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Deer(ly) departed

Five years of drought and decades of habitat loss could be impacting deer and their predators [10]

BY SPENCER COLE

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November 2 – November 9, 2017 VolumE 32, NumbEr 15

Editor’s note

This week cover Where did all the deer go? ............ 10

news SLO plans to be a bike paradise ......8 Morro Bay’s ready to take on dispensaries ....................9

opinion Affordable housing will never exist here ........................ 14 Diablo shutdown is a stupid move ............................. 14

arts LOCAL HISTORY: Two men and a Madonna buffalo ..................30 STAGE: Two generations and 4,000 Miles ..............................32

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ore than three decades of population estimates from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife show a steady decline in the number of wild deer in the state, including within Los Padres National Forest. Local hunters have definitely taken notice, confirming dwindling deer sightings.

DECLINING? So what’s going on? For this week’s cover Estimates by the California story, Staff Writer Spencer Cole from New Department of Times sister paper spoke with biologists and Fish and Wildlife show a steady other experts about what could account for the decrease in state deer population decrease—and the answer, as it turns out, isn’t numbers. an exact science [10].

This week, you can also read about the city of SLO’s big bike plan and where it leaves motorists [8] ; Morro Bay choosing the route to medical marijuana dispensaries [9] ; one man’s run-in with the buffalo mounted on a Madonna Inn wall [30] ; Cal Poly theater’s heartfelt production of 4,000 Miles [32]; and why the wine’s so good at Lone Madrone [46].

WINE: At home at Lone Madrone............................46

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News ............................. 4 Viewer Discretion........... 6 Strokes & Plugs ............ 12

Artifacts ....................... 30 Starkey......................... 35 Club Listings ................ 39 Split Screen.................. 40 Reviews and Times ..... 40 Get Out! ....................... 44

opinion Hodin ............................ 14 This Modern World ....... 14 Letters .......................... 16 Street Talk..................... 16 Rhetoric & Reason ....... 18 Shredder ....................... 19

the rest Classifieds.................... 48 Real Estate .................. 48 Brezsny’s Astrology..... 55

Events calendar Hot Dates .................. 20 Special Events ........... 20 Arts ............................ 20 Music ......................... 24 Culture & Lifestyle ..... 26 Food & Drink ............. 29

A mystery inside an enigma [27]

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North County cities withdraw from regional animal shelter project

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aced with an Oct. 31 deadline to either commit to an animal shelter project led

by San Luis Obispo County or pave their own path, the city councils of Paso Robles and Atascadero voted on Oct. 30 for the latter, withdrawing from an agreement to partner on a new shelter with the county and five other local cities.

The cities’ decisions were based on issues officials had with the costs of the county shelter—$14.5 million—in addition to a desire for more local control and better shelter access, according to Paso City Councilman Steve Gregory.

“We’ve been very concerned about the cost of the animal shelter for quite a while and thinking, ‘There’s gotta be another way,’” Gregory told New Times.

Paso and Atascadero will instead pursue building their own “no-kill” animal shelter based in Paso, and they appear poised to contract its operations to a Sonoma Countybased nonprofit organization, Petaluma Animal Service Foundation.

Gregory said he became personally familiar with Petaluma Animal Services in April 2017 after having a positive experience with them as a customer in the city of Calistoga, where it contracts to provide animal services. The nonprofit currently brings animal services to four cities in Sonoma and Napa counties, and it runs on donations, city contributions, and the help of volunteers.

“I said, ‘What a great model,’” Gregory said.

“We started talking to them and interviewing them.”

The cities finalized their decision to withdraw from the county’s shelter agreement at special meetings held in the early afternoon on Oct. 30.

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Associates to analyze the costs and viability of a North County animal shelter.

The estimates determined that construction costs could come out slightly higher or slightly lower than the cities’ expected share of the county shelter—$4.9 million—and the ongoing annual service payments could be $50,000, or 10 percent, less than the payments required for the county’s shelter.

But city staff reports ‘WE’RE OUT’ On Oct. 30, the Paso Robles and Atascadero city warned that the analysis councils pulled out of an agreement to build a countywide animal was based on several shelter. They will instead build their own in Paso and likely contract with an out-of-area nonprofit for services. assumptions made during a short window of time and SLO, and Morro Bay wrote letters urging them did not calculate some of the potential financial impacts on city resources. to stick with the project.

“This action is wasteful to taxpayers Those risks and unknowns led Atascadero countywide,” Arroyo Grande’s letter, signed by City Councilwoman Heather Moreno to vote no Mayor Jim Hill, read. “Two years of staff time, on the withdrawal. She was joined by Mayor involvement of lawyers, and hours of public Tom O’Malley—but the motion carried, 3-2. testimony may be jeopardized.”

“It boiled down to I didn’t have enough Their departures also drew a rebuke from information about the true cost,” Moreno said.

SLO County officials.

“The city is the final responsible party [to “We will be moving forward without them,” provide animal services] even though we have said Guy Savage, the assistant administrative private nonprofit [operating it]. … The buck officer for the county. “It is too bad. … I suspect stops here. What are the true costs of taking on longer term it will mean higher costs for the that responsibility?” citizens of Atascadero and Paso Robles.”

The Paso Robles City Council unanimously The county facility will likely be redesigned to voted to pull out of the countywide agreement. save costs and account for fewer animals coming in The move leaves the remaining cities in from North County. The Board of Supervisors will the agreement responsible for the cost of the discuss the direction of that project on Nov. 7. ∆ regional shelter. Prior to Paso and Atascadero’s —Peter Johnson special meetings, the cities of Arroyo Grande,

Man found with corpse in car takes plea deal

The second member of a married couple discovered traveling in a car with their teenage daughter and a decomposing body has taken a plea deal.

Darwin Keith Alaskari, 59, pleaded no contest to one count of willful harm or injury to a child Oct. 31, according to records from San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. The plea deal dropped that charge from a felony to a misdemeanor, and dismissed a second misdemeanor charge for drug possession. The plea deal comes after proceedings in Alaskari’s case were halted so he could undergo a mental health evaluation.

Alaskari and his wife, 50-year-old Sherri Lynn Boggess, were arrested in August after SLO County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered the decomposing body of 83-yearold Donald Eugene Cunningham wrapped in a sheet and black plastic in the back of an SUV the couple had been occupying in Cayucos.

Inside, they found Cunningham’s body, Alaskari, and Boggess. Investigators said they also found the couple’s 13-year-old daughter in the vehicle along with narcotics and drug paraphernalia.

Investigators said that Cunningham was a

longtime acquaintance of the couple, described as transients from the Bakersfield area, and indicated that they had been transporting his body to Big Sur or an out-of-state location for a burial.

Boggess took a similar plea deal in September, pleading no contest to one misdemeanor count of willful cruelty to a child. Court records indicated that Boggess was sentenced to four years of probation and will be required to take a mandatory parenting class. Alaskari will be sentenced on Nov. 30.

The results of an autopsy performed by SLO County’s former contracted medical examiner Gary Walter stated that Cunningham died of a heart attack and that he suffered from coronary artery disease. A toxicology report revealed that Cunningham also had morphine in his system at the time of his death.

Walter listed acute morphine toxicity as a “significant condition” that contributed to the Cunningham’s death, but said it was not the underlying cause.

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disciplinary action from the California Medical Board in connection with a 2016 DUI arrest. Walter was replaced by Dr. Joye M. Carter, who now serves as the county’s full-time forensic pathologist.

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Cambria can’t afford to purchase new district offices

The Cambria Community Services District (CSD) can’t purchase the old library on Main Street after its request for a loan was denied.

In July, the district voted 3-2 to purchase the San Luis Obispo County owned library. The total price tag of the building including renovation was $957,527. The district currently rents its office space on Tamson Drive, and the idea of owning instead of renting swayed the board to try to purchase the library.

The district filed an application with Municipal Finance Corporation for a loan in the amount of $562,500 with an interest rate of 3.8 percent. But at the Oct. 26 district meeting, legal counsel Tim Carmel stated that just three days prior, the district was notified that its loan application was denied.

With that loan off the table, so is the purchase of the library, as it was part of the purchase agreement with the county.

CSD General Manager Jerry Gruber said the loan denial was caused by the $14 million Sustainable Water Facility.

“The money that’s committed to the general fund from property taxes is already committed to the sustainable water facility as agreed to in that loan,” Gruber said.

The CSD also discussed three district-owned properties—Van Gorden Creek, the skate park across from the Veterans Memorial Building, and pocket park at Bridge and Center Street—that it could sell. District board member Jim Bahringer said the properties could be used as collateral to approach the Municipal Finance Corporation again.

Bahringer also suggested that the district come up with another way to finance the library’s purchase.

But recently appointed board member Aaron Wharton joined board members Amanda Rice and Harry Farmer in opposing the idea, saying it might not be the right time to make a purchase.

“The purchase of the building is a want, versus a need,” Wharton said.

—Karen Garcia

Fewer SLO County homeless counted in 2017

SLO County saw a 25 percent reduction in its homeless population this year compared to 2015—and as much as a 60 percent reduction in North County—according to a 2017 Point-in-Time (PIT) count, leaving local experts wondering if homelessness is in fact improving or if the numbers are deceiving.

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The total number of homeless individuals identified in SLO County declined from 1,515 to 1,125 (25 percent)—marking a 50 percent decline since 2013. Homeless veterans numbers declined 38 percent from 2015, and the number of chronically homeless individuals dropped 32 percent.

The only region of the county that saw an increase in the number of homeless individuals was South County, where homelessness spiked nearly 40 percent.

County Homeless Services Coordinator Laurel Weir said the totality of the data indeed “suggests a downward trend in the overall numbers of homeless people in SLO”—but she added that the 2017 PIT count has some serious flaws.

The count, which is mandated by federal law to take place every two years over a 24-hour period, occurred during a rainy day in January, which meant some people could have temporarily moved into motels or in with friends and family, according to Weir.

She also said that some of the PIT count “guides”—people who are either currently or formerly homeless who help the PIT volunteers locate the homeless population—resisted disclosing where homeless encampments were located, especially in North County, due to fears that the information would be shared with law enforcement.

Several homeless encampment cleanups took place in 2016 in SLO County, including in Grover Beach and Paso Robles, and those incidents likely generated fear, Weir said.

Those factors likely influenced the drastic reduction in the count, she said.

The full 2017 PIT report is not publicly available yet, but some of the results were shared in a recent presentation to the Homeless Services Oversight Council (HSOC).

—Peter Johnson

SLO County is home to 85 survivors of Las Vegas shooting

A month after one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings left 59 people dead and hundreds more injured, SLO County continues reaching out to local survivors.

According to the SLO County District Attorney’s Victim Witness Assistance Center, the FBI identified 85 individuals

from the SLO County area who survived the Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas.

Those victims could qualify for medical care, counseling, and other services though the California Victim Compensation Program, according to SLO County Victim Witness Assistance Center Director Diana McPartlan.

“If a person attended the concert and was present at the time of the shooting, they and their family members are eligible for our services,” McPartlan said in an email response to questions from New Times. “So far we have assisted with mental health counseling, lost wages, and transportation.”

However, it seems that few of the local survivors have sought help. As of Oct. 31, 11 of the 85 people eligible for compensation and services in SLO County have come forward.

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Resources

• SLO County Victim Witness Assistance Center: (805) 781-5821, slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/DistrictAttorney/Victim-Witness-Assistance-Center.aspx.

• California Victims Compensation Board: (800) 777-9229, victims.ca.gov.

the word out about our services to the community,” McPartlan wrote. “We anticipate receiving claims for quite some time.”

The survivors from SLO County were just some of the thousands of Californians who attended the music festival and ended up in the crosshairs of 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who opened fire on the crowd of nearly 22,000 people from his 32nd-story suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino before killing himself.

An estimated 14,000 people, roughly 63 percent of the concert’s attendees, were from California, according to California

Victim Compensation Board (CVCB).

Similar to SLO County, only a fraction of those eligible for victim services and benefits have come forward and applied for them. According to CVCB spokesman Chris Van Horne, the department had received 1,432 applications as of Oct. 31.

In an email to New Times, Van Horne indicated that victims were mostly seeking services for counseling and income loss, as well as help with medical bills, and in some cases, funeral expenses. More than half—34—of the 58 people killed by Paddock were California residents.

In anticipation of a large number of applications related to the Vegas shooting, CVCB officials said they are working closely with their counterparts in Nevada and have streamlined the application process for compensation and services for survivors, victims, and their families. Δ —Chris McGuinness

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For bike’s sake New bike facilities are coming to SLO, concerning some residents and commuters

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f you’ve recently traveled down Madonna or Los Osos Valley Road, you’ve likely noticed the extensive road maintenance impacting those two major corridors.

While the work might look like basic street resurfacing, there’s actually more to it. Once the roads are paved and striped, Madonna and LOVR will don jumbo-sized bike lanes, with two to three feet of additional buffer space, which in turn will force the vehicular lanes on Madonna to narrow.

“We want to make it easier to transition to protected bike lanes,” said Luke Schwartz, a SLO transportation planner.

“It’s something we’re going to be exploring in our next bike plan update.”

Madonna and LOVR’s bike-centric reworking is a fitting symbol of the broader push by SLO to encourage and accommodate bike and pedestrian transportation over vehicular transportation in the city—a push that its leaders believe will trigger a citywide transportation “modal shift.”

“We’re moving toward a driverless future,” SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon told New Times in a recent interview.

The mayor’s statement is reflected in the city’s policies and planning.

The City Council named multi-modal transportation as a top five “major goal” in the 2015-17 budget cycle—and did so again for 2017-19. SLO has a Bike Transportation Plan, a master bicycle network vision of sorts adopted in 2013 that loosely outlines what new bike facilities are on the docket.

The list is extensive. There are nearly 50 bike facility projects in the plan, ranging from protected paths to road widenings to accomodate bike lanes, to bike bridges, to roundabouts, and more.

This year, the city budgeted for an update to the bike plan, which Schwartz said will end up incorporating some of the new residential development projects like San Luis Ranch and Avila Ranch, as well as sprinkle in “more innovative treatments that are now standards” for bike paths.

While the bike-friendly vision is supported by some residents and city

leaders like Harmon, not all of the projects have been embraced by the neighborhoods that are impacted. Look no further than the Broad Street Bike Boulevard—which plans to wipe out one side of car parking in the North Broad neighborhood to create a protected bike boulevard stretching from downtown to Foothill Boulevard—to see the bubbling concern about the vision.

“I see this as an unworkable situation.

We can’t take any more loss of parking,” said David Glidden, a Chorro Street resident who spoke against the boulevard at a City Council study session in August.

“Our town cannot support what you’re doing,” added Madelyn Ropner, another neighboring resident. “We’ve got too many people trying to [drive] north and south, and we just can’t accommodate changing the roads for the bicycles right now.”

But for SLO leaders, it’s all about changing the roads for bicycles. As officials explain it, adding more bike paths and boulevards is meant to instigate a fundamental change in people’s commuting habits, not to cater to the existing cycling community.

“The idea of this project is not to improve conditions for folks with spandex and $4,000 bikes,” Schwartz told New Times.

“It’s trying to attract folks with children, people who are maybe not avid cyclists, but would if they felt a little more comfortable.”

According to city officials, the best way to do that is to create the safest possible bike routes—protected paths ideally separated by a physical barrier. But those can also be the most intrusive types of projects to traffic circulation, according to opponents.

“I’m sure the rest of the town is very much in favor of this until you put the bike lane in front of their house,” explained resident Glidden.

Schwartz, the SLO planner, called the Broad Street Bike Boulevard one “really important connection” between two ends of the city, but it’s not the only one in the works. The Railroad Safety Trail Plan is another, aiming to provide a direct bike path from Cal Poly to downtown, alongside the Amtrack railroad.

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Additionally, an ambitious bike trail that would connect Foothill Boulevard with Madonna Road behind Cerro San Luis Mountain—called the Laguna Lake Bikeways—is in the plan. More bike boulevards are planned on Islay Street, Toro Street, Buckley Road, and others in town.

Despite neighborhood and car commuter resistance, SLO doesn’t seem to be slowing in its push for bike friendliness. In some California cities, the bike-centric paradigm shift has brought about vicious political backlash. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mar Vista, for example, City Councilman Mike Bonin is facing a recall campaign due to his

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support of narrowing Venice Boulevard to accommodate a protected bike path.

But for SLO’s top official, Mayor Harmon, the bike plan is a key component to achieving an even loftier goal of hers: net-zero emissions status. To hear Harmon talk about climate change and the importance of cutting out fossil fuels is to listen to someone ready for the driverless future.

“Change is always tough,” Harmon said.

“We’ve had these paradigms for our whole existence, for 100 years. … We are no longer prioritizing the automobile.” ∆ Staff Writer Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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Brick and mortar Unlike other cities in the county, Morro Bay is allowing two medical marijuana dispensaries in town

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he city of Morro Bay is just one of 482 cities in the state frantically working on local cannabis regulations before a January 2018 deadline.

California voters approved Proposition 64 last November, making the use of recreational marijuana legal for adults 21 and older, and jurisdictions have been grappling with what the local rules should be before the state sets its own in stone. In San Luis Obispo County, some cities are opting out of having recreational and/or medical dispensaries in their communities, but Morro Bay is considering a different route—allowing two medical marijuana dispensaries.

At the Oct. 24 City Council meeting, Assistant City Attorney Chris Neumeyer gave the first reading of the proposed cannabis ordinance, laying the groundwork for dispensaries, personal cultivation, and public use.

“If the city does not exercise local control over these commercial cannabis businesses, the city will cede a significant amount of authority to the state,” Neumeyer said.

While the ordinance hasn’t been voted on just yet, it proposes having two medical marijuana dispensaries in a central business area of the community and requires that the businesses be at least 100 feet from each other. Under the ordinance, dispensaries would have to be 600 feet from schools, day cares, and youth centers and 100 feet from parks.

The city could begin accepting applications from medical marijuana dispensary operators on July 1, 2018.

Dispensaries would be prohibited from growing marijuana or hiring physicians to sell medical marijuana recommendations on-site.

City Councilmember Robert Davis played a role in working on the proposed ordinance, and he said that allowing the sale of medical marijuana in Morro Bay is a matter of compassion.

“I think every council member has voiced their support for medical marijuana from the dais. I have not heard a single community complaint about it,” Davis said.

He added that the city wanted to provide an opportunity for this type of dispensary and that allowing two to set up shop would create a level of business competition.

The proposed ordinance prohibits recreational marijuana dispensaries and delivery services from operating within city limits. Davis said that he believes the city isn’t sure if it’s ready for adult recreational use of cannabis.

“We understand that California voters chose legalization of adult use, and I think we are willing to go that route if Morro Bay voters approve,” Davis said.

“But we want to proceed with little steps, trying to avoid making big mistakes before we truly understand the new

environment.”

The city is planning to craft a possible ballot measure for the November 2018 election that would create a cannabis tax.

“That will give our voters one more chance to specifically say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to recreational use and to a reasonable tax structure behind it,” Davis said.

With medical marijuana dispensaries in place, Davis said, the city would be able to gain some experience with the cannabis business environment and apply it to future regulations.

Morro Bay could be the only spot on the North Coast that will have brick-andmortar dispensaries. Although the county has yet to finalize an ordinance, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is moving in the direction of banning all brick-and-mortar dispensaries in unincorporated communities. That includes the coastal communities of Los Osos, Cayucos, Cambria, San Simeon, and Harmony—which are served by 2nd District Supervisor Bruce Gibson.

Gibson said that although he won’t weigh in on Morro Bay’s effort to create the ordinance, he believes the city is working on regulations that make sense for its residents.

“I do think every jurisdiction needs to think carefully about putting forward a reasonable and balanced approach to regulating cannabis. We can’t be too lax or too tight on these regulations or we risk some unintended consequences,” Gibson said.

Other cities in the county are still drafting their ordinances. The city of SLO is undergoing research and outreach.

Atascadero is banning brick-and-mortar dispensaries within city limits and anything other than personal cultivation.

It will allow testing facilities and mobile deliveries to serve its residents. Grover Beach is allowing medical marijuana businesses, which includes nurseries, testing labs, manufacturing facilities, and brick-and-mortar dispensaries.

In Morro Bay, the proposed ordinance requires would-be personal cultivators to obtain a cultivation permit from the city. The fee for the permit hasn’t been determined yet, but it will be waived until July 1, 2018.

By state law, individuals are allowed to grow up to six marijuana plants on their property. Under the city’s ordinance two of those plants can be grown outdoors, if they are at least 10 feet from the property line and out of sight.

The City Council discussed tightening its regulations on the public use of cannabis and possibly prohibiting smoking marijuana in public places and in cars.

The council will take a final vote on the proposed ordinance at its Nov. 7 meeting. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia can be reached at kgarcia@newtimesslo.com.

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Down for the count Drought, development, and encroachment could all play a factor in dwindling deer populations

BY SPENCER COLE

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rack.

Bill Decker, 69, drops his truck into the lowest gear and punches the gas.

The Toyota Tundra whines as its all-terrain tires climb the series of broken concrete slabs that used to be called a road.

“This is all public land,” Decker says, surveying the surrounding chaparral, tall grass, and rolling foothills that stretch for miles. The truck dips and shakes sporadically as it passes through, over, and in pothole after pothole.

For most, venturing across the stretch of dirt and broken stone deep in the hills north of Highway 166 in Los Padres National Forest would be a daunting endeavor, fraught with broken axels, shredded tires, and shattered self-esteem.

Decker, who says he’s seen countless vehicles destroyed attempting to tackle the road, is undaunted.

He knows the path well from his years as a hunter and, later, as a volunteer for the U.S. Forest Service. Over the past 10 years he’s built and installed signs and birdhouses for orange-breasted Western bluebirds. Most days he drives out with a few jugs of water, pouring gallons into open drums for wildlife along a parcel of private land in the Los Padres. His work usually ends with a slow drive out, where he’ll stop periodically to lay birdseed, blanketing it across the road as he goes.

The truck rolls to a stop on a flat piece of earth surrounded by hills dotted with oak trees. A small stream trickles through a ditch at the base of the closest mound.

Decker leaps from his seat and saunters to a large blue plastic bucket that holds about 2 gallons of fresh water he refills each visit. He scratches his snowy mustache as he surveys the area.

“Not a single track,” he mutters under

his breath. “This is what I’m talking about, this is one of the only areas where there’s water for miles and I don’t see a single sign of deer.”

Decker pauses.

It’s early October, mating season—also known as the rut—when deer, sheep, and other ruminants can be found wallowing in the mud, and, if they’re male, rubbing together antlers or horns, sometimes violently.

“Usually, you would find [dead] deer on the side of the road because of the rut, but I didn’t see one on the entire drive up here,” he says. “Shows ya there aren’t many around right now.”

He places a large weathered hand toward the sun and looks up.

“Hot as can be right now, so we know they’re moving.”

But where are they?

Decker’s ongoing theory about the “missing” deer isn’t radical. The drought scorched available food and water for half a decade, and rapid, consistent human development is constantly pushing deer out of their traditional habitats, which reduces their population range and weakens their ability to evade predators.

These assertions are supported by data from California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) as well

DATA POINTS The California Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates that since 1999 the deer population has dropped by more than 300,000, according to its annual estimates.

PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM

DEVELOPING PROBLEM Wildlife biologists say that encroachment from humans typically impacts wild animal populations, noting that land developed for vineyards and other areas with high fences seems to have a negative effect on deer population.

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as anecdotal evidence from biologists with the Los Padres National Forest and University of California Davis.

Indeed, deer populations have dropped precipitously—by more than 300,000 statewide since 1990—and the scientists who spoke to New Times agreed on how fauna were affected by habitat loss and human encroachment.

However, the latter part of Decker’s theory holds a little less weight than the former.

“The mountain lions are booming right now,” he says. “I’ve been here for 44 years and know guys—hunters and outdoorsmen—that never saw a cougar in their life, and now they are seeing them daily.”

Decker believes mountain lion populations are exploding because hunters can’t shoot them except with due cause or a depredation permit. In 1990, California passed Proposition 117, which made mountain lions a “specially protected species,” and illegal to hunt. The legislation came about due to fears that the animal

was on the path to extinction. Hunters have bemoaned the legislation since its passage.

Decker says the circumstances created conditions that allow the big cats to feast on deer unchecked.

Christine Thompson, senior environmental specialist with CDFW, said via email that the agency didn’t keep specific population numbers for San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara counties. She said that in the upcoming winter and spring, department staff will conduct deer population surveys to estimate density and abundance.

“The population appears to be stable and healthy,” she added, noting there were no disease outbreaks. “A number of deer are attracted to the growing vineyard industry both because of the abundance of available food the vineyard provides and the displacement effect—or deer habitat that is being or has been converted to vineyards.”

Those properties could create problems down the line for deer and mountain lion

local deer population, Hughan expressed Californian mountain lion some skepticism. having the downward trend “There’s no evidence that points to the in population over the past populations booming since 1990—when the few decades than they were moratorium went into effect,” he said. “If about deer populations. someone says there’s less or more mountain Researchers track the great cats through a combination of lions or deer anywhere they would have radio collared monitoring and to be hunting for 35 or 40 years. So it’s genetic analyses taken from possible, sure, but there’s no science that samples when the animals supports the theory that the moratorium are captured before being has any positive or negative effect on released back into the wild. mountain lion or deer populations.”

In a research paper Biologist Cooper noted that the Vickers co-authored with mountain lion population, especially in scientists from UC Davis, the the Los Padres National Forest, was The Nature Conservancy by all accounts stable and healthy. in San Francisco, and the “I would say most biologists would CDFW, the writers note agree with me that mountain lions are that despite protection from fairly common,” he said, adding he lives hunting, the survival rate in San Luis Obispo and sees signs of the for radio collared mountain cats while hiking in the hills around town lions was “surprisingly low regularly. “The numbers are probably (55.8 percent), and humans pretty high and they definitely have an caused the majority of effect on deer populations and, if they eat puma [lion] deaths.” The a fair number, they can make a difference most common source of in those herd sizes. But as for the deer mortality was vehicle being taken out and down to zero from collisions. hunting or something like that? I don’t “It’s certainly not think that’s ever going to happen.”

PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM booming,” Vickers said of Cooper again pointed to the myriad NORMAL FLUCTUATIONS While the statewide deer population may be on the decline, Winston the Southern California problems associated with tracking wild Vickers, an associate veterinarian at the Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis and the co-principal investigator mountain lion population. animals. of the Southern California Mountain Lion Project, says that these numbers vary year to year and zone to “In some areas it may be “They are really difficult to get a handle zone. That could be significant in the Los Padres National Forest, which encompases nearly 3,000 square down due to high mortality miles and stretches from Ventura to Monterey counties. on and find,” he said. “I mean, they are rates and inbreeding that right here under our noses all the time and may affect population almost no one ever sees them.”

“It’s real bad,” Decker says at the dusty populations, according to Los Padres stability, but generally Back out in the hills north of the National Forest biologist Kevin Cooper. site in the Los Padres. “And it might be CDFW feels that lion populations are Highway 166, Decker sighs as he adjusts “If more and more lands are converted too late to do anything about it.” mostly stable, except for the coastal the scope on his hunting rifle. to agriculture, particularly grapes with On the surface, such a steep decline mountain populations.”

“Sometimes I think I’m the only one high fences that prevent deer’s ability should be cause for concern, but most out here in the forest seeing the signs and to move through grazing land, it really wildlife experts agree that population crying to myself,” he says.

Population dynamics changes the population dynamics of fluctuations are relatively normal.

He loads his gun into the truck and Decker disagrees.

He argues that the deer and of course their predators, Winston Vickers—an associate idles before inching the vehicle toward the visible signs of an increased, emboldened mountain lions,” he said. veterinarian at the UC Davis Wildlife brown, bumpy, battered road to civilization. mountain lion population are evident, The wine industry has exploded in Health Center and the co-principal After a full day in the woods, Decker is especially in areas that would normally Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo investigator of the Southern California loose and talking freely about his times be thick with deer. counties since the moratorium on Mountain Lion Project—said although “I went up and hunted on some land right as a reserve police officer in Guadalupe, mountain lions passed. In 1990, Santa deer populations in the state have declined stories he peppers with a few hunting on the border [of the Los Padres] not far Barbara County had 9,542 acres of overall in the last 30 years, there is tales from yesteryear. from here and we didn’t see a single [deer],” planted grape vines. By 2017, that tremendous variation year to year and zone he says as he scans the number more than doubled to 21,349. A to zone. According to Vickers, humans have PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM hills dotted with dead similar story can be said of SLO County, the largest impact on animal populations. and drought-stressed which ballooned from 8,150 acres to “I think most people at CDFW would trees on the private 46,307 acres over the same span. agree that habitat loss and fragmentation land in October. “But we And as the wine industry continues to are clearly the biggest issues for both deer saw signs of mountain expand, area wildlife numbers will likely and mountain lions at the population lions. The Forest Service contract, according to Cooper. level, as with many other wildlife species, would know that if they “They would go down in numbers in in California versus predation,” he said. had less people at desks those areas,” he said. “But the populations Hughan shares a similar sentiment. and more people out in are probably dropping overall due to a “Based on our science, our [state] deer the field.” combination of everything: drought, loss population has been stable, and according Hughan told New of habitat, increased number of predators, to our biologists, so are the populations Times that his office and hunting pressure.” in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo E receives reports of [counties],” he said. mountain lions on a The science/art Hughan noted that the system for nearly daily basis. measuring wildlife populations is far of estimation He said that many from perfect and that a firm number for a Accurately measuring animal of those reports proved population of animals doesn’t exist. And populations is far from an exact science, to be inaccurate and when an animal is particularly elusive, according to biologists and wildlife were treated case like a mountain lion, scientists sometimes by case, but largely experts. have to base their estimations off what is CDFW’s Public Information Officer with a grain of salt by known about the animal’s basic behavior.

