,” Ray said. “I don’t think we have the time to be careful and correct.”

Still, Ray added that she’d still like to be able to measure residents’ feelings on the issue at some point. Bergman said that the city still had other methods to gauge public sentiment on the issue, such as public workshops, surveys, or hiring an outside firm to conduct a poll.

Consideration of the measure comes after the council voted 3-2, with Ray and Mayor Jim Hill dissenting, to get rid of its local permitting regulations for commercial medical marijuana delivery services. That vote came after a conflict between state and local regulations led to the city’s lone delivery business, Elite Care Industries, losing its state license to operate. The city now wants to allow any delivery service licensed by the state to operate in Arroyo Grande. But the changes still need to be approved by the city’s Planning Commission and go back before the council for a second vote. Even then, it would take another 30 days to go into effect. That means the new regulations won’t take effect for at least another two or three months, leaving patients to either travel to nearby Grover Beach or find delivery services willing to travel to the city even though they are technically not permitted to operate there.

“Some of our residents don’t have that much time,” Hill said at that June 26 meeting, alluding to terminally ill patients in the city.

—Chris McGuinness

Diablo Canyon mitigation bill moves through Legislature

A bill to restore nearly $225 million in funds to mitigate the impacts of Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s planned closure is clearing important hurdles in the state Legislature, passing off the Senate floor on May 29 and clearing the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee on June 27.

Senate Bill 1090, co-authored by Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) and Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-SLO), aims to reverse a decision made by the California Public Utilities Commission earlier this year to nix an $85 million settlement for SLO County schools and agencies impacted by Diablo’s shutdown and cut in half funding for a plant employee retention program.

The bill, which is backed by PG&E and its labor unions, would restore the funding for both programs via PG&E ratepayers.

“SB 1090 ensures that Diablo Canyon operates safely and reliably for the remainder of its license period, and provides a bridge of predictability and security of the greater SLO region,” Monning said in a press release.

“I am grateful that the Utilities and Energy committee passed the bill on a bipartisan vote and will continue to work hard to see it become law,” Cunningham added.

The bill will move to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations next.

PG&E plans to shutter Diablo Canyon in 2024 and 2025.

—Peter Johnson

Corrections

• In the June 28 news brief, “Atascadero voters to decide on mayoral term length, again,” it was incorrectly implied that a new mayoral term length would take effect after the 2018 election.

The term length will not take effect until after the 2020 election.

• In last week’s Street Talk, Brian Erickson’s Facebook post was inadvertently misprinted. Erickson actually wrote, “Government bureaucracy is screwing things up? You don’t say!” in response to the June 21 new story, “Cannabis application process ‘a war’ in SLO County, industry reps say.” Δ

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une 15 marked the apex of the nonprofit group Outdoor Afro’s climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro. At 19,340 feet, Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest freestanding mountain in the world. The climbers tackling the expedition are members of an Oakland-based national nonprofit organization that celebrates and inspires African-American connections and leadership in nature.

To record their journey, the group used a digital platform on their mobile devices created by Wildnote, a San Luis Obispobased company. Wildnote CEO Kristen Hazard said this cloud-based application is really focused on environmental consultants, regulatory agencies, cultural resource management firms, academia, and other industries that require data collection.

“We have really focused on biologists and botanists. It’s ecological restoration, and it’s a very niche environmental focused app,” Hazard said.

The application can be accessed from any mobile device such as a tablet or a cellphone. Consulting firms have the power to create their own personalized document to collect data with. The app features tools such as voice texting, photo taking, longitude and latitude tagging, the ability to use the application offline, and the ability to download all the information collected into a formatted PDF file. All the information collected on-site is placed in one document ready to be synced when the user is back in a WiFi zone.

Currently, Wildnote has 242 subscribers from 15 different companies that utilize the online tool. This company is something that Hazard didn’t see herself creating years ago, although even as a child, she explained, she knew she loved nature.

Fast-forward to 2010 and Hazard built a consulting firm in San Luis Obispo because she loved the area and wanted to live here. Four years later, she partnered with Terra Verde Environmental Consulting to build an environmentalcompliance reporting app for PG&E. “The project was so successful with PG&E that I realized, well, I can build a generalized app for not just PG&E but for all biologists, botanists, natural resource managers, all people who go out in the field, and that’s how Wildnote was born,” she said.

The company ties together two things that Hazard really enjoys: nature and eccentric people. When she was running her consulting company in 2010, she was also studying entrepreneurship. She heard a piece of advice that she took to heart: Build a product for people you want to hang out with.

“I really like the biologists, the desert tortoise people, the moth people. They’re super smart, super kooky, they love nature, and they love what they do,” Hazard said.

The interesting thing that Hazard and her team have encountered is that many businesses are still wrapping their heads around taking away the pencil-to-paper concept when collecting data out in the field. Brandon Jones, who’s in charge of business development for Wildnote, said the digital age isn’t stopping, and when it comes to data collecting, it’s more efficient to use a tool like theirs.

“It’s the same with digital technology and with our environment niche. These companies have to adapt. If they don’t adapt they won’t be competitive. They’ll be left behind because this is all about the bidding process. These companies have to bid for work, so they have to be efficient,” Jones said.

To learn more about the application or Wildnote visit wildnoteapp.com.

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The Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo presented 14 local high school graduates with scholarships to support their future academic endeavors. The scholarships totaled $36,000 awarded to local students.

The goal of the Rotary Club’s scholarship program is to help students focus less on financial challenges and more on advancing their learning. Recipients were graduates from San Luis Obispo High School, Pacific Beach High School, and SLO County Independent Living Program.

The scholarship program is made possible because of the fundraising efforts of club members and the generosity of the community. To learn more about the club, its efforts, or how to get involved, visit slorotary.org. Δ Staff Writer Karen Garcia wrote this week’s Strokes and Plugs. Send tidbits to strokes@newtimesslo.com.

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Pick your side We face a moral test, not a political one

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he people I’d like to talk to about our government’s child abuse and kidnaping at the southern border are the men and women on the ground who actually do the dirty work.

I don’t mean the powerful people in Washington who have made this barbarity happen. They are, by their own design, far removed from the carnage, as are the chattering classes who jabber endlessly on the tube about children being ripped from their mothers’ arms.

No, the people I want to hear from are the human beings who take children away.

As they snatch a shrieking youngster, do they say to themselves, “Best if I grab her under the arms to give me greater control as she screams and squirms”? What about the partner: Does he ask himself how best to restrain the hysterical mother? Maybe both arms around the body would be best, he might be thinking.

Do they stop for a moment to consider what they are doing?

Here’s what I’m wondering: How can they do that? I couldn’t do that. Could you do that? Pluck a dread-filled child forcefully from its mother’s arms?

Do these men and women go home at night to their own children? How can they look at them?

I always have wondered how good people can do horrific things. I usually go back to the guy in Herman Melville’s

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The Confidence Man, who tells a hesitant, soul-searching compatriot whom he has asked to do something scurrilous: “Don’t be so honest; your boy is barefoot.”

Or I remember cartoonist Jules Pfeiffer’s I’m Just Doing My Job Club, which described people who were hired to do something awful and didn’t stop to consider whether they were acting morally.

Between them, those two motivations— earning a paycheck and not questioning orders—have caused most of modern man’s most abhorrent behavior. The guy who turned the gas on at Auschwitz, the guards who ran Manzanar and other concentration camps imprisoning

their loved ones, upside down?

I think there is. I’m not alone in that.

That takes us to Judge Robert Brack.

Since 2003, working out of a courtroom in rural southern New Mexico, Brack has sentenced thousands of immigrants, most in this country without proper documentation, who had been found guilty of minor infractions. Most, he told the Los Angeles Times, were “hardworking, gentle, uneducated, and completely lacking in criminal history.”

But his job was to sentence them, and so he did. Until this year.

Brack resigned. He told the LA Times in May, “I have presided over a process that destroys families for a long time, and I am weary of it.”

Judge Brack, at long last, reached the point where his conscience told him, “Enough!” He arrived at that crossroads

He arrived at that crossroads where what is legal and what is moral parted company, and he took the less-traveled road marked “Moral.”

Japanese-American citizens during World War II. Doing a job we may not like in order to keep a roof over the family’s head and food on the table is something we all know about. We all have to eat some excrement on the job, as the saying goes.

I certainly did.

But nobody ever asked me to harm a terrified baby, to hurt it in a way that will leave scars for the rest of that child’s life.

So, here’s the question: Is there a line that decent people should not cross? Even if it means losing their job? Even if it might turn their lives, and the lives of

where what is legal and what is moral parted company, and he took the lesstraveled road marked “Moral.”

He’s not the only one. There are people among those doing the U.S. oligarchy’s dirty work at the border who are urging their fellow agents to disobey repugnant orders that destroy children and families.

And others sloshing through the rancid belly of the federal beast are also saying, “Ya basta!” “Enough!”

One example among a growing number: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman James Schwab left his job because ICE sanctioned lying to the

American public about a raid.

“It’s a flat-out lie,” Schwab said of the statement that came from Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.

“They [ICE] know it’s a lie,” Schwab told CBS News. “It was just shocking to me that no one wanted to fix that.”

“I could not fathom staying at an organization that was OK with lying to the American public,” he said.

Schwab came to that same fork in the road where Brack made his choice. So must those agents prying children from their mothers, and so must we all.

In the United States now, it’s about right and wrong. It’s about decency, not politics, not left or right, not “who we are as a nation” (that ubiquitous question).

We are being tasked to answer a question far more fundamental, and important: who each of us is as a human being.

We all will have the opportunity to decide, each in our own particular context, most far less dramatic than the excruciating test being faced by the men and women at the border.

It’s easy to despair as we see our values being shredded.

Here are some words from historian Howard Zinn that might help.

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic, it is based on the fact that human history is a history of not only cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.”

I know which side of history I want to be on. How about you? ∆ Bob Cuddy found his muse again and writes from Arroyo Grande. Send comments through the editor at clanham@newtimesslo. com or write a letter to the editor and send it to letters@newtimesslo.com.

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I hate to burst your bubble, Gary Wechter (“Trump supporters not welcome,” June 28), but there are many businesses that I and others already refuse to support based on their political affiliation. This is not a “new approach.”

In our democratic society, we are free to choose where we want to spend our time and money, and people have been doing this for years. Also, I wouldn’t quite describe Sarah Huckabee Sanders and others in the Trump administration as public servants. This administration is doing terrible things to the public. Heaven forbid that Kirstjen Nielsen is heckled or a restaurant owner should refuse service to someone like Sarah. And heaven forbid that football players should kneel to protest racial discrimination or that an elected official should say a few cuss words. What in the world is this world coming to? So low, so uncivil, so scary!

Just imagine if Americans voted and/ or supported a president who is a chronic liar, cheat, racist, misogynist/selfprofessed sexual assaulter/accused rapist, and thug (the list will grow longer, I am sure). Imagine if black people (no need for identifying letters) were arrested, incarcerated, and killed by police at a much higher rate than other people.

Imagine if black public officials received death/lynching threats. Imagine if people were discriminated against, bullied, beaten, and murdered just because of their sexual orientation/identity. Imagine if the government cut services to the poor only to give huge tax breaks to the rich.

Imagine if our government separated desperate immigrant parents and their children in the most inhumane way with no plans on how to reunite them. Imagine if our government banned entire groups of people, based on their religion, from entering our country. Imagine if our government tried to take away a woman’s reproductive rights. Imagine if our president cozied up to the world’s cruelest dictators. Imagine if this president’s election team, and undoubtedly, he himself, colluded with Putin and his Russian oligarchs (murderers and thieves) to get elected. Imagine if our elected representatives, sworn to uphold the Constitution, tried to interfere with the Department of Justice’s quest to seek the truth in this matter. Imagine if Trump’s self-professed patriotic supporters turned a blind eye to all of this or actually supported it all.

Just imagine! Wouldn’t that be something?

Gary: May the laws of karma serve you up a multitude of loogie-infused meals (figuratively speaking, of course, for the sake of civility) followed by your just deserts. Bon appetit!

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Now that there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court of the United States, Americans and U.S. senators should be reminded that there is still a nomination for the Supreme Court that was never appropriately dealt with. Now is the time for Americans and senators to stand behind the nomination of Merrick Garland to be our next Supreme Court justice. Merrick Garland would be a superior nominee to any nominee that the current president would nominate.

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Americans deserve to have a fair, openminded justice on the Supreme Court.

Let’s promote the nominee that was never dealt with before we consider any nominee that President Trump advances.

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Morro Bay is realizing a vision

Picturing Morro Bay’s future just got a little clearer. The foundation for municipal permanence is closer to reality. I support President Donald Trump’s desire to improve our nation’s infrastructure, and I support the city’s plan to strengthen our local infrastructure. Indeed, federal aid will be used here in our town to bring clean water and jobs.

The payoff is powerful. We will experience the water security upon which we can improve our precious coastal gem.

Can you picture more of us getting on board with our own contributions, using rainwater harvesting and permeable paving, for example? What about enhancing our designation as Tree City USA and planting more trees? Look what our residents and our vibrant volunteers have accomplished already. Public spaces are being beautified. We have changed our ways in regard to our own homes. You are not likely to see a person in Morro Bay hosing off their driveway. And look at all the beautiful home gardens here with little or no thirsty lawns or shrubs. Talk about civic pride! Everyone I know—all my acquaintances, tourists, out-of-town visitors—we all want to live in Morro Bay. I feel fortunate beyond belief.

We will no longer have to think about the dire portrait of fresh-waterdeprived terrain. We will be able point out the Water Reclamation Facility on Highway 1 as proof of our community integrity. It will stoke our feeling of stewardship for the place we are so lucky to live in. And to picture that is going to be a vision realized.

Carol Swain Morro Bay

Stick to city policy!

I was shocked, but not surprised, to see the proposal from “an international real estate company” for a six-story building at Chorro and Marsh. Three stories for 55 apartments, one floor for retail, two stories of office space, and only 60 parking spots?! Would these apartments even be reserved for people who already live or work in SLO, or marketed to the LETTERS continued page 11

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developers’ “international” clientele?

Please, San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon, Community Development Director Michael Codron, City Council, and the Planning Department: Stop allowing outside interests to get density and height variances, and stop approving massive blocky buildings that obliterate hillside views. Restrict buildings to 50feet tall, or four stories maximum, as is city policy, and stop making exceptions, as in this project, which would be “30 percent denser than what’s allowed typically.” Just say no.

Patti Everett Templeton

Trump supporters drank the golden Kool-Aid This is a response to anyone who thinks that those who oppose Trump should not be welcome within business establishments or anywhere. I will be civil because Republicans are now demanding civility. (Ironically, I’ve always strived to be civil but have been accused of sounding “politically correct,” a derogatory euphemism which I equate with civility.) I prefer the company and business establishments of people who support the Constitution of the United States and who uphold truth and decency.

I trust them more!

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Trump’s businesses go bankrupt, as do his morals. My description of a Trump supporter is a person who cares so little for the truth, he/she willingly and blindly accepts Trump’s myriad, daily, allencompassing lies, which get repeated so much they become accepted as “truth.”

(Trump even lied to Forbes to get on the Forbes 400 list.) I won’t go into detail, because my position is easily supported by many online fact-checking sites, such as Politifact. I’ve included only one here, but the list is staggering, and some of his lies are dangerous to America’s national security.

Trump supporters, you’ve been conned.

It should be at the top of all our bucket lists to live again in a constitutional democracy. A summit with our country’s deadliest adversary, Putin? Seriously? If you think this is OK, truly, you’ve drunk from Trump’s “Golden Showers.”

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favorite movie of millions is The Wizard of Oz. The magic dissipated when Frank Morgan’s character the Wizard was revealed to be a fraud, exposed by Dorothy’s dog Toto, who pulled back the curtain of his throne room to reveal the theatrical illusions used to impress the locals. Where is Toto when we really need him?

I speak of Measure G, an upcoming November ballot measure that would ban all new oil production along with fracking in SLO County. We need Toto to pull back the curtain on this fraudulent measure that will do significant harm to county, city, and school district budgets, not to mention taking some $60-plus million out of the local economy.

This initiative is being promoted as a purely local affair, generated by local concerns about oil spills, air pollution, and the desire to jettison all fossil fuels and adopt 100 percent renewables (solar and wind). We are told that the science that generates the global warming/climate change crisis requiring such drastic action is settled, and all dissenters have the moral credibility of those who deny that the Holocaust occurred. This worldview has been adopted and incorporated into official state policies to be enforced by various edicts handed down by unaccountable regulatory agencies, such as the California Air Resources Board. The Legislature adopted AB 32 mandating reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to levels not seen since the early 1990s; economic impacts were deemed irrelevant or dismissed. Accordingly, the cost of energy in California continues to climb even as the rest of the nation sees declining energy prices and expanding economic opportunities. Silicon Valley is seeing growth, and the state has strong economic prospects in the Bay Area and greater LA, but large sectors of the state are experiencing stagnant growth or even Depression-like conditions. The middle class is squeezed and the working poor hammered as their cost of living escalates even as their buying power diminishes.

In Sacramento, legislators and Bay Area elites yawn, some even suggesting the state would do better without middleclass burdens on the economy.

On a national scale we’ve been inundated with breathless stories about collusion of the Trump campaign with the Russians: still no evidence produced that any collusion occurred but the feds are still looking. Surely there must be a crime somewhere out there, and they will find it even if they have to create it. If they only looked behind the green door, the environmental door that is. Apparently, the Sierra Club Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council have been caught with their fingers in the Russian cookie jar, (wittingly or not) taking $10 million from the Sea Change Foundation, a Bermuda company congressional investigators have linked to Russian front groups whose mission was to sabotage American energy production.

A Congressional Report from the Committee on Science, Space, and

Technology, “Russian Attempts to Influence U.S. Domestic Energy Markets

by Exploiting Social Media,” dated March 1, 2018, documents Russian efforts to sabotage U.S. energy markets. Didn’t hear about this? No headlines in the local paper or lead stories on the local TV station? Don’t hold your breath, you won’t.

According to the report, “Russiansponsored agents funneled money to U.S. environmental organizations in an attempt to portray energy companies in a negative way and disrupt domestic energy markets. … Documents … confirmed that Russian agents were exploiting American social media platforms in an effort to … suppress research and development of fossil-fuels, and stymie efforts to expand the use of natural gas.”

The congressional report found that between 2015 and 2017, the Russian front company Internet Research Agency, (a Russian company based in St. Petersburg) made more than 9,000 posts to social media (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) disparaging fossil fuels, pipelines, and heavily targeted fracking of shale deposits used to increase natural gas production, and hyped alarmist views on climate change to disrupt U.S. energy production. Could it be that Measure G is partly a result of this subversive effort?

The Russian effort to suppress U.S. natural gas production is critical from their perspective because the Kremlin’s national security and their geopolitical agenda is jeopardized by expanded U.S. natural gas production. Their ability to modernize and expand their strategic nuclear forces is dependent upon keeping international fossil fuel prices high since their economy is supported by large fossil fuel exports. Expanded American natural gas exports undermines their global influence and especially their hold on European countries dependent upon Russian natural gas exports to power their economies. America stands on the brink of becoming the leading exporter of oil and natural gas, driving down international fossil fuel prices, thereby undermining Russian military expansion without firing a shot. Accordingly, the Russians consider it vital to sabotage any American expansion of domestic oil and gas production.

For proof of these charges, the congressional report states, “In January 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report that contained ‘clear evidence that the Kremlin is financing and choreographing anti-fracking propaganda in the United States.’”

The hype will continue, facts will be lost in the frenzy of a political campaign.

Hopefully, voters will see through the fog, pull back the curtain, and expose the fraud before further economic damage is inflicted upon the county. ∆ Al Fonzi is an Army lieutenant colonel of military intelligence who had a 35year military career, serving in both the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Send comments through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

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Get trendy!

A ll you fashionistas out there have a new, very San Luis Obispo color of lipstick that will be available soon-ish. You can make those lips mighty!

Mighty red, that is, with Heidi is Mighty Matte Lipstick.

Yes, that’s named after SLO’s now iconic rose-adorned mayor, Heidi Harmon, whose red lip color will soon benefit RISE, a local nonprofit that helps victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. A dollar out of the $21 you will spend to buy those #lookgooddogood lips will go to the SLO-based organization. Awesome idea!

But who gets the other $20?

I was thinking we could take another $1 of that lipstick purchase and donate it to the SLO Police Department for training on how to speak with victims of sexual assault, because they need to step up their game. I haven’t heard a peep from the department about my buddy SLOPD Sgt. Chad Pfarr or his comments about how sexual assault victims “conjure up” sexual assaults because they get too drunk. I also never heard anything out of women’s rights advocate Mighty Heidi about how she’s going to work with her buddy SLOPD Police Chief Deanna Cantrell to ensure that the number of sexual assault cases successfully prosecuted out of the city of SLO increases.

The numbers are mighty sad. With 81 reports of alleged sexual assaults in the city in 2016, and less than a handful of those prosecuted, maybe it’s time law enforcement changes its approach. If we can be the first city to ban smoking in public, maybe we can also be the first city to treat sexual assault cases in a manner that actually punishes the perpetrator.

Potentially, Bluebird Salon, which came up with the mighty lips concept, can have a whole line of colors to benefit other #lookgooddogood causes. I’m actually a little jealous I didn’t come up with the idea, but red really isn’t my color.

I vote for a Shred Your Friends For Being NIMBYs line! Metallic purple looks really good above these sexy keys. Plus, it’s very punk rock. And that’s so hot right now! We can put out an accompanying hair dye in the same exact color. You know you want metallic purple highlights. It’s way cooler than the gray hair that some millennials are rocking these days, which I don’t understand at all!

It’d be a great package deal that you buy for all your friends who rag on poverty, homelessness, and affordable housing in their neighborhoods while simultaneously bitching about the cost of living on the Central Coast! We can

put $5 of every purchase into funding affordable housing with People’s SelfHelp Housing. We can take another $5 and put it toward providing homeless services with the 5 Cities Homeless Coalition. And another $5 can go toward the SLO County Jail fund to build a mental health unit! But first, I want to see that damn report to the county on what exactly needs to change over there to prevent deaths like Andrew Holland’s. Mum’s still the word on that from the county, which is no surprise.

That darn Code of Silence seems to be super trendy right now.

You know what’s also trendy? The county’s brand spanking new Code of Civility. It’s all the rage among our elected officials right now! You know what it needs? A lip color. I vote for lip gloss in hot pink. We can call it Civility Rules! and everyone who so courageously signed their name to the county’s regional pledge to be civil to one another should have to wear it. That way it’s easier for SLO County 3rd District Supervisor Adam Hill to remember not to yell at 5th District Supervisor Debbie Arnold during a public meeting. He’ll see that ’80s sheen of pink, iridescently glowing in the halogen-tinted light, and remember to hold it in. Instead, he’ll say, “Debbie, I hear you, but I completely disagree because we live on ideologically separate planets.”

I, for one, believe that SLO County Board of Supervisors Chair John Peschong would look absolutely fabulous

with neon-tinted lips. And once Civility Rules! hits that mouth, every conservative in the county will be scrambling to buy it and wear it.

We can hike up the price by another $20, and put it toward the county roads that didn’t get repaired because the selfhelp tax failed in 2016—in part thanks to that hip, happening trend-setter John “the anti-tax man” Peschong. Those soon to be glossy-lipped members of the Republican Party of SLO are gunning for the gas tax on the November ballot.

If they’re successful, the Cholame “Y” interchange is going to need all the donations it can get. That project is Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham’s baby. Maybe he needs a tube of Civility Rules! too.

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GALA’s Proud To Be art show celebrates the LGBTQ community, patriotism

BY RYAH COOLEY hey weren’t supposed to be friends.

She was a lesbian. He was a transgender man from Texas.

Within the LGBTQ community, the first group often sees the second as well, traitors.

“Because I ditched the team,” RawfeyL Gene Burge (the transgender man) explained.

But after many conversations about art and health insurance, Lynn Schmidt (the lesbian) and RawfeyL are decidedly friends. She’s now his ally, spending countless phone calls talking to insurance reps to make sure RawfeyL’s upcoming phalloplasty surgery (aka “bottom surgery”) will be covered. But she’s also kind of his artistic muse.

During a recent art class at Cuesta College, Schmidt, who is the gallery coordinator for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA), took a stunning black and white photo of RawfeyL draped in the American flag using a medium format camera (think those old-timey giant box cameras with the cord and the button). This, in turn, inspired RawfeyL to paint a self-portrait on a recycled canvas, with the flag once more draped around his body, featuring Morro Rock (he lives in nearby Los Osos) and the ocean in the background with black and white stripes around the border, as an homage to the original photo. And, of course, a phallic shape outlines RawfeyL’s body on the painting.

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PATRIOTIC A photo that Lynn Schmidt took of artist RawfeyL Gene Burge, inspired him to paint a self-portrait (pictured here in progress) that tackles themes of patriotism and diversity.

Both artists felt inspired by the 2016 presidential election.

“I was outraged by the election of him [President Donald Trump] and the way he chooses to speak and represent Americans,” Schmidt said. “This was my attempt to go, ‘Hey, we’re just like everyone else, we’re normal people.’”

The photograph Schmidt took of RawfeyL is part of a series, We The People Photos, featuring all black and white photos of diverse Americans draped in the flag that RawfeyL, Los Osos based transgender artist Schmidt has slowly begun transitioning. Before he had top surgery to post on Instagram. RawfeyL’s self portrait to remove his breasts, RawfeyL did a in turn is part of his own personal journey series of bras made from glass and wire, and is made all the more poignant by the one of which Ellen DeGeneres owns.

