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he California Faculty Association has been threatening to strike since late last year, demanding a 12 percent raise for its members, among other bargaining chips, and rejecting the California State University system’s offer of a STRIKE NOW Cal Poly faculty and students joined flat 5 percent raise and other a statewide strike on Jan. incentives. After one day of the 22, when California Faculty Association members planned weeklong strike across picketed across the California State University the system’s 23 campuses, the system’s 23 campuses. union and CSU chancellor’s office announced a tentative agreement and told professors and students to return to their regular schedules. Not everyone is happy with the outcome, and some faculty members believe the union needs to do a better job of representing its members. Staff Writer Samantha Herrera writes about it this week [8]. Also this week, read about a statewide anti-trans initiative collecting signatures for the November ballot [9], a new photography exhibit at SLOMA [20], and an organization in Cuyama helping plant backyard gardens [26].

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Homeless union hits county, CAPSLO with civil rights lawsuit

t the tail end of the biennial Point-in-Time Count on Jan. 23, a homeless union served San Luis Obispo County a lawsuit. Formed out of the troubled Oklahoma Avenue safe parking site, the union slapped a lengthy list of county officials and nonprofit leaders with a civil rights complaint. Over a dozen union members rallied in front of the Katcho Achadjian Government Center in SLO during the Board of Supervisors meeting so they could personally serve the lawsuit to county counsel. “What we have noticed from the last couple of years is a lot of promises were not fulfilled nor were they kept,” former safe parking site resident Mallory Mejia announced at the rally. “A lot of threats were made by CAPSLO [Community Action Partnership of SLO County], and a lot of people’s personal things were taken out there. … They have made people feel very low and as if they don’t matter.” The Oklahoma Avenue safe parking site’s success was hampered by difficulties like overcrowding, lacking resources and care, and relative isolation since its inception in 2021. Disagreements between its residents and the county and CAPSLO—which alleged that program participants overstayed their 90-day welcome—came to a boiling point when

officials admitted last February that the program failed to meet its goal of being a temporary solution for the homeless. The county decided to stop allowing new participants into the program altogether. “Rather than intensify efforts to find housing for those to whom it was promised, now faced with the imminent closure of the safe parking site, the county has instead decided to close the site, eject some two dozen mostly elderly persons with disabilities, and confiscate their mostly nonworking vehicles,” the lawsuit reads. The union along with individual members who currently and once lived in their vehicles at the safe parking site—David Richford, Dan Richford, Tim McElroy, Leon Shahoian, De Durlesser, Naomi De Leon, Michael Maez, Naomie DeGraw, and Treva Kathaway—included CAPSLO, its CEO Elizabeth Steinberg, and Director of Homeless Services Jack Lahey in the suit. SLO County, its Department of Social Services, the Homeless Services Division, Director of Social Services Devin Drake, Director of Homeless Services Morgan Terrell, and the county’s program manager Jeff Al-Mashat are also listed as defendants. Homeless union attorney Anthony Price told New Times at the rally that while PHOTO BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL discontent has been building over the years, a Dec. 7 letter from Director of Social Services Drake triggered the lawsuit. He served that letter to eight homeless participants, Price said, most of whom are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. “That letter falsely accused eight people here of not cooperating and not being diligent in pursuing the so-called pathways to housing,” Price said. “For example, one person was ordered to leave. They were told they had to leave by Dec. 15.” The lawsuit detailed that since the union’s attorney intervened, the county extended that deadline to Feb. 2. It alleged that none of them have working vehicles and officials haven’t provided them with a secondary safe ON RECORD Former Oklahoma Avenue safe parking site resident Mallory Mejia speaks at a Jan. 23 rally in front of the Katcho Achadjian place to go to. Government Center in SLO before the homeless union’s attorney and “[One] of the allegations was that a few members served county counsel with a civil rights lawsuit. they were telling people to get housing

State Parks increases number of campers allowed at Oceano Dunes

After months of advocating for State Parks to bring camping reservations back to pre-pandemic levels, the Friends of the Oceano Dunes recently announced that the number of units available to overnighters at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area [ODSVRA] will increase to 500. “Friends of Oceano Dunes is pleased with the camping increase and looks forward to working with State Parks to improve the overall experience of camping and OHV recreation at the Oceano Dunes,” Friends of Oceano Dunes President Jim Suty told New Times. Although camping spaces numbered 1,000 units before the pandemic, State Parks Southern Communication Manager Jorge Moreno told New Times that the Oceano Dunes SVRA is currently at a capacity of 400 units, which will grow to 500 on

