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November 22 - November 29, 2018 VOLUME 33, NUMBER 18

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One job, two jobs, three jobs, or more ........................ 10

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Cayucos fire dissolution sets a date .......................................4 Local cities face parking dilemmas ..........................................8

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The Shredder’s a bad journalist ............................... 12 Foster youth need help as they age..................................... 12

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bout 9.1 percent of SLO County’s population is working on perfecting the art of making things work with a job that sucks: It’s below their education level, doesn’t pay enough, and often they need a second job to make ends meet on a coast with one of the highest costs of living in the THE HUSTLE nation. Enter, the side hustle. For this week’s Underemployed, cover story, Staff Writer Karen Garcia speaks overworked, underpaid. That with locals who work multiple jobs to make struggle is real ends meet and looks into the reasons why for close to one-tenth of so many people are underemployed on the SLO County’s Central Coast [10] . employed residents.

You can also read about what went wrong with the Los Osos Community Services District board positions [4] ; how some cities in the county are trying to deal with their parking problems [8] ; a play that touches on one family’s struggle with bipolar disorder [36] ; the longtime North County artist who opened her own gallery [39] ; and some finger-licking good barbecue—tri-tip included [46].

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Election error leaves Los Osos CSD with empty board seat

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he Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD) is down a board member after a blunder by the SLO County ClerkRecorder’s Office forced county supervisors to withdraw one candidate’s appointment to the office on Nov. 20.

County Clerk-Recorder Tommy Gong took responsibility for making what he called “a clerical error” that allowed LOCSD candidate Christine Womack to run unopposed for a twoyear term, while four other candidates competed for two four-year terms in the Nov. 6 election.

Gong acknowledged that all of the LOCSD candidates should have been on the ballot for four-year terms, and said the confusion stemmed from the fact that Womack had been appointed to the LOCSD board in April to fill a seat left by former director Jon Erik-Storm, who resigned.

“When we got word there was an appointment to fill a vacancy, it was happening around the same time when the terms and seats for office were being calculated,” Gong told supervisors on Nov. 20. “During that time was when the error was made. It just flowed from there.

“I’m very regretful of this mistake,” he added.

On Nov. 6, the county appointed Womack to the seat. With it now rescinded, the LOCSD board of directors will have to decide whether to hold a special election for it in November 2019, or appoint a member to serve until the general election in 2020.

“We do not relish this task,” current LOCSD board president Vicki Milledge said in a public comment that defended the district and criticized Gong.

According to both Womack’s and Gong’s public statements, Womack initially filed for a director seat with a four-year term, like the other candidates. Then, Womack said Gong gave her the choice to run for a two-year term instead.

“I had no reason to doubt this information,” she said.

On this point, Gong gave a slightly different version of events, stating that Womack had “suggested running as an appointed incumbent.”

“I said the only way she could do that was running for a two-year seat. She opted to do so,” Gong said.

While one seat is left open on the LOCSD, the candidates who ultimately win the two seats on the ballot will take office once the election results are certified, Gong said. According to unofficial results available as of press time, incumbent Chuck Cesena and newcomer Matthew Fourcroy are the top two vote getters.

Stephen Best, a LOCSD candidate who trails in third place by less than 70 votes, lamented the loss of a “fair” election.

“This ... changed the equation for the voters,” Best said. “How can one seat be taken off the ballot item and moved to an illegitimate ballot item for the sole benefit of one candidate? How can we call that a free and fair election?” Δ —Peter Johnson

Cayucos Fire Department will dissolve in December

firefighters at the department will be replaced with the county’s first responders.

The Cayucos Firefighters Association posted a message on its Facebook page on Nov. 15 stating that the board’s end date was against the requests of the public and the department. The association asked to keep the department open until Jan. 2, 2019.

“There is more than enough money in our budget to keep the department open for several more months,” the post stated.

The Facebook post also said that a fund had been established to help firefighters, as severance pay or compensation isn’t included in the transition.

“It’s not that the board is being mean, callous, or uncaring. It’s that this is the direction that the board is going in,” said Steve Beightner, president of the district’s board.

Beightner said that most of the firefighters who contributed to the department are reserves that come from other areas such as Paso Robles, Templeton, and Santa Maria, and are paid a daily stipend.

“I have no way to give them a bonus, and I have no way to give them a severance package,” he said.

After four years of struggling to keep the fire department afloat, in June 2017 the district’s board created a six-person advisory committee to research three options for the future of the fire department. The board ultimately voted to dissolve the fire department.

A year later at a SLO County Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors unanimously voted to fully staff a structure fire engine and pay for necessary upgrades at the current fire station.

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The district’s board voted 2-1 at a Nov. 1 meeting to dissolve the Cayucos Fire Department and give fire protection responsibilities to the county on Dec. 1. Current

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“It’s been a hard decision, but, ultimately, to meet the needs of the community I think this is an action that needed to be taken,” Beightner said. “I think that we have tried to cover as many bases as possible, and we tried to maintain as many opportunities that we can for the community.”

On Dec. 1, Beightner said the department will hold an open house so the community can have the opportunity to thank its former firefighters and meet the new first responders.

—Karen Garcia

Petetit pleads no contest in domestic violence case

The fate of a local developer charged with domestic violence will be in the hands of a SLO County judge and not a jury.

Ryan Joseph Petetit pleaded no contest to five felony charges on Nov. 15, including two counts of inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, assault with great bodily injury, false imprisonment, and dissuading a witness, according to court records. The charges stem from a November 2015 incident in which Petetit allegedly physically attacked his then girlfriend in an Arroyo Grande home. Petetit originally pleaded not guilty to the charges in September 2016.

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sentence she or he feels is appropriate,” Dobroth said in an email response to questions from New Times. “But the court will ultimately make the call.”

According to Dobroth, the maximum sentence for the charges against Petetit would be five years and eight months in prison, but a judge will ultimately decide.

Until the change in plea, Petetit’s case appeared to be heading to trial. In early November, New Times reported that SLO County prosecutors were asking a judge for permission to include past claims of abuse by two other women in their case against Petetit.

Petetit’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 17, according to court records. In addition to the criminal case against him, Petetit was also named in civil suits against the now-defunct local development group PB Companies and his former business partner John Belsher.

Petetit is also being sued for $10 million by a former girlfriend for damages she claims were the result of domestic abuse she suffered during their relationship.

—Chris McGuinness

Paso Robles votes against half-cent sales tax

Voters did not grant the city of Paso Robles with its Measure K sales tax in the Nov. 6 election, and now the city is going back to the drawing board to fill an infrastructure funding gap.

The measure would have generated approximately $4.75 million per year for six years to upgrade deteriorating streets and sidewalks.

Paso Robles Assistant City Manager Jim Cogan said that the majority of voters may have decided against the measure, but the city still needs to come up with a plan to pay for its infrastructure needs.

“You know all of the infrastructure improvements that we had in Measure K are still needed, so we do have to figure out how to do that; it just won’t be through a sales tax measure,” Cogan said.

The city hired a company to survey voters in the area regarding the community’s funding priorities for the potential revenue measure.

According to a July 17 staff report, the survey results showed voters prioritized spending in a number of areas: fixing streets and bridges, job creation, firefighting services, improving law enforcement, 911 response, and disaster preparedness. It also showed a lot of support for the tax measure.

But the results of the Nov. 6 election showed otherwise. Cogan said this was a tough election because Proposition 6 was on the same ballot for Paso Robles voters.

Proposition 6 was a statewide ballot measure to repeal the gas tax increase that was passed by state legislators to fund road repair projects.

“I think some people thought, ‘Well, we’re going to vote down Proposition 6 and therefore there will be funding for road maintenance.’ We’re thrilled Proposition 6 was voted down and the city will get in the neighborhood of $800,000 a year,” he said.

Within six years, that $800,000 could be close to $5 million. If the community had voted for Measure K, it would have added $4.75 million to Paso’s infrastructure funding in the same time period.

—Karen Garcia

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County waste authority hires firm for forensic audit

The SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) is moving forward with plans to conduct a forensic audit to investigate allegations of financial mismanagement and malfeasance within the agency.

The IMWA board of directors voted Nov. 14 to contract the forensic audit to the California-based accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. The cost of the audit is capped at $75,000.

Under the terms of the contract, the firm will investigate allegations contained in a series of reports written by former IRS auditor Carl Knudsen and commissioned by group of local citizens.

One of those reports raised concerns that the agency’s former manager, Bill Worrell, may have misused agency funds, while others alleged further financial malfeasance in connection with the relationship between Worrell and Arroyo Grande waste management businessman Charles Tenborg. In August, the agency’s board of directors voted to place Worrell on leave until his Sept. 11 retirement.

IWMA board President and Grover Beach Mayor-elect Jeff Lee said the scope of the audit could expand beyond the concerns raised by the reports.

“The scope does start with the claims that were identified in those reports … using that as the basis for reviewing the finances of the entire organization,” Lee said.

The firm plans to complete the audit and issue a report by Jan. 16, and present the results to the IWMA board by March 13. While the agency begins its audit, the SLO County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit is also conducting an ongoing investigation into the claims in Knudsen’s report.

—Chris McGuinness

Jeweler closing its doors after 129 years

Marshalls Jewelers has been around since 1889, and after more than a century of doing business in San Luis Obispo, it’s slated to close its doors at the end of the year.

“I can’t tell you how many tears have been shed on both sides of the counter,” owner Jeff McKeegan said.

The business specializes in custom design and manufactured jewelry in platinum and gold, cut diamonds, and fine colored stones.

On Nov. 14, the jeweler started its liquidation sale, where customers can find pieces with a discount of 50 to 70 percent off.

McKeegan said the store will remain open until he runs out of merchandise, which he predicts will be the end of the year.

The decision to close the store came to McKeegan as he began researching what retirement would look like for him and what the fate of the store would be. He started the process about two years ago and without anyone to pass the business on to, the next step for the store was to close.

“I’ve got to tell you through the whole process I’ve been very nervous. You know questioning whether this is the right decision,” he said.

McKeegan is the fourth hand in the long history of the store. Manuel Marshall first opened the business in 1889 on Monterey Street. His son Art Marshall took over the business and then sold it to his cousin Clifford Chapman, who moved the store to its current location in 1972.

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When Chapman took over the business, it was lackluster, as Art wasn’t as interested in jewelry. McKeegan said Chapman cultivated an upscale inventory of jewelry to revitalize the store.

In 1981, McKeegan started working at Marshalls Jewelers and ultimately bought the business in 1993 with a business partner.

One of the things McKeegan learned is something that he’ll take with him beyond the jewelry store—people are important.

“That puts a tremendous responsibility on you, but it’s also the wonderful part of doing this. I love working with the public, and that’s what this is all about,” he said.

Although the store is set to close, McKeegan holds onto the thought that someone might come around to continue the business’s legacy.

“There is a part of me that hopes that someone will show up and be interested in carrying it on, because I am not happy being the one that closes this 129-year-old business,” he said.

—Karen Garcia

Pismo continues ban on new tattoo parlors, other businesses

Residents looking for a new place to get some ink will have to wait a little longer after the Pismo Beach City Council voted to continue its moratorium on new tattoo parlors, smoke shops, and other selected businesses.

The council voted 4-0 on Nov. 6, with member Erik Howell absent, to add another year to a moratorium on tattoo parlors and other personal service businesses deemed inconsistent with the city’s plans for future commercial development. The council passed the initial ban as an urgency ordinance in December 2017, then extended it for an additional 10 months and 15 days in January 2018.

The ordinance bans the approval, expansion, or relocation of tattoo parlors, massage parlors, plasma donation centers, check cashing and payday loan businesses, gold and silver exchanges, bail bond businesses, resale shops, pawn shops, and tire sales and repair businesses. It does not impact those businesses currently operating in the city.

The council passed the ban to give the city time to study the impact of such businesses and revamp and update its zoning codes for such businesses, some of which have not been updated since the mid-1990s. However, City Attorney Dave Fleishman said the city’s

Planning Commission needed more time to address the issue.

“Because of the press of business to date, the Planning Commission has not had an opportunity to dive in and determine the appropriate zoning numbers, ratios, locations … for those types of businesses,” Fleishman said.

The council took a vote on the extension on the same day mayors and councilmembers in other cities were eagerly awaiting the results of the local elections. Pismo’s council members, however, had nothing to worry about.

Pismo Beach canceled its elections for City Council and mayor after no other candidates filed to run against the sitting incumbents. Pismo voters still got to vote on statewide candidates as well as local and state ballot measures.

—Chris McGuinness

SLO restaurant to host Thanksgiving meal for fire evacuees

Vegetable Butcher in downtown SLO will open its doors on Thanksgiving Day to provide a complimentary dinner to wildfire evacuees and first responders in the area.

Restaurant chef and co-owner Becky Windel told New Times the idea came to her after the Camp and Woolsey fires in Northern and Southern California destroyed thousands of homes and killed dozens.

“I just imagine there are so many out there who just don’t have a place to go for Thanksgiving,” Windel said. “I just quickly thought, since we’re closed on Thanksgiving, it’s easy for me.”

Members of the Central Coast restaurant, wine, and agricultural community are contributing to the meal, including RobinSong Farm, Babe Farms, The Berry Man, Sextant Wines, Chamisal Vineyards, Big Sky Café, Del Monte Café, and Chef’s Warehouse. SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon is expected to make an appearance at the dinner as well.

“We’ve had so many people come forward,” Windel said. “We’re prepared to feed 100 to 130 people.”

The dinner will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 22 at 712 Marsh St. Evacuees or first responders should RSVP by sending an email to vegetablebutcherslo.events@gmail.com.

The restaurant will respond with how to register to be on the guest list.

“We’re inviting anyone who’s affected.

We want to fill the house,” Windel said.

“It’s going to be a feast.” Δ —Peter Johnson

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Finding space Pismo, SLO, Paso examine solutions to parking crunch

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hree San Luis Obispo County cities are eyeing major changes to their parking policies as a crunch for spaces continues to impact the bustling downtowns of Pismo Beach, SLO, and Paso Robles.

Parking is such an issue in Pismo Beach that the City Council decided to put its off-street parking waiver program on hold (except for certain affordable housing projects). Since 2005, the program has collected $360,000 in fees from downtown development projects that chose not to provide some of the required off-street parking spaces. During a discussion at the Nov. 6 City Council meeting, Councilmember Marcia Guthrie said the program didn’t make any sense because there weren’t enough parking spaces downtown to begin with.

“I have a real problem with offering this and jamming up our downtown even further,” Guthrie said.

She said she just watches people circle and circle, searching for a spot to park their cars. With roughly 1,400 parking spots in the downtown core, the city

ceded 22 parking spaces to developers in exchange for money or an offset such as art, landscaped space, or a seating area. The program started as a way to give businesses the ability to expand on properties that had a limited space.

Councilmember Sheila Blake pointed out that when the program began, Pismo had the street parking spaces available to “sell.” That’s no longer the case.

The council voted to put the in-lieu program on hold until the city could find a way to provide more parking spaces.

New projects or business expansions will now have to provide 100 percent of the required off-street parking—and if developers can’t, they’ll have to change what they’re building.

A parking structure is one of the keys to Pismo Beach’s parking dilemma, although the city doesn’t have any land marked for the project yet. In-lieu parking space fees, parking meters, and ticketed parking lots have all chipped in to the parking structure fund, City Manager Jim Lewis said during the meeting.

“Is it plausible to have a parking structure in three years? I think so,” Lewis said.

Over in San Luis Obispo, city officials are also looking at new garages as the city readies for an overhaul of its parking and access plan in 2019. On Nov. 13, SLO

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City Council members supported plans to build a garage on the corner of Nipomo and Palm streets, expected to open in 2023.

Spearheaded in 2016, the garage is not only expected to relieve downtown congestion with 400 new spaces, it’s viewed as essential to the city’s long-term vision of shifting parking off the main drags of Higuera, Monterey, and Marsh streets.

That vision is reflected in SLO’s recently updated Downtown Concept Plan, which looks toward a future of autonomous vehicles, rideshare services, and a pedestrian-focused downtown experience. “[The council’s] priority is implementing some of those key features, [like] the conversion of street parking to outdoor dining and bike parking,” said Tim Bochum, deputy director of SLO Public Works.

SLO is raising downtown parking rates each year through 2020 to help fund this and other parking initiatives.

City officials are also in talks with SLO County and private entities on a possible parking garage east of Santa Rosa Street.

“The county has a lot of employees downtown and not enough parking for future and existing needs,” Bochum said.

SLO’s parking issues aren’t confined to the downtown area. The city is also taking a look at its 10 residential parking districts, exploring ways to improve enforcement. Complaints about Cal Poly students parking vehicles in neighborhoods spiked last year with the introduction of a university policy barring freshmen from receiving campus parking passes.

Bochum said those complaints have

tapered this year but that residential parking is difficult to enforce because each one has a custom set of hours.

“The consensus is that we should get out and see if we could standardize some of the hours in those districts,” he said.

While SLO continues to tweak its already-sophisticated parking system, Paso Robles is in the process of overhauling city parking rules that haven’t changed since 1956.

On Oct. 16, the Paso City Council approved a series of revisions to its parking ordinance that will pave the way for a host of new initiatives like a downtown employees parking program, which the council approved on Nov. 6.

The six-month pilot program sets aside 250 parking spaces that downtown employees can purchase permits for at a rate of $5 per month. One of the key issues with parking in Paso is the overlap of downtown employees and visitors.

While Paso city leaders have discussed the idea of a parking garage, studies showed that they’re better off managing their existing parking supply more effectively—through employee parking programs, residential parking districts, timed parking, valet parking, rideshare parking, and possibly paid parking.

Each of these measures would require separate City Council approval. ∆ Editor Camillia Lanham and Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at clanham@newtimesslo.com and pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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hen Courtney Farr was 15 years old, her mother died of breast cancer. Farr said she remembers her mom noticing a questionable lump on her chest.

“She called her mom and her mom said, ‘Oh don’t worry about it; I have a lump in the same place, it’s fine,’” Farr said.

If her mom had quick and easy access to a doctor, Farr said, maybe the cancer would have been detected earlier.

“That access to care, a lot of people are missing it, and they just need basic medical advice to get them in the right direction,” she said.

Her mother’s story and the drive to provide access to health care for all was enough inspiration to become a nurse practitioner.

In the recent years she’s taking this a step further by creating a local service and product that gives people the option of having a doctor virtually visit their home or anywhere.

Farr’s company, House Calls Mobile, is a primary care medical service that lets people schedule a time to visit their doctor with a phone call on a smartphone, tablet, or computer.

“You don’t have to sit in a doctor’s office coughing on someone or someone coughing on you. You don’t have to spend half your day waiting there to get a diagnosis you knew you were going to get anyway, when you’d rather be home resting,” she said.

The virtual doctor visits are mostly for primary care, meaning if you have a cold and would like to consult a doctor or if you have a weird spot or lump on your body and would like an opinion on whether you should see a specialist— minor infections and medical questions.

Leaving her hometown Templeton behind, Farr received her education at the University of Southern California and earned a full scholarship to get a master’s in nursing from Yale University.

She said during her time at Yale, she learned that interviewing a patient can get you 80 percent toward the diagnosis, with the remaining 20 percent from a physical exam.

With Farr’s virtual doctor visits, the patient can get about an 80

percent diagnosis. In order to get that 100 percent check-up, Farr created a stethoscope that connects to your smartphone, tablet, or computer.

The medical instrument acts as a typical stethoscope would; the doctor is able to listen to the action of someone’s heart or breathing. It has a small diskshaped resonator that is placed against the chest, but instead of two tubes connected to earpieces, there is a cord to connect the stethoscope to a device.

While a patient is talking to their doctor through the video call, Farr said the patient can plug in the stethoscope and the doctor can give a full diagnosis.

The stethoscope is still in the beta-testing and FDA approval stage, but Farr is optimistic that she’ll get what she needs soon and can start using her service and product on patients.

She’s also in the starting process of making another tool, an otoscope. It’ll have a similar structural concept to the stethoscope tool: The top portion will be able to go into the opening of an ear so the doctor can examine the eardrum and the passage of the outer ear, and it will connect to a patient’s device of preference.

“It’s always been my drive to improve access to people who can’t get the access to health care, and this is what I’ve come up with,” Farr said. “This makes it easier for everybody.”

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Perfecting the side hustle Underemployment is on the rise on the Central Coast, and some people work multiple jobs in order to live comfortably

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FITNESS EDUCATION Between Paul Schmitt’s personal fitness business, working at Kennedy Club Fitness, and teaching a class at Cuesta College, the trainer works at multiple places each week.

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t 33 years old, Yence Pederson is working to get his contracting license. He’s currently the owner and operator of a home inspection business, Y.C. Home Inspections, and once he has the certification in his grasp he’ll be able to offer his customers both services. The full package deal, he said.

“I can then just focus on home inspections and construction. One company and one stream of income,” Pederson said. “My other hope is once I get my license, I can then let some of the other stuff fall by the wayside.”

The stuff that Pederson is talking about are the multiple jobs that he works in order to support himself, his three daughters, and wife. He’s not the sole provider for the family as his wife is an online reseller (she purchases brand-named clothing at a discounted price and resells it), but the majority of her time is spent being a mom and a full-time student at Cuesta College.

They’re a team.

“The thing was, yeah, she could have gotten a job making $15 an hour and we could be OK, or we could suck it up for a few years. I’d work more, she could go to school full time and when she’s done, get a really good job, and then combined we can afford to buy a house,” he said.

That’s his other goal: to own a home for his five-member family and two dogs. For four years, Pederson and his family have been living in a rented twobedroom, one-bathroom house because that’s what they can afford.

In order to provide for his family, Pederson conducts home inspections, is an online reseller, fixes older trucks and sells them, makes furniture, and is a wine tour limo driver. Monday through Saturday he’s usually working multiple jobs at a time for income. Sundays really depend on the outcome of the rest of the workweek.