Andrew Hughan said that deer department staff.

“A male mountain lion has a populations were estimated through “There’s no science 250-square-mile home range with about a variety of methods, including trail that says there’s more READING THE SIGNS Bill Decker has hunted deer on land three to five females [as] part of his group cameras, how many tags are purchased lions, but there’s in and around the Los Padres National Forest for more than 50 scattered about parts of that range in by hunters, and in-person observations absolutely been more years. He told New Times he’s never seen a drop off in deer 100-square-mile to 150-square-mile carried out in the field. sightings,” he added. numbers like he has in recent years. sections,” Hughan said. “They’ll pretty The department divides its territory Hughan attributed the much go anywhere as long as there’s food, increase in sightings to into dozens of hunting zones. SLO Suddenly the truck screeches to a halt. water, shelter.” three factors: encroachment on habitat, and Santa Barbara counties fall into “Look,” he whispers.

Currently, there are an estimated habitat loss, and the prevalence of the largest zone, which stretches from Sprawled out under the shade of an oak 4,000 to 6,000 mountain lions living in cellphones and social media.

Carpinteria to north of San Francisco. tree, about 200 yards south of the road, California, compared to 2,000 in 1970, “It’s not that there are more animals, From 2013 to 2017, population hidden by a patch of tall, golden grass, according to the CDFW. Hughan said to it’s everybody has a camera in their estimates in that zone dropped from sits a lone doe. ∆ even attempt to give a specific population pocket,” he said. “It’s important to 165,250 to 97,520. The numbers mirror a number for a particular area would “most remember that sightings are purely statewide trend dating back almost three Sun Staff Writer Spencer Cole from New anecdotal.” likely be wrong and irresponsible.” decades, during which time estimates Times’ sister paper can be reached at As for the ban on hunting mountain have decreased from 850,000 deer in 1990 But Vickers said experts were much lions that Decker says is devastating the scole@santamariasun.com. to a little more than 532,000 this year. more concerned about the Southern www.newtimesslo.com • November 2 – November 9, 2017 • New Times • 11

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Strokes&Plugs

BY KAREN GARCIA

Gifting transportation W hen Bill Todd was 12 years old, he was constantly around to help fix things in the auto parts store his father ran.

“People would bring in stuff and ask if he knew anyone that could fix a part they had. I was always tinkering with things so he would take it home and give it to me to fix,” Todd said.

Laughing, he said that once the part was fixed his dad would give him $5, which went a long way for him. That’s how he started working with cars and still does to this day in his own mechanic shop in Morro Bay, Todd’s Garage.

Now, Todd is working to give back to people who can’t afford to have or maintain a car of their own.

“To us, fixing cars in nothing, but to some people that don’t have enough money, it’s a huge ordeal,” Todd said.

Todd and his son, Mike, who also works in the family business, started fixing up cars and giving them to deserving members of the community in 2014.

Todd recently teamed up with the Morro Bay Lions Club and the Morro Bay Community Resource Center to give away a car quarterly. Before the collaboration, Todd was working on cars and donating them out of pocket. The club provides the funds to purchase, repair, and inspect a car—Todd and his son take

Todd said that he, along with the Lions care of the maintenance.

Club, is thinking of purchasing a lot Ray McKelvey, the club’s secretary, with the large inflow of cars donated to became determined to work with Todd them. Most of the cars that are donated after he spoke so much about donating would be sold and the funds would then cars at the Lions Club meetings. go toward purchasing cars for donation as “When Bill would talk about what he well as food for the Monday Community and his son were doing, I kept thinking I Dinners at the Vets Hall in Morro Bay. would love for the club to help out in this The community dinners are a way to help donation process,” McKelvey said. feed those in need.

The club doesn’t donate just any car, The Morro Bay Community Resource though, they choose one that will have Center plays a big role in the donation longevity for its new owner. process as well. Sharon O’Leary, who The most common cars PHOTO BY KAREN GARCIA that are donated are Toyota Camrys and Corollas. Both cars are easy to maintain and the least expensive to fix.

The goal of the donation is to ensure that the recipient only has to worry about purchasing insurance and the license plate for the vehicle.

“We just give it a check over, check the tires, brakes, and condition of fluid. And if anything needs to be done we’ll do that so they don’t have to,” Todd said.

After three years of fixing GIVING BACK Todd’s Garage and the Morro Bay and donating cars, 15 people Lions Club work together to donate cars to deserving have been recipients of the community members. donation. But it’s just a start.

volunteers at the center, said they go over applications for the program to choose the best person for the donation.

In September, The Lions Club donated a car to Los Osos couple Rich and Elizabeth Carrol. McKelvey said that they were selected not only because of their need for transportation, but also because they continuously give back to their community. The couple is active in helping the Los Osos Community Resource Center, the Food Bank, and by providing blankets and tents to people who are homeless in the area.

“These are exactly the kind of folks we want to help. Folks who not only need help but are engaged in helping others,” McKelvey said.

For more information about the program or how to donate a car, call O’Leary at the Morro Bay Community Resource Center 225-1991.

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The affordable Environmental sense housing myth Stop suing to halt housing development or stop whining about housing affordability

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ake up, lefties! Affordable housing doesn’t exist in the city of San Luis Obispo and, unless something catastrophic occurs, it never will. So just get used to it and cut the whining.

Lets look at the facts: SLO is the last best place to live in California. Beautiful coastline and beaches. Low crime. A great university right in town. Easy access to everything. A climate second to none.

Why wouldn’t most of the millions living in Southern California and the Central Valley want to move here? The answer to that question is easy … they do.

Then read the recent New Times story about the Avila Ranch project (“Neighborhood coalition hits SLO and Avila Ranch with lawsuit,” Oct. 26) wherein those living near this proposed 720-home project banded together and sued to stop the project on the grounds that “the city failed to address several of the project’s environmental impacts.” Now we’d all have to agree that adding 720 homes to the inventory would help with the supply/ demand balance, but don’t expect it to happen anytime soon … if at all.

One only needs to look at our county’s history (failed Walmart in Atascadero, failed Dalidio Ranch project in the city of SLO to name but two) to see how slowgrowth advocates and their quality-of-life

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partners do all they can, from protesting to litigation, to interfering with housing development. It’s all legal, of course, but an obvious show of force and wealth by those lefties (we know most residents in SLO city are lefties) who have achieved the SLO dream versus those lefties who can only hope to experience it. Sorry guys, but you can’t blame this one on Trump.

And let’s not forget the economic benefit of slow growth. Yes, the selfish, ugly, nasty dollars that accrue to those homeowners getting in the way of the dreams of many. For example, let’s say you’re a homeowner of the average home in San Luis Obispo with a value of $750,000. If the value of your home goes up, due to the lack of supply, 8 percent this year, your net worth just increased by $60,000 and all you had to do was mow your lawn. And does anyone really believe this financial benefit is not a factor in these homeowners’ supposed, well-intentioned, altruistic motives expressed as, “Growth should not come at the expense of compromised health and safety for existing neighborhoods”?

So wish as you may that affordable housing is achievable … is just around the corner … is coming soon through the insight and force of your government … and you’ll still be renting or homeHOUSING continued page 16

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The loss of Diablo won’t be good for energy production, pocketbooks, or the earth

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or many years now I have suspected that people are just plain stupid. Since it is not fair to simply assume such things, and despite the preponderance of evidence, I have considered it my duty to try and prove myself wrong just to be sure, but I cannot say that my efforts have gone all that well.

The Trump business alone has set me back a decade or two. I have no formal qualifications to undertake this research, but I can claim a natural ability in the stupidity department. In my years I have at times been as stupid as the best of them. In 1966 I quit high school, joined the Army, and six months later found myself in some mud hole in Vietnam. It would be hard to be much stupider than that. But I do try to learn from my past stupidities in the hope of avoiding future ones, which is more than I can say for most of my fellow citizens.

In my research, I have been blessed to be right here in San Luis Obispo and be witness to the pending Diablo Canyon closure, which in my experience is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen, and I’ve seen plenty. I have seen dedicated environmentalists, hearts bleeding over the fate of our planet and the

future of our young, falling all over themselves in clamoring for the closure of Diablo Canyon, which has been safely protecting the environment for decades. They wring their hands and gnash their teeth over nuclear waste, which is actually recyclable and over time has done far less damage to life and the environment then the waste relentlessly pouring forth from the smokestacks of coal and natural gas plants, or the poison being pumped into the earth to produce the gas.

Local businessmen and government officials number among the antiDiablo mob, blissfully ignoring the devastating economic impact the closure will have on our community.

Now it has come to light that many public officials who have gleefully fallen in with the anti-Diablo mob are also concerned about the currently underfunded status of their pensions, and well they should be. Just about the time that Diablo’s doors close for good, they will be sniffing around for those pensions as a reward for their years of dedicated stupidity, and who will be left to pay up when the annual $28 million in property taxes has drifted off into the sunset along with Diablo DIABLO continued page 16

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The county of San Luis Obispo and the state of California should be outraged at the snow job the “special master” and OHV (Off Highway Vehicle Division of California State Parks and Recreation) have dumped on our health-threatened citizens on the Mesa and Oceano beach.

If you believe that air you can breathe is more important than riding off-highwayvehicles on our beach and dunes, get informed and fight back. Speak out and support the Air Pollution Control District (APCD) at the County Government Center in San Luis Obispo on Monday Nov. 13 at 9 a.m.

Nell Langford

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What do you think of the city of SLO regulating plastic bottles and straws?

44% Plastic is polluting our earth, and I’m happy to see the city making changes.

31% I’m all for environmental protection, but this is over the top.

18% The city of SLO is just a bunch of liberal freedom takers! What’s next?

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They should have banned plastic bottles everywhere, not just on city property.

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Make America Great Again?

Donald Trump once again raised the removal of Confederate statues and memorials while touting his support for Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie.

The president tweeted “Ed Gillespie will turn the really bad Virginia economy numbers around, and fast. Strong on crime, he might even save our great statues/heritage!”

So walk me through this. The president wants the country to remember the names of Confederate soldiers who committed treason against the United States but could not remember the name of a U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant, who gave his life for our country, during a conversation with his next of kin when he told his widow, “He knew what he signed up for,” after he was killed in action on Oct. 4, 2017, in the north African country of Niger?

I’m appalled that the self-proclaimed patriots who want to “Make America Great Again” are mostly the same people who want to save monuments of traitors, men trained in war at our national expense and sworn to defend the United States of America, who betrayed that oath to turn their military training against their own countrymen in a bloody four-year struggle to save slavery. The hundreds of thousands of white and black soldiers who gave their lives defending our democracy while smashing the Confederate States of America deserve far more honor and respect than preserving the history of slavery and treasonous rebellion to appease the Republican base and their grievance movement. What imaginable national interest do we serve by making heroes of these traitors who were complicit in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln?

And conservatives have the nerve to suggest professional football players disrespect those who fought and died for our country when they kneel during the national anthem? Please.

Jose Luis Castellanos

Santa Maria

A show that’s not to be missed

Do not miss the Man of la Mancha production at Cuesta College this weekend, reviewed by Ryah Cooley on Oct. 26 (“On the inside”). I went on Oct. 26, and it was phenomenal.

It’s creative theater at its best; for only $15 you can treat yourself to an amazing live theater experience. This production is as creative and beautiful as most of what

bree valle and the Cuesta theater group have ever presented.

Set in a prison, the amazing steelstructured set design has actors climbing and acting 15 feet above your head. The set design transformations, costumes, and shape-shifting from a prison to a revival of Don Quijote’s mission are incredible. The music (live), the singing, dance pieces, and the acting are mesmerizing. I laughed and cried real tears.

Don’t miss this production. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7:30 p.m., plus 1:30 p.m. matinees on the weekend. The theater seats 100, so maybe buy tickets ahead (try Google).

L. Owen

Los Osos

Fiends not Friends

It is Halloween season and Friends of the Oceano Dunes have dressed up as environmentalists. They have once again sued our local agencies and the California Coastal Commission, accusing the commission of not protecting the sensitive habitat and endangered species on the Oceano Dunes! Those friends of the dunes run over snowy plovers and steelhead; pollute the air we breath; endanger pedestrians and children on our beach; and on top of it all, they sue us! They are fiends, not friends! Fellow residents: please speak up against this farce, the injustice done against the Oceano and Mesa residents, and our elected officials who are doing nothing to help us. Please attend the public hearing on Nov. 13 at 9 a.m. at the County Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers.

Lucia Casalinuovo

Oceano

New pet store law doesn’t go far enough

Kudos to Gov. Jerry Brown: Now that California’s pet stores will be required to sell dogs, cats, and rabbits from shelters or adoption centers, countless animals will have a chance to experience the love and companionship that they deserve.

The new law, though, should raise a red flag about purchasing our animal companions from a breeder.

Licensed or not, there is no such thing as a responsible breeder—every sale exacerbates the homeless-animal overpopulation crisis.

Shelters take in more than 6 million animals every year, and because there aren’t enough good homes for all of them, about half must be euthanized. Others are turned away by other shelters and left to survive on the street, where they

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can be hit by cars; are exposed to weather extremes and disease; and are vulnerable to cruel humans who shoot, stab, and poison them.

When we purchase an animal from a breeder, we not only encourage him or her to pump out more puppies, kittens, and rabbits, we deny a home to one whose life may depend on being adopted. Visiting an open-admission shelter addresses both issues.

Craig Shapiro

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sharing or living with your parents well into the foreseeable future. Instead, why not deal with a dose of reality (lefties have trouble with this) and either move to an affordable community (i.e. Shandon, Fresno, Arizona, Texas, etc.) or turn your education, drive, and energy into the savings and earnings necessary to afford to live in this community. It’s totally your choice, but please stop whining. Δ Gary Wechter is a proud Trumpsupporting conservative from Arroyo Grande. Send comments through the editor at clanham@newtimesslo.com.

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Canyon? Duh. Why the taxpayers of course; those suckers will pay for anything. Of course, the pensioners will have to stand in line with the school district and local government to get their share of what little is left of the swill. And to top it all off, by then, the Republican porkers will have managed to disallow tax deductions for state and local taxes to provide more money for rich people and for their plane fl ights and other amenities. None of us will be able to afford San Luis Obispo.

When the San Onofre nuclear plant closed, the lost power production was made up by natural gas, and a fair amount of coal power purchased out of state. Wind and solar couldn’t do jack because they are only available part time: not enough when needed and too much when not. Greenhouse gas emissions increased accordingly, along with the fracking required to provide the “cheap” natural gas. The majority of the San Onofre plant employees were immediately laid off and forced to seek work elsewhere; literally banished from a community they had lived in and served for decades. Now, myopic, selfserving organizations like the Mothers for Peace and the Sierra Club and their mind-numbed followers want to do the same thing right here in SLO. Have they left no sense of decency?

Have we left no sense of reason? Δ Mark Henry thinks common sense is the way to go in San Luis Obispo. Send comments through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

Street talk Social media sound off

This week, New Times readers took to Facebook to share their views about the San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District’s plans to take the California Parks and Recreation Department to a formal hearing for violating dust mitigation regulations at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (“County APCD, state parks headed to hearing over dust control violations,” Oct.26).

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hen I contemplate Central Coast wilderness sites such as the Carrizo Plain or Condor Ridge, I feel a communion with the earth and our history.

But when the Trump administration and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gaze upon our American birthright, all they see are dollar signs.

Zinke has proposed dramatically shrinking the size of national monuments and opening them for mining and drilling. Ironically, Carrizo Plain could be on the chopping block even though private citizens and the Carrizo Plain Conservancy recently added 42 acres to the monument.

Zinke also proposes to more than double the peak-season entrance fees at our most popular national parks, which will effectively declare these legacy treasures off-limits to our poorest citizens.

But we can fight the land grab.

Protecting our shrinking natural resources is about protecting the soul of America. Scratch the heart of anyone passionate about protecting wilderness and you will find someone whose seminal experience in nature helped shape their understanding of the world and their place in it. In fact, the land is part of our American psyche, mythos, and heritage.

Do you remember your first deep connection with nature?

When I was 10, my place to read and dream was in the arms of an old acacia tree in my back yard. Those fragrant blossoms still transport me to that peace, calm, and bond with the earth.

Forty-three years later, my motherdaughter book group realized life-long lessons and values when we took our five girls on their first backpacking trip in the Sierras. It was not an easy hike.

We battled legions of mosquitoes; lugged too-heavy packs; and endured fatigue, blisters, and extreme discomfort.

But we also found the courage to ford ice-cold streams and summit Half Dome.

We sang on the trail and bonded deeply with each other and the natural world.

Cresting our first pass, I caught up with my 14-year-old daughter. Tears were streaming down her face. “It’s so hard,” she sobbed, “but so beautiful!”

“I am still inspired by that first backpack,” Hannah said. “I found nature magical and even scary, but that trip instilled a work ethic. I may have been young, but I got to know myself as a strong, tenacious woman—I discovered an emotional and spiritual grounding.”

Committed to wilderness, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), too, has vivid memories of his experiences with nature as a Boy Scout and growing up in a little mining town in Arizona.

“We camped and hiked, and every Easter my extended family gathered at the Santa Maria River. Open spaces and the natural environment have brought a special value and privilege to my life.

“When I look at our extraordinary lands here and across the nation, I know in my heart that it is my responsibility, our responsibility, to do everything possible to conserve them for future generations, including my 2-year-old grandson.”

This month, Carbajal joined with Sen.

Kamala Harris to introduce the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, which would designate 250,000 acres of public land in the Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain National Monument as protected wilderness.

Congress alone can designate federal land as wilderness, ensuring the “primeval” character of these resources.

Managed by the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Fish and Wildlife Service, public wilderness is open for hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, rafting, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, bird watching, horseback riding, cross‐ country skiing, snowshoeing, rock climbing, caving, and ecological research.

By the way, grazing and mineral activity are allowed on already established claims in Carrizo Plain National Monument.

In all, the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act would preserve new wilderness areas. It would protect Condor Ridge and Black Mountain as new scenic areas, and deem the Condor Trail a National Recreation Trail.

But preservation of public lands is about more than safeguarding scenic areas.

“It’s vitally important to protect our cultural resources and to recognize the ecological value of our public lands, our public trust,” Carbajal said. “Diverse ecosystems help preserve air quality, promote biodiversity, protect water supplies, and ensure wildlife habitat.”

Meanwhile, Zinke—who is advised largely by oil and mining industry cronies—is pursuing an agenda that prioritizes energy development, including hydraulic fracturing, a technique known to poison water and add to global warming. Right now, he’s working privately with energy industry representatives to ensure the lowest possible royalty payments for use of public land.

In late October, Zinke released an “Energy Burdens Report,” which identifies “agency actions that potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources, with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy resources.”

Clearly, Zinke sees his job not as caretaking of our public lands, but as commodifying them.

The word “primeval,” always conjures the opening lines of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous American poem, “Evangeline”: THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, / Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, / Stand like Druids of eld …

The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act draws on the values of John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt. It can ensure that my grandchildren—and yours—have the opportunity to draw their own inspiration from our uniquely American open space, our ancient, magnificent Druids of mountains, rivers, forests, oceans, and plains. ∆ Amy Hewes is actively involved in grassroots political action. Send comments through the editor at clanham@newtimesslo.com.

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The Shredder

Helter shelter G reat news guys! San Luis Obispo County’s 2008 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness is working!

Whoop!

According to the estimates that have yet to be put in an official report 10 months after the bi-annual Point In Time Homeless Count actually took place, the number of homeless folks counted on one day in January every two years has decreased by almost half since 2013!

In 2013, volunteers counted 2,186 people. In 2017, volunteers counted only 1,125. At this rate, we will have ended homelessness by 2018! Goals—amirite!

In Los Angeles County, there was a 23 percent increase in the number of homeless individuals from 2015 to 2017. In Alameda County, it’s up 39 percent. California accounts for something like 28 percent of the homeless population of the country.

So what’s up with this awesome county?

We can’t count for shit.

The biggest thing this county has done to try to curb the homeless population in recent memory is the 50 Now program, which is great for the up to 50 people— considered the most vulnerable folks in the county—who actually qualify to be housed through the program. It really makes a gigantic difference in those lives.

But! And this is a big but: Those 50 do not 1,000 people make.

Don’t fret, though, the Homeless Services Oversight Council has come up with some reasons why they might

have sucked at figuring out an actual number this year. Rain!

Yes, but there’s more.

They didn’t use any data from the school districts to count homeless families. (WTF? How can we keep accurate numbers if we change how we are counting?) And, according to a report presented at the September council meeting, there was a “perception among homeless persons that enumerators [counters] were going to report their camp locations to the police—North County in particular.”

Why would they think that? What’s up with North County law enforcement?

I think 1st District Supervisor John “I need one more deputy” Peschong and 5th District Supervisor Debbie “I really care about the homeless” Arnold have some splainin’ to do. Arnold serves on the council as the SLO County Board of Supervisors’ representative, but she also served as its chair until July, when she resigned because she had been the chair for longer than the council’s bylaws allowed.

Come on local government! The county has to use these numbers to inform policy decisions, and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development uses the proposed policy changes to allocate funding to help curb the issue. Sounds like classic trickle-down dysfunctional governing to me.

Wait, wait. Maybe we really are awesome. Let’s look at the most important

priority in that 10-year plan, and see what we’ve accomplished. Are you ready? “Priority 1: Facilitating Access to Affordable Housing.”

Ummm. Oops. Haven’t done that one yet.

The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (required by the state) estimated that 547 very-low- and low-income housing units needed to be built from 2014 to 2017. So far, we’re still waiting for 458 of those to magically appear. But don’t worry; the least vulnerable population is totally covered! We needed 563 above-moderateincome homes built, and we put up 853.

Way to go SLO County developers!

Almost every single supervisor declared that the county was in a housing crisis at a meeting this past September. Everyone except for the Debster, who indicated that this county really isn’t as bad off as everyone thinks. These pesky college kids working menial labor jobs throw off the census, she said. Yeah Deb, I get it, regular ol’ non-students working menial labor jobs can totally afford the $600,000 homes in this county on their $30,000 a year or less paychecks.

Just like regular ol’ Atascadero and Paso Robles can totally afford to build a new animal shelter, all on their own, without any help from the county. The two City Councils successfully mounted a coup against the county’s plan to build a new regional animal shelter—a project the cities agreed to help fund earlier this year.

The $14.5 million regional shelter’s price tag unnerved them, according to Paso City Councilmember Steve “the cat-man” Gregory. Well after spending $20,000 on consultants between the two North County cities in the last three weeks of October, the cities held emergency meetings in the middle of the day and moved to extract themselves from the contract. Whew! I bet they’re saving a ton of money.

Ummm. Not quite. The new route they’re choosing—which sounds like it’s based in part on an experience Gregory had with a cat and the Calistoga animal shelter in April (“You can blame me,” he told New Times)—may cost either less or more to build than what they would be obligated to contribute to the regional shelter. And it could possibly cost 10 percent less annually. But nothing’s certain; those costs are more like guesstimates.

Way to go North County! That’s a hell of a way to “protect” your constituents’ hardearned money—or not.

And they’re screwing cities like Arroyo Grande, Morro Bay, and SLO, which all wrote letters to Paso and Atascadero begging them to stick to the original plan.

The cost of that regional shelter will now be split by two fewer cities and may have to be redesigned! The original project started almost three years ago! Now there’s some government efficiency for you.

Sure sounds like trickle-down idiocy to me. ∆ The Shredder is a fan of trickle-down fondue fountains. Send comments to shredder@newtimesslo.com.

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Top Chef judge and farm-to-fork advocate Hugh Acheson will speak Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center. Acheson will discuss his food initiatives on growing, cooking, and shopping locally. Tickets are $24 to $50.

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Maria Inn, 801 S. Broadway, Santa Maria.

FOURTH ANNUAL NICU GRADUATION CELEBRATION The celebration will allow the

Celebrate the day with Pawsabilities for Veterans at The Siren. Featuring live music from Thundering Canyon String Band and The Monroe. Nov. 10, 5 p.m.-midnight The Siren, 900 Main St., Morro Bay, 225-1312, thesirenmorrobay.com/.

children and families of the NICU to celebrate graduation with the medical staff, nurses, and volunteers. Enjoy food, games, family portraits, face painting, fingerprinting, and a visit from a local fire engine. Nov. 4, 1-3 p.m. 805-739-3574.

Marian Regional Medical Center, 1400 E. Church St., Santa Maria.

FIDGET CON Compete in fidget spinner games

POETRY NIGHT Come enjoy an evening of poetry

and see the world’s largest fidget spinner collection for viewing. Nov. 11, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-305-0579.

Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

featuring readings from others or works of your own. First Friday of every month, 6 p.m. Free. 3142368. Broadway Books, 906 S Broadway Suite B, Santa Maria.

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CENTRAL COAST BIONEERS CONFERENCE Hosted by Ecologistics, Inc. This year’s conference will include presentations on local renewable energy goals, carbon farming, and more. Nov. 4, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $45 adults; $25 students. 805-5480597. ecologistics.org. SLO Guild Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

NEW TIMES MUSIC AWARDS See the winners from five genre categories compete for Best Live Performance. Tickets available for purchase at New Times in SLO and the Sun in Santa Maria. Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m. $10. newtimesslo.com. Fremont Theatre, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 546-8600.

SAMALA CHUMASH DANCE Samala Chumash storytelling and traditional dance with David Paul Dominguez of the Santa Ynez reservation. All ages welcome. Nov. 4, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. 805-7815991. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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A BRUSH WITH THE BUTTERFLIES Kicking off the return of Monarch Butterfly Grove’s overwintering butterfly population. Enjoy art, live music, and food. Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free. 805-548-0391. centralcoastparks. org. Monarch Butterfly Grove, 400 S Dolliver St., Pismo Beach.

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ANNUAL SALUTE TO VETERANS LUNCHEON Recognize and honor local military veterans at this annual luncheon hosted by the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce. This year’s keynote speaker is Col. Michael S. Hough. Nov. 8, 11:30 a.m. $20. 805-925-2403. santamaria.com. Santa

SEVENTH ANNUAL SURF AND TURF Enjoy live entertainment and an all-you-can-eat dinner that includes crab legs, top sirloin, gourmet salad, red potatoes, and more. Nov. 4, 6-10 p.m. $60. 805925-6713. facebook.com/stmarysmevents/. St. Mary of the Assumption School, 414 E. Cypress St., Santa Maria.

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MORRO BAY WILD Exclusive tour, in 3 separate sessions, of the Pacific Wildlife Care (PWC) treatment facility followed by an up-close session with PWC Wildlife Ambassadors and a chat with knowledgeable volunteers. Winning soups from the 2016 Soupabration will be offered along with other refreshments. Nov. 4, 12-4 p.m. $45. 805-8357659. soupabration.org. Pacific Wildlife Care, 1387 Main St, Morro Bay. SEVENTH ANNUAL SOUPABRATION Chefs compete for the best soups as judged by celebrity chefs and judges.

Attendees vote for their favorites. Wine tasting, auctions and more. Celebrating 30 years of Pacific Wildlife Care. Nov. 5, 12-4 p.m. $50-$65. 805-9273357. soupabration.org. Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay. SAN LUIS OBISPO

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SALE Choose from a selection of hundreds of varieties of water-thrifty California native plants, many that attract birds and butterflies. Native plants adapted to this area save water and reduce pesticides and fertilizer use.

Friendly gardeners will be available to offer tips and advice for all garden situations. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-528-0914. cnpsslo.org. Pacific Beach High School, 11950 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo.

live music, a silent auction, and dinner (crab, rice pilaf, salad, and bread). All proceeds support local Special Olympics. Nov. 4, 6 p.m. $45. 805-925-0951. sosc.org. Veteran’s Memorial Community Center, 313 W. Tunnell Street, Santa Maria.

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

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE Features SERRV, fair trade and local crafts, sweets, gift items, and free appetizers. Wine and beer will be for sale.

Nov. 3, 12-8 p.m. and Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Community Church of Atascadero, 5850 Rosario Ave., Atascadero, 805-466-9108, atascaderoucc.org.

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THE BALD SPOTS LIVE Special fundraiser concert on behalf of the Gary and Patricia Lamprecht Music Education Endowment. Nov. 3, 7-8:45 p.m. $25. 805-541-6797. vocalarts.org.

Monarch Club, 1645 Trilogy Pkway., Nipomo.

WILDERNESS YOUTH PROJECT: THE MOON DANCE Enjoy live music, cocktails, wood-fired pizza, and more. Hosted by the Wilderness Youth Project. Nov. 4, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $125 early bird; $200 for a pair. wyp.org/moon-dance/. Imagine Park, 4501 Cathedral Oaks Rd, Santa Barbara, 805 683-2145.

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CET CHALK ART FESTIVAL Art lovers of all ages are invited to come see the chalk artists at work and will also have the opportunity to create chalk art themselves. All proceeds will to go for arts programs for disadvantaged children in Santa Maria and for CET scholarships. Nov. 4, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 805-928-1737. Center for Employment Training, 509 W Morrison Ave., Santa Maria.

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

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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS GRAND CELEBRATION 4th Annual Día de Los Muertos. Begins with procession from the Bear Fountain at 10 am and continues with traditional dances; mariachi music; poets; costume and altar contests; Mexican food and beverages; decorating of sugar skulls; and more. Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-269-0141. diadelosmuertosslo.org/. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

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EIGHTH ANNUAL SIGMA XI HOLIDAY BAZAAR Features more than 20 craft vendors. Bake sale items, chili boats, and tortilla soup will be for sale. Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-440-8349.