Department of Justice’s June decision to roll He also acted as an extra on Amazon’s back protections for the Affordable Care Act, original show, Transparent. which means that starting in 2019, health Both RawfeyL’s and Schmidt’s pieces insurance companies don’t have to necessarily are currently on display at GALA’s pay for things such as phalloplasty surgeries gallery in San Luis Obispo as part of the for transgender people like RawfeyL. Luckily RawfeyL received his approval Proud To Be art show.

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from his insurance in June and is currently waiting for his surgeon in San Francisco to put him on the schedule.

“So I’m in a big hurry to get a dick,” RawfeyL said. “Each piece is recycled like me. Think about that, I’m recycling my body. Because of this I’ve been driven to get into politics. You have to fight this from the inside, and I look like a big old white guy with a funny accent. I could totally sneak in there and fuck with them.”

RawfeyL’s struggle, in turn, inspired Schmidt to chronicle his journey. She’s currently working on a still untitled documentary about his quest to feel physically whole. If all goes according to plan, RawfeyL said he’ll be the first person on the Central Coast to have a phalloplasty paid for by insurance.

“It’s about him going through the phalloplasty, but it’s also about me becoming friends with him and my take on it,” Schmidt said. “They [transgender people] really are the lowest ones on the totem pole and everyone craps on them, and the story is that we met and became friends and I am his advocate now.”

RawfeyL hopes that both pieces will

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“LGBTQ people must confront the stigma and “Really we want to Join in prejudice based on their sexual find out how the queer LGBTQ residents of SLO County orientation or gender identity community is doing in SLO,” ages 14 and up can participate while also dealing with the Bettergarcia said. “We in the mental health needs societal bias against mental want to understand people’s assessment survey and focus groups by going to queercares.com. conditions,” NAMI’s website experiences. We want to find states. “Some people report out why they’ve sought out having to hide their sexual mental health services, or if orientation from those in the mental health they haven’t sought services, why?” system for fear of being ridiculed and rejected.”

The study will gather information on As part of the study, Bettergarcia hopes common mental health concerns, access to learn if similar barriers exist in SLO and barriers to mental health services, County, and more broadly, if the LGBTQ and positive and negative experiences community feels connected, welcome, and with those services. It will also explore supported. issues of minority stress, internalized “If we are going to be serious about stigma, and “overall wellness and

who are not typically reached,” Bettergarcia said.

“So we are really trying to figure out how to best reach out from the very top of North County all the way down to the very bottom of South County.”

Once all the data is gathered and analyzed, it will be presented to the county, which is funding the study with money provided through the state’s Mental Health Services Act. Nestor Veloz-Passalacqua, an GATHERING DATA A mental health needs assessment administrative services for the LGBTQ community in SLO County will use data from officer for the county’s surveys and focus groups conducted by Cal Poly Assistant Behavioral Health Professor Jay Bettergarcia and a team of students and Department said the community members. assessment’s findings could taking care of people’s mental health and lead to changes to, or the addition of, wellness, we need to look at communities programs and services that address any that are disproportionately impacted by gaps or needs it identifies. these issues,” Bettergarcia said. “The “We want to know what we can do queer community is one of those.” better to provide for those services The study is being carried out in two countywide,” Veloz-Passalacqua said. “We phases. The first, currently ongoing, is an want to be proactive in finding out just online survey and questionnaire, which what this community needs.” is available in both English and Spanish.

Bettergarica also wants to see the Next, the team will conduct multiple research from the study used to improve in-person focus groups of between six mental health services for LGBTQ people and eight people per session. A group in the county. of students and community members is “I don’t want this data to just sit in assisting Bettergarcia with the project. an Excel file and that’s it,” Bettergarcia The goal is to hear from as many in the said. “I hope it can create some real LGBTQ community as possible, gathering programmatic changes.” ∆ data across a wide range of age groups, ethnicities, and locations within the county.

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audience,” Sutton said.

Tranz Central Coast is raising money on GoFundMe to help pay for Dr. Green’s training, and Heumann hopes to also get a boost from a SLO County Community Foundation “Growing Together” grant—which points to another exciting trend that advocates see. More public money and resources are being put toward meeting the needs of the LGBTQ communities.

At the SLO County Behavioral Health Department, Nestor Veloz-Passalacqua, the department’s cultural competence coordinator, has organized similar trainings for county staff this year. “Awareness, acknowledgement, and respect” are at the foundation of the fourhour training, VelozPassalacqua said.

TRAIN-THE-TRAINER Dr. Eli Green, a leading transgender “Our intention is to be trainer and educator in the U.S., will hold a three-day Trainable to reach out not only the-Trainer in Atascadero in July. Tranz Central Coast hopes to Behavioral Health Dr. Green’s trainings can result in a broader network of locals staff, but our community who can deliver LGBTQ trainings. providers about how to have a more affirming trainers to the area for a three-day environment when they “Train-the-Trainer.” engage clients,” he said. “We want to Dr. Eli Green, a Philadelphia-based spread the knowledge in a way that author and educator, accepted the when clinicians or mental health invitation to come to Atascadero on service providers are engaging with July 18 through 20, and he’ll conduct trans community members, they are an “intensive training” for 20 local aware of who they’re talking to, they individuals representing organizations acknowledge how that person wants to countywide. His training is based on be recognized, and they give them the a 20-module book that he co-authored: respect that they need.”

The Teaching Transgender Toolkit: Measuring progress in terms of A Facilitator’s Guide to Increasing society’s level of recognition and respect Knowledge, Decreasing Privilege and for the transgender community is often a Building Skill. matter of baby steps, Heumann said.

“He was willing to come out here,” “It can just start with going to the Heumann said. “He was real excited doctor or the hospital, and do they have about a rural area of California.” something that you makes you feel like they The goal for Dr. Green’s visit is to build acknowledge you exist?” Heumann said. a network of people who will be equipped Despite the hurdles still out there, to deliver high-quality trainings across Heumann said he’s encouraged by the the Central Coast in diverse settings. direction SLO County is headed.

“It’s going to give individuals who “I’m feeling more positive than I have in have an interest in training an actual a long time,” he said. “It’s such a big issue resource to use, to go back to their and yet we’re doing a little bit here and a organization and either take some little bit there. There’s an awareness.” ∆ of the modules and put them into Staff Writer Peter Johnson can be reached their existing staff training, or craft at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com. something that’s appropriate for that

Tranz Central Coast aims to meet growing demand for transgender trainings in SLO County

BY PETER JOHNSON ranz Central Coast leaders have observed a phenomenon build up recently: a steady influx of requests from SLO County groups for trainings on how to most respectfully and effectively work with people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ).

Sometimes it’s a human resources director at a company who reaches out; other times, it’s a mental health services organization; or a group of educators, therapists, psychiatrists, or physicians.

“It’s needed everywhere,” said Doug Heumann, the chair of Tranz Central Coast, which is the leading local organization supporting and serving transgender community members.

For all the progress made in the past 20 years on LGBTQ rights, advocates like Heumann point out that the vital step of fully incorporating LGBTQ people’s diverse needs and experiences into the norms of society and its institutions is far from complete. When it comes to the transgender community, that’s especially true. Many identification forms still ask for just two gender options: male or female. People are often oblivious to the experiences of someone who’s transgender, going through a transition, or questioning. Using pronouns beyond he, him, she, and her—and learning how to effectively talk about that—is still a stumbling block.

That’s one of the core purposes of the trainings: bringing awareness, education, and conversation about these realities to

SLO County.

“When people stumble over language, they feel uncomfortable. And then they’re not as likely to engage in conversation and dialogue because they feel uncomfortable,” said Nancy Sutton, a member of the Tranz Central Coast education committee, which spearheads these trainings. “So there are discussions about language and terminology, discussions about just experiences people have when their gender expression is transgender. There are a lot of vignettes of what their experiences might be like as a way to invite people in a training to take that on and think about that. ...

Then, when they’re walking around in the world, or have a business or organization, [they can think about] how they can make that experience more welcoming and affirming for trans individuals.”

The growing demand for LGBTQ education and training is a positive trend, Heumann said, but it’s also overwhelming. The Tranz Central Coast education committee has only six people. The amount of requests from the community has begun to dwarf the group’s capacity.

“There’s only so much of us to go around,” Heumann said. “What we’re trying to do is build up a bigger list of people to send to cover these different things.”

Thinking hard about this issue in March, Tranz Central Coast came up with an ambitious idea: to invite one of the country’s leading transgender

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BY KAREN GARCIA ore than five years ago, Michelle Call had a hereditary kidney condition that left her unable to work. She often had no energy and was in bed most of the day. Her husband ended up donating his kidney, and she was able to have transplant surgery.

“I said if I ever was able to go back to any semblance of a normal life, I would really want to do something that is giving back to the community and making a difference,” she said.

When she was back on her feet, Call worked at Visiting Angels, managing caregivers, hiring, and training. She also taught a class for Dignity Health on healthy living. But Call was always looking for something more, something that held a deeper meaning for herself.

Recently, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA), started looking for an executive director to head the community organization.

“When GALA advertised for this I thought this is my ultimate dream job.

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GALA is an organization Maintaining her involvement within that is the support system for the LGBTQ the community and with GALA, Call community locally. said that things are changing for the “We provide a gathering spot for the community organization. community and help in all the ways that Among the paperwork on Call’s people might need help,” she said. “The desk are flyers for other organization also works to make the organizations such as the LGBTQ-plus visible in the community.”

Central Coast Coalition She got the position after volunteering for Undocumented Student and maintaining a helping presence in Success. One of the goals the LGBTQ community. that GALA has is working “So really someone said to me, ‘You’re like the big gay cheerleader,’ and it kind of with other groups that advocate for marginalized people in the community. really is that,” Call said with a chuckle.

Call said she hopes to work with the She’s been involved with GALA since National Association for the Advancement 2005 when she approached joining of Colored People (NAACP) SLO city the board with her husband and their chapter and disability advocates. partner—she and her husband are “We’re going to talk about how we can polyamorous. The couple was turned work together and what we can do to away from the board, but Call said that support each other,” she said. she understood why. At the time, GALA was mainly focused on working on equal The alliance is also working to provide

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direct services to its community members in the next few years. It would like to have a therapist on-site, a lawyer, and offer medical testing.

“We want to serve the community in a more practical way. We have peer groups now, which are great, but we know that a lot of LGBTQ people cannot afford health care and mental health care. Even if they could afford it, they don’t have anyone to go to that is trans friendly, for example, so they don’t go,” Call said.

Along with providing services, GALA is also working on an initiative to increase the knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ mental health needs. It’s called #Out4MentalHealth and engages LGBTQ people throughout California to develop a mental health equity agenda and offer tools and resources that address these disparities.

GALA is also seeking to possibly change the organization’s name. A public meeting will be held on July 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the San Luis Obispo Library, where the community can voice their opinion about whether the organization should change its name.

“I want to hear about what people want in order to make GALA feel more like their organization, and that’s part of why we’re having that town hall,” she said.

Call said the direction that GALA is moving is positive, and she’s ready to help in any way she can.

“What I like to say is the kettle is always on. I have coffee and tea here.

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BY DELANY BURK whole life, he may not have denied his “trans-ness” for so long.

“Coming out in this county, I feel very lucky. Because everyone is really, really nice about it,” Chris said.

He said that sometimes people are a bit too eager to speak or act on his behalf.

“It’s like, ‘Excuse me, I can fight my own battles, thank you,’” Chris said.

Coming out to family can be a different experience. While some parents of LGBTQ teens can be uneducated or unaccepting of their children once they have come out, GALA youth group members seemed to agree that many people expect too much of their parents in these situations.

“I feel like people are really hard on parents because they expect them to take the news relatively well and have some composure, and they don’t. When you come out, for a while you’re not accepting it, you don’t want this,” Chris said. “At least that’s how it was for me … I feel like yes, parents are accountable when they’re being jerks, but I feel like people are really, really hard on them because PRIDE PREP The Q Youth Group at GALA they’re being really hard on themselves understand the concept that their child at the time. Parents don’t have enough could identify with a different gender support during that time. There are than the one they were assigned at birth. support groups for kids … but they don’t Another group member, Alice, also tell the story of the parents that much.” said that most schools aren’t set up to Many people in the group said at least support LGBTQ students, a point that one person in their family isn’t accepting Chris said he agreed with. He said Pacific or simply doesn’t know enough about Beach High School in Los Osos has a LGBTQ identities to be an ally. great way of educating “My mom did not take kids on pronouns, gender, it well,” said Amy, who and sexuality. However, identifies as lesbian.

Community other schools failed where “She’s not mean about GALA is the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast. Their group for Pacific Beach succeeded. it ... well she kind of is.

LGBTQ youth meets once a week on “They were doing that She’ll ask me, ‘Oh do you Thursdays. For more information visit at my school,” Chris said. like him?’ and I’m like, galacc.org.

“And it kind of backfired, ‘No.’ And she’s like, ‘Oh, because they [the are you still a lesbian?’ ... students] were finding out about different I feel like it’s kind of hard because ... they pronouns and things, and so then they raise you, and they think they know you, thought, ‘Oh fancy pronouns! Let’s call but they don’t.” that one kid all of these fancy pronouns!’”

Chris said he thinks misinformation Amy said that Morro Bay High School and a lack of support for parents is one is a very accepting and diverse place, of the biggest problems for families with where one can feel comfortable being LGBTQ teens, especially when it comes who they are. There are clubs at the to gender identity. Many parents do not

hris* knew he was transgender as early as age 7.

“I knew. I just … I looked at everyone, and I looked at myself and I said, ‘What’s going on here? There’s something off,’ ” Chris said. “I currently identify somewhere between nonbinary and male, and it’s weird and uncomfortable.”

Throughout the years, the teen said he’s struggled with bullying, and people not using the right pronouns for him. People refuse to use his name, or he/ him/they/them pronouns, and even refer to Chris as “it.”

“People have had a different understanding of gender throughout the years, and I feel like it has made it really hard for people to even fathom transness,” Chris said. “It goes over people’s heads!”

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Chris previously lived in a more conservative part of Southern California, in which he said he and his friends did not feel comfortable coming out.

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“A lot of the children I went to school with had never heard of this [genders and sexualities not within the binary] before,” Chris said. “And that’s why they had a problem with it. They had no idea what it was and had learned that, ‘You’re born like this, you stay like this.’” ∆ * All names have been changed to protect the privacy of underage students affiliated with GALA. New Times Editorial Intern Delany Burk is an ally. Send Comments to Arts Editor Ryah Cooley at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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Pride in the Plaza takes place July 8 from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Mission Plaza in SLO. This festival features dance performances, live music, and more. The event is immediately followed by the Pride After Party, which starts at 5:30 p.m. at The Libertine Brewing Co. Visit slopride.com for more info.

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PASO FOOD CO-OP LOCAL BITES: SERRANO WINE Learn more about the Paso Food Co-op’s mission to

build a member-owned community food market featuring local products. Light refreshments will be provided. July 11, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; wine costs vary. 805-727-3745. pasofoodcooperative.com. Serrano Wine - Downtown, 1244 Pine Street, Paso Robles.

SAN LUIS OBISPO BRUNCH BY THE LAKE Enjoy food trucks, coffee, live music, a boat parade, and more. First Saturday of every month, July 7, 9 a.m.-noon through Aug. 4 Free. Laguna Lake Park, 504 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo.

CIRCUS VARGAS This family-friendly show features acrobats, clowns, jugglers, contortionists, and more.

Through July 9, 4:30-6:30 & 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15-$72.

877-468-3861. circusvargas.com/. Madonna Inn, 100 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo.

OPULENCE PRIDE PARTY Featuring host and emcee Grace Towers and the Haus of Towers. Also includes special appearances by Rose Alde, Regina Flores, Krystal Methatic, and more. Presented by SLO Queerdos. Proceeds benefit SLO Pride. For ages 21-and-over. July 7, 10 p.m. $20. slopride. com/events/official-pride-party/. SLO Brew, 736 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-1843.

PRIDE AFTER PARTY Guests can enjoy drinks, dancing, and more. This event features a live DJ. All ages are welcome. This party immediately follows Pride in the Plaza.

July 8, 5:30 p.m. slopride.com/events/pride-after-party/.

Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-548-2337.

PRIDE DRAG SHOW Hosted by Tommi Rose. This year’s Playgirls feature stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race. The cast includes Sonique, Candis Cayne, Ethylina Canne, Morgan McMichaels, and SLO County’s Queen of Pride, Juicy. Please bring cash to tip drag queens. Bar accepts cash and credit.

July 6, 6:30 & 8:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20. slopride.com. SLO Guild Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-0639.

PRIDE IN THE PLAZA This festival features dance performances, live music, and more.

All ages are welcome. This event is mmediately followed by the Pride After Party at the Libertine Brewing Co. July 8, noon Free. slopride.com. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, 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 5TH ANNUAL FREE MOVIES IN THE PARK Featured films include Back to the Future, Grease, Black Panther, and more. Venues include Sierra Vista Park, Preisker Park, Rotary Centennial Park, and more. Saturdays. through

Aug. 18 Free. 805-925-0951 ext.2260. Rotary Centennial Park, 2625 South College Dr., Santa Maria.

DISCOVERY ROBOTICS LEAGUE Mentors from Orcutt Academy’s Spartatroniks Robotics Team will teach campers to program robots for the Battle of the Bots competition at the end of the camp. July 9, 1-5 p.m. $125$175. 805-928-8414. smvdiscoverymuseum.org. Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, 705 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FAIR “Cowboys and Carousels!” is the theme of this year’s Santa Barbara County Fair. This annual event features carnival games, rides, educational exhibits, live music, and more. July 1115 santamariafairpark.com. Santa Maria Fairpark, 937 S. Thornburg St., Santa Maria.

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34TH ANNUAL WEST COAST CUB FLY-IN Visitors can walk among the aircraft, observe the flying events, and interact with the pilots. More than 100 planes are expected to participate. July 13-15 explorelompoc.com/events/.

Lompoc Airport, 1801 North H St., Lompoc.

WORLD WAR I: SPANISH FLU AND MEDICAL ADVANCES This program explores the impact the Spanish Flu had on the battlefield during WWI. The presentation will include newspaper accounts from the period of soldiers and civilians from the Lompoc community. July 11, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-736-3888.

Facebook.com/Lompoc-Museum. Stone Pine Hall, 210 South H St., Lompoc.

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ALMA ROSA MOVIE NIGHT: GREASE Enjoy a singalong screening of Grease under the stars with a glass Alma Rosa wine and complimentary popcorn. No outside food or alcoholic beverages permitted.

July 7, 7-10:30 p.m. $25. 805-688-9090 ext. 103. almarosawinery.com. Alma Rosa Winery, 181 C Industrial Way, Buellton.

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OLD WORLD DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH JASON MAYR All levels welcome. The course begins

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

BALLET FOR AGES 9-11 A beginner’s class for boys

and girls to learn how to expressively move while focusing on alignment, coordination, and basic ballet technique.

Thursdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. through Jan. 3 $15. 805-2154565. omniyogastudio.com/schedule/. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

BEGINNING NIGHT CLUB Styles include slow ballad and wedding dances. Tuesdays, 7:15-8 p.m. through July 31 $100-$185 per couple. 805-225-1728. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay, debonairedancers.com.

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. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay. org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. INTERMEDIATE SOCIAL BALLROOM Styles include swing, foxtrot , cha cha, and more. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:15 p.m. through July 31 $100-$185 per couple. 805-2251728. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay, debonairedancers.com.

KIDS HIP HOP A class that focuses on basic rhythm comprehension and beginner Hip Hop moves: rocks; bounces; and grooves. With Shannon O’Sullivan Wednesdays, 3:30-4:15 p.m. through Jan. 2 $15. 805-2154565. omniyogastudio.com. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

LET’S ETCH A CREDIT CARD: DEMO BY ROSEY ROSENTHAL An interactive etching hosted by artist

Rosey Rosenthal. Participants should bring an old credit/ membership card. A small etching press and other tools will be provided. July 9, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

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

INDEX Special Events ..........[19] Arts ............................[19] Culture & Lifestyle.......[24] Food & Drink..............[27] Music .........................[30]

with drawing techniques and progresses through black and white, limited palette, to full palette. Every other Monday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Nov. 19 $35-$40. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. 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. SUMMER ART CLASSES FOR KIDS Presented by the Morro Bay Art Association. These classes are instructed

by Diana Tabard. Designed for ages 6 to 11. Children under age 6 should be accompanied by an adult. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon through July 26 $20$165. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

ZEN DOODLE ADULT COLORING BOOK GROUP

Relax and unwind with adult coloring books. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon 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

ACTORS WORKSHOP WITH KERRIGAN MAHAN

Students will receive intensive masterclass training.

Subjects include scene study, monologue, and voiceover.

Limited to 12 to 14 students. Mondays, 5:30 p.m. through Aug. 13 $375. 805-225-1225. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. ALCOHOL INK PLAY TIME Enjoy making five swirl cards using shaving cream and a decorated necklace. July 11, 6-8 p.m. $50. 805-237-3988. CreativeMeTime.com.

Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles.

SEA GLASS WIRE WRAP JEWELRY Learn basic wire wrapping to create a sea glass jewelry set. All materials and a glass of wine included. July 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $65.

805-239-2562. creativemetime.com. Broken Earth Winery, 5625 Highway 46E, Paso Robles.

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ACRYLIC PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH DREW DAVIS: BREAKING DOWN THE BASICS Explore

how to break down photos of flowers and create abstract paintings of them. July 15, 12:30-3:30 p.m. $45. 805-2342302. artcentralartsupply.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

ADULT POTTERY CLASSES Enjoy using clay to create handmade pottery. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays-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.

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CLASS Please bring scissors and a lunch. All students

leave with two baskets. Register online. July 14, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $100-$130; $25 for materials. 805-5411400. slobg.org/calendar-of-events/advanced-weaving.

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

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CABARET SINGING AND PERFORMANCE CLASS

Learn the art of singing in a Cabaret style and setting. Find your key and style with a skilled accompanist. You may start anytime during the semester. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $185 for 12 week class or $20 per night as a drop-in student.

805-772-2812. cuesta.edu/communityprograms. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

CORK JEWELRY ORGANIZER Start with a white frame then glue on corks and add accents during this art and wine workshop. July 10, 6-8 p.m. $50. 805-2865993. creativemetime.com. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

DRAWING FOR OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING WITH STAN BOWEN This class for beginners explores

the fundamentals of drawing in order to prepare for oil and acrylic painting classes. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. through Aug. 4 $30. 805-203-5715. artcentralartsupply. com/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

DROP-IN WATERCOLOR PAINTING Join fellow artists to paint in the museum. All skill levels welcome.

Admission includes all materials. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon through July 28 $25-$29. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ events. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

FILM AND TV ACTING CLASSES Film and TV acting classes for all ages and skill levels. Offers optional showcases for major Hollywood talent agents and casting directors . Sundays, 12-8:45 p.m. Cost varies per class.

310-910-1228. actorsedge.com. Mission Cinemas, 1025 Monterey St., SLO. MAKE AND TAKE: KOI MOON FLASK Join guest instructor Jennifer Hope to learn advanced throwing, hand building, and carving techniques in ceramics. July 7, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and July 14, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $16; $40 for 3 weeks. 80. slomakerspace.com. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

The Murder Room FRI, SAT & SUN THROUGH JULY 15 By the Sea Productions Morro Bay

Charlo e’s Web FRI, SAT & SUN, JULY 6-8 CPAC, Cuesta College

Tribute to Jackson Browne TUESDAY, JULY 10 Morro Bay Wine Sellar

Nate Lipscomb Memorial Golf Tournament SATURDAY, JULY 21 Monarch Dunes Golf Club

34th Annual CC Renaissance Festival SAT & SUN, JULY 21 & 22 Laguna Lake Park

Masquerade Gala SATURDAY, JULY 28 Monarch Trilogy Club

The Sunny Wright Trio SUNDAY, JULY 29 Old Santa Rosa Chapel

The Sunset Winos SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 Rava Winery

Veterans Benefit Conce SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 Veterans Memorial Building

The Cinders Blues Band THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 7 Sisters Brewing Co.

Zongo Yachting Cup SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 Morro Bay Yacht Club

The Salty Suites SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 Morro Bay Wine Seller

Tribute to Leon Russell TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 Morro Bay Wine Seller

Tribute to Leon Russell SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Co onwood Canyon Winery

The McNaughstys FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 Tooth & Nail Winery

2018 Tour & Taste of the Valley SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Orcu Union Plaza

4th Annual Pops ON! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 PAC, SLO

Poncho Sanchez SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 CPAC, Cuesta College

Avila Apple Festival Gala Dinner SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Avila Beach Community Center

7th Annual 5CHC Empty Bowls Luncheon WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 St. Patrick’s Church Hall

A Conce for Hope SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Presqu’ile Winery

The Cimo Brothers SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 Old Santa Rosa Chapel

Halloween Harvest Costume Ball FRI & SAT, OCTOBER 26 & 27 California Mid-State Fairgrounds

10th Annual New Times Music Awards FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 2 The Fremont Theater

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.

SPENCER POULTER: PORTRAIT DRAWING AND PROPORTION TRAINING Use charcoal pencils and

acrylic paint to create gestural images of the human form with an emphasis on the face. Features a clothed male model. July 8, 12:30-3:30 p.m. $45. 559-250-3081. artcentralartsupply.com/current-workshops.php. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

TEEN SUMMER ART CAMPS Class descriptions and registration online. Mondays-Fridays, 1-4 p.m. through Aug. 3 $195 per student. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

WIRE WRAPPING STONE JEWELRY WORKSHOP

Learn to make your own custom jewelry. Millie Chalk, president of the SLO Gem and Mineral Club, will demonstrate wire-wrapping techniques during this class for beginners. Materials provided. Space is limited. July 11, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free. 805-781-5989. slolibrary.org.