“I try to take Sunday off if I can just because that’s the day that all three kids are usually home and we can have family outings and stuff,” he said. “But it’s hit or miss. Some Sundays the bank account looks good and I think I can take the day off, and other times I can’t afford it.”

Pederson didn’t always work multiple jobs. He moved to San Luis Obispo County from King City in 2008 to work in construction with his uncle. Around the same time, the economy took a plunge and Pederson’s employment also took a hit. The number of homes needing work dwindled and so did the construction gigs.

“I was a couple years in the trade, and you had guys that were in the trade for 20 years who were willing to work for $15 an hour. So what does that do to a guy that has two years’ experience? I mean, you’re lucky to get $12 at that point,” he said.

So he started working multiple jobs.

Currently local economists and nonprofits are focusing on a category of people who are employed but have more than one job—these individuals fall into the underemployment category.

Underemployment has always been accounted for, but now officials are taking

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a deeper look at how this group of people coincides with the county’s economic situation.

Although 9.1 percent of SLO County’s population works multiple jobs, there isn’t any specific data from the county or private economic firms on why they have two or three jobs instead of just one. This category of people typically works in fields that are below their skill level and earn a low wage.

Similar to employment and unemployment, underemployment plays a role in shaping the local economy.

Employed, sort of

Every year, the Alex Madonna Expo Center is packed with individuals ready to learn about employment, wages, and housing on the Central Coast. On Nov. 2, people talked among themselves over the breakfast buffet, at numbered tables, and by the expo entrance waiting to hear the latest from the Central Coast Economic Forecast.

Robert Kleinhenz, executive director of research for Beacon Economics, opened the forecast by speaking about the local economy. It was yet another year with good news to report, he said.

SLO County gained about 1,500 jobs, helping drive the unemployment rate down to 2.8 percent, he said. That’s lower than the state’s average of 4.1 percent unemployment. The highest concentration of employment is in the tourism, hospitality and recreation, and agriculture

and food fields, Kleinhenz said.

The county has a strong manufacturing industry that has continued to expand; the county’s education, health care, and leisure and hospitality industries added 600 jobs to the labor force.

Although unemployment is down, Kleinhenz said, there are a number of jobs that are going unfilled in the county.

“San Luis Obispo County and the Central Coast economy will continue to grow but we’re running into, as I know you already know, we’re running into the fact that we just don’t have enough bodies to fill the jobs,” Kleinhenz said.

A lacking labor force could present a difficulty for the county to maintain economic growth into the future.

Those jobs go unfilled because the positions don’t carry a high enough wage for people to sustain themselves, according to Dawn Boulanger, the local director for the Workforce Development Board. The economic advisory, planning, and policy board formed to oversee the use of federal, state, and city funding in local economies.

“The problem that we have more in SLO is not people that are looking for work and can’t find it. They can find work; they can’t find work that pays adequate wages for them to live here or they can’t find work that meets their skill or ability level,” Boulanger said.

While the unemployment rate is low for the county, the underemployment rate is high.

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JOB GROWTH IN SLO COUNTY According to The Workforce Development Board, SLO County has a higher percentage of employment opportunities in tier 3 occupations—food service, retail, cleaning, personal care, and security guard positions. This tier has the lowest average yearly wage in the state, $26,725.

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The Workforce Development Board released a report this year that highlighted key industry clusters, job quality, talent, educational characteristics, and commute patterns.

It’s a way for the board to evaluate new opportunities and challenges for workforce development in the county.

According to the report, underemployment means that someone is working in a position below his or her qualification level. That can be someone who is overqualified for his or her position—maybe he or she has a bachelor’s degree but is working as a bartender—or someone who found parttime work but is searching for a fulltime position.

Boulanger said underemployed workers usually have higher skills, more formal education, and more experience than their current job requires. These workers are typically involuntarily working in a field that differs from their education and earning 20 percent less than their previous job. Underemployment rates also include those who may not be making living wage, might not be working full time, and may not have access to health insurance.

“Our most recent data is showing us that 9.1 percent of middle-skilled workers are either involuntarily working parttime or are working in a position below their qualification level,” she said of the county. “That’s about eight times the statewide average, which is 1.1 percent.”

Making ends meet

Paul Schmitt is a fitness trainer and educator who moved to the Central Coast in 2002 to work toward getting a master’s degree in kinesiology from Cal Poly. Schmitt enjoys helping people obtain a healthy way of living because he said a person’s health is something that’s unique to them.

“You take your health with you everywhere you go. So if you can be healthy and take that with you, you’re going to be able to go more places,” he said.

Naturally, he fell into being a fitness coach while he was going to school, earning his degree in 2005. But after spending some time on the coast, he realized that he didn’t want to leave.

“Once you’re here, you get to hike, bike, surf, and it’s just stunning all the time.

You just want to stay, and that’s what I did,” Schmitt said.

In order to stick around and make a living, Schmitt continued coaching fitness as a trainer at Kennedy Club Fitness, started training from his personal business Farm Fit SLO, and teaching a fitness course through Cuesta College.

On a typical Monday, when all his cylinders are firing, Schmitt starts his day around 5:45 a.m., going from clients

at the gym, to his home, a client’s home, taking a break for lunch and class preparation, going to teach two classes at Cuesta, and getting home for the evening around 8 p.m.

For now, Schmitt’s schedule works out for him because of the flexibility.

“It would be great if I worked full-time at Cuesta for sure, but I’m somewhat ADHD so it’s nice to travel and not stay in one place for too long,” Schmitt said.

“My wife has always said that my job has always fit my personality or my personality fits my job extremely well.”

Eventually, he said, he would prefer to have a full-time job at the college because he would get a defined teaching schedule each semester and gain the benefits that a part-time educator doesn’t have access to.

Schmitt falls into the underemployment category. While he voluntarily holds multiple jobs and it works financially, eventually he would prefer to have one job and one steady stream of income.

According to the Workforce Development Board, San Luis Obispo County supports more than 122,800 jobs, with an average yearly income of $56,049.

The local average is less than both the state and national averages of $78,217 and $66,029, respectively.

Wages differ in the various employment fields throughout the county.

Boulanger said the board looks at three tiers of job categories.

Tier 1 occupations include managers, professional positions, and high-skill technical occupations—these are typically higher-paying jobs. According to the board’s report, the median wage for a tier 1 worker is $80,413. Tier 2 occupations include sales positions, teachers, librarians, office and administrative positions, as well as manufacturing operations and production occupations.

These occupations are considered middle skill, middle-wage positions with an average median wage of $46,530. Tier 3

includes protective services, food service and retail, building and ground keeping, and personal care positions. These occupations are typically lower-paying occupations. The median wage for this tier is $25,730 a year.

“Tier 3 is a negative underemployment rate because there’s a deficit. Most of our jobs in the county are low wage,” she said.

“It’s where we see most of our growth in our jobs, and it’s where we don’t have enough people.”

A person’s annual wages not only support the individual earning the money, those dollars also support the economy, Boulanger explained. How much an individual makes dictates where they can live and how much they can afford to give back to their economy by spending.

Living sufficiently

When Lorea Slawson turned 18 she started working full time making $8 an hour. A couple of years later she got a second job. To this day, she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t working more than one job.

Slawson lives in San Miguel with her 8-year-old son. She’s the sole provider for her family. She said she works three jobs to make enough money to live. Two to three nights a week, she works at a small pizza parlor in Paso Robles. She also works full time at an animal health company in the same city. And recently, she started bartending at weddings for an event service company.

A typical workweek for Slawson—not including events bartending—runs between 40 to 50 hours.

“Today, I can definitely make it with just my full-time job, but I’ve gotten used to the extra income for living expenses,” she said. “It’s a good feeling knowing my son doesn’t need anything.”

According to the December 2017 report “Making Ends Meet: How Much Does it Cost to Support a Family in California?” in 50 of California’s 58 counties, the basic family budget for a single adult exceeds the salary of minimum-wage employees working 40 hours per week.

The California Budget and Policy Center—established in 1995—created the report to provide the state with a source of timely, objective, and accessible expertise on state fiscal and economic policy issues.

The report states that there are two factors that explain the economic challenges faced by many families and individuals in California: the cost of living and wages that haven’t kept pace with living expenses.

In all 58 counties, the annual salary of a full-time minimum wage worker is not sufficient to cover the basic budget for a single-parent family. In the same demographic, the combined salary of two

full-time minimum wage workers is not enough to cover the basic budget for a two working-parent family.

According to the report, a single adult needs to make an annual income of $26,582 to live in San Luis Obispo County, a single-parent family needs $59,820, a two-parent family with one individual working has to bring in $54,794, and a two-working-parent family, $69,665.

That needed income goes into living expenses and housing, which ultimately goes back into the local economy.

A housing policies report put out by the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Vitality Corporation, and the Home Builders Association of the Central Coast states that the county’s economic future depends on its ability to deliver housing that is affordable to the workforce—not just housing that is affordable for low-income households.

Workforce housing is a home that can be rented or purchased by families earning less than 160 percent of the county median family income.

The report states that only 26 percent of county residents can afford the median home price, compared to 34 percent of residents statewide. In order to afford the $552,830 median home price, a household needs an average income of approximately $110,000 per year.

Michael Manchak, CEO of the Economic Vitality Corporation, said that housing experts both nationally and locally have expressed concerns with the high cost of living in the county, the cost of ownership, and even renting. These are all things that point to the quality of life in a region, which Boulanger said can be subjective. She said people tend to look at their discretionary spending such as entertainment money—money that can be used at a restaurant, the movies, or for making purchases in the community—as an indicator for quality of life.

“If you have so much of your out-go on expenses and predominantly here it’s housing, then it limits the amount of discretionary spending that people have, so they’re staying home,” Boulanger said.

That’s the crux of the issue, Boulanger said—a lack of occupational opportunities for underemployed workers that could allow them to live comfortably and support the local community.

“We’re not having this issue that people can’t find work, we have an issue that people can’t find work in their skill level and pays them wages that they can stay and live here,” she said. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia can be reached at kgarcia@newtimesslo.com.

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BY LINDA STEDJEE

BY KANDIE BROWN

Morro Bay’s issues are serious

A problem to address

Shredder, what kind of journalist are you?

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lease, New Times people, educate yourselves before you write and publish your columns. I am speaking, in particular, about the person who wrote the Shredder column in your last issue (“Trouble right here in Morro Bay,” Nov. 15).

First, the ridiculous suggestion that the existing Morro Bay sewer plant is polluting the ocean needs to be corrected very clearly and visibly in your next issue.

In fact, the plant’s discharges are very closely monitored for any sign of problems, and guess what? There aren’t any.

Check out the monitoring reports for yourselves—something you should have done before making your obnoxious comments: morro-bay.ca.us/355/ Monitoring-Reports. Had you taken the trouble to do any research before you published that column, you would have learned that, year after year, the reports indicate that the effluent discharged by the plant is doing no harm whatsoever to the marine environment. In fact, the inspectors have noted that the outfall serves as a great artificial reef.

Here is a quote from the 2017 monitoring report: “This document presents a comprehensive analysis of the extensive monitoring data collected over the last three decades. Virtually every aspect of the treatment process, receiving waters, and seafloor sediments is monitored. An exhaustive quantitative analysis of all measured parameters demonstrates that the effluent

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discharge consistently meets the permit requirements and has no discernable effect on the ocean environment.”

If that’s not enough for you, here’s another quote: “Detailed analyses of these measurements confirm that, during 2017, the plant regularly exceeded wastewater treatment expectations established in regulatory standards and the original WWTP design criteria.

Moreover, the plant has consistently discharged exceptionally high quality effluent over its long history, and there has never been an indication of deteriorating plant performance.”

Second, regarding the Shredder column’s nonsense about counting the votes from the Proposition 218 election, for some reason, the New Times seems to be pushing the views of Morro Bay city government and ridiculing the opposition. In fact, there were significant irregularities in the city’s Prop. 218 vote process including failure to provide residents with an estimate of project costs based on solid, verifiable financial data; blatant intimidation of voters; incomplete noticing; failure to provide residents with information and ballots when requested at City Hall; failure to adequately secure submitted ballots; and illegal refusal to count valid protest ballots. No, regardless of what city government staff and officials say, the law does not require the ballots to be dated, nor does it say that votes cannot be collected before a city’s official hearing notice is mailed. Go read it and see for yourselves.

MORRO BAY continued page 14

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Aged-out foster care youth living on the streets should not be ignored

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ach year, more than 20,000 youth age out of the foster care system and lose their safety nets overnight,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2015). There are only 25 states with extended foster care services for older youth (ages 18 to 21). According to a report from the federal Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 13,316 youth in the U.S. utilized extended services in 2016. And the California Child Welfare Project from Berkeley reported that California had 7,192 youth in extended services in 2018.

The homeless population is tough to ignore in California. It hits us square in the eye almost every day, depending on which direction you are heading. This includes our aged-out foster care youth who have reached the maximum age of 21, and have lost the support of a foster home or independent-living housing arrangements due to services ending.

Imagine an aged-out foster care youth with a heavy backpack on; jobless; with a lack of family support; empty pockets; and at high risk of suffering from a mental illness, acute trauma, and/or substance abuse with delays in self-sufficiency without the continued guidance and support by mental health professionals and the local community at large.

The local community needs to discuss and recognize that this is a national problem that needs to be understood and solved: Aged-out foster care youth are at a high risk of being homeless, and there

is a need to extend services and funds to increase independent living. Contacting the state governor and state legislators, along with showing support through media sources to raise community and national awareness can bring this issue to the forefront.

Assembly Bill 12 (2010), the Fostering Connections to Success Act, extended independent living programs to aged-out foster care youth up to the of age 21. The independent living program is a federally funded program that assists current and former foster care youth (ages 16 to 21) to achieve effective self-sufficiency outside of the foster care system.

AB 12 opened the door for older foster care youth to extended services up to age 21. After seven years, we finally get a bigger picture that aged-out foster care youth with higher needs will greatly benefit from these extended services. They can get what they need in order to survive and thrive in society, despite being over 21.

Amending AB 12 to further extend foster care services will prevent homelessness for those suffering from serious mental illness and/or trauma conditions due to childhood physical and emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other social and environmental abuses. No youth ought to bear and carry over trauma into adulthood without the support of extended services to continue to protect, guide, and mentor youth about how to navigate and develop lifelong living skills FOSTER CARE continued page 14

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MORRO BAY from page 12

Did you know that in July, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) legal staff wrote a letter to the City Council and asked for a litigation hold on all records related to the Prop. 218 vote? Did you know that after the Sept. 11 hearing where the council refused to count 1,000 valid votes, the HJTA legal staff wrote to the council and to “contractors, lenders, bond purchasers, and all other potential creditors,” warning them that, “HJTA has reason to believe that the rate increase by resolution 71-18 is suspect and should not be relied upon. Thus, please note that any expenditures, loan applications, or other pledging of those funds should not be relied upon at this time”?

Guess what, people? Morro Bay city government’s mishandling of the 218 vote is a serious matter, so how about taking it seriously, doing some research, and writing something worthy of real journalists. ∆ Linda Stedjee keeps an eye on her old hometown of Morro Bay from her new residence in Sète, France. Send comments through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

FOSTER CARE from page 12

that may not happen right at the young age of 21.

Providing foster care youth with extended services not only teaches foster care youth with lifelong living skills, it reflects human dignity that all human beings are worthy to be loved

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Atascadero needs to stop being rude

This is the third time that the city of Atascadero closed San Anselmo Road all day without warning. Once again, I had to spend hours tracking down a canceled morning package delivery of living things and arrange to pick up the package or lose more than $100 (and I have a broken foot, so I had to get someone else to go meet a delivery driver, after spending hours on the phone). First, they paved for a whole day, then they oiled the street another day, and today (Nov. 14), they are repaving again. A huge truck blocked us in for hours. On a fourth day they will have to paint the center stripe (When?

Who knows?). As a homeowner in my 60s who doesn’t see the city’s claimed Facebook alerts, I request that the city of Atascadero post road closures on their street closure website (which hasn’t been updated since March 2018). The lack of notice is rude and has repeatedly caused us grief. Thank you.

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32% Yes, homeless services are desperately needed in North County.

29% No, that would be an unwise use of community funds.

26% The state is playing hardball. The city should demand a lower price.

13% I’m supportive only if other community stakeholders pitch in.

62 Votes

President dishonored the military on Veterans Day

Trump showed his true colors this past Veterans Day weekend. The president of the United States had time to meet with Vladimir Putin overseas, but didn’t have time to visit the Aisne-Marne American cemetery in France, the final resting place of 2,289 U.S. troops killed during World War I? The White House said the cancellation was due to rain. I am retired military. I was an avionics technician on a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter when I served in the Marines. Contrary to right-wing propaganda, every helicopter in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, can fly in the rain.

How is it that other world leaders except

the United States of America managed to find a method of transportation to arrive and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice during WWI? Walk me through this.

Our commander in chief could not honor America’s fallen soldiers on Veterans Day because he was afraid of getting his orange toupee wet? Does anyone really believe the billionaire playboy could not find an umbrella? It wasn’t raining in Washington, D.C., when Trump returned from France.

Why didn’t he visit Arlington National Cemetery? Trump has flown overseas several times during his presidency. Why has he never visited our troops?

Finally, Trump supporters who often use this platform to lecture readers about patriotism and honoring our flag, please start with the president of the United States, especially when he refuses to carry out the traditional duties of the commander in chief on Veterans Day and tells heroes like Sen. John McCain, a former POW and Navy pilot who was shot down in Vietnam, that he liked people who were not captured.

Myself, I prefer presidents who don’t have five military deferments and aren’t afraid of a little rain.

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Non-SLOcal Chris McGuiness’ poem of the NIMBY did not quite ring true.

For the NIMBY SLOcals took the correct route and did not dress like a shr … (Let’s just say they didn’t need a disguise).

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The Meadow Creek Lagoon Restoration project will probably again be money spent for duplicated studies, plans, and reports that, at best, will result in 2 inches cut off the top of the reeds.

Let’s spend special assessment tax and grant monies using common sense.

Stop drinking the County Zone 1/1A Kool-Aid. Joe Schacherer Oceano

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And this is where the NIMBY SLOcals made their case to make the action null.

After hearing all the facts, the commission agreed the planned action did not fit.

But from Whovilles up north and Whovilles down south came the nonSLOcals who on the council sit.

“It’s the children who must be protected,” was their cry, The only danger to the children was the disharmony this vote caused the city.

For the slim majority on the council unashamed by their bias Voted to side with their non-SLOcal clique.

The yuppie locals thought this was grand But will eventually see it is not what they had planned.

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More than words

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ormally, about this time of year I write about the historical roots of Thanksgiving Day and its religious origins. I especially remind people that the day isn’t about being a day of national gluttony as the term “turkey day” implies but rendering thanks to a benevolent creator for the blessings, realized or not, each of us has received.

Literally tens of thousands of our fellow countrymen are hurting in a way few of us have actually experienced. I speak of the victims of the wildfires, north and south of us, that have devastated families and communities in a way not really experienced by Americans (with the exception of Hurricane Katrina in 2005) since the 19th century.

The history of wildfire catastrophes, like that which recently devastated Paradise, were all too common in the 19th century, devastating not only towns but entire regions of the upper Midwest from the 1870s right into the early 20th century. For instance, a wildfire obliterated Peshtigo, Wisconsin, on Oct. 8, 1871, taking place simultaneously with the great Chicago fire that devastated that city. Few heard of Peshtigo until word began to dribble out of the north woods of a terrible calamity that killed more than 1,200 people in one night.

Forest fires were common in the great wooded areas of 19th century Wisconsin

and Minnesota, near towns that grew up around the massive logging operations that fed the growth of America’s railroads and the westward migration of tens of thousands of immigrants.

Forest fires smoldered for weeks, even months, unattended in those days. An exceptionally dry summer turned the smoldering woods into an all-consuming conflagration. A firestorm generating its own weather descended upon the residents of Peshtigo, with a blast of superheated air preceding a wall of flame that dropped people in their tracks. As they fled, their clothing and bodies burst into flame, leaving but a few charred fragments, perhaps a belt buckle, to indicate that what remains is but a lonely residue of the life of a loved one. The fire was so intense it generated hurricane force winds that literally sucked people into the vortex of fire, boiling the water in wells and any who dared take refuge in them. Before this conflagration was controlled by natural forces, not man, 1.28 million acres of forest burned.

Fire was a mainstay of western migration. They were so common that the city fathers of San Francisco, after the great earthquake of 1906 that devastated the city, referred to the “great 1906 fire of San Francisco” in their promotions of the city, lest investors be frightened off by the catalyst of the disaster, the earthquake

itself. People in those days simply accepted fire as a hazard of life.

That some fires usually devastated entire city blocks or even entire communities was a function of the limited technologies available for fighting fire, from small-capacity hand-powered water pumps to lack a of organization and training, all contributing to local fire disasters. Even as late as the great Western fires of 1910 that revolutionized how we handled wildfire, “wildland firefighters” were usually drafted out of logging camps and saloons with a logging foreman or a newly minted ranger directing their efforts on a fire line.

The town of Paradise is not unfamiliar to me. In 1977, freshly out of college, I was a seasonal firefighter for what is now known as Cal Fire, then the California Division of Forestry. I was stationed in Butte County, and Paradise was just a few miles up the road from my station.

A wildfire threatened Paradise from two sides, its citizens evacuated, and at one point, a mutual aid task force of 50 fire engines roared up Highway 99 in “code three”—lights and sirens—en route to Paradise. They managed to save the town. It happened again in the 1990s, and Paradise developed in-depth emergency plans for wildland fire. They even conducted full-scale evacuation exercises with local citizen participation with scenarios assuming worst-case conditions.