Portuguese Hall, 707 Huasna Rd, Arroyo Grande.

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CASA DEL RIO’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR Enjoy lunch, prize giveaways, and a bake sale. Shop for handcrafted gift items. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-929-2140. Casa Del Rio Clubhouse, 1124 N Suey Rd., Santa Maria.

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3-DAY PAINTING WORKSHOP Internationally acclaimed artist Anita Hampton debuts her ARTS continued page 21

ARTS from page 20 innovative approach to painting, developed after an extended sabbatical spent studying the connection between the brain and the creative process. Nov. 10, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $375. 805-395-7077. thenestgallerycambria.com/workshops-and-events/.

The Nest Gallery, 2164 Center St., Cambria.

ALCOHOL INK PLAY TIME AT THE ART CENTER Experiment with colored alcohol inks to

PLAY UKULELE BY EAR WORKSHOP Hosted by instructor Jim D’Ville. Nov. 4, 4-6:30 p.m. $35.

503-200-9584. PlayUkuleleByEar.com. Don’s String Shop, 1030 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

SEA GLASS WIRE WRAP JEWELRY All materials are provided to make one necklace and two earrings with local sea glass. Registration required. Nov. 11, 1-3 p.m. $50. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

STILL LIFE OIL PAINTING WITH JASON MAYR

transform common objects into coasters, magnets, ornaments, and more. Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-noon $50.

805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

All skill levels welcome. Mondays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Nov. 6 $30 MBAA members; $35 nonmembers. 805-234-6941. artcentermorrobay.org/.

Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

BYZANTINE ART INSPIRED ACRYLIC ANGEL PAINTING WORKSHOP With artist Larry

ZEN DOODLE ADULT COLORING BOOK WORKSHOPS Relax and unwind with adult

Kappen. Nov. 9, 1-5 p.m. $50-$55. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

CREATIVITY GROUP WORKSHOPS All participants welcome to bring in artwork in any medium. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. through Nov. 22 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org.

Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

GOLDEN HOUR PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR Offers photographers the opportunity to explore the grounds (staying on trails). Amateur photographers welcome. Nov. 4, 4:30-7 p.m. $25-$35. 805927-7361. Piedras Blancas Light Station, 15950 Cabrillo Highway, San Simeon.

PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH ANITA HAMPTON 3-day perceptual painting workshop with local artist Anita Hampton. Hampton recently returned from an extended sabbatical spent studying the connection between the brain and the creative process. Nov. 9-12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $375. 805-395-7077. thenestgallerycambria.com/ workshops-and-events/. The Nest Gallery, 2164 Center St., Cambria.

PINE NEEDLE BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOP Instructor Elizabeth Bear teaches students how to create a work of art as unique as themselves, based off of years of experience in weaving and basketry. Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $110 MBAA members; $125 non-members. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

coloring books. Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. through Nov. 24 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

month, 1-3 p.m. through Dec. 31 $50-$75. 805226-9060. changalawinery.com. Changala Winery, 3770 Willow Creek Rd., Paso Robles.

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AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES: AGES 5-6 Create drawings, paintings, and collages. All materials provided. Each class has four sessions.

See website for more details. Mondays, 3:15-4:45 p.m. through Nov. 20 $48. 805-543-8562. sloma. org/education/museum-of-art.php. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

ALCOHOL INK PLAY TIME AT SLCAS Create unique art objects by dotting alcohol inks onto tiles, ornaments and dominoes, then spritzing with air or alcohol to manipulate the inks. Nov. 6, 6-8 p.m. $42. 805-549-1222. creativemetime.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

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BEGINNING CLOGGING American dance form with taps. No partner necessary. Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Nov. 15 $21 residents; $23 non-residents.

805-975-6601. Colony Park Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

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SEA GLASS WIRE WRAP: SALAD SERVERS AND UTENSILS Learn basic wire wrapping. All materials are provided to wire wrap a high-quality Oneida 9” large serving spoon and fork including local sea glass. Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m. $47. 805-2373988. creativemetime.com. Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles.

WINE BOTTLE MOSAIC Choose from different colors of broken china plate pieces and baubles to customize a wine bottle wall art piece. Wine tasting available for an additional fee. Registration required. Nov. 4, 1-3 p.m. $50. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Changala Winery, 3770 Willow Creek Rd., Paso Robles.

WORKSHOPS AND WINE Workshops include everything from mosaics to succulent wreath making. Pre-registration required. First Saturday of every month, 1-3 p.m. and First Sunday of every

The first class in a series of two that you can take to use the forge and anvil at the space. Visit the website for instructions and requirements.

Registration required. Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-noon Free. 805-242-1285. slomakerspace.com/blacksmithing/.

SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

FILM AND TV ACTING CLASS For all ages and skill levels. Optional showcases with major Hollywood talent agents and casting directors. Sundays, 12-8:45 p.m. through Dec. 31 310-910-1228. actorsedge.com. Mission Cinemas, 1025 Monterey St., SLO. INTRO TO 3D PRINTING Learn how to use the 3D Printers and software. Once certified, and if Basic Safety has been passed, users can utilize the 3D printers with their own filament or pay for the filament onsite through membership, or free weekly SLO County Library Hours. Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/3dprinting/#class. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

INTRO TO CERAMICS STUDIO Take and pass our Intro to Ceramics Studio and have 24/7 unsupervised access to our Ceramics Studio.

Previous ceramics experience required, or our

Intro to Ceramics class. 25lb of clay comes with this class. First Monday of every month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Second Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $50. 242-1285. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo, slomakerspace.com.

INTRO TO CNC ROUTER Learn how to use the 4’x6’ CNC Router. Certified users who have passed Basic Safety can use the CNC Router (supplying their own material and bit) through membership or during free SLO County Library Hours. First Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/cnc-routing/#class. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

INTRO TO LASER CUTTER AND ENGRAVER Learn how to use a 100 watt laser cutter and engraver. Users who are certified, and have passed Basic Safety, can use it on their own through membership, or through free SLO County Library Hours for and $0.50/min. cutting time.

Mondays, 7-10 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace. com/laser-cutting-and-engraving/#class. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

INTRO TO MIG WELDING Learn how to use the welder and welding station. Certified students who have passed Basic Safety can use the welding area through membership or during Free SLO County Library cardholder hours. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/store/intro-tomig-welding-class/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

LEARN PHOTOSHOP Over the course of seven classes, learn how to enhance digital photographs, compose images, and more. Participants must bring a laptop with Photoshop software installed.

Register online. No class on Oct. 28. Saturdays, 2-3 p.m. through Nov. 18 Free. 805-781-1215. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

LEATHERCRAFTING: BASIC SAFETY For people with no previous leathercraft experience. Includes overview and training of common leatherworking tools, safe tool use, and a discussion of materials needed for leathercraft. First Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-242-1285.

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Join Speaker Timothy Jones, MD Dr. Jones will tell you about the latest scientific breakthroughs and methods that help you permanently and safely remove unwanted belly fat while quickly reclaiming your health, your youth, and your life!

Wednesday, Nov 8th at 6:30pm FREE ADMISSION & GOURMET MEAL Must RSVP 805-738-3595

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UKULELE CLASS Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. 9287799. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

slomakerspace.com/leathercrafting/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

Special art eventS

PLAY DATE An opportunity to try a variety of products and to learn about them from local artists. Features four play stations. For ages 12 and up. Nov. 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

POTTERY CLASSES Beginners welcome. Classes are held mornings , afternoons and evenings. Learn how to throw on the pottery wheel or sculpt and hand build. Contact for more info and full schedule of classes. Tuesdays-Saturdays. through Nov. 24 $30. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

SLOMA ART SCHOOL CLASSES: AGES 5-6 Month-long after school art classes for 5 to 6 year olds. Price includes all materials. Mondays, 3:154:45 p.m. through March 26 $48. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SLOMA ART SCHOOL CLASSES: AGES 7-8 Month-long after school art classes for 7 to 8 year olds. Price includes all materials. Tuesdays, 3:15-4:45 p.m. through Nov. 14 $36-$48. 805-5438562. sloma.org/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SLOMA ART SCHOOL CLASSES: AGES 9-12 Month-long after school art classes for 9 to 12 year olds. Price includes all materials. Wednesdays, 3:15-4:45 p.m. through Nov. 29 $48. 805-5438562. sloma.org/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SLOMA WORKSHOP: LIFE DRAWING For all levels of drawing skill. A model is provided along with tables and easels. No instruction.

Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon & 6:30-9 p.m. through Nov. 15 $12 for members. $15 for non-members.

805-543-8562. sloma.org/education/life-drawing. php?event=20. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SQUARE DANCE CLASSES No partner needed. Comfortable clothes and shoes advised.

Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. through Feb. 1 $5-$6. 805776-3684. ccsda.net. SLO Guild Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

WOODTURNING Basic Safety, Spindle, Bowl Turning I, Bowl Turning II and Advanced class.

Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-noon $50. 805-2421285. slomakerspace.com/woodturning/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

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ART AND WINE CLASS WITH LORRI TROGDON: CHRISTMAS WINE GLASSES Paint your own wine glass. Class includes four wine glasses to choose from. All supplies included.

Wine and cheese served. Nov. 2, 6-8 p.m. $55.

805-550-9963. theartgalanipomo.com/christmasart-wine-lorri-trogdon/. Gala De Arte Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo.

WATERCOLOR PAINTING Join local artist Jerry Smith and learn watercolor techniques at this free, hands-on workshop. Registration required. For ages 13 and up. Nov. 11, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. 805-4737161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

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BALLROOM, LATIN, AND SWING LESSONS Marie King and Kings of Swing offer dance lessons for all ages and skill levels. Couples and singles welcome. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $36 for 4-week session. 928-7799. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

COUNTRY TWO STEP DANCE LESSONS From the basics to a variety of patterns. Dancers of all skill levels welcome. Thursdays, 6:15-7 p.m. $8.

805-680-5695. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

EVERYBODY CAN DANCE Ballet workout classes for teens and adults. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs.com. Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

INTRODUCTORY BALLET 1 Tuesdays, 5 p.m. 9376753. everybodycandance.webs.com. Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

INTRODUCTORY BALLET 2 Wednesdays, 6 p.m. and Fridays 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs. com. Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

INTRODUCTORY BALLET 3 Wednesdays, 6 p.m. 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs.com.

Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

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THE MORE THE MERRIER CCAT presents Romance in Cambria Film Series. The More The Merrier (1943) starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and Charles Coburn. Directed by George Stevens.

Screening hosted by Andrew Amador. Reception and wine at 6pm, Nov. 6, 7-9 p.m. $8. 805-9278190. Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre, 1350 Main St., Cambria, cambriacenterforthearts.org/ theatre/.

OPENING RECEPTION: LOUISE LUTHI Reception for Luthi’s exhibit in the Upper Gallery.

Enjoy live music, food, and more. Nov. 10, 5-8 p.m.

Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com.

Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

OPENING RECEPTION: SPANKY ANDERSON Reception for Anderson’s Soul Scapes in the Lower Gallery. Enjoy live music, food, and more. Nov. 10, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

RECEPTION FOR THE ANNUAL WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW Hosted by the Morro Bay Art Association. Meet the artists behind the Winter Faire and Juried Craft Show at this opening reception. Nov. 5, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. n o r t h S Lo C o u n t y

34TH ANNUAL SAN LUIS OBISPO POETRY FESTIVAL: CONTINUED Continues with featured poets Glenna Luschei and Michael Hannon.

Donations accepted. Nov. 12, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

ART AFTER DARK PASO Enjoy premium wine tasting with Ranchero Cellars and live music

by Jazz on the Vine. Nov. 4, 6-9 p.m. $8 if wine tasting. 805-238-9800. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, studiosonthepark.org.

CENTRAL COAST WEAVERS 11TH ANNUAL SALE AND GUILD SHOWCASE Shop for handwoven and handcrafted items. The sale and show includes handwoven clothing, household items, gifts, and a gallery show of fine crafted handwoven items. Nov. 3, 3-7 p.m., Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Strawbale Barn Weaving Studio, 9156 Santa Margarita Rd, Atascadero, 805-438-5501.

Winter Faire iS coming

An opening reception for the Morro Bay Art Association’s annual Winter Faire and Craft Show takes place Nov. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Art Center Morro Bay. The featured works will remain on display through Dec. 23. Visit artcentermorrobay.org for more info.

—C.W. 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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FINE ART AUCTION Auction of paintings, prints, and photos. Featuring artists Woody Benton, Dennis Jackson, Cynthia Kevorkian, Michael Messina, Spencer Poulter, Marie Ramey, Jane Russell, Kabe Russell, and Etty Klinger. Nov. 4, 12-4 p.m. $35-$300. 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

ART IN THE PARK AT DINOSAUR CAVES

TEMPLETON HOLIDAY CRAFT BOUTIQUE Hand

ARTIST SHOWCASE: DAVID BLAEMIRE

made crafts show and sale. More than 20 local vendors selling their homemade items. Knitted and crocheted hats, shawls, cowls, fingerless gloves, jewelry, aprons, hand towels, quilts, cloths, wash cloths and more hand sewn items. Soy candles, soaps, and lotions also sold. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-540-1367. facebook.com/Templeton-Holiday-Craft-Boutique881936671940345/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel.

Templeton American Legion Hall, 805 South Main St., Templeton.

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34TH ANNUAL SAN LUIS OBISPO POETRY FESTIVAL Opens with poets Lani Steele and Nixson Borah. Featured poets are Mary Kay Rummel and Christopher Buckley. An open reading follows. Donations at the door are accepted and split with GALA Center. Nov. 4, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

ART AFTER DARK Enjoy art, classic cars, wine, snacks, and live music from guitarist Marcus DeMaggio. Nov. 3, 5-9 p.m. Free. 805543-1373. uccslo.com. United Church of Christ (Congregational) of San Luis Obispo, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obipo.

ART AT HIGH NOON LUNCHTIME LECTURE SERIES Bring your lunch and enjoy this art appreciation program for working adults. SLOMA will host an art history lecture, artist’s talk, or activity that fits perfectly within your lunch hour.

First Thursday of every month. through Dec. 7 Free.

805-543-8562. sloma.org/events/art-at-high-noon. php. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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Browse and purchase works from many talented artists and craftspeople. First Sunday of every month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Nov. 5 Free admission and parking. 805-704-7083. artintheparkshellbeach.com. Dinosaur Caves Park, 2701 Price St, Pismo Beach.

Blaemire, former broadcaster and radio station owner of KUHL Santa Maria, presents his abstract paintings. Wine and Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-550-9963. theartgalanipomo.com/artist-showcase-featuringdavid-blaemire/. Gala De Arte Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo.

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KNOLLWOOD VILLAGE ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR Hand crafted items on display and for sale. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-720-5998. Knollwood Village, 4012 S Bradley Rd., Orcutt.

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CLASSIC FILM NIGHT Featuring a 14-ft screen with digital surround sound. Starting line-up includes The Princess Bride, Dances with Wolves, and Forrest Gump. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. through Nov. 12 Free. 686-1359. The Bear and Star, 2860 Grand Ave., Los Olivos.

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FEATURED ARTIST: LOUISE LUTHI Through Nov. 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

FEATURED ARTIST: SPANKY ANDERSON

abstracts and digital media are inspired by the panoramic vistas of the region. Gallery open daily 10am-5:30pm. Through Nov. 29 Free. 805-2380725. castorocellars.com/events. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW Hosted by the Morro Bay Art Association. A collective of paintings, photography, jewelry, and fine crafts. Nov. 2-Dec. 22, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. n o r t h S Lo C o u n t y

MANAQUIN MADNESS Paper mosaic mannequins created with recycled paper. FridaysSundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 30 805-2868380. changalawinery.com. Changala Winery, 3770 Willow Creek Rd., Paso Robles.

TRANSPARENTLY APPARENT An exhibit by local glass artist Nathan Doster. Opens Nov. 11 with a reception at 6pm. Nov. 11-Jan. 10 Free. 805-4663684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

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FRAGMENTS The Painters Group’s latest exhibition. Juror Margaret Korisheli selected the artwork to be exhibited, and will select 3 Juror Award Winners on opening night. Through Nov. 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ education/youth-summer-art-camps.php. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

LITTLE TREASURES A group show featuring talented local artists showcasing their work.

This exhibit ranges across all 2D and 3D art mediums. Nov. 3-Dec. 31 Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply.com/Gallery.php. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

MORRO BAY SURFBOARD ART FESTIVAL AT SLOMA Featuring decorated skateboard decks, skateboard photography and videography.

See more artwork all along Broad Street during Thursday Night Farmers’ Market. Nov. 2, 6-9 p.m.

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

Through Nov. 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 805-7721068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

SELECTIONS: NYC A reflection of the diversity one would encounter on wandering through the multitudinous galleries of New York’s arts districts.

The works chosen represent a wide variety of

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Grammy Award winning pianist Bill Cunliffe, bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz, and percussionist Tina Raymond will perform classic tunes by Victor Young, Bronny Kaper, and Henry Vas. Derby Estate Wines will pour wine . Nov. 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5-$45. 805-235-5409. paderewskifest.com. Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St., Paso Robles.

subject matter and studio practices. Nov. 3, 6-9 p.m. and Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.5 p.m. through Jan. 1 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ exhibits/coming-next.php?event=1467. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL: OPENING NIGHT CONCERT WITH CAFE MUSIQUE Enjoy Gypsy,

WITHOUT PAPERS Jim Dessicino’s exhibit uses personal narrative, sculptures, and historical documents to tell a story of adopting a new homeland, language, and way of life. MondaysFridays. through Nov. 3 Free. 805-546-3202. cuesta.edu/student/campuslife/artgallery/ exhibitions/index.html. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

Swing, Tango and Folk tunes performed by Brynn Albanese, Duane Inglish, Craig Nuttycombe, Fred Murray, and Eric Williams. No host wine reception precedes concert. Nov. 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5-$45.

805-235-5409. paderewskifest.com. Cass Winery And Vineyard, 7350 Linne Road, Paso Robles.

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.

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PYROMETRIC: NEW WORKS BY CERAMIST AMIKO MATSUO Ceramic sculptures and paintings done with Phos-Chek fire retardant and ash. Through Dec. 1 Ann Foxworthy Gallery, 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966, Ext. 3252.

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SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: J PETER BOLES Special guests: Rob Kimball, Shawn Ellis, Dan Daniel, and Cliff Stepp. Nov. 5, 1-4 p.m. Free.

805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ An exhibit of contemporary landscape art by local artist Sheila Krausse. Through Nov. 2, 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

Free. Los Olivos Wine Merchant Cafe, 2879 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7265, winemerchantcafe.com/.

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY ARTS ASSOCIATION The Santa Ynez Valley Arts Association presents the 2nd Saturday Artisans series. Second Saturday of every month, 12-5 p.m. 688-7338. santaynezvalleyarts.org. Santa Ynez Valley Grange Hall, 2374 Alamo Pintado, Los Olivos.

THE STUDENT AND THE TEACHER Showcases paintings of ranching life by Theodore Waddell and Isabelle Johnson, Waddell’s former teacher. ongoing 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org.

Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Drive, Solvang.

WESTERN WAYS AND COWBOY DAYS Featuring artists Nancy Davidson, Howard Carr, Betty Carr, Bill Churchill and more. Through Nov. 13 805-6862322. solvangantiques.com. Solvang Antiques, 1693 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang.

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CENTRAL COAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY AQUARIUS 2018 WATERMEDIA EXHIBITION Juror is Oakland watercolorist Michael Reardon.

Call is open to both members/non-members.

Watermedia artists living in CA, OR, and WA welcome. Through Dec. 1. $25-$55 entry fee. 805995-1175. ccwsart.com/aquarius-2018-show.html.

Central Coast Watercolor Society, 1551 Eto Circle, San Luis Obispo.

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The Central Coast Weavers hosts its 11th annual Guild Showcase and Sale from Nov. 3 through 5 at Strawbale Barn Weaving Studio in Atascadero. All items are locally handcrafted. Visit centralcoastweavers.org for more info.

—C.W. NYC, Leo spends a month with his 91-year-old grandmother. Together, the pair navigates a maze of heartbreak, humor and healing. Nov. 2-4, 8-9:45 p.m. and Nov. 9-11, 8-9:45 p.m. $12-$20. 805 756 4849. pacslo.org. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

THE LAST FLAPPER The story of Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in an insane asylum on the last day of Zelda’s life. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3-5 p.m. through Nov. 26 $25. 805-927-3877. pewterploughplayhouse. net/. Pewter Plough Playhouse, 828 Main St., Cambria.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? By Edward Albee. Directed by John Battalino. After a university faculty party, George and Martha draw an unwitting younger couple, Nick and Honey, into their bitter and frustrated relationship. First Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30-10 p.m. through Nov. 19 $20. $15 opening night.. 805927-8190. Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre, 1350 Main St., Cambria, cambriacenterforthearts. org/theatre/. n o r t h S lo C o u n t y

TEMPLETON HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA PRESENTS STAGE DOOR A boardinghouse for female theater actresses gets a new arrival in the form of Terry Randall, an upper-class woman pursuing her dreams against her wealthy father’s wishes. As Terry becomes better acquainted with the other girls and their shared ambitions, rivalry explodes among them. Nov. 2-4, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. and Nov. 9-11, 7-9 p.m. through Nov. 11 $10 students/seniors; $12 general admission. 805-591-4770. Templeton Performing Arts Center, 1200 S Main St., Templeton.

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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: THE MUSICAL Based on the iconic comedy. Music and lyrics by Mel Brooks.

Directed by Sally Buchanan. Through Nov. 5 smct. org. Santa Maria Civic Theatre, 1660 N. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

IMPROV COMEDY SHOW Fast-paced improv comedy shows performed by the ensemble of Central Coast Comedy Theater. All shows are based on audience suggestions making every show unique. Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. $5. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, 803-430-0260.

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McCullers’ classic about a lonely girl who decides to run away and join her brother and his bride after their wedding. Gala with champagne and deserts takes place Oct. 22. Fridays, Saturdays, 7-9:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3-5:30 p.m. through Nov. 5 $20$25. 805-776-3287. bytheseaproductions.org. By The Sea Productions, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay.

MET LIVE IN HD - DIE ZAUBERFLOTE Full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable. Nov. 5, 2 p.m. $12-$22. 805-756-4849. calpolyarts.org.

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

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PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL: JAZZ TRIO CONCERT

about two Little League coaches who face the facts of fatherhood, sports, and life. Weekday showings at 7pm and weekends at 2pm. WednesdaysSundays. through Nov. 19 $20-$35. 805-786-2440. slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo.

THE SWORD IN THE STONE AT SLO LIBRARY The Traveling Lantern presents this interactive, theatrical version of the story of King Arthur. All ages welcome. Nov. 4, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. 805781-5775. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

UNDERGROUND COMEDY NIGHT Enjoy live comedy, drinks, and more. Thursdays, 9-10:30 p.m. through Dec. 29 Free. 805-439-4200. facebook. com/Undergroundbrewco/?ref=aymt_homepage_ panel. Underground Brewing Company, 1040 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY In Olympic Hall. Doors open at 6:30pm. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. through Nov. 4 805-801-2678. Nipomo High School, 525 N Thompson Ave, Nipomo.

THE PHANTOM OF THE MELODRAMA Spoof of The Phantom of the Opera. Runs with The Happy Vaudeville Revue 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays. 6 p.m.

Sundays. Through Nov. 12 $20 - $27. 805-4892499. americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano.

THE SWORD IN THE STONE AT AG LIBRARY The Traveling Lantern presents this interactive, theatrical version of the story of King Arthur. All ages welcome. Nov. 4, 2-3 p.m. Free. 805-4737161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

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SWEET NOVEMBER TOUR With Dharmasoul, Helen Rose, and 2Ton Bridge Nov. 11, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-461-1393. facebook.com/ events/2010035809228269/. Last Stage West BBQ, 15050 Morro Road, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero.

SYMPHONY OF THE VINES: BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE CONCERTO This concert features the Cracow Duo (cello and piano) and Maurice Sklar, violin, playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano. Also on the program is Mendelssohn’s Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Symphony #35, Haffner, by Mozart. Nov. 5, 3-5 p.m. $30 adult, $27 senior, $15 student. 805-995-3994. symphonyofthevines.org.

Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St., Paso Robles.

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GLEN DELPIT AND THE SUBTERRANEANS Nov. 11, 8 p.m.-midnight Free. 805-995-3209. oldcayucostavern.com. Old Cayucos Tavern & Cardroom, 130 N Ocean Ave, Cayucos.

RED BARN COMMUNITY MUSIC SERIES: THE KATHY KALLICK BAND Original and traditional Bluegrass. Potluck at 5pm. Concert at 6pm. Nov. 4, 5-8 p.m. Donations accepted. 805-215-3238. facebook.com/redbarnmusicseries/. Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

SLOFOLKS PRESENTS THE TONY FURTADO TRIO Furtado performs Blues, Bluegrass Folk, and Acoustic Rock with John Reischman on mandolin and Luke Price on fiddle. Nov. 4, 7:30-10 p.m. $20. 805-238-0725. castorocellars.com. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: CHRIS BELAND Special guests: John Nowel, Elizabeth McMeans, Sugar Still, Bradford Loomis, and Eric Leach.

Nov. 6, 6:30-9 p.m. Free!. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/calendar/. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. n o r t h S lo C o u n t y

BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE: SYMPHONY OF THE VINES A chamber orchestra performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Program also features Mendelssohn’s Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mozart’s Symphony #35. Nov. 5, 3-5 p.m. $15-$30. 805-235-0687. symphonyofthevines. org. Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St., Paso Robles.

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

PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL GALA CONCERT Magdalena Baczewska, Polish pianist and Columbia University professor, will present a program of Paderewski, Chopin, and Szymanowski. Video montage and award presentation of Paderewski Cycle project will follow performance. Nov. 4, 6:309:30 p.m. $5-$45. 805-235-5409. paderewskifest. com. Paso Robles Inn Ballroom, 1103 Spring Street, Paso Robles.

AN AMERICANA SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS Join the San Luis Obispo Symphony on Veteran’s Day to salute and thank veterans and first responders in music. Hear Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, and Bernstein’s West Side Story. Nov. 11, 8-10 p.m. $20-$80. 805-543-3533. wwwslosymphony.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

AVILA BEACH PARTY Horizon Tour Featuring Seven Lions, Tritonal, and Kill the Noise. Tickets at collectiveeffortsevents.com or Boo Boo Records.

Nov. 11, 5-10 p.m. $30-$40. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila Beach.

BROWN BAG CONCERT Featuring Craig Kincaid and Sonnie Brown. Nov. 3, 12-12:45 p.m. Free. 805543-5451. fpcslo.org. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

BROWN BAG CONCERT First Friday of every month, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-543-5451. fpcslo.org.

First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

CAL POLY ARAB MUSIC ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT Featuring diverse programs of classic and contemporary music and dance, the Arab Music Ensemble will perform works from the Eastern Mediterranean and selections from historically interconnected cultures of the larger region. Nov. 4, 8 p.m. $12-$14 general, $9-$12 students. 805-756-4849. music.calpoly.edu.

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

CAL POLY BANDFEST 2017: EARTH The wind bands present a concert celebrating the lands that decorate our planet, followed by a performance from the Mustang Marching Band. Features works

by Leonard Bernstein, Libby Larsen, Joseph Schwantner and others. Nov. 12, 3 p.m. $12-$14 general, $9-$12 students. 805-756-4849. music. calpoly.edu. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

CANZONA WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE CONCERT “Songs from Distant Lands” is inspired by exotic locales including India, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Baltic, and Tibet. The rich poetry and culture of these faraway places comes alive through a variety of international composers. Nov. 5, 3-4:30 p.m. $10-$30. 805-391-7664. canzonawomen. org/fall-2017. United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks Street, San Luis Obispo.

CUESTA COLLEGE JAZZ FESTIVAL CONCERT This year’s headliner, Pacific Standard Time, is

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lompocconcert.org. First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St., Lompoc.

MUSIC from page 24 the premier university vocal jazz ensemble in the United States. Nov. 3, 8-10 p.m. $17 general admission. $12 for students and seniors.. 805546-3198. vocaljazzfestival.com. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

HOT CLUB OF SLO Live Gypsy Jazz in the upstairs dining room and lounge. Nov. 8, 7-9 p.m.

Free. 805-594-1500. Mee Heng Low Noodle House, 815 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

JAZZ FRIDAZE Enjoy live music from local Central Coast bands. Fridays, 7-9:30 p.m. through Nov. 17 Free. 805-457-1616. thomashillorganics.com.

Thomas Hill Organic Kitchen, 858 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

THE QUITTERS LIVE Guitar duo consisting of Glenn Houston and Stevie Coyle. Nov. 5, 3-4 p.m. $20. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/calendar/index. php?event=1389. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO COUNTY BAND BENEFIT CONCERT Join this 23rd annual benefit concert for the Homeless Foundation of San Luis Obispo. Music includes Blue Mambo, The Blue Ridge, The Shady Grove, 42nd Street Overture, and Russian Christmas Music. Nov. 12, 3-4:30 p.m. $10 donation.

SLOCountyBand.org. Mount Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 Frederciks St, San Luis Obispo, 805544-2133.

SLOMA CONCERT: THE QUITTERS Guitar duo Glenn Houston and Stevie Coyle. Nov. 5, 3 p.m. $20. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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CARMEN AND THE RENEGADE VIGILANTES Followed by DJ Totem and Friends. Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

(805) 325-9275. mavericksaloon.org. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

CRAFTED: LIVE MUSIC SERIES Features artists from all genres of music. Thursdays, 6 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. 686-4742. bottlest.com.

Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, 35 Industrial Way, Buellton.

THE DUSTY JUGZ BAND Followed by DJ Totem and Friends. Nov. 11, 8 p.m. (805) 325-9275. mavericksaloon.org. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ Live music every Friday.

No cover charge. Snacks, dinner, cocktails, and wine available for purchase. Call for reservations.

Fridays, 6-9 p.m. through Dec. 29 Free. 805-6881778. thebearandstar.com. The Bear and Star, 2860 Grand Ave., Los Olivos.

LIVE WIRE Followed by DJ Totem and Friends. Nov. 3, 8 p.m. (805) 325-9275. mavericksaloon.org.

Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

MARK ROBERTS BAND Followed by DJ Totem and Friends. Nov. 4, 8 p.m. (805) 325-9275. mavericksaloon.org. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

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

SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m. figmtnbrew.com. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co, A.G., 1462 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, 474-8525.

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BLACK COFFEE, BLUE SKIES AND RIPTIDE

Hancock College, Pioneer Valley High School, Righetti High School, and Santa Maria High School.

Additional performance by the marimba band of Righetti High School. Nov. 10, 7-9:30 p.m. and Nov. 11, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-$12. 805-588-9049. facebook. com/RHSmarimbabandballetfolklorico/. Ethel Pope Auditorium, 901 S. Broadway, Santa Maria.

CENTRAL CITY SWING: FALL CONCERT Enjoy live music arranged in a swing and modern jazz style performed by an 18-piece swing band. Nov. 7, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Donations accepted. 805-929-0552.

Unity Chapel of Light Church, 1165 Stubblefield Rd., Orcutt, unitysantamaria.net/.

HANCOCK COLLEGE CONCERT BAND: FALL POPS CONCERT Musical selections include A Patriotic Salute, The Phantom Regiment, In The Presence of Heroes, and more. Nov. 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-$10. 805-929-0552. First Baptist Church, 2970 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria.

LIVE MUSIC AT MOXIE CAFE Enjoy live music from local artists, food, and drinks. ThursdaysSaturdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. moxiecafe.com/livemusic-and-events-in-santa-maria-at-moxie-cafe/.

Moxie Cafe, 1317 W McCoy Lane, Santa Maria.

LIVE MUSIC AT ROONEY’S Live music or a DJ every Friday night. Fridays, 9 p.m. Free. 805-9343777. rooneysirishpub.net. Rooney’s Irish Pub, 241 S Broadway St., Ste. 101, Orcutt.

LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY EVENINGS Enjoy live music from a different band/musician each week.

Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-937-6400. facebook.com/cadelgrevino. Ca’ Del Grevino Cafe and Wine Bar, 400 E. Clark Ave., suite A, Orcutt.

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JASON PETTY: HANK AND MY HONKY TONK HEROES Petty covers Hank Williams and other country artists such as Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, and The Carter Family. Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m. $5-$25.

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CONTRA DANCE WITH THE FOGGY BAY STRING BAND Traditional contra dancing to an eclectic mix of old-time, Irish, and French Canadian tunes. Families, couples, and singles welcome. Nov. 11, 6:30-10 p.m. $5-$10. 805-602-2929. cccds.org.

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Community dance for ballroom and swing dancers to meet and dance the night away! No dance on holidays.

First Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. through Dec. 31 $5. 835-2076. pasodh.wix.com/prdh. Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles.

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DJ DRUMZ Fridays Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 489-3639.

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HULA DANCING Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 937-9750.

Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

LINE DANCING Mondays, 6:30-9 p.m. $5. 9379750. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

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MY NEW FAVORITE - SONG CONTEST Songwriters at Play presents a new contest called My New Favorite. 10 contestants play two songs each (originals encouraged, but covers ok). Three judges award prizes for Best Song, Performer, and My New Favorite. Sign up in advance. First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. through May 1 $5 entry fee. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay. com/calendar/. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. n o r t h S Lo C o u n t y

OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Rusty Hobbs.

Featuring wine by the glass and burgers. Fridays, 5:30-9 p.m. through Dec. 15 $15.00, includes a glass of wine and a burger.. 805 237 2389. darkstarcellars.com/events/. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles.

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

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you’ve got an opinion.

What’s Your Take? We know Everybody’s got one!

This week’s online poll 11/2 – 11/9

How do you feel about the cities of Paso Robles and Atascadero building their own animal shelter? m It’s great. The county’s project was the Taj Mahal of animal shelters!

Enter your choice online at: NewTimesSLO.com

m Bad move. They screwed over the county and other cities, and there’s no guarantee it will cost them less or provide quality service. m I don’t care, as long as we have a safe, clean place for stray animals. m Both options are too expensive. I’d rather see that money used to build more homeless shelters.

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BI-LINGO Informal conversation to practice

7133. 7sistersbrewing.com/calendar. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

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Spanish language skills for anyone with basic Spanish-speaking skills. Second Thursday of every month, 6-7 p.m. Free. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

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FRONT ROW KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m.

773-1010. Harry’s Night Club And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, harryspismobeach.com/.

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

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POETRY NIGHT Monthly poetry group with two featured poets and open readings. Check CORE Winery Facebook page for details or schedule changes. Second Saturday of every month, 7:30 p.m. through Jan. 31 Free. facebook.com/MisterMoreved/.

CORE Winery, 105 W Clark Ave., Orcutt.

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Wednesdays, 3-5 p.m. Free. 967-5741, Ext. 107. El Camino Community Center, W. Laurel Avenue and N. I Street, Lompoc.

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BOOK DISCUSSION New book every month.

Second Thursday of every month, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-539-9374. slolibrary.org/index.php/ adults/book-groups. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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more. Bring any games you’d like. Refreshments available on site for purchase. Please park in Reserved spaces. Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free. 805-544-6366. facebook.com/pg/ CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO CHESS CLUB All ages and skill levels

CENTRAL COAST ECONOMIC FORECAST Economists will discuss the national and state economies and how they will likely affect business on the Central Coast. Nov. 3, 7:30-11:30 a.m. $120-$130. 805-788-4450. centralcoasteconomicforecast.com/. Alex Madonna Expo Center, 100 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo.

EDUCATIONAL SERIES: RADIOACTIVE WASTE AT DIABLO CANYON Learn about the challenges of storage and transportation of radioactive waste through this educational series presents by Slo Mothers for Peace. Nov. 10, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. 805467-2431. mothersforpeace.org/. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

THE JOY WORKSHOP Free, informative workshop on the joy of everyday living. Presented by Carolie Coffey, instructor at Cuesta College. Nov. 4, 2-4 p.m. Free.. 805-781-5991. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

MONTHLY BOOK DISCUSSION The book for November is Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Cleg.

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

STALAG LUFT IV AND THE 86 DAY HUNGER MARCH David Dorfmeier shares the story of his father’s internment as a POW at the German Luftwaffe camp, Stalag Luft IV. Dorfmeier is the author of C-Lager: Stalag Luft IV & the 86-Day Hunger March. Nov. 11, 1-2:30 p.m. Free.. 805-781-5989. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

welcome. Plays at the giant chess board in Morro Bay on Saturdays. Thursdays, Saturdays, 6:30-10 p.m. Free. 215-4963. slochess.com. Carl’s Jr., 195 N. Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

SLO PING PONG CLUB All ages and skill levels welcome. Seven ping pong tables available.

Sundays, 4-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. Free. 215-4963. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, 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. through Aug. 31 9291615. Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo.

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HI-WAY DRIVE-IN SWAP MEET Come to the Hi-Way Drive-In for the Sunday Swap Meet. Sellers: $20; Produce sellers: $25; Buyers: $2 car load.

Sundays, 4:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 805-934-1582. HiWay Drive-In, 3170 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria.

OTAKU CLUB FOR TEENS: NOVEMBER Monthly meeting to watch anime, discuss manga, try Japanese snacks, and more. Nov. 3, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons.org/ eventscalendar.cfm?siteid=9521. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

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See the Kathy Kallick Band live in concert on Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Red Barn in Los Osos Community Park. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Bring a dish to share and your own utensils for the potluck supper at 5 p.m. Call 215-3238 to find out more.

—C.W. TRI CITY SOUND CHORUS OF SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL Welcomes all women who are interested in learning about barbershop-style music singing and performing.

Thursdays, 6:45-9:30 p.m. 736-7572. Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 4725 S. Bradley Road, Orcutt.

feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-221-5523.

The Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4500 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

San LuiS obiSpo

NAR-ANON - LET IT BEGIN WITH ME Nar Anon

TRIVIA NIGHT Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Free. naughtyoak.com. Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S Broadway St Ste 102, Orcutt.

is a support group for those who are affected by someone else’s addiction. Tuesdays 458-7655. naranoncentralca.org/meetings/meeting-list/. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

support groups

RESOLVE GENERAL INFERTILITY SUPPORT GROUP Support for those suffering through the

n o r t h S Lo C o u n t y

RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT: MAH JONGG Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 922-2993.

NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING A

Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria.

meeting for those who know or have known a

trauma of infertility. A peer led group through RESOLVE, the national infertility association.

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A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN MUSIC

THE ANNUAL CPAC GALA

Featuring

Sunday, November 12, 2017

MIMI BLAIS

Cuesta College Cultural & Performing Arts Center,

Queen of Ragtime

CARL SONNY LEYLAND

San Luis Obispo Campus

GARY RYAN

Tickets: $35 General Admission - $25 Veterans

Mr. Boogie-Woogie

The Victor Borge of Morro Bay With the Cuesta Wind Ensemble and the SLO County Trumpet Alliance

PRE-SHOW FESTIVITIES 2 PM SEATING 2:30 PM | PERFORMANCE 3PM

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For more information, call (805) 546-3198 Purchase tickets: cpactickets.cuesta.edu

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 26 Second Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. 619-807-7006. Downtown Slo, Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

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FAMILY CAREGIVERS SELF-CARE SUPPORT GROUP Share ideas and learn how to care for yourself while you care for your loved one.

Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-569-8950.

Bethel Lutheran Church, 624 E. Camino Colegio, Santa Maria.

TRUAMA INFORMED PARENTING GROUP Presented by CALM, this is a foster parent class.

Tuesdays 965-2376. calm4kids.org. Church For Life, 3130 Skyway Dr., Suite 501, Santa Maria.

Create and Learn San luiS obiSpo

Mind & Body n o r t h C o a S t S lo C o u n t y

FREE MEDITATION CLASS Megan McGreen, LCSW, and Ruth Cherry, PhD, long time meditators and psychotherapists, teach meditation to reduce stress and increase well-being. Fridays, 10:30 a.m.noon Free. 805-748-3372. meditationintro.com.

Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. powerful system for physical health and spiritual development. Join certified instructor Devin Wallace for this outdoors class. Please call to register. Fridays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Suggested donation $10. 805-709-2227. Tidelands Park, South end of Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

SLO COUNTY LIBRARY CARDHOLDER FREE HOURS SLO County Library Cardholders can

is providing sessions of healing light transmitted through Pineal tones facilitated by the Lightshare Team. No appointment is necessary. First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. through Dec. 2 Free, donations appreciated. 805-305-7595. lightshare. us. Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

requirement for anyone who wants to use SLO MakerSpace tools and space. Features a walkthrough reviewing all areas of the shop that can be dangerous to you and others. Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon Free for Members and SLO County Library Cardholders. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/store/makerspace-basicsafety-class/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

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DESIGN ON WHEELS AT CORE Wine and Design On-Wheels has paired up with CORE Winery Tasting Room. Create a painting and sample CORE wines.

Register on the Wine and Design website. Second Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. through Jan. 31 wineanddesign.com. CORE Winery, 105 W Clark Ave., Orcutt.

Two locations

Accepting CenCal, CCPN, Medicare, and most PPOs.

yoga poses to do at home everyday using oils. Nov. 5, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio. com/schedule/. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

YOGA STRETCH Explore yoga postures and

SLO MAKERSPACE BASIC SAFETY A

Quality Healthcare, Primary Care and Family Practice on the Central Coast

SEASONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Learn five

GET PUBLISHED NOW Learn how to get your writing published. Topics covered include: advice from bestselling authors; common mistakes to avoid; marketing; branding; internet resources; and more. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $125. 805-7562053. extended.calpoly.edu/lifeandculture/writersprogram.html. Cal Poly Extended Education, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

have free access to SLO MakerSpace (after taking Basic Safety) five days a week. Cardholders can use our woodshop, sewing, or general free areas, or complete any specialty classes and use that machine/area during Library Hours. TuesdaysFridays, 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

0. 805-242-1285. slomakerspace.com/libraryprogram/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

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Atascadero

increase strength and flexibility. Set to inspiring music and appropriate for beginners. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. email support@getstudiofit.com.

805-776-3676. Cassandra Bodlak, 349 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay, studiofitnessmorrobay.com.

Capistrano Ave. Suite D (805)466-5600

Templeton 115 Gibson Rd. (805)329-5559

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FREE PROJECT OF LIGHT CLINIC Lightshare

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ADULT AIKIDO Join instructor Mary Tesoro to learn the Japanese martial art of self-defense and self-development. Ages 16 and up welcome.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5:45-7 p.m. through Dec. 14 $72. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

CAT YOGA CLASSES Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m. $20. 543-9316 Ext. 10. woodshumanesociety.org/ news-and-events/event.php?id=347. Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo.

GENTLE YOGA WITH CASSANDRA BODLAK Mats, blocks, and straps are provided. Open to all levels. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10:15-11:15 a.m. through Dec. 14 $88. 805-549-1222. register. asapconnected.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

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—C.W.

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CREATING BEAUTIFUL SMILES FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

and open your body with breath, props, and meditation. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. yogaformankind. com. Yoga for Mankind, 130 N Broadway, Suite B, Orcutt.

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DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE Simple, meditative, and joyous circle dances using music, mantras and movements from a variety of cultures and spiritual traditions. First Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. $8 - $10 donation. 805-717-1933.

Unity Chapel of Light Church, 1165 Stubblefield Rd., Orcutt, unitysantamaria.net/.

OutdOOrs SIERRA CLUB HIKE: TROUT CREEK Hike along a portion of both the Trout Creek and Stony Creek drainages. About 12 miles with 1500 feet of elevation gain. Meet in front of the Pacific Beverage Co. Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m. Free. 805-546-0317.

Downtown Santa Margarita, 6420 W. Pozo Rd., Santa Margarita.

HIKE AT ISLAY HILL WITH ECOSLO Visit

Dr. Mansilla

Dr. Echeverry

805.547.7010

1551 Bishop St., Suite D420, SLO • www.slodentalpractice.com

to 16. Discussions and practices to help empower students with the tools and confidence to respond more skillfully to daily stresses. Reservation required. Space limited. Tuesdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $15. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity. com/teen-dragonfly-circles/. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

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AIKIDO FOR KIDS AGE 4-13 AIKI-MITES (age 4-6) class is 3pm on Tuesdays. AIKI-KIDS (age 7-13) classes are Tuesdays/Thursdays at 4pm. Call to observe or pre-register. Tuesdays, Thursdays $50-$75 monthly.

805-544-8866. aikidosanluisobispo.com. Budo Ryu, 3536 South Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

FREE ADOPTION INFORMATION SESSION N o r t h S Lo C o u N t y

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Same Day Appointments Most Insurances Accepted

TEEN MINDFULNESS AND MOVEMENT Ages 12

website to sign up. Nov. 4, 9-11 a.m. Free. ecoslo. org/event/ecoslo-hike-islay-hill-3/?instance_ id=452. Islay Hill Park, 1151 Tank Farm Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SIERRA CLUB HIKE AND TRAIL WORK At the Old Prospector Trail. Use loppers to remove branches of Ceanothus and other chaparral plants out of the trail. Nov. 11, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Free.

805-459-2103. sierraclub.org/santa-lucia. Costco Parking Lot, 1540 Froom Ranch Way, San Luis Obispo.

Free sessions on adoption information at our San Luis Obispo office located at 1540 Marsh Street, Ste 130. The FCCA has placed over 5,100 waiting children into forever families since 1983. First Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805542-9084. fcadoptions.org. Family Connections Christian Adoptions, 1540 Marsh St. #130, San Luis Obispo.

INTERNATIONAL GAMES DAY SLO Library will have a variety of gaming experiences available from board games to virtual reality. All ages welcome.

Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-781-5991. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

PAJAMA 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.

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BODY SAFTETY FOR PRESCHOOLERS

DISCOVERY DAY AT THE PISMO PRESERVE Access the Pismo Preserve via free shuttle from one of 4 shuttle stops. Access is via shuttle only. Nov. 12, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 805-5449096. lcslo.org. Pismo Preserve, Mattie Rd., Pismo Beach.

MASTERS OF THE LAKE: OWL CALL HIKE Learn all about the owls

NOV. 2 – NOV. 9

Children aged 3 to 6 will learn about keeping their bodies safe, as the Rape Crisis Center of Santa Maria presents a special puppet show. English @ 3:00pm Spanish @3:30pm Nov. 8, 3-3:45 p.m. Free. 805-9250994. cityofsantamaria.org/citygovernment/departments/library.

Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

2017 in the park on this moonlit hike. Please wear sturdy shoes, dress warmly, and BUILD FOR THE WIN Bring your Legos bring water and a flashlight. Meet at the and build a creation fitting a challenge given Wittenberg Arm Kiosk. Rain cancels event. Nov. 4, to you by the library’s Youth Services staff.

6:30-7:30 p.m. $10 parking. 805.788.2381. Lopez People’s Choice Awards will be given to the Lake, 6800 Lopez Dr., Arroyo Grande. entries that receive the most votes. Registration WINGS AND WATER: BIRDS OF THE LAKE begins Nov. 2. Nov. 9, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805-925Guided nature walk to learn about some of the 0994. engagedpatrons.org/eventscalendar. showier birds in the park. Meet at Cottonwood cfm?siteid=9521. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 Cove. Rain cancels event. Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-noon S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. $10 parking. 805.788.2381. Lopez Lake, 6800 HOMEWORK HELP Free after school homework Lopez Dr., Arroyo Grande. help for grades K-6. Mondays-Thursdays, 4-7 p.m. through May 31 Free. 805-9250994. cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/ departments/library. Santa Maria Public Library, S a N L u i S o b i S p o 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

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Hats Off to Heroes Night. All military and first responders can get up to 4 free general admission tickets. Nov. 11, 6 p.m. Alex G. Spanos Stadium, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

CAL POLY VOLLEYBALL VS. UC DAVIS Big West Conference Match. Nov. 10, 7 p.m. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

CAL POLY VOLLEYBALL VS. UC IRVINE Senior Day and Double-Up Saturday. Anyone with a ticket to the football game against Sacramento State at 6 p.m. will receive free admission to this match. Nov. 11, 2 p.m. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

CAL POLY VOLLEYBALL VS. UCSB Annual Blue Green Rivalry Match. Nov. 3, 7 p.m. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

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MINDFULNESS, MOVEMENT, AND MAGIC Ages 7 to 11. Yoga and other activities promoting social, emotional, and physical well-being grounded in science to develop strong minds, hearts, and bodies. Registration required. Space limited.

Thursdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $15. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/dragonfly-circles/.

Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

READALOUD The Buellton Library presents ReadAloud, a play-reading group for adults, teens and children 9 and up. Fridays, 4-5 p.m. Free. 688-3115.

Buellton Library, 140 W. Highway 246, Buellton.

SANTA MARIA VALLEY RAILWAY HISTORICAL MUSEM The Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum features a locomotive, boxcar, caboose, railroad artifacts and diorama. Second Saturday of every month, 12-4 p.m. 714-4927. Santa Maria Transit Center, Miller and Boone Streets, Santa Maria.

SUPER HERO FITNESS DAY Throw on a superhero cape and honor real-life heroes at Super Hero Fitness Day. Enjoy fitness demos, tricycle races, and a costume contest and salute veterans with Vandenberg Air Force Base personnel.

Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $6 admission; Free for members. 805-928-8414. smvdiscoverymuseum. org. Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, 705 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

TEEN MOVIE FRIDAYS: NOVEMBER Special presentation of Kong: Skull Island. Nov. 10, 4-6 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons.org/ eventscalendar.cfm?siteid=9521. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

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FREE INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION Learn to use meditation to detach from thoughts and feelings while anchoring inner peace. Fridays, CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 29

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 28 10:30 a.m.-noon through Nov. 10 Free. 805 748 3372. meditationintro.com. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. San LuiS ObiSpO

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION Honoring the spirit of Día de los Muertos. Join Wilshire Hospice, Latino Outreach Council, and SLOMA for a candlelight procession through downtown SLO. Candles provided. Nov. 2, 7-8 p.m. Free. 805-269-0141. diadelosmuertosslo. org/. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

TIBETAN BUDDHISM BOOK STUDY Meditation practice and a discussion of Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism, by H.E. Kalu Rinpoche. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-438-3949. BodhiPath SLO, 3484 Gregory Ct., San Luis Obispo, bodhipath.org.

TIME IS NOT A FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE Speaker David Hohle is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science. This free talk explores how to gain freedom from limitation associated with time and aging. Free child care available during talk.

Nov. 4, 1 p.m. Free. 805-543-5853. First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1326 Garden St., San Luis Obispo.

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WISDOM READINGS Inspiration from Spirit through the Tarot and Oracle cards. Tuesdays, 1-5 p.m. $30-$60. 805-598-1509. divining.weebly.com.

Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 South Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central Coast holds youth services for junior high school students. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free. 929-8990. thecitycc.org. Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Tefft St, Nipomo.

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WISDOM READINGS WITH ANNKATHLEEN AnnKathleen has been reading the Tarot and Oracle Cards for over 25 years. Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. $25.00-$85.00. 805598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Divine Inspiration, 947 E Orange St, Santa Maria.

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BECOME A SENIOR PEER COUNSELOR Become a certified Senior Peer Counselor and help seniors navigate the ups and downs through life challenges. The Senior Peer Counseling program trains volunteers ages 55 and up to provide free in-home supportive empathetic listening and guidance. Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-547-7025. eventbrite.com/e/ senior-peer-counseling-workshop-fall-2017-tickets38060265278?aff=es2. Wilshire Community Services, 285 South St. Suite J, San Luis Obispo.

CASA INFORMATION 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.

Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m. Starbucks, 3971 S Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 8057870389.

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.

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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.

MEALS ON WHEELS Meals on Wheels, San Luis Obispo, needs noon time drivers. Must have own car to deliver prepared meals. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-235-8870. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

SOWING A WINTER COVER CROP Prepare City Farm SLO for Winter and help work the hard caked clay, mow, weed, and water. Tools and machines provided. Bring gloves and water bottle. Please wear boots, hat, and sunscreen. City Farm veggies will be served. Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-noon Free. 805769-8344. centralcoastgrown.org. City Farm SLO, 1221 Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo.

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FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market in SLO is the largest Farmers Market in California. Thursdays, 6:109 p.m. Downtown Slo, Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts over 60 vendors.

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

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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 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.

PISMO BEACH FARMERS MARKET Where the Produce Meets the Sea. In the parking lot on the corner of Highway 1 and Main Street. Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. Free. 805-773-4382. pismochamber.com. Pismo Beach Pier, West end of Pomeroy, Pismo Beach.

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

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LOMPOC FARMERS MARKET Features fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, entertainment, and activities for the whole family. Fridays, 2-6 p.m.

Lompoc Farmers Market, Ocean Avenue and I Street, Lompoc.

VANDENBERG VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET Locally grown produce and food stuffs are available year round. Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. through Sept. 30 Vandenberg Village Farmers’ Market, 120 Burton Mesa Blvd., Lompoc.

angelic acrylics

Artist Larry Kappen hosts an acrylics workshop on Nov. 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Art Center Morro Bay. Paint on wood or Masonite panels to create original angel acrylics in the style of 12th century Byzantine paintings. Visit artcentermorrobay.org for more info.

—C.W.

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805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com. Woodstock’s Pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo. n O r t h C O a S t S LO C O u n t y

7TH ANNUAL GARAGISTE FESTIVAL Join this event called “one of the most exuberant wine festivals because of the thrill of discovery” and “Wine-tasting Nirvana” by the LA Times. Nov. 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. $20-$150. 805-769-8211. garagistefestival.com. The Fairgrounds, 2198 Riverside Avenue, Paso Robles.

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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.

20% OFF ALL CHARGERS

WOODSTOCK’S SLO TRIVIA NIGHT For trivia aficionados and fun-lovers 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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WINE TASTING WITH THE WINTER PASS Enjoy 15 wine tastings at participating Santa Ynez tasting rooms. No black-out dates. Through Jan. 31, 2018, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $45. 800.563.3183. santaynezwinecountry.com/association-events.

Participating Wine Tasting Rooms, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Ynez, Buellton, Los Olivos, Solvang. ∆

SILVER HORSE WINERY PRESENTS

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS CONCERT

SERIES

Tennis - Pickleball - Fitness - Cafe

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Lessons Clinics Mixers League Play Tournaments

Ticket price includes admission, first glass of wine, & logo glass

Bocce Dance Yoga Infrared Sauna Weddings

FRIDAY NOV 3 Damon Castillo

345 Championship Lane, Templeton (805) 434-9605 www.ttrtennis.com

Morro Bay 772-1265 SLO (new!) 544-5400 coastelectronic.com Locally owned & operated since 1978

6-9pm

SUNDAY NOV 5

Megan Steinke Brunch

10am-2pm

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Celebrate the best in local music with the ninth annual New Times Music Awards on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the historic Fremont Theater in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Five genre category winners hit the stage and compete for the night’s Best Live Performance award. SLO County’s best will receive those beautiful awards lovingly known as “Newties”! Enjoy live performances by The Tipsy Gypsies, The Creston Line, 33 RPM, Tropo, and Wordsauce. And new this year will be the Youth category, which features a performance by Amalia Fleming. Local artist Jami Ray will be on hand creating a work of art live with a silent auction to benefit Bucket Busters, who will open the show! Tickets are on sale at the New Times and Sun offices, online at ticketfly. com, or at the door for $10 (veterans, active and retired, get in for free).

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Take a stroll through Morro Bay and get a peak at the art that’s come out of SLO County’s surf culture.

Through Nov. 27, view the decked-out boards on display as part of the Morro Bay Surfboard Art Festival at local sponsoring businesses and restaurants throughout the sleepy North Coast town.

The festival wraps up with the Surf Art Sale on Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Inn at Morro Bay. For a list of participating locations and more, visit morrobay.org.

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BY GLEN STARKEY

The great escape!

How two local high schoolers narrowly escaped death by buffalo 55 years ago

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n 1962, Mike Cowdrey was a 17-year-old SLO High School junior and member of the track team who briefly held the California state high school track record for the 330-yard dash. If it wasn’t for his speed, he might not be alive today.

Now 72, Cowdrey recalled the early days of the Madonna Inn, when a small buffalo herd was added to the inn’s roadside attraction—a menagerie of animals that included a lioness, an ostrich, and an elk. The three buffalo—two bulls and a cow—grazed the south-facing pastures of Cerro San Luis.

Cowdrey had a “deep fascination for the buffalo-hunting culture of the Plains Indians,” so when he read a small notice in the daily paper about the addition to the Madonna ranch, “at dawn the next morning, having hiked around from the Foothill side of San Luis Mountain, I was happily trespassing in the upper reaches of the Madonna buffalo pasture.”

As a point of reference, in 2000, a study confirmed that Yellowstone’s buffalo population is more dangerous than its grizzly bears. They charge, gore, and kill when approached.

“I learned pretty quickly that buffalo were very fast,” Cowdrey said, “and it was important not to get caught in the open too far away from a tree to climb or a large boulder to get behind because the bulls especially would charge anything that moved.”

For months, Cowdrey spent every weekend stalking these buffalo.

“I made photographs and sketches, in the process learning about these interesting animals,” Cowdrey remembered. “The younger bull chased me at any opportunity and had trapped me several times in oak trees near the brush line of the mountain—on one occasion for half an hour before he gave up and allowed me to escape.”

After sharing his photos, sketches, and

PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE COWDREY

Capture Big Sur

Big Sur is so close that it’s easy to forget that it’s not part of SLO County. Now you can learn the photo skills to adequately capture its beauty.

From Nov. 10 through 12, embark on a three-day adventure as part of the Big Sur Photography Workshop put on by Jansen Photo Expeditions. The group meets in Morro Bay and travels all the way to Carmel, taking in the rugged coastline and open spaces along the way. The workshop is geared toward all photographic enthusiasts who love the outdoors and getting those great shots.

Space is limited and the cost is $799 per person. For more information and to learn about other upcoming workshops, visit jansenphotoexpeditions.com. Δ —Ryah Cooley

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BEHIND THE WIRE Mike Cowdrey and his friend Joel Premselaar stalked a small buffalo herd on Cerro San Luis, which was part of the exotic animal menagerie Madonna Inn had in the early days of the iconic motel’s existence.

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PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM

LONG TIME NO SEE This buffalo, mounted and displayed at the Madonna Inn, charged and nearly killed local author Mike Cowdrey 55 years ago.

stories of his buffalo exploits with his friend and fellow track team member Joel Premselaar, the pair decided they’d venture out together.

“One weekend in January, 1962, I took him along,” Cowdrey said. “Joel brought his mother’s small Brownie ‘Hawkeye’ box camera to record the day.”

Cowdrey and Premselaar came upon the buffalo almost immediately and had the good fortune to fi nd a drift-fence—“about 100 yards long, five strands of barbed wire on lichen-covered wooden posts”—between them and the herd.

It provided a little bit of barrier and safety.

“As always, the buffalo were very nervous around human presence,” Cowdrey recalled.

“The younger bull bluff-charged the fence a couple of times” before the herd wandered away and up a nearby hill.