San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

YOUTH AND TEEN SUMMER ART CAMPS Enjoy creating comic book heroes, sculpting in clay, and more.

All materials provided. Mondays-Fridays. through Aug. 3 $195-$225. 805-534-8562. sloma.org/education/youthsummer-art-camps.php. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

YOUTH SUMMER ART CAMPS Class descriptions and registration online. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-noon through Aug. 3 $195 per student. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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ART AND WINE: MERMAID MIRROR WORKSHOP

Enjoy creating a mermaid silhouette cut-out and using seashells and string to decorate the tail. All supplies and wine included. July 7, 4-7 p.m. and July 14, 4-7 p.m. $50; $80 for 2. 805-550-9963. theartgalanipomo.com. Gala De Arte Plaza, 136 n Thompson Ave. B, nipomo.

COOKING CLASS: MOROCCO NIGHT Learn to cook pita bread with spicy garlic, chili, coriander yogurt sauce, and more July 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $60. 805-773-7063. pismobeach.org/recreation. Pismo Veterans Memorial Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach.

LUX DANCE CONVENTION Lux is a dance convention with professional dance instructors for ages 8 and over.

Intermediate dance background required. July 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and July 8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $275 for ages 12 and over; $195 for ages 8 to 11. 805-473-0377. The Studio of Performing Arts, 805 Grand Ave., Grover Beach.

TEEN ART WORKSHOP Enjoy creating art with artist Amy Wicks. Registration required. For ages 10 to 17. July 7, 2-3 p.m. Free. 805-473-7163. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

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WATERCOLOR PAINTER SARAH DELONG Newton is a

ARTS from page 21 open mic. Poetry, prose, flash fiction, and short stories are welcome. First Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m. through Dec. 6 Free. 831-277-4028. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 786 Arlington, Cambria.

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ART AFTER DARK PASO Unites visual, literary, and

performing artists with the community and participating venues. Visit site for full list of programs and events.

First Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. 805-544-9251. artsobispo.org. Participating locations, Paso robles, Citywide. Celebrating the opening of The Square Peg round Hole Art Show with rails Nap and a live performance by ricky Montijo. July 7, 6-9 p.m. Free; $8 if wine tasting.

805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso robles, studiosonthepark.org.

SECOND SUNDAY AT SEVEN Second Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-772-2880. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. SAN LUiS oBiSPo

ART AFTER DARK A free, self-guided

tour of galleries and non-traditional art venues (salons, jewelers, museums, etc.) showcasing the work of local visual, literary, and performing artists. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. through Nov. 2 Free. 805-544-9251. artsobispo.org/ art-after-dark. Downtown SLo, Higuera St., San Luis obispo.

Meet artist and arts instructor Marcia Harvey to discuss contemporary printmaking and the works of California artist Beth Van Hoesen. July 5, noon Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis obispo.

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LILA CREATIVE COMMUNITY: OPENING DODDLE CELEBRATION Come celebrate the opening of LilA

Creative Community, a new community art center. Light refreshments will be available. Guests can enjoy familyfriendly art activities. July 7, 12-5 p.m. Free. 805-6682125. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. Suite 101, Arroyo Grande, lila.community.

ExHIBITS N o r T H C o A S T S Lo C o U N T y BARBARA PFISTER ART ExHIBIT Pfister paints fish, flowers, street scenes, and more. ongoing Free. 805-9952049. Cayucosart.org. Cayucos Community Art Gallery, 10 Cayucos Dr., Cayucos.

MORRO BAY FRIDAY ARTWALK A self-guided 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.

OIL PAINTER PATRICIA NEWTON AND

WOOD SCULPTURES BY TED ULLMAN opening reception is June 29 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. reception features live music, a no-host wine bar, and refreshments. This show also features fine-art paintings by local artists. Thursdays, Fridays, 1-4 p.m., Thursdays, Fridays, 1-4 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through July 29 Free. 805927-8190. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

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ART AT HIGH NOON: MARCIA HARVEY

PHOTO COURTESY OF VINA ROBLES/ PAUL MOBLEY

member of the oil Painters of America. Delong is a member of the National Watercolor Society. Through July 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay. THE ROCK AND THE MARKETPLACE This exhibit celebrates both Morro rock and SLo County’s outdoor markets. Through Aug. 13, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-7722504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. SLOPE PAINTS HIGHWAY 46 WEST San Luis outdoor Painters for the Environment hosts this tribute exhibit. The Land Conservancy of SLo will receive a portion of art sales. opening reception is July 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. MondaysSundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 29 805-440-4579. slope-painters.com/future-events/. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel rd., Templeton.

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DAVID KREITZER 50TH JUBILEE CELEBRATION Kreitzer celebrates his 50th

year of professional painting in the tradition of the old Masters. His works have been collected

by Michael Douglas, Mary Tyler Moore, The Howard Ahmansons, Cargill, Hind Corporation, robert Takken, and more. Mondays-Sundays, 12-9 p.m. Price varies. 805-2342048. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso robles.

DAVID KREITZER: CONTEMPORARY REALIST FINE ART Kreitzer presents landscapes, figure, koi, floral,

and fantasy in oil and watercolors. First Monday-Sunday of every month $500-$4,000. 805-238-9800. KreitzerArt.com.

Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso robles.

FEATURED ARTIST: TOMMY NUNES Local artist and musician Tommy Nunes shows some of his new works.

Through July 10 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

JARINKO WORLD Featuring artist Anna Takahashi Gargani. Through July 14 Free. 805-835-1988. Dark Nectar Coffee Lounge, 5915 Entrada, Atascadero.

SAN LUiS oBiSPo 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. 805-544-9251. artsobispo. org. SLo County, Countywide, San Luis obispo.

COLOR RHYTHM: INGRID BRINK AND SUSAN MALMGREN Brink and Malmgren are two Los osos

artists that use watercolor, acrylic, and collage. Through Aug. 29, 6-9 p.m. 805-542-9000. sloart.com. Frame Works, 339 Marsh St, San Luis obispo.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ART CENTER MORRO BAY

NOAH’S ARC

Acclaimed comedian Trevor Noah performs, with special guest Angelo Lozada, July 13 at 8 p.m. at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre. Noah is best known as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets range from $49.50 to $65. Visit vinaroblesamphitheatre.com for more info.

—C.W. FLORA AND FAUNA: BETH VAN HOESEN PRINTS

A collection of prints and rare paintings by artist Beth Van Hoesen. Mondays-Sundays. through Aug. 19 Free. 805543-8562. sloma.org/exhibits/. San Luis obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis obispo.

INTRODUCING PASTELS: WELCOMING THE CENTRAL COAST PASTEL SOCIETY An exhibition of

pastel artists from the newly formed Central Coast Pastel Society. Come by and meet the artists during the July 6 reception. July 6, 6-8 p.m. and July 6-31 Free. 805-7474200. artcentralartsupply.com/introducing-pastels.php. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis obispo.

SELECTIONS: BAY AREA ruta Saliklis, curator

and director of exhibitions at SLoMA, is showcasing oil paintings by Anne Subercaseaux and a metal sculpture by Flora Davis. Mondays-Sundays. through Aug. 19 Free.

805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibits/. San Luis obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis obispo.

S o U T H C o A S T S Lo C o U N T y

ART BY SLOPE AT DANA ADOBE A collection that

culminates art and history to educate the community.

Fridays. through Sept. 30 805-929-5679. danaadobe.org.

DANA Adobe Cultural Center, 671 S. oakglen Ave., Nipomo.

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 415-525-1553. exhibitenvoy.org.

DANA Adobe Cultural Center, 671 S. oakglen Ave., Nipomo, 805-929-5679.

CALLS FOR ARTISTS N o r T H C o A S T S Lo C o U N T y

CALL FOR ARTISTS: MORRO BAY ART ASSOCIATION JURIED ExHIBIT 2018 Artists are

invited to submit up to five entries for consideration. Awardwinning artist Debra Joy Groesser will be judging the event.

Visit site for more info. Through Aug. 1 $10-$20 per entry. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. 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.

Let’s Etch a Credit Card, a workshop with artist Rosey Rosenthal, takes place July 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Art Center Morro Bay. Participants should bring an old credit or membership card. A small etching press and other tools will be provided. Call (805) 772-2504 or visit artcentermorrobay.org to find out more.

—C.W.

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THE WIZARD OF OZ Presented by Kelrik Productions.

July 14, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. and July 15, 2-4 p.m. $20-$60.

805-756–4849. kelrikproductions.org/the-wizard-of-oz-slo.

Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis obispo.

BY THE SEA PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE MURDER ROOM This murder mystery farce can be

described as a blend of Agatha Christie and Monty Python. Fridays, Saturdays, 7-9 p.m. and Sundays, 3-5 p.m. through July 15 $20. 805-776-3287. bytheseaproductions.org. By The Sea Productions, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay.

CENTRAL COAST SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

Features As You Like It and The Three Musketeers. Enjoy food and wine available onsite or pack a picnic. No outside alcohol allowed. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:309:30 p.m. through Aug. 4 $12-$20. 805-441-1136. centralcoastshakespeare.org/. Filipponi ranch, 1850 Calle Joaquin, San Luis obispo.

COMEDY NIGHT AT 7 SISTERS Enjoy live stand-up

comedy from local and touring comics with locally brewed beverages. Second Saturday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free.

805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm rd. Suite 110, San Luis obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com.

CUESTA DRAMA PRESENTS CHARLOTTE’S WEB

A family-friendly performance of the classic story. July 6-8 $15. 805-546-3198. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis obispo, cuesta.edu.

IMPROV COMEDY SHOW Fast-paced improv comedy shows performed by the ensemble of Central Coast Comedy Theater. All shows are based on audience suggestions making every show unique. Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. $5. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis obispo, 805-430-0260.

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THE MIX TAPE An original musical comedy set in

the late ‘90s. Through Sept. 15 805-489-2499. americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., oceano.

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MAGIC OF READING WITH CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ A magic show appropriate for all ages. July 11, 4-5 p.m.

Free. 805-925-0994. cityofsantamaria.org. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE AT MARIAN THEATRE Presented by special arrangement with

Dramatists Play Service, inc., New york. Through July 7 Marian Theatre, 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 805-9287731, pcpa.org.

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ANYTHING GOES! North County Theatre Works with

the Templeton Performing Arts Foundation presents this production of the classic musical. Fridays, Saturdays, 7-9 p.m. and Sundays, 3-5 p.m. through July 8 $15. 805-3917003. Templeton Performing Arts Center, 1200 S Main St., Templeton.

TREVOR NOAH LIVE With special guest Angelo Lozada.

July 13, 8-10:30 p.m. $49.50-$65. 805-286-3680.

by Stephen Schwartz. Book by Peter Parnell. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre international. Through July 8 Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang, 805-928-7731.

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE AT SOLVANG FESTIVAL THEATER Presented by special

arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, inc., New york.

July 12-22 Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang, 805-928-7731.

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Culture & lifestyle

tHe Walt WHitMan gay Men’s BOOK CluB this club meets to discuss books and films, chosen by the group, that relate to their lives as gay men. second Monday of every month, 7 p.m. 805-720-4528. galacc.org. GaLa Center Gallery, 1060 palm st., san Luis obispo.

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niPOMO seniOr Center the center is open five

N o r t h C o a s t s Lo C o u N t y techniques of mindfulness and meditation to find your calm in times of chaos. July 8, 1-4 p.m. $20. 805-540-4186. morrobaymassage.com. Morro Bay Massage and Wellness Center, 736 Main 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. 805-772-2880. facebook.com/ groups/MBMetaphysicians. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main st., Morro Bay. saN Luis oBispo

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surfsiDe tennis CluB saturdays, 9 a.m. Free the

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CO-DePenDents anOnyMOus Meeting Co-

Dependents 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.

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general grief suPPOrt grOuP (nOrtH COunty) a support group for those grieving 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/support-groups/general-grief-supportgroup-0. hospice sLo County: North County office, 517 13th st., paso robles. nar-anOn faMily grOuP Meeting a 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. 805-221-5523. the redeemer Lutheran Church, 4500 El Camino real, atascadero. saN Luis oBispo

#MetOO: DrOP-in suPPOrt grOuP fOr WOMen these monthly support groups are for adult

women who have experienced sexual harassment or sexual abuse. the focus of the group is to create a safe place for participants to share, be connected with local resources, and get support in the healing process. First tuesday, Friday of every month, 12-1 p.m. risE, 51 Zaca Ln., ste.

100, san Luis obispo, 805-226-5400.

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.

BOOK DisCussiOn New book every CHilD lOss suPPOrt grOuP month. second thursday of every month, hospice sLo County is offering this 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-539-9374. support group for those grieving the slolibrary.org. san Luis obispo Library, 995 loss of a child. this group provides the palm st., san Luis obispo.

July 5 – July 12 opportunity to connect with individuals 2018 in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. free-fOr-all MOVie nigHts Each thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. meeting, a movie is selected from a wide variety hospiceslo.org/support-groups. hospice sLo of GLBt films. second Friday of every month, 7-10 County, 1304 pacific st., san Luis obispo. p.m. Free. galacc.org. GaLa Center Gallery, 1060 palm st., san Luis obispo. faMily CaregiVer suPPOrt grOuP a support gala Q yOutH grOuP this group serves gay, lesbian, group for those who are caring for a loved one, no matter the diagnosis. this group provides the opportunity to bisexual, and transgender youth (ages 13 through 18). connect with individuals in a similar situation. Drop-ins thursdays, 6-8 p.m. 805-541-4252. galacc.org. GaLa welcome. Every other Friday, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. 805-544Center Gallery, 1060 palm st., san Luis obispo.

2266. hospiceslo.org. hospice sLo County, 1304 pacific HOMe sHare slO COffee CHat an informal st., san Luis obispo. gathering to talk about home sharing. second Wednesday liVing WitH grief suPPOrt grOuP a support of every month, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-215-5474. group for those grieving a death or searching for ways to homeshareslo.org. panera Bread, 299 Madonna rd., san cope with the life-altering illness of someone they love.

Luis obispo. trained grief counselors will be present to support the group OVereaters anOnyMOus Meets at various and share information. Drop-ins welcome. Mondays, 12:15locations in sLo County: arroyo Grande, oceano, san 1:15 p.m. through aug. 20 Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.

Luis obispo, Morro Bay, Cambria, atascadero, and paso robles. No dues/fees. Mondays-sundays, 6-7 p.m. Free. oacentralcoast.org. san Luis obispo, Citywide, sLo.

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days a week; closed on weekends and holidays. MondaysFridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-929-1615. Nipomo senior Center, 200 E. Dana st., Nipomo.

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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. 805-2154963. slochess.com. Carl’s Jr., 195 N. santa rosa, san Luis obispo.

slO Ping POng CluB

New players of all skill levels welcome. tuesdays, thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and sundays, 4-7 p.m. through aug. 1 $20. 805-5400470. Ludwick Community Center, 864 santa rosa, 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

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A reception for SLOPE Paints Highway 46 West takes place July 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Castoro Cellars Gallery in Templeton. This exhibit showcases more than 30 paintings dedicated to Highway 46 West. The Land Conservancy of SLO County will receive a portion of the sales. The exhibit runs through July 29. Visit castorocellars.com for more info.

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CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 24 org/support-groups/living-with-grief-support-group. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

NAR-ANON: LET IT BEGIN WITH ME Nar-Anon 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.

RESOLVE GENERAL INFERTILITY SUPPORT GROUP Support for those suffering through the trauma of

infertility. A peer led group through RESOLVE, the national infertility association. Second Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 619-807-7006. Downtown SLO, Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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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, 1011:30 a.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

SPOUSE AND PARTNER LOSS SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) A Hospice SLO support

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AFRICAN DANCE An all levels dance class where you

S O u T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y

COMPLIMENTARY YOGA Free for resort

guests and locals alike. Sundays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. through Oct. 28 Free. 805-773-5003. thedolphinbay.com. The Spa at Dolphin Bay, 2727 Shell Beach Rd., Pismo Beach.

SENIOR BODY FITNESS Please bring your own weights and bands. Mondays, 11 a.m.-noon $1 per class. 805-598-7108.

Cortina Apartments, 241 Courtland St., JULY 5 – JULY 12 Arroyo Grande.

2018 SILVER SNEAKERS ZUMBA Appropriate for all ages and fitness levels. An easy-to-follow N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y dance fitness class. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, BASIC COMPUTER HELP Come to learn basic 9-10 a.m. Free for members; $6 to drop-in. 805-441computer skills. Call to sign up. Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m.

7932. Oceano Community Center, 1425 19th St., Oceano, adulted.luciamarschools.org.

Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. WATER EXERCISE FOR ALL AGES These classes help S O u T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y relieve joint pain, enhance your breathing, and increase your range of motion. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, SEWING CAFE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Sewing 6:30-7:30 p.m. 805-481-6399. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Cafe offers various classes and workshop. Call for full Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, 5citiesswimschool.com. schedule. ongoing Sewing Cafe, 541 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach, 805-295-6585.

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.

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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, 805-5471496.

AIKIDO FOR EVERYONE A Japanese martial art designed to stop violence with minimum harm. This class welcomes beginning and experienced students of all levels.

Tuesdays, 5:45-7 p.m. $65 for 3 months. 805-549-1222. aikidosanluisobispo.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

AIKIDO SELF DEFENSE FOR ADULTS Taught by fifth degree black belt instructor Mary Tesoro. Tuesdays, 5:45-7 p.m. $65 for 3 months. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd. org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

BELLS AND BEERS Admission includes the workout class and a beer or cider. July 8, 12-1 p.m. $15-$25. 805-8687133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

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MIND & BODY N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y 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/.

INTENTIONAL TRAINING AT BAYSIDE This breathbased movement program created by Cassandra Bodlak incorporates yoga, active and resistance stretching, and other techniques to reduce anxiety and stress and increase range of motion. This program is free for vets, their families, and anyone with PTSD. Second Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Free. 415-516-5214. baysidemartialarts.com. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos.

INTENTIONAL TRAINING AT STUDIO FITNESS This breath-based movement program created by Cassandra Bodlak incorporates yoga, active and resistance stretching, and other techniques to reduce anxiety and stress and increase range of motion. This program is free for vets, their families, and anyone with PTSD. Second Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-noon Free. 415-516-5214. studiofitnessmorrobay.com. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay. INTERMEDIATE TRIBAL BUNKAI Incorporates 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. 805-203-6318. desertcoastdance.com.

Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

MORRO BAY MARTIAL ARTS: WORLD CHAMPION INSTRUCTION Offering adult and youth classes in

kickboxing, boxing, judo, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and self defense. ongoing 805-701-7397. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. MOVEMENT FLOW Incorporates yoga, active and resistance stretching, and more. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 6:307:30 a.m. 805-776-3676. studiofitnessmorrobay.com. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay. YOGA STRETCH Through a combination of active, 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. 18 805-776-3676. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay, studiofitnessmorrobay.com.

N O R T H S LO C O u N T y PINEAL TONING CLASS Facilitated by Lightshare team volunteers. No registration or prior experience is necessary. Second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. through Dec. 11 Free. 805-305-7595. lightshare.us.

Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

PROJECT OF LIGHT CLINIC Monthly sessions 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. 805-305-7595. lightshare.us.

Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

SPORTS

N O R T H S LO C O u N T y

KIDS SUMMER TENNIS CAMPS In addition to tennis,

activities may include pickleball, ping pong, bocce, water games, and a craft project. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through July 12 $195. 805-434-9605. ttrtennis. com. Templeton Tennis Ranch, 345 Championship Ln., Templeton.

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2018 JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS

Presented by the City of Pismo Beach and the California Beach Volleyball Association. July 7, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $55 per team online; $60 per team on site ($25 CBVA Annual Membership fee). 805-773-7063. cbva.com/. Pismo Beach Volleyball Courts, End of Wadsworth Ave, Pismo Beach.

LADIES GOLF NIGHT Offering swing and putting instruction from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and live music and refreshments to enjoy from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, 5-8:30 p.m. through Aug. 30 $10. 805-481-5215. Pismo Beach Golf Course, 25 West Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, pismobeachgolf.com.

KIDS & FAMILY N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y

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.

FAMILY MOVIE WEDNESDAYS Come enjoy seeing a free, family movie once a month. All ages welcome. Second Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m. Free. 805-995-3312.

Cayucos Library, 310 B. St., Cayucos.

KIDS YOGA Experience emotional balance through the physical and mental benefits of yoga by practicing breathing exercises, flowing sequences, balancing poses, and deep relaxation. Mondays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. through Jan. 7 $15. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio.com. Omni yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

PAWS TO READ 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.

E V A S TE! A D E H T h t 0 2 July Big Sur PCH, the road that keeps on going!

Highway 1 Road Opening Music Fun Day at Ragged Point!

Starting at noon until 4pm there will be BBQ, come try our Mud Sliders.

Sit and listen to Roughhouse and listen for your name to be called in the raffle drawing!

A Concert for hope SAT. SEPT 29, 2018 5pm Presqu’ile Winery brought to you by

performance by becoming a character. July 9-13, 10-11:30 a.m. $175. 803-487-4401. centralcoastcomedytheater.com.

Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

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themselves through dance. Features a blend of theatrical props, art, games, and improvisational tools to encourage skill building. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. through July 6 $175. 805-203-6318. squareup. com/store/desert-coast-dance-performing-arts. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

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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/.

THEATER DANCE CLASS FOR KIDS An interactive group for kids ages 9 and up to express themselves through dance and theatrical expression. Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805-2036318. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, ignitemovementstudio.com/.

THEATER DANCE SUMMER CAMP: AGES 9 TO 12

An interactive opportunity for kids to express themselves through dance. Features a blend of theatrical props, art, games, and improvisational tools to encourage skill building. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 1-3:30 p.m. through July 6 $175. 805-203-6318. squareup.com/store/ desert-coast-dance-performing-arts. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. TODDLER STORYTIME A storytime for toddlers ages 18 months-and-up. Share stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, and more. Wednesdays, 11-11:30 a.m. through Dec. 26 Free. 805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria. Hosted by Ms. Kaela.

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

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Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis obispo.

MINIMAKERS SUMMER CAMP A STEAM based summer camp that changes theme from week to week.

Themes include Mazes and Machines, Maidens and Minstrels, Mermaids and Monsters, and more. Visit site for full schedule and more info. Through Aug. 3 mini-makers. com/summercamp. SLo MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis obispo, 242-1285.

MINIMAKERS SUMMER CAMP WEEK 2: MAIDENS AND MINSTRELS Kids can enjoy handmade shield

making, tactical swordplay lessons, smelting, fairy wings and magic wands activities, and more. July 9-13, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $355-$415. 805-242-1285. mini-makers. com/summercamp. SLo MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis obispo.

MOVIES THAT ROCK! Come to the SLo Library for a different film every Friday. Check site for movie schedule.

Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. through July 28 Free. 805-7815778. slolibrary.org. San Luis obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis obispo.

PYJAMA DRAMA: DRAMA AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY CLASSES Drama and imaginative play develops

skills that can last a lifetime like the confidence to be brave, desire to share ideas with others, and the joy of solving problems with friends by your side. Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m. and Mondays, 9:30-11 a.m. $12. 805-709-0761. pyjamadrama.com. SLo Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis obispo.

SUMMER GYMNASTICS CAMP Performance Athletics Gymnastics offers camps for kids ages 3 to 13 (toilet trained). Kids can enjoy gymnastics (no experience necessary), games, crafts, outdoor time, and more. Full and half day options available. Through Aug. 10, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Starts at $40. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis obispo.

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N o r T H S Lo C o U N T y LIVE REPTILE SHOW This show includes live reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates and is part of art of the 2018 Summer reading Program. All ages welcome. July 12, 1111:45 a.m. Free. 805-461-6163. Atascadero Library, 6555 Capistrano, Atascadero.

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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.

COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME MAKING/PRINTING CLASS Students will make and play their own collectible

card games. Mondays-Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. through July 25 $75. 805-546-3132. cuesta.edu/ communityprograms. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis obispo.

COLLEGE FOR KIDS: SESSION 1 An educational opportunity for students entering fifth through ninth grades in fall. Mondays-Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 5 Cost varies based on enrollment and class materials fees.

805-546-3132. cuesta.edu/communityprograms. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis obispo.

COLLEGE FOR KIDS: SESSION 2 An opportunity during the summer for students entering grades 5 through 9 in the Fall of 2018. Visit site for full course offerings.

Mondays-Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 25 Varies based on course registrations and materials fees.

805-546-3132. cuesta.edu/communityprograms. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis obispo.

CUESTA COLLEGE FOR KIDS A series of youth classes that integrate group drumming activities. Drums are provided. July 9-25, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Price varies. 805-5463132. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, 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. 805-709-0761. 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. 805-8687133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm rd. Suite 110, San Luis obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com.

FAMILY POTTERY NIGHT Classes include instruction and materials. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, 6-8 p.m. through Dec. 20 $50 for 2 classes; $30 to glaze only. 805896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis obispo.

KIDS PARTY PARADISE Kids aged over 4 can enjoy games, an obstacle course, pizza, dessert, crafts, a movie, and more. No gymnastics experience required.

July 14, 5:30-10:30 p.m. Starts at $34. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis obispo.

LIVE REPTILE SHOW This show includes live reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates and is part of art of the 2018 Summer reading Program. All ages welcome. July 11, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. 805-781-5775. San Luis obispo

ages 8 and up. Four sessions will be offered.

Call for more info. Through Aug. 1 Sewing Cafe, 541 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach, 805-295-6585.

LIVE REPTILE SHOW This show includes live reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates and is part of art of the 2018 Summer reading Program. All ages welcome. July 10, 2-2:45 p.m. Free. 805473-7163. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande, slolibrary.org.