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These folks are suffering long-term calamity: 90 percent of businesses were destroyed. Statistically, 50 percent of businesses destroyed in disasters fail within two years, even if fully insured.

More than 9,000 residences were destroyed.

People need shelter, water, and sanitation immediately. They will need everything the rest of us take for granted every day, like clothing to wear beyond the clothes they wore to escape. Lives were lost, even the memorabilia most of us take for granted to comfort us after the loss of a loved one.

Fire is merciless toward human emotions.

This is the time to support established, experienced, and capable charitable and rescue organizations. Ad hoc groups have good intentions but often create additional problems for all concerned. Some also have bad intentions and callously steal your money, so check out to whom you donate.

And don’t forget to pray and give thanks for what you have because so many others have so little this Thanksgiving Day. ∆ Al Fonzi is an Army lieutenant colonel of military intelligence who had a 35-year military career, serving in both the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Send comments through the editor at clanham@newtimesslo.com.

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f you’d like an example of fake news, look no further than Liar-inChief Donald J. Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud. According to the Trumpster Fire, dead people are voting, undocumented people (“illegals” in Trump’s words) are voting, and some people are voting multiple times—they just “go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again,” Trump actually said … sigh. What kind of a rube believes this poppycock?

The kind that thinks we should “rake the forest” like they do in Finland?

Study after study and investigation after investigation proves beyond a doubt that voter fraud is astonishingly rare, and the few documented cases of it have not changed the outcome of an election.

The bigger problem is disenfranchising people who have the right to vote, which is actually happening in 14 right-leaning states. That’s real news.

Yet, is it any wonder that Trump’s undermining of our voting system is infecting people’s belief in it? Some are now claiming local voter fraud or some kind of conspiracy after SLO County Clerk-Recorder Tommy Gong admitted he made an error when he recommended appointing incumbent board member Christine Womack to a vacant seat on the Los Osos Community Services District. The problem was that Gong misclassified the

position as a two-year appointment when it was supposed to be a four-year elected position.

Gong made the error public, took “full, personal responsibility” for it, and apologized. This is exactly how you handle this! It’s a mistake, not a conspiracy!

Transparency, people! He’s trying to correct the error—and although I don’t understand how he made that mistake, this is proof that Gong is a human being and not a robot. And seriously, if there’s going to be voter fraud, is a seat on the Los Osos CSD really the target for it?

On Tuesday, the SLO County Board of Supervisors did indeed rescind Womack’s appointment to the seat, and now the Los Osos CSD board will have to either call for a special election in November of 2019 or simply appoint someone to serve until 2020.

Sure, this isn’t ideal, mostly for Los Osos voters/taxpayers and the other four CSD candidates who battled it out for two seats in the election when it should have been five candidates fighting for three seats. It also sucks for Womack, whose future is now up in the air.

But take off your tinfoil hat, conspiracy nuts, and look at the real problem! There’s poison trickling down from the presidency, undermining everything from journalism to voting to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It should have been clear in the 2016 election that Trump was a

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reckless hypocrite when he said, “the election is rigged, unless I win.” The Russians didn’t cast fraudulent votes, but they did confuse people into voting for a bloated gasbag who pretends at patriotism but is in fact a U.S. traitor. Get a move on, Robert Mueller! Let’s get this party started!

You know where you can’t party?

Pismo Beach! For the third time, they extended their ban on new tattoo and massage parlors, smoke shops, payday loan joints, and other businesses they think make Pismo look low-rent trashy.

Dudes, you’re harshing my mellow! What if I feel like taking out a high-interest loan to score a new bong, get super high, enjoy a massage, and wrap up my bitchin’ day with a sweet new tramp stamp?

You’re interfering with my life choices!

Plus, the thing that makes Pismo cool is its seaside trashiness! Ever since Avila Beach got gentrified, Pismo is where it’s at! Stay trashy, don’t become classy, Pismo!

Maybe it doesn’t matter anyway. It’s not like I could find a parking space in Pismo, which like SLO Town and Paso Robles is trying to figure out where to park consumers’ Escalades, Navigators, Armadas, Sequoias, Hummer H2s, and other vehicles bigger than my apartment.

In Pismo, for instance, the City Council decided to end its off-street parking waiver program. New development projects had been allowed to pay a fee rather than meet their off-street parking requirements.

“I work downtown on Price Street, and there is no parking,” Pismo Beach Councilmember Marcia Guthrie said.

“I have a real problem with offering this [waiver program] and jamming up our downtown even further.”

Now developers in Pismo have to revise their plans to offer 100 percent of the required off-street parking if they want to proceed. I bet that’s throwing a wrench in a few developers’ gears. Meanwhile, Pismo is trying to figure out where and how to construct a multi-level parking structure, which after my massage and tattoo I will totally ride my skateboard down! Bitchin’!

SLO’s got a plan for a new structure on Palm and Nipomo streets opening in 2023, though maybe we won’t need it when SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon’s magic plan to make more people ride their bikes kicks in. It could happen!

Just close your eyes, take a deep breath, align your chakras, drive around the block one more time, don’t think about the rigged election, check the back of New Times for masseuse ads, rethink that tramp stamp … Hey, is that guy leaving?!

Race over and get that parking spot! ∆ The Shredder votes early and often.

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TOURS FOR PADDLERS A special tour for visitors

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Books will be available for sale after the event. Nov. 24, 2-3 p.m. Free. 805-781-4187. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

ECOWATCH! MOVIE NIGHTS Films range in topics of environmental conditions and opportunities, the global village, and local healthy communities. Nov. 29, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-543-9900. slogreengoods.com. Green Goods, 111 South St., San Luis Obispo.

SLOMA CURATED CRAFT BOUTIQUE Shop for handmade gifts. Featured artists are Alice Sennett, Barry Lundgren, David Gurney, Dianna Draze, Elena Mary Siff, Jim Valentine, Kathleen DePalma, Kathy Briles, Kathy Friend, Kenny Standhardt, Larry LeBrane, Linda Lewis, Michael Rhode, Priscilla Beadle, Randy Stromsoe, Roseann Martin, Sharon Harris, and Zelma Rose. Nov. 28-Dec. 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. 805-5438562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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MORRO BAY LIGHTED BOAT PARADE More than 40 decorated boats will compete. Other activities include Santa’s House, hot cocoa, food, and vendors. Dec. 1, 6-8:30 p.m. Embarcadero Morro Bay, 714 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, 805.772.4467.

THANKSGIVING BUFFET AT CAMBRIA PINES LODGE An all-you-can-eat Thanksgiving buffet-style meal. Reservations are required. Nov. 22, 12-8 p.m. $39.50; $18.50 for ages 6-12; free for kids ages 5 and under. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

57TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHT PARADE IN DOWNTOWN PASO ROBLES Dec. 1, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; no fee to enter. 805-238-4103.

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ANNUAL LIGHT UP THE DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY CELEBRATION Children can enjoy a visit with Santa following the lighting. Features a complementary tour of Historic City Hall and free hot chocolate. Nov. 30, 5-8 p.m. Free.

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HOLIDAY CRAFT BAZAAR Local crafters bring their wares to sell in the Downtown City Park. All items are handmade. Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. No admission fee. 805-238-4103.

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ST. LUKE’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Features handmade gifts, jams and jellies, and baked goodies. Nov. 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-466-0379. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 5318 Palma Avenue, Atascadero.

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INDEX Special Events ..........[20] Arts ............................[22] Culture & Lifestyle.......[25] Food & Drink..............[27] Music .........................[28]

11:30 a.m. Free. 805-544-1373. sloucc.org. United Church of Christ (Congregational) of San Luis Obispo, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obipo.

DOWNTOWN MENORAH LIGHTING The menorah is lit all eight nights of Hanukkah outside the Mission. Dec. 2-9, 5 p.m. Free. jccslo.com.

Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

GOBBLE WOBBLE FAMILY FUN RUN Enjoy a 2.5K/5K run or walk. Bring in a non-perishable item for SLO Food Bank on the day of the event for a free child entry. Nov. 22, 9 a.m. $5-$20. 805-781-7305. active.com/san-luis-obispo-ca. Laguna Lake Golf Course, 11175 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo.

HANUKKAH DOWNTOWN Includes a free community party the first night which features menorah making, dreidel spinning, carousel, treats, and more. Presented by JCC Federation of SLO. Dec. 2-9, 5 p.m. Free. jccslo.com. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

HOLIDAY TREASURES BOUTIQUE Monday Club members present this boutique which features vintage finds, home decor, jewelry, handcrafted art, functional gifts, and more. Refreshments will be served. Dec. 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-541-0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING Ceremony includes caroling and hot chocolate. Nov. 26, 5-7 p.m. downtownslo.com. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

SANTA’S HOUSE IN MISSION PLAZA Children who visit Santa receive a complimentary activity book, toy, and candy cane. Nov. 23-Dec. 24 $5-$8 for photos. downtownslo.com. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

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SANTA’S DOGGIE PARADE This year’s parade participants will receive goodie bags donated by Petco (Arroyo Grande). All dogs must be registered by 10:45 a.m. the day of to enter costume contest. Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-noon $5. 805-627-1997. avilabeachcc.com. Avila Beach Promenade, 404 Front St., Avila Beach.

SANTA’S WORKSHOP: FINE ART AND CRAFT FAIRE Includes more than 40 artists and crafters offering handcrafted gifts. Santa will be present for visits. Live music provided by Critical Mass. Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 805-473-4580. Ramona Garden Park Center, 993 Ramona Ave., Grover Beach, SPECIAL EVENTS continued page 22

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of improvising as an ensemble. Build acting technique, practice teamwork skills, and gain confidence while playing theater and improv games. No class on Nov. 21. Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. through Dec. 5 $225. eventbrite.com. Tigerlily Salon Studio, 659 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-541-9911.

VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Showcasing Victorian-style decorations and refreshments created from authentic Victorian recipes. Period dress and hats are encouraged.

Nov. 29, 4-7 p.m. 805-773-4854. Price Anniversary House, 100 Rancho Pismo Dr., Pismo Beach.

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NANOWRIMO WORKSHOP WITH JENNA ELIZABETH JOHNSON A writing session facilitated by local author Jenna Elizabeth Johnson, award-winning writer of the Oescienne series and the Otherworld series. Nov. 28, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

805-781-4187. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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PINE NEEDLE BASKET WEAVING CLASS Explore the art of pine needle basket weaving. Guests are asked to bring their own scissors and lunch. All other materials are provided. Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $100 members; $130 general. 805-541-1400 x 303. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

MOSAIC BASICS Choose from holiday tree, trivet, stepping stone, and more. All materials provided.

Nov. 25, 1-4 p.m. $40-$95. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

MOSAICS: GIFT IDEAS GALORE Choose from holiday tree, trivet, stepping stone, and more.

All materials provided. Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $40-$90. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

PAINT PARTY No artistic experience necessary.

All materials and supplies provided. Outside food and drinks welcome. Saturdays, 7-9:30 p.m. $40.

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RESIN BEACH OR HOLIDAY TREE CLASS The instructor will bring an assortment of shells, colored glass, glitter, an 11” x 14” white frame, and resin to complete a beach scene, holiday tree, or your own idea. Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-noon $80. 805286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

RESIN HOLIDAY TREE OR BEACH SCENE CLASS The instructor will bring an assortment of shells, colored glass, glitter, an 11” x 14” white frame, and resin to complete a beach scene, holiday tree, or your own idea. Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-noon $80. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

SUCCULENT WORKSHOP: CHOOSE YOUR PROJECT Make a wood vertical garden or a holiday tree. All materials provided. Care sheet is

SUCCULENT HOLIDAY TREE Add local succulents to a sphagnum moss tree to create a centerpiece. All materials, including a care sheet, provided. Nov. 27, 6-8 p.m. $62. 805-549-1222. creativemetime.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

CONTEMPORARY COLLABORATION

Open to Interpretation, a collaborative art show at Castoro Cellars in Templeton, runs through Nov. 30. This exhibit features abstract and contemporary works by artists Page Graeber and Janice Pluma. Call (805) 238-0725 or visit castorocellars.com to find out more.

—C.W. included to keep your succulents thriving. Nov. 24, 1-3 p.m. and Dec. 1, 1-3 p.m. $70-$90. 805-2865993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

TEA CUP WIRE BIRDFEEDER Manipulate wire around a tea cup to create a decorated birdfeeder.

Preregistration is required. Nov. 25, 10 a.m.-noon $55. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

ALCOHOL INK HOLIDAY PLAY TIME Guests will use inks, alcohol, canned air, and other objects to get unusual effects on four coasters, five glass ornaments, and five dominoes. Nov. 26, 6-8 p.m. $45. 805-237-3988. creativemetime.com.

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805-544-6444. sosc.org/sloc/wreathmakingparty.

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weaving, mixed media, printmaking, and 3-dimensional building in a safe, non-competitive environment. Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $15 per hour.

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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.

AFTER SCHOOL POTTERY Kids can come and learn to sculpt, hand build, and throw on the wheel. 2 sessions are needed to complete the pottery. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. through Jan. 1 $50 for 2 sessions. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre

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805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. Suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

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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.

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JULIA MORGAN BUILDING TOUR Member docents will guide you through our historic building and grounds. Tours may also be arranged by appointment. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. Free. 805-5410594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

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SOUTH COUNTY POETRY An open mic follows each month’s featured poet. Fourth Sunday of every month, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-2689216. CanDoJack.com. South County Poetry, St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church (annex), 301 Trinity Way off Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande.

SOUTH COUNTY POETRY: LESLIE ST. JOHN Includes snacks, a reading from St. John, an open mic session, and more. Guests are welcome to bring their own poems for the open mic. Nov. 25, 5:30 p.m. Free. 805-268-9216. candojack.com/ socopo. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 301 Trinity Way, Arroyo Grande.

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ANNUAL WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW Morro Bay

Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

HANDCRAFTED FOR THE HOLIDAYS California’s premier craftspeople are featured in this invitational exhibition and retail sale devoted to bringing wide public attention to the field of fine craft. Nov. 29, 12-9 p.m. Free. 805-238-9800.

Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

IMAGES OF NORTH COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT Featuring photos by Tim Bryan, Laura Dienzo, Patricia Everett, Nancy Haglund, Charlene Martyn, William Rumbler, J. D. Shankle, Cheryl Strahl, and Chuck Wyke. Tuesdays, ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 30 Free.

805-461-6161. slolibrary.org. Atascadero Library, 6555 Capistrano, Atascadero.

THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION: NARRATIVE GOWNS AND FEMININE HISTORIES Every gown is made from humble materials including discarded garments, fabrics, and trims, as well as bits of nature and desk supplies. Through Nov. 30 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

THANKFUL The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Gallery’s annual themed show featuring artwork by students from all Paso Robles’s schools, grades K through 12. Through Jan. 20, 2019, 12-9 p.m. Free. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

WINTER TREASURES Featuring original artworks

by Central Coast artists. Works are available for purchase. Through Dec. 26, 12-9 p.m. Free. 805238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

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36 VIEWS OF HOLLISTER PEAK In the 1830s,

Hokusai pursued the essence of Japan’s iconic mountain in the print series ThirtySix Views of Mount Fuji. In tribute, Secret SLO gathers more than two dozen artists to pursue the essence of San Luis Obispo’s Hollister Peak.

Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays, 1-7 p.m. through Dec. 31 Free. 805210-8687. secretslo.com/gallery/.

NOV. 22 – NOV. 29 Sauer-Adams Adobe, 964 Chorro St., 2018 San Luis Obispo.

Art Association presents its annual winter showcase, which features a collection of artworks submitted from all over the Central Coast. Meet the artists at the opening reception on Nov. 4. Works include paintings, photography, jewelry, and fine crafts.

Through Jan. 7, 2019, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-7722504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

BOBBYE WEST THOMPSON: PASTEL DRAWINGS Features orignal pastel drawings of various subjects. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 1-4 p.m. through Nov. 28 Free. 805-995-2049.

CayucosArt.org. Cayucos Community Art Gallery, 10 Cayucos Dr., Cayucos.

DAVID KREITZER: FINE ART OPEN STUDIOS Featuring water, landscape, figure, fantasy and floral works. Collectors of Kreitzer’s works include Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Michael Douglas, Ray Bradbury, Robert Takken, and Jane Hind.

Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Varies. 805234-2048. kreitzerArt.com. Kreitzer Fine Art and Voice Studios, 1442 12th St., Los Osos.

FLORA AND FAUNA BY DANCING DOG CLAYWORKS Opening reception is Nov. 2 from 5:30 to 7 p.m and features live music, wine, and refreshments. Thursdays, Fridays, 1-4 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Nov. 25 Free admission. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

OPEN TO INTERPRETATION A collaborative art show featuring Page Graeber and Janice Pluma. An opening reception takes place Nov. 2 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Includes abstract and contemporary art.

Through Nov. 30, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. 805-2380725. castorocellars.com. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

ROADS TRAVELED: PAINTINGS BY SHANNON E. A. MCNAMARA An exhibition of plein-air paintings.

Tuesdays-Saturdays. through Nov. 29 Free. 805-9274336. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

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BOTH SIDES OF THE BIG POND: SHARING COMMON GROUND This photographic exhibition

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BRENT DICKINSON Dickinson is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist and writer based in Los Angeles. His work explores Christian theology, critical theory, and experimental comedy. Through Dec. 5 Free. 805-546-3202. cuesta.edu/student/ campuslife/artgallery/. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

CYNTHIA MEYER: LOCAL COLOR Enjoy landscape, light, and architecture captured on a sunny day in SLO. ongoing, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-2108687. secretslo.com. Sauer-Adams Adobe, 964 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo.

INTERESTING TIMES Featuring the political and whimsical art of Mark Bryan. Through Jan. 23, 2019 805-710-2929. Frame Works, 339 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo, sloart.com.

MARK TRIBE: NEW NATURE An ongoing project that combines landscape photography and structural film with archival audiovisual recordings of wild landscapes. Artist talk and opening reception takes place Nov. 29. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Tuesdays-Saturdays, 5-7 p.m. through Dec. 7 Free. 805-756-1571. artgallery. calpoly.edu. Cal Poly University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Art & Design, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 93407-0321, San Luis Obispo.

PILGRIM’S PROCESS: THE POETRY OF MICHAEL HANNON The exhibit celebrates over five decades of works in print. Includes chapbooks, books, broadsides, poetry-infused sculpture, mail art, and altered objects. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through March 29 Free. 805-7562305. lib.calpoly.edu/events/pilgrimsprocess. Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, 1 Grand Ave., Building 35, Room 409, San Luis Obispo.

SIXTH ANNUAL LITTLE TREASURES All artwork is priced at $100 or less. Through Dec. 30 Free.

805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply.com/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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Featuring fine art oils and pastels from Corynn Wolf, acrylics from Ryan Adams, and works from various mediums by Marc Wolf ongoing Free. 805773-6563. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, puffersofpismo.com/.

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Fridays-Sundays, 7:30-10:30 p.m. through Dec. 2 $25; $15 students; $20 each for group of 8 or more. 800-838-3006. winecountrytheatre.com. Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St., Paso Robles.

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A CHRISTMAS STORY SLO Rep NOV. 22 – NOV. 29 2018

presents its annual adaptation of the holiday classic which follows Ralphie Parker and his quest for a genuine Red Ryder BB Gun. Wednesdays-Sundays, 7-9 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m. through Dec. 23 $20-$39. 805-786-2400. slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo.

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The United Church of Christ in SLO hosts Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 1 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Children are welcome to come and enjoy games, arts and crafts, breakfast, and a photo opportunity with Santa Claus. Admission is free. Call (805) 544-1373 or visit sloucc. org for more info.

—C.W. ARTS from page 23 1553. exhibitenvoy.org. DANA Adobe Cultural Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo, 805-929-5679.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: CCWS AQUARIUS 2019 CALIFORNIA OPEN WATERMEDIA EXHIBITION Showcasing watermedia paintings by artists residing in California. Features a wide range of subjects, materials, and techniques, from experimental to traditional. Juror/Judge: David Lobenberg Mondays-Sundays, 2 p.m. through Dec. 1 Members $25-$35 (1 or 2 paintings); nonmembers $45-$60 (1 or 2 paintings). 805-4390295. ccwsart.com/aquarius-2019.html. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. SAN LUIS OBISPO

CALL FOR ARTISTS: AWAKEN SLO COUNTY STUDENTS A year-long program celebrating art and community expressed through the imaginative creations of our county’s students. Three student exhibitions will be displayed at SLOMA throughout the year. Through May 12, 2019 Free. 805-5438562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: SLOMA A non-themed state-wide juried exhibition at SLOMA. Juror: Jerry McLaughlin. Visit site for details. Mondays-Sundays. through May 15 $35 for up to two paintings. 805543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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

Carol, a fractured fairy tale opera, and more.

Wednesdays-Sundays. through Dec. 31 $24-$30.

805-489-2499. americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano.

THE NUTCRACKER Presented by Everybody Can Dance and Santa Maria Civic Ballet. Nov. 24, 7 p.m. and Nov. 25, 3 p.m. $5-$20. clarkcenter.org.

Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805-489-9444.

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PETER PAN A family-friendly musical based on the J.M. Barrie tale. Through Dec. 23 $33.50-$50; discounts available. 805-922-8313. pcpa.org.

Marian Theatre, 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria.

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HOLIDAY CHORUS The Pacific Horizon Chorus invites women to sing with them. All participants will be invited to perform selected a cappella songs at three holiday performances scheduled for Dec. 7, 8, and 9. Nov. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-7829951. pacifichorizon.org. SLO United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo.

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E-DEVICE HELP Please sign up in advance.

Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

LET’S TALK! Enjoy a TED Talk or hear a speaker

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

SURFSIDE TENNIS CLUB Saturdays, 9 a.m.