“Joel and I rolled under the barbed wire and cautiously followed them,” Cowdrey said, noting that they found the herd “grazing only about 100 feet past the crest.”

Cowdrey nervously glanced around, looking for

an escape route should the bulls charge, but the closest cover was the fence at the bottom of the hill they’d just climbed.

“Joel, we need to get out of here,” Cowdrey told his friend.

“OK,” Premselaar responded. “Just a couple more pictures.”

Then Premselaar extended the camera to Cowdrey: “Here, why don’t you shoot a couple frames?”

Just as Cowdrey grabbed the camera, “the younger bull pivoted on its right, rear hoof and came straight for us on a dead run,” Cowdrey remembered. “Buffalo can outrun a horse. A human on foot in the open stands almost no chance at all. It was track season and both of us were in good shape, which is the only thing that saved us.”

They pair sprinted downhill about 125 yards to a deep gully.

“Behind us, as we ran, we could hear every thudding hoofbeat and grunt from the angry bull,” Cowdrey said. “I can recall seeing Joel perform a championship vault across the open gully, and I was right behind him, running on air. The bull, however, couldn’t make the leap, so it had to check its momentum before jumping down into the gully.”

Luckily, the bull’s hooves slipped in the loose dirt as it ascended the other side, which gave the boys an extra few seconds to cover the remaining 50 feet to the fence.

“As I watched Joel scurry under the wire, it occurred to me that I had never seen a photograph of a charging buffalo, and I was holding a loaded camera in my right hand. I glanced behind us and in memory can still recall the scene like a stop-motion film: The bull was just clearing the edge of the gully on BUFFALO continued page 32

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By AMY HERZOG While biking across America, 21-year-old Leo experiences a horrific event. When he arrives in New York City, Leo spends a month with his feisty 91-year-old grandmother.

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Going the distance Cal Poly Theater Department shows the strength of family love in 4,000 Miles

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Miles and miles to go

The Cal Poly Theatre Department’s production of 4,000 Miles will show from Nov. 2 to 11 in the Spanos Theatre on campus. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $12 for students. Visit pacslo.org for more information.

f art is supposed to reflect life, then 4,000 Miles is the best kind of art.

While it doesn’t whisk you away to some strange new world, this Cal Poly production is on stage today through Nov. 11 and showcases something just as fascinating: the intimate power of empathy and how the everyday moments help us heal.

“This play is so honest and tender. The language is poetic and yet real,” director Alvin Schnupp said. “The switching moments of comedy, sadness, comedy, show how life really is.”

Exhausted and dirty from the road, 21-year-old Leo (Garrett Lamoureux) opens up the play by rolling into Greenwich Village at 3 a.m., toting only a worn bike and bags filled with unwashed clothes. A startled 91-year-old Vera (Erma Stauffer) grabs her dentures and opens the door to greet her grandson. After bluntly asking Leo, “Are you high right now?” it becomes obvious that this is an unexpected visit. There are few reasons he should be appearing on her doorstep in the middle of the night, especially when his girlfriend lives just a few blocks away.

Tired Leo has been on a cross-country biking adventure for months. Yet somewhere between Seattle and New York, he’d stopped communicating with his family entirely. While the cellphone-less Leo is certainly an off-the-grid guy, Vera worries that something more is lurking.

She starts to get concerned when her closed-off grandson is slow to give answers.

Leo and Vera’s family traits show as they get into headstrong, sassy bickering.

Why hasn’t Leo called home? Why isn’t he talking to his girlfriend? Why is he biking all alone? After a bit of back and forth, Vera concedes and promises not to tell Leo’s mother that he’s hiding out in

Manhattan. In return, Leo promises to stay over a few days and not pitch a tent on some random city street corner. The two awkwardly pause after their agreement.

But the tension soon melts with a spontaneous, genuine bear hug—and a month-long stay in New York begins.

“Leo and Vera’s relationship is complex and loving, if filled with a few irritations,” Schnupp said. And this flawed, yet downto-earth humanity is reflected in every detail of the show.

The stage is a humble collection of the homey, dusty pieces you’d expect at a grandparent’s house. With mid-century armchairs and bookshelves overstuffed with family photos, it’s easy to imagine Vera building up this decades-old nest around her. A few things hint at the play’s 2007 setting (like her family-gifted MacBook), but the rest seems almost timeless. And despite their generational

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much of a barrier for them. They escaped frequently, sometimes wandering as far away as Los Osos. In 1965, the young bull that had charged Cowdrey and Premselaar escaped, wandered onto Highway 101 in front of the inn, and was struck and killed by a woman driving a Volkswagen Beetle.

Alex Madonna being Alex Madonna had the young bull’s head mounted, and it still resides in the inn’s “Buffalo Room.” Cowdrey, who went on to study anthropology at UCSB and eventually became the Curator of Anthropology at the University of South Dakota, continued his fascination with Plains Indians.

He’s written nonfiction books about Native American culture, including Arrow’s Elk Society Ledger: A Southern Cheyenne Record of the 1870s, and the coffee table books American Indian Horse Masks, which won the 2007 Wittenborn

GRANDMA KNOWS BEST Vera (Erma Stauffer, pictured) suspects something is going on when her grandson, Leo, shows up at her doorstep late one night in 4,000 Miles.

differences, Leo and Vera start to build up a connection that’s half unspoken but always felt.

The two find common ground in not knowing what comes next. A wandering Leo tries to hide from his past in sprawling New York, while elderly Vera wonders how to face her fading mind and aging body. There are still growing pains

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE An unexpected summer living together turns into a bonding experience for grandson Leo (Garrett Lamoureux) and his grandmother Vera (Erma Stauffer).

as both of them argue and complain like old roommates. But when Leo opens up in the play’s climax, finally revealing his bike trip’s awful tragedy, his vulnerable honesty and Vera’s punch-line reply show the true heart of the show.

Other renditions of the play have highlighted the dramatic tension between Leo and Vera, emphasizing the story’s arguments and Vera’s lack of filter. But Schnupp had a different philosophy while directing. “The conflict is already there,” he said. “We don’t need to scream it.”

Instead, the Cal Poly production focuses on a gentler type of connection. To accent this, Schnupp added more plants to all the scenes, echoing the family relationship blossoming onstage. That constant emotional impact is what makes 4,000 Miles ultimately shine. Leo and Vera’s heartbreaks and healing show the great power in our little stories. Sometimes, we just need somebody to love us.

“Our most important moments are ones of nurturing and contact,” Schnupp said.

“This whole story is about Leo and Vera growing together. That’s why it’s the last word of the play: ‘grow.’” ∆ Arts Intern Sinéad Schouten is all about growth. Send comments to Arts Editor Ryah Cooley at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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its second try. It was 50 feet away, and I had all the time in the world. I looked down into the viewfinder of the camera, framed the picture, clicked the shutter, laid down on the ground, and rolled under the bottom strand of the fence. As I stood up on the other side, the bull was already right there, tossing its horns on the barbed wire, snorting, and angrily butting its head against of the posts in frustration.”

“What were you thinking? Premselaar yelled. “Were you trying to get killed?

That bull almost pinned you against the fence. I thought he had you! What would I have told your mother?”

The berating continued the entire 45-minute hike back to their neighborhood.

Madonna’s buffalo experiment continued for a few years, but eventually the buffalo discovered barbed wire wasn’t

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Cowdrey eventually returned to SLO and continues to do consulting work on matters concerning Plains Indian culture and artifacts. He makes a point of steering clear of buffalo, though he gamely visited his old nemesis, now safely hanging on a wall in the Madonna Inn. ∆ Do you know where the buffalo roam?

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

CHARGE! Seventeen-year-old high school junior Mike Cowdrey captured this shot with a Brownie “Hawkeye” box camera in 1962, three years before the buffalo was killed on Highway 101.

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BY GLEN STARKEY

And the winners are … ?

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TIPSY GYPSIES

Come to the NTMAs on Nov. 3 at the Fremont Theater and find out!

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Wanna hang out? I’m going to be at the ninth annual New Times Music Awards this Friday, Nov. 3, at the Fremont Theater (6 p.m.; all ages; $10 presale at ticketfly.com/event/1581442).

I think we could have a really fun time together. You know, drink a beer or three, check out some music, hang out with other music lovers, and take some sweet photos in front of the NTMA backdrop.

What do you say?

Yeah, it’ll be cool! It’s this little thing we do every year where we ask songwriters, musicians, and bands from SLO and northern Santa Barbara Counties to submit entries in a variety of different genres, songwriting, and best album categories. We even had a youth category this year.

The five winners in the genres will be playing live and competing for Best Live Performance. Yeah, I’m talking about live sets by rockers 33RPM, Americana act The Creston Line, Gypsy jazz ensemble The Tipsy Gypsies, hip-hop/ funk collective Wordsauce, and EDM band Tropo. That’s a bodacious amount of music for 10 smack-a-roos!

Second and third place finishers will also be there to collect their prizes, as will winners of the song and album categories.

Hey, maybe you went online and voted for your favorite because we’re also handing out a Readers’ Choice Award.

The event opens with youth percussion group The Bucket Busters followed by youth category performer Amelia Fleming, aided by her sister Rio Fleming. If you love our local music scene, it’s the place to be this Friday night!

Gloomy delight

I can’t count how many nights I wallowed in my angsty youth listening to The Smiths. Man, I loved their music so much! I find a lot of their songs still appealing, though my more grownup, anti-nihilistic, and generally cheerier self sees more of their mordant humor now than I did back then. Hey, I was young. I thought everything was serious.

The band only recorded four albums, and lead singer Morrissey went solo in 1987 and continued to release charttopping songs. His black humor has remained intact, and his literate, complex lyrics continue to be his greatest strength.

Morrissey plays Vina Robles Amphitheatre this Sunday, Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $55 to $85 at vinaroblesaphitheatre.com), in what will be the final musical performance of the venue’s season.

If I could have interviewed him, I would have asked burning questions such as “How did Joan of Arc get a Walkman® in ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’?” and “Is that guy’s girlfriend from ‘Girlfriend in a Coma’ still in a coma?” Maybe I’d ask him if it’s possible to write a more morbid love song than “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” or better yet whether it’s

BRINGING THE HEAT! The Tipsy Gypsies (pictured) will compete against 33RPM, The Creston Line, Wordsauce, and Tropo at the NTMAs on Nov. 3, in the Fremont Theater.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID HAMMOND BROWN

healthy to listen to “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” on repeat for, like, two hours. Something I totally did every time I got dumped in the ’80s.

His current tour is in support of his most recent studio album Low in High School. I’m not sure if he’ll be playing any old Smiths stuff or only his solo stuff, but judging from clips I’ve seen online, he sounds great and has a great band backing him up.

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Numbskull and Good Medicine Presents will be indulging your music needs in three genres this week, starting this Thursday, Nov. 2, when The Siren hosts terrific Americana pickers and harmony vocalists The Steel Wheels (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $10 presale at ticketfly.com or $12 at the door). These four guys are awesome!

American roots music at its finest!

On Monday, Nov. 6, ultra-cool country act Frankie Ballard plays the Fremont Theater (7 p.m.; all ages; $20 presale at ticketfly.com or $25 at the door). Check out his online video for “Sunshine & Whiskey,” when he drives up to a Pueblo in a silver 357 Porsche, tatted-up in cuffed jeans and motorcycle boots, plays his guitar, and picks up a saucy señorita before taking off down the road again. It’s a great rockin’ country sound from his 2014 sophomore, and now he’s touring in support of his follow up, El Rio, which he tried to make the old fashioned way—by holing up in a studio and striving for continuity.

“I grew up listening to albums and I loved them as bodies of work,” Ballard said in press materials. “But today, everyone cuts singles. Even Sunshine & Whiskey was recorded in chunks. We’d go into one studio, cut four, then go into another studio and cut another four. It’s groovus interruptus, man.”

Finally, Good Medicine returns to The Siren next Thursday, Nov. 9, with Portland jam rock act Fruition (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $12 presale at ticketfly.com or $15 at the door), with Bear Market Riot opening. Fruition features three lead vocalists who sing beautifully together,

IN IT TO WIN IT Live hip-hop and funk act Wordsauce (pictured) will try to take home Best Live Performance at the NTMAs on Nov. 3, in the Fremont Theater.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MORRISSEY

STEVEN PATRICK Former Smiths Frontman Morrissey will bring his solo show to Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Nov. 5, in support of his new album Low in High School.

and though this is a rootsy “string-centric outfit,” they can deliver rock, soul, blues, and British Invasion-era pop.

Be the change you seek A positive attitude and empathy for others’ travails can go a long way in making the world a better place. That’s a lesson local musician Brian Jeffrey began learning nearly a decade ago when he first took up the guitar.

He and his wife were happily running a successful employment agency when the 2008 recession hit, and by 2010 his business was in shambles.

“The year before the financial collapse, I purchased a Martin guitar and played daily, creating new arrangements for cover songs,” he explained. “When the meltdown hit, my wife was pregnant, we were losing our business, and then the unimaginable happened. We lost not one but two late-term pregnancies, my brother Josh was battling terminal cancer, and music was the only thing that seemed to ease the pain.”

Since turning to music, Brian’s songwriting flourished. This Saturday, Nov. 4, he’ll release his third album of STARKEY continued page 36

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COOL CUSTOMER Country hipster Frankie Ballard plays the Fremont Theater on Nov. 6, touring in support of this third album, El Rio.

PLAYING PADEREWSKI Pianist Magdalena Baczewska headlines the fourday Paderewski Festival with a concert at the Paso Robles Inn Ballroom on Nov. 4.

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original material, Don’t Look Away, at McLintock’s in Shell Beach (6 to 9:30 p.m.; all ages; free).

The 11 songs range from celebrating humanity’s similarities rather than difference in the lead track “All Around the World” to the album closer, “Strong Enough,” about the strength Brian gains from his marriage. In between are earnest, thoughtful songs about social inequality, the injustice of mass incarceration, immigration, and more.

The album is dedicated to Brian’s brother Josh, who succumbed to cancer in 2015, but music continues to be the salve that sooths life’s travails. If you like socially conscious, optimistic music, check out Brian Jeffrey.

More music …

The 2017 Paderewski Festival returns to Paso Robles to celebrate its most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski—virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower, and winemaker— with four days of concerts and special events starting Thursday, Nov. 2, with Café Musique playing Cass Winery; continuing on Friday, Nov. 3, with a master class with Pianist Magdalena Baczewska in the Park Ballroom, and later a Jazz Trio playing American standards by Polish composers in the same venue. On Saturday, Nov. 4, check out the Paderewski Festival Youth Piano Competition Winners’ Recital in the Paso PHOTO COURTESY OF CASTLETOWN

FIDDLE ME THIS Portland-based AmeriCeltic band Castletown plays the Frog and Peach on Nov. 7.

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Robles Inn Ballroom, followed by the Gala Recital with pianist Magdalena Baczewska performing works by Paderewski, Chopin, and Szymanowski, and then the Paderewski Cycle finalists montage and winners award ceremony also in the ballroom. Finally, on Sunday, Nov. 5, the festival closes with an allday event at Epoch Estate Wines. Visit paderewskifest.com or call 235-5409 for tickets and details.

SLO’s First Presbyterian Church will host another Brown Bag Concert this Friday, Nov. 3 (noon; all ages; free), in Wilson Hall. Craig Kincaid (guitar) and former KCBX hosts Sonnie Brown (vocals) will entertain. Bring your lunch and kick back! Fair Trade coffee and chocolate will be available.

Damon Castillo will play his final concert of the year this Friday, Nov. 3, with an appearance at Silver Horse Winery (6 p.m.; $10 includes your first glass of wine, at eventbrite.com). This is part of Silver Horse’s “School House Rocks” concert series, and food by Fire and Wine will also be available for purchase.

This Friday, Nov. 3, head to Trilogy to hear the dulcet sounds of The Bald Spots, a vocal quintet singing popular songs of the 1950s and ’60s mixed with hilarious anecdotes and funny memories of a classic era in music (7 p.m.; all ages; $25 general at vocalarts.org or by calling 541-6797). This is a fundraiser for the Gary and Patricia Lamprecht Music Education Endowment, a fund created in 2016 to honor 40 years of musical

direction by the founder of the San Luis Obispo Vocal Arts Ensemble.

Come to Thomas Hill Organic Kitchen this Friday, Nov. 3, during Art After Dark, and enjoy the sounds of jazz act 3 Martini Lunch (7 to 9:30 p.m.; all ages) while feasting on some farm-to-table fare.

The Cuesta Vocal Jazz Festival Concert happens this Friday, Nov. 3 (8 p.m.; all ages; $17 general or $12 seniors and students), on the main stage of the CPAC. Hear dozens of trained voices working in harmony including headliner Pacific Standard Time, which has won seven Downbeat magazine awards.

The Red Barn Community Music Series presents the Kathy Kallick Band this Saturday, Nov. 4 (5 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. show; all ages; donations accepted at the door). This West Coast bluegrass band plays a powerful mixture of original and traditional bluegrass music.

SLOfolks welcomes back Tony Furtado and his trio for two shows: Saturday, Nov. 4, at Castoro Cellars (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $20 at 238-0725 or at castorocellars.com/events); and at Coalesce Bookstore on Sunday, Nov. 5 (7p.m.; all ages; $20 at 772-2880).

Furtado mixes blues, bluegrass, folk, and acoustic rock into his signature sound, and this time he’ll be joined by John Reischman (mandolin) and Luke Price (fiddle). Said David Lindley, “Tony Furtado is a major musical force without a doubt. He has his black-belt in voice and bottleneck guitar, and his banjo STARKEY continued page 37 PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHALAL LAWLER

DOO-WOPPERS The Bald Spots will bring their vocal prowess to Trilogy on Nov. 3, playing ’50s and ’60s classics.

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The Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble and special guest artists will perform Arab and Iranian music and dance Saturday, Nov. 4 (8 p.m.; all ages; $12 to $14 general or $9 to $12 students at 756-4849), in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Center. Guest artists include Neema Hekmat as director and on santur (hammered zither), Nasser Sabouri on vocals, Azadeh NematGorgani on piano, Nariman Assadi on tombak (goblet drum) and daff (frame

drum), and Hannah Romanowsky as choreographer and on dance.

Portland-based AmeriCeltic band Castletown plays the Frog and Peach this Tuesday, Nov. 7 (10 p.m.; 21-and-older; free). Featuring incendiary fiddler Katie Jane, the band is known for high-energy live performances. They just released their second CD, Fired Up Folklore. ∆ Keep up with New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey via Twitter at twitter. com/glenstarkey, friend him at facebook. com/glenstarkey, or contact him at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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HEY TONY! Amazing blues, bluegrass, and folk artist Tony Furtado returns for two SLOfolks shows, Nov. 4 at Castoro Cellars and Nov. 5 at Coalesce Bookstore.

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Arts Goin’ South

THE CLIFFS RESORT: 2757 Shell Beach Rd., Shell Beach, 773-5000, cliffsresort.com.

FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING CO.: 1462 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, 4748525, figmtnbrew.com. Singer/Songwriter Night every Wed. from 8-10pm.

HARRY’S NIGHT CLUB AND BEACH BAR: Cypress and Pomeroy, downtown Pismo Beach, 773-1010. Thurs.: Front Row Karaoke. 11/3: The Jammies at 9pm; 11/4: Soundhouse at 3pm and The Jammies at 9pm; 11/9: DJ Camote at 5pm.

LIDO RESTAURANT AT DOLPHIN BAY: 2727 Shell Beach Rd., Pismo Beach, 7734300 or thedolphinbay.com. Live music Tues., Thurs., and Fri. from 5-8pm.

MONGO’S SALOON: 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 489-3639. Open blues jam every Wed.: DJ Drumz every Fri.; Karaoke with DJ Sam every Sun. 11/4: Easton Everett at 3pm and Legends at 9pm; 11/11: Michael Shelton at 3pm and Three 4 All at 9pm.

PUFFERS OF PISMO: 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, 773-6563, puffersofpismo.com.

Live music every Tues. from 6:30-9:30pm, and most Fri. and Sat. from 7-10pm. 11/2: John Alan Connerly at 7pm; 11/9: Noach Tangeras at 7pm.

SEAVENTURE: 100 Ocean View, Pismo Beach, 773-4994. Live music every Wed. from 6-9pm, Fri. from 6-9pm; and Sun. from 2-6pm.

SKIP GIBSON’S BBQ: 1572 W Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 474-5674. 11/5: Battalion of Saints at 8pm.

San Luis Obispo

BANG THE DRUM BREWERY: 950 Orcutt Rd., 242-8372, bangthedrumbrewery. com.

BARRELHOUSE BREWING CO. SPEAKEASY: 1033 Chorro St. 296-1128, barrelhousebrewing.com.

BON TEMPS CREOLE CAFE: 1000 Olive St., 544-2100. Zydeco music, live blues, and jazz on Wednesday evenings.

Clubs

New Times’ Clubs lists lounges, restaurants, and coffee houses where you can dance or listen to live music.

BUFFALO PUB AND GRILL: 717 Higuera St., 544-5515.

FREMONT THEATER: 1035 Monterey St., 546-8600, fremontslo.com. 11/6: Frankie Ballard; 11/10: The Sounds; 11/11: Cut/copy; 11/12: Daley.

FROG & PEACH PUB: 728 Higuera St., 595-3764.

THE GRADUATE: 990 Industrial Way, 541096, slograd.com. Country Night every Thu. from 8pm-2am; Noche Caliente every Fri. from 10pm-2am.

KREUZBERG COFFEE COMPANY: 685 Higuera St., 439-2060, kreuzbergcalifornia. com. Open mic night every Wed. THE LIBRARY BAR AND LOUNGE: 723 Higuera St., 542-0199.

LINNAEA’S CAFE: 1110 Garden St., 5415888.

LUNA RED: 1023 Chorro St., 540-5243.

MOTHER’S TAVERN: 725 Higuera St, 5418733, motherstavern.com. Live music every Fri. from 7:30-10:30pm.

NOVO RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE: 726 Higuera St., 543-3986, novorestaurant.com.

SLO BREW: 736 Higuera St., 543-1843, slowbrew.com. 11/5: Kenny Taylor Band at 1pm; 11/7: Peter Harper at 10pm; 11/8: Metalachi at 10pm.

STEYNBERG GALLERY: 1531 Monterey St. 547-0278.

TAP IT BREWING COMPANY: Clarion Ct., 545-7702, tapitbrewing.com.

North County

ASUNCION RIDGE: 725 12th St. Paso Robles, 237-1425. Live music Fridays and Saturdays from 5-8pm.

BARRELHOUSE BREWERY AND BEER GARDENS: 3055 Limestone Way, Paso Robles, 296-1128, barrelhousebrewing. com. 11/4: Gary Blackburn Band at 5:30pm; 11/5: Gypsy Flame at noon; 11/6: Gypsy Flame at 2pm; 11/8: Song at 2pm; 11/10: Oso Sol at 5:30pm; 11/11: Bear Market Riot at 5:30pm; 11/12: Gypsy Flame at noon.

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46E, Paso Robles, 239-2562.

Live music every Sat. from 1-4pm.

CHATEAU LETTAU: 840 13th St. Paso Robles, 238-6800.

D’ANBINO VINEYARDS AND CELLARS: 710 Pine St., Paso Robles, 227-6800 or danbino.com.

11/2: Real Blues Jam North from 6:30-9:30pm; 11/3: The Salty Suites from 8-10:30pm; 11/4: Shelly and the Classics from 8-10:30pm; 11/9: Real Blues Jam North from 6:30-9:30pm; 11/10: Burning, Bad, & Cool from 8-10:30pm; 11/11: Dawn Lambeth & The Usonia Jazz Band from 8-10:30pm.

ENOTECA RESTAURANT AND BAR: 206 Alexa Ct., Paso Robles, 238-2834, labellasera.com. Jazz every Thurs. night featuring Adam Levine and Judy Philbin from 7-9pm.

LAST STAGE WEST: Halfway Station on Highway 41 (15050 Morro Road at Toro Creek), 461-1393 or laststagewest. net. 10/26: The BanjerDan Show at 6pm and The Moves Collective at 7pm; 11/2: The BanjerDan Show at 6pm; 11/3: Cisco Jim at 6pm; 11/9: The BanjerDan Show at 6pm; 11/11: 2Ton Bridge with Helen Rose and Dharmasoul at 6pm.

PASO ROBLES INN CATTLEMAN’S LOUNGE: 103 Spring St., 238-2660. Live music 6-8pm and Friday and Saturday from 9:30-11:30pm.

PINE STREET SALOON: 1234 Pine St., Paso Robles, 238-1114.

PONY CLUB WINE BAR AT HOTEL CHEVAL: 1021 Pine St., Paso Robles, 226-9995. 11/3: Luke Bryon from 6-9pm; 11/4: Michael Keeney from 6-9pm; 11/10: Rewined from 6-9pm; 11/11: Kenny Taylor from 6-9pm.

SCULPTERRA WINERY: 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles, 226-8881. Steve Key presents “Songwriters at Play” Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4pm.

TOOTH & NAIL WINERY: 3090 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles, 369-6100.

VINA ROBLES VINEYARDS AND WINERY: 3700 Mill Rd. Highway 46 E.

Paso Robles, 227-4812, vinarobles.com.

Live music every Sat. from 1-4pm. 11/4: Hannah Jane Kile; 11/5: Morrissey; 11/11: Noah Tangeras.

North Coast

CAMBRIA PINES LODGE: 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 927-4200, cambriapineslodge. com. 11/2: J&B Rocks at 8pm; 11/3: Marcus DiMaggio at 3pm and Shameless at 9pm; 11/4: Bobby Malone at 3pm and Rough House at 9pm; 11/5: Bob Benjamin at 8pm; 11/6: Sebastian Luna at 8pm; 11/7: Louie Ortega at 8pm; 11/8: Andy Scott at 8pm; 11/9: Marcus DiMaggio at 8am; 11/10: Marcus DiMaggio at 3pm and Mighty Croon Dog at 9pm; 11/11: Bobby Malone at 3pm and Rough House at 9pm; 11/12: Billy Foppiono at 8pm.

CAMBRIA PUB AND STEAKHOUSE: 4090 Burton Dr., Cambria, 927-0782. Bob Benjamin every Fri. at 6pm.

CENTRALLY GROWN: 7432 Exotic Garden Dr., Cambria, 927-3563, centrallygrown. com. Bob Benjamin every Sun. from 10am-2pm.

LAS CAMBRITAS: 2336 Main St., Cambria, 927-0175. Jon Stephens every Thurs. at 5pm; Bob Benjamin every Sat. at 6pm.

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eorge Clooney (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; Good Night, and Good Luck; Leatherheads; The Ides of March; Monuments Men) directs this black comedy written by Joel and Ethan Coen (Blood Simple, Miller’s Crossing, Fargo, The Big Lebowski) about a lilywhite suburban community troubled by the arrival of an African-American family and a home invasion. (104 min.)

Glen Clooney’s newest foray into directing takes aim at the ’50s mythos of America’s idyllic past. It’s 1959 and Suburbicon is a planned community of cookie-cutter homes, manicured lawns, and white privilege. The story focuses on Gardner Moore (Matt Damon), a white collar worker married to Rose (Julianne Moore), who’s confined to a wheelchair. They live with their son, Nicky (Noah Jupe), and Rose’s twin sister, Margaret (also Moore in a dual role), who’s there to help her disabled sister. They fit right into the close-knit neighborhood where the mailman (Steve Monroe) knows everybody and where kids safely roam free. The neighborhood’s tranquility begins to disintegrate after the Mayers—a black family consisting of Mrs. Mayers (Karimah Westbrook), Mr. Mayers (Leith M. Burke), and their son, Andy (Tony Espinosa)—move in.

Clooney does a great job creating a milieu that’s pulled right out of ’50s sitcoms like Leave It To Beaver or Father Knows Best. He also really captures the hollow rationalizations of racism in the community’s response to the Mayers. The film’s big trick is that the community believes the Mayers are ruining the neighborhood but fail to see that Gardner is the real monster lurking in the midst.

The spiral into Coen brothers’ style violence begins when Gardner and his family are victims of a home invasion by two thugs named Sloan (Glenn Fleshler) and Louis (Alex Hassell), but there’s something fishy about it all. As the story progresses, we discover that Gardner’s brought his troubles upon himself.

Anna The aesthetic of this movie is its greatest selling point—a slice of 1950s suburbia life and the clothes and closedmindedness that come along with it. While the Moore family members themselves don’t seem to have much of a problem with their new neighbors the Mayers, the rest of the town is shocked and offended by

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Rental What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10 in Arroyo Grande the very idea of them in Suburbicon. Soon enough, privacy fences are being erected, protests are being made, and the Mayers’ ability to ignore the haters is tested. The film is sort of trying to make a statement on race, just as it’s sort of playing at a Fargo-esque murder mystery, and a sort of satirical statement on polite society, but it fails at really hitting the mark with any of those. I didn’t find the ending wholly satisfying, and I was left with questions, SHADY BUSINESS After his wife is murdered in a home invasion, suburbanite though none I was particularly interested Gardner Moore (Matt Damon, right) and his sister-in-law, Margaret (Julianne Moore), in pursuing answers to. There is a lot become suspects of the insurance company. of talent involved in this film no doubt, and the Coen brothers in the past have Anna I think Clooney and the Coens because white people don’t like watching delivered some of my favorite films, but work really well together and did put stories about what assholes we are. this one misses the mark, and not just out a polished piece of work, but The Ultimately the story is a tragedy, which for me. It has dismal scores on Rotten supersedes its desire to be a black comedy, Big Lebowski this is not. I’ll be pretty Tomatoes: Both critic and audience scores surprised if Suburbicon has a cult and I think it’s meant to say something hover right around 25 percent. While I following in 20 years and is still shown about present-day America. Did it didn’t mind fawning over Moore’s perfectly on the big screen regularly. The most succeed? Obviously not for most viewers pressed housedress, the cool retro vibe of powerful part of the film to me was and critics, but I have a feeling this is the film isn’t enough to make it float. the ever increasing vitriol and violence a film that—like The Big Lebowski— Glen In retrospect, I think I liked toward the Mayers, while all along might find an audience over time or at it more than you. As a quirky crime the real evil is happening right next the very least come to be recognized as drama, it’s certainly no Fargo, but I door inside a very mild-mannered, representing America’s current zeitgeist. think expectations are often set too high white household. Even at the end of All I know for sure is that I don’t want for Coen brothers’ films, and its ending the film after the riots were broken up, director Clooney and writers the Coen certainly doesn’t leave viewers with a the TV still features interviews with brothers to stop collaborating.