MINDFUL KINDFUL YOUTH ENRICHMENT (AGES 7 TO 11) Weekly youth program to help

promote social, emotional, and physical well-being. Visit site for complete class description and registration.

Mondays, 3:45-4:45 p.m. through July 31 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/dragonfly-circles/. Spyglass Park, Spyglass Dr., Pismo Beach.

OCEANO DUNES VISITOR CENTER Enjoy exhibits of dune and lagoon plant and animal species. End your visit with a stroll behind the center to the fresh-water lagoon.

Thursdays, 12-4 p.m., Fridays, 12-4 p.m., Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. and Sundays, 12-4 p.m. through Dec. 30 Free.

805-474-2667. oceano Dunes Visitor Center, 555 Pier Ave, oceano.

ROAMING REPTILES Features live reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Part of the 2018 Summer reading Program. All ages welcome. July 10, 2-3 p.m. Free. 805473-7161. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande, slolibrary.org.

SPIRITUAL N o r T H C o A S T S Lo C o U N T y

FREE GUIDED MEDITATION GROUP With ruth

Cherry, PhD, clinical psychologist, and long time meditator. 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. 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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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. 805-489 -2432. Halcyon Store Post office, 936 S. Halcyon rd., Arroyo Grande.

INTUITIVE CIRCLE CLASSES Explore your gift of receiving and giving intuitive information during these classes hosted by Julie Jensen. Every other Tuesday, 6:308 p.m. $25. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post office, 936 S. Halcyon rd., Arroyo Grande.

MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT Learn the basics of communicating with spirit in a safe environment with Mike Smith. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. 805-480-2432. Halcyon Store Post office, 936 S. Halcyon rd., Arroyo Grande.

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SUNDAY FOR SPIRIT PSYCHIC READINGS Features an assortment of

psychic readers. Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Vaires.

805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central Coast holds youth services for junior high school students. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free.

805-929-8990. thecitycc.org. Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Tefft St, Nipomo.

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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.

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SWAP WEED WARRIRORS WORK PARTY A work party to weed, trail trim, and

more at Elfin Forest. Home-baked cookies will be served after work. July 7, 9 a.m.-noon 805-528-0392. El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area, 1100 15th St., Los Osos.

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FElINE NETWORK OF THE CENTRAl COAST Seeking volunteers to provide

WE All SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM

Ice Cream Zoofari takes place July 14 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero.

Guests can enjoy decorating their ice cream with various toppings. Admission ranges from $8 to $12.

Call (805) 470-3360 to find out more.

—C.W.

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. Third Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/ services/hospice-slo-county-threshold-singers. 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. 805-2358870. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

MEASURE G: SlO VOlUNTEER ACTION NIGHT Volunteer with the Coalition to Protect SLO County to help Measure G pass in November, which would ban fracking and new oil wells. Help needed with organizing events, meetings, fundraising, and more. July 5, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. 805-994-0076. protectslo. nationbuilder.com. Petra Mediterranean Pizza and Grill, 1210 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, Arroyo Grande.

NIPOMO FARMERS MARKET includes a large variety of locally grown produce. Open year round Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. nipomofarmersmarket.com/. Nipomo Farmers Market, Via Concha Road, Nipomo.

S A N TA M A R i A VA L L E y/ LO S A L A M O S

ORCUTT FARMERS MARKET Presents local farmers and small businesses. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Orcutt Farmers Market, Bradley Road, Orcutt.

LO M P O C/ VA N D E N B E R G

lOMPOC’S OlD TOWN MARKET Features live

entertainment, a farmers market, food booths, vendors, free kids activities, and more. Presented by the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. through Aug. 10 Free. explorelompoc.com. Lompoc Old Town Market, 100 South H St, Lompoc.

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FIRST FRIDAYS AT OlIVAS DE ORO

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AMPSURF lEARN TO SURF ClINIC Volunteers

and participants needed for these Learn to Surf clinics for those living with disabilitites. Volunteers don’t need to know how to surf. July 7, 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. ampsurg.org.

AmpSurf, 340 Pomeroy St., Pismo Beach, 805-773-0302.

FOOD & DRINK FARMERS MARKETS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y

MAIN STREET MARKET Saturdays, 2:30-6 p.m. Free.

805-772-4467. Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce, 695 Harbor St., Morro Bay, morrobaychamber.org.

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ATASCADERO FARMERS MARKET Visit site for info

on featured music artists and chefs. Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. Free. visitatascadero.com. Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

CAMBRIA FARMERS MARKET Fridays, 2:30-5:30 p.m.

Free. 805-395-6659. cambriafarmersmarket.com. Cambria Veterans Memorial Hall, 1000 Main Street, Cambria.

CHEF’S SUMMER SIZZlE AT FARMERS MARKET

Marston’s 101 and Street Side Alehouse provide complimentary samples plus the recipes. July 11, 3-6 p.m. Free. VisitAtascadero.com. Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

SAN LuiS OBiSPO FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market in SLO is the largest Farmers Market in California. Thursdays, 6:10-9 p.m. Downtown SLO, Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

SlO FARMERS MARKET Hosts over 60 vendors.

Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, 2650 Main St., San Luis Obispo.

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EVENTS

POST-4TH OF JUlY BEACH ClEANUPS Join ECOSLO for a morning

of cleanup and data tracking of debris at Cayucos Pier at 7 a.m. and Pirate’s Cove/ Cave Landing at 9 a.m. July 5, 7-9 & 9-11 a.m. 805-544-1777. bit.ly/post-fourth. SLO County, Countywide, San Luis Obispo.

Saturday July 7, 2018 6:30–9pm Four Lanterns Winery 2485 Highway 46 West In the of Westside Paso Robles Wine Country

produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m.

Enjoy tastings and special food pairings.

First Friday of every month, 12-5 p.m. through Dec. 7 Free. 805-227-4223. crestonwinetrail.com/events/. Olivas de Oro, 4625 La Panza Rd., Creston.

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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. through Oct. 21 805-238-0845. Lone Madrone Tasting Room, 5800 Adelaida Rd, Paso Robles, lonemadrone.com.

PASO WINE SUMMER BlOCK PARTY Enjoy live music, food, and wine tasting from 17 wineries. July 7, 6:30-9 p.m. $55. 805-226-5955. facebook.com/ paso46westwineries/. Paso Robles 46 West Wineries, Highway 46 West, Paso Robles.

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BUBBlE AND RAW BAR Visit Foremost’s new Bubble Bar

where guests can get bubbles by the glass or by the bottle along with a bites from a special raw menu created by Chef Thomas Drahos. Thursdays-Saturdays, 5-9 p.m. through May 24 805-439-3410. foremostslo.com/. Foremost Wine Co., 570 Higuera St. Ste 105, San Luis Obispo.

FRIDAY NIGHT PINT NIGHT Buy logo glass for $8 and bring it in every Friday for $2 off refills. Wine offered at happy hour pricing. Fridays, 4-10 p.m. Free. 805-8687133. 7sistersbrewing.com/events-page. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

WOODSTOCK’S SlO PINT NIGHT With the first pint as low as $5, Woodstock’s gives half-off refills in the same glass. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com. Woodstock’s Pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

WOODSTOCK’S SlO TRIVIA NIGHT For trivia aficionados and fun-lovers in general alike. Tuesdays, 9-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com/events/.

Woodstock’s Pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

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Progenitors!

Toots and the Maytals come to the Fremont Theater

W

hen The Maytals frontman Frederick “Toots” Hibbert sang “Do the Reggay” on their 1968 single, it was the first song to use the term— ostensibly naming the popular genre.

The Jamaican act started as a vocal trio and was signed to Island Records about the same time as Bob Marley. You really don’t get any more connected to the genesis of reggae than Toots and the Maytals. Bands such as The Clash and The Specials have covered their songs.

They were also featured prominently in the soundtrack to the classic 1972 film The Harder They Come, and they’ve collaborated with the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Bonnie Raitt.

For the past 56 years, the group has remained a seminal force in ska, rocksteady, and reggae, and they’re coming to the Fremont Theater this Friday, July 6 (9 p.m.; 16-and-older; $38 at Boo Boo’s or eventbrite.com).

Katchafire and Junior Toots will open.

Also coming up at the Fremont is The Chris Robinson Brotherhood on Thursday, July 12 (9 p.m.; $24 to $249 VIP at Boo Boo’s or eventbrite. com). Robinson shot to prominence as the frontman of The Black Crowes, and he and his band are currently touring in support of Barefoot In The Head, their third release in two years, that features more of their engaging feel-good, psychedelic rock. Hippy music at its best!

The storyteller

“There’s a Vietnam vet with a

LIVE MUSIC

cardboard sign/ Sitting there by the left turn line/ The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze/ One leg missing and both hands free/ No one’s paying much mind to him/ The V.A. budget’s just stretched so thin/ And now there’s more coming back from the Mideast war/ We can’t make it here anymore,” sings James McMurtry, who plays a Numbskull and Good Medicine Presents show this Friday, July 6, at The Siren (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; sorry, folks—this show is sold out as of press time).

McMurtry is the son of famed Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show), PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES MCMURTRY

BEST IN THE WEST One of Texas’ best singer-songwriters, James McMurtry, plays The Siren on July 6.

Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

JON STEPHENS LIVE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Free. 805N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

ANDY SCOTT LIVE Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Free.

Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

BANJERDAN LIVE Tuesdays, 3 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

BOB BENJAMIN AT CAMBRIA PUB Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

Free. Cambria Pub and Steakhouse, 4090 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-0782.

BOB BENJAMIN AT CENTRALLY GROWN Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-927-3563. centrallygrown.com.

Centrally Grown, 7432 Exotic Garden Dr., Cambria.

BOB BENJAMIN AT LAS CAMBRITAS Saturdays, 6 p.m. Free. 805-927-3563. lascambritas.com. Las Cambritas, 2336 Main Street, Cambria.

BOBBY MALONE LIVE Saturdays, 3-6 p.m. Free.

Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

CRIMSON CALAMITY LIVE Presented by Songwriters at Play. July 6, 6:30 p.m. $10-$11.49. crimsoncalamitymusic.com. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. ED GERHARD LIVE Gerhard is a Grammy-winning guitarist who plays 6-string, 12-string, slide, and Hawaiian lap slide.

July 13, 7-9 p.m. $22. 805-772-2880. coalescebookstore. com. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. JACKSON BROWNE LIVE Presented by Songwriters at Play. July 10, 6:30 p.m. $10-$11.49. 805-204-6821.

927-0175. lascambritas.com. Las Cambritas, 2336 Main Street, Cambria.

LIVE MUSIC AT STAX Thursdays, Sundays, 6-8 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, 805927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

MEREDITH AXELROD AND JIM KWESKIN LIVE The Red Barn Community Music Series presents multiinstrumentalists Meredith Axelrod and Jim Kweskin.

Features a potluck dinner. July 7, 5-8 p.m. $15 suggested donation. 805-215-3238. facebook.com/ redbarnmusicseries. Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

SLOFOLKS PRESENTS RUNA A Celtic quintet centered around vocalist and step-dancer Shannon Lambert-Ryan.

July 14, 7-9:30 p.m. $25. 805-238-0725. slofolks.org.

Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

STOLO FAMILY VINEYARDS PRESENTS MUSIC IN THE MEADOW A family-friendly concert featuring Ghost/Monster with Nataly Lola and Jaxon Camaero. Wine will be available for purchase. July 7, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805924-3131. stolofamilyvineyards.com/test/. Stolo Family Vineyards, 3776 Santa Rosa Creek Rd., Cambria.

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and though that’s a long shadow to crawl out from under, James has done it with his extraordinary tunesmithing, literary lyrics, and crafty selftaught guitar playing.

“James has that rare gift of being able to make a listener laugh out loud at one line and choke up at the next,” fellow singersongwriter Jason Isbell said in press materials.

“I don’t think anybody writes better lyrics.”

Complicated Game, McMurtry’s 12th studio album released in 2015, is one of his best. It landed at No. 1 on the U.S. DO THE REGGAY! Toots and the Maytals play the Heatseekers Chart and No. Fremont Theater on July 6.

4 on the U.S. Folk Chart.

“James McMurtry may Said vocalist Cy Curnin in press be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his materials of their most recent album generation,” Stephen King also noted.

Beautiful Friction (2012), “There’s a If you’re a fan of exceptional singertheme that traces through The Fixx. Our songwriter fare, don’t miss it! catalogue is connected, our viewpoint as a Don’t forget that on Thursday, July collective has always been socially driven.

5, amazing Americana folk duo Birds of With the internet, things sped up, and Chicago play The Siren (7 p.m.; 21-andwe were able to get feedback quicker and older; $20 presale at ticketfly.com or $25 became closer with our fan base. We’ve at the door). The husband-and-wife team been so thankful to hear from people who of JT Nero and Allison Russell (who was let us know our music made a difference in the Canadian roots act Po’Girl) call in their life. It made us realize we had a their sound “secular gospel.” sense of responsibility to our audience, Also, classic British rock and new that our work as a band was unfinished.” wave act The Fixx plays The Siren on Sunday, July 8 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; Community! $34 presale at Boo Boo’s and ticketfly.

Singer-songwriter, rocker, and Cal com or $37 at the door). You’ll probably Poly chemistry professor Kristen Black hear some of their classic hits such as recently moved out of a scorpion-infested “One Thing Leads to Another,” “Are We house and is semi-homeless, but that Ourselves,” “Secret Separation,” “Red Skies,” and “Stand or Fall.”

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ADAM LEVINE AND JUDY PHILBIN Levine and

Philbin perform live jazz. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805238-2834. labellasera.com. Enoteca Restaurant and Bar, 206 Alexa Ct., Paso Robles.

THE BANJERDAN SHOW FEAT. CHRIS COMARATO Comarato is a singer and songwriter from

Philadelphia. July 5, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-461-1393. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero, laststagewest.net.

THE BANJERDAN SHOW FEAT. MANDY ROWDEN

Rowden plays a variety of instruments including piano, fiddle, mandolin, bass, harmonica, drums, ukulele, and banjo. July 12, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-461-1393. mandyrowden.com. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero.

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.

BLUEGRASS JAM SESSION AND BUFFET Second Wednesday of every month $12.50-$17.50. 805-792-0505. torocreekeventcenter.com/. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero.

COUNTRY SOUL TRAIN Featuring Petrella, The First Lady of Country Soul and her band Mixed Influence. First Saturday of every month, 7-9 p.m. through Aug. 4 Free.

805-238-6800. chateaulettau.com. Chateau Lettau, 840 13th St. #G, Paso Robles.

GENERATION GAP LIVE Enjoy a blend of classic and contemporary rock.Features Alisa Mounts, Gary Liwanag, Robert Barr, Doug Shelton, and Jeff Hodde. July 7, 7:30-10 p.m. $10 cover; $5 for members. 805-227-8800.

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805-237-2389. darkstarcellars.com/ events. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles.

LIVE AT DARK STAR: NATALIE GELMAN Bring your own picnic or enjoy Dark Star snacks with your wine tasting. July 7, 2-5 p.m. Free. 805-237-2389. darkstarcellars.com. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles.

LIVE AT DARK STAR: ROBI DUGANNE Bring your own picnic or enjoy Dark Star snacks with your wine tasting. July 15, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-237-2389. darkstarcellars.com/events. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles.

PASO ROBLES IN THE PARK CONCERT SERIES

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.

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

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hasn’t stopped her from being a good Samaritan.

“I’m putting together a benefit, extremely dear to my heart, for the Community Counseling Center of SLO on Saturday, July 7, at Bang the Drum,” Black said. “The CCC has just moved into a new facility and truly needs financial support. It provides short-term mental PHOTO COURTESY OF CRIMSON CALAMITY

11 (8 p.m.; all ages; $39.50 to $59.50 at vinaroblesamphitheatre.com), a cappella has found a life beyond high school choir.

“If the phrase ‘male a cappella group’ conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses ... think again,” the group’s bio reads. “Straight No Chaser are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch. They have emerged as a phenomenon with a massive fan base, numerous national TV appearances, and proven success with CD releases.”

Oh, who are they kidding? They look like dorks but do sound awesome!

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LADY OUTLAWS Nashville’s Crimson Calamity plays the next Songwriters at Play event at the Morro Bay Wine Seller on July 6.

The Last Stage West BBQ and Dan “BanjerDan” Mazer welcome Americana, bluegrass, soul, and oldtime music act Snap Jackson and the Knock On Wood Players as special guests on The BanjerDan Show, this Thursday, July 5 (6 p.m.; all ages; free).

Poet and jazz singer Francesca Nemko and accompanist Mike Swan will play the next Brown Bag concert this Friday, July 6 (noon; all ages; free), in Wilson Hall at SLO’s First Presbyterian Church. Cool jazz and hot poetry awaits.

Nashville’s Crimson Calamity plays the next Songwriters at Play event at the Morro Bay Wine Seller on Saturday, STARKEY continued page 33 PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM KWESKIN AND MEREDITH AXELROD

health services for those who cannot afford it or those who are under-insured.

“This will also be one of my very last appearances before I leave on my yearlong sabbatical to Nashville (Vanderbilt) to pursue … chemistry! Ha-ha! Didn’t see that one coming!”

Come out and support the CCC and see The Scorpion Queen off for a yearlong sojourn. There will be a silent auction, food, beer, and obviously music at this family-friendly event, and tickets are just $15 at eventbrite.com (search Kristen Black). Remaining tickets will be available at the door.

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Thanks to the Anna Kendrickstarring Pitch Perfect franchise and vocal groups such as Straight No Chaser, which performs at Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Wednesday, July

RED BARNERS Americana, blues, early jazz, jug band, and beyond duo Meredith Axelrod and Jim Kweskin play the next Red Barn Community Music Series on July 7.

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VOX DELUXE Male a cappella group Straight No Chaser performs at Vina Robles Amphitheatre on July 11.

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July 6 (6:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $10 at my805tix.com/events/in-concertnashvilles-crimson-calamity). This fiery duo is touring in support of Gypsy Heart, their sophomore release that—according to press materials—merges “sultry rock and traditional country.” Don’t miss this outlaw Americana lady duo!

Meredith Axelrod and Jim Kweskin play the next Red Barn Community Music Series on Saturday, July 7 (5 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. show; all ages; $15 suggested donation at the door). Expect

early jazz, blues, jug band, and other Americana traditions.

Twang N Bang is bringing North Carolina’s Caleb Caudle and band to Sweet Springs Saloon on Tuesday, July 10 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $7 presale at eventbrite.com or $8 at the door). The evening of badass country rock will also include the Turkey Buzzards and a special reunion of Red Eye Junction.

“Caleb came as a recommendation to me from guys like John Moreland and Matt Woods,” organizer Patrick Hayes said. “He’s been putting out killer albums and playing around for years but rarely

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BOOMING VOICE Twang N Bang is bringing North Carolina’s badass country singer Caleb Caudle and band to Sweet Springs Saloon on July 10.

out West. We were fortunate to host Caleb for a house show a while back and were treated to Caleb’s impressively powerful voice. I’ve seen a billion punk rock screamers, but I’ve heard very few voices as big as Caleb’s.” ∆ 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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MUSIC LISTINGS from page 30 sweetspringssaloon.com. Sweet Springs Saloon, 990 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

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.

SATURDAY IN THE PARK: SOUNDHOUSE Part of the Saturday in the Park Summer Concert Series. July 7, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; food available for purchase. 805-470-3360.

Atascadero Lake Park, 9305 Pismo Ave., Atascadero.

SATURDAY IN THE PARK: THE MARTIN PARIS BAND This group performs classic rock, pop, and

country. July 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-470-3360. visitatascadero.com. Atascadero Lake Park, 9305 Pismo Ave., Atascadero.

SATURDAY LIVE FEAT. NOACH TANGERAS July 14, 1-4 p.m. Complimentary; wine and food available for purchase. 805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

SATURDAY LIVE FEAT. RICK SPRADLING July 7, 1-4 p.m. Complimentary; wine and food available for purchase. 805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

TRAIN WRECK FRIDAY: CADILLAC ANGELS An outdoor concert. Purchase food or bring your own picnic (community grill available). No outside alcohol or pets allowed. Lawn chairs recommended. July 6, 5:30-8:45 p.m. $15; free to Wine Club members and children under 6. 805-238-9940. pomarjunction.com/events/. Pomar Junction Vineyards & Winery, 5036 S. El Pomar Dr., Templeton.

TYLER PRESTON LIVE Preston performs country and blues. July 8, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-461-1393. tylerpreston. com. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero.

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B AND THE HIVE LIVE B and The Hive (formerly Girls

and Boys), featuring vocalist Brianna Lee, create original music that blends rock, pop, and soul. July 6, 6-8 p.m. Free.

805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

BRENT DANNELLS LIVE Enjoy live jazz in the upstairs dining room. Every other Thursday, 7-9 p.m. through Aug. 30 Free to dinner guests. 805-594-1500. Mee Heng Low Noodle House, 815 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

BROWN BAG CONCERT First Friday of every

LIVE FREE OR GERHARD

Grammy-winning guitarist Ed Gerhard performs July 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Coalesce Bookstore in Morro Bay. Gerhard plays six-string, 12-string, slide, and Hawaiian lap slide.

Tickets are $22. Call (805) 772-2880 or visit coalescebookstore.com for more info.

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

CABARET 805 AT 7SISTERS BREWING Enjoy lounge music, beer and non-alcoholic beverages, and more. Family-friendly. July 10, 6:45-9 p.m. Free. 805868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

THE COMPLICATED ANIMALS LIVE This Brazilian American duo performs their self-coined indie nova genre, a blend of indie pop and Brazilian bossa nova. July 7, 6-8 p.m.

Free. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

CONTRA DANCE Featuring the Rhythm Method Band

and Jean Gorrindo. No partner or experience needed.

July 14, 6:30-10 p.m. $5-$10; free for ages 16 and under. cccds.org. Odd Fellows Hall, 520 Dana St., San Luis Obispo, 805-544-0876.

CRAIG LOUIS DINGMAN LIVE Guitarist and songwriter Craig Louis Dingman performs in the upstairs dining room. Every other Thursday, 7-9 p.m. through Aug. 23 Free to dinner guests. 805-594-1500. Mee Heng Low Noodle House, 815 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

DANTE MARSH LIVE A family-friendly concert. July 13, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com.

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FRESH PICKED CONCERT SERIES Featuring

various musical acts during the Downtown SLO Farmers Market. First Thursday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. through Oct. 4 Free. DowntownSLO.com. Union Bank, 995 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, (805) 783-5140.

GYPSY JAZZ NIGHT With the Gypsy All Stars: Laurel Mitchel (vocals), Daniel Cimo (violin), James Gallardo, Ben Arthur, and Toan Chau. Every other Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m. Barrelhouse Brewing Co. Speakeasy, 1033 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-296-1128, barrelhousebrewing.com.

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS AT LINNAEA’S Hosted by the SLO County Jazz Federation. Second Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-543-1200. Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., San Luis Obispo, linnaeas.com/.

THE LATA JAZZ QUARTET LIVE Enjoy live jazz in the upstairs dining room. Every other Friday, 8-10 p.m. through Aug. 31 Free to dinner guests. 805-594-1500. Mee Heng Low Noodle House, 815 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

MINT + CRAFT SUMMER MUSIC Each performance of this free concert series takes place on the Monterey Street patio. Sundays, 12:30-2:30 p.m. through Aug. 26 Free. Monterey Street Patio, 848 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 415-394-6500.

NOCHE CALIENTE Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. 805-541096. slograd.com. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo.

THE RAY CHANG TRIO LIVE Enjoy live jazz in the upstairs dining room. Every other Saturday, 7:30-9:30 p.m. through Aug. 25 Free to dinner guests. 805-5941500. Mee Heng Low Noodle House, 815 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO FARMERS MARKET: FRESH PICKED CONCERT SERIES Enjoy live music during the SLO

Farmers Market on the first Thursday of every month.

First Thursday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. through Oct. 4 Free. downtownslo.com/. Harvest Stage, 995 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-541-0286.

SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL AT COURT STREET A 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.

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ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS Sundays, 3-6 p.m. Seaventure

Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave, Pismo Beach, 805-7734994.

BANJERDAN AT MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILL Enjoy live music from multi-instrumentalist BanjerDan (Dan Mazer). July 6, 8-11 p.m. Free. 805-595-4001. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila Beach.

CENTRAL COAST FIDDLERS JAM SESSION The Central Coast Fiddlers invite musicians, dancers, and listeners. All string instruments welcome. There will be classic country, bluegrass, and oldies music. Refreshments will be available. July 8, 1:15-3:30 p.m. Free. 805-9372238. centralcoastfiddlers.org. Arroyo Grande Community Center, 211 Vernon St., Arroyo Grande.

FRIDAY MUSIC NIGHT AT AVILA BEACH RESORT

Enjoy acoustic music from local artists with food and drinks from Mulligan’s. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-5954000. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila Beach.

THE HONEYSUCKLE POSSUMS LIVE This free concert is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Arroyo Grande. Proceeds benefit the Bluegrass Music Society of the Central Coast. July 15, 1 p.m. Free. 805-473-2250. arroyograndevillage.org/summer-concert-series. Heritage Square Park, 201 Nelson St., Arroyo Grande.

LAST PACIFIC BREEZE CONCERT This last concert of the series features the Zongo All-Stars. Includes kids activities. July 8, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. 805-773-7063.

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PISMO BEACH PACIFIC BREEZE CONCERTS

Features local bands and activities. Second Sunday of every month, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-773-7063. Dinosaur Caves Park, 2701 Price St, Pismo Beach.

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

SIZZLIN’ SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Concerts include acts that perform various genres, from traditional rock to blues. Sundays, 3-6 p.m. through Sept. 30 Free.

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WEDNESDAYS: LIVE MUSIC Enjoy live music in the fireplace room. Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. Seaventure Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave, Pismo Beach, 805-773-4994.