Free the first month; $30 per year afterwards. surfsidetennisclub.teamopolis.com. Los Osos Middle School, 1555 El Moro St., Los Osos, 534-2835.

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BOARD GAME NIGHT AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase.

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

DEATH CAFE: SAN LUIS OBISPO A casual non-judgmental group discussion about topics related to death. There is no intention of leading participants to any particular conclusion. Fourth Monday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org/workshops/death-cafe-sanluis-obispo. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Meets at various locations in SLO County: Arroyo Grande, Oceano, San 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.

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

SLO CHESS CLUB All ages and skill levels welcome. Plays at the giant chess board in Morro Bay on Saturdays. Boards generally provided.

Thursdays, 6:30-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-215-4963. slochess.com. Target, Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SLO TABLE TENNIS All ages and skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Sundays, 4-7 p.m. Free. 805-215-4963. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

TOASTMASTERS WEEKLY MEETING A meeting for those who wish to improve their communication skills and lose their fear of public speaking.

Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 a.m. SLO County Government Center, 1055 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805544-6654.

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.

Fourth Monday of every month, 7 p.m. 805-7204528. galacc.org. GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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NIPOMO SENIOR CENTER The center is open five days a week; closed on weekends and holidays.

Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-929-1615.

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in person. A wide variety of interesting topics will be covered throughout the series. Each session is followed by a gently moderated discussion. Fourth Friday of every month, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. 805-9953312. Cayucos Library, 310 B. St., Cayucos.

TED TALK FRIDAYS Enjoy a TED Talk viewing or a guest speaker and engage in lively conversation afterwards. Fourth Friday of every month, 1-3 p.m. Free.

805-995-3312. Cayucos Library, 310 B. St., Cayucos.

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MORRO BAY METAPHYSICIANS Explore the

HOLIDAY DINNERTAINMENT An original farce

POINT SLO LIGHTHOUSE TOURS Docents lead

featuring music by Erik Stein. Plot: the cast and crew of a dinner theatre are rehearsing their annual holiday musical revue. Nov. 29, 7:30-10 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30-10 p.m. and Sundays, 2-4:30 p.m. through Dec. 23 $25. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts.org/theatre/. Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y guests on a one-hour tour of the historic site, the buildings, and up to the Lighthouse tower. Please arrive 15 minutes early. All proceeds go directly toward the site’s restoration. Wednesdays, 12 & 1 p.m. and Saturdays, 12, 1 & 2 p.m. $17-$22. 805540-5771. pointsanluislighthouse.org. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

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. 805203-5875. Cambria Connection, 1069 Main St., Cambria.

FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP A free support group for those who suffer from Fibromyalgia. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.-noon Free. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

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-support-group-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.

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CHILD LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Hospice SLO County is offering this support group for those grieving the loss of a child. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Dropins welcome. Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org/support-groups. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A support group for those who are caring for a loved one, no matter the diagnosis. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. Every other Friday, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

LIVING WITH GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Grief is a natural response to the death of a loved one.

This group helps those who have lost a loved one or have a loved one who is dealing with a life-altering illness. Trained grief counselors will be present to provide information about grief. Mondays, 12:151:15 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/ support-groups. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Hosted by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). A confidential and safe group of families helping families who have a loved one living with mental health challenges. Fourth Tuesday of every month, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Free. 805-544-2086. namislo.org.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1344 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo.

those grieving the loss of a pet. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. Last Wednesday of every month, 5-6:15 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/support-groups. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

CENTRAL COAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY MONTHLY PROGRAM MEETING: PAM HASTE DEMO Central Coast artist Pam Haste will share her ideas about the challenges of watercolor painting as well as her use of ink, crayons, and watercolor pencils to create different effects. Prospective members welcome. Nov. 27, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 805439-0295. ccwsart.com. United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks Street, San Luis Obispo.

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CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEETING

PET LOSS SUPPORT GROUP A support group for

history of metaphysics with a different topic each week. Led by Tobey White Heart Crockett. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. $10-$20 suggested donation. 805-7722880. facebook.com/groups/MBMetaphysicians.

Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Marilla and her brother Matthew hoped to adopt a boy to work on their farm. But the orphanage sends a girl, Anne, by mistake. Directed by John Battalino. Nov. 30-Dec. 16 $15-$20. St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay, 772-2368, stpetersmorrobay.org/.

SUPPORT GROUPS

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.

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Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo.

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GENERAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) Hospice SLO County is offering this

POSTHASTE

The Central Coast Watercolor Society hosts its next program meeting on Nov. 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at United Methodist Church in SLO. Watercolor artist Pam Haste is this month’s guest speaker. Haste will share her methods of creating specific effects using ink, crayons, and pencils.

Visit ccwsart.com for more info.

—C.W.

support group for those grieving the death of a loved one. Held in the Church Care Center. Drop-ins welcome. Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

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

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

DOTERRA NATURAL SOLUTIONS Discover the potential of Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade essential oils. Nov. 30, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. 805441-6688. leftcoastartstudio.com. Left Coast Art Studio, 1188 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

HOLIDAY SURVIVAL AROMATHERAPY ROLLON’S Create your own unique blend of doTERRA essential oils. Nov. 28, 6-7:15 p.m. $22. 805441-6688. leftcoastartstudio.com. Left Coast Art Studio, 1188 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

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GOING SOLAR WORKSHOP This free workshop describes how to safely install rooftop solar as a volunteer with nonprofit SunWork. Once trained, you can help SunWork install systems under the direction of professionals. No experience needed.

Dec. 1, 12:15-1:30 p.m. Free. 805-229-1250. sunwork.org/events. French Hospital Copeland Health Education Pavilion, 3rd Floor, 1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo.

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SEWING CAFE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Sewing Cafe offers various classes and workshop.

Call for full schedule. ongoing Sewing Cafe, 541 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach, 805-295-6585.

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

CHAIR YOGA Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

FREE YOGA (FOR AGES 50+) Explore strength, flexibility, balance, breathwork and more through adapted poses with chairs and/or mats.

Wednesdays, Fridays, 1-2 p.m. through Dec. 14 805-546-3942. cuesta.edu/academics. Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay.

IGNITE BOOTY SCHOOL: MORRO BAY This session offers dance fitness, twerk technique, and a choreography option to perform on Dec. 22 at The Siren in Morro Bay. Nov. 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $150. 805-748-0749. ignitebootyschool.com. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., 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. 805203-6318. 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. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

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. 805305-7595. lightshare.us. Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

ZUMBA/DANCE FUSION This dynamic class is choreographed to carefully selected upbeat music.

No experience is necessary. Drop in any day.

Mondays, Fridays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. through Dec. 31 $6.50 residents; $7.10 non-residents. 805-4667912. Atascadero Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way, Atascadero, atascadero.org/communitycenter.

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AFRICAN DANCE An all levels dance class where you can learn traditional dances from Guinea and West Africa. Accompanied by live drumming.

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $5-$10. afrodance.net.

Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-547-1496.

AIKIDO BEGINNERS FINAL 2018 CLASSES Led by black belt instructors. Please wear loose comfortable clothes (full length pants). For males and females alike, ages 16 and over. Tuesdays, 5:45-7 p.m. through Dec. 11 $32.50. 805-5491222. 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. 805-5491222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

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CONDITIONING EXPRESS Includes weights, exercise balls, and TRX Suspension Training.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-7:15 a.m. $88. 805-5491222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

IGNITE BOOTY SCHOOL This series offers dance fitness, twerk technique, and optional choreography lessons. Nov. 28, 7-9 p.m. $150. 805-748-0749. ignitebootyschool.com. SLO Yoga Center: Marigold, 3840-1 Broad St, San Luis Obispo.

IGNITE BOOTY SCHOOL: SLO This session offers dance fitness, twerk technique, and a choreography option to perform on Dec. 22 at The Siren in Morro Bay. Nov. 29, 7-9 p.m. 150.

805-748-0749. ignitebootyschool.com. SLO Yoga Center: Marigold, 3840 Broad St. Suite #1, San Luis Obispo.

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BEGINNER’S CHI GONG AND YOGA For adults and youth ages 11 and up. Includes stand up exercises, breathing techniques, and more.

Sundays, 9:45 a.m. Free. 805-534-1600. Morrocco Method Headquarters, 800 Farroll Rd., Grover Beach, morroccomethod.com.

KUNDALINI YOGA Gentle yoga classes with a focus on meditation and chanting in the Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan). All levels of experience welcome. Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m. through Dec. 31 $12 per class; $40 for 4 classes.

626-864-4810. branchmillorganics.com/classesoffered/. Branch Mill Organic Farm & Retreat Center, 2815 Branch Mill Rd., Arroyo Grande.

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

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., Arroyo Grande.

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The annual Turkey Trot fun run/walk fundraiser takes place Nov. 22 at three separate locations for participants to choose from. Guests are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the SLO Food Bank. Check in for Pismo Beach (attendees meet at the south side of the pier) and the Bob Jones Trail in Avila Beach is 8 a.m. Check in for the Laguna Lake Golf Course is 9 a.m. Visit slofoodbank.org for more info.

—C.W. YOUNIQUE FITNESS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS This class integrates the wide-ranging benefits of music, movement, yoga, mindful awareness training, guided relaxation strategies, expressive arts, and more. Additionally offered at SLO and Arroyo Grande locations. Tuesdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m.

805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/ younique-fitness/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

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FAMILY NITE AT 7SISTERS BREWING $5 N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

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

CAL POLY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. EASTERN WASHINGTON The second annual Field Trip Day game. All kids in elementary and middle school get in for free. Nov. 28, 11 a.m. gopoly.com/. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

CAL POLY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. ILLINOIS The Mustangs take on Illinois. Nov. 23, 2 p.m. Free. gopoly.com/. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

CAL POLY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. PEPPERDINE The Mustangs take on Pepperdine.

Nov. 24, 4:30 p.m. Free. gopoly.com/. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

SLO PING PONG Lots of tables are available for guests to play at. Sundays, 4-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. through Dec. 4 Free. 805540-0470. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

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TODDLER STORYTIME Hosted by Ms. Kaela.

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394.

Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. A storytime for toddlers ages 18 months-and-up.

Share stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, and more. Wednesdays, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-9274336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

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

Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

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options include kids’ grilled cheese, kids’ pulled pork sliders, craft root beer floats, and more.

Features live Irish music and family activities.

Wednesdays, 4-9 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133.

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

FAMILY POTTERY NIGHT Classes include instruction and materials. Saturdays, 6-8 p.m. through Dec. 20 $50 for 2 classes. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

POTTERY CLASSES AND PAINTING POTS Kids are welcome to come and learn various ways of working with clay, including sculpting, slab building, and throwing onto the pottery wheel. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. $30. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey 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.

ROLLIE POLIE INFANT CLASS This class is specially designed to promote bonding between baby and caregiver. For birth through crawling. Call to register. Wednesdays, 5:456:15 p.m. through Dec. 26 Free. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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DRAGONFLY CIRCLES (AGES 7-11) IN AG This enrichment program promotes social, emotional, and physical well-being. Learn how to respond to stressful emotions and situations in a healthy, balanced, and positive way. Register thru AG Recreation. Thursdays, 3:45-4:45 p.m. through Dec. 13 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity. com/dragonfly-circles/. Women’s Club of Arroyo Grande, 211 Vernon St., Arroyo Grande.

PLAY EXPLORE CREATE 1 Enjoy various art activities including drawing, painting, building sculptures, and more. Designed for ages 3 to 4.

All materials are included. Mondays, Wednesdays, 9-10:30 a.m. $20 for one day; $35 for two days a week. 805-668-2125. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. Suite 101, Arroyo Grande, lila.community.

SLO COUNTY PUGS ON THE BEACH Socially friendly dogs and their humans are invited to run

(leash free) in the surf sand at Olde Port Beach (Avila Dog Beach). Last Sunday of every month, 2-3 p.m. Free. aggbchamber.com. Olde Port Beach, 6520 Avila Beach Dr., Avila Beach.

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

GUIDED MEDITATION CLASS Come learn to meditate in a relaxed setting. Pay attention to each second and increase your awareness of the inner world. Frequent prompts facilitate the focus.

Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-439-2757. meditationintro.com. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T Y

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

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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.

REFUGE RECOVERY SLO Refuge Recovery is a non-theistic, Buddhist-inspired approach to treating and recovering from addictions of all kinds.

Open to people of all backgrounds and respectful of all recovery paths. Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Free; donations welcome. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo.

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DRUM MEDICINE JOURNEY With Julie Jensen.

Every third Monday, 6:30-8 p.m. $30. 805-4892432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

HOUSE OF GOD CHURCH SERVICES Join Pastor Joseph and Amanda Anderson every Sunday for prayer, healing, and more. Sundays, 9:30-11 a.m. 805-888-7714. House of God Church, 946 Rockaway Ave., Grover Beach.

INTUITIVE CIRCLE CLASSES Explore your gift of receiving and giving intuitive information during these classes hosted by Julie Jensen. Every other Tuesday, 6:30-8 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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VOLUNTEERS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

ART CENTER MORRO BAY Seeking volunteers to be docents and/or organize art programs.

Mondays-Sundays, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

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

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CASA INFO SESSION Learn about volunteer opportunities at CASA of SLO County. Become an advocate for an abused or neglected infant, toddler, child or teen, or a mentor for a young adult leaving foster care. Training provided. Or join the CASA Guild. Please RSVP. Nov. 27, 12-1 p.m. 805541-6542. slocasa.org. CASA of San Luis Obispo County, 75 Higuera St., Suite 180, San Luis Obispo.

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

HOSPICE SLO COUNTY THRESHOLD SINGERS SEEK NEW VOICES Sing for individuals experiencing life-limiting or end-of life conditions.

First Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805544-2266. hospiceslo.org/services/hospice-slocounty-threshold-singers. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

HOSPICE SLO COUNTY VOLUNTEER TRAINING

car to deliver prepared meals. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-235-8870. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

SLO REP SEEKING VOLUNTEER BARTENDERS Must be 21 or over. All

Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

TEMPLETON FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 9

WINE DOWN MONDAYS Enjoy half off all wines every Monday at The Carlton Hotel’s Nautical Cowboy.

Mondays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. the-carlton.com/ dining/the-nautical-cowboy. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

a.m.-12:30 p.m. northcountyfarmersmarkets.com.

Templeton Park, 550 Crocker St., Templeton.

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volunteers receive complimentary tickets. Email volunteer@slorep.org for more info. ongoing slorep.org.

San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-786-2440.

SOLAR TRAINING AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: FREE WORKSHOP ON HOW TO INSTALL ROOFTOP SYSTEMS This

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.

NOV. 22 – NOV. 29 2018

free workshop describes how to safely install rooftop solar as a volunteer with nonprofit SunWork. Once trained, you can help SunWork install systems under the direction of professionals. No experience needed. Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-noon Free. 805-229-1250. sunwork. org/events. French Hospital Copeland Health Education Pavilion, 3rd Floor, 1911 Johnson Ave, 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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ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Includes produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, Arroyo Grande.

NIPOMO FARMERS MARKET Includes a

FOOD & DRINK

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.

FARMERS MARKETS

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BAYWOOD FARMERS MARKET Mondays, 2-4:30 p.m. northcountyfarmersmarkets.com. Baywood Farmers Market, Santa Maria and 2nd St., Los Osos.

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

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

for info on featured music artists and chefs.

Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. Free. visitatascadero.com.

Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

MEALS ON WHEELS Meals on Wheels, San Luis

PASO ROBLES FARMERS MARKET Tuesdays, 3-6

Obispo, needs noon time drivers. Must have own

Farmers Market, Spring and 11th St., Paso Robles.

CAMBRIA FARMERS MARKET Fridays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. 805-395-6659. cambriafarmersmarket. com. Cambria Veterans Memorial Hall, 1000 Main Street, Cambria. p.m. northcountyfarmersmarkets.com. Paso Robles

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CASKMAS Featuring 20 breweries from across the state, food, cask pours, live music, and Christmas sweaters. Dec. 1, 7-11 p.m. $50-$65. 805-548-2337. libertinebrewing.com/caskmas. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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

THANKSGIVING FEAST Enjoy starters, dinner, desserts, and more. RSVP online or by calling.

Nov. 22, 12-7 p.m. $44.95; $20 for kids ages 5-12; free for kids ages under 5. 805-461-5100. nauticalcowboy.com. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

TRI TIP TUESDAYS Enjoy Santa Maria style tri tip every Tuesday. Tuesdays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. the-carlton.com/dining/the-nautical-cowboy. The

WINE TASTING AT CASS WINERY Wine by the glass and bottles are also available for purchase. ongoing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-239-1730. casswines.com/. Cass Winery And Vineyard, 7350 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

WINE TASTING AT CHANGALA Enjoy local art and meet Changala’s wine dogs while sampling various wines. Fridays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. 805-226-9060. changalawinery.com. Changala Winery, 3770 Willow Creek Rd., Paso Robles.

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BLACK BEER FRIDAY Nov. 23, 4-10 p.m. $15.

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

WINE TASTING AT CROMA VERA Wines also available by the glass and bottle. Club members enjoy special pricing and exclusive benefits.

Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 1-6 p.m. $12. 805-9461685. cromavera.com/tastingroom/. Croma Vera Wines, 3592 Broad St., Ste. 106, 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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GREEK NIGHT DINNER During this interactive class, participants will learn about the history and culture of the meal. Menu: Spanakopita, Tabbouli, Kotopoula Stifado, and cheese pastry. Be prepared to stand and cook. Nov. 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $50 per person, plus a $10 material fee. 805-474-3756. adulted.luciamarschools.org. Arroyo Grande High School, 495 Valley Rd., Arroyo Grande. ∆

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Strictly Starkey

BY GLEN STARKEY

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEORRO

Deorro in the house ‘Bailar’ producer plays the Fremont Theater

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n the video for Deorro’s Latin/ EDM hybrid dance track “Bailar,” the setting is a girl’s quinceañera, laying out a comical battle between the girl’s disapproving father and her dashing young paramour. The father tries to prevent the boy’s attendance by spilling red liquid on his tux and later dressing in a chicken costume in front of a fast food restaurant and blocking the boy from getting to the party. Meanwhile, the young girl is pining away for the boy who, thanks to the father’s tricks, is late for the party.

It’s pretty funny, and the song itself is a high-octane Latin dance track featuring Grammy Award-winning/Latin Grammy Award-winning international merengue star Elvis Crespo. It’s exactly the kind of creatively produced megahit that Mexican-American DJ, songwriter, and producer Deorro is known for and why he’s gone from a budding bedroom producer to an international superstar.

Deorro plays the Fremont on Saturday, Nov. 24 (9 p.m.; 16-and-older; $39.04 at Boo Boo’s and fremontslo.com).

Be ready to dance!

Also this week at the Fremont, see rapper Dom Kennedy on Friday, Nov. 23 (9 p.m.; 16-and-older; $23.27 general or $113.55 for VIP meet-and-greet at Boo Boo’s and fremontslo.com), with Cozz, Jay 305, and Warm Brew opening.

Chicano power trio Los Lonely Boys plays the Fremont next Thursday, Nov. 29 (9 p.m.; all ages; $33.17 at Boo Boo’s

LIVE MUSIC

and fremontslo.com), with the Gary Douglas Band opening.

“We’re all about having a good time, but we also make an effort to write about subjects that matter,” the band said in press materials. “Life, death, love, hate, compassion, transgression, light, darkness, truth; they’re what we’ve always been about. We’re not interested in songs about how you look and what kind of car you drive and how much money you have. We want to create music that’s about the love and energy and spirit we all carry. It comes from a bigger source than ourselves.”

You should also know that Fremont’s upcoming Shakey Graves show on Monday, Dec. 3, is almost sold out (8 p.m.; 16-and-older; $36.69 at Boo Boo’s and fremontslo.com). Tommy Emmanuel’s Thursday, Dec. 13, show (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $44 to $58 at Boo Boo’s and fremontslo.com) is also almost sold out. Get on those tickets!

JIM CONROY CD RELEASE PARTY: MAGICAL DOOR Conroy recently won second place for Album of the Year at the New Times Music Awards. Nov. 24, 7-10 p.m. Free. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

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

Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

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

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

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 Enjoy Bobby Malone’s easy folk and blues style music on his acoustic guitar.

Influences include Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Velvet Underground. Nov. 23, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $10 wine tasting; wine for purchase by glass or bottle. 805-927-9800. twincoyotes.com/. Twin Coyotes Winery, 2020 Main St., Cambria.

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‘MY TYPE OF PARTY’ LA rapper Dom Kennedy brings his 2Pac, LL Cool J, and Outkastinspired hip-hop sounds to the Fremont on Nov. 23.

Siren’s call!

Morro Bay’s The Siren has a bunch of great shows this week including three by Numbskull and Good Medicine Presents, who’s booked Bret Bollinger of the reggae band Pepper doing his solo thing on Friday, Nov. 23 (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $14 presale at Boo Boo’s or ticketfly.com or $16 at the door). Should be an intimate but high-energy acoustic show.

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

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GO BIG! DJ and producer Deorro, who blew up in 2016 with his track “Bailar,” plays the Fremont Theater on Nov. 24.

Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

CAMBRIA’S CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS CONCERT Dec. 1, 5:30-7 & 7:45-9:30 p.m. $30.

Old Santa Rosa Chapel, 2353 Main St., Cambria.

JACK MCCAIN ACOUSTIC A touring artist from Santa Barbara that performs popular covers and originals. Nov. 24, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-900-5360. beachbums805.com. Beach Bums-Cayucos, 10 N. Ocean Ave., Cayucos.

JACK MCCAIN BAND Jack McCain and his full band are touring through Cayucos. Nov. 23, 8 p.m.midnight Free. 805-995-3209. oldcayucostavern. com. Old Cayucos Tavern & Cardroom, 130 N Ocean Ave, Cayucos.