Eventually satisfying sense of resolution, which Suburbiconites blaming every worry in they’re going to knock something out of may be why reviews have been so poor. the world on the quiet and law-abiding the park.

However, considering the Mayers. They learned nothing and didn’t current abysmal race get punished for their bad behavior, relations in our country, which is totally frustrating. The internal I find the film’s desire to story of Gardner’s family is pretty point out the hypocrisy engaging as well, and I agree that Moore’s of racism and white performance was particularly good here. privilege an ambitious She’s like a decadent cupcake laced with and worthy goal. I also cyanide. I didn’t hate the film, but it’s not think Clooney’s direction my favorite work of either the Coens or is excellent here, and Clooney. That said, keep at it, boys! The the acting—especially team is certainly capable of producing Moore—is really some great work and has access to very engaging. In addition, the talented actors and actresses to convey casting is so spot on! The it. I’d watch this film again if it came on two thugs look like they demand, but a must-see in theaters? I don’t think so. ∆ were resurrected from a ’50s film noir. This is a Split Screen is written by Senior Staff well-crafted, beautifully DISTRUSTFUL It’s investigator Bud Cooper’s (Isaac Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna. shot film. Perhaps the Oscar) job to find out who’s behind Rose Moore’s murder.

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Fair Oaks, Stadium 10 Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow) directs Tom Cruise as Barry Seal, a pilot contracted by the CIA to run guns and drugs in the late-’70s and ’80s. The screenplay by Gary Spinelli is based on real events. (115 min.)

—Glen Starkey

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A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS

What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10, Galaxy

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A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three under-appreciated and overburdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers. By the end of the journey, our moms will redefine how to make the holidays special for all and discover a closer relationship with their mothers. (104 min.)

—STX Films

BLADE RUNNER 2049 What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full Price

Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Galaxy Director Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival) takes up the reins of Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner in this sequel set 30 years after the original’s year—2019. A new blade runner, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), discovers a long-buried secret and sets out to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), the blade runner from the original film.

The film’s quiet dialog in conjunction with its industrial-strength soundtrack may make for difficult home viewing. This is one best seen in the theater. Fans of the original, don’t miss it! For the rest of you, if you have even a passing interest, rent the original and get thee to a theater! It’s

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—Glen Starkey

THE FLORIDA PROJECT What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm Director Sean Baker (Tangerine, Starlet, Prince of Broadway) helms this film co-written with Chris Bergoch that follows the exploits of Moonee (Brooklyn Prince), a precocious 6-year-old who lives with her unemployable mother, Halley (Bria Vinaite), in a low-rent motel located near Disney World.

Set over the course of one summer, we watch Moonee and her friends Scooty (Christopher Rivera) and Jancey (Valeria

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Cotto) run wild around the touristy Florida strip, where they beg people for ice cream money, score free waffles from Scooty’s mom Ashley (Mela Murder), and get themselves in trouble with their childish shenanigans.

This is slice-of-life cinéma vérité filmmaking—think a colorful candy-coated version of Truffaut’s The 400 Blows— where the plot is secondary to the film’s realism. In fact, the closest the film has to a plot is Halley’s ongoing struggle to make the rent—she buys knock-off designer perfumes and up-sells them to tourists, for instance—and to keep Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DFC) from taking Moonee away.

Bobby (Willem Dafoe) oversees the motel, called the Magic Castle, and he

spends his days keeping its impoverished residents in line. It may be a low-rent motel, but Bobby takes its upkeep seriously. He also takes responsibility for its residents’ children, watching over them with a fierce protectiveness, even though they make his job much harder. Bobby has deep sympathy for Moonee and Halley, and though Halley is a hot mess, he knows she cares deeply for her daughter.

Aside from Dafoe and Caleb Landry Jones, who plays Bobby’s son, Jack, who sometimes comes and helps at the motel, most of these actors are unknowns or firsttimers. That only adds to the realism, and Baker elicits some amazing performances from them. The film simply feels like a MOVIES continued page 41

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This empathetic examination of American poverty doesn’t depict characters that feel sorry for themselves. Halley is a defiant survivor, and Moonee is too young to know or care that they’re poor. Instead, it humanizes its characters, offering viewers a peek into a segment of the population usually ignored (think Moonlight).

Steel yourself for the conclusion. It’ll tear your heart into pieces. (111 min.)

—Glen Starkey

THE FOREIGNER What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? Galaxy Jackie Chan vs. Pierce Brosnan! You may not have realized it, but this is the big screen, cross-cultural showdown you’ve been waiting for.

Setting aside its rather offensive title, The Foreigner, based on a 1992 novel The Chinaman

by Stephen Leather, is an exciting, surprisingly layered British-Chinese action flick that puts Chan’s renown talent for combat acting on full blast while delving into the Ireland/England political conflict.

Chan plays Ngoc Minh Quan, a retired Vietnam War special forces fighter who now runs a Chinese restaurant in London while raising his teenage daughter. Years prior, Quan watched his wife and two other daughters get killed in the fog of war. He cherishes his remaining daughter, but then she’s suddenly killed in a roadside bombing in London. An Irish group called the “Authentic IRA [Irish Republican Army]” takes credit for the attack.

Quan, beside himself with grief and rage, makes it his mission to track down those responsible.

Enter Brosnan as Liam Hennessy—today a top Irish government official, but formerly a prominent leader of the IRA revolution against England. Hennessy, an insulated, pompous politician, is somewhat caught between those two lives, and, following the bombing, soon realizes that the terrorist attack may have been abetted by his own office.

Determined to get revenge for his daughter’s death and not taking “no” as an answer, Quan bullishly advances up the political ladder to finally reach Hennessy. The film becomes an exciting duel between Quan’s combat prowess and Hennessy’s political savvy, as Irish officials try to hunt down Quan while another IRA terrorist attack is in the works.

Both Chan and Brosnan play great characters, and there are some solid supporting cast performances as well. I especially enjoyed Brosnan in this movie, who really acted his ass off as this angry, charismatic, psychologically troubled former revolutionary figure. Chan also managed to delve into deeper, more intense energy than the showoff-y roles of his younger years.

On its face, The Foreigner appears pretty farfetched and silly. But director Martin Campbell (Legend of Zorro, Casino Royale) does a good job of making this thriller feel real, or at least very entertaining. (113 min.)

—Peter Johnson

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GEOSTORM What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Galaxy After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world’s leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it. (110 min.)

—Warner Bros. Pictures

GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN What’s it rated? 13 Where’s it showing? The Palm A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son, Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother, Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny, Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?

—Fox Searchlight Pictures

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Sunset Drive-In

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Outlaw American pilot Peter Quill, er, I mean “Star-Lord” (Chris Pratt), creates an uneasy alliance with a collection of intergalactic misfits (Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper) after they steal an orb on which Ronan (Lee Pace) wants to get his villainous hands.

Imagine a sci-fi movie where every character is as awesome as Han Solo and you’ll begin to understand why Guardians of the Galaxy is the most space fun you’ll have since Star Wars parts IV through VI … or at least since the Firefly series.

Hollywood has finally figured out how to make use of co-writer and director James Gunn (Slither, Super) and his special brand of irreverent filmmaking. He fleshes-out five great characters: our hero Peter Quill with his tragic back story, with which the film opens; space buddies Rocket and Groot (voiced by Cooper and Diesel respectively), a genetically modified raccoon with a chip on his shoulder and a regenerative tree-like creature whose language skills start and end with the sentence “I am Groot” (did they really need Vin Diesel for this?); Gamora (Saldana), a beautiful green assassin; and Drax (Bautista), a hulking literalist devoid of humor. Can this band of misfits keep Ronan from acquiring the orb with the power to destroy worlds? And more importantly, can they do it to a soundtrack of incredible classic pop hits like Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” and “O-O-H Child” by The Five Stairsteps?

Hells yes!

I’ll say this about the film: Kids will definitely love it, but with its soundtrack and “retrofuture” style, it really feels like a film made for people who grew up in the late-’70s and ’80s.

Its messages—that all different sorts of people can be friends, that being different is OK, and

that by working together we can accomplish amazing things—are great messages for people of any age.

Sure, it’s pretty silly. I mean, come on, a tree and a raccoon? But Rocket and Groot, the two CGI characters, have a lot humanity despite the fact that there’re composed of 1s and 0s. For Groot, it’s more about his actions, but Rocket is an amazing character thanks to Cooper’s quick talking voice work. He’s really funny, as is Pratt as Peter.

This is simply a good-natured film, full of warmth and wonder. Watching it conjured the same feelings I got watching Star Wars IV, or The Princess Bride, or Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time. Like those films, this is one that will stick with me, and perhaps the best thing I can say about it is this: I’m ready to go watch it again right now! Ooga-Chaka ooga ooga I can’t stop this feeling, deep inside of me! (121 min.)

—Glen Starkey

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LBJ What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Galaxy Rob Reiner (This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men) directs Woody Harrelson as President Lyndon Baines Johnson in this biopic that starts with his young days in West Texas through his time in the White House, where he pushed through the Civil Rights Act. (98 min.)

—Castle Rock Entertainment

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LOVING VINCENT What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm Writers-directors Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman helm this story about impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk), exploring his complicated life and mysterious death.

Shot with live actors, the film was then transformed into animation. A team of 115 painters working in Van Gogh’s style painted each of the film’s 65,000 individual frames. The results are a spectacular and mesmerizing achievement! This film is a glory to behold, with paintings coming to life before your eyes.

The story—written by the co-directors and Jacek Dehnel—takes place a couple years after Van Gogh’s death. When an undelivered letter is discovered from Vincent Van Gogh to his brother Theo, Vincent’s friend and frequent subject Postman Roulin (Chris O’Dowd) enlists his son Armand (Douglas Booth) to carry the letter to Paris and search for Theo, since the forwarded letter had already been returned “undeliverable.” Armand sets out on the train, and soon his task turns into a mystery story as he tries to find Theo, and barring him, his widow or someone else who should appropriately receive what was perhaps Van Gogh’s last epistle.

The film is certainly not the definitive version or Van Gogh’s death—it raises questions but doesn’t offer certain answers, just more conjecture—but it’s entertaining, poignant, and visually arresting. See this one in the theater!

(94 min.)

—Glen Starkey

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THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Fair Oaks The Mountain Between Us is a wonderful romantic-adventure film based on the novel by Charles Martin.

Beautifully directed by Hany Abu-Assad, the entire plot is based on a growing romance. Alex Martin (Kate Winslet), a travelling photojournalist, unexpectedly meets Dr. Ben Bass (Idris Elba) at an airport after both of their flights get cancelled. The pair wind up together under tragic circumstances after their attempt to fly, regardless of weather advisories, lands them in a terrible plane crash that leaves them stranded deep in the snow-stormed wilderness.

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At the Movies The story begins in wintery late December, with Alex desperately trying to get a flight to New York to make it back in time for her wedding. The terrible weather in Idaho leaves her with no other option but to locate a private hangar in the hopes that a pilot will be willing to fly her anywhere closer to home. During her time at the airport, she notices a friendly stranger, Ben, who is also in the same predicament and must get back to Baltimore for a very important surgery he has to perform.

Alex meets a friendly pilot named Walter (Beau Bridges), who offers to help charter them to Denver for $800, but must hurry in order to get them there before the storm hits so they can catch their connecting flights home. Ben decides to join Alex on the plane with Beau, and the three take off alongside Walter’s furry companion, a yellow lab that remains nameless throughout the film, but ends up being everyone’s favorite character. Once they take off, flying over snow-capped mountains, Walter begins to stutter while speaking and eventually is unable to speak at all. Ben quickly realizes that Walter is having a stroke.

The plane goes down violently and Ben is the first to wake up after the crash.

The only survivors are Ben, Alex, and the dog. Ben buries Walter and wraps Alex’s wounded leg while she is still unconscious. A few days go by and Alex finally wakes up, only to find out that they are all stranded on a mountainside with little food and quickly realizes that no one actually knows that they are missing— Walter never filed a flight plan before takeoff.

A stubborn Ben insists that they stay inside the plane wreckage for shelter and wait for rescuers to come, but Alex firmly believes that they must travel for help or they will never make it. After a few more days go by, things intensify between Alex and Ben. The strangers begin to realize that they need one another in order to survive, but can’t seem to agree on much.

Once they break into their first fight, a frustrated and fed-up Alex storms off with the dog, leaving Ben behind. He eventually goes after her, but because of Alex’s leg injury there is no turning back. The two have no choice but to keep moving forward. Alex finally comes to know that she really does need Ben’s help and cannot make it alone.

Weeks go by and while the two are figuring out how to survive, they stumble upon an abandoned cabin as they are running out of food and Alex’s leg injury isn’t getting any better. As Alex and Ben grow fonder of one another, they must figure out if they’re going to make it out alive and whether they truly do love one another. (103 min).

—Rachelle Ramirez

ONLY THE BRAVE What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Bay, Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10

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GOD OF THUNDER! After Thor (Chris Hemsworth) loses his hammer and is imprisoned on the other side of the universe, he must fight his way back to Asgard and stop its destruction, in Thor: Ragnarok.

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Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy, Oblivion, the upcoming sequel Top Gun: Maverick) directs this true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, elite firefighters who risk everything to save their community from the raging Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013.

Talk about putting viewers through an emotional ringer! Only the Brave plays more like a war film, where the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood—bonds forged through impossibly difficult and dangerous work—are tested through hardship, the strain of personal lives, and a deep need to succeed.

When we first meet the Granite Mountain crew stationed outside Prescott, Arizona, they’re working a fire but designated as second tier firefighters. They stay in the back, dig fire lines, and clean up after the “Hotshots,” firefighters at the highest certification level who are allowed to engage the fire directly. Hotshots are often helicopter into the danger. They’re considered the best of the best.

The Granite Mountain crew is headed

by Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), a veteran firefighter who desperately wants his crew to reach Hotshot certification, but they would be the first municipal crew in the nation to receive that elite status, which traditionally goes to state or federal firefighting units. Part of the film’s tension is the crew’s deep commitment to becoming Hotshots, aided in part by Duane MOVIES continued page 43

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BECOMING PRESIDENT Thanks to an assassin’s bullet, Lyndon Baines Johnson (Woody Harrelson) became president and pushed through the Civil Rights Act, in LBJ.

somewhere (a dream sequence perhaps).

But he doesn’t and, as much as I love all that jazz, I’m really glad he didn’t.

When? 1999 If there is one aspect of the film that is What’s it rated? G undeniably Lynchian though, it’s Angelo Where’s it available? DVD, Badalamenti’s music. The Straight Story’s Streaming on Amazon score tugs at your heartstrings from the film’s opening credits and refuses to let is a kids movie though, only that it lacks hen WWII veteran Alvin Straight go until its final scene where (spoiler the violence and profanity we’re so (Richard Farnsworth) finds out alert) Alvin is finally reunited with his accustomed to with the majority of Lynch’s his estranged brother, Lyle (Harry films. But even if Disney had nothing Dean Stanton), has suffered a stroke, he brother in Wisconsin.

It’s interesting to note that out of to do with this project, I highly doubt makes immediate plans to visit him after all the films Lynch has directed, The decades of separation. But for reasons Lynch would have added a single F-bomb not entirely explained, Alvin refuses to let Straight Story is the only one he didn’t (although there a moments in the film anyone drive him (as he is not licensed to write himself (even adaptations like The where its usage wouldn’t be unrealistic). drive due to impairments).

Elephant Man, Dune, and Wild at Heart Speaking of Disney though, I would His daughter, Rose (Sissy Spacek), were scripted by him). It’s also Lynch’s love to see a Disneyland ride based on begs him to take a bus. Instead, Alvin only collaboration with Disney. I can only this film. Just picture a slower version hitches a trailer to his 30-year-old lawn imagine what the marketing meetings of the Radiator Springs Racers with mower, with a maximum speed of 5 miles were like (brainstorming what the Happy lawnmowers instead of cars and you see per hour, and sets off on a 240-mile an animatronic version of Harry Dean Meal toys would be for example). journey from Iowa to Wisconsin. Oh, by The Disney brand and G rating shouldn’t Stanton at the end. (112 min.) the way—this is based on a true story.

—Caleb Wiseblood be an indication that The Straight Story If you interpret The Straight Story’s PHOTO COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY PICTURES title as a having a double meaning, the more obvious meaning has to with the protagonist’s last name of course— Straight. It is his story after all. If there is a second meaning, maybe the title is director David Lynch’s way of winking at the audience and saying, “Hey I’m playing this one straight, get it?”

With The Straight Story, Lynch did play it straight so to speak, in the sense that its narrative is linear (unlike Lynch’s Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire). Lynch abandoned the labyrinthine motifs he’s best known for in order to tell The Straight Story in a simple, straightforward manner.

There isn’t a puzzle to solve, nor a clever metaphor to decode, nor a hellish nightmare to wake up from. Even though SLOW RIDE Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) the film is based on a true story, you’d travels from Iowa to Wisconsin on a lawn mower in think Lynch would still find a way to David Lynch’s The Straight Story (1999). add a bit of his trademark surrealism

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Arts MOVIES from page 42 Steinbrink (Jeff Bridges), the fire chief pushing to secure the crew an evaluation.

There’s also tension between their long and dangerous work hours and their significant others. The film especially delves into Marsh and his horse trainer wife Amanda’s (Jennifer Connelly) relationship; their deeply held personal secrets are slowly revealed.

Add in a new member of the Granite Mountain crew, a druggy burnout named Brendan McDonough (Miles Teller), who recently discovered he fathered a little girl and is looking for redemption, and it’s easy to see why the film is so rife with emotionally explosive moments. Some of the guys on the crew, especially Christopher MacKenzie (Taylor Kitsch), are afraid McDonough will endanger the group.

After this set-up, the film moves first to their evaluation and then to dramatic peak, as they join the fight against the Yarnell Hill Fire.

The film is aided by excellent performances, especially Connelly and Brolin. Both of their characters are survivors who have turned their lives around, and while they both were committed to being childless, as Amanda has gotten older, she wants to revisit that while Eric is still uncertain. It makes for some incendiary moments, and it doesn’t help that Eric’s emotions are often on edge. In fact, the acting all around is terrific, with Teller—who I don’t always like—offering a raw performance as the drug addict who’s finally got something to live for.

From what I know of wildfire crews, this film offers a realistic look at the training, the camaraderie, and the firefighting techniques used, and my hat’s off to director Kosinski for amassing a technical team to create some really believable wildfire special effects. There are some amazing moments, such as a helicopter shot of a running elk streaking away from the fire.

Considering what’s happened in Northern California, this film is hitting close to home. It takes a certain kind of person to commit their lives to such dangerous work.

Whether law enforcement, military, or fire protection, these people are heroes. They’re also real, imperfect people, but as this film shows, you don’t have to be perfect to be brave.

(133 min.)

—Glen Starkey

POKÉMON THE MOVIE: I CHOOSE YOU! What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre on Nov. 5, 6 Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town turns 10 and dreams of becoming a Pokémon trainer.

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SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre Same Kind of Different as Me is based on the inspiring true story of international art dealer Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear), who befriends a homeless man (Djimon Hounsou) in hopes of saving his struggling marriage to Debbie (Renée Zellweger), a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the most remarkable journey of their lives. (119 min.)

—Paramount Pictures

SUBURBICON What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10, Galaxy See Split Screen.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10, Galaxy Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield. (108 min.)

—Universal Studios

THOR: RAGNAROK What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Sunset Drive-In, Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10, Galaxy Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his home world and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela (Cate Blanchett). But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger—the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)! (130 min.)

—Walt Disney Pictures

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BY KATRINA BORGES

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Thrilled, chilled, and fulfilled The SLO Queerdos’ version of Rocky Horror was life-changing fun

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s soon as I saw the guy in fishnets manning the spotlight, I knew we were in for a treat.

On Oct. 26, SLO Queerdos performed their version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at SLO Brew’s The Rock, and I was privileged to be in attendance. We were all crammed into The Rock’s outdoor area, with the movie projected onto a screen while actors and drag queens performed along with the songs.

Prior to this event, I had never been to a live Rocky Horror show, so I was beyond excited to finally remedy such a travesty.

I wanted to dress up for the occasion, as is part of the experience, but since I don’t own any lingerie-esque clothing, I settled for a leather jacket, my favorite and most obnoxious hat, and a T-shirt tie-dyed with the colors of the genderqueer flag. (Side note: This is as good of a way as any to come out to my editor, eh?)

I did not embark on this journey alone.

My friend, Justin, and his girlfriend, Grace, picked me up beforehand and we went to Jaffa, where we met up with another one of their friends and had dinner. After that, we drove to the venue, where we met up with a couple more people.

Due to the massive amount of people waiting in line, the show did not start right away. While we waited, a few of the cast members wandered around, socializing with the audience or making last-minute preparations.

I was immediately smitten by the guy playing Riff Raff, and pretty much swooned myself into cardiac arrest when he sauntered over to chat with me for a minute, gently caressing my face midconversation.

Right before the show began, the audience recited a pledge that ended with “Amen, a-women, a-nonbinaries, a-whatever you identify as!” Us nonbinaries aren’t used to being acknowledged that often, so this gave me a thrill and a rush of gratitude.

The show itself was just as fantastic as everything leading up to it. All of the performers had been in Rocky Horror shows before, and their passion and dedication was clear. Ironically, what made them shine the most was accidental—toward the end of the movie, there were some technical difficulties, causing the sound to cut out a few times.

I’m pretty sure the performers were only supposed to be lip synching, but whenever the sound cut out they would start singing to fill in the gaps. The day was saved in particular by Dr. Scott, who seemed to have every lyric memorized, and Frank-N-Furter, whose singing voice was absolutely phenomenal.

After the show, the cast walked around with baskets or gift bags in case anyone wanted to tip. After the incredible fun I’d just had, I felt like I couldn’t not tip them, especially when I saw Riff Raff making his way toward our section. I didn’t have any one-dollar bills on me, so I thought screw it and dropped a five into Riff Raff’s

bag as he passed by.

“That was, like, a religious experience,” Justin said as we were walking back to the car afterward. “That was like church.”

I understood exactly what he meant.

Even though I knew very few of the cues for the audience participation parts, there was still that beautiful feeling of being a part of something wonderful and important. No words can describe the powerful, positive energy that was flowing that night, and I already can’t wait until I can attend something like this again. Δ Contributer Katrina Borges is filled with positive energy. Send comments to Arts Editor Ryah Cooley at rcooley@ newtimesslo.com.

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT Janet (Kayla King) and Rocky (Blade Storm) join hands just before the “Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me” song.

‘YOU’VE ARRIVED ON A RATHER SPECIAL NIGHT’ Riff Raff (Rotem Drori), Janet (Kayla King), Brad (Jonathan Haile), and Magenta (Chaz Garza, aka Juicy) from the SLO Queerdos sing along to the Rocky Horror Picture Show as the film plays out on screen.

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TIME FOR THE FLOOR SHOW Drag queen Krystal Methatic plays Columbia, totally rocking that outfit for the show’s climax.

‘YOU WILL BE OFFENDED!’ Playing Trixie, Eve Riot welcomed everybody to the Rocky Horror Picture Show at SLO Brew’s The Rock on Oct. 26.

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Flavor Wine

BY HAYLEY THOMAS CAIN

Fancy wine, down home digs Lone Madrone’s vineyard-driven wines are best enjoyed in the barn Not so lonely

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one Madrone winemaker Neil Collins samples a bottle of his 2015 grenache blanc. The liquid looks like summer in a glass. The sun, which has begun to set on this stretch of famed Adelaida Road, cascades through the tasting room window, spinning this rustic hangout into a particularly “Paso” shade of gold.

The wine is juicy and bright, with balanced acidity.

“This comes from an amazing vineyard,” he says, and you can tell his mind goes there, to that soil, those vines.

It’s as if he’s in the room but his feet are walking through the vines. This is a common occurrence.

When Collins sees bottles, he sees vineyards. And when he sees vineyards, he sees farmers, which he deems “the true badasses” behind it all.

These farmers are the winery’s closest friends and collaborators—which is exactly why you’ll find the source vineyard—and perhaps even the name of the family who tends it—displayed on the back of Collins’ bottles.

Since founding the Lone Madrone label in 1996 alongside sister and General Manager Jackie Meisinger, the goal has been simple: to make distinctive wines exclusively from vineyards tucked away in the rugged limestone hills of westside Paso Robles.

The vineyards Collins works with are largely dry farmed and head trained, which he feels bring out the best of Paso’s terroir. Klau Mine, Osgood, Heaton, Bailey Ranch, Ambyth Martinelli, Old Oak, Glenrose—these are the plots of land that truly birth Lone Madrone wines, and the reason why the boutique operation has been able to showcase so many diverse offerings throughout the years.

How diverse? There’s 100 percent picpoul blanc, zinfandel, syrah, grenache, as well as the distinctive blends the winemaker is famous for. Collins—who says he has “winemaking ADD”—is always getting his hands into something ripe (yes, he’s the guy behind Bristols Hard Cider, too).

Today, Lone Madrone’s humble tasting list stands at a whopping 26 offerings: everything from 100 percent nebbiolo to a sparkling chenin blanc.

“We’re paring it back,” Collins says, although that’s a little hard to believe.

“We’re working with about four or five vineyards that we absolutely love, and our goal is to continue to work to do a few things very well. I have a very distinct idea of what I want to make, and it is not the big, typical Paso Robles wines that have become popular over the past 15 years. We want to offer something a little

Lone Madrone is located at 5800 Adelaida Road in Paso Robles. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, go to lonemadrone.com, call 2385803 or email jackie@lonemadrone.com. To schedule a Pinnacle Tasting in the barrel room, call 238-0845 or email ryan@lonemadrone.com.

more graceful. We want to make what we, as a family, reach for when we sit down to have dinner.”

That family includes Neil’s son, Jordan Collins, a rock climber and winemaker who has spent time in Chateauneuf-duPape, where he worked the 2014 vintage for Chateau de Beaucastel. The French winery is owned by Lone Madrone neighbor Tablas Creek, where Neil Collins has continued to work as a winemaker for the past 20 years.

Now, Jordan has been helping out the family business. He shares a similar philosophy to his father (i.e. “get out of your own way”).

“Making wines the way we do is not anything new. People have been making wines this way—with minimal human impact, aged in neutral oak barrels or stainless steel, or now we’re also using clay amphora—for hundreds of years,” Jordan says. “It’s about letting the vineyards speak for themselves.”

To this end, all of Lone Madrone’s wines are fermented with native yeasts and native malolactic bacteria. Even the tasting room itself—formerly located on Highway 46 West—echoes a sentiment of organic expression. Its rusted corrugated metal and weathered beams blend into rolling hills that smell of decomposing oak leaves and chalky earth. This is about as far from “Mediterranean-inspired villa” as you can get.

“This tasting room makes so much sense

@flavorslo COME HANG Lone Madrone’s seating area is where Sunday burger nights unfold each spring and summer.

VINEYARD IN A BOTTLE Each bottle of limited production Lone Madrone Wine is made from a unique westside Paso Robles vineyard with an equally singular story to tell.

Visitors to the Adelaida Road tasting room are offered an expansive tasting list of elegant, balanced, vineyard-focused wines ranging from picpoul blanc to zinfandel to tannat.

for us. I’ve been in this neighborhood a long, long time. I started across the street at Adelaia Winery in ’92,” Collins said.

“Back then, there were horses living in this barn.”

“This barn” is now completely converted into a modern tasting room with two tasting bars and a serene, shaded outdoor seating area surrounded by vines. Former horse stalls are now stocked with bottles and barrels. A rustic wood table adorned with a map of Collins’ favorite vineyards offers an intimate space for private “pinnacle tastings,” where you can taste through a lineup of selections alongside an educated tasting room attendant.

As Meisinger says, “These are ‘fancy’ wines, but we’re not. We want to be accessible and affordable. What I hear the most in the tasting room is how elegant

WINE RUNS IN THE FAM Lone Madrone is a family affair. From left, burgeoning winemaker Jordan Collins, Lone Madrone tasting room manager Britta Ray, General Manager Jackie Meisinger, and winemaker Neil Collins. The brother and sister duo founded the winery in 1996, and now Jordan—Neil’s son—is helping out the family business.

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the wines are, and how every wine on the wine list—despite the large number of them—are made to such an incredibly high standard.”

Surrounded by Paso Robles giants like Bordeaux houses Justin and Daou, pioneering zinfandel producer Peachy Canyon, and vast tasting rooms like Halter Ranch, Lone Madrone is a different kind of destination.

At about 2,500 cases per year, these wines are totally handcrafted, boutique bottles, and they are made in only the way Collins could make them. If you ask me, they are best enjoyed in this cozy atmosphere, where dogs wag and burgers are served up hot on the old Santa Maria-style barbecue.