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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. 888395-4965. atownballroom.com. Atascadero Agricultural hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

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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COUNTRY NIGHT thursdays, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. 805-541-

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

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BY DELANY BURK

Celebrate love

SLOQueerdos presents Opulence! a pride pre-party at SLO Brew hosted by Grace Towers and The Haus Of Towers on July 7 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The party will focus on love, family, and art. The party will also feature favorite Slocal Drag queens, including; Krystal Methatic, C.C. Candy Pepper, Rosé Aldé, and Regina Flores. This is a 21-and-older event, and tickets are $20.

For more information, see the SLOQueerdos, SLO Brew, or GALA Central Coast Facebook events pages.

An unlikely friendship

The Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center will stage a theatrical rendition of the classic story of Charlotte’s Web July 6 to 8, based on the book by E.B. White. This production is part of the Experimental Theatre at Cuesta this summer.

The show follows the story of the Zuckerman Farm and Wilbur, a young pig who is determined to avoid the butcher, with the help of his friends, especially the magnificent spider, Charlotte.

The play will be 60 minutes long, and will be performed on July 6 at 7:30 p.m., July 7 at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and July 8 at 2 p.m. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center Facebook page.

connections Local children’s book explores a higher power and twin flames

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reation, reincarnation, and twin flames are all the makings of a great exploration of religion, life, and true love—or a children’s book, if you think like San Luis Obispo-based Rebecca Velasquez and her 8-year-old son, Wesley, who co-produced a story on these very topics that came out in May. Rebecca and Wesley sat down with New Times to talk about their first book, Sol Finds Love: A Sacred Love Story for Children, a picture book that explores ideas such as friendship, deep emotional connections, nature, being truthful, finding one’s own truth, and overcoming loss.

New Times: What was the process of writing a book together like?

Rebecca Velasquez: Sol Finds Love is actually part of a series. I basically started writing the third book, Sunshine and His Sack of Snakes, after doing a self-expression and leadership course, and I was just really inspired. I had never done any writing at all, but I had the inspiration at like 3 in the morning. I had some character in mind and started writing, and I decided to take characters from that story, Sol and Moon, and I backtracked and told their story, and that’s how Sol Finds Love came about. We wrote the story right before we moved to California. I had lived in Connecticut for my entire life apart from college so it was just a time of questioning everything, and learning to align with my own soul. The character of Sol is really on a journey of aligning with her soul, speaking her truth IMAGE COURTESY OF REBECCA VELASQUEZ

Music by the sea

Enjoy live music by the Zongo All-Stars at the 10th annual Pacific Breeze Concerts at the Pismo Beach Rotary Amphitheater at Dinosaur Caves Park on July 8 at 1 p.m. This the last show in a three-show summer series and features regional musical groups, refreshments for sale from local vendors, and family activities such as bounce houses, games, and crafts.

The park’s expansive lawn overlooks the ocean. Attendees must bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit pismobeach.org/recreation.

Or see the Visit Pismo Beach Facebook events page. ∆ —Delany Burk

PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM

TWIN FLAMES Sol Finds Love: A Sacred Love Story for Children is a picture book that explores spiritual topics like reincarnation, higher powers, and the spiritual connections between people.

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in the face of fear, and that really mirrored my process, and our family’s process, of questioning where do we want to live, and re-evaluating and re-assessing soul connections in my own life, and leaving a place I had lived my entire life. Wesley said, “I want to be in the newspaper,” right when we started writing, and I said “OK, great.” I had read so many stories to him growing up, and I thought it would be awesome for him to go through the process, to see how a book is actually written, illustrated, and published. So his involvement was that I would read him both the stories, and he did more critiquing around illustrations with the professional illustrator, Mark Allen of Creative Anomaly.

In one, when Sol was crying, there was a puddle of tears and he said, “Mom, that looks like pee so I don’t want to have a puddle of tears.” So we took that out.

MOTHER AND SON WRITING TEAM Rebecca Velasquez is a social worker and yoga and meditation teacher. She, along with her son Wesley, recently wrote the children’s book Sol Finds Love: A Sacred Love Story for Children.

NT: Wesley, what was the process of working on the book with your mom like?

Wesley Velasquez: It was fun, and so exciting.

I was like, “Oh my gosh! We’re doing a book!” I don’t even remember when this started.

reflection questions in the back so they get that opportunity to go reflect on the story, and see that in the story, this character experienced a loss, but a good thing came out of it. They learned to turn to a higher power and learned to find love in their own heart.

NT: What does the idea of twin flames mean to you?

NT: How did you come up with the story? Was RV: I think as time goes on in our society, there a specific creation story you were basing people will start to hear those words more and it off of? more often, and it’s also known as twin souls.

RV: There are just a lot of themes in the story, There’s a lot on the internet if people Google a soul connection is a huge one. It was a period “twin flames,” and a lot of people confuse twin of time for me of reassessing soul connections, flames with soulmates. There are soulmates, aligning with my own soul, and speaking my twin flames, and kindred spirits, and I put truth just in life. The topic of in the book a description of twin flames is also a topic in what those characteristics are, the book, and that’s a really Read on and it’s the sort of connection, rare phenomenon that I really Rebecca and Wesley Velasquez’s where for a lot of people it can wanted to bring to light. A lot book, Sol Finds Love: A Sacred Love happen and they won’t know Story for Children. Is available now of people don’t understand that in paperback on Amazon for $11.11. what it is. It’s an experience connection, there’s a really Visit rebeccavelasquez.com for more that lives outside of any other small population who have information. human experience, People may experienced it, and so it brings not have a name for it, and that topic to light. hopefully this book can bring an understanding of that, and what it is, for NT: The book is almost a higher reading level. people who experience it now or in the future.

Was that hard for Wesley to navigate or did he It’s just to engage people about the idea. ∆ completely understand everything?

RV: I’ve really found that people Wesley’s New Times Editorial Intern Delany Burk is age do get it, and what they get from it might meditating. Send comments to Arts Editor Ryah be different than what an adult gets from Cooley at rcooley@newtimesslo.com. it. Children his age read it and understand that there are some sad parts, and there are

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Transcending Festival Mosaic celebrates music without borders

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works of composers who were expats at t least 180 days of the year, Scott Yoo will not be home if you go the time of writing,” Yoo said. “How does knocking on the conductor’s door in being an expat influence what you write?”

Columbia, Missouri.

Yoo found that a composer’s host He may be in Mexico, where he country could have a great influence on serves as the artistic director and his or her work, or not. While works by chief conductor for the Mexico City someone like Mozart didn’t shift much Philharmonic, or he could be abroad in in spite of the country that he was living Europe, shooting episodes for his new in, others, like the German composer music and travel show, Now Hear This.

Bruch who lived in England, produced a But every July, Yoo is in San Luis Obispo noticeably different sound. as music director for the local Festival “I can definitely hear some of the U.K. in Mozaic, which brings more than a week his music,” Yoo said. “People are influenced by of classical music performances and their surroundings, and I think geography is workshops to the Central Coast. an influence that’s oft overlooked.”

For having a conductor who spends Since 2016, when Yoo shifted his life so much of his life crossing borders, at a to live in Mexico City for part of the year, time when the current U.S. presidential he’s noticed a difference in how he leads administration is spending a lot of energy his orchestra. focused on determining who gets to come “It’s made me better,” Yoo said. “My here and when, it seems only fitting that the Spanish isn’t that great. It’s forced me to communicate using my hands. You turn theme of this year’s Festival Mozaic is Music the handicap into a Without Borders. strength.”

Many of Yoo’s Maestro While Yoo friends in Mexico Festival Mozaic runs from July 17 to 29 in venues spends much of his City are expats, just across SLO County. The pilot episode of Now Hear This, life immersed in like him.

Scott Yoo’s new TV show that takes him on musical music and travel, he “It made me journeys around the world, will screen at the Palm Theatre in SLO on July 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 knows not everyone think that perhaps per person. For more information about all festival is as lucky. So he’s there’s something performances and tickets, visit festivalmozaic.com. partnered with PBS in explaining the

to host Now Hear This, a show that takes viewers to the countries of great composers to tell their stories. The first episode will focus on Vivaldi and take audiences to places like Venice, Tuscany, and Siena. Yoo said that the team behind Now Hear This is trying to do for music what the late Anthony Bourdain did for food.

While the show won’t air on PBS until October 2019, the pilot episode will show at the Palm Theatre on July 9 as part of Festival Mozaic.

Yoo said he and his team will also be producing segments for radio and content for an online class to go along with the show.

Regardless of what side of whichever border you stand on, Yoo said there’s a sort of universality that binds all music and the people who play it.

“Ultimately all orchestras are the same,” Yoo said.

“There’s a saying that there are no bad orchestras, only bad conductors. I kind of agree with that.” Δ

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INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MAN Festival Mozaic Music Director Scott Yoo (center) splits his time between San Luis Obispo; Mexico City; Columbia, Missouri; and wherever else the music takes him.

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Split Screen

WWMr.RD? M organ Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) helms this documentary biopic about beloved cardigan-clad children’s TV host Fred Rogers. (94 min.)

Glen It’s easy to dismiss Fred Rogers as “just” a children’s TV host, and a sappy, low-budget one at that, but this documentary reveals just how deeply he cared about children; how hard he worked at helping children through topical issues such as Robert Kennedy’s assassination, divorce, and war; and how seriously he took his role as host of positive children’s programming as foil to what he saw as bad role modeling and encouragement of humanity’s baser instincts in other kids’ programs. This documentary mixes archival footage of his show, both off screen and on; interviews with those who knew him and were part of his show such as his wife Joanne Rogers, and members of his cast such as Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin) and François Scarborough Clemmons; and particularly memorable guests such as Yo-Yo Ma and Koko the sign language gorilla. There’s even some animation to help illustrate some of the narration about his life. Though I watched Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood as a kid, I really don’t remember much of it, perhaps because Rogers was never heavyhanded or didactic. His main message was love and acceptance. He wanted each child to know he or she was loved and capable of loving. He also wanted kids to know that whoever they are, that’s good enough. It’s about as close to Jesus’ message as you can get, but ironically it was a message that led to backlash

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WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

by—get this!— conservatives who argued Rogers created a generation of entitled brats.

The “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist Church considered Rogers—an ordained minister, by the way—an enemy, too.

They actually protested Rogers’ memorial service. As far as I’m concerned, that’s a ringing endorsement! He’s rankling the right hides, but it’s hard to believe such a gentle, sweet, loving person could be so polarizing.

Anna While we both grew up with Mr. Rogers as a children’s television host, my experience differs quite a bit from yours in the way that I remember his presence and his show in my childhood intrinsically. I remember the Land of Make Believe. I will singsong lyrics from his program without a second thought in my day-to-day. I dreamt as a girl that Mr. Rogers was a long-lost uncle who would one day come to our family picnics and play with me (still dream it, to be honest).

Perhaps it speaks to the fact that we grew up in different generations; PBS didn’t officially launch until 1970, while you were a kid—a full-fledged one at that— and my relationship with television didn’t start until 15 or 20 years later, when more programming like Reading Rainbow and Sesame Street were the norm for young mornings as cereal got guzzled down and the older siblings got shuffled to school. I’ll admit it right off the bat: I’ve got an affinity for Mr. R that millions of people my age share; he’s a symbol of simple, gentle love, a reminder that it is not only all right to feel, but important to do so and with gusto. That you are good, that we are good, and we are loved just as we are. The argument against his ideals continues today; people are worried the coddling of children makes them weak, telling them they are loved and needed and special spoils the bunch, that we are raising selfish and difficult children to be selfish and difficult adults. The beauty of this film is that it addresses it all—from racial tension to religion, from sexual identity to acknowledging and appreciating our differences. I’ll say this for sure: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

PUPPET PERSONALITIES Fred Rogers used puppets, such as King Friday XIII, to personify different personality types to better communicate with children.

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What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Sunset Drive-In, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: Ant-Man and The Wasp.

In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to

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did nothing to dissuade my love for Mr. Rogers and the characters he gave kids to work out their own way in this world.

Glen There’s certainly something intrinsically emotional throughout.

Maybe it was simple nostalgia or being warmed by his message, but this documentary had me choked up throughout. Seeing Mr. Rogers gaze with love into a learning-disabled child’s eyes, watching him invite African-American cast member François to soak his feet with him in a child’s wading pool during a time when whites and blacks didn’t swim together, or seeing Rogers channel the empathic tiger sock puppet Daniel just got me. It’s not like Rogers was without fault. When he learned that François was gay, he thought that was something that needed hiding for fear it would undermine his program, but Rogers was right on race and right on inclusion of disabled children during a time before such kids were mainstreamed in public schools. It’s also amazing to see Rogers go before Congress and argue for the worth of public television. It’s now decades later, and our current president seems bent on dividing our country by race and stripping federal funding from the arts, NPR, and PBS. This documentary is a reminder that there was a tireless champion of tolerance and inclusivity. We could certainly use that again. What makes the film even more poignant is its depiction of Rogers at his lowest. Looking at our culture today, it’s clear his message didn’t prevail.

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BOUNDARIES What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? The Palm Laura (Vera Farmiga) is a single mother living in Seattle, who has a constant need to put others, including animals, before her. When her estranged, criminally minded father Jack (Christopher Plummer) is kicked out of his retirement home, Laura agrees to drive him down the coast to live with her sister, JoJo (Kristen Schaal), in Los Angeles. Along for the ride is her bright but troubled son, Henry (Lewis MacDougall), and an assortment

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of animal charity cases. Without telling Laura, Jack convinces Henry to help him sell off his copious supply of marijuana at every stop of their journey, resulting in unexpected reunions with old friends and family. (104 min.)

—Sony Pictures Classics

THE FIRST PURGE What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park, Galaxy Behind every tradition lies a revolution.

Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness.

Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below 1 percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding

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FORWARD THINKER François Scarborough Clemmons (left) and Fred Rogers share a pool of water at a time when whites and blacks didn’t swim together.

What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm

Still, his message was a worthy one and remains so today. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is a wonderful celebration of a wonderful man who touched countless lives and exemplified a life well lived.

Anna It does call to the political climate today in a harsh and unignorable way, especially since funding for the arts has been deemed unnecessary by the current administration. Luckily, films like this come around to remind us of the good. I, too, was a streaming river of tears throughout. Rogers’ basis was in faith; he went to the seminary and exuded Christian values in the best way possible—through love and acceptance, and also through fault and penance. As a crusader for early childhood education through television as well as an advocate for individualism and acceptance, the hero-in-a-cardigan shines through with a smile and a kind word. Learning of his imperfections and inner dialogue does nothing but fascinate me more with the man I have always wanted to sit next to and soak my feet in a pool with. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is a lovely tribute to a most humble hero and advocate. See it and be grateful that Rogers chose to share himself with the world in a way that let us sit and be in silence with him for a bit each day. I for one will always love him. ∆ Split Screen is written by Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna.

Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

REVIEW ScORING FULL PRIcE .... It’s worth the price of an evening show MATINEE ........ Save a few bucks, catch an afternoon show RENTAL .......... Rent it STREAMING.... Wait ’til Netflix has it NOTHING ........ Don’t waste your time Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation. (112 min.)

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HEARTS BEAT LOUD What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm From writer/director Brett Haley (And Then I Go, The New Year) and writer Marc Basch (I’ll See You In My Dreams) comes Hearts Beat Loud, a film about widower and aging Brooklyn hipster Frank (Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation,

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The Hero) starting a band with his teenage daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemmons, Dope) just before she leaves home to attend college in California. When a song of theirs finds success online, it complicates Frank’s attempts to let go of his dreams of stardom and allow his daughter to find her own path in life.

This heartwarming indie flick is exactly what you need this summer. Seriously, go to the theater now. I’ll wait. Wasn’t that lovely? From the acting of the starstudded cast Offerman, Blythe Danner (Husbands and Wives), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), and Ted Danson (The Good Place, Body Heat), to the musical performances (and references and soundtrack), and the use of imagery and subtle moments to tell a story, Hearts Beat Loud is a nuanced coming of age story—

for both father and daughter.

After owning a record shop for 17 years, Frank, who is about to become an empty nester with his daughter Sam leaving for UCLA to study to become a doctor in the fall, feels that it’s time for a change, but he’s not sure what to do exactly. He also can’t let go of the dream of making it big in music, back from the days when he and his late wife had a band together. So naturally when he and Sam produce a song that is pretty bitchin’, he races to put it on Spotify without telling her. When their song does unexpectedly well, it puts Sam in a place of feeling like she has to choose between music and creativity and medicine and stability.

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MOVIES from page 40 burnt out on the hardships of his life— losing his wife young, raising his daughter alone, caring for his senile mother, and trying to sell records for a living in the age of iTunes—and also unbelievably sweet as a loving, goofy father to Sam. While Sam gets ready to leave the only home she’s ever known, she also ends up falling in love with a girl, Rose (American Honey), a young artist she meets at a gallery. The beautiful thing is that the movie (and the other characters in it) doesn’t make a big deal about Sam being a lesbian. Instead, it’s presented simply as a young person falling in love for the first time, weeks before she has to move to the other side of the country. And Sam and Rose are both black, which the movie doesn’t dwell on. Nor is it a thing that Frank is a white dad raising his black daughter, solo. It just is.

We also get standout performances from Danner as Frank’s mom who is starting to forget who and where she is and shoplifts on the regular because of it; Collette as Frank’s attractive, business savvy land lady; and Danson as his wise, yet high/tipsy bartender best friend.

Hearts Beat Loud is little pick me up that explores what it’s like to be at a crossroads in life, no mater what age you are. (97 min.)

—Ryah Cooley

INCREDIBLES 2 What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Sunset Drive-In, Park, Galaxy From Writer/Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille) comes the sequel Incredibles 2, 14 years after the original film premiered. Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2—but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the dayto-day heroics of normal life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by

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HARMONY In Hearts Beat Loud, a father (Nick Offerman) and his daughter (Kiersey Clemons) form a band the summer before she leaves for college.

the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers.

When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again.

It’s been more than a decade since the Incredibles first burst onto the scene and delighted audiences with its unique nostalgia drenched take on what was then just an emerging powerhouse genre in contemporary cinema. That’s more than a decade of Avenging, Dark Knightin’, Deadpooling, and world-saving that the crime fighting family and the world missed out on during their absence. Hell, when the movie premiered Tobey Maguire was still Spiderman. Yes, there have been five Spiderman movies since the first Incredbles came out. I still have trouble believing that even though I just wrote it. Which is why I was all the more impressed with Bird’s follow-up for his super-powered family. It should be commended how he and the animation team at Disney’s Pixar managed to be true to the original without kowtowing to modern trends. And while the film may be a shade darker than the

first iteration, this new installment delivers on just about everything it promises and should leave families entertained until the next chapter arrives in theaters (which hopefully comes sooner than a decade and a half).

The new super villain that the Incredibles (well, mainly Helen) are up against this time is the Screen Slaver, a nemesis who uses our enslavement to technology to hypnotize his victims using any screen around. In this state, the Screen Slaver can get anyone to do his evil bidding and they won’t even remember it later.

At the same time, the Screen Slaver is very anti-technology and thinks people are overly dependent on it at the expense of actually living life, which seems a bit ironic.

I would have liked to have seen a deeper exploration of gender roles, but kind of get that doing so would have made the movie even longer (and at 118 minutes this one is asking a lot of its younger audiences, even with multiple action scenes and an endless array of power displays). The film is certainly not without its missteps, specifically in how

it handles Frozone’s wife, Honey (voice of Kimberly Adair Clark), who we only hear nagging her husband, we never see her.

She really does just feel like a recycled gag from 2004’s Incredibles. How hard would it have been to design a character and give her some meaningful screen time besides reducing her to some cheap foil for Jackson’s Frozone to briefly interact with?

As for the villain reveal of the Screen Slaver, it’s not going to come as a shock to seasoned moviegoers but may catch a few distracted parents, and especially kids, off guard. That being said, I have to hand it to Bird for how he packages an action sequence and his apparent skill at pairing together super powers for battles like a sommelier with fine wine. The folks over at Marvel Studios could learn a lot from these films in terms of crafting fight scenes that, although almost always formulaic, can still be delivered in ways that make them feel fresh. Bird proves that multiple times throughout Incredibles 2 (just watch Elastigirl interact with her bike and try to tell me that’s not some cool out-of-the-box thinking for a chase scene involving a human being essentially made

of indestructible rubber). I also wanted to take a minute to commend Bird’s choice to leave cell phones out of the picture, allowing his film to flex its muscles without pocket-sized distractions. It truly speaks to the traditionalist bent of the series, which seems to draw from 1950s era super hero shows and comics, as much as even earlier, “Golden Age” science fiction classics.

Bird gives audiences a glimpse of how his generation and those before him viewed the future, and while those dreams may be dated, they still come across as new, exciting, and utterly unique, and that’s pretty incredible.

(118 min.)

—Spencer Cole

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Bay, Fair Oaks, Park, Galaxy J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible, A Monster Calls) directs this follow up to Jurassic World (2015), which was about an island dinosaur park and a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur that goes on a killing spree and brings down the park. Three years later, the island has been abandoned and left to the dinosaurs, but then the island’s dormant volcano rumbles to life, threatening to kill all the dinosaurs. Claire Dearing (Bruce Dallas Howard) and Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) mount a rescue mission, but do the powers that be have an ulterior motive to funding their attempt?

This is a big, fun, entertaining, summer popcorn movie that audiences will like but critics will condemn thanks to the law of diminishing returns. You can only throw the same thing at the screen so many times before it becomes surprise-free, and I’d say we’re just about there, but if you’re interested, see it on the big screen for full effect. (128 min.)

—Glen Starkey

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What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Park, Galaxy Upon her release from prison, Debbie (Sandra Bullock), the estranged sister of legendary conman Danny Ocean, puts together a team of unstoppable crooks to pull off the heist of the century. Their goal is New York City’s annual Met Gala and a necklace worth more than $150 million.

(110 min.)

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RBG

What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm RBG is a must-see documentary chronicling Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s improbable life and career, superbly highlighting her heroic litigation in the 1970s to overturn laws that discriminated by gender, her tenure on the Supreme Court that’s been defined by her scathing dissents, and the ways in which she’s inspired a new generation of women, becoming a cultural phenomenon at the ripe age of 85.

Beyond those highlights, RBG offers a poignant portrayal of Ginsburg as a person, her reserved and steely yet sweet temperament, and her genuinely beautiful marriage. Filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen really capture Ginsburg’s humanity through interviews with her, her friends, and family members, which add a valuable layer of depth to the documentary.

Ginsburg, a Brooklyn native, entered Harvard Law School in 1956 as one of nine women in a class of 500. She juggled her coursework with caring for both her baby and her husband, who had fallen ill with cancer (but ultimately survived). After graduating, she struggled to find law work as a female professional, despite being at the top of her class. Ginsburg eventually became a professor at Columbia University, where she pioneered a class on gender discrimination.

In the ’70s, Ginsburg argued a series of

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the final act, I was thinking, “How’s he going to write his way out of this one?” The answer is he isn’t. The ending feels lazy and more interested in teeing up a sequel than resolution.

Likewise, the original’s direction by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Enemy, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) was soulful and introspective, while Sollima’s direction on this sequel feels competent but unable to overcome the script’s deficiencies Both Brolin and Del Toro do excellent work, and there’s a solid supporting cast, but Matthew

Modine as Secretary of Defense James Riley and Catherine Keener as Graver’s CIA supervisor Cynthia Foards are given fairly one-dimensional characters and can’t seem to do enough to flesh them out.

Maybe I’ve been so wowed by Sheridan that my expectations are too high or maybe Sicario: Day of the Soldado is suffering from sequel slump, but this is a film that can wait for home viewing. Rest assured, however, I’ll be giving Sheridan another chance. Even his substandard work in Sicario: Day of the Soldado is much

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Rental Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park, Galaxy In this sequel to Sicario (2015), CIA operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) reteams with Central American vigilante Alejandro Gillick (Benicio Del Toro) to take on the Mexican drug cartels when it becomes clear they’re trafficking terrorists across the U.S. border. The pair kidnaps Isabel Reyes (Isabela Moner), a drug lord’s 16-year-old daughter, hoping to incite war between rival cartels, but things go wrong, pitting Graver against Gillick. Italian director Stefano Sollima (A.C.A.B., Suburra) helms this screenplay by actor-writer-director-producer Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell or High Water, Wind River).

First, I have to say I think Taylor Sheridan is one of the best screenwriters of machismo cinema. Most people see male strength as dumb and uncomplicated, but in Sheridan’s hands, it’s a nuanced, often contradictory thing with a complex moral underpinning. There’s always a code of conduct coursing beneath the bravado, and his characters always have deftly written internal struggles. He’s been acting since the mid-’90s, but Sicario was his first screenplay brought to the big screen, and each one since, from 2016’s Hell or Highwater to 2017’s brilliant and underrated Wind River have thoroughly engaged me. I also recently watched the pilot for his new TV series Yellowstone, with Kevin Costner, and it’s great. Now that I’m done gushing about Sheridan, here’s the criticism: Sicario: Day of the Soldado doesn’t measure up to the rest of his oeuvre.

The story contains many of the same earmarks of the original—a grim and violent tone, an examination of the complicated morality of fighting entities as evil and remorseless as drug cartels, and the dirty trickster-ism wielded to get results.

Unfortunately, the screenplay feels rushed, lacking nuance and a satisfactory ending. In

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WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? The Palm See Split Screen. Δ New Times movie reviews were compiled by Arts Editor Ryah Cooley and others. You can contact her at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown, Park, Galaxy After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (LilRel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend Uncle Drew (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew’s old basketball squad (Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a group of septuagenarians can still win the big one. (103 min.)