JESS WAYNE LIVE Singer/songwriter Jess Wayne performs folk, blues, jazz, and Americana. Nov. 29, 6-8 p.m. Free. jesswayne.com. Stax Wine Bar & Bistro, 1099 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, 772-5055.

JON STEPHENS LIVE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Free.

805-927-0175. lascambritas.com. Las Cambritas, 2336 Main Street, Cambria.

LIVE JAM AT OTTER ROCK Thursdays, 8 p.m.

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

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

LIVE MUSIC AT OTTER ROCK Fridays-Sundays,

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

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LIVE MUSIC AT STAX Thursdays, Sundays, 6-8

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

LOUIE ORTEGA LIVE Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

MARCUS DIMAGGIO LIVE Fridays, 3-6 p.m. Free.

Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

THE RED BARN COMMUNITY MUSIC SERIES: PHIL SALAZAR & THE KIN FOLK Enjoy a mix of rock, blues, bluegrass, and jazz. Includes a potluck at 5 p.m. Dec. 1, 5-8 p.m. $15. 805-215-3238. Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

SLOFOLKS PRESENTS THE GOTHARD SISTERS The Gothard Sisters blend Celtic, folk, classical, world and northwest music. Nov. 30, 7-9:30 p.m. $20. 805-772-2880. slofolks.org.

Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

SLOFOLKS PRESENTS THE GOTHARD SISTERS The Gothard Sisters blend Celtic, folk, classical, world, and northwest music. Dec. 1, 7:3010 p.m. $20. 805-238-0725. slofolks.org. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: FOX AND BONES Touring for their second album release Better Land.

Nov. 30, 6:30-9 p.m. $10; for ages 21 and over only. 805-772-8388. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601

A Fresno-based twoman rock band. Nov. 26, 6:30-9 p.m. Free; tips accepted; 21 and over only. 805-772-8388.

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THE BANJERDAN SHOW FEAT. THE DELTAZ Featuring brothers John and Ted Siegel, who perform genres including heavy blues, psychedelic rock, classic country, and folk. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 6-9 p.m. through Dec. 26 Free.

805-461-1393. laststagewest.net. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero.

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If you’re looking for some oldschool, horn-driven soul and R&B, check out Soul Scratch on Saturday, Nov. 24 (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $12 presale at Boo Boo’s or ticketfly.com or $15 at the door). “We are on a mission to cure the world of hate, and educate all people in the power of Love, Peace, and Music,” the band writes in its bio. Like St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the band features a terrific white soul singer.

Amazing folk rock duo Birds of Chicago plays The Siren on Thursday, Nov. 29 (7 p.m.; SOLO PEPPER Bret Bollinger of Pepper does his 21-and-older; $20 presale at solo thing at The Siren on Nov. 23.

Boo Boo’s and ticketfly.com or $25 at the door). They call their falsetto sounds. newest, Love in Wartime, “a rock ’n’ roll Out at the SLO Brew Rock Event suite with a cinematic sweep.”

Center, check out gold-grilled hip-hop and The Siren, in a show they booked themselves, brings old-school ska act The rap artist P-Lo on Thursday, Nov. 29 (7 p.m.; 18-and-older; $20 at slobrew.com), Skatalites to Morro Bay on Sunday, with ALLBLACK opening.

Nov. 25 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $18.50 presale at Boo Boo’s and ticketfly.com, or $20 at the door). The Skatalites formed in Open this door!

Longtime Cambria singer-songwriter Jamaica in 1964 and backed singers such Jim Conroy is releasing his swank new as Bob Marley, Toots, Alton Ellis, Ken album Magical Door this Saturday, Boothe, and other singers of the era. The Nov. 24 (7 p.m.; free) at Morro Bay Wine Steady 45s will open the show.

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Vista Kicks play SLO Brew’s Known for his appearances in local downtown location on Wednesday, Nov. musicals and his work with a number 28 (10 p.m.; 18-and-older; $15 at slobrew. of different bands, Conroy is at heart com). They’re four lifelong buds who grew an old-school crooner in the Mel Tormé, up loving AC/DC, The Beatles, Black Dean Martin, Bobby Darin style. His new Sabbath, The Bee Gees, and Michael album won second place in this year’s Jackson. Now they’ve transformed that love of music into their own pop-tastic

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OLDSCHOOL SKA Jamaica’s The Skatalites, which formed in 1964, play The Siren on Nov. 25.

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Portland-based folk and pop duo Fox and Bones plays BarrelHouse Brewing’s downstairs speakeasy in SLO this Wednesday, Nov. 28 (8:30 p.m.).

They’re touring in support of their new album, Better Land. These two sing great together! ∆ 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.

PORTLANDIA Folk pop duo Fox and Bones plays BarrelHouse Brewing’s downstairs speakeasy SLO Town location on Nov. 28.

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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.

Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight 805-439-0969. 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.

RICKY MONTIJO LIVE Wine also available by the bottle and glass. Nov. 24, 1-4 p.m. Free to attend; wine tasting $10-$15. 805-238-9940. pomarjunction.com/events/. Pomar Junction Vineyards & Winery, 5036 S. El Pomar Dr., Templeton.

SATURDAY LIVE FEAT. NOACH TANGERAS Enjoy live music and award-winning Vina Robles wines. Dec. 1, 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 Enjoy live music and award-winning Vina Robles wines.

Nov. 24, 1-4 p.m. Complimentary; wine and food available for purchase. 805-227-4812. vinarobles. com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY Presented by Steve Key. Different acts every weekend. Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

Free. 805- 226-8881. sculpterra.com. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: KENNY TAYLOR Taylor’s style ranges from calm and soulful to upbeat dance pop. Nov. 25, 1-4 p.m. Free; tips accepted; all ages welcome. 805-226-8881. songwritersatplay.com. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

VERN SANDERS LIVE This jazz pianist covers songs from the Great American Songbook.

Sundays, 5-8 p.m. 805-238-2834. Enoteca Restaurant and Bar, 206 Alexa Ct., Paso Robles, labellasera.com/enoteca-restaurant.

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CAL POLY SYMPHONY FALL CONCERT: THE SYMPHONY DANCES Enjoy the intimate music of Claude Debussy and Howard Hanson. Featuring guest artists Marcia Dickstein, harp, and Suzanne Duffy, flute. Dec. 2, 3 p.m. $12 and $14 general; $9 and $12 students. 805-756-4849. music.calpoly. edu/calendar/. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

CAL POLY ARAB MUSIC ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT Focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean and extending to historically interconnected cultures of the larger region, this concert features selections of the most celebrated instrumental and vocal repertoire from the Middle Ages to the present. Dec. 1, 8 p.m. $14 general; $9 students.

805-756-4849. music.calpoly.edu/calendar.

Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

CAL POLY BANDFEST CONCERT The Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra will perform both traditional and new literature written for concert band and wind ensembles. The Pride of the Pacific Mustang Marching Band will present arrangements performed at football games throughout the fall.

Nov. 30, 8 p.m. $12 and $14 general; $9 and $12 students. 805-756-4849. music.calpoly.edu.

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

CAL POLY CHOIRS’ HOLIDAY KALEIDOSCOPE The Cal Poly Choirs will be joined by three local high school choirs. Features traditional holiday favorites, modern masterworks, and participatory singing of carols. Dec. 1, 3 p.m. $12 and $14 general; $9 and $12 students. 805-756-4849. music.calpoly.edu/calendar/. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

CAL POLY INSTRUMENTAL STUDENT RECITAL A free recital presented by Cal Poly Music Department student instrumentalists. Nov. 29, 11 a.m.-noon Free admission; campus parking enforced. 805-756-2406. music.calpoly.edu/

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THE GARY DOUGLAS BAND LIVE Nov. 29, 8-11 p.m. $27. 805-546-8600. fremontslo.com/loslonely-boys. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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. Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-543-1200.

Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., San Luis Obispo, linnaeas.com/.

LIVE MUSIC AT MOTHER’S TAVERN Fridays, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Free. 805-541-8733. motherstavern.com. Mother’s Tavern, 725 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

LOREN RADIS LIVE A Central Coast native who has loved writing and performing music since he first heard the Beatles at age 10. His blend of acoustic/rock music has been compared to artists like Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, and Damien Rice. Nov. 30, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133.

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P-LO LIVE Bay area-based hip hop artist.

Featuring opening support from ALLBLAC. Nov. 29, 7-11 p.m. ticketweb.com. SLO Brew Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, 209-417-7748.

ROY ZIMMERMAN LIVE Roy’s satirical songs, praised by Joni Mitchell and Weird Al Yankovic, have been heard on HBO and Showtime. Portlandbased duo Fox and Bones will open Nov. 29, 6:30-9 p.m. $17. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com.

SEASONS GREETINGS HOLIDAY CHORAL CONCERT Presented by the SLO Vocal Arts Ensemble. Dec. 1, 8-10 p.m. $10-$40. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, 781-8220, missionsanluisobispo.org/.

SEASONS GREETINGS HOLIDAY CHORAL CONCERT Presented by the SLO Vocal Arts Ensemble. Dec. 2, 3-5 p.m. $10-$40. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 805-546-3198, cuesta.edu.

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SLO WIND ORCHESTRA: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE Features Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 arranged for chamber winds, Maslanka’s Mother Earth Fanfare and David Holsinger’s On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss. Dec. 1, 7:30-10 p.m. $10-$30.

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SUNDAY SERENADE Features a different acoustic act each week. Sundays, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, 242-8372, bangthedrumbrewery.com/.

THE TAPROOTS LIVE The Taproots perform a blend of original contemporary Americana music, incorporating rock, folk, and jazz influences, and unique renditions of cover tunes. Nov. 24, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com.

7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

VISTA KICKS AT SLO BREW A live alternative rock act. Nov. 28, 10 p.m.-midnight ticketweb. com. SLO Brew, 736 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-1843.

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ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS Sundays, 3-6 p.m.

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Music MUSIC LISTINGS from page 33 season from this local children’s musical group, formerly known as the Central Coast Children’s Choir. All ages welcome. Dec. 1, 2-3 p.m. Free. 805473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

SEASON’S GREETINGS HOLIDAY CHORAL CONCERT Features carols, classic cathedral compositions, and contemporary choral tunes.

Beer, wine, and treats available at intermission.

Nov. 29, 7-9 p.m. $20-$35. The Monarch Club at Trilogy Monarch Dunes, 1645 Trilogy Parkway, Nipomo, 805-343-7530.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: ELIZABETH ETTA A Central Coast resident who is also part of the Japanese Americana band Pirates Canoe. Special guests include Douglas Romayne, Steve Key, and Miss Leo. Nov. 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-2046821. songwritersatplay.com. Branch Street Deli, 203 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande.

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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.

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.

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CHROMEO Enjoy an electro-funk DJ set. Nov. 30, 7-11 p.m. ticketweb. com. SLO Brew Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, 209-417-7748.

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

COUNTRY NIGHT Thursdays, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.

805-541-096. slograd. com. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo.

OPEN MIC NIGHT AT DARK STAR With host Rusty Hobbs. No cover charge. Fridays, 5:30-9 p.m.

Free. 805-237-2389. darkstarcellars.com/Events.

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

Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

DANCE LESSON AND DANCE PARTY Come learn a variety of ballroom, swing, and Latin dances. Followed by a potluck dance party.

Sundays, 5-7:30 p.m. $10. 888-395-4965. atownballroom.com/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

DANCE LESSONS WITH CAMMIE AND BRIAN Come learn a variety of ballroom, swing, and latin dances. Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. $10.

888-395-4965. atownballroom.com/. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

SUNDAY DANCE PARTIES A weekly dance party

An opportunity for singles to meet, mingle, and dance.

First Saturday of every month, 6:30-11:30 p.m. through Dec. 8 $5. 805888-9980. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo, slograd.com.

Hot Dates 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.

KARAOKE NIGHT SUNDAYS AT BUFFALO PUB AND GRILL Sundays, 8 p.m. Free. 805-544-5155.

Buffalo Pub And Grill, 717 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT AT 7SISTERS For musicians,

7Sisters Brewing Company in SLO presents Loren Radis on Nov. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. Radis’ influences include Simon and Garfunkel, Iron and Wine, and Damien Rice. Admission is free.

Call (805) 868-7133 or visit 7sistersbrewing.com to find out more.

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SALSA Dance lesson is 7 to 8 p.m. Social dance is 8 to 10 p.m. Fourth Sunday of every month, 7-10 p.m. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, 242-8372, bangthedrumbrewery.com/.

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

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

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

FAMILY FRIENDLY OPEN MIC An open mic for all ages hosted by Professor Matt Saxking Tuttle.

Fridays, Saturdays, 5-7 p.m. Free. San Simeon Lodge Restaurant, 9520 Castillo Drive, San Simeon.

KARAOKE AT OTTER ROCK Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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

OPEN MIC WITH MATT SAXKING TUTTLE All

poets, and comedians. Family-friendly. Performers get a free beer. Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-8687133. 7sistersbrewing.com/calendar. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

OPEN MIC NIGHT AT KREUZBERG Wednesdays Free. 805-439-2060. kreuzbergcalifornia.com.

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FRONT ROW KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m.

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JAWZ KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m. Harry’s Night Club And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, 805-773-1010, harryspismobeach.com.

KARAOKE WITH DJ SAM Sundays Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 805-489-3639. ∆

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Arts Artifacts

The Hub seeks submissions for final show

The Hub Gallery in SLO is closing its doors on Saturday, Dec. 22, and it’s currently seeking artists to enter The Hub Finale Show, which opens Thursday, Dec. 6. ARTS Obispo hopes to compile a diverse collection of pieces and price ranges for the show. Artists of all ages are encouraged to apply. There is no fee to enter.

The deadline to submit art is Friday, Nov. 30. Artists are also asked to submit a brief bio.

An opening night reception for The Hub Finale Show takes place Thursday, Dec. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. An Art After Dark reception for the exhibit takes place Friday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. Call (805) 544-9251 or visit artsobispo.org for entry guidelines and more information.

The Hub Gallery is located at 1040 Court St., SLO.

PRYAF to dedicate new art room to late teacher

The Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation (PRYAF) and the family of Danielle Valenzuela are raising funds to support a new art room as part of the foundation’s ongoing expansion project. The room is to be dedicated to the memory of Valenzuela, a PRYAF art teacher and volunteer for many years.

“With her easygoing demeanor and witty humor, she brought joy to all in her presence,” a statement from the PRYAF read. “She will be missed by so many friends and students, but her influence will always live on through the walls of our school.”

Those interested in donating funds to support the new art room can visit the fundraiser’s GoFundMe page. Call (805) 238-5825 or visit pryaf.org for more information.

Price Anniversary House hosts annual open house

The historic 1893 Price Anniversary House in Pismo Beach hosts its Victorian Christmas Open House event on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 4 to 7 p.m. Guests are encouraged to dress in Victorian attire.

Refreshments made from authentic Victorian recipes will be served.

Tickets are $25 and are available at my805tix.com.

The house is located at 100 Rancho Pismo Drive, Pismo Beach. Call (805) 773-4854 or visit pricepark.org for more information. Δ —Caleb Wiseblood

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Holding it together

PHOTOS COURTESY OF WINE COUNTRY THEATRE

Wine Country Theatre’s Next to Normal addresses mental health

B

eing normal is a lofty goal for anyone.

But what does it look like when normal is the furthest thing from reality? Wine Country Theatre’s adaptation of the American rock musical Next to Normal gets to the heart of a family living with a mother navigating bipolar disorder, and all of its rippling effects.

At the helm is director Gregg Wolff, seen on stage recently in the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre’s production of Lost in Yonkers, leading a local cast that includes Veronica Suber as Diana, the mother with bipolar disorder; Gary Borjan as Dan, her loyal husband; Elliot Peters as Gabe, the son she lost long ago; Julia Seibert as Natalie, her studious but often neglected daughter; Phineas Peters as Henry, Natalie’s boyfriend; and Ritchie Bermudez who plays two therapists, Dr. Fine and Dr. Madden.

The set is spartan, with just the outline of a house with multiple stories. Bright red, blue, and purple lights permeate through depending on the mood of the scene, which is appropriately all over the place.

On view Wine Country Theatre’s It takes a while production of Next To Normal into the first scene shows at the Park Ballroom to really see that in Paso Robles through something is amiss.

Dec. 2. Tickets are $25 for At first glance, general admission, $20 for groups of eight or more, Diana, Gabe, and $15 for students. Visit Natalie, and Dan winecountrytheatre.com for seem like your tickets and more information. average, somewhat

WE STILL GO ON As Diana (Veronica Suber, center) grapples with bipolar disorder, everyone in her life—her husband, Dan (Gary Borjan); daughter Natalie (Julia Seibert) and her boyfriend, Henry (Phineas Peters); therapist Dr. Madden (Ritchie Bermudez); and the memory of her deceased son, Gabe (Elliot Peters)—navigates the illness in their own way.

disconnected family. Diana is the housewife bored with her husband and life. Gabe is the delinquent son, always coming home late. Dan is the bewildered husband, and Natalie is the misunderstood genius daughter. But the breadcrumbs are there. Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt’s 2008 rock musical didn’t win a handful of Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for drama for nothing, after all.

Indeed, the signs are apparent: No one but Diana talks or interacts with Gabe; Diana makes a strangely inappropriate comment to her daughter, Natalie; and then when Diana tries to make sandwiches but drops bread all over the living room floor, the cracks really show. After a trip to Dr. Fine we learn that (spoiler alert) Gabe has been dead for years, and that the traumatic incident brought out the symptoms that led to Diana’s bipolar disorder and a never-ending quest to find the right medication.

Just like the highs and lows of manic and depressive episodes, Next to Normal feels like a heightened, extreme version of a musical, with scant dialogue connecting one song to the next.

The entire cast delivers strong musical and acting performances. Surber as Diana is aware that she’s spiraling but is unsure how to stop. Borjan as Dan is the steady, ever-present husband, grappling with WHO’S CRAZY? Diana (Veronica Surber, right) is haunted by his own codependency memories of the son she lost, Gabe (Elliot Peters, above), and tries to issues as he tries to help get better with the help of her therapist, Dr. Madden (Ritchie Berudez). his wife. Natalie tries to be

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COPING Tired of being the “invisible girl,” Natalie (Julia Seibert) raids her mom’s medicine cabinet while the spirit of her brother, Gabe (Elliot Peters), looks on.

perfect and, after a time, gives in to teenage rebellion while Phineas Peters as her boyfriend tries to be there for her. Bermudez switches perfectly from the incompetent doctor to the up-and-coming rock star doctor. And Elliot Peters portrays so much as Gabe, Diana and Dan’s deceased son. Gabe is the embodiment of Diana’s trauma, grief, and psychosis. He sings over and over again as Diana tries to move on and love the living child in front of her: “I’m alive, I’m alive, I am so alive, and I feed on the fear that’s behind your eyes.” Δ Arts Writer Ryah Cooley is taking deep breaths at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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summer art class at the junior college to make sure I could do it well enough not to ruin my grade point average.”

Decades later, the Paso Robles artist has helped open and run several galleries, including Studios on the Park, and worked as a commercial artist. Most recently Carlisle opened the doors to her very own space, the Laure Carlisle Art Studio & Gallery, tucked away behind the movie theater in downtown Paso Robles on Railroad PHOTOS BY JAYSON MELLOM Street. Carlisle will celebrate with a grand opening reception on Dec. 8. A repurposed wine barrel painted with a multicolored, abstract wave teems with a bright bushel of flowers outside the studio door, beckoning you inside.

“I have this need to make things. I’m happy when I’m making things,” Carlisle said. “Anytime where I have a period when I don’t get to be creative … in hindsight, I realize I wasn’t happy during that time. It’s just something that I need to do.”

Every inch of cozy space ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Paso Robles artist Laure Carlisle recently opened her own gallery space on Railroad Street. in her gallery is covered aure Carlisle is always making something with her hands. It’s been that way since high school, when she took her first art class one summer.

But it did take some convincing to get her started on a creative path.

“My mom was really worried about grade point averages and not ruining your chances of getting into college,” Carlisle said. “She actually got permission from the school district for me to enroll in a

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The grand opening for the Laure Carlisle Art Studio & Gallery in downtown Paso Robles will be held on Dec. 8 from 3 to 8 p.m., and will feature light appetizers, wine, and a raffle for prizes like free art classes. Visit laurecarlisleart.com for more information.

with art made by Carlisle—acrylic and watercolor abstract paintings, zany chairs adorned with whimsical frogs, handmade metal and glass jewelry, Lisa Frank-style posters of tropical critters made during a commercial art phase.

“If you keep producing work, it’s kind of nice to have a place that people can see it,” Carlisle said. “There’s satisfaction in making for yourself, but after selling art for so many years, it just felt like that was what I needed to do.”

Every piece currently on display in the front room is one of Carlisle’s favorite creations from her collection. One of the back rooms is filled to the brim with fabric creations made by an artist friend who rents out the space, another room is crammed with painted wine barrel planters for a community art project, and a final room houses every single one of Carlisle’s jewelry-making tools.

One wall of paintings in the hallway features a series dedicated to common human emotional experiences, with a humorous edge. The words, “She felt as though she was walking a fine line,” adorn a painting of a stick figure woman walking on a thick orange cliff. Another features a quartet of people holding up hoops, while a less-than-thrilled lady stick figure puts her hands on her hips,

IMITATING LIFE A series of artist Laure Carlisle’s more representational art focuses on common emotional experiences.

with the words, “She was in no shape to jump through their hoops,” just below.

Carlisle pays special attention to form in her work, and she refers to her style as “highly structured abstract work.”

“I like to share it with people,” she said.

“A lot of times people say they didn’t like abstract work but they like my work. I make it to share with people.” ∆ Arts Writer Ryah Cooley is on display at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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WIZARDS RULE Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) makes his case to the wizarding world that they, not humans, should run the world.