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Jan. 25. However, that number is expected to drop to 300 on March 1. “California State Parks adjusts camping inventory throughout the year to address public safety, visitor experience, and park operations,” Moreno said. “One example is a seasonal reduction of camping inventory from March through September to protect the endangered shorebird during its nesting season.” The increase in camping units comes months after a San Luis Obispo Superior Court ruling that ensured off-road vehicle use could continue at the Oceano Dunes despite a March 2021 California Coastal Commission decision to phase out offroading permanently at the dunes in 2024. On July 19, 2023, Judge Tana Coates released the ruling, which brought closure to four lawsuits— three from the Friends of Oceano Dunes and one from EcoLogic Partners—against the Coastal Commission.

January 25 - February 1, 2024 from Hope’s Village,” Price said. “Hope’s Village doesn’t exist. It’s nothing but a fundraising effort to get some homes built. … They were also trying to shove people into 40 Prado. That’s not a safe place to go.” The lawsuit underscored negligence claims by highlighting last summer’s SLO County civil grand jury investigation into the safe parking site. According to the complaint, the grand jury said it requested copies of quarterly data provided by CAPSLO to the Department of Social Services. But reportedly, neither the county nor CAPSLO gave the jury those reports. “We have no record of any mailed or emailed requests to our homeless director, CEO (signer of contract), process server, or on our CAPSLO hotline by the grand jury or any other entity or individual,” CAPSLO spokesperson Loren Leidinger told New Times via email. Leidinger added that CAPSLO’s privacy policies only allow it to disclose specific details about individual clients in response to court orders or in cooperation with law enforcement and government agencies. In a public statement, CAPSLO said that it continues to provide outreach and housing navigation services to the region, including the safe parking site. Officials have 30 days to respond to the homeless union’s lawsuit. Homeless Services Division spokesperson Suzie Freeman told New Times that the parking site will be permanently closed but didn’t specify a date. She said that existing residents have had more than a year to find alternative housing opportunities through case management. “To assist these efforts, in October 2023, the county established a Relocation Assistance Program, which focused staff time and financial resources to identify additional opportunities that met the unique needs of those currently at the site,” she said. “Trained case managers and street outreach staff have also been continuously working with Oklahoma parking site participants to guide them on a pathway to permanent housing.” Freeman added that the county responded to the grand jury’s questions and report as requested. “Acknowledging that the site was not appropriate for long-term operation, the county decided close down the program, as is consistent with the grand jury recommendations,” she said. In a Jan. 23 statement, the county said that the homeless union attorney created a “false narrative.” “The attorney has instructed his clients to stop communicating with county and CAPSLO staff and has refused to allow his clients to apply for basic programs, which could help get them out of homelessness,” the release said. “Despite this, the county will continue to be compassionate with the planned closure of the Oklahoma parking site.” ∆ —Bulbul Rajagopal “The court’s ruling is narrow; it is based solely on the commission’s authority to impose a permanent prohibition on [off-highway vehicle] driving at the ODSVRA under current statutes and the county of San Luis Obispo’s current certified local coastal program,” the ruling stated. Coates ruled that only a local government can alter its coastal programs, so SLO County would need to amend its current local coastal program to ban off-roading before the Coastal Commission could enact its decision to do the same. Suty said he believes the new increase in camping units is a direct result of Friends of Oceano Dunes winning their lawsuits. He added that although the increase in camping units is a nice start, the fight isn’t over. “Friends want the acreage and use limits returned to what they were previously [1,000 units], so 500 units was never a goal,” he said. NEWS continued page 6