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QUEER EYE

The Fab Five could very easily be the dictionary definition of a dream team. It’s composed of five gay men who each have When? 2018 a specific area of expertise: Antoni is food What’s it rated? TV-14 and wine, Tan is fashion, Karamo is culture, Where’s it available? Netflix Bobby is design, and Jonathan is grooming.

Each episode features a new person—all are ive men are sharply dressed, dancing lovingly dubbed “heroes”—for the Fab Five to gleefully together in black and white. makeover within their specialties. The team’s Netflix will give you an option to “Skip help extends beyond the superficial to actual Intro,” but the charming moves render that lifestyle changes, giving the show its slogan button inapplicable while watching Queer of “more than a makeover.”

Eye—let the men dance! The show, a 2018 While the original show only made over reboot of the early 2000s show, Queer Eye for straight men, the new Fab Five helps people the Straight Guy (2003-2007), follows a new regardless of their gender or sexuality (though “Fab Five” around Georgia as they complete straight men are still the primary canvases well-executed makeovers. Faces, wardrobes, that the team works with). This shift works homes, and palates are all upgraded, but out splendidly because the Fab Five isn’t for hearts tend to undergo the most changes. just one group of people—they’re for PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX all of us. During a time of increasing polarization across the board, Queer Eye brings people of different beliefs and lifestyles together, both on and in front of the screen.

When was the last time you heard healthy discussions regarding transgender identity, racial profiling, and homosexuality within religion?

Probably not last Thanksgiving when your grandfather and cool aunt got into a fight and ruined dessert. Queer Eye tackles these issues and more head-on; differing viewpoints are GRAB THE TISSUES Netflix’s worked out and consensus is reached.

Queer Eye packs a range of The whole show is civility wrapped up emotions into what otherwise would in sparkles and sporting a French tuck be a standard makeover show.

(Tan’s iconic shirt style).

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While the makeovers and discussions are lovely, the guys are what make the show so binge-worthy. Antoni is the heartthrob; he’s a mix of suave bartender and cute boy next door.

His smile is giggle-inducing—but, be warned, every time Antoni cries you are bound to cry twice as hard. Karamo, whose expertise is culture, is really just the resident therapist and confidant. After one episode you’ll be ready to face his unbreakable eye contact and reveal your deepest fears. Tan’s fashion advice is virtually scripture; Bobby can make any space HGTV-approved; and Jonathan’s flowing locks and playful remarks steal almost every scene.

Most episodes end with the Fab Five gathered around the couch in their loft, turning on the TV to watch a clip of how their “hero” is getting along. These scenes switch off between the clip and the Fab Five’s reactions to it—the guys laugh, cry, gasp, and squeal. These scenes are especially thrilling; your reactions sync up with theirs, and you may as well be on the couch next to them.

With only two seasons and fast-paced episodes hovering around 45-minutes each, this series is an easy binge and a delightful ride. If you’re looking for a fun show, but also don’t mind blowing through a few tissue boxes, Queer Eye should definitely be first on your list.

(16, 45-minute episodes per season) Δ —Ashley Ladin

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t’s late afternoon on Saturday, June of them abstract and eye-catching. One 30, and the CORE Winery in Old Town of my favorites features the silhouettes of Orcutt is packed. two squirrels set against Jackson PollockOn weekend nights, the cozy little like splashes of green, blue, and yellow. tasting room can get busy, but today In another, balloon-like orbs of primary it’s jam-packed with so many people I colors stand out from the center of a white can barely make my way around. That’s canvas. Many of the artists themselves are because the attendees that make up the here and watch as the attendees buy their standing-room-only crowd aren’t just paintings with gusto. In the short time I there to sip a glass of pinot and listen spend at the show, I see someone proudly to the old records that spin on the retro scrawl the word “sold” in big-bold letters turntable behind the bar. Today, CORE is next to five or six of the paintings. At least hosting an art show with works by some one of them was one I’d considered buying, unknown but very talented artists. and I mentally kick myself for not rushing The show features paintings and to claim it sooner. sculptures created by adults with Every time I go to an art show, I always disabilities participating in an art end up chiding myself for not going to program though VTC Enterprises, more of them. It seems like an indulgence a nonprofit that provides vocational in a fast-paced society where we spend training in the community. The show most of our time constantly rushing is being hosted by the Ian M. Hassett around from one task to the next at a Foundation, another nonprofit, and breakneck speed. I almost feel a little includes the work of several artists in the guilty about stepping out of that manic program. slipstream and shuffling The work is amazing: quietly down the halls Wine and things nearly every foot of of a gallery or museum, For more information on art shows and blank space on the walls quietly taking in the poetry readings at CORE Winery in Orcutt, is covered with brightly images. But art has value, visit corewine.com. colored paintings, many and I don’t just mean that

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in a monetary sense. Viewing it can be a meditative, even therapeutic, experience.

Creative expression, especially visual creative expression, allows people to bridge gulfs in language, age, gender, culture, and other societal chasms.

It’s a unique type of communication that can challenge and even shatter our preconceived notions about other people, and it invites us to see the world through the eyes of someone else, something we

could certainly use more of today. When you look at it that way, art becomes less an indulgence and more a necessity. It’s easy to forget, but sometimes all it takes is looking at some beautiful paintings, like the ones on display in Orcutt tonight, to remind you. Δ Staff Writer Chris McGuinness will buy that painting, please. He can be reached at cmcguinness@newtimesslo.com.

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Calwise: California, in spirit Distinctly local micro-distillery opens Paso cocktail cave

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some might even say crisp, like a breezy day at Montaña de Oro. It’s just all so California.

Owner and master distiller Aaron Bergh, 25, has always been in love with this place. His new cave, it seems, is his greatest love letter to the Golden State yet.

With a laid back feel, massive windows, and lots of grub on hand (a slew of flatbread pizza options, bacon-wrapped dates, flourless chocolate cake), this is the kind of place you could stop into for a date night or before hitting the drum circle after a sweet surf sesh.

However, let’s be clear. This is not the distillery of the cigar-smoking fedorawearing set.

“People can be intimidated to taste liquor; they’re worried they’ll make a face or something,” Bergh says. “That’s why it’s so great that we’re able to offer cocktails to our guests, like a real daiquiri, which you have to try. You can come in, relax, have a bite to eat, and sip on a drink.”

That’s right, folks. We’re talking about real cocktails made from a full bar, not just straight tastings (which are available, too).

Thanks to a new law that allows distilleries with food-serving kitchens to serve mixed drinks, Calwise is one part distillery and tasting room, one part Caliinspired cocktail lounge.

There’s even a real-life bar tender (fully bearded, for authenticity).

Bar manager Scott Romaine is shaking up fresh, modern drinks imbued with just-squeezed juices, muddled native herbs, and—of course— Calwise gin, blonde rum, and spiced rum.

Try the Wise Man, Calwise blonde rum, broiled lemon, and blueberry sage gastrique; the Fizzy Lifting, Calwise Big Sur gin, rhubarb, Meyer lemon, and soda; or the popular California Mule, Calwise spiced rum, fresh lime, and local Root Elixirs ginger beer.

Founded in 2016 by Bergh, one of the youngest A DREAM, DISTILLED Calwise Distillery Master Distiller Aaron Bergh opened a new, 6,000-square-foot distillery master distillers in the and tasting room in Paso Robles. world, Calwise Spirits

ith a dozen herbs—juniper, sage, yerba santa, fennel, and elderberry—Calwise Spirits Big Sur Gin smells like your favorite Central Coast hiking trail.

That’s entirely by design.

Step inside the distillery’s new headquarters—located at 3440 Ramada Drive in Paso Robles—and you’ll see a living wall flush with foliage you might find thriving along the craggy coast of Big Sur. “We wanted it to have a Big Sur-meetsindustrial-space type feel,” Bergh says, adding that all of the bars are made from California redwood.

That gin? It’s made with premium wine grapes, all the rage in SLO County. Calwise’s earthy spiced rum is emblazoned with the image of a Golden State Grizzly; the contents described in the tasting notes: “like a car ride through coastal orange groves farmed by naked hippies who don’t believe in deodorant and wear clove, cinnamon, and vanilla essential oils instead.”

The blonde rum, fermented from U.S.grown raw sugar cane and rested in chardonnay barrels, is distinctly sunny—

COCKTAIL HOUR Calwise Spirits, Paso Robles’ newest craft micro-distilery, is ready to shake up cocktails and serve small plates.

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LIQUID CALI From left to right, Calwise Spirits blonde rum, spiced rum, and Big Sur gin.

(formerly Calivore Spirits) has reached outside the “locals only” ethos. Across the state, you can find these bottles at Bristol Farms, Whole Foods, BevMo, and Vons, as well as California Fresh Market in San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach.

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Head to Calwise Distillery at 3440 Ramada Drive, suite B, in Paso Robles Thursday through Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Calwise Spirits will host an event with DD Cattle Company on July 21 featuring locally raised meats prepared with Calwise’s gin botanicals. For more information, call (805) 369-2662 or go to calwisespirits.com.

As for restaurants, look for Calwise at Fish Gaucho (Paso Robles), Flour House (San Luis Obispo), Novo (San Luis Obispo), Benchmark Eatery (Santa Barbara), and Boathouse at Hendry’s Beach (Santa Barbara).

These “liquid California” offerings have earned plenty of praise and awards, too; including a recent win: Best New Western Gin, courtesy of the 2018 California Craft Spirits Competition.

But Bergh isn’t just about the applause.

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Flavor FLAVOR from page 44

behind the scenes. As the story goes, during Prohibition, the feds shut down his family’s moonshining operation—but not for long. A century later, the law came knocking again (Cal Poly authorities didn’t appreciate the student making hooch in his dorm).

Now he’s got plenty of room to tinker and grow.

Bergh says it feels good to have the 6,000-square-foot facility up and running; he no longer has to share or borrow equipment. A glittering copper still is the jewel of the new distillery workspace.

Customized to Bergh’s specific modifications, this baby can handle gin, rum, and whatever crazy thing he throws at it next (an impressive multi-tasker— not unlike the master distiller himself).

“This is going to be a testing ground to release new things out into the public; stuff you can’t get at BevMo or anywhere else but here,” the distiller says.

There’s already a new barrel-aged gin in the works, plus lots of small-batch mystery projects (liqueurs, brandies) that’ll take shape throughout the year.

“This is going to be a hub of creativity and experimentation, and it is going to drive the next chapter for Calwise Spirits.

I’m stoked to finally have my own home,” he says. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain wants Calwise Spirits to make a perfume out of its herbaceous Big Sur Gin. She can be reached at hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

H ayley’s Bites cheese and nuts Looking for a greener protein bar?

You might want to check out Atsa, a new company created by Cal Poly student Rafael Pintor that promises to save us all from that dreaded midafternoon slump. Inspired by his family’s indigenous roots and how native tribes utilize superfoods, the bars feature pinyon nuts wild-harvested from forests (try one for yourself and learn more at atsafoods.com) … Celebrate Bastille Day with fab fromage!

Fromagerie Sophie in SLO will host a build-your-own-platter event in honor of French holiday coming up this July 14 (the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille, which was a turning point in the French Revolution). For more information, call (805) 503-0805.

shaken and stirred No need for a password: A new Prohibition-style, speakeasy bar has opened in Paso! 1122 Cocktail Lounge is located behind Pappy McGregor’s Irish Pub, and offers up a high-end cocktail experience (In order to enter, ring the bell in the dark alleyway—how mysterious, right? Learn more by following on Instagram @1122.cocktail.lounge) …

The winners of the 16th annual Central Coast Wine Competition are in: Best

sparkling wine was awarded to Arroyo Grande-based Laetitia Vineyard & Winery’s 2015 brut rosé; the best red was awarded to Cass Vineyard & Winery’s 2016 mourvèdre (Paso Robles).

Best pink? Opolo Vineyards 2017 rosé (Paso Robles). What about spirits? Best rye whiskey: Krobār Craft Distillery Cask Strength Rye Whiskey (Paso Robles); aged grape brandy: Bethel Road House Brandy (Templeton); Best new Western gin: Calwise Spirits Big Sur Gin (Paso Robles).

summer delights Do-it-yourself doughnuts are a real thing! A new, totally genius biz in SLO is offering up all the sprinkle, glaze, jelly, and sugar flavors of the rainbow, so you can choose exactly what sphere of fried dough to cram into your face. Word on the street, it’ll open next month at 847 Higuera St. in the former Teaberry location! … Love is merely a madness: The Central Coast Shakespeare Festival kicks off this July 12 through Aug. 4, featuring As You Like it and The Three Musketeers. No time to pack a picnic?

No worries! Beda’s Biergarten and Piemonte’s Deli will be on hand to serve while you watch (plus, sip wine by Filipponi Ranch; tickets at centralcoastshakespeare.org). ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain doth protest too much when it comes to mayo. Send bites to hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

H ayley’s P icks Mixing it up

Cocktail hour is back, baby! Break out your cuff links, martini glasses, and swizzle sticks. Krobār Craft Distillery and Yes Cocktail Company are joining together to bring a whole new mix to the San Luis Obispo Public Market at Bonetti Ranch, currently under construction at the corner of Tank Farm Road and Higuera Street in SLO. OK, maybe this new cocktail collab is a bit more casual than the “cocktail hours” of yesteryear, but a gal can dream. Mixed Company will open its doors by summer 2019 inside the Market Hall, featuring Krobār’s Paso Robles-made spirits, and Yes Cocktail’s all-natural mixers and syrups, a SLOcal fave. What to expect?

Well, seasonal cocktail creations, paired food tastings, and distilled spirits tastings, to start. You’ll be able to sip and taste Mixed Company’s menu inside the Market Hall or chill outside on a private patio (for those who want to stir it up at home, there’ll be Krobār and Yes products to go).

With Kraken Coffee, High Street Market and Deli, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Negranti Creamery, and a farmers’ market already moving into the anticipated space, I’m ready to move in (permanently). ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain thinks beer, coffee, ice cream, sandwiches, and cocktails are the five main food groups. Send bites to hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

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LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

LegaL Notices AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING REQUEST FOR ORDER: QRDO SIGNATURE FRANK JOHN BOYLE PETITIONER RACHEL GRACE BOYLE RESPONDENT 15FL-0351

TO PETITIONER: BOYLE

FRANK

JOHN

A COURT HEARING WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: August 6, 2018 at 9:00AM in Dept.: 4 at Superior Court of CA, County of San Luis Obispo, County Government Center, 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

FILE NO. 2018-1431 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2004) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE KITEBOARDER, 1356 16th St., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Boardsports Media LLC (1356 16th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Boardsports Media LLC, Marina Chang, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 05-3018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 05-30-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1454 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NOURISH GOURMET, LLC, 151 W. Dana St. #100, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Nourish Gourmet, LLC (737 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Noursih Gourmet, LLC, Daniel Sprowls, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-01-18. 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. 06-01-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

WARNING to the person served with the Request for Order: The court may make the requested order FICTITIOUS BUSINESS without you if you do not file a Responsive Declaration to Request for NAME STATEMENT Order (Form FL-320), serve a copy FILE NO. 2018-1465 on the other parties at least nine TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/21/2018) court days before the hearing (unNew Filing less the court has ordered a shorter period of time), and appear at the The following person is doing busihearing (See form FL-320-INFO for ness as: J NUNEZ TRUCKING, 540 Pico Ave. #111, San Simeon, CA more information).

93452. San Luis Obispo County.

Nunez Jesus (540 Pico Ave. #111, DATED: May 16, 2018 San Simeon, CA 93452). This busiDEPUTY CLERK /S/ S.KRUSE ness is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jesus Nunez. This statement was IN PRO PER filed with the County Clerk of San Luis RACHEL G. BOYLE Obispo on 06-01-18. I hereby certify RESPONDENT that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018 Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 06-01-23.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1324 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/15/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: TRAPEZOID CONSTRUCTION, 9390 Huer Huero, Creston, CA 93432. San Luis Obispo County.

Stephen Ray Gonzales (9390 Huer Huero, Creston, CA 93432). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Stephen R. Gonzales. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 05-1518. 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. 05-15-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1474 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/19/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VINEYARD DENTAL & ORTHODONTICS, 236 S Vine St., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Cheema Dental Corporation (1268 W. Lathrop Rd., Manteca, CA 95336). This business is conducted

by A CA Corporation /s/ Cheema Dental Corporation, CEO/ Jasbir Cheema. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-04-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 06-04-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1347 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CALPACIFIC ACCOUNTING, 480 Avenida De Socios 2, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Stephanee Lammers (480 Avenida De Socios 2, Nipomo, CA 93444).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Stephanee Lammers, Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 05-17-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

S. Kramos, Deputy. Exp. 05-17-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1479 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MEBO DESIGNS, 516 Acacia Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442.

San Luis Obispo County. Mary Ellen Bohnsack (516 Acacia Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Mary Ellen Bohnsack, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-0518. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy.

Exp. 06-05-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1399 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: EDIN LIFESTYLE, 1601 Hansen Lane #B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Rachelle Paula Tripoli (1601 Hansen Lane #B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Rachelle Tripoli.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 05-24-18. 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. 05-24-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1481 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GREGORY MONI STUDIOS, 1629 Johnson Ave., Suite #1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Gregory James Money (1629 Johnson Ave., Suite #1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Greg Money. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-0518. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-05-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1483 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GREENWAVE CREATIVE, 331 Kentucky St. Apt. C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Nicholas Kirk Thompson (22224 Philiprimm St., Woodland Hills, CA 91367), Sydney Sage Hellums-Harder (5605 Crow Lane, San Jose, CA 95123). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Nicholas Thompson, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-0518. 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. 06-05-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1487 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FAB-IT-UP, 3430 El Pomar Dr., Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Kyle James Newman (192 Stonebridge Ln., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kyle Newman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-06-18. 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. 06-06-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1488 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/31/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE MOVING EXPERIENCE, TME, 757 Manzanita Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. The Moving Experience LLC (1111 Fernwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ The Moving Experience LLC, Aaron Stireman, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-0618. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy.

Exp. 06-06-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1494 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/06/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FOSTER’S FAMILY DONUTS, 1511 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County.

Perry A. Vong (4 Paseo Ladera Ln., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Perry A. Vong. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-06-18. 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. 0606-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1495 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CAMBRIA AUTO SUPPLY, LLC, CAMBRIA NAPA, 2501 Village Lane, Suite G, Cambria, CA 93428.

San Luis Obispo County. Cambria Auto Supply, LLC (2501 Village Lane, Suite G, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Cambria Auto Supply, LLC, Carolyn Potter, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-06-18. 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. 06-06-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1508 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/29/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BVI HELP AND CARE, INC., HELP AND CARE (B.V.I.), 382 San Miguel Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County.

British Virgin Islands Help and Care, Inc. (382 San Miguel Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ British Virgin Islands Help and Care, Inc., Douglas Matthew Boyer, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-08-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can. Wood, Deputy. Exp. 06-08-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-1515 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/24/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO A, INC., 12424 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County.

SLO A, Inc. (12424 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ SLO A, Inc., Behrooz Sayahan, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-0818. 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. 06-08-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1516 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LAUNDRY EXXPRESS, 1050 Orcutt Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Jules E. Rogoff (1050 Orcutt Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jules Rogoff, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-0818. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy.

Exp. 06-08-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1523 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: 5 CITY HOMES, 350 James Way, Ste. 130, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

Vincent Gondry (350 James Way, Ste. 130, Pismo Beach, CA 93449).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Vincent Gondry. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1118. 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. 06-11-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1524 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/06/1990) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DAVIDS GARDENING SERVICE, 509 Village Ct., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

David Carreras (509 Village Ct., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ David Carreras. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-11-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can. Wood, Deputy. Exp. 06-11-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1535 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: L.J. CABALLERO & ASSOCIATES, 727 S. Halcyon Rd. Sp. 17, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Louis J. Caballero (727 S. Halcyon Rd. Sp. 17, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Louis J. Caballero. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can. Wood, Deputy. Exp. 06-12-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1553 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HOME TEAM, 390 Harborview Ave. #1, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

Charles Ammons (390 Harborview Ave. #1, Pismo Beach, CA 93449).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Charles Ammons. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1318. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-13-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1539 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/11/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: AU, 1324 Phillips Ln., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jonathan Lee Avrett (1324 Phillips Ln., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jonathan Avrett. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 06-12-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1556 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: OCEAN SPA, 525 Orchard Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Robert Winton Jordan (1339 N. Bradley Rd. Apt. 37, Santa Maria, CA 93454). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Robert Jordan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-14-18. 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. 06-14-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1541 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/24/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FOX JUMP CINEMATICS, 2082 Harris St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Vulpes Media LLC (2082 Harris St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company/s/ Vulpes Media LLC, Colton Jeffery Day DuncanMember. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-12-18. 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. 06-12-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1543 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: RADIFY PROJECT, 1262 Murray Ave. #33, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County.

Alexis Rose Taylor (1262 Murray Ave. #33, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Alexis Taylor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1218. 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. 06-12-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1531 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/08/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: OC MANAGEMENT, 1691 Johnson Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Owen Schwaegerle, Camille Schwaegerle (3140 Camellia Ct. Apt. A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Owen Schwaegerle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1118. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-11-23.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1545 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GLASS-HOLES.COM, 581 Mesa Road, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Mom’s Old Fashioned Fish Supply LLC (581 Mesa Road, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company/s/ Mom’s Old Fashioned Fish Supply LLC, Michael John Kirkman, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1318. 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. 06-13-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1534 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/10/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NAIL IMAGE, 534 W. Tefft St., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Jimmy Hau Pham, Katie Giang Pham (110 s. Mesa Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Jimmy Pham, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 0612-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-1550 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: G&S PROPERTIES, 359 N. 16th St., Grover Beach, CA 93449.

San Luis Obispo County. Sandra Cathleen Johnson (290 Leeward St., Shell Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sandra C. Johnson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1318. 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. 06-13-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1560 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/14/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MODERN RELIC, 1836 6th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Justin Levi Johnson, Danae Michele Oneal (1836 6th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Danae Oneal. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1418. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-14-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1563 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/22/1995) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SPIKE CONSTRUCTION, 2091 Wood Duck Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County.

Ted Howard Groom (2091 Wood Duck Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Ted H. Groom, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1418. 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. 06-14-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1578 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/15/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO BUZZED, BACK ALLEY BUZZ, SLO BUZZ, 1185 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Michael Lincoln Drake (3424 Gregory Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michael Lincoln Drake. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1518. 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. 06-15-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1585 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/01/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE WEALTH PILOT, 405 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

G.F. Investment Solutions, Inc. (405 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted

by A CA Corporation /s/ G.F Investment Solutions, Inc., Greg Franklin, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-18-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 06-18-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1588 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MEMWRIS, 1032 Church St., Unit B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Charlotte Maumus, Zachary Michaels (1032 Church St., Unit B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Charlotte Maumus. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-19-18. 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. 0619-23.

June 21, 28, July 5 & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1590 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, POP-IN MOBILE CHILDCARE, 675 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County.

Bruce Alexander Jones, Samantha Susanne Jones (1134 Greenwich Ct., Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Bruce Jones. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-1918. 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. 06-19-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1591 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/19/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BUBBLY BAR CART, COPPER & CRYSTAL, 141 Suburban Ave., Suite D3, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Christina Joslin (141 Suburban Ave., Suite D3, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Christina Joslin.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-19-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy. Exp. 06-19-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1600 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MENKA, 799 Foothill Blvd.

Ste. A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.

San Luis Obispo County. Noodle Chef (799 Foothill Blvd. Ste. A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Noodle Chef, William Yan-President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-20-18. 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. 06-20-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1601 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/30/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WORKOUT STRUCTURE, 777 Mill St., Apt. 21, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Christopher Borgard (777 Mill St., Apt. 21, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Christopher Borgard. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-20-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. C. Christensen, Deputy. Exp. 06-20-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1602 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/08/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ROBBO MUSIC, 420 Napa Ave., Unit C, Morro Bay, CA 93442.

San Luis Obispo County. Rob Vermeulen (420 Napa Ave., Unit C, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rob Vermeulen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-20-18. 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. 06-20-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1608 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JP EVENTS, JUST AS PROMISED EVENTS, 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 06-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-20-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1614 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/19/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ALL BUSINESS CLEANING, 292 Spruce St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Tiffany German (292 Spruce St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tiffany German. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-21-18. 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. 06-21-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1626 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/22/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DIVINE THAI CUISINE, 511A W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Prapassorn Polly Lengsricha-Em (511A W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Prapassorn Polly Lengsricha-Em. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-22-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 06-22-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1628 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/04/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COAST POOL PROFESSIONALS, 433 Stanton St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Ethan Brandle (433 Stanton St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Ethan Brandle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-2218. 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. 06-22-23.

June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1633 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/25/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COASTAL HEARING AND BALANCE, 2390 Pineridge Drive, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Jennifer Lynn King (2390 Pineridge Drive, Cambria, CA 93428).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jennifer L. King. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-2518. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-25-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1635 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/10/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KINDLY CULTIVATED, KINDLY CULTIVATED SUPPLY COMPANY, 2936 Rockview Place, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Kristin Mariko Maloney (2936 Rockview Place, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Kristin Maloney.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-25-18. 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. 06-25-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

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LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1637 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TGP WEST, 3500 Dry Creek Road #3, Paso Robles, CA 93446.