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avid Yates (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Legend of Tarzan) directs this J.K. Rowling screenplay, the second installment of the Fantastic Beasts series, about FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE magizoologist Newt Scamander CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (Eddie Redmayne), who’s enlisted

by Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) What’s it rated? PG-13 to recapture escaped evil wizard What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp).

What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it (134 min.)

Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10 Anna Magizoologist Newt Scamander is back with his briefcase of creatures and ragtag group of do-gooders, this time traipsing through London and Paris instead of New York. After being blamed for the destruction in New York where the first film ended, Newt is confined to London by authorities. While he continues to beg for travel rights, he won’t go so far as to become an Auror alongside his brother, Theseus (Callum Turner), when offered the position as trade for what he wants. If you haven’t seen or don’t clearly remember the first Fantastic Beasts film, this one jumps in at a pretty steep learning curve, and would be—I imagine—both confusing and probably boring as Crimes of Grindelwald seems to assume its audience is up to speed.

The Harry Potter universe and its everexpanding storyline make for some magically wild rides, and I was pretty of his birth mother and family history, entertained by the first film in this tortured and tormented by his time timeline. This rendition, however, didn’t with Mrs. Barebones. Newt still holds totally wow me. It is more focused on a candle for Tina (Katherine Watson); Grindelwald’s (Depp) rise, a wizarding creatures are escaping from his case; world pre-villain to Voldemort, one and the world is in peril once more. This that we do somewhat get to know in one has a lot going on. the Harry Potter books because of his Glen Thanks for explaining it for me, connection to Albus Dumbledore. Depp is because I didn’t know what the hell was an effective villain with shocking white going on during the first 30 minutes hair and an interesting pair of eyes, or so, and I was bored enough to doze but he fails to rise to the pure evil that off a few times in Downtown Centre’s Ralph Fiennes achieved in the first film crazy-comfortable recliners. I saw the series. I’m not too surprised—with the first Fantastic Beasts but didn’t really backstory of books read and reread, he remember the characters, which added certainly had a lot of character already to my confusion. I recently saw that created for him. Besides the end goal of the first film is currently available at capturing Grindelwald, there are plenty Redbox. Maybe I should have done my of side stories going on—Jacob (Dan homework. This new film does improve Folger) and Queenie (Alison Sudol) are a as it goes along, and the last third couple of lovers, outlawed from becoming was pretty exciting as Grindelwald bride and groom because Jacob is a noholds court with the wizarding world, maj. Credence (Ezra Miller) is in search

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterson, left) and Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) team up to battle evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald.

trying to convince them they should run the world rather than let the nomaj or muggles or—good grief, does J.K. Rowling get paid extra for making up new words? Anyway, everything coalesces at the end into a big showdown between Grindelwald, Newt and his friends, and Theseus and his Ministry of Magic cohorts. The only one missing is Dumbledore, who through flashback we discover had a special relationship with Grindelwald in their youth. I couldn’t help but wonder if there was some gay subtext here, but it’s not made clear.

What this film really does is place all the pieces and players on the field of battle to tee up the next three installments, all to be directed by Yates, and scheduled for release in 2020, 2022, and 2024. I saw the Harry Potter series and thought it was pretty good, mainly because I liked the friendship between the three main

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characters, and it was amazing watching them grow up into young adults over the course of the many films. This series doesn’t have the same depth, charm, or novelty. I may very well exit the Fantastic Beasts series right here.

Anna I’m a Potterhead, no doubt. I’ve got a wand, and I happily craft Harry Potter themed projects. I’ve read the books countless times. I’ll watch any of the movies if they are on cable, and own all of them if they aren’t, but I need a fix. I get that this world can be a little mystifying for some, especially if you weren’t in the right age group when the books came out. The complexity of the world Rowling has built is not without fault, though for the vastness it contains I’m pretty impressed with her consistency. I agree that the beginning of the film was a bit of a slog, and if you aren’t head over heels for new content in this universe, Crimes of Grindelwald may well be a waste of your time. At two hours and 15 minutes, this isn’t a quick trip into the land of magic. Some of the reveals are also less surprising if you’re pretty familiar with the books. I knew of Grindelwald and Dumbledore’s connection from long ago, which means some of that aha moment is lost. However, there are moments in there that seem pretty catered to die-hard fans—seeing alchemist Nicholas Flamel put a smile on my face. It is decidedly my least favorite film in the Harry Potter universe, and in my opinion falls quite short of its predecessor Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. However, would I see it in theaters despite all that? Heck yes! My own blood oath to Rowling’s work requires it. Potterheads, I recommend you hit a matinee of this one. Casual fans have no reason to spend extra; just wait for it to be available at home.

Glen I have to agree. Nothing I say will dissuade hard-core fans from flocking to the theater. As for me, I’m just not connecting to this series as I did (in a small way) to the Harry Potter series.

J.K. Rowling is an undeniable literary talent, and Yates is a competent bigbudget director. I just don’t connect with this storyline. Δ Split Screen is written by Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna.

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Director Joel Edgerton (The Gift) adapts Garrard Conley’s memoir, A Boy Erased: A Memoir, about a Baptist preacher’s son, Jared (Lucas Hedges), who’s forced into a gay conversion program after he’s outed to his parents, Marshall (Russell Crowe) and Nancy (Nicole Kidman).

At 19 years old, Jared is met with an

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ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program to make him straight or be permanently exiled from his family, his father’s business, and faith. Instead of just telling the story of one boy’s struggle with faith and sexuality, it tells the greater story of the challenges the LGBTQ community faces when coming out within a religious upbringing.

The film opens with old home videos of a little boy stating his favorite colors and what he wants to be when he grows up. All of his answers are what a “normal boy” would say, whatever “normal boy” means. The next scene cuts to Jared in the car with his mother, Nancy, traveling to a facility that almost looks like a juvenile detention center.

As he journeys to the facility, we get generous flashbacks of the events that led to his parents registering him for

the program. We learn that Jared had a girlfriend in high school that he was never really attracted to, and once he leaves for college they part ways. In college, Jared is sexually assaulted by a friend, who confesses to raping another student. Jared returns home as the assault has left him depressed. Fearing that Jared might tell on him, the boy outs Jared to his parents.

The conversion therapy program is led by self-appointed therapist Victor Sykes (Joel Edgerton). The program holds the boys and girls under surveillance from 9 to 5, holding onto their phones, any personal belongings, and instating the rule that attendees may not speak about the therapy to their parents.

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If Skyes feels that Jared hasn’t changed, a couple of weeks could become a yearlong program.

The film has a lot of gut-wrenching scenes as it masterfully narrates the hardships that the LGBTQ community faces when they are forced to question not only their sexuality, but their individuality and spirituality. For a lot of the film I was filled with rage and horror that young people can be subjected to torment because of their sexual identity.

This is another film that I can’t say has a happily-ever-after ending. Not only does Jared have to navigate the world after his time at the program, but his next hurdle is figuring out whether he will have a relationship with his devout parents who put him there. (114 min.)

—Karen Garcia

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Bay, Fair Oaks, Galaxy, Park Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men, Superman Returns) directs this biopic about Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) and Queen, chronicling the band’s rise to super stardom, Mercury’s solo career and AIDS diagnosis, and their triumphant reunion and spellbinding performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert.

The criticisms you’ve heard are all true: The film’s chronology is inaccurate, it skips over or condenses much of Queen’s history, its PG-13 rating sanitizes the story, and star Rami Malek’s prosthetic overbite teeth are distracting. But none of that stops Bohemian Rhapsody from being an engaging, joyous, and highly entertaining film.

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and soak up this uplifting ride. Yes, the film is flawed. So was Freddie Mercury, but that didn’t make him any less of a legendary rock star! (134 min.)

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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) directs Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel, an author in a career limbo who commits literary forgery in order to make ends meet. The film is an adaptation of Lee Israel’s confessional autobiography, Can You Forgive Me?, released in 2008.

The film is centered on the true story of Israel, an author who experienced a peak in her career writing celebrity biographies but now finds herself in a slump. She hasn’t had a writing gig in a while, and her agent, Marjorie (Jane Curtin), won’t return her phone calls. To make matters worse, her beloved cat has fallen ill, she can’t make payments on her dreary apartment, and her former partner, Elaine (Anna Deavere Smith), doesn’t feel like picking her up anymore when she’s down.

The movie trailer shows Israel trying to sell used books at a local bookstore, only to be given a couple of measly bucks and told that one of her authored books is on clearance. It’s the perfect example of one of her lowest points in the film.

Part of her downfall is that she doesn’t care about making appearances or mingling at parties to get her name out there. In the process of figuring out her next venture, an idea literally falls on her lap. While doing research, a letter written by jack-of-all-trades Fanny Brice (she was a comedian, actress, and singer) falls out of a book. Israel figures she could make a pretty penny on her find, but the local bookstore only hands over $75, saying it would be worth more if it were juicer. She finds that there is a lucrative market for this kind of memorabilia in bookstores, but the more interesting the letter, the more it’s worth. Naturally, Israel uses her talent to embellish more than 400 letters from prominent figures.

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She believes she’s on a new literary streak, a talent in her eyes, until it captures the FBI’s attention. To avoid being caught for fraud, she enlists her only friend, Jack Hock (Richard Grant), who’s couch surfing and ready to do anything.

The film really captures the essence of the rise and fall of Israel and the destruction of a friendship. This is Heller’s second go at directing a film and it’s riveting from start to finish as the audience is immediately engaged with the grumpy alcoholic that is Israel. Instead of giving us a character to love or connect with, we’re given someone who is at their wit’s end, and who we eventually feel some sort of compassion for.

I was definitely surprised with McCarthy’s performance as Israel, as she delivered a character I didn’t know she could. I’m so used to McCarthy playing the same forgettable role—Life of the Party, The Happytime Murders, Ghostbusters, The Boss, and the list could go on— that I didn’t know she could play a serious dramatic character. Israel is a no-nonsense defensive individual with a gloomy outlook on life, who really only shows some sort of emotion for her sick cat. That vulnerability is a perfect marriage of McCarthy’s performance and Heller’s directing guidance.

I can’t say the end is happy or sad. It feels like the limbo that the film started with, and it’s left me wanting to learn more about Israel and what happened after her fabrication escapades. (106 min.)

—Karen Garcia

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FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park See Split Screen.

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I don’t think I’ve ever sweated so much in a movie theater in my life. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin helm this raw and gripping National Geographic documentary, which chronicles 33-year-old rock climber Alex Honnold’s incredible 2017 ascent up the face of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot-tall rock formation in Yosemite, without protective gear—the first in human history to accomplish the feat. (100 min.)

—Peter Johnson

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB: A NEW DRAGON TATTOO STORY What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Rent it Where’s it showing? Park Co-writer and director Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe) helms this new installation into the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo franchise, this time around with Claire Foy taking on the role of feminist hacker Lisbeth Salander and Sverrir Gudnason as investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist.

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embodies a decade’s essence?

With that being said, how does one go about calculating if a film is the most ’90s movie of all time? Or the most reflective and definitive for any time period or era, for that matter? For me, it’s about setting a series of criteria that allows for the most scientific process possible. In this case, I have a short list of questions I keep handy where I respond to each with When? 1993 a score ranging from 1 to 10.

What’s it rated? PG Is there a soundtrack featuring grunge rock or Fresh Prince style rap? How many Where’s it available? DVD, characters wear plaid, flannel, baggy Blu-ray, Amazon clothing, denim, and/or backwards hats?

Is there a battle between the “jock” and don’t want to start any fights (do I?) but Airborne is the most ’90s film of all “nerd” high school hierarchies? How much contemporary slang is used (tubular, time. For years, a close friend of mine and I have sought to find that one movie radical, etc.) wherein everyone sounds awkward saying it? Is the protagonist a that best encapsulates the decade we pathological outsider with a mop-top and grew up in, and while some have come one earing? Does he (or she) inexplicably close, none reach the levels of absurd kitsch found in Rob Bowman’s Rollerblade get the hot girl (or guy) at the end?

Finally, does the balance of the universe bound, teen comedy caper about a kid hang upon the outcome of a pointless that moves from Southern California to competition?

Cincinnati in the dead of winter (think After multiple viewings and debate, Johnny Tsunami but watchable).

Bowman went on to direct Reign of Fire, no matter how I tried to knock it down, the first X-Files movie, and Elektra, and after Airborne scored a perfect 10 in every category. that last one, I’m pretty sure every studio The opening credits feature some head industry wide decided he should never gnarly electric guitar solos and a bunch direct a feature-length film ever again.

However, his contribution to the medium is of Rollerblading highlights from the undeniable. How many directors can claim main character (Shane McDermott from All My Children) and his best buddy they’ve made a movie that completely

As they sort through spies, cybercriminals, and corrupt government officials, their investigation takes them back to where Lisbeth began with her own sister, Camilla Salander (Sylvia Hoeks).

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by Pharrell Williams, about a grumpy curmudgeon, the Grinch (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), who plans to ruin Whoville’s Christmas. Along the way, the Grinch encounters various inhabitants of the town including Cindy-Lou Who (Cameron Seely), her mother, Donna Who (Rashida Jones), and Mr. Bricklebaum (Kenan Thompson).

I never thought we would ever get another feature-length version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Didn’t we already stretch the short story to its limits with the Jim Carrey iteration? I just hope the next one is a Christmas horror film akin to Krampus, or better yet an entire trilogy helmed by hobbiteer Peter Jackson (if anyone knows how to carve multiple three-hour films from one single book, it’s not him).

If this Grinch brings anything new to the table, it’s the fact that Cumberbatch is by far the most uncharacteristically clean and relatively normal (by human standards) Grinch we’ve ever seen on screen. Not saying that’s a bad thing, it’s just different.

He’s still grumpy and mean, but nothing he does warrants his “stink, stank, stunk” description found in the lyrics of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”

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the women he beat and the rest to his wife, who escapes bloodied but with her toddler. The scene’s only point is to remind viewers that Lisbeth is a badass out to right wrongs.

What follows is less about a feminist railing against patriarchy and misogyny and more of a high-tech thriller about another programmer, Frans Balder (Stephen Merchant), who’s built a program that can commandeer and control any nation’s weapons systems and was commissioned by the United States. He realizes his program is an abomination and is too powerful for any country to wield, so he hires Lisbeth to cyber-steal it. This sets in motion a complicated story that includes American operative Ed Needham (Lakeith Stanfield), Swedish official Gabriella Grane (Synnøve Macody Lund), and a mysterious criminal organization called the Spiders, that seems to be headed by Lisbeth’s supposedly dead sister Camilla.

Despite the blanket of dread covering the story, there’s some fun to be had.

Watching Lisbeth outsmart her various opponents is fun, and Balder’s gifted son, August (Christopher Convery), ups the emotional ante. It’s also interesting listening to Lisbeth converse with various characters, such as her lover, Sofia (Andreja Pejic). She has no interest in protecting Sofia’s feelings. Americans lie or soften to protect others’ feelings, but not Lisbeth. She’s essentially humorless.

Fans of the books will probably feel like this new story is off base and that Clair Foy’s Lisbeth Salander doesn’t feel true to novelist Stieg Larsson’s vision.

They’re right, and the source material is so beloved that any reboot would suffer by comparison. If you like these kinds of films, hit a matinee, but for me this is only worth a rental. (117 min.)

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MOVIES from page 42 adaptation, is covered by Tyler the Creator for the new film and can be heard over a montage of the Grinch getting out of bed, putting his socks and pants on, drinking coffee, etc. You know, just the grossest things imaginable. I had to listen to it as soon as I got home. One of the highest rated comments on the YouTube video made my night—“The lyrics say his teeth are yellow, but they are white and way brighter than my future will ever be.”

Compared to both adaptations that came before it, this year’s Grinch doesn’t set the bar any higher. For me, few things in this world will ever top Jim Carrey’s Grinch sitting alone in his cave, eating broken glass. (“Am I just eating because I’m bored?”) But this one is still enjoyable enough in my opinion, and I think that will ring true for children and families especially. I definitely laughed more than I thought I would, even without the glass eating. (86 min.)

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INSTANT FAMILY What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park Co-writer and director Sean Anders (Horrible Bosses 2, Daddy’s Home) helms this story about Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne), who adopt three children, sending their lives into utter chaos. A well-intentioned dramedy, Instant Family explores the travails and triumphs of adoption.

Originally, the couple meant to adopt one small child but after meeting three siblings in need—including rebellious 15-year-old Lizzy (Isabela Moner)—they suddenly find themselves on a steep learning curve on how to parent three children they’ve only just met.

Based on director Anders’ own experiences, the film also features an emotionally potent performance by Octavia Spencer and an excellent deadpan turn by

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Where’s it showing? Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Fremont Theater (7:30 p.m.; $18.93 at fremontslo.com) Chris Patterson directs this 69th Warren Miller Entertainment documentary about winter sports, featuring world-class new and veteran athletes tackling challenging winter sports from Engleberg, Chamonix, British Columbia, Alaska, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, Washington, and more. The film features Jonny Moseley, Anna Segal, Dash Longe, Forrest Jillson, Amie Engerbretson, Simon Hillis, Seth Wescott, Jim Ryan, and Jess McMillan. (120 min.)

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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Galaxy, Park, Sunset Drive-In Co-directors Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules, A Dog’s Purpose) and Joe Johnston (October Sky; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Jumanji; Captain America: The First Avenger) along with writers Ashleigh Powell (in her screen writer debut) and Simon Beaufoy (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) re-imagine this classic Christmas ballet story. (99 min.)

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OVERLORD What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Park Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) directs this action/mystery/horror story about two World War II-era American paratroopers—Boyce (Jovan Adepo) and Ford (Wyatt Russell)—who are dropped behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day to complete an operation essential to the invasion’s success, but as they approach their target, they discover a Nazi experiment that creates powerful zombie soldiers.

Yes, this film’s premise sounds like a recipe for cinematic disaster. The Nazi/ zombie genre is a well-worn path of mediocrity, from Dead Snow to Outpost to Zombie Lake (or Le Lac Des Morts Vivants in French). But Overlord does something different—it tells a cracking good war story that just happens to run into some zombies.

Think of it as a B-movie version of Saving Private Ryan with some excellent gore effects. This is the film I didn’t know I needed. Loved it! (109 min.)

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HARD CHARGE World-class winter athletes show their stuff in Warren Miller’s Face of Winter, screening Nov. 29 in the Fremont Theater.

POKÉMON THE MOVIE: THE POWER OF US What’s it rated? Not rated Where’s it showing? Starts on Nov. 26 in Stadium 10 Tetsuo Yajima directs this animated family adventure about Fura City’s Wind Festival and the people who celebrate it. (112 min.)

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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: WRECKIT RALPH 2 What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive-In Co-directors Phil Johnson and Rich Moore helm this animated sequel in which Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly)

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ROBIN HOOD What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10 Otto Bathurst directs this action-adventure about former Crusader-turned-rebel Robin of Loxley (Taron Edgerton) and his Moorish partner, Little John (Jamie Foxx), who take on the corrupt British crown. Can the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelson) stop Robin, and can Marian (Eve Hewson) stop herself from falling in love? (116 min.)

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Galaxy, Park, The Palm Co-writer Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave) directs this crime drama about Veronica (Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), and Belle (Cynthia Erivo), who must team up to pull off a heist after three of their husbands are killed on a botched job and a crime boss demands payment.

I love a good heist film, but Widows ups the ante with a twisty script co-penned

by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects), taking on the dynamics of romance, gender hierarchy, government corruption, racism, and more. It’s tense, thrilling, and completely engrossing.

The opening cuts between the botched robbery and the various women’s relationships with their men. Veronica is deeply in love with Harry Rawlings (Liam Neeson), the gang’s boss. We discover Alice’s man, Florek (Jon Bernthal), is abusive; that Linda’s man, Carlos (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), is a degenerate gambler putting her dress shop at risk; and that Amanda (Carrie Coon), who doesn’t team up with the other wives, has the most traditional family relationship with her

man, Jimmy (Coburn Goss). Because Amanda doesn’t accept Veronica’s invitation to complete Harry’s next planned heist, the remaining women enlist Belle, a single mom and tireless worker who’s trying to support her daughter.

Meanwhile, we learn about the Mulligans, an old political family that has run Chicago’s 18th ward for generations.

Patriarch Tom Mulligan (Robert Duvall) is trying to pass the torch to his son, Jack (Colin Farrell), but local African-American crime boss Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry) is running against Jack, backed by his violent brother, Jatemme (Daniel Kaluuya). It probably sounds more convoluted than it is. McQueen’s direction and Flynn’s script does an amazing job of introducing the various characters as well as creating a Chicago that’s gritty and hardscrabble.

The botched robbery stole $2 million from Manning, and he expects Veronica and the other widows to make good on it by liquidating their assets. But they have another idea when Veronica comes into possession of Harry’s heist book, which contains meticulous plans for a new $5 million heist … if they can only figure out what the target is. The blueprints in the book don’t have a location. Crafty detective work, chess-like planning, and staying strong in the face of male threats propel these tenacious women forward.

They’re not going to do what the men expect them to, and that surprise element helps the women enact their plan.

McQueen gets some great acting out of his cast. Davis, Debicki, Neeson, and Duvall are especially amazing, but there’s nary a wrong note in the entire cast. This one’s definitely worth a trip to the theater. (129 min.) ∆ —Glen Starkey New Times movie reviews were compiled

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Firing up the old family barbecue is a little different for the Stein family.

They’ve been marinating—so to speak— for the past 30 years.

Brian and Nancy Stein only recently opened the new restaurant Stein’s BBQ Co. in Paso Robles, but word of their grilling prowess has been out for quite a while. Call it living in a small town or call it the right seasoning, but the Steins have become pretty much synonymous with “barbecue.”