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In previous New Times reporting, Suty said that keeping off-road vehicles on the dunes protects jobs and local businesses situated in the state park, referencing a 2019 study from Visit SLO CAL that found visitors from outside SLO County who go to the dunes generated a total economic impact of more than $500 million that year. South County Chambers of Commerce member Jeff Chambers told New Times that the units increase would bring a welcome boost of economic revenue. “The pandemic had many negative impacts, including decline in visitors,” he said. “Resumption of the campsite units helps our local tourism economy by increasing our visitors to where we were pre-pandemic.” Oceano business owner Adam Verdin echoed this sentiment and told New Times an increase in camping units is exciting for local businesses like his own, Old Juan’s Cantina in Oceano. “As a small business greatly impacted by the pandemic, we are very pleased to finally have camping normalized to pre-pandemic level,” he said. —Samantha Herrera

of our campuses have the capacity to contain the entire program, so we need to make some changes,” he said at the meeting. “There is not one decision that will not bring pain and discomfort to one community or the other.” District board member Sondra Williams, who was the only one to vote against the move, expressed concern that reconfiguring the entire district to accommodate a dual immersion program would have adverse effects on everyone involved. “I am hoping that as we go forward, staff researches the impact reconfiguring these campuses will have on students and parents who have kids already enrolled,” she said at the meeting. “It does not seem fair that any student should have a subpar experience because these campuses we are considering do not have the capacity.” Nathan Williams lamented the fact that the choice would make it seem like the district was prioritizing dual immersion students over others. But, he added, the board would need to make a hard decision about it on Feb. 13—the district’s next meeting—nonetheless. “Right now we have a reasonable option to make a decision as a board and move forward with it,” Nathan Williams said. —Adrian Vincent Rosas

Paso school district to close Georgia Brown campus Kristin Smart’s family The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District sues Cal Poly (PRJUSD) will no longer house students at Georgia Brown Elementary following the conclusion of the 2023-24 school year. “It is time to come together, with all the good and the bad, and make a tough decision to move forward and put this behind us,” board President Nathan Williams said at the Jan. 23 board meeting, when the board voted 6-1 to end the limbo Georgia Brown was in for years. Georgia Brown was first recommended for closure in 2021 following declining enrollment and unsafe building structure, but parents pushed back. In 2022, the board opted to renovate the campus to make it safer for students, but that endeavor was halted when state officials discovered a geological anomaly was beneath the school site. With its decision to close the campus, the Paso school board now has to figure out where to put Georgia Brown’s dual immersion students. A large portion of the students could be moved to one of two middle school campuses—Flamson or Lewis. However, neither campus can accommodate all of the students, according to Nathan Williams, meaning some of the currently enrolled students will have to be moved to other schools. “The committee has made it clear that none

After almost 30 years, Cal Poly is facing repercussions for how it handled the disappearance of Stockton-raised student Kristin Smart from its campus. On Jan. 18, the Smart family—her parents, Stan and Denise, and her siblings, Lindsey Stewart and Matthew—filed a lawsuit against the university alleging negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and wrongful death. “In August [2023], the Smart family followed Cal Poly’s requisite claims-filing procedures, and filed claims under the California Government Claims Act,” Erin Reding, an attorney representing the Smart, family told New Times on Jan. 22. “In September, Cal Poly informed the family that it was the university’s position that the family’s claims were not timely presented. As set forth more fully in the complaint, the claims were, in fact, timely because they did not begin to accrue until May 2023, when Cal Poly’s president publicly apologized.” According to the California Government Claims Act, claims are bound by a time limit of six months from the date of personal injury, personal property damage, and/or wrongful death. Cal Poly President Jeff Armstrong’s apology to the family included a recognition that “things should have been done differently—and I

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personally wish that they had,” according to the lawsuit. It prompted the Smarts to understand the university’s failings, Reding added. “The family still does not know what information in the possession of Cal Poly led the president to make the apology,” she said. In May 1996, Smart went missing after walking to her dorm with college peer Paul Flores after a party. He was reportedly the last person to see her. Her disappearance catapulted a seemingly never-ending search started by her family and later including local law enforcement. Smart was declared legally dead in 2002. Law enforcement arrested Flores and his father in connection to the disappearance in 2021. Last March, following a heavily scrutinized trial, Flores was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. His father was acquitted by a separate jury. But Smart’s remains are still missing. The Smart family’s lawsuit alleges that Cal Poly failed to properly investigate her disappearance. The complaint states that the university police department took a missing person’s report and interviewed people four days after Smart went missing. Campus police also allegedly didn’t interview Flores until then even though multiple people identified him as the last person they saw with Smart. Further, the lawsuit states, Cal Poly Police Department [CPPD] didn’t search his dorm room until 16 days after she disappeared. “CPPD did not have a crime scene investigator on staff, struggled to retain such an investigator from another jurisdiction because they were ‘too busy,’ and did not conduct a formal crime scene investigation of Flores’ room until 31 days after Kristin disappeared,” the complaint reads. The document detailed that Flores had harmed women before Smart’s disappearance and continued to do so after. The earliest report mentioned in the lawsuit dates to December 1995 when a female Cal Poly student filed a police report stating that Flores harassed her by climbing the trellis of her apartment building to spy on her from the balcony. Multiple women accused Flores of sexual misconduct in the years after Smart disappeared. At his trial in Salinas, two women, referred to in court as Sarah Doe and Rhonda Doe, alleged that he had sexually assaulted them more than a decade prior. “If Cal Poly had expelled or even suspended Flores, he would not have attended classes and could have lost access to his on-campus housing,” the complaint reads. “These repercussions could have sent Flores home to his family in Arroyo Grande, miles away from Kristin and the dorm room where he murdered her.”