San Luis Obispo County. TGP Water Systems (3500 Dry Creek Road #3, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ TGP Water Systems, Elizabeth Torp, Sec/Trea. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-25-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy. Exp. 06-25-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-1639 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/19/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MEATHEAD WINE STORAGE, 4468 Broad Street, Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Neves IV, LLC (3600 South Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Neves IV, LLC, Evan Steed, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-2518. 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. 06-25-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

FILE NO. 2018-1640 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/10/1994) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SOUZA CONTRUCTION, 4027 Santa Fe Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Souza Engineering Contracting, Inc. (4027 Santa Fe Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Souza Engineering Contracting, Inc., Terry Kalman, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-25-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 06-25-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-1645 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/26/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BOTTOM LINE BOOKKEEPING, 1228 Palm Street, Unit D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Diane Marie Parnell (1228 Palm Street, Unit D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Diane M. Parnell, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy.

Exp. 06-26-23.

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The basis upon which the amount of the Proposed Rate Increases was calculated; and Notice of Public Hearing.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public hearing for the Proposed Rate Increases will be held on: Date: JULY 9, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm Place: California Valley CSD, 13080 Soda Lake Road, California Valley, CA 93453 At the public hearing the California Valley Community Services District Board of Directors will consider all public comment in support and in opposition of the Proposed Rate Increase and whether or not a Majority Protest exists pursuant to the California Constitution (below). If adopted, the Proposed Rate Increase would become effective: SEPTEMBER 1, 2018, TO BE PLACED ON THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL PROPOSED RATE INCREASE AMOUNTS The following charts provide a summary of the Proposed Rate Increases to be considered by the California Valley CSD Board at the public hearing referenced above.

Pickups Per Week

Current Monthly Rate Effective 5-1-2006

Proposed Base Year Rate Increase

Proposed Monthly Rate Effective 2018 & 2019

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$15.00 Per Month

9-1-2018 $5 fee increase total per month $20.00

9-1-19 $5 fee increase total per month $25.00 5% inflation/Cost of living increase per year in needed after 2019

Residential: 5-35 Gallon Waste Containers

* Maximum Volume and Weight per garbage can: 35 Gallons / 40 pounds Service Description

Pickups Per Week

Current Monthly Rate Effective 5-1-2006

Proposed Base Year Rate Increase

Proposed Monthly Rate Effective 2018 & 2019

1

$25.00 per month

9-1-2018 $15.00 fee increase total per month $40.00

9-1-2019 $10 fee increase total per month $50.00 5% Inflation/Cost of living increase per year if needed after 2019

Commercial: 10-35 Gallon Waste Containers

* Maximum Volume and Weight per garbage can: 35 Gallons / 40 pounds MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES – ALL CUSTOMERS: Returned Check Fee: $35.00 each BASIS FOR THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES The Proposed Rate Increases are necessary for the Garbage Service to continue to provide safe and reliable solid waste removal, transportation and disposal services to the citizens of California Valley CSD. The increase is requested are due to increasing operational costs. Several factors have contributed to these increased costs, including, but not limited to, the rising costs associated with the operation of the Garbage Service, increased costs associated with operation and fuel for vehicles, ongoing maintenance, increased labor costs, and increased costs associated with meeting more stringent State and Federal regulations.

ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO PROPOSED RATE INCREASE The District provides that revenue derived from rates should reasonably be expected to generate sufficient revenues to provide for Garbage compensation as calculated in accordance with the "City of San Luis Obispo Rate Setting Process and Methodology Manual for Integrated Solid Waste Management Rates". The Proposed Rate Increase Resolution, to be considered by the District Board of Directors on 5-22-2018 _, would authorize the District, without conducting a majority protest hearing, to adjust solid waste disposal rates annually based on findings:

• That the requested increase is limited to the Garbage Service increased costs of providing services consistent with the City of San Luis Obispo's Rate Setting Process and Methodology Manual for Integrated Solid Waste Management Rates; and

• Does not exceed the prior twelve (12) month percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

PROTEST: Under Proposition 218, if you are the owner of record of a parcel or parcels directly liable for payment of the garbage bill, you may submit a written protest against the proposed changes presented in the notice.

Only one protest will be counted towards the majority protest per affected property. If written protests are filed by a majority of the affected owners the proposed rate increase will not be imposed. Oral comments at the public hearing will not qualify as formal protests unless accompanied by a written protest.

Written protests regarding the proposed solid waste rate increase may be mailed to: CVCSD C/O SHIPSEY AND SEITZ INCORPORATED, ATTORNEY AT LAW 1066 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401

If you have questions about the Proposed Rate Increase, please call the District at (805) 475-2211.

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PROPOSED SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL RATE INCREASE

PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME (please print): SERVICE ADDRESS: (PLEASE PRINT-YOUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS NOT MAILING ADDRESS): APN NUMBER: (9-digit Assessor's plat map number can be found in the search on the following webpage) http://assessor.slocounty.ca.gov/assessor/pisa/search.aspx -------------------------------------------------------------------PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ▫

I VOTE NO I AM PROTESTING THE PROPOSED SOLID WASTE RATE INCREASE

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I VOTE YES FOR THE PROPOSED SOLID WASTE RATE INCREASE

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PROPERTY OWNER'S SIGNATURE:

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

NAME STATEMENT

NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1660 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/04/2008) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ELECTROSTATIC APPLICATIONS, 1785 Ogden Dr., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Joseph Michael Crowley (1785 Ogden Dr., Cambria, CA 93428).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joseph Michael Crowley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-27-18. 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. 06-27-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1661 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/27/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MEALDROP, TORRICELLA, 1627 Ramona Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Torricella, LLC (1627 Ramona Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Torricella, LLC, Benjamin Harrison, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy. Exp. 0627-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1662 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/17/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE GOAT GIRLS LLC, 4979 Davenport Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The Goats Girls LLC (4979 Davenport Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ The Goats Girls LLC, Catherine AhsamManager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 06-27-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-1664 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/08/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLOCO MASSAGE & WELLNESS SPA, 1957 Santa Barbara Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. SLOCO Massage, LLC (1957 Santa Barbara Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ SLOCO Massage, LLC, Natasha Noel Prybyla, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-2718. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. Can.Wood, Deputy.

Exp. 06-27-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

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ORDINANCE NO. 2018-06 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT TO READOPT AND REPUBLISH THE ROAD MAINTENANCE CHARGE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 2 PREAMBLE: The Board of Directors finds and declares that presently dedicated monies are inadequate to fund acceptable and uninterrupted maintenance of the District maintained roads and deem needed elements of charge to be for personnel, materials and supplies, equipment repair and replacement, operations and equipment, lease purchases, and capital reserve accounts. The Board further finds and declares that, the charges hereby fixed are in relation to the benefits received by those charged, and that the charges do not exceed the actual costs incurred by the District. This Ordinance is adopted in accordance with Government Code 61621 and all other applicable provisions of law.

SECTION 3 DEFINITIONS: A. DISTRICT MAINTAINED ROAD SYSTEM refers to the roads adopted by resolution of the California Valley Community Services District Board of Directors for maintenance.

B. TIER 1 LOTS include those lots which abut roads in the District Maintained Road System.

C. TIER 2 LOTS include those lots which abut all other roads in the District.

D. DISTRICT shall mean the California Valley Community Services District.

E. LOTS, as used in the Ordinance, are those lots as shown on the original Record of Survey of California Valley, and additions thereafter, filed with the County Recorder’s Office.

SECTION 4.0 COLLECTION OF CHARGES: All charges, penalties and interest, whether or not delinquent, will be collected in the same manner, by the same person, and at the same time as the property taxes for the California Valley Community Services District for the forthcoming fiscal year, as follows: The District shall prepare a written report, which shall be filed in the District Office. The report shall contain a description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the charge for each parcel for the year. Notice of hearing shall be in writing sent to each property and shall state that the charges will be collected on the San Luis Obispo Tax Roll.

At the same time stated in the notice, the Board shall hear and consider all objections or protest, if any, to the report.

Thereafter, the Board may adopt, revise, change, or modify the report and overrule any or all objections thereto. The Board’s determination on each charge, delinquency, penalty, and interest identified in the repo1t shall be final.

Ordinance 2018-06 cont.

Following the Board’s hearing, by July 5, 2018, or other date as designated by the County Auditor, the District shall file with the County Auditor a copy of the report, signed by the District Board President, stating the Board adopted the report. The District shall request the County Auditor to include the amount of charges, including penalties, interest and delinquencies, on the bills for taxes levied against the properties identified in the report, and to charge an additional $2.00 fee to each parcel for performing this collection service.

SECTION 5 CHARGES. PENALTIES AND INTEREST: The following charges shall apply: Tier 1. $33.00 per year Tier 2. $29.70 per year The Road Maintenance Charge shall be imposed on an annual basis and shall cover the period from 12:01 A.M. on the first day of July of each year to 12:00 Midnight on the thirtieth day of the following June of each year. For each annual Road Maintenance Charge, the parcel tier status for any parcel within the District shall be that parcel’s status as of 12:01 A.M. on the first day of January immediately preceding the date of levy each year.

PENALTIES AND INTEREST. Penalties, interest and recording of liens are imposed by the County according to their rate and policy for delinquent taxes.

SECTION 6 CUMULATIVE REMEDIES: All remedies set forth herein for the collection and enforcement of charges, penalties, interest, and delinquencies are cumulative and may be pursued alternatively, or consecutively.

SECTION 7 IMMEDIATE EFFECT: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and shall be posted in two public places in the District within ten days after adoption.

SECTION 8 RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS: In the event the District is required to bring legal action to enforce any provision of this Ordinance, including, but not limited to, the collection of charges, penalties, interest or delinquencies, or to defend application of this Ordinance, the District shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney’s fees, interest, court costs and other costs incurred by the District in such action.

To be valid a protest must be in writing and received BEFORE the close of the public hearing on JULY 9, 2018.

DATE:

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SECTION 1 RELATIONSHIP TO PAST ORDINANCES Ordinance Numbered 2017-02 is hereby readopted and replaced with ordinance 2018-06, setting the same fees for the Fiscal Year 2018-19.

The amount of the Proposed Rate Increase;

Service Description

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SECTION 9 SEVERABILITY: The Board of Directors of the California Valley Community Services District hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more of the section, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional. If any provision of the Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance or the application of such provision to other person or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Ordinance 2018-06 cont.

SECTION 10 CEOA STATEMENT: The adoption of road maintenance charges is not a project pursuant to the Public Resources Code and therefore is exempt from CEQA. SECTION 11 INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS: To the extent that the terms and provisions of this Ordinance may be inconsistent or in conflict with the terms and conditions of any prior District Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules or Regulations governing the same subject, the terms of this Ordinance shall prevail with respect to the subject matter thereof, and such inconsistent and conflicting provisions of prior Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules and Regulations are hereby repealed.

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CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT ORDINANCE 2018-06-01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

WHEREAS, the District has been provided with public testimony during numerous public hearings regarding the collection and disposal of garbage or refuse matter that: A. The residents of District desire local control regarding the nature, extent, and cost of garbage collection; and B. The District can provide garbage collection service to its residents at a greater advantage than other public agencies; WHEREAS, the fees and charges for the collection and disposal of solid waste shall be established pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article XIIID,.6(a) of the California Constitution; and WHEREAS, based upon facts and analysis presented by Staff, the Staff Report, and public testimony received, the Board of Directors finds; A. The public meeting adopting this Ordinance had been properly noticed pursuant to Government Code 54954.2 (The Brown Act); and B. Periodic collection and disposal of solid waste from all developed properties in the District benefits all occupants of developed properties within the District; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Directors of the CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT as follows: Section 1.

Authority.

This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Government Code 61600 ©, and 54343 Section 2.

Purpose.

The health, welfare, and safety of the people of the District require that the regulations and procedures be established that will provide for the storage, collection and disposal of solid waste and rubble that accumulates within the District. To assure the existence and continuance of a collection and disposal system that will benefit all citizens of the District, it is necessary that regulations and procedures be established as set forth in the Ordinance. Section 3. Solid Waste Collection and Control Part 6 is hereby added to the California Valley Community Services District's Code as follows: Part 6 - Solid Waste Collection and Control ARTICLE 1 Definitions: 1-1 Introduction: Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this part shall govern the interpretation of provisions of this part.

1-2 Cast offs: "Cast offs" means discarded mattresses, couches, chairs, and other household furniture, but does not include rubble or solid waste. l-3 District: "District" means the California Valley Community Service District.

1-4 Developed property: "Developed property" means any lot or parcel of land that is connected to the District water system or is served by a private well. "Developed property" means real property within the District that is developed with a building or structure, that when used is capable of generating solid waste. Developed Properties include but are not limited to occupied residential property, multi-family property and commercial property.

1-5 Garbage: "Garbage" means and includes kitchen and table refuse, offal, swill and also every accumulation of animal and vegetable refuse, and other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits or vegetables. It shall also include crockery, bottles, tin vessels, fireplace ashes and all or any refuse, save and excepting as defined in this section as green waste, rubble, cast offs, and recyclables.

1-6 Green Waste: "Green Waste" means and includes all tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants and weeds, but shall not include rubble.

1-7 Hazardous materials: "Hazardous materials" means any material defined as hazardous in the California Health and Safety Code, as may be amended from time to time; a waste that is hazardous according to the criteria set forth in the California Code of Regulations, as may be amended from time to time, or any waste that must be disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill.

1-8 Person: "Person" means a natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust organization, or any other type of legal entity, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer, or employee of any of them who is in possession of a commercial or residential property.

1-9 Recyclables or recyclable materials: "Recyclables" or "recyclable materials" means, but is not limited to, any paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, ferrous metals, aluminum, or other material that is to be segregated for collection for reuse in the market place.

1-10 Refuse: " Refuse" includes garbage, recyclables, green waste, cast offs, and/or rubble.

1-11 Rubble: "Rubble" means and includes all debris from the construction, demolition or alteration of building, earth, rocks or incinerator ashes, brick, mortar, concrete and similar solid material.

1-12 Solid Waste: "Solid Waste" means and includes all waste substances including garbage, green waste, and recyclables, but does not include cast offs or rubble.

1-13 Standard container: "Standard container" means and includes residential and commercial containers made of metal or plastic for holding/containing solid waste in a sufficient strength to prevent them from being broken under ordinary conditions. The size and capacity of standard containers are established by the Collection Rate and Charge Ordinance enacted pursuant to Article 3, Section 4 of this Part. Standard containers include garbage containers, green waste containers, and recyclable containers.

ARTICLE 2 Solid Waste Collection and Control Department: 2-1 Creation: A solid waste collection and control department is hereby created for the collection and disposal of refuse within the District.

2-2 Operations Supervisor: The General Manager or his/her designee shall be the Operations Supervisor of the District's Solid Waste Collection and Control Department.

2-3 Duties of Operation Supervisor: The Operations Supervisor shall administer and oversee compliance with the provisions of the Part.

ARTICLE 3 Mandatory Garbage Service and Rates and Charges: 3-1 The periodic collection and disposal of solid waste from all developed properties with the District is mandatory.

3-2 All solid wastes of any kind shall be removed by District, its agents and/or employees, at least every seven days, unless otherwise directed by the District's Operations Supervisor.

3-3 Collection rates, fees and charges for solid waste collection and disposal shall be established pursuant to Article XIIID,.6 (a) of the California Constitution, and are stated in Appendix A to this part.

3-4 The owner of developed property shall be responsible and liable for paying the solid waste collection rates and charges for that property. At the owner's request , a duplicate bill and delinquency notice to the service address by the District.

ARTICLE 4 Collection of Delinquent Fees and Charges: 4-1 Once each year, prior to a date established by the District, the District shall take the following actions to collect delinquent solid waste collection and disposal accounts: (a) The District shall make a list of property owners (with corresponding parcel numbers) within the District whose accounts are more than one hundred twenty days past due; (b) Send a certified letter requesting payment to each property owner with a delinquent account; (c) At least thirty days after delivery certification for payment requests, the District will prepare another list of property owner (with corresponding parcel numbers) whose accounts are still past due.

4-2 After the District has completed all actions above, the District Board of Directors will adopt a resolution authorizing the County Auditor to place the delinquent accounts upon the tax roll. The District will bear the full cost of any fees charged by the County Auditor to place the delinquent accounts on the tax roll.

ARTICLE 5

Regulations for Accumulation of Solid Waste, Rubble and Refuse: 5-1 No person shall allow the following to accumulated on developed property: (a) Solid waste, unless the same shall be in a standard container: (b) Rubble; and/or (c) Cast offs.

5-2 No person shall allow the following to be accumulated on undeveloped (vacant) property: (a) Solid waste; (b) Rubble; or (c) Cast offs.

5-3 No person shall dispose of solid waste originating on such person's property by: (a) Causing the same to be placed on another person' s lot or parcel; (b) Causing the same to be deposited in or near litter receptacles placed by the District in public places for incidental use by pedestrians or vehicular traffic; (c) Causing the same to be deposited on any public or private place, street, lane, alley, or drive, unless the same shall be in a standard container; (d) Causing the same to be placed into any standard container other than those in possession of such person, unless permission for such use is granted by the commercial or residential customer in possession of the standard container.

5-4 No person shall dispose of rubble or cast offs originating on such person's property by: (a) Causing the same to be placed on another person's lot or parcel; (b) Causing the same to be deposited in or near litter receptacles placed by the District in public places for incidental use by pedestrians or vehicular traffic; (c) Causing the same to be deposited on any public or private place, street, lane, alley, or drive, unless the same shall be in a standard container.

5-5 The owner of developed or non-developed (vacant) lot or parcel of land shall be liable for paying the costs, including administrative costs and attorney's fees for the removal of solid waste, refuse, and rubble that accumulates on his/her property in violation of this Article, if said waste is not removed after notice, as provided in Article 7.

ARTICLE6 Clearing of Accumulated Solid Waste and Rubble; 6-1 The accumulation of solid waste, refuse, and/or rubble in violation of Article 6 is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

6-2 The District's Operations Supervisor is authorized and empowered to notify the owner, his or her agent, or person in control of any lot or parcel within the District, and direct them to dispose of solid waste, effuse, and/or rubble that has accumulated in violation of Article 6. Such notice shall be given by posting the lot or parcel and by certified mail addressed to the owner, his or her agent, at his or her last known address, or by personal service on the owner, agent, person in control or occupant of the property.

6-3 The notice shall describe the work to be done and shall state that if the work is not commenced within ten calendar days after receipt of notice and diligently prosecuted to completion without interruption, the District Operations Supervisor shall notify the County Environmental Health Department to commence abatement proceedings. Cost of said abatement, including administrative costs and attorneys' fees, shall be a lien on the property. The notice shall be substantially in the following form: NOTICE TO REMOVE SOLID WASTE REFUSE, CAST OFFS, AND/OR RUBBLE The owner of the property commonly known as: Is hereby ordered to properly dispose of the solid waste matter, refuse, cast offs, and/or rubble located on the property, to wit: (type of waste matter to be disposed of) within ten calendar days from the date hereof. If the disposal of the solid waste matter, cast-offs, and/or rubble herein described is not commenced and diligently prosecuted to completion within the time fixed herein, the District Operations Supervisor will apply to the County of San Luis Obispo Environmental Health Department for an order to abate said nuisance, and the costs of such abatement shall become a charge against the property and shall be made a special assessment against the property. Said special assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as is provided for the collection of ordinary County taxes and shall be subject to the same procedures as foreclosure and sale in the case of delinquency as is provided for ordinary County taxes.

If you should have any questions please contact the undersigned at (805) 475-2211 Date: District Operations Supervisor cc: San Luis Obispo County Environmental Health Department: 6-4 The Districts Operations Supervisor shall cause to the kept in his/her office a permanent record containing: (a) A description of each parcel of property for which notice to dispose of waste matter has been given: (b) The name of the owner, if known; (c) The date the matter was referred to the San Luis Obispo County Department of Environmental Health. (d) Action taken by the County Department of Environmental Health.

Each such entry shall be made as soon as practicable after completion of such act.

6-5 The County of San Luis Obispo Environmental Health Department is hereby authorized to enforce all abatement proceedings authorized by this Article.

ARTICLE 7 Effective Date 8-1 This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage. Before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after passage it shall be posted in three (3) public places with the names of the members voting for and against the Ordinance and shall remain posted thereafter for at least one (1) week. The Ordinance shall be published once with the names of the members of the Board of Directors voting for and against the Ordinance in the New Times.

Introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 5, 2018 , and passed and adopted by the District Board of Directors on the 5th day of June 2018, by the following roll call vote to wit: AYES: All NOES: None ABSENT:None CONFLICTS: None RUTH LEGASPI, President Board of Directors, California Valley Community Service District ATTEST: /S/ CARRIE YORK, Secretary to the Board Approve ·as to Form: Michael W. Seitz, District Legal Counsel

Appendix "A"

ALL COMMERCIAL RATES EFFECTIVE

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

ALL RESIDENTIAL RATES EFFECTIVE Service Description Rate

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 SPECIAL PURPOSE FEES (ALL AREAS) Per Occurrence Return check charge $25.00 June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

COMMERCIAL Weekly service RESIDENTIAL

$25.00 per month OR $300.00 per year FULL TIME

5 bag limits per week RESIDENTIAL

$15.00 per month OR $180.00 per year VACATION

One time pick up

$10.00

One-month pick-up

$15.00

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CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO. 2018--06-01 A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CALIFORNIA VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT FOR THE COLLECTION AND PLACEMENT OF DELINQUENT FEES AND CHARGES ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLLS WHEREAS, the California Valley Community Service District ("CVCSD") is a Community Services District organized under the laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, Government Code 61115.(a) provides that the Board of Directors of a community services district may collect delinquent payment of rates or charges on the County Tax Roll; and WHEREAS, attached to this Resolution is a report of the General Manager establishing the delinquent rates and charges by property; and WHEREAS, the General Manager has given notice of the filing of the report and the time and place of public hearing by publishing notice of this hearing in the paper two times within the two weeks preceding this hearing; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has conducted a public hearing to allow for property owners that protest this methodology and/or protest the amount of the fee or charge.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED by the Board of Directors of the "CVCSD" as follows: 1.

The public hearing was held and proper notice was given in accordance with law, both by publication and by notice.

2.

The fees and charges contained in the General Manager' s report are true and accurate.

3.

The Board of Directors desires that these delinquent fees and charges be collected on the San Luis Obispo County tax roll.

4.

The Board of Directors hereby directs the General Manager to provide a certified copy of this Resolution and the attached General Manager' s report to the County Auditor on or before August 10, 2006.

Upon the motion of Director ,seconded by Director on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAINING: The foregoing resolution is hereby passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the California Valley Community Service District this 5th day of June, 2018.

ATTEST: /S/ CARRIE YORK, Secretary to the Board RUTH LEGASPI, President Board of Directors, California Valley Community Service District Approved as To Form: —————————————————————— MICHAEL W. SEITZ, District Legal Counsel June 14, 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO:

San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission

WHEN:

Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.

WHAT:

A request by Verizon Wireless and Albert and Margaret Chase for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a wireless communication facility on a 256-square foot lease area for ground support equipment which includes, equipment cabinets, battery cabinet, and electrical support supplies. The applicant proposes an option of either three (3) 23-foot-tall antenna poles or one (1) 25-foot-tall faux-water tank design to house six (6) antennae and one (1) microwave antenna. The project will result in the disturbance of approximately 6,796 square feet on a 182.8-acre parcel. The proposed project is within the Agriculture land use category and is located at 21255 East Highway 41, Shandon located approximately 11 miles northeast of the community of Shandon. The site is in the Shandon-Carrizo (North) sub area of the North County planning area.

County File Number: DRC2017-00064 Assessor Parcel Number: 017-041-039 Supervisorial District: 1 Date Accepted: April 11, 2018

WHERE:

The hearing 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. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be available on the Planning Department website, www.sloplanning.org.

You may contact Young Choi, Project Manager, in the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California 93408 (805) 7815600.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Also to be considered at the hearing will be approval 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 Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on June 27, 2018 for this project.

Mitigation measures are proposed to address Aesthetics, and Biological Resources and are included as conditions of approval.

Anyone interested in commenting or receiving a copy of the proposed Environmental Determination should submit a written statement. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). **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** DATED: July 5, 2018 RAMONA HEDGES, SECRETARY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION July 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-1666 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NIPOMO TRAVEL, 1244 Trail View Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444.

San Luis Obispo County. Kimberly Diane Sargen (1244 Trail View Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kimberly Sargen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-28-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy. Exp. 06-28-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1668 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/02/2003) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEACH FRONT AUTO SERVICE, 799 El Camino Real, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Brent Alan Cornejo (2293 Idyllwild, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brent Cornejo, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-28-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy. Exp. 06-28-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1669 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HEMPSHAK, 778 Higuera St., Suite B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Katy Jeannine Hemler (434 Napa Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katy Hemler. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-2818. 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. 06-28-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1676 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CDM ENTERPRISES, 9355 Shayna Lane, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. William R. Murrieta (9355 Shayna Lane, Atascadero, CA 93422).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ William R. Murrieta.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-28-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 06-28-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-1679 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KINGDOM CLEANING, 331 Mar Vista Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Joshua Randall Nash (331 Mar Vista Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402), Ian Gabriel Rohan (500 Main Street #8, Morro Bay, CA 93442), Ezra David Asquith (2032 Bush Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402), Andrew Robert Miller (1498 9th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Joshua Randall Nash. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-2918. 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. 06-29-23.