Thanks to the owners’ previous North County eatery—Stein’s Deli—not to mention their current barbecue catering company, Stein’s BBQ and Catering, the word of the new barbecue joint has spread quickly. No one is shocked, but everyone is hungry. Real hungry.

“Everyone loved Stein’s Deli in Atascadero, and we know people still talk about it. In the past, we would throw around the idea of a restaurant, but the timing didn’t quite make sense,” said the Steins’ son, Kris Gerkins. “I came across the downtown Paso location and knew right away this was the opportunity we’d been waiting for.”

The new restaurant swung open its doors at 1240 Park St. earlier this month with a mission to bring meaty mouthfuls to the masses without the premium price tag. It was important to the family to create a low-key space for the locals, not just traveling wine tourists (although hey, they’re welcome too).

“We also want to show off wineries and Red oak awesomeness regional beer that Stein’s BBQ Co. is located at 1240 Park St. in Paso Robles.

Hours are daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, call normally wouldn’t get (805) 221-5991 or visit Stein’s BBQ Co. on Facebook. a chance to have a downtown presence,” Gerkins said. “We are physically THANK YOU FOR SMOKING Stein’s BBQ Co. has opened in downtown Paso Robles to the joy of tri-tip obsessed locals and travelers alike. Owners Brian and targeting lesser known wineries and Nancy Stein are known locally for their longstanding barbecue offerings. The new breweries that are also making a restaurant will encourage all walks of life to enjoy a meaty mouthful laced with that distinct Central Coast smokiness.

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fantastic product. It’s our pleasure to bring other members of the community into our family.”

Expect a lot of red-oak-grilled Santa Maria-style tri-tip on the menu, alongside pastrami sandwiches, ale-basted chicken, pulled pork, ribs, and an array of housemade sides. Fans of the deli will also be giddy to know that some of their old faves will live on as daily specials.

“I’m a firm believer of not leaving a ton of fat on the tri-tip because there’s plenty of fat in the marbleization already; it should be well aged, seasoned properly, and left on the tri-tip for at least 30 to 40 minutes,” Brian said of his tri-tip grilling process. “Then, you need to use red oak, our indigenous Santa Maria oak, which has a sweetness to its smoke. That gives the meat that unique flavor we know and love on the Central Coast.”

Although Brian is known as a pitmaster, his career really started with big vats of bubbling bagels. In 1981, the chef opened a bagel shop in Atascadero. Over the next five years, the restaurant became a full-fledged dining establishment serving breakfast lunch and dinner. Brian’s wholesale bagel company, Big Apple Bagels, was eventually bought out by a Bay Area company, which took the product nationwide.

You could call it Brian’s “big bagel break.”

You might also know Brian as former owner of Creekside Lanes bowling alley in Atascadero or from his other area restaurants, of which there have been a few. Stein’s Deli opened in the early 2000s and closed a few years later, but it made an impact on the Atascadero community.

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“I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, in the late ’70s and did formal training in Italy. When I came out to California in 1980, I saw that everyone barbecued; everyone was doing this Santa Maria-style barbecue,” he said.

“I was like, ‘Wow. What is this?’ That’s what really started it all for me.”

Brian worked as the manager of several Central Coast steak houses, where he learned the ropes from seasoning to slicing (yes, there is a special way he slices his tri-tips). Aside from having his own restaurants and barbecue catering company, he also worked as a corporate chef for a larger seasoning company, sells his own seasonings, and has basically spent a good 30 years bleary-eyed from the coals.

Yep, you could say that over his illustrious lifetime of grilling, Brian’s learned quite a few tricks of the trade about that magical tip of the tri.

“Tri-tip is a cut of meat that that can be the worst or the best, depending on how you do it,” the chef said. “It can go zero to 60. When prepared properly, with proper seasoning, and proper preparation—over red oak coals—there is no flavor, no texture, nothing like it anywhere in the world.” ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain is licking barbecue sauce off her fingers, Wet-Naps be damned. She can be reached at hthomas@ newtimesslo.com.

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Stop by Eureka! in downtown SLO for a tropical tiki-inspired menu. For a limited time, try the Atta Boy cocktail made with cold brew coffee, pineapple, cinnamon, lemon, and mint (for a non alcoholic pick-me-up, try the lavender iced tea). New to the menu, grub down on savory mushroom toast, smoky beer chili, or a hemp bowl topped with fried egg, hemp seeds, and sunflower crema—or go for the new furikake fish and chips: battered white fish, signature fries, furikake, with smoky tartar sauce (learn more at eurekarestaurantgroup.com) … of course Sidecar in downtown SLO is still running its popular Tiki Tuesday program, where, each Tuesday, tall tiki glasses are set ablaze and loud Hawaiian print garb is always encouraged (sidecarcocktail.company).

Usually I try to make my “picks” at least mildly witty. This time, I’m holding back the punchline for a seriously important fundraiser event. The Wellness Kitchen in Templeton has been healing the community for years with its beneficial broth and altruistic spirit. Now, the nonprofit needs that community to give a little love. Last month, an electrical fire started on the second floor of 1255 Las Tablas Road in Templeton, causing significant smoke and water damage to The Wellness Kitchen below. This puts a dent in their mission to serve people in need. How can you help? Attend the nonprofit’s holiday fundraiser: A Top Chef Tribute, with dinner prepared by Chef Alex Martin of Crush Catering and wine pairings from local wineries. The event, which is held at Fig at Courtney’s House in Templeton, features the fourtime winning chef, who will prepare a three-course meal (for the past six years, The Wellness Kitchen has hosted local competitions inspired by the show Chopped). Hang out, chill to live music, dine on delicious food and wine pairings, and maybe even win a few prizes. All proceeds benefit The Wellness Kitchen.

Limited seating is available. Nothing funny about that!

Join the party on Nov. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Fig at Courtney’s House is located at 311 6th St. in Templeton; contact The Wellness Kitchen for sponsorship opportunities at info@thewkrc.org or call (805) 434-1800.

Learn more at thewkrc.org. ∆

Yule love it: This Dec. 4, Apple Farm in SLO will host a totally festive holiday event at their trinket-filled gift shop. Stop by for Diva Night from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and take part in shopping, champagne tasting, and chocolate treats (you’ll get 35 percent off all retail items, excluding packaged food and wine).

The first 25 people in the door will receive a special gift, too, plus you can swing by for cocktail hour from 5 to 6 p.m. and enjoy a special “Divatini” cocktail, an appetizer buffet, and an exclusive gift. For tickets, go to applefarm.com …

Sculpterra Winery in Paso Robles is always ground zero for live music and fun events, but every winter the owners go a tad overboard (in a very good way). It’s that time again for the winery’s annual holiday party this Dec. 15, and this isn’t just any snowflake-themed bash.

Make the yuletide cheery and join the whole Sculpterra gang for an evening of fab food crafted by The Prancing Chef, themed signature cocktails, and dancing to your heart’s delight. Yes, this is a great way to counter-balance all the eggnog you’ll no doubt be drinking, against your better judgement. RSVP to dcolyer1@yahoo.com (event located in SLO; contact for address). ∆

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FILE NO. 2018-2480 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DONOVAN JAMES ANTIQUES AND ESTATE JEWELRY, 248A South Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Daniel E Macclain, Toni A Macclain (248B South Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Daniel E Macclain. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

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FILE NO. 2018-2429 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/02/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE KING GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, 710 Grand Ave., Apt. A, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

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FILE NO. 2018-2513 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/16/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LIFE SOLUTIONS, 39407391 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

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Brandon Lemay (1236 Bodega Ct., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brandon Lemay, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

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FILE NO. 2018-2545 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HUNTER SALON, 1421 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

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I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-19-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-2567 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ECCYNTRIC WORKSHOP, 1310 San Luis Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Cynthia Lapier (1310 San Luis Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Cynthia Lapier, Indvidual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1023-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. R. Parashis, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23.

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

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

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-2582 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/23/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MEDIUM MASTERS, 950 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402.

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(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-23-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-2578 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/24/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GRAND AWARDS, 1522 West Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Francine Earline Maiden, John Mitchell Maiden (125 Harsin Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Francine Maiden. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-24-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-2572 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/09/1988) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PRO-COATINGS, 1440 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

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COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING County of San Luis Obispo Subdivision Review Board.

Monday, December 3, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.

WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by San Luis Coastal Unified School District for four (4) Public Lots / Coastal Development Permits (SUB2018-00044/PL17-00124, PL17-00125, PL1700129 & PL18-00004) to convey property from San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD, a public agency) to private ownership to complete the final phase of a previously approved residential planned development. The site is approximately 8,353 square feet in size and the public lots range in size from 1,223 square feet to 3,720 square feet. The site is within the Residential Multi Family land use category and is located at the southwest corner of San Luis Street and San Antonia Street (161 San Antonia Street) in the community of Avila Beach, in the San Luis Bay (Coastal) planning area.

Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is exempt under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), General Rule Exemption.

The Environmental Coordinator has determined that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant adverse effect on the environment. A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062.

County File Number: SUB2018-00044 Supervisorial District: District 3 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 076-221-017 Date Accepted: 09/21/2018 WHERE: The meeting will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning. org. You may also contact Terry Wahler, 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.

COASTAL APPEALABLE If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043.

WHO: WHEN:

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF TENTATIVE ACTION / PUBLIC HEARING County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing.

Friday, December 7, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.

WHAT: A request by Sandra Cade for a Minor Use Permit (DRC2018-00037) to construct a new 3,671-square-foot structure, consisting of a restaurant, coffee shop, and outdoor patio on the first floor, and a two-bedroom dwelling, one-bedroom dwelling, and courtyard on the second floor. The project is seeking to modify County parking standards to allow: (a) three of the five required onsite parking spaces to be compact parking spaces and (b) two of the five required onsite parking spaces to be parked in tandem. The project would result in the disturbance of approximately 3,750 square feet on a 3,750-square-foot parcel. The proposed project is within the Commercial Retail (CR) land use category and is located at 1215 Mission Street, between 12th and 13th streets, in the community of San Miguel. The site is in the Salinas River sub-area of the North County planning area.

Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is categorically exempt under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(2). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062.

County File Number: DRC2018-00037 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 021-261-020 Date Accepted: 10/01/2018 WHERE: The meeting will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

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

TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING This matter is tentatively scheduled to appear on the consent agenda, which means that it and any other items on the consent agenda can be acted upon by the hearing officer with a single motion. An applicant or interested party may request a public hearing on this matter. To do so, send a letter to this office at the address below or send an email to pdh@ co.slo.ca.us by Friday, November 30, 2018 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2018-00037.”

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.

WHO: WHEN:

Nicole Retana, Secretary Subdivision Review Board

Nicole Retana, Secretary Planning Department Hearing

November 22, 2018

November 22, 2018

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

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-25-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2607 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/25/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DRAGON PALACE KING BUFFET, 1800 E. Grand Ave., Ste. A, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Phan Thi Dung, Lieu Thi Xuan Nguyen (15710 Via Esmond, San Lorenzo, CA 94580). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Lieu Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-25-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 10-25-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2608 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2000) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SAN LUIS VIDEO PUBLISHING, 359 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Clokey Productions Inc. (359 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Clokey Productions Inc., Joan Rock-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-25-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Gibson, Deputy. Exp. 10-25-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

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

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2614 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ELEGANT BEGINNINGS, ELEGANT BEGINNINGS EVENT RENTALS, 226 W. Price St., Apt C, Nipomo, CA 93444.

San Luis Obispo County. Jaedin Gentry Preciado, Derek Robert Preciado (226 W. Price St., Apt C, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Jaedin Preciado.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-2618. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-26-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2616 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MAYA RESTAURANT LLC, 2490 N. Main St., Morro Bay, Ca 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Maya Restaurant LLC (2490 N. Main St., Morro Bay, Ca 93442). This business is conducted

by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Maya Restaurant LLC, Heladio Cadena, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-26-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2619 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LINDAMAR INDUSTRIES, 1603 Commerce Way, Paso Robles, CA 93347. San Luis Obispo County.

Columbia Burlap and Bag Company, Inc. (1603 Commerce Way, Paso Robles, CA 93347). This business is conducted by A MO Corporation /s/ Columbia Burlap and Bag Company, Inc., Marc Radasky, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 10-26-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

Notice is hereby given that the San Luis Coastal Unified School District acting by and through its Board of Education, will receive RFPs up to, but not later than, 2 p.m. December 13, 2018, for a comprehensive Student Information System (SIS).

Such RFPs shall be received on or before 2 p.m. December 13, 2018, in the Purchasing Office, Attention: Karen Bright, District Buyer, 1500 Lizzie Street, Building C-1, San Luis Obispo, California 93401.

Each RFP must conform and be responsive to this Invitation, Request for Proposal Instructions, General Requirements, Scope of Request, and all other components comprising the pertinent RFP documents.

Interested firms may request a RFP packet by contacting Karen Bright at kbright@slcusd.org or 805/549-1211.

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

NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 618 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council held on November 13, 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 introduced Ordinance No. 618 repealing the existing Community Choice Aggregation ordinance (Ordinance No. 616).

In summary, Ordinance No. 618 repeals the existing Community Choice Aggregation ordinance (Ordinance No. 616) and authorizes the implementation of a Community Choice Aggregation Program by participating in Monterey Bay Community Power’s Community Choice Aggregation Program.

A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is available for public review in the Office of the City Clerk at Morro Bay City Hall.

The City Council will consider adoption of Ordinance No. 618 at their next regularly scheduled meeting November 27, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Hall located at 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay, California. /s/ Lori Kudzma Deputy City Clerk

Dated: Publish:

November 14, 2018 November 22, 2018

WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission.

WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.

WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Bleu Diamond, LLC for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC201800118) to establish a 1,650-squarefoot combined non-storefront cannabis dispensary and a cannabis distribution business within an existing 3,300-square-foot building. No new structures are proposed; the building is located within an established business park. The project site is within the Commercial Service land use category located at 1189 Pike Lane about one mile east of State Route 1 in the community of Oceano, in the San Luis Bay Inland subarea of the South County Planning Area. Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is categorically exempt under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(2). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062.

County File Number: DRC2018-00118 Supervisorial District: District 4 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 062-291-003 Date Accepted: N/A WHERE: The meeting will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets.

At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Cassidy McSurdy, 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.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, accept or reject any one or more items of a proposal, and/or to waive any irregularities or informalities in the proposals.

Karen Bright San Luis Coastal Unified School District November 22 & 29, 2018

Notice of Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property (CCP 701.540) PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER: Sandstone Melon Company, Inc., fka Sandstone Marketing, Inc. DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT: Warren Felger and Forrest Felger COURT CASE NUMBER: 12CECG01891 LEVYING OFFICER FILE NUMBER: 2018001262 DATE: 10/30/2018 Under a Writ of Execution Issued out of the above court on 05/31/2018, on the Judgment rendered on 12/03/2015.

For the sum of $466,677.51; I have levied upon all the rights, title, and interest of the judgment debtor(s), Warren Felger, Forrest Felger In the real property, in the county of San Luis Obispo, described as follows: 249 Sandercock Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION APN/Parcel ID(s): 003-723-034 THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL A: Parcel 4 of Parcel Map SLO 07-0031, in the City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map recorded December 5, 2007 in Book 70, Pages 22 and 23 of Parcel Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County.

PARCEL B: Easements for access, ingress, egress, utilities, drainage, parking and incidental purposes as contained in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, recorded December 5, 2007 as instrument no. 2007-078254, of Official Records.

249 Sandercock Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Minimum Bid Amount (if applicable): $0.00 PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS SHOULD REFER TO SECTIONS 701.510 to 701.680, INCLUSIVE, OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND EFFECT OF THE SALE AND THE LIABILITY OF DEFAULTING BIDDERS. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in lawful money of the United States, all the rights, title, and interest of said judgment debtor(s) in the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said execution, with accrued interest and costs on: 12/06/2018 at 9:00am in San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Civil Office, located at 1050 Monterey Street, Room 236, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Directions to the property location can be obtained from the levying officer upon oral or written request.

Ramona Hedges, Secretary Planning Commission

Ian S. Parkinson, Sheriff /s/ T. Rudman, Sheriff’s Authorized Agent

November 22, 2018

Attorney for Petitioner: Thornton Law Group, P.C., 1725 N Fine Ave., Fresno, CA 93727-1616

LIENS MAY BE PRESENT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT SURVIVIE THIS LEVY.

November 15, 22, & 29, 2018

52 • New Times • November 22 - November 29, 2018 • www.newtimesslo.com

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FILE NO. 2018-2620 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NOURISH THE BRAIN, 1244 Mill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Gemi Bertran-Lant (1244 Mill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gemi Bertran-Lant, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

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

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2632 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COMMUTE WITH ENTERPRISE, 901 Airport Dr., Ste. 3, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-8368. San Luis Obispo County.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Los Angeles, LLC (600 Corporate Park Dr., St. Louis, MO 63105). This business is conducted by A DE Limited Liability Company /s/ Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Los Angeles, LLC, Rick A Short-Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2621 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, (SD)2 SERVICES, 801 Turquoise Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. John Wayne Vogler Jr. (801 Turquoise Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ John Wayne Vogler Jr. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2626 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/29/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PRO NAILS, 1526 W. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Thao Hong Pham (1425 Long Branch Ave., Apt. C, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Thao Pham, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2634 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/30/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BAYWOOD PROPERTY SERVICES, LOS OSOS FENCE COMPANY, 1634 17TH Street, Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Michael Gregory Sloan (1634 17TH Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michael Gregory Sloan, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2623 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/29/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MAD BATTERS BAKERY, 790 Donegal Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.

San Luis Obispo County. Katherine L. Drastal (790 Donegal Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katherine Drastal, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-29-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-29-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2629 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2008) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VILLAGE CAFE, 112 West Branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Tammi Joanne Price (541 Corbett Cyn., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tammi Price, Owner Operator. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2635 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/30/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MICKEY LONGBOW, RUBY STUDIOS, RUBY-STUDIOS, 860 Jessica Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Ruby Patricia BoultonRaymond (860 Jessica Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Ruby BoultonRaymond, Owner/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2637 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE PORT HOUSE, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, CA 93442.

San Luis Obispo County. Willow Market LLC (PO Box 1433, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted

by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Willow Market LLC, Jennifer Morse, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1030-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2645 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/31/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PEACHY N PASO, 535 Peachy Ct., Paso Robles, CA 93446.

San Luis Obispo County. Victor Bruce Zundel, Adele Lalla Franca Zundel (535 Peachy Ct., Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Victor Zundel, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1031-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. C. Luckey, Deputy. Exp. 10-31-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2663 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/18/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TASTRY, 825 Riverside Ave. #3, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. The Bottlefly Inc. (825 Riverside Ave. #3, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted

by A DE Corporation /s/ The Bottlefly Inc., Katerina Axelsson-CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 11-02-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2638 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/25/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, QUICK AND CLEAN CAR WASH, 2544 S. Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93455. Santa Barbara County. PJE Enterprises LLC (101 N. Depot St., Santa Maria, CA 93458). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ PJE Enterprises LLC, Paul Prather-Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-30-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 10-30-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2652 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, POPPY SOAP CO., 1515 15th St., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Lindy Michelle Laroche (1515 15th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lindy Laroche. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-01-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 11-01-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2664 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DENNIS & SONS GARDENING, 140 N. 12th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433.

San Luis Obispo County. Rubirda Linn Juarez (140 N. 12th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rubirda Juarez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy.

Exp. 11-02-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2642 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/15/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CAMBRIA WELLNESS, 816 Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Jeannine T Jacobs (2620 Windsor Blvd., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Jeannine T Jacobs, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-31-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy.

Exp. 10-31-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2662 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RIO SALON AND SPA, 330 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Rio Salon and Spa, LLC (330 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Rio Salon and Spa, LLC, Teri Lea Ecker, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-02-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2665 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/20/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, M.BURKE CONSTRUCTION, 1196 Hetrick Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Mike Burke, Nancy Burke (1196 Hetrick Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Mike Burke. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 11-02-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

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

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach City Council will hold a public hearing at City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach California in the Council Chamber for the following purpose: Public Hearing Agenda: A. Address:

Applicant:

Within the City of Pismo Beach City of Pismo Beach

Description: To receive community input, requests, and recommendations for use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. These funds are intended to assist persons and families of lower income in the provision or improvement of low-income housing and community services. Total funding available to the City of Pismo Beach will be determined in Spring 2019 by the State Department of Housing and Community Development; approximately $32,100 in funding is anticipated. No more than 20% of the funds may be used for program administration by the County and City.

This Grant Application Project is Exempt From Environmental Review.

B. Address:

Applicant:

Appellant:

140 Addie Street Vaughn & Mary Ann Koligian Vaughn Koligian

Description: Appeal of a Planning Commission Approval of a Coastal Development Permit for a 1,296 square-foot single-story visitor-serving rental unit and a 552 square-foot attached tandem garage. A Variance Request for a 5’ front yard setback where a 15’ setback is required and an Architectural Review Permit were also approved. A Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted by the Planning Commission. The project is located in the Hotel and Motel (R-4) Zone of the Downtown Core Planning Area. APN: 005-163-029. The project is located in the Coastal Appeal Overlay Zone and is appealable to the California Coastal Commission.

You have a right to comment on these projects and their effect on our community. Interested persons are invited to appear at the hearing or otherwise express their views and opinions regarding the proposed projects. An opportunity will be presented at the hearing for verbal comments. Written comments are also welcomed at the hearing or prior to the hearing. Written comments prepared prior to the hearing may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by mail or hand-delivery at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, by fax at (805) 773-7006, or by email at citycouncil@ pismobeach.org.

Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA.The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Thursday before the meeting and may be obtained at City Hall or by visiting www.pismobeach.org/agenda. The Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website.

PLEASE NOTE: If you challenge the action taken on these items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Pismo Beach at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Further information on the above items may be obtained from or viewed at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, or by telephone at (805) 773-4657, or by emailing Erica Inderlied, City Clerk, at einderlied@pismobeach.org.