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Cuyama water lawsuit continues as Grimmway, Bolthouse drop out

The Cuyama Valley Groundwater Basin adjudication started its Los Angeles County Superior Court hearings in January, but Bolthouse Farms and Grimmway Farms are no longer plaintiffs in the lawsuit. Originally filed in 2021, the adjudication calls for a judge to rule on how much water everyone can pump from the basin, which is one of California’s 21 critically overdrafted basins that has a state-required groundwater sustainability plan. The sustainability plan calls for a 60 percent reduction in water use in 20 years. The suit sparked frustration for Cuyama residents, who later launched a boycott against the carrot-growing companies and a petition calling for the corporations to drop the lawsuit. Bolthouse and Grimmway, which left the lawsuit in August and November, respectively, said in separate statements that companies remaining as lawsuit plaintiffs are landowners in the valley and aren’t affiliated with either ag corporation. Those are Lapis Land Company LLC, Ruby Land Company LLC, Diamond Farming Company, and Bolthouse Land Company LLC. According to California secretary of state business filings, Lapis Land Company and Ruby Land Company are both managed by Legacy Farm Management LLC—which is managed by Barbara Grimm-Marshall, William Barrett, Brandon Grimm, and Jeffrey Meger. Diamond Farming Company’s officers and directors are Grimm-Marshall, Meger, Barrett, and Grimm. Grimm-Marshall was the co-owner of Grimmway Enterprises; Brandon Grimm is the general manager of grower relations for Grimmway Farms; and Meger was a president for Grimmway Farms until 2016. The Grimm family sold Grimmway Farms in 2020 to an Indiana-based private equity firm. Lapis Land Company, Ruby Land Company, and Diamond Farming Company own land in Cuyama and Grimmway Farms is the tenant, said Dana Brennan, Grimmway’s vice president of external affairs and corporate responsibility. “Following the sale in 2020, Grimmway Enterprises is no longer owned by the Grimm families. None of the individuals on the list provided by the New Times are current officers or directors of Grimmway Enterprises, Inc.,” Brennan said in an email. “The entities listed by [New Times] are not subsidiaries or affiliates of Grimmway. Grimmway NEWS continued page 7

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has a landlord-tenant relationship with the entities, where we lease a portion of their farm ground.” Grimmway Enterprises Inc. secretary of state filings show that Jeff Huckaby, Jeremy Ladle, and Steven Antongiovanni are the company’s officers. Brandon Grimm was also named as a director of Grimmway Enterprises in a Nov. 20, 2020, statement of information. In a statement shared by the LA Times, Grimmway Farms said it decided to pull out of the adjudication because “many do not support the adjudication” and that it has compromised the strong relationships with fellow farmers in the valley. “Our relationships with the residents of Cuyama are more important and valuable to us than this court case,” Grimmway Farms said in a statement. “We hope all parties can work cooperatively going forward to achieve fairness, balance, and alignment as we address these critical water issues for all who live, work, and farm in this region.” Bolthouse Land Company LLC’s president is Anthony Leggio, according to California secretary of state business filings. Leggio is also president of Bolthouse Properties, which is a “legacy of the Bolthouse family’s involvement since 1915 in WM. Bolthouse Farms,” according to the Bolthouse Properties website. Leggio worked with the Bolthouse family for more than 40 years and served as legal counsel for Bolthouse Farms until it was sold in 2006 to a Chicago-based venture capitalist company, Bolthouse Properties officials told New Times. Following the sale, Leggio became president of Bolthouse Properties, according to the Bolthouse Properties website. Sales Ad - SLO.pdf 1 7/19/2023 4:51:13 PM