July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARMANDO CRUZ LECERO AkA ARMANDO LUCERO CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0200

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ARMANDO CRUZ LECERO aka ARMANDO LUCERO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed NESTOR LUCERO in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that NESTOR LUCERO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: J Johnson Law Office 928 W. Grand Ave. Grover Beach, CA 93433 July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CVP-0187

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Velva Brantley filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Velva Poindexter Brantley to PROPOSED NAME: Velva Poindexter Daniels, Jr. 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: 08/15/2018, 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: June 12, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court June 21, 28, July 5, & 12, 2018

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JAMES DIEGO PARRA CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0167

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JAMES DIEGO PARRA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed MELANIE L. STEINKIRCHNER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that MELANIE L. STEINKIRCHNER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: R. Kevin Owens, Esq. 1103 Johnson Avenue, Ste. E San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RALPH W. BORCHARD, JR., AkA BILL BORCHARD, AkA R.W. BORCHARD, JR. CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0201

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RALPH W. BORCHARD, JR., aka BILL BORCHARD, aka R.W. BORCHARD, JR. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed PAUL E. BORCHARD in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that PAUL E. BORCHARD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the

LegaL Notices petition will be held in this court as follows: August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Michael M. Israel Norman Dowler, LLP 840 Country Square Drive, 3rd Floor Ventura, CA 93003 July 5, 12, & 19, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RONALD WALTER kELLER AkA RONALD W. kELLER AkA RONALD kELLER CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0183

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RONALD WALTER KELLER aka RONALD W. KELLER aka RONALD KELLER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed RICHARD W. KELLER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that RICHARD W. KELLER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: J JOHNSON LAW OFFICE, INC. 928 W. Grand Avenue Grover Beach, CA 93433 June 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STEPHEN PAUL CARTER CLARk AkA STEPHEN PAUL CLARk AkA PAUL C. CLARk AkA S. PAUL C. CLARk CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0185

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: STEPHEN PAUL CARTER CLARK aka STEPHEN PAUL CLARK aka PAUL C. CLARK aka S. PAUL C. CLARK A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed CHRISTOPHER CLARK in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that CHRISTOPHER CLARK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the

June 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0391

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Dorienne Agnes Doyle filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Dorienne Agnes Doyle to PROPOSED NAME: Grace Doyle 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: 08/09/2018, 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: June 28, 2018 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the Superior Court July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO:

County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission.

WHAT:

Hearing to consider a request by Hurley Ranch LLC to amend approved conditions of approval for recorded Tract 3053(SUB2013-00009). The proposed amendments pertain to conditions of approval 50g., 50i, 51l., and 51n. for visual resourcesrequiring a limitation of color chroma and value less than 6 (per the Munsell Book of Colors) and certain roof outlines. Theproposed amendment will remove the conditions from all lots in the subdivision except Lots 5 and 6. The project is located on the west side of Old Oak Park Road, between Vetter Lane and Erhart Road in the Arroyo Grande fringe area, about 1.2 miles north ofthe City of Arroyo Grande. The project is within the Residential Rural land use category in the San Luis Bay (Inland) subarea of theSouth County planning area.

Also to be included is the environmental determination for the project. The Environmental Coordinator found that the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration is adequate for the purposes of compliance with CEQA. Per State CEQA Guidelines (Sec.15164(a), Sec. 15162) an Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared as the following condition apply: 1) only minor technical changes or additions are necessary; 2) no substantial changes have been made or occurred that would require major revisions to the Mitigated Negative Declaration due to either new significant effects or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified significant effects; 3) substantial changes have not occurred with respect to thecircumstances under which the project is undertaken; and 4) no new information of substantial importance which was not known or could not have been known at the time of the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has been identified. No new mitigation measures have been proposed.

WHEN:

WHERE:

Thursday, July 26, 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.County File Number: SUB2018-00009 Supervisorial District: District 3 Assessor Parcel Number: 044-368-001 Date Accepted: 03/28/2018 The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the hearing 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.

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

Ramona Hedges, Secretary Planning Commission July 5, 2018

CITY OF PISMO BEACH

LegaL Notices date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: J JOHNSON LAW OFFICE, INC. 928 W. Grand Avenue Grover Beach, CA 93433

NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Pismo Beach on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the following Officers: For Mayor: Full term of 2 (two) years.

For 2 (two) Members of the City Council: Full term of 4 (four) years.

The nomination period for these offices begins on July 16, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. and closes on August 10, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

If nomination papers for an incumbent officer of the city are not filed by August 10, 2018 at 5:00 p.m., the voters shall have until the August 15, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. to nominate candidates other than the incumbent, for that incumbent’s elective office. This extension is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected.

CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Morro Bay on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the following Officers and Measure: MAYOR Full term of two (2) years COUNCILMEMBER Full term of four (4) years COUNCILMEMBER Full term of four (4) years Shall the measure, known as Measure D-18, imposing maximum tax of ten cents per $1 of proceeds of commercial cannabis operations, annual maximum tax of $25 per square foot of commercial cultivation area (CPI adjustments), no sunset clause, estimated $25,000 to $225,000 annual collections on currently allowed operations, revenue available for unrestricted general revenue purposes, be adopted?

YES

NO

Erica Inderlied City Clerk

The nomination period for these offices begins on July 16, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. and closes on August 10, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

If nomination papers for an incumbent officer of the City are not filed by August 10, 2018 (the 88th day before the election), the voters shall have until August 15, 2018 (the 83rd day before the election) to nominate candidates other than the person(s) who are the incumbents on the 88th day before the election, for that incumbent’s elective office.

If no one or only one person is nominated for an elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by § 10229, Elections Code of the State of California.

The polls will be open on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Dated: June 28, 2018 /s/ Dana Swanson, City Clerk

Dated: July 5, 2018

Publish: July 5, 2018

If no one or only one person is nominated for an elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made by the City Council as prescribed by §10229, Elections Code of the State of California.

The polls will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 805-773-4657 or visit www.pismobeach.org/elections for more information.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO: San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors WHEN: Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. All items areadvertised 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 hearing date.

WHAT: Hearing to consider an appeal by Clark & Kimberly Whitaker of the Planning Department Hearing Officer’s denial of a request for a Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development Permit to allow an existing 1,265 square foot, 2-bedroom single family residence to be used as a residential vacation rental. The Minor Use Permit is requesting to modify the location standard for vacation rentals per Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.08.165(C)(2). The location standard restricts new vacation rentals to locations at least 100 linear feet from existing vacation rentals located on the same or opposite side of the street. The nearest active vacation rental is located approximately 40 feet to the southeast, on the same side of the street of the subject property. The proposed project will result in no site disturbance on a 3,000 square foot parcel. The proposed project is within the Residential Single Family land use category and is located at 1733 Pacific Avenue, approximately 60 feet southeast of the intersection of 17th Street and Pacific Avenue, in the community of Cayucos. The site is in the Estero planning area.

WHERE: The hearing 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. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

County File Number: DRC2017-00084 Assessor Parcel Number: 064-231-022 Supervisorial District: 2 Date Accepted: January 3, 2018 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: You may contact the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, 976 Osos Street, Room 200, San Luis Obispo, California 93408 (805) 781-5600. The staff report will be available for review the Wednesday before the scheduled hearing date on the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: This project is found to be statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the provisions of Public Resources Code section 21080(b)(5), which provides that CEQA does not apply to projects which a public agency rejects or disapproves. **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** DATED: 06/26/2018 TOMMY GONG, COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER By /s/Jamila Brown, Deputy Clerk July 5, 2018

NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 614 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council held on June 26, 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. 614 which amends Section 2.08.090 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code (MBMC) regarding preparation of minutes for Council Meetings and subdivision 3.22.120B of the MBMC regarding terms of the Citizens Oversight Committee.

In summary, Ordinance No. 614 amends Section 2.08.090 of the MBMC regarding preparation of minutes for Council Meetings, specifically, removing the requirement that minutes be provided at the next meeting. In addition, Ordinance 614 amends subdivision 3.22.120B of the MBMC regarding terms of the Citizens Oversight Committee, by reducing the terms to four years, and specifying how vacancies will be filled.

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: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Irons, Davis, Headding, Makowetski None McPherson None

/s/ Lori Kudzma, Deputy City Clerk Dated: Publish:

June 27, 2018 July 5, 2018

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LegaL Notices 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, July 6, 2018.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that a public lien sale of the following described personal property will be held.

Unit #405 Michael Thomas – End table, grinder, porta crib, lawnmower, mattresses, sofa, chairs, table, piano, speakers, wood tv trays, armoire, boxes of unknown contents.

Unit #804 Lianne Comeau – Tubs & boxes of unknown contents, table & chair, rocking chair, file cabinet, suitcase, sink, rocking horses, end tables & coffee table, chairs, bedroom furniture.

Unit #962 Sergio Vasquez – Tires, dresser, 3 bicycles, mattresses, lamps, door mirror, trophy, tv stand, bakers rack, boxes and tubs of unknown contents.

Sealed bids will be accepted preceding a silent auction at 9:00am to 12:00 noon, Friday, July 6, 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 due and payable at the time of removal, which must be completed by 5:00 PM on the day of the auction.

June 28 & July 5, 2018

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. TS 41969 LN 581HIg TO 180036773.

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/24/2014. 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: 581 Higuera Restaurant Group, LLC, Duly Appointed Trustee: All American Foreclosure Service.

Recorded 8/31/2015 as Instrument No. 2015-044391 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California. Date of Sale: 7/19/2018 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: $659,191.04. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 3480 S. Higuera Street #130 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. A.P.N.: 003-511-013. 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,

LegaL Notices 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://eloandata. com/, using the file number assigned to this case 41969. 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: 6/21/2018.

All American Foreclosure Service, 1363 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543-7088. Sheryle A. Machado, Certified Trustee Sale Officer June 28, July 5, & 12, 2018

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. TS 41964 LN 824795, 824796 TO 170035249A.

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/21/2014. 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: Clarence Calverne Sayler aka C. Calverne Sayler, Duly Appointed Trustee: All American Foreclosure Service. Recorded 3/21/2014 as Instrument No. 2014010977 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California. Date of Sale: 7/16/2018 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: $1,371,908.43. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 40 4th Street Cayucos, CA 93430. A.P.N.: 064-143-013.

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

LegaL Notices 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 www.eloandata. com , using the file number assigned to this case 41964. 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: 6/8/2018. All American Foreclosure Service, 1363 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543-7088. Sheryle A. Machado, Trustee Sale Officer June 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. TS 41970 LN COHEE TO 180036811.

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/7/2013.

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: Alan R. Cohee, Duly Appointed Trustee: All American Foreclosure Service. Recorded 3/22/2013 as Instrument No. 2013016197 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California. Date of Sale: 7/12/2018 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: $68,091.47. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 3530 El Camino Real Atascadero, CA 93422. A.P.N.: 049213-003. 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

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LegaL Notices 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 www.eloandata. com , using the file number assigned to this case 41970. 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: 6/14/2018.

All American Foreclosure Service, 1363 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543-7088. Sheryle A. Machado, Trustee Sale Officer June 21, 28, & July 5, 2018

NOTICE SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CHRIS CONTRUCTION & DESIgN, INCORPORATED, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: CHRISTOBAL HERNANDEZ LOPEZ, JR., AN INDIVIDUAL: AND DOES 1 THROUgH 50, INCLUSIVE. YOU ARE BEINg SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): AHERN RENTALS, INC., A CORPORATION. CASE NUMBER: 18CV00817

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

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

There are other legal requirements.

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

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the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una repuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted puede usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formuleriors de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su repuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte la podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requistas legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar ias cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ao una consesion de artitraje en un caso dce derecho civll. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una repuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted puede usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formuleriors de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su repuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte la podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requistas legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar ias cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ao una consesion de artitraje en un caso dce derecho CASE NUMBER: 18CV-00817 The name and address of the court civll. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de is: la corte antes de que la corte pueda (El nombre y dirección de la corte desechar el caso. es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CASE NUMBER: 18LCP-0019 CALIFORNIA, The name and address of the court COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA is: 312-C East Cook Street (El nombre y dirección de la corte Santa Maria, CA 93454 es): The name, address, and telephone SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF number of plaintiff’s attorney, or CALIFORNIA, plaintiff without an attorney, is: COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO (El nombre, la dirección y el número 901 PARK STREET de teléfono del abogado del deman- PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 dante, o del demandante que no tiene The name, address, and telephone abogado, es): number of plaintiff’s attorney, or Dan E. Qualls, Esq. plaintiff without an attorney, is: PO Box 20103 (El nombre, la dirección y el número Riverside, CA 93454 de teléfono del abogado del deman951-780-4967 dante, o del demandante que no tiene Date: 02-16-2018 abogado, es): By: /s/ Darrel E. Parker, Executive REESE LAW GROUP Officer /s/, Isabel Navarro, Deputy Harlan M. Reese, 118226, Joseph M. Clerk, Pleasant, 179571, James E. Delaney 292600, Dana N. Meyers, 272640 July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: 760/842-5850 (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) Date: 01-10-2018 By: /s/H. Esquivel, Deputy Clerk, FREDY gARCIA June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2018

YOUR ARE BEINg SUED

BY PLANTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE) WELLS FARgO BANk, N.A.

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

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

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANgE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0344

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Shawn Steven McCormack filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Shawn Steven McCormack to PROPOSED NAME: Shawn Steven Miller 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.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANgE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0357

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANgE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CVP-0202

OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0375

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Thomas Ashford filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Thomas Ray Ashford to PROPOSED NAME: Thomas Michael Ashford

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Joslyn Mae Lehr filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Nathan Makana Mai Kalani Napolean to PROPOSED NAME: Nathan Makana Mai Kalani Lehr, PRESENT NAME: Jadyn Pua KaleTHE COURT ORDERS: that all per- hua Napoleon to PROPOSED NAME: sons interested in this matter appear Jadyn Pua Kalehua Lehr before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, THE COURT ORDERS: that all perwhy the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person sons interested in this matter appear objecting to the name changes de- before this court at the hearing indiscribed above must file a written ob- cated below to show cause, if any, jection that includes the reasons for why the petition for change of name the objection at least two days before should not be granted. Any person the matter is scheduled to be heard objecting to the name changes deand must appear at the hearing to scribed above must file a written obshow cause why the petition should jection that includes the reasons for not be granted. If no written objection the objection at least two days before is timely filed, the court may grant the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to the petition without a hearing. show cause why the petition should NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: not be granted. If no written objection 08/15/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. is timely filed, the court may grant 9 at the Superior Court of California, the petition without a hearing.

County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: CA 93408. A copy of this Order to 08/01/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

Show Cause shall be published at P2 at the Superior Court of Califorleast once each week for four suc- nia, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 cessive weeks prior to the date set Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. for hearing on the petition in the A copy of this Order to Show Cause following newspaper of general cir- shall be published at least once each culation, printed in this county: New week for four successive weeks prior Times to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper Date: June 14, 2018 of general circulation, printed in this /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the county: New Times Superior Court June 21, 28, July 5, & 12, 2018 Date: June 22, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the SuORDER TO SHOW perior Court June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018 CAUSE FOR CHANgE

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Melinda Ann Borghi filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Melinda Ann Borghi to PROPOSED NAME: Melinda Ann May 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.

NEW FILE NO. 2018-1559 OLD FILE NO. 2015-1968 Cambria Auto Supply L.P., Cambria Napa, 2501 Village Lane, Suite G, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 07-30-2015.

The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Glen Potter (3610 Santa Rosa Creek Rd., Cambria, CA 93428). This business was conducted by A Limited Partnership /s/ Glen Potter. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-142018. 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.

June 21, 28, July 5, & 12, 2018

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 08/09/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 STATEMENT OF Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, ABANDONMENT CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at OF USE OF FICTITIOUS least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set BUSINESS NAME for hearing on the petition in the NEW FILE NO. 2018-1615 following newspaper of general cirOLD FILE NO. 2015-0187 culation, printed in this county: New Audio Flair Reinforcement, 2838 Times Wallace Place, Cambria, CA 93428.

San Luis Obispo County. The fictiDate: June 22, 2018 tious business name referred to /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the above was filed in San Luis Obispo Superior Court County on 01-22-2015. The following July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018 person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Michael D. ORDER TO SHOW Bacciarini, Bodil T. Bacciarini (2838 Wallace Place, Cambria, CA 93428).

CAUSE FOR CHANgE This business was conducted by A OF NAME CASE Married Couple /s/ Michael Bacciarini. This statement was filed with NUMBER: 18CVP-0199 the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo To all interested persons: on 06-21-2018. I hereby certify that Petitioner: Zachariah Stillwater and this copy is a correct copy of the Moon Leaf DeRosier filed a petition statement on file in my office. (Seal) with this court for a decree changing Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By A. names as follows: PRESENT NAME: McCormick, Deputy Clerk.

Amethyst Chandra Pattee Stillwater June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018 to PROPOSED NAME: Amethyst Surya Chandra Stillwater

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 NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: the petition without a hearing.

08/02/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

OF HEARING: Date: 2 at the Superior Court of California, NOTICE County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 08/22/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

P2 at the Superior Court of CaliforPalm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to nia, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Show Cause shall be published at Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. least once each week for four suc- A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each cessive weeks prior to the date set week for four successive weeks prior for hearing on the petition in the to the date set for hearing on the following newspaper of general cir- petition in the following newspaper culation, printed in this county: New of general circulation, printed in this Times county: New Times

SUMMONS(FAMILY LAW) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT(NAME): VOLkER BROSSETTE YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW AND ON THE NExT PAgE. LO HAN DEMANDADO. LEA LA INFORMACIóN Y EN LA PÁgINA SIgUIENTE. PETITIONER’S NAME IS: SAMANTAH LEA HINSONBROSSETTE CASE NUMBER: 18 FLP0247

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders Date: June 8, 2018 Date: June 20, 2018 affecting your marriage or domestic /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the /s/: Linda Hurst, Judge of the Supe- partnership, your property, and cusrior Court Superior Court tody of your children. You may be July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2018 June 28, July 5, 12, & 19, 2018 ordered to pay support and attorney

fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), ar the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

Tiene 30 dìas de calendario después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presenter una Respuesta (formulario FL-120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica no basta para protegerio.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas.

Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de immediate con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO: Las órdenas de restricción que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.

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

PAGE 2: STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining order are effective.

However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or you own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

WARNING-IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during a marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

1. The name and address of the court are:

LegaL Notices THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA County of San Luis Obispo County 901 Park Street Paso Robles, CA 93446 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney are: Samantha Lea Hinson-Brossette PO BOX 1594 Cambria, CA 93428 Date: May 30, 2018 /s/Michael Powell, Clerk, by /s/Janis Dumouchelle, Deputy Clerk June 21, 28, July 5, & 12, 2018

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on September 26, 2003, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by ROBERT LEE MINIKIN AND ANITA MERLE MINIKIN, HIS WIFE as Trustor in favor of FINANCIAL FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB as Beneficiary and CUESTA TITLE as Trustee, and was recorded on October 2, 2003, as Instrument No. 2003113237 in the Office of the County Recorder, San Luis Obispo County, California; and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment dated October 2, 2012, and recorded on January 22, 2013, as Instrument No. 2013003925, in the office of the County Recorder, San Luis Obispo County, California; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that the payment due on March 14, 2017, was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of June 8, 2018 is estimated to be $355,540.62; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on May 31, 2018, as Instrument No. 2018-022132, notice is hereby given that on July 24, 2018 at 11:00 AM, local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Commonly known as: 154 N 16TH STREET, GROVER BEACH, CA 93433 THAT PORTION OF BLOCK 81 OF THE TOWN OF GROVER, IN THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF SAID TOWN DRAWN BY A. LUNDQUIST AND FILED FOR RECORD NOVEMBER 23, 1892 IN BOOK A, PAGE 6 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK WHICH IS 95 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES EAST AND PARALLEL TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK, 100 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTH AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK, 50 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES WEST AND PARALLEL TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK, 100 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK 50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The sale will be held in the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Building located at 1087 Santa Rosa St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $360,019.35.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $36,001.93 [10% of the Secretary’s bid] in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $36,001.93 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check.

If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of

for the week of July 5

LegaL Notices the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant. The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the property is completed. The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $355,540.62 as of June 8, 2018, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below. Date: Rande Johnsen, Authorized Signatory MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Foreclosure Commissioner 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 Fax: 949252-8330ISL Number 44455, Pub Dates: 06/21/2018, 06/28/2018, 07/05/2018, NEW TIMES

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(March 21-April 19): Twentieth century French novelist Marcel Proust described 19th century novelist Gustave Flaubert as a trottoire roulant, or “rolling sidewalk”: plodding, toneless, droning. Meanwhile, critic Roger Shattuck compared Proust’s writing to an “electric generator” from which flows a “powerful current always ready to shock not only our morality but our very sense of humanity.” In the coming weeks, I encourage you to find a middle ground between Flaubert and Proust. See if you can be moderately exciting, gently provocative, and amiably enchanting. My analysis of the cosmic rhythms suggests that such an approach is likely to produce the best long-term results.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there any prize more precious than knowing your calling? Can any other satisfaction compare with the joy of understanding why you’re here on earth? In my view, it’s the supreme blessing: to have discovered the tasks that can ceaselessly educate and impassion you; to do the work or play that enables you to offer your best gifts; to be intimately engaged with an activity that consistently asks you to overcome your limitations and grow into a more complete version of yourself. For some people, their calling is a job: marine biologist, kindergarten teacher, advocate for the homeless. For others, it’s a hobby, like long-distance-running, bird-watching, or mountain-climbing. St. Therese of Lisieux said, “My calling is love!” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva said her calling was “To listen to my soul.” Do you know yours, Libra?

Now is an excellent time to either discover yours or home in further on its precise nature.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You remind me of Jack, the 9-year-old Taurus kid next door, who took up skateboarding on the huge trampoline his two moms put in their backyard. Like him, you seem eager to travel in two different modes at the same time. (And I’m glad to see you’re being safe; you’re not doing the equivalent of, say, having sex in a car or breakdancing on an escalator.) When Jack first began, he had difficulty in coordinating the bouncing with the rolling. But after a while he got good at it. I expect that you, too, will master your complex task.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): From the day you were born, you have been cultivating a knack for mixing and blending. Along the way, you have accomplished mergers that would have been impossible for a lot of other people. Some of your experiments in amalgamation are legendary. If my astrological assessments are accurate, the year 2019 will bring forth some of your all-time most marvelous combinations and unifications. I expect you are even now setting the stage for those future fusions; you are building the foundations that will make them natural and inevitable.

What can you do in the coming weeks to further that preparation?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): An open letter to Cancerians from Rob Brezsny’s mother, Felice: I want you to know that I played a big role in helping my Cancerian son become the empathetic, creative, thoughtful, crazy character he is today. I nurtured his idiosyncrasies. I made him feel secure and well-loved.

My care freed him to develop his unusual ideas and life. So as you read Rob’s horoscopes, remember that there’s part of me inside him. And that part of me is nurturing you just as I once nurtured him. I and he are giving you love for the quirky, distinctive person you actually are, not some fantasy version of you. I and he are helping you feel more secure and well-appreciated. Now I encourage you to cash in on all that support. As Rob has told me, it’s time for you Cancerians to reach new heights in your drive to express your unique self.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ghost orchid is a rare white wildflower that disappeared from the British countryside around 1986.

The nation’s botanists declared it officially extinct in 2005.

But four years later, a tenacious amateur located a specimen growing in the West Midlands area. The species wasn’t gone forever, after all. I foresee a comparable revival for you in the coming weeks, Leo. An interesting influence or sweet thing that you imagined to be permanently defunct may return to your life. Be alert!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Greek poet Sappho described “a sweet-apple turning red high on the tip of the topmost branch.” The apple pickers left it there, she suggested, but not because they missed seeing it. It was just too high. “They couldn’t reach it,” wrote Sappho. Let’s use this scenario as a handy metaphor for your current situation, Virgo. I am assigning you the task of doing whatever is necessary to fetch that glorious, seemingly unobtainable sweet-apple.

It may not be easy. You’ll probably need to summon extra ingenuity to reach it, as well as some as-yet unguessed form of help. (The Sappho translation is by Julia Dubnoff.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you entertained any high-quality fantasies about faraway treasures lately? Have you delivered inquiring communiqués to any promising beauties who may ultimately offer you treats? Have you made long-distance inquiries about speculative possibilities that could be inclined to travel in your direction from their frontier sanctuaries?

Would you consider making some subtle change in yourself so that you’re no longer forcing the call of the wild to wait and wait and wait?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If a down-to-earth spiritual teacher advised you to go on a five-day meditation retreat in a sacred sanctuary, would you instead spend five days carousing with meth addicts in a cheap hotel? If a close friend confessed a secret she had concealed from everyone for years, would you unleash a nervous laugh and change the subject?

If you read a horoscope that told you now is a favorable time to cultivate massive amounts of reverence, devotion, respect, gratitude, innocence, and awe, would you quickly blank it out of your mind and check your Instagram and Twitter accounts on your phone?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day to focused conversation with each other.

And it’s common for a child and parent to engage in meaningful communication for just 20 minutes per week. I bring these sad facts to your attention, Capricorn, because I want to make sure you don’t embody them in the coming weeks. If you hope to attract the best of life’s blessings, you will need to give extra time and energy to the fine art of communing with those you care about.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Allergies, irritants, stings, hypersensitivities: sometimes you can make these annoyances work in your behalf. For example, my allergy to freshly-cut grass meant that when I was a teenager, I never had to waste my Saturday afternoons mowing the lawn in front of my family’s suburban home. And the weird itching that plagued me whenever I got into the vicinity of my first sister’s fiancé: If I had paid attention to it, I wouldn’t have lent him the $350 that he never repaid. So my advice, my itchy friend, is to be thankful for the twitch and the prickle and the pinch. In the coming days, they may offer you tips and clues that could prove valuable.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you somehow growing younger?

Your stride seems bouncier and your voice sounds more buoyant. Your thoughts seem fresher and your eyes brighter.

I won’t be surprised if you buy yourself new toys or jump in mud puddles. What’s going on? Here’s my guess: you’re no longer willing to sleepwalk your way through the most boring things about being an adult. You may also be ready to wean yourself from certain responsibilities unless you can render them pleasurable at least some of the time. I hope so. It’s time to bring more fun and games into your life. ∆

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