Ask about the famous show horse that’s buried in the backyard and run your hands over the ancient farmhouse table.

Look up and you’ll see the lights above your head are fashioned out of reclaimed barbed wire. As it turns out, a bit of “old Paso” lives at Lone Madrone.

This stretch of Adelaida Road may have changed drastically since Collins started back in the ’90s, when walnut and almond trees covered cow-studded hills.

But the vineyards and farmers? They haven’t changed so much.

They’re still at it, doing their thing, day in, day out. Hot days blend into cool nights.

Grapes ripen with exceptional balance.

Turkey vultures circle. Tarantulas search for a mate before the rains. This is how it’s always been. And, it’s safe to say that Collins will continue to be here, capturing it all, vintage by vintage. Δ Hayley Thomas Cain thinks farmers are badasses, too. She can be reached at hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

Flavor H ayley’s Bites Paso wine wonders Ravishing reds: Join the Rhone Rangers for a varietal night featuring red Rhone blends this Nov. 7 at Adelaida Vineyards and Winery in Paso Robles. On the menu: Small bites prepared by Chef Alex of Crush Catering and artisan cheeses from Vivant Fine Cheese paired with wines from 25 Paso Robles Rhone Ranger wineries. Oh, and live music with Hilary and Kate, too (search on brownpapertickets.com for tickets) …

The Garagiste Wine Festival returns to Paso Robles for the seventh year in a row this Nov. 10 through 12.

Celebrating the passion and spirit of the small, rebellious winemaker, the festival features more than 60 of California’s best micro-wineries, pouring more than 200 wines made from more than 30 different grape varieties. More than a quarter of the winemakers are pouring for the very first time at the festival, which was recently dubbed “tasting nirvana” by the LA Times. Tickets are on sale now at californiagaragistes.com … In the wake of the devastating wildfires in Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties, participating wineries in Paso Robles recently donated $1 per bottle of wine sold last month to folks in need. Let’s continue

to spread the love as our friends to the north continue repair and rebuild.

Feels good Supporting our local food system is yummy! This Nov. 14, Slow Money SLO will hold a free public gathering at the SLO Guild Hall featuring Bliss Café, Back Porch Bakery, SLO Natural Foods Cooperative, Whalebird Kombucha, Mint + Craft, Lincoln Deli, Doc Burnstein’s, and Niner Wine Estates. Get to know your local independent purveyors and learn how Slow Money SLO is helping newcomers in the region with micro-lending and business guidance. Go to slowmoneyslo.org for info … Soup’s on! Cozy up to a fall favorite that won’t last long at Spoon Trade in Arroyo Grande. Their seasonal ramen bowl features duck confit, soft boiled egg, and chives (spoontrade. com). It’s about time Paso Robles got a poke place to call its own! The Poke Chef in SLO is set to open its third location in 18 months (now you can find the fresh fish bowls at 580 California Blvd. in SLO, 1405 Spring St. in Paso Robles, and a new location is set to open at 2252 Broad St. in SLO this fall).

slo wine For the win They’re totally famous: Local pinot noir from Sinor-LaVallee (Avila Beach) and Talley Farms (Arroyo Grande) will be included in the 19th annual Pinot Noir Festival held in San Francisco

on Nov. 18. Congrats, y’all (stop by both tasting rooms to see what the hubbub is all about)! … The San Luis Obispo Wine Country Association has been awarded a $196,455 grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and that’s no small chunk of dough. This funding will surely help our small yet mighty wine region, with just 90 wine grape growers and 5,000 acres of vineyards, to stay visible on the supermarket shelf … Don’t forget: Harvest on the Coast continues Nov. 3 through 5 in SLO Wine Country.

For delicious details on the grand tasting, winemaker dinner, and other events, visit slowine.com. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain is proud of SLO County’s entire local wine community for helping those affected by the recent wildfires. She can be reached at hthomas@ newtimesslo.com.

H ayley’s P icks Say what you will about holiday shopping (and how early you should start panicking). I despise Christmas music and blind consumerism. But can’t we all agree that this is the time of year for strolling the streets with bags full of locally made masterpieces and cups full of hot cider? Who doesn’t enjoy that? There is something so sweet and old fashioned about running into friends on the street, versus tagging them in a raunchy

Facebook meme. Suddenly, social media feels stale and Grinchy. There is a sense of celebration and anticipation in the air that cheers even the sulkiest soul. Friends are meeting for locally roasted coffee and out-of-town relatives are exploring SLO County with fresh eyes. Join the masses for this magical time: Power down your laptop and make a beeline for downtown SLO, where tourists are few this time of year and local shops need your support dearly. Be sure to stop by Mint + Craft while on your merry way. Now through December, the artisanal deli will roll out a host of happenings featuring locally made goods like granola, honey, jujubes, beer, wine, cider, and more. Join in for happy hour each Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and extended breakfast hours until 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (for when you need to nurse your head after all those late-night holiday parties). This Nov. 3, stop by for Art After Dark featuring Cassie Idler Pottery; on Nov. 9, enjoy a “local table” family style dinner with Chef Michael Wood; and on Nov. 25, check out curated holiday gift boxes with custom in-store assembly of mercantile products. Do I even need to repeat? Many of those products are made proudly right here in SLO County, which will certainly get you in the running for this year’s “nice” list. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain encourages everyone to shop as local as humanly possible this holiday season. She can be reached at hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting at City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach California in the Council Chamber for the following purpose: PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA: A. Address: 591 Five Cities Drive Applicant: Five Cties Drive, LLC Project No: P17-000014 Description: A Coastal Development Permit, Conditional Use Permit, and Architectural Review to allow a new 6 pump /12 fuel hose gas station and a 2,277 square–foot convenience store with a single 1,467 square-foot caretaker’s unit on a 1.25 acre lot located on a vacant parcel (former gas station) located at 591 Five Cities Drive (APN 005-242-010) within the Pismo Marsh (M) Planning Area and C-2 (General Commercial, 1983 Code) Zoning District. The project site is located inside the Coastal Zone and is not appealable to the California Coastal Commission.

B. Address: 855 North 4th Street Applicant: Cal-Bay Investments, LLC Project No: P17-000070 Description: A Coastal Development Permit and Architectural Review to allow a new 46 room motel in an exisitng 21,865 square-foot commercial structure located at 855 North 4th Street (APN 005-242-019) within the Pismo Marsh (M) Planning Area and C-1 (Retail Commercial, 1983 Code) Zoning District. The project site is located inside the Coastal Zone and is not appealable to the California Coastal Commission.

C. Address: Citywide Applicant: City of Pismo Beach Project No: P17-000060 Description: A Local Coastal Plan Amendment and Amendments to Titles 16 (Subdivisions) and 17 (1983 and 1998 Zoning Code) of the Pismo Beach Municipal Code to modify the method by which fence/wall heights are measured to consider the grade of the adjacent property, and modify the process for Time Extensions to allow staff level approvals for previously entitled projects.

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 Planning Division by mail or hand-delivery at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, by fax at (805) 773-4684, or by email at eperez@ pismobeach.org.

Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review at the Community Development Department, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA. The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Friday before the meeting and may be obtained at City Hall or by visiting www.pismobeach.org. The Planning Commission meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website.

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Further information on the above items may be obtained from or viewed at the Planning Division Office at City Hall, or by telephone at (805) 773-4658, or by emailing Elsa Perez, Administrative Secretary at eperez@pismobeach.org.

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FILE NO. 2017-2310 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/22/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE WANDERFUL PHOTOBOOTH, 345 Tally Ho Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Danyelle Raylene Forbes(345 Tally Ho Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Danyelle Raylene Forbes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-2217. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, J. Goble. 09-22-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2324 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/14/2007) New Filing The following person is doing business as: TERRA VERDE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING LLC, 3765 S. Higuera Street, Suite 102, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Terra Verde Environmental Consulting, LLC(3765 S. Higuera Street, Suite 102, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Limited Liability Company./s/Terra Verde Environmental Consulting, LLC. Brooke Langle, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-2517. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, JF. Brown. 09-25-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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FILE NO. 2017-2343 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/27/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL COAST CHRISTMAS LIGHTING, CENTRAL COAST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, 816 Bambi Ct. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Preston Marc Martinez(816 Bambi Ct. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Preston Martinez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-27-17. 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. 09-27-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2371 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/29/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MAKE YOUR MARK NOTARY, 481 Dell Court, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

Make Your Mark, LLC(481 Dell Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93449) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Limited Liability Company./s/Make Your Make, LLC. Reena O’Hara, CEO/ Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-29-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, J. Goble.

09-29-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2379 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/22/1999) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GENTLE TOUCH PET TRAINING, 1886 Deer Canyon Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Teah Anders(1886 Deer Canyon Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Teah Anders. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-29-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos. 09-29-22.

Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2359 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: AUTO SOURCE UNLIMITED, 760 S. Frontage Rd, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

John M. Gamboa(1024 Hetrick Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/John M. Gamboa. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-2817. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, JF. Brown. 09-28-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2364 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/01/2003) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CELESTIAL SOULS HEALING ARTS, 777-C Pismo St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Teresa A. K. Hokulani(1055 Pacific St. #4, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Teresa A. K. Hokulani. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-28-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, J. Goble.

09-28-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2375 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BELLA VITA SENIOR LIVING, 145 Andre Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Amepla Group(23679 Calabasas Road #352, Calabasas, CA 91302) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Amepla Group, Inc. Karoly Robert Budai, President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-29-17. 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.

09-29-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2378 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/1999) New Filing The following person is doing business as: STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, 1886 Deer Canyon Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Charles Anders(1886 Deer Canyon Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Charles Anders.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-29-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos.

09-29-22.

Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2380 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/29/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SUPERIOR GROWING SYSTEMS, 2444 Gerda St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Shaun Kelly(2444 Gerda St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Shaun Kelly. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 09-2917. 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. 09-29-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2381 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NIPOMO IMPRINTS & DESIGN, 1730 La Loma Dr, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Brett A. Hall and Jacqlynn C. Hall(1730 La Loma Dr, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by a Married Couple./s/ Brett Hall. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-02-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, JF. Brown. 10-02-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

NOTICE TO ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING SEIZED PROPERTY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE: $2,198.00 U.S. CURRENCY. On 10-9-2017 at 890 4th St., Pismo Beach, CA the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff ’s Office Narcotics Unit and Pismo Beach Police Dept. seized the property listed above for health and Safety Code Sections (s) HS11378/11379/HS11351/11352/HS11470.

We are now taking action to forfeit this property. If you claim an interest, you MUST file a claim within 30 days from the date this notice is first published.

Claims MUST be filed with the Superior Court Clerk’s office located at the County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California. You MUST ALSO provide a copy of the claim to the District Attorney’s Office at the County Government Center, Room 450, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, Attention: Chief Deputy District Attorney Jerret Gran. Use Control No. 17SO-031AF on any correspondence relating to this property.

If you fail to file a claim on time, the District Attorney WILL FORFEIT the property to the State and it will be disposed of according to law (Health and Safety Code #11489).

Dated: 10-11-2017

/s/ Jerret Gran Jerret Gran, Chief Deputy District Attorney

October 19, 26, & November 2, 2017

NOTICE TO ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING SEIZED PROPERTY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE: $11,980.00 U.S. CURRENCY. On 10-10-2017 at 1001 Pacific Blvd. #10, Oceano, CA the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff ’s Office Narcotics Unit seized the property listed above for Health and Safety Code Sections (s) HS11378/11379/ HS11351/11352/HS11470.

We are now taking action to forfeit this property. If you claim an interest, you MUST file a claim within 30 days from the date this notice is first published.

Claims MUST be filed with the Superior Court Clerk’s office located at the County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California. You MUST ALSO provide a copy of the claim to the District Attorney’s Office at the County Government Center, Room 450, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, Attention: Chief Deputy District Attorney Jerret Gran. Use Control No. 17SO-031AF on any correspondence relating to this property.

If you fail to file a claim on time, the District Attorney WILL FORFEIT the property to the State and it will be disposed of according to law (Health and Safety Code #11489).

Dated: 10-11-2017

/s/ Jerret Gran Jerret Gran, Chief Deputy District Attorney

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/SLOCAL, Inc. Mark NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT Eckhaus-President. This statement FILE NO. 2017-2408 FILE NO. 2017-2382 was filed with the County Clerk of TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE San Luis Obispo on 10-03-17. I (N/A) (10/02/2017) hereby certify that this copy is a New Filing New Filing correct copy of the statement on The following person is doing busi- file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. The following person is doing business as: CHILI PEPPERS, 2121 County Clerk, D. Chavez. 10-03-22. ness as: OH SLO GOOD!, 411 Longview Ave, Pismo Beach, CA Broad St. San Luis Obispo, CA Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Julie Ann Kilburn(411 Longview Concepcion Hernandez(2121 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Ave, Pismo Beach, CA 93449).

Broad St. San Luis Obispo, CA NAME STATEMENT This business is conducted by 93401). This business is conductFILE NO. 2017-2398 an Individual./s/Julie Ann Kilburn, ed by an Individual./s/Concepcion TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Owner. This statement was filed Hernandez. This statement was (10/03/2017) with the County Clerk of San Luis filed with the County Clerk of San New Filing Obispo on 10-04-17. I hereby certify Luis Obispo on 10-02-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct The following person is doing busi- that this copy is a correct copy of ness as: DAUGEHYDE MUSIC, 668 the statement on file in my office. copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Branch St. San Luis Obispo, CA (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Bolden. 10-04-22.

Clerk, I. Diaz. 10-02-22.

Peter Michael Yelda(668 Branch Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). business is conducted by an FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This Individual./s/Peter Michael Yelda.

NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT This statement was filed with the FILE NO. 2017-2413 FILE NO. 2017-2389 County Clerk of San Luis Obispo TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE on 10-03-17. I hereby certify that (10/04/2017) (07/19/17) this copy is a correct copy of the New Filing New Filing statement on file in my office.

The following person is doing busiThe following person is doing (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, ness as: SHIPWRECKED GOODS business as: AUSTIN’S WET PETS D. Chavez. 10-03-22.

COMPANY, 810 Tulare Street, Pismo Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 AND LILY PAD, AUSTIN’S POND Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo MAINTENANCE, 1164 E. Grand County. Rebekah Ashley Tiner and Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Josiah David Tiner(1505 Atlantic San Luis Obispo County. Austin’s NAME STATEMENT City Avenue #A, Grover Beach, CA Wet Pets and Pond Maintenance FILE NO. 2017-2400 93433). This business is conducted Incorporated(1164 E. Grand Ave, TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE by a Married Couple./s/Rebekah Arroyo Grande, CA 93420) CA. (10/02/2017) Ashley Tiner. This statement was This business is conducted by a CA New Filing filed with the County Clerk of San Corporation./s/Austin’s Wet Pets The following person is doing busi- Luis Obispo on 10-04-17. I hereby and Pond Maintenance Incorporat- ness as: RICHARDSON PROPER- certify that this copy is a correct ed, Joanette Austin, Vice President. TIES CHRISTIES INTERNATIONAL copy of the statement on file in my This statement was filed with the REAL ESTATE, 735 Tank Farm office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County County Clerk of San Luis Obispo Road, Suite 130, San Luis Obispo, Clerk, I. Diaz. 10-04-22. on 10-02-17. I hereby certify that CA 93401.San Luis Obispo County. Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 this copy is a correct copy of the Richardson Properties, Inc.(735 statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tank Farm Road, Suite 130, San FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Tommy Gong. County Clerk, A. Bau- Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This NAME STATEMENT tista. 10-02-22. business is conducted by a CA FILE NO. 2017-2418 Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 Corporation./s/Richardson PropTRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE erties, Inc. Charles Richardson, (N/A) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS President. This statement was filed New Filing with the County Clerk of San Luis NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing busiObispo on 10-03-17. I hereby cerFILE NO. 2017-2393 ness as: 805 WINDSHEILD REPAIR, TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE tify that this copy is a correct copy 158 N. 10th Street, Grover Beach, of the statement on file in my office.

(10/02/2017) CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, I. New Filing Brooke David Gonzales(158 N. 10th The following person is doing busi- Diaz. 10-03-22.

Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433).

Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 ness as: ELITE CAR TECHNICAL This business is conducted by an SERVICE, 1399 14th Street, Los Individual./s/Brooke Gonzales, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Owner. This statement was filed with Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo NAME STATEMENT County. Cinthea Thomsley Colethe County Clerk of San Luis Obispo FILE NO. 2017-2401 on 10-04-17. I hereby certify that man(1399 14th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402) CA. This business is TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE this copy is a correct copy of the (06/06/1992) statement on file in my office. (Seal) conducted by an Individual./s/ New Filing Tommy Gong. County Clerk, A. BauCinthea T. Coleman, Owner. This statement was filed with the County The following person is doing busi- tista. 10-04-22.

Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-03- ness as: VENTURE ENTERPRISES, Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 17. I hereby certify that this copy VENTURE ENTERPRISES MORTis a correct copy of the statement GAGE GROUP, 9500 Corriente FICTITIOUS BUSINESS on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Rd. Atascadero, CA 93442. San NAME STATEMENT Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos. Luis Obispo County. Barbara Ann FILE NO. 2017-2419 Kastner(9500 Corriente Rd. Atas10-03-22.

TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE cadero, CA 93442). This business Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 (10/01/2017) is conducted by an Individual./s/ New Filing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Barbara Ann Kastner. This state- The following person is doing busiment was filed with the County ness as: THE TINTSTITUTE, 12330 NAME STATEMENT Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-03FILE NO. 2017-2394 17. I hereby certify that this copy Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE is a correct copy of the statement Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo (09/29/2017) on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy County. Austin Craig Cook and MiNew Filing Gong. County Clerk, A. McCormick. caela Ann Cook(7300 Santa Lucia Rd. Atascadero, CA 93442). This The following person is doing busi- 10-03-22. business is conducted by a Married ness as: MORRO SECURE STOR- Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 Couple./s/Micaela Ann Cook. This AGE, 1020 Quintana Rd, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo FICTITIOUS BUSINESS statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04County. Scott Newton and Jill M. NAME STATEMENT 17. I hereby certify that this copy is Newton(215 Santa Fe Ave, Shell FILE NO. 2017-2403 Beach, CA 93449). This business is a correct copy of the statement on conducted by a Married Couple./s/ TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

(N/A) Jill M. Newton. This statement was County Clerk, J. Goble. 10-04-22.

New Filing filed with the County Clerk of San Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 Luis Obispo on 10-03-17. I hereby The following person is doing busicertify that this copy is a correct ness as: FRIENDS OF RYAN TEIXFICTITIOUS BUSINESS copy of the statement on file in my ERA, 720 Thousand Hills Road, NAME STATEMENT office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis FILE NO. 2017-2420 Clerk, D. Chavez. 10-03-22.

Obispo County. Friends of Ryan TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 Teixera(720 Thousand Hills Road, (06/01/2017) Pismo Beach, CA 93449) CA. This New Filing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS business is conducted by a CA The following person is doing busiCorporation./s/Friends of Ryan ness as: HWY 1 ESCAPES, 2995 NAME STATEMENT Teixera, Tyler Auerbach-President. Studio Drive, Cayucos, CA 93430.

FILE NO. 2017-2395 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE This statement was filed with the San Luis Obispo County. Alicia Van County Clerk of San Luis Obispo Fleet and Cameron Van Fleet(2995 (09/01/2017) New Filing on 10-03-17. I hereby certify that Studio Drive, Cayucos, CA 93430).

The following person is doing this copy is a correct copy of the This business is conducted by a Marbusiness as: SHALIMAR RESTAU- statement on file in my office. (Seal) ried Couple./s/Alicia Van Fleet. This RANT, 2115 Broad Street, San Tommy Gong. County Clerk, A. Bau- statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-04Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis tista. 10-03-22.

17. I hereby certify that this copy is Obispo County. Maqbool, Inc.(2115 Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 a correct copy of the statement on Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

CA 93401). This business is conFICTITIOUS BUSINESS County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-04-22. ducted by a CA Corporation./s/ Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 NAME STATEMENT Maqbool, Inc. Aasim Sajjad. Aasim FILE NO. 2017-2406 Sajjad-VP. This statement was filed FICTITIOUS BUSINESS with the County Clerk of San Luis TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Obispo on 10-03-17. I hereby cer(10/01/2017) NAME STATEMENT tify that this copy is a correct copy New Filing FILE NO. 2017-2422 of the statement on file in my office. The following person is doing busiTRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, ness as: BEST WESTERN EL RAN(04/25/2012) D. Chavez. 10-03-22.

New Filing CHO, 2460 Main Street, Morro Bay, Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 The following person is doing busiCA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Twins Bay Inc.(2659 S. Buenos ness as: SMG BUILDERS, 334 Morro FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Aires Dr. Covina, CA 91724) CA. Ave, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San This business is conducted by a Luis Obispo County. Samuel MitchNAME STATEMENT ell Gilliland(334 Morro Ave, Pismo CA Corporation./s/Twins Bay Inc. FILE NO. 2017-2397 Beach, CA 93449). This business TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Brian Der Vartanian, V. President. is conducted by an Individual./s/ (06/01/2017) This statement was filed with the Samuel Gilliland, Owner. This stateNew Filing County Clerk of San Luis Obispo ment was filed with the County Clerk The following person is doing on 10-04-17. I hereby certify that of San Luis Obispo on 10-05-17. business as: HERTZ OF SAN LUIS this copy is a correct copy of the I hereby certify that this copy is a OBISPO, 901.5 Airport Drive #12, statement on file in my office. (Seal) correct copy of the statement on San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kra- file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

Luis Obispo County. SLOCAL, Inc. mos. 10-04-22.

County Clerk, S. Kramos. 10-05-22.

(901.5 Airport Drive Suite 12, San Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017 Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This

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FILE NO. 2017-2424 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/15/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HOMESHARESLO, 4314 Bridge Street, Cambria, CA 93428.

San Luis Obispo County. Smart Share Housing Solutions, Inc.(4314 Bridge Street, Cambria, CA 93428) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Smart Share Housing Solutions, Inc. Jo Oliver, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-05-17. 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. 10-05-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2427 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DAHLIA BLUE CLOTHING, 935 Via Palo Place, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Michelle Marie Adkins(935 Via Palo Place, Nipomo, CA 93444) General Partner. Journey Hope Bayne(820 Wadsworth Ave. Pismo Beach, CA 93449) General Partner. This business is conducted by a General Partnership./s/Michelle Adkins, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-05-17.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos.

10-05-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2431 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HARMONY CHAPEL, HARMONY CHAPEL & GARDENS, 2177 Old Creamery Rd. Harmony, CA 93435. San Luis Obispo County.

Harmony Town LLC(699 Pacific St. Ste. C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Limited Liability Company./s/Harmony Town, LLC. Tom Halen, President/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-0517. 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.

10-05-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2433 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: …BY M.E.R., 6127 Kathy Ct. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Mercedes Maria Tolentino-Swem(6127 Kathy Ct. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Mercedes TolentinoSwem, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-06-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-06-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2436 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2003) New Filing The following person is doing business as: RE/MAX DEL ORO, 857 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Del Oro Properties, Inc.(857 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Del Oro Properties, Inc. Randy Steiger, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-0617. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-06-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2443 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: 9TH LIMB YOGA, 845 Napa Ave #A, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Khristine Michelle Jones(1126 Market Ave, Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Khristine Jones.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-06-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-06-22.

Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2448 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/01/1993) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FITNESS EGDE, 795 Buckley Road, Suite 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Travis James Jones(1075 La Serenta Way, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Travis Jones, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-1017. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden.

10-10-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2453 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/10/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL COAST VEGANS, 491 Hansen Hill Road,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS ducted by an Individual./s/Angela Roeser. This statement was filed NAME STATEMENT with the County Clerk of San Luis FILE NO. 2017-2463 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Obispo on 10-13-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct (10/12/2017) copy of the statement on file in my New Filing The following person is doing office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County business as: ARNOLD BUILDERS Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 10-13-22.

INC., 1239 11th St, Los Osos, CA Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Arnold Buiders Inc.(1239 11th St, Los Osos, CA 93402) CA. This NAME STATEMENT business is conducted by a CA FILE NO. 2017-2485 Corporation./s/Arnold Builders TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Inc. Chantel Arnold, Secretary.

(10/13/2017) This statement was filed with the New Filing County Clerk of San Luis Obispo The following person is doing on 10-12-17. I hereby certify that business as: HEAVEN SCENT this copy is a correct copy of the CLEANING, 1630 Tonini Dr. #11, statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Jill Letitia TerD. Chavez. 10-12-22. ra(1630 Tonini Dr. #11, San Luis Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 Obispo, CA 93405). This business is by an Individual./s/ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Jill conducted Terra. This statement was filed NAME STATEMENT with the County Clerk of San Luis FILE NO. 2017-2468 Obispo on 10-13-17. I hereby TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE certify that this copy is a correct (N/A) copy of the statement on file in my New Filing office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County The following person is doing busi- Clerk, D. Chavez. 10-13-22. ness as: FM EVENTS, 2401 Broad Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017 St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Felicia FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Francisca Malapit(2401 Broad St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

NAME STATEMENT This business is conducted by FILE NO. 2017-2486 an Individual./s/Felicia Malapit, TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Owner. This statement was filed (10/13/2017) with the County Clerk of San Luis New Filing Obispo on 10-12-17. I hereby The following person is doing certify that this copy is a correct business as: ANCHOR TILE AND copy of the statement on file in my MARBLE, 1601 10th St, Los office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 10-12-22.

County. Jeremy Scott Moler(1601 Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 10th St, Los Osos, CA 93402).

This business is conducted by FICTITIOUS BUSINESS an Individual./s/Jeremy Moler.

This statement was filed with the NAME STATEMENT County Clerk of San Luis Obispo FILE NO. 2017-2475 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE on 10-13-17. I hereby certify that (10/01/2017) this copy is a correct copy of the New Filing statement on file in my office.

The following person is doing (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, business as: NAUTILUS SURF D. Chavez. 10-13-22.

SHOP, 696 Morro Bay Blvd. Morro Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 Bay, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Chandler Augustine RichFICTITIOUS BUSINESS mond(1183 Morro Ave. Morro NAME STATEMENT Bay, CA 93442). This business FILE NO. 2017-2487 is conducted by an Individual./s/ Chandler Richmond, Owner. This TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/02/2010) statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo New Filing on 10-12-17. I hereby certify that The following person is doing busithis copy is a correct copy of the ness as: COASTAL BOOKKEEPING statement on file in my office. AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, 1601 10th Street, Los Osos, CA TJ. Blandford. 10-12-22.

93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017 Stacie Nicole Spurlock(1601 10th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This business is conducted by NAME STATEMENT an Individual./s/Stacie Spurlock.

FILE NO. 2017-2477 This statement was filed with the TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE County Clerk of San Luis Obispo (10/12/2017) on 10-13-17. I hereby certify that New Filing this copy is a correct copy of the The following person is doing statement on file in my office. business as: SUPERIOR FIRE (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, SPRINKLER INC, 495 Violet Ave. Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis D. Chavez. 10-13-22.

Obispo County. Superior Fire Sprin- Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017

Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Erika Ulrike Satkoski(491 Hansen Hill Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420)CA. This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Erika Satkoski.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-10-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, kler, Inc. (495 Violet Ave. Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conN. Balseiro. 10-10-22. ducted by a CA Corporation./s/ Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 Superior Fire Sprinkler, Inc. Lloyd FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Parrish-President/CEO. This statement was filed with the County NAME STATEMENT Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-13FILE NO. 2017-2460 17. I hereby certify that this copy TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE is a correct copy of the statement (10/11/2017) on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy New Filing Gong. County Clerk, D. Chavez.

The following person is doing 10-13-22. business as: FRESH PRODUCE Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 MARKETING, 518 Highland Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Luis Obispo County. Lisa Suzanne NAME STATEMENT Cork(518 Highland Drive, San Luis FILE NO. 2017-2478 Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/22/2017) Lisa Cork, Owner. This statement New Filing was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-17. The following person is doing busiI hereby certify that this copy is ness as: MIDSTATE BROKERS, a correct copy of the statement 214 E. Branch Street, Suite B, on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden. Luis Obispo County. JHS Lending Services, Inc.(214 E. Branch 10-11-22.

Street, Suite B, Arroyo Grande, CA Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 93420) CA. This business is conFICTITIOUS BUSINESS ducted by a CA Corporation./s/ JHS Lending Services, Inc. Justin NAME STATEMENT Hardin Stearns, Chief Executive FILE NO. 2017-2461 Officer. This statement was filed TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE with the County Clerk of San Luis (10/11/2017) Obispo on 10-13-17. I hereby New Filing certify that this copy is a correct The following person is doing busi- copy of the statement on file in my ness as: DIAMOND WAY AYURVE- office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County DA, 2411 Paso Robles Street, Clerk, I. Diaz. 10-13-22.

Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obis- Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 po County. Robert Michael Sachs, Trustee and Melanie Anne Sachs, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Trustee(2411 Paso Robles Street, NAME STATEMENT Oceano, CA 93445). This business FILE NO. 2017-2484 is conducted by a Trust./s/Melanie TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Sachs, Trustee. This statement (10/12/2017) was filed with the County Clerk New Filing of San Luis Obispo on 10-11-17. The following person is doing busiI hereby certify that this copy is ness as: TEXTA, 2166 Beebee a correct copy of the statement St. Unit B, San Luis Obispo, CA on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden. Angela Kay Roeser(2166 Beebee 10-11-22.

St. Unit B, San Luis Obispo, CA Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 93401). This business is con-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2492 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/16/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: KANDRA’S BEADS, 225 West Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Kandra Joy Norsigian(765 Mesa View Drive #19, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Kandra Joy Norsigian, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-17.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden.

10-16-22.

Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2494 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CIAO BELLA CHAUFFEUR, 3940 Broad Street #7149, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Gusto On The Go, LLC(3940 Broad Street #7149, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Limited Liability Company./s/ Gusto On The Go, LLC, Christopher Mazzei, Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-16-17. 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. 10-16-22.

Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2510 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/18/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LONE WOLF HANDYMAN, 195 Easter Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Glen Theilen(195 Easter Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Glen Theilen, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 10-18-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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FILE NO. 2017-2522 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/20/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SUNNY SKY PRESCHOOL AT UNITY, 1130 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Lori Debartolo(7800 Tassajara Creek Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Lori Debartolo, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-20-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-20-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2511 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SALLY LOOS WHOLESOME CAFE, 1804 Osos St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jennifer Alexandra Fullarton(773 Bay Leaf Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Jennifer Fullarton. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-18-17.

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. 10-18-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2524 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/16/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MCCARTHY WHOLESALE, MCARTHYS, 43 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Costcar Inc.(43 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Costcar Inc. Mike McCarthy, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-2017. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-20-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2513 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/1998) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ADAM COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNT SERVICES, 526 Via Concha Road, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Karen Adam(526 Via Concha Road, Nipomo, CA 93444) CA. This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Karen Adam. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-1917. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-19-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2515 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/29/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GENESIS TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL, 4525 Sycamore Rd, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Michael J. Balanzategui and Kori L. Balanzategui(4525 Sycamore Rd, Atascadero, CA 93422) CA. This business is conducted by a Married Couple./s/ Mike Balanzategui. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-17. 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. 10-19-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2516 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL COAST PREMIER REALTY, 1980 Reina Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Elizabeth Anderson(1980 Reina Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Elizabeth Anderson, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 10-19-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2519 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE HIVE, 119 E. Branch St, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Tracy Dawn Sonny(289 Gait Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Tracy Sonny, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 10-19-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2527 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/20/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: TWEETYZ PHOTOGRAPHEE ART, 355 Castiac Ave, Shell Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Roberta Ann Cabotage(355 Castiac Ave, Shell Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Roberta Ann Cabotage. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-20-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, I. Diaz. 10-20-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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FILE NO. 2017-2535 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/01/2003) New Filing The following person is doing business as: A CLEAN HOUSE, 3500 Bullock Lane #39, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Rebecca Elizabeth Moir-Evans(3500 Bullock Lane #39, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Rebecca E. Moir-Evans. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-17. 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. 10-23-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2540 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/24/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: XKS UNLIMITED, 850 Fiero Ln. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Moss JagCo, LLC(400 Rutherford St. Goleta, CA 93117) CA. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company./s/Moss JagCo, LLC. Ed Moss, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-17. 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. 10-24-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2541 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/24/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ACACIA CREEK HOME STAGING, 1229 Briarwood Dr, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Jessica Bass(1229 Briarwood Dr, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Jessica Bass, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-2422.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2528 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE LOCK BOXX, 1302 6th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Will Ruoff(1302 6th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS is conducted by an Individual./s/ NAME STATEMENT Will Ruoff. This statement was filed FILE NO. 2017-2542 with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-20-17. I hereby cer- TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) tify that this copy is a correct copy New Filing of the statement on file in my office.

The following person is doing (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, I. business as: CENTRAL COAST Diaz. 10-20-22.

MOBILE PHLEBOTOMY, 765 Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2530 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO DOULA, 1220 ½ Morro Ave. Upper, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Lisa Marie Boyd(1220 ½ Morro Ave. Upper, Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Lisa Boyd. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-2317. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong.

County Clerk, S. Bolden. 10-23-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2534 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: VINTAGE SUGAR, 1377 Division St, Nipomo, CA 93444.

San Luis Obispo County. Nicole Lynn Perez(1377 Division St, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Nicole Perez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-23-17. 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. 10-23-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

Mesa View Drive #71, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Chandler Marie Hale(765 Mesa View Drive #71, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Chandler Hale.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, JF. Brown. 10-24-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2548 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/24/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: A GIRL AND HER BRUSHES, 845 Oak Park Blvd, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Courtney Erin Wallace(1026 Sycamore Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Courtney Erin Wallace, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-24-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos. 10-24-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2556 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/15/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: POKE MORRO, 922 Rancho Parkway Ste G-2, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Poke Morro Inc.(2255 S. Broadway Suite 5, Santa Maria, CA 93454) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Poke Morro Inc. Eric Huynh, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-2517. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden.

10-25-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2561 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LADERA TECHNOLOGIES, LADERA, LADERA CONSULTING, 233 Travis Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Jesse Acosta(233 Travis Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Jesse Acosta. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-25-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos. 10-25-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2563 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/25/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PACIFIC PROPERTIES HOME ESTATE INVESTMENT, CENTRAL COAST MANAGEMENT GROUP, 1111 Riverside Ave #403, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Christopher Pardee Austin(1923 Kleck Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Christopher Pardee Austin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-25-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Kramos. 10-25-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2571 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/17/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO SMILES, 878 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Leopold and Murphy, PC(878 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/ Leopold and Murphy, PC. Mark Leopold, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-19-17.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, I. Diaz. 1019-22.

Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2017-2576 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/26/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ARROYO NURSERY, 955 Guadalupe Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Esteban Cruz, Guadalupe Ramos De Cruz, Enrique Martinez Lopez and Marina Ramos Lopez(855 Guadalupe Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by a General Partnership./s/ Esteban Cruz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-26-17. 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. 10-26-22.

Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

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NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY— CITY OF PISMO BEACH The City of Pismo Beach invites qualified consultants to submit their proposals to provide the City with a Development Impact Fee Study and propose Development Impact Fees for the City.

Proposals must be received before 2:00 p.m., as determined by www.time.gov, on Monday, November 20, 2017, addressed and delivered to the City Clerk, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. Proposals received after that date and time will not be considered. Each proposal must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the proposal title and bidder name. Submit the notto-exceed fee proposal and standard hourly billing rates in a separate sealed envelope and as a separate electronic document at the same time and as a companion document to the proposal.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) package and additional information may be obtained free on the City’s website at www.pismobeach.org, or by emailing Nadia Feeser at nfeeser@pismobeach.org.

Proposals submitted will be reviewed by a team of City representatives. The team will review all complete, eligible qualification submittals received by the deadline. Upon evaluating the proposers’ qualifications, the team may identify top vendors to be invited for finalist interviews.

Nadia Feeser City of Pismo Beach Administrative Services Director 805-773-7010 October 26 & November 2, 2017

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting at City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach California in the Council Chamber for the following purpose: PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA: A. Address: Citywide Applicant: City of Pismo Beach Project No: P17-000060 Description: A Local Coastal Plan Amendment and Amendments to Titles 16 (Subdivisions) and 17 (1983 and 1998 Zoning Code) of the Pismo Beach Municipal Code to modify the method by which fence/wall heights are measured to consider the grade of the adjacent property, and modify the process for Time Extensions to allow staff level approvals for previously entitled projects.

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 Planning Division by mail or hand-delivery at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, by fax at (805) 773-4684, or by email at eperez@ pismobeach.org.

Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review at the Community Development Department, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA. The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Friday before the meeting and may be obtained at City Hall or by visiting www.pismobeach.org. The Planning Commission 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 Planning Division Office at City Hall, or by telephone at (805) 773-4658, or by emailing Elsa Perez,Administrative Secretary at eperez@pismobeach.org.

Elsa Perez, CMC, Administrative Secretary November 2, 2017

Sheriff’s Sale Under Foreclosure ATTORNEY FOR: Peter and Carol Lee Keith: The Law Offices Of Joshua W. Martin 135 N. Halcyon Road, Suite B Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo 1035 Palm Street, Room 385 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 San Luis Obispo Co. Superior Ct.-Gov. Cent.

PLAINTIFF/ PETITIONER: Peter and Carol Lee Keith DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT: Jesse Valenzuela and Jake Anderson LEVYING OFFICER: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office San Luis Obispo County Sheriff 1050 Monterey St., Room 236 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 COURT CASE NUMBER: 14CV-0298 LEVYING OFFICER FILE NUMBER: 2016001141 DATE: 10/13/2017 In favor of: Peter and Carol Lee Keith And against: Jesse Valenzuela, c/o Steve Ronca, Esquire, Post Office Box 4806, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403, Jake Anderson, 138 Whiteley Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 Under a Writ of Sale issued out of the above court on 04/22/2016, on a judgment rendered on 03/14/2016 for the sum of $207,435.13, I have levied upon all the rights, title, claim, and interest of the judgment debtor(s), Jesse Valenzuela, Jake Anderson In the real property, in the County of San Luis Obispo, described as follows Physical Address: 590 Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 Legal Description: The Subject Property’s legal description is as follows: [APN: 005133-013] An undivided ½ interest in and to the following described property, Lots 33 and 34 in Block 10 of the Town of Pismo, in the City of Pismo Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map recorded in Book A, Page 155 of maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County. Excepting therefrom the Notheasterly 45 feet of said Lots 33 and 34. Also excepting therefrom that portion of said Lots condemned for the widening of Dolliver Street by Final Decree of Condemnation dated January 5, 1931 entered in the Superior Court, County of San Luis Obispo, Case No. 8870.

APN(s): 005-133-013 The property to be sold is subject to the right of redemption. The amount of secured indebtedness with interest and costs: $243,567.02 Minimum Bid (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. (CCP 701.547) 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 many be necessary to satisfy said Writ or Warrant, with accrued interest and cost on: Date and Time of Sale 11/30/2017 11:00AM Location Sheriff Civil Enforcement Office, 1050 Monterey St., Rm 236, San Luis Obispo, CA Directions to the property location can be obtained from the levying officer upon oral or written request.

Ian S. Parkinson, Sheriff-Coroner /s/: T. Rudman, Sheriff’s Authorized Agent LIENS MAY BE PRESENT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT SURVIVE THIS LEVY October 26, November 2, & 9, 2017

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LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BENJAMIN DONOHUE CASE NUMBER: 17PR - 0294

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: BENJAMIN DONOHUE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STEPHEN MATUSZEWICZ in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that STEPHEN MATUSZEWICZ 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 5, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Martha B. Spalding, Attorney At Law 215 South Main Street Templeton, CA 93465 November 2, 9, & 16, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: HELEN D. WALKER CASE NUMBER: 17PR - 0275

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: HELEN D. WALKER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PEGGY THOMPSON in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that PEGGY THOMPSON 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

LegaL Notices 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: November 21, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Martha B. Spalding, Attorney at Law 215 South Main St. Templeton, CA 93465 October 26, November 2, & 9, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JIMMIE CLINTON ELKINS CASE NUMBER: 17PR - 0339

LegaL Notices 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: Law Offices of Dennis James Balsamo, APLC 1303 E. Grand Ave. Ste. 103 Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 October 19, 26, & November 2, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SHILOH G. ELKINS CASE NUMBER: 17PR - 0363

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SHILOH G. ELKINS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HARVEY C. HUNT in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that HARVEY C. HUNT 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 30, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: HARVEY C. HUNT 323 Crum Rd. Templeton, CA 93465

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SHERI SEAGLE CASE NUMBER: 17PR-0307

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SHERI ANN SEAGEL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JAMES D.W. SEAGLE in the Superior Court of California, County of: San Luis Obispo.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: JAMES D.W. SEAGLE 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: Date: December 19, 2017 Time: 9:00 A.M. in Dept.: 9 Address of Court: Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

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 deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of Letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: EDWARD E. ATTALA, ESQ. 1502 Higuera St San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: 805-543-1212 By: /s/ D. Rincon, Deputy Clerk November 2, 9, 16, 2017

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JIMMIE CLINTON ELKINS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JIMMIE ARTHUR ELKINS in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that JIMMIE ARTHUR ELKINS 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 NOTICE OF SALE OF have waived notice or consented ABANDONED PERSONAL to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority PROPERTY will be granted unless an interested Notice is given that pursuant to person files an objection to the sections 21701-21715 of the petition and shows good cause Business and Professions Code, why the court should not grant the Section 2328 of the Commercial authority.

Code, Section 515 of the Penal A HEARING on the petition will be Code, Main Mini Storage located held in this court as follows: Januat 1380 Santa Ynez Ave., 2000 ary 9, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: Mountain View Ave., Los Osos, CA 9, in Superior Court of California, 93402 and 2100 Main St., Morro County of San Luis Obispo, located Bay, CA 93442, will sell by comat 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, petitive bidding ending on or after San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

Nov. 6th, 2017 on or after 10:00 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting A.M., property in storage units. of the petition, you should appear Auction is to be held online at www. at the hearing and state your objecstoragetreasures.com. tions or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your Property to be sold includes, but appearance may be in person or by is not limited to: Bookshelves, your attorney. dressers, washers & dryers, IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a desks, beds, tables and chairs, contingent creditor of the decebed frames, mattresses, kitchen dent, you must file your claim with utensils, kitchenware, pots and the court and mail a copy to the pans, appliances, furnishings, personal representative appointed clothing, household items, lugby the court within the later of eigage, stereo equipment, cabinets, ther (1) four months from the date sporting equipment, fishing gear, of first issuance of letters to a October 26, November 2, & 9, camping gear, tools, construction general personal representative, as 2017 equipment, computers, monitors, defined in section 58(b) of the Caliprinters, toys, TV’S, bicycles, golf fornia Probate Code, or (2) 60 days clubs, surf boards, office furniture,

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LegaL Notices personal items, possible collectibles/antiques and boxed items contents unknown, belonging to the following: Los Osos Sanchez, Celene (5x5) Johannsen, Deanna (10x27) Faria, Maria (10x20) Manriquez, Donald (10x15) Lankford, Cindy (10x20) Poelman, Jason (10x20) Brown, Michael D. (10x15) Morro Bay Contreas, Eric M. (5x7) Purchases must be paid for at time of sale in CASH ONLY. All purchased items sold as is, where is. Items must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Advertiser reserves the right to bid.

LegaL Notices designation of real property: 470 No. 3rd Street , Grover Beach, CA 93433 A.P.N.: 060-086-021 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 375,852.25.

Auction by StorageTreasures.com Phone (855)722-8853 Main Mini Storage (805) 528-7864 Ad to run October 26 and Novem- Note: Because the Beneficiary reber 2, 2017 serves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S bid may be less than the total debt.

SALE T.S. NO.: 2016-03024-CA A.P.N.:060-086-021 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 470 NO. 3RD STREET, GROvER BEACH, CA 93433

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.

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

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

NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCU- If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should MENT ATTACHED understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auc注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 tion. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RE- the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle SUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN you to free and clear ownership of DE ESTE DOCUMENTO the property. You should also be TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG aware that the lien being auctioned IMPORMASYON SA DOKU- off may be a junior lien. If you are MENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP the highest bidder at the auction, LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ you are or may be responsible for BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ paying off all liens senior to the lien THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU being auctioned off, before you can NÀY receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exOWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ist on this property by contacting A DEED OF TRUST DATED the county recorder’s office or a 08/08/2000. UNLESS YOU TAKE title insurance company, either of ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP- which may charge you a fee for this ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB- information. If you consult either LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA- of these resources, you should be NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE aware that the same lender may PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Deborah R. Jones, An Unmarried Woman Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 08/18/2000 as Instrument No. 2000-047171 in book ---, page-- and further modified by that certain Loan Modification Agreement recorded on 02/14/2011 as Instrument Number 2011007702 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 11/14/2017 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale:IN THE BREEZEWAY ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES BLDG. LOCATED AT 1087 SANTA ROSA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 375,852.25 THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-9608299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2016-03024-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: October 3, 2017Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx _____________________________ ______________ Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

October 19, 26, & November 2, 2017 Street Address or other common

LegaL Notices NOTICE SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AvISO AL DEMANDADO): KATHRYN GARCIA AND DOES 1 TO 10, INCLUSIvE YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): DIANE M. MANDALA CASE NUMBER: 17CvP0282

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

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

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una repuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted puede usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formuleriors de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas.

Si no presenta su repuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte la podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requistas legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados.

Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar ias cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de

LegaL Notices valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ao una consesion de artitraje en un caso dce derecho civll. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: 17CVP-0282 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 901 PARK STREET PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): BRIGHTON K. HUSHING-KLINE, HUSHING LAW P.O. BOX 1980 ATASCADERO, CA 93422 Date: 10-12-2017 By:. /s/ JANIS DUMOUCHELLE, Deputy Clerk October 26, November 2, 9, & 16, 2017

NOTICE SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AvISO AL DEMANDADO): BRIAN L. TILLISCH, AN INDIvIDUAL; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIvE YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): GOLDEN EAGLE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, A FEDERALLY CHARTERED CREDIT UNION CASE NUMBER: 17LC-0296

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

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

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una repuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible

LegaL Notices que haya un formulario que usted puede usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formuleriors de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas.

Si no presenta su repuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte la podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requistas legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados.

Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar ias cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ao una consesion de artitraje en un caso dce derecho civll. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: 17LC-0296 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 1035 Palm Street, Room 385 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Thomas J. Prenovost, Jr., SBN 77813 Karel Rocha, SBN 212413 Prenovost, Normandin, Bergh, & Dawe 2122 North Broadway, Suite 200, Santa Ana, CA 92706-2614 Date: 04-26-2017 By:. K. Martin /s/ Michael Powell, Deputy Clerk

LegaL Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 17CV-0560 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Monte Lynn Garrison for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Monte Lynn Garrison PROPOSED NAME: Monte Lynn Garrison Rothschild

THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 11/30/2017, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2 at the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. 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 16, 2017 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera of the Superior Court Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 17CV-0570

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Victoria Trautman for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Victoria Trautman PROPOSED NAME: Victoria Baxter Trautman

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 October 12, 19, 26, & November the petition without a hearing.

2, 2017 NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/06/2017, Time: 9:00 am, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Dept. 9 at the Superior Court of FOR CHANGE OF NAME San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA CASE NUMBER: 93401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at 17CV-0547 least once each week for four sucTo all interested persons: Petitioner: Mary Anita Price Cryden cessive weeks prior to the date set for a decree changing names as fol- for hearing on the petition in the lows: PRESENT NAME: Mary Anita following newspaper of general Price Cryden PROPOSED NAME: circulation, printed in this county: New Times Maryanita Price Cryden 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: 12/13/2017, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 9 at the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. 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 10, 2017 /s/:Charles S. Crandall of the Superior Court Oct. 19, 26& Nov. 2, 9 2017

Date: October 19, 2017 /s/: Charles S. Crandall of the Superior Court Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 17CV-P0281

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Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of NOTICE OF PETITION San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, TO ADMINISTER ESTATE Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be OF: CHRISTINE CASTLE published at least once each week CASE NUMBER: for four successive weeks prior to 17PR - 0357 the date set for hearing on the petiTo all heirs, beneficiaries, credition in the following newspaper of tors, contingent creditors, and general circulation, printed in this persons who may otherwise be county: New Times interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CHRISTINE CASTLE Date: October 11, 2017 A PETITION FOR PROBATE has /s/:Charles S. Crandall of the Subeen filed by CHARLOTTE POTTER perior Court in the Superior Court of California, Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE that CHARLOTTE POTTER be appointed as personal representative FOR CHANGE OF NAME to administer the estate of the decedent.

CASE NUMBER: THE PETITION requests the dece17CVP-0283 dent’s will and codicils, if any, be To all interested persons: Petitioner: Jesse Thomas Sauerbry admitted to probate. The will and for a decree changing names as any codicils are available for examifollows: PRESENT NAME: Jesse nation in the file kept by the court.

Thomas Sauerbry PROPOSED THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under NAME: Jesse Thomas Landon the Independent Administration of THE COURT ORDERS: that all per- Estates Act. (This authority will alsons interested in this matter ap- low the personal representative to pear before this court at the hear- take many actions without obtaining indicated below to show cause, ing court approval. Before taking if any, why the petition for change certain very important actions, of name should not be granted. however, the personal representaAny person objecting to the name tive will be required to give notice changes described above must file to interested persons unless they a written objection that includes have waived notice or consented the reasons for the objection at to the proposed action.) The indeleast two days before the matter pendent administration authority is scheduled to be heard and must will be granted unless an interested appear at the hearing to show person files an objection to the cause why the petition should not petition and shows good cause be granted. If no written objection why the court should not grant the is timely filed, the court may grant authority.

A HEARING on the petition the petition without a hearing. will be held in this court as follows: JANUARY 30, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 11/29/2017, Time: 9:00 am, Dept: 9, in Superior Court of CaliDept. P2 at the Superior Court of fornia, County of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the grantthis Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week ing of the petition, you should apfor four successive weeks prior to pear at the hearing and state your the date set for hearing on the peti- objections or file written objections tion in the following newspaper of with the court before the hearing. general circulation, printed in this Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. county: New Times IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the Date: October 13, 2017 /s/: Barry T. Labarbera of the Su- decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to perior Court the personal representative apOct. 26 & Nov. 2, 9, 16 2017 pointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a STATEMENT OF general personal representative, as ABANDONMENT OF defined in section 58(b) of the CaliUSE OF FICTITIOUS fornia Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal BUSINESS NAME delivery to you of notice under secNEW FILE NO. 2017-2493 tion 9052 of the California Probate OLD FILE NO. 2015-2777 YARN AND BEADS, 225 W. Grande Code. Other California statutes Ave, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San and legal authority may affect your Luis Obispo County. The fictitious rights as a creditor. You may want business name referred to above to consult with an attorney knowlwas filed in San Luis Obispo County edgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the on 11-16-2015. The following person has abandoned the use of file kept by the court. If you are a the fictitious business name: Kan- person interested in the estate, dra Norsigian(765 Mesa View Dr. you may file with the court a formal #19, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). Request for Special Notice (form This business was conducted by DE-154) of the filing of an inventory an Individual./s/Kandra Norsigian. and appraisal of estate assets or of This statement was filed with the any petition or account as provided County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on in Probate Code section 1250. A 10-16-2017. I hereby certify that Request for Special Notice form is this copy is a correct copy of the available from the court clerk. statement on file in my office. (Seal) Attorney for Petitioner: Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By S. DOUGLAS M. BUCHANAN(SBN 147241) Brown, Deputy Clerk.

PO BOX 234 Oct.19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2017 ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93421

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

To all interested persons: NEW FILE NO. 2017-2563 Petitioner: Joy Freedom Martinez OLD FILE NO. 2015-0958 for a decree changing names as CENTRAL COAST MANAGEMENT follows: PRESENT NAME: Joy FreeGROUP, PACIFIC PROPERTIES dom Martinez PROPOSED NAME: HOME ESTATE INVESTMENT, 1111 Joy Freedom Lovely Riverside Ave #403, Paso Robles, THE COURT ORDERS: that all per- CA 93446. San Luis Obispo sons interested in this matter ap- County. The fictitious business pear before this court at the hear- name referred to above was filed ing indicated below to show cause, in San Luis Obispo County on 04if any, why the petition for change 17-2015. The following person has of name should not be granted. abandoned the use of the fictitious Any person objecting to the name business name: William Pardee changes described above must file Austin(2233 Glen St. Los Osos, a written objection that includes CA 93402). This business was conthe reasons for the objection at ducted by an Individual./s/William least two days before the matter P. Austin. This statement was filed is scheduled to be heard and must with the County Clerk of San Luis appear at the hearing to show Obispo on 10-25-2017. I hereby cause why the petition should not certify that this copy is a correct be granted. If no written objection copy of the statement on file in my is timely filed, the court may grant office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County the petition without a hearing.

Clerk. By S. Kramos, Deputy Clerk.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 23 2017 11/22/2017, Time: 9:00 am,

for the week of Nov. 2

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November 2, 9, & 16, 2017

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Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology Homework: Meditate on death not as the end of physical life, but as a metaphor for shedding what’s outworn. In that light, what’s the best death you’ve experienced? Freewillastrology.com.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): America’s Civil War ended in 1865. A veteran from that conflict later produced a daughter, Irene Triplett, who is still alive today and collecting his pension.

In the coming months, I foresee you being able to take advantage of a comparable phenomenon, although it may be more metaphorical. Blessings from bygone times, perhaps even from the distant past, will be available to you. But you’ll have to be alert and know where to look.

So now might be a good time to learn more about your ancestors, ruminate exuberantly about your own history, study the lives of your dead heroes, and maybe even tune in to your previous incarnations.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I wasn’t in the market to buy a Day-Glo plastic fish from a street vendor,” testified a witty guy named Jef on Facebook, “but that’s exactly what I did. The seller said he found it in someone’s trash. He wanted 50 cents for it, but I talked him up to a dollar. The best part is the expression on the fish’s face. It’s from Edvard Munch’s The Scream.” I bring this testimony to your attention, Taurus, because I feel it’s good role-modeling for you. In the coming days, I bet you won’t know exactly what you’re looking for until you find it. This prize may not be highly valued by anyone else but you. And it will amuse you and be of use to you in just the right ways.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Where are Chinese gooseberries grown?

In New Zealand. What is a camel’s hair brush made of?

Squirrel fur. When England and France waged their Hundred Years’ War, how long did it last? 116 years. When do Russians celebrate their October Revolution? In November.

Trick answers like these are likely to be a recurring theme for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. That’s why I advise you to not be a Master of the Obvious.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you indulge in any or all of the following exercises. 1. Dedicate an entire day to performing acts of love. 2. Buy yourself flowers, sing yourself a song, and tell yourself a story about why you’re so beautiful. 3. Explain your deeply-felt opinion with so much passion and logic that you change the mind of a person who had previously disagreed with you. 4. Make a pilgrimage to a sacred spot you want to be influenced by. 5. Buy a drink for everyone in a bar or cafe.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Rob: I saw a photo of you recently, and I realized that you have a scar on your face. I hope you don’t mind me telling you it resembles an ancient Mayan hieroglyph that means ‘Builder of Bridges for Those Who Are Seeking Home.’ Did you know this? If so, do you think it’s an accurate title for what you do? – Renegade Leo Scholar.”

Dear Scholar: Thanks for your observation. I don’t know if I fully deserve the title “Builder of Bridges for Those Who Are Seeking Home,” but it does describe the role I’m hoping to play for Leos. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for your tribe to clarify and cultivate your notion of home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Author Clarissa Pinkola Estés encourages us to purge any tendencies we might have to think of ourselves as hounded animals, angry, wounded victims, leaky vessels aching to be filled, or broken creatures yearning for rescue. It so happens that now is a perfect time for you to perform this purgation. You have maximum power to revise your self-image so that it resounds with more poise, selfsufficiency, and sovereignty.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I used to scoff at people who play the lottery. The chance of winning big is almost nil. Why not invest one’s hopes in more pragmatic schemes to generate money? But my opinion softened a bit when the planet Jupiter made a lucky transit to an aspect in my personal horoscope. It really did seem like my chances of winning

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the lottery were unusually high. I started dreaming about the educational amusements I’d pursue if I got a huge influx of cash. I opened my mind to expansive future possibilities that I had previously been closed to. So even though I didn’t actually get a windfall during this favorable financial phase, I was glad I’d entertained the fantasy. In alignment with current astrological omens, Libra, here’s the moral of the story for you: Meditate on what educational amusements you’d seek if you had more money.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the early stages of Johnny Cash’s development as a musician, his mother hired a coach to give him singing lessons. But after a few meetings, the teacher counseled him to quit. Johnny’s style was so unique, the seasoned pro thought it better not to tamper with his natural sound. I hesitate to offer you comparable advice, Scorpio.

I’m a big believer in the value of enhancing one’s innate talents with training and education. On the other hand, my assessment of your destiny between now and October 2018 impels me to offer a suggestion: It may be useful for you to give some credence to the perspective of Johnny Cash’s voice coach. Make sure you guard and revere your distinctiveness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I used to nurture a grudge against Tony Pastorini. He was the high school math teacher who kicked me out of the extracurricular Calculus Club because my proofs were too “intuitive and unorthodox.” The shock of his rejection drove me away from a subject I had been passionate about. Eventually, though, I came to realize what a good deed he had done. It would have been a mistake for me to keep specializing in math—I was destined to study literature and psychology and mythology—but it took Pastorini to correct my course. Now, Sagittarius, I invite you to make a similar shift of attitude. What debt of gratitude do you owe a person you have thought of as a source of frustration or obstruction?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the lore of ancient Greek mythology, the god Prometheus stole fire from his fellow deities and sneakily gave it to us humans. Before our patron provided us with this natural treasure, we poor creatures had no access to it. As I gaze out at your possibilities in the coming months, Capricorn, I foresee you having Promethean inclinations. Your ability to bestow blessings and spread benevolence and do good deeds will be at a peak. Unlike Prometheus, however, I don’t expect you’ll get into trouble for your generosity. Just the opposite!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here’s a parable you may find useful. An armchair explorer is unexpectedly given a chance to embark on an adventure she has only read and dreamed about. But she hesitates on the brink of seizing her opportunity. She asks herself, “Do I really want to risk having ragged reality corrupt the beautiful fantasy I’ve built up in my mind’s eye?” In the end she takes the gamble. She embarks on the adventure. And ragged reality does in fact partially corrupt her beautiful fantasy. But it also brings her unexpected lessons that partially enhance the beautiful fantasy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “A game of chess is usually a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders,” said chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower, a Pisces. “It is a struggle against one’s own errors,” he added. “The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” I think this is excellent counsel during the current phase of your astrological cycle, Pisces. It’s time to risk bold moves, because even if they’re partly or wholly mistaken, they will ultimately put you in a good position to succeed in the long run. Here’s a further point for your consideration. Remember the philosopher Rene Descartes’ famous dictum, “Cogito ergo sum”? It’s Latin for “I think, therefore I am.” Tartakower countered this with, “Erro ergo sum,” which is “I err, therefore I am.” ∆

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