In a statement shared by the LA Times, Bolthouse Farms officials said that Bolthouse Farms leases the land from “Bolthouse Land Company (aka Bolthouse Properties)” and that Bolthouse Properties is “an unrelated third party company” under different ownership. “Together, with our neighbors and fellow farmers of Cuyama, we look forward to making a positive impact on the land, people, and future of food,” Bolthouse Farms said in the statement. Cuyama resident Jacob Furstenfeld told New Times that the companies’ departure was a move to “get out of the public eye” after the lawsuit garnered national attention. Even though the corporations pulled out of the adjudication, Furstenfeld said that landowners will continue to boycott carrots and circulate its petition, which has garnered more than 9,100 signatures as of Jan. 24. “If they were really wanting to patch things up in the community, they would put pressure on these landowners [to] follow the groundwater sustainability plan and that would be a step in the right direction,” Furstenfeld said. “We’re not going to quit until this thing is solved and we can come up with common ground and get this out of the courts and into the public’s hands.” —Taylor O’Connor

Supervisors green-light Templeton gas station

The controversial East Bennet Village gas station project in Templeton is moving forward after the SLO County Board of Supervisors denied an appeal of the project at its Jan. 23 meeting. “Templeton will now be home to the largest gas station in the county. … Yay!”

operation nor the exception that is asked for appellant and Templeton resident Joe Jarboe told New Times. this square footage of signage,” Gibson said on The 2.47-acre site where the station is an Jan. 23. “On that basis, I will be opposing this acre larger than the county’s current largest motion [to deny the appeal] in the matter of gas station—in Atascadero—according to respecting the community and letting them data produced on the Project Templeton design a community they find acceptable to website, which opposes the project. New their needs.” Times was unable to independently verify the First District Supervisor John Peschong, information. who hails from Templeton, which is in his The Board voted 3-2 to uphold the county district; 3rd District Supervisor Dawn OrtizPlanning Commission’s approval of the Legg; and 5th District Supervisor Debbie Doug Filipponi-led project, set to be built Arnold all voted to deny the appeal—citing off Highway 101 on Las Tablas Road. The Filipponi’s property rights and the benefits Planning Commission voted to approve the the project would bring to the local economy. 24-hour gas station proposal 2-1—with two However, even if it is Filipponi’s property, members absent—in August Jarboe argues that he felt 2023. the board should have Second District taken a closer look at the Supervisor Bruce Gibson property’s boundaries. He Send any news and 4th District Supervisor alleged that Filipponi did a or story tips to Jimmy Paulding voted “minor lot” line adjustment news@newtimesslo.com. to approve the appeal, that changed the property’s citing similar concerns two lots, isolating one so to those expressed by the it wouldn’t touch single-family home lots Templeton Area Advisory Group (TAAG) nearby. which recommended that the Planning County documents show that Filipponi did Commission deny the proposal in June 2023. make modifications to the lot in 2020. TAAG made its recommendation after “Filipponi created development potential multiple meetings with Filipponi, who for gas stations directly from the lot line altered the proposal to better align with the adjustment,” Jarboe said noting that town’s planning standards. this would in turn conflict with county However, the project wasn’t adjusted regulations. to account for what TAAG sees as direct Jarboe said he is unsure what his next steps conflicts with the area’s land-use plans. These will be. include having a fully staffed 24-hour gas “I think in the end the county wanted this station, underground fuel storage tanks, and project for revenue,” he said. “As the cliché a large lighted signage. goes—you can’t fight city hall.” ∆ “I’m not sure the information here [in the staff report] supports allowing that 24-hour —Adrian Vincent Rosas

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The California Faculty Association reaches a tentative agreement with the CSU Chancellor’s Office after one day of a 23-campus strike

fter an expected week of historic strikes on all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses to demand increased pay and improved working conditions, union leadership came to a tentative agreement, which left many faculty members upset. “I was stunned when they called it off after basically 12 hours, when they told us it was a five-day strike,” Cal Poly English professor Brenda Helmbrecht told New Times. “To get an email at 10 o’clock at night saying, ‘Oh, by the way the strike is over and you’re teaching tomorrow,’ is completely ridiculous.” The California Faculty Association (CFA) announced it came to a tentative agreement with CSU management late on Jan. 22, calling off the planned strike. The union represents 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors, and coaches who teach and provide services to the CSU system’s 485,000 students. “Faculty was ready to go; I’