Erica Inderlied City Clerk November 22, 2018

WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission.

WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.

WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Adam Nielson for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2018-00194) to allow the construction of a new 25,025-square-foot specialized training school. The project will result in the disturbance of approximately 2.2 acres on a 2.25- acre parcel. The proposed project is within the Commercial Service land use category and is located at 4725 Allene Way, east of Highway 227, adjacent to the southern city limits of the City of San Luis Obispo.

The site is in the San Luis Obispo sub area of the San Luis Obispo planning area. Also to be considered is the environmental determination and approval of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. 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 conditions 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 the circumstances 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.

County File Number: DRC2018-00194 Supervisorial District: District 3 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 076-512-025 Date Accepted: 09/12/2018 WHERE: The meeting will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www. sloplanning.org. You may also contact Steven Orozco, 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 November 22, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2673 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COX VERINARY RELIEF, 1420 Railroad St., Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Edward Cox (1420 Railroad St., Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Edward Cox. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 11-05-23.

November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2674 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WILD COAST FARMS, 2198 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos, C A93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Wild Coast Farms (2198 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos, C A93402).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Wild Coast Farms, Adam Kirchner - President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-06-18. 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. 11-06-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2677 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/06/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PACIFIC COAST SAFE PLACE OF TRUST, 332 Woodland, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Aaron Lamontte Ellman (332 Woodland, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Aaron Ellman, Owner Operator. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-06-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. R. Parashis, Deputy. Exp. 11-06-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2678 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/06/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ESTERO ESSENTIALS, 2238 Bayview Heights, Suite A, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Michelle Renee Rauenzahn (1462 8th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michelle Rauenzahn. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-06-18. 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. 11-06-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2690 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SHINE DENTAL HYGIENE, 602 Taylor Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Katerina Tziouvalas Pritchett (602 Taylor Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katerina Tziouvalas Pritchett. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-0918. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 11-09-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2693 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/09/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AEROVISTA DENTAL, 835 Aerovista Place, Suite 210, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Eric Williamson DDS Inc. (11014 Evans Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Eric Williamson DDS Inc., President, Eric Williamson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 11-09-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2695 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY OF THE LIGHT(TM), 1375 E. Grand Avenue, Suite 103-215, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Jose C. Galito (279 Irish Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jose C. Galito, Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 11-09-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2698 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THIS & THAT, 751 Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Eastom Jewelers (771 Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Eastom Jewelers, Debra A. Eastom-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1318. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2682 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HAIR & MORE LEASING, H&M LEASING, 735 Napa Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Summer Dawn Birchell (475 Pacific St., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Summer D. Birchell, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-06-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 11-06-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2704 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CLASSY DEAL BOOKSELLER, 206 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Kit Rudkin Hartwell (206 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kit Rudkin Hartwell, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1113-18. 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. 11-13-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2687 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/08/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NIPOMO AVOCADOS, 960 Ridgecrest Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444.

San Luis Obispo County. Brian J. Crisp, Tracey M. Crisp (960 Ridgecrest Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Tracey M. Crisp. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-08-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 11-08-23.

November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-2705 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MEINEKE SAN LUIS OBISPO #4107, 770 Lawrence Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. RTMS 4107, Inc. (2436 Silverstrand Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA 90254). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ RMS 4107, Inc., Richard Taw - President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-2706 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SEBRING KENNELS, 1315 N. Frontage Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Lisa Benko (1315 N. Frontage Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lisa Benko. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. C. Luckey, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2713 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, O’NEILL TRUCKING, 129 1st Street, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Templeton Trading Company LLC (129 1st Street, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Templeton Trading Company LLC, Michael O’Neill, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1114-18. 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. 11-14-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2714 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2009) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FOOSE PAINTING COMPANY, FOOSE PAINTING, 132 Harvest Place, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Denver Roy Foose (132 Harvest Place, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Denver Foose, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-14-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. L. Orellana, Deputy. Exp. 11-14-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2715 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, O’CONNOR WAY WATER ASSOCIATION, 340 O’Connor Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Charlotte E. Gorton (340 O’Connor Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Charlotte Gorton. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1418. 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. 11-14-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2716 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/14/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, R&R PROFESSIONAL FLOORING, 1681 9th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Rex Wayne Riley (1681 9th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rex Wayne Riley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1418. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. R. Parashis, Deputy. Exp. 11-14-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2723 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/17/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, EVERY1, 1733 14th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Giveable (1733 14th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Giveable, John C. Poulis-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-15-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 11-15-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2725 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/15/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, QUICK TECH, 2121 10th Street, Suite A, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Chad Crawford (1307 9th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Chad Crawford. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 11-15-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2732 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/06/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, R-SPECS/ EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY, 245 Hillcrest Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Pamela A. Richerson (245 Hillcrest Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Pamela A. Richerson, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1618. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. R. Parashis, Deputy. Exp. 11-16-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-2740 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPA DOLLS BEAUTY BAR, 346 West Grand Ave. Suite A, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Lisa Marie Duron (225 Plancha Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lisa M Duron. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 11-16-23.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

LIEN-SALE AUCTION AT MEATHEAD MINI STORAGE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the California Self-Storage Facilities Act (California Business & Professions Code Section 21700 et seq.).

The undersigned will sell at public auction by competitive bidding on Friday, December 7th, 2018 at 10:00 AM. on the premises where the property has been stored and which are located at Meathead Mini Storage, 3600 South Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, California, the following: John Adam Gilbuena Unit No. 649 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Nathan Heaston Unit No. J02 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Chelsey Flesher Unit No. 656 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Jerry & Linda Collins Unit No. 644 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between the owner and the obligated party.

Dated: 11/1/18 Auctioneer: Kenneth D. Erpenbach dba Hitchin’ Post Auction Barn Bond No. MS879-23-57 (805) 434-1770 November 15, 22, 2018

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANTHONY R. BLOUIN CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0353

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ANTHONY R. BLOUIN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PAULINE FIGUEREDO in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that PAULINE FIGUEREDO. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 4, 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: Jed D. Hazeltine 778 Osos Street, Suite C San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 November 8, 15, & 22, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHRISTINE GAIL HASTINGS CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0345

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CHRISTINE HASTINGS, aka CHRISTY HASTINGS, aka CHRIS HASTINGS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HEATHER PEACH in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that HEATHER PEACH. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 4, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo,

LegaL Notices 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.

Petitioner: Heather Peach In pro per 2744 StoneBrook Circle Paso Robles, CA 93446 November 15, 22, & 29, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DONG MIJI BIRD, AkA MIJI BIRD CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0356

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DONG MIJI BIRD, aka MIJI BIRD A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by FARRAR C. BIRD in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that FARRAR C. BIRD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 4, 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: John B. Merzon PO Box 1330 Templeton, CA 93465 November 15, 22, & 29, 2018

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LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPHINE H. GONZALEZ CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0293

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOSEPHINE H. GONZALEZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ERMA GONZALEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that ERMA GONZALEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 8, 2019 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: Shannon M. Bio 1212 Marsh Street, Suite 3 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 November 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM MAXWELL ONLY AkA WILLIAM M. ONLY AkA WILLIAM ONLY CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0131

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: WILLIAM MAXWELL ONLY aka WILLIAM M. ONLY aka WILLIAM ONLY A AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MAYA DOTY in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that MAYA DOTY. 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

LegaL Notices petition will be held in this court as follows: January 8, 2019 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 Ave. Grover Beach, CA 93433 November 8, 15, & 22, 2018

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. TS 41984 LN kEOMANY TO 18-200884.

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/3/2016. 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: BOUN KEOMANY, AN UNMARRIED MAN, Duly Appointed Trustee: All American Foreclosure Service. Recorded 5/19/2016 as Instrument No. 2016022707 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California.

Date of Sale: 12/7/2018 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: $14,318.20. Street Address or other common designation of real property: Lot 225 of California Valley Unit 13 in the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to Map recorded January 9, 1961 in Book 11, Page 22 of record of survey, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Excepting therefrom 50% of all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances lying in under or upon said land lying below a depth of 500 feet from the surface but without the right of surface entry as reserved by security Title Insurance Company, a Corporation in deed recorded October 10, 1975 in Book 1857, Page 819 as to Lot 226 and recorded June 15, 1976 in Book 1903, Page 576 as Lot 225 of Official Records. A.P.N.: 084-431-064. 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

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If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of the monies paid to the trustee and the successful bidder shall have no recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (805) 543-7088 or visit this Internet Web site http://eloandata. com/, using the file number assigned to this case 41984. 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: 11/7/2018. All American Foreclosure Service, 1363 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543-7088. Sheryle A. Machado, Certified Trustee Sale Officer November 15, 22, & 29, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0654

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Philana Elaine Livesay filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Philana Elaine Livesay to PROPOSED NAME: Missy Elaine Livesay THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/19/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

9 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: October 25, 2018 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0668

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Jeannie Souza filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Jeannie Souza to PROPOSED NAME: Jeannie Shirley Souza 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

LegaL Notices file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/19/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

9 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: October 30, 2018 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0680

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Nicole Yolanda Ozuna Munoz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Nicole Yolanda Ozuno Munoz to PROPOSED NAME: Nicole Yolanda Munoz THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/20/2018, 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: November 5, 2018 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the Superior Court November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0694

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Saozinha Pereira Silveira AKA Connie Pereira Silveira AKA Connie Pereira Peterson AKA Connie Pereira Wilkinson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Saozinha Pereira Silveira AKA Connie Pereira Silveira AKA Connie Pereira Peterson AKA Connie Pereira Wilkinson to PROPOSED NAME: Connie Pereira Wilkinson THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/27/2018, 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: November 7, 2018 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the Superior Court November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CV-0696

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Margaret Victoria Shepard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Margaret Victoria Shepard AKA Margaret Victoria Moore to PROPOSED NAME: Margaret Victoria Shepard-Moore 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: 01/03/2019, 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: November 7, 2018 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera, Judge of the Superior Court November 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 2018

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

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Bernadene Cheryl Morgan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Jayden Bernard Kame Kona Dove to PROPOSED NAME: Jayden Bernard Morgan THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/19/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: October 25, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 18CVP-0355

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Kenneth Raymond Kinder filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Kenneth Raymond Kinder Hunziker to PROPOSED NAME: Kenneth Raymond Kinder THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/19/2018, Time: 9:00 am, Dept.

P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: October 26, 2018 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court November 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

LegaL Notices STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITIATION BIDDER NOTICE STATEWIDE LETHAL ELECTRIFIED FENCE NETTING REPLACEMENT BID NUMBER C5608307-D

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) intends to receive bids and issue a contract for Statewide Lethal Electrified Fence Netting Replacement- Phase 5 located at 4 various institutions, in California.

PRIME CONTRACTORS INTERESTED IN BIDDING MUST ATTEND THE SCHEDULED MANDATORY PRE-BID WALKTHROUGH at 4 locations. For more information regarding security clearance to be eligible to attend the pre-bid conference and walk-through refer to the Notice to Contractors, available at http://caleprocure.ca.gov/pages/ or http://www.planroom.us/cdcr.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS which includes the Projected Timetable & all bid information is available to view and download on the Cal eProcure website at http://caleprocure.ca.gov/ pages/ or questions regarding downloading documents should be directed to the Fi$Cal Service Center at 1-855-421-6355. Reference Bid Number C5608307-D. CDCR Contact: Joe O’Connor, Contract Analyst E-mail: joseph.o’connor@cdcr.ca.gov DRAWINGS & SPECIFICATIONS: Drawings, Specifications, and a sample Bid Proposal Package for this project can be obtained by contacting ARC Northern California at (916) 443-1322. The bid documents can also be viewed and ordered by selecting the project from the online plan well at the ARC Northern California Public Planroom by going to www.e-arc.com/ca/sacramento.

Click on the “Order from PlanWell” button, the click the “Go” button under the Public Planroom Heading. Please note when using Internet Explorer compatibility view must be turned on to see the project list (Tools -> Compatibility View Settings -> add www.e-arc.com). Questions in regards to the website can be directed to the PlanWell team at ARC Sacramento by calling 916-443-1322 or e-mailing sac.planwell@e-arc.com.

Bid documents may be purchased either in hard copy of electronic media format.

Drawings & specifications may also be viewed at local builder’s exchanges.

In accordance with M&VC §999.5(a) and PCC §10115, an incentive will be given to bidders who provide DVBE participation.

The State’s Estimate for the project is approximately $500,000.00.

11/22, 11/29/18 CNS-3185740# NEW TIMES

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2579 OLD FILE NO. 2014-0929 Global Gifts, Inc., 3395 S. Higuera St., SP 37, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 04-21-2014. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Global Gifts, Inc. (3395 S. Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Global Gifts, Inc., Suzan Vaughn-CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-242018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2580 OLD FILE NO. 2014-1578 Global Gifts Inc., DBA www.goddessgift.net, 3395 S. Higuera St., SP 37, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 07-162014. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Global Gifts, Inc. (3395 S. Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted

by A CA Corporation /s/ Global Gifts, Inc., Suzan Vaughn-CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

LegaL Notices STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2581 OLD FILE NO. 2017-1098 Medium Masters, 950 Los Osos Valley Rd., Suite A1, Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 0501-2017. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Global Gifts, Inc. (950 Los Osos Valley Rd., Suite A1, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business was conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Global Gifts, Inc., Suzan Vaughn-CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-242018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

November 22, 29, December 6, & 13, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-2584 OLD FILE NO. 2015-0888 San Luis Rental Properties, Hano’s Real Estate, 1304 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 03-302015. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Slorent.com (1304 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Slorent.com, Christopher Frago-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2018

ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE (ONLINE AUCTION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 6th day of December 2018, at 9:00AM, at www. storagetreasures.com. Property is stored at Central Coast Self Storage, 725 Sheridan Road, Arroyo Grande, CA County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, the contents of the following tenant’s storage space(s): Clyde Straub (Tri-Corp International), Jamie Thompson, Christy L. Latimer, Wendy L. Wolfe, Roland Browne, Kelly Gold, Angela A. Hutt, Mark Calkins, Jason C. Miller, & Jeffrey S. Salsbury.

The contents of these storage spaces include theater props & equip, furniture, baby equip, stereo equip, computer equip, toys, appliances, BBQ, Lasko air filter, bedding, bike, sports equip, electronics, auto items, tools, craftsman air compressor, clothing, misc boxes, bins, and other items.

Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash and credit card only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed within 72 hours of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Auctioneer: Plastino Interests, Inc., CA Bond#7900455870 Online Auction Platform: www.storagetreasures.com Facility Phone: (805) 481-1484

ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE (ONLINE AUCTION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 6th day of December 2018, at 11:00 AM, at www.storagetreasures.com.

Property is stored at Fortress-Secure MiniStorage, 2175 Willow Road, Arroyo Grande, CA County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, the contents of the following tenant’s storage space(s): Donavan R. Ursua, Joy L. Pipkin, Carolina L. Estrada, Brittany A. Hill, Misty Shepherd, Amberlee A. Foster, John C. Robertson, Roxanna L. Medina-Mendoza, Ronald Keller, Bobby J. Cremeans, Michael L. Gorman, & Katie M. Frangie.

The contents of these storage spaces include furniture, books, camping gear, clothing, computer equip, ladders, surfboards, sports equip, toys, appliances, tool chest, baby equip, auto equip, bikes, horse equip, office equip, movies, misc boxes, containers, & other items.

Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash and credit card only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed within 72 hours of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Auctioneer: Plastino Interests, Inc., CA Bond#7900455870 Online Auction Platform: www.storagetreasures.com Facility Phone: (805) 489-0500 November 22 & 29, 2018

November 22 & 29, 2018

Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology Homework: How could you change yourself in order to get more of the love you want? Go to freewillastrology.com; click on “Email Rob.” ARIES

LIBRA

(March 21-April 19): In his autobiography On the Move, neurologist Oliver Sacks praised his friend Jerry’s curiosity and knowledge. “Jerry has one of the most spacious, thoughtful minds I have ever encountered, with a vast base of knowledge of every sort,” wrote Sacks, “but it is a base under continual questioning and scrutiny.” So willing was Jerry to question and re-evaluate his own assumptions that Sacks said he had “seen his friend suddenly stop in midsentence and say, ‘I no longer believe what I was about to say.’” That’s the gold standard to which I hope you will aspire in the coming weeks, Aries. As bright and articulate as you’ll be, you will have an even higher calling to expand your mind through continual questioning.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to researchers who study animal behavior at two Italian universities, chickens can do arithmetic. The birds don’t even need to be trained; the skill seems to be innate. (Read details here: tinyurl.com/ ChickensDoMath.) I’m wondering whether chickens born under the sign of Libra might even be able to do algebra in the coming weeks. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, the mental acuity of many Libran creatures will be at a peak. How will you use your enhanced intelligence?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In recent years, a few pioneers have gotten microchips implanted under their skin. These technological marvels enable them to open doors and turn on lights with merely a wave of their hands, or receive up-tothe-minute readings on what’s transpiring inside their bodies.

Now an additional frontier has arisen: people using do-ityourself kits to experiment on their own DNA. For example, some have tweaked their genes so their bodies create more muscle than is natural. I would love for you to change yourself around in the coming weeks, Taurus, but not in these particular ways. I’d rather see you do subtle psychological and spiritual work. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable time for focused self-transformation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you smart enough to take advantage of the fact that your best relationships would benefit from bursts of innovative energy in the coming weeks? Are you brave enough to banish the ghost that still haunts your romantic life? Do you have the moxie to explore frontiers with collaborators who play fair and know how to have fun? Will you summon the curiosity and initiative to learn new strategies about how to enhance your approach to intimacy? I’ll answer those questions on your behalf: yes, yes, yes, and yes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Would you agree with me that there are both boring, tiresome problems and fun, interesting problems? If so, read on. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re at a fork in your path where you could either get further involved with a boring, tiresome problem or else a fun, interesting one. (I think you’ll have to engage with one or the other.) Of course, I’m rooting for you to proactively wrangle with the fun, interesting one.

Here’s timely inspiration from Cancerian author John W. Gardner: “We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Jharia Coalfield in eastern India is a 110-square-mile reserve of underground coal. In some places, it’s on fire, and has been burning for more than a hundred years. This isn’t a good thing. It’s wasteful and causes pollution. But now I’ll ask you to put aside that scenario, and imagine a more benevolent kind of steadily burning fire: a splendor in your soul that never stops radiating warmth and light; that draws from an inexhaustible source of fuel; that is a constant source of strength and courage and power. I’m happy to tell you that the coming months will be a favorable time to establish and nurture this eternal flame.

VIRGO

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FILE NO. 2018-2742 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FROM THE ROOTS UP HEALING SERVICE, 2191 Ironwood Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Krista Marie Rooney (2191 Ironwood Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Krista Rooney, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-19-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Levy, Deputy. Exp. 11-19-23.

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Marilyn Monroe, Georgia O’Keeffe, and President Franklin Roosevelt were direct descendants of the pilgrims who sailed from England to the New World on the famous Mayflower ship in 1620. I, on the other hand, am a direct descendant of a 19th-century Slovakian coal miner who toiled in the underground darkness. What about you, Virgo? Now would be a rich and provocative time to reconnect with your roots; to remember where your people originated; to explore the heritage that served as the matrix from which you sprouted.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In March 2005, far more people than usual won big money in a regional Powerball lottery in the U.S. The average for each draw is four winners, but on this special occasion, 110 players were awarded at least $100,000 and as much as $500,000. The reason for the anomaly seemed to have been an oracle that appeared in a number of widely distributed fortune cookies. It provided five of the six winning numbers. Inspired by this crazy stroke of good fortune, and in accordance with the favorable financial omens now coming to bear on you, I hereby offer you six numbers to use as your lucky charms. Will they help you win a game of chance?

I can’t be sure. At the very least, they will titillate and massage the part of your psyche that is magnetic to wealth.

Here they are: 37. 16. 58. 62. 82. 91.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “You have two ways to live your life,” writes spiritual teacher Joseph Vitale, “from memory or inspiration.” In other words, you can take your cues about how to live your life from what happened in the past, or else you can make your decisions based on what you’re excited to do and become in the future. According to my analysis, the next 10 months will be an excellent time for you to fully embrace the latter approach. And it all starts now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ve always got more help available than you imagine, and that’s especially true these days. Both people you know and people you don’t know may come to your assistance and offer extra support—especially if you meet two conditions: 1. you sincerely believe you deserve their assistance and support; 2. you clearly ask for their assistance and support. Now here’s more good news about the help that’s available. Whether or not you believe in spiritual beings, they, too, are primed to offer blessings and resources. If you don’t believe in their existence, I invite you to pretend you do and see what happens. If you do believe in them, formulate clear requests for what you’d like them to offer you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In one of his poems, Arthur Rimbaud extolled the exquisite evenings when the mist soaked his face as he strolled, and he sipped that heavenly dew till he was drunk. Was he speaking literally or metaphorically?

Probably both, if I know Rimbaud. Anyway, Aquarius, I’d love for you to engage in similar exploits. What are some natural adventures that might intoxicate you? What simple pleasures may alter your consciousness, nudging you free of its habits?

Meditate with sweet abandon on how to free yourself through the power of play and the imagination.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s illegal to hunt animals in Kenya.

But members of the Dorobo tribe circumvent the law to provide food for their families. As three or more Dorobo men wander out on the savanna, they wait for hungry lions to kill a wildebeest or other creature. Then they stride toward the feasting beasts in a calm show of force until the predators run away in confusion. The brave scavengers swoop in and swiftly remove a portion of the wildebeest, then coolly walk away, leaving plenty for the lions when they return to their meal. I bring this scene to your attention, Pisces, because I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have similar levels of courage and poise as you go after what you want. ∆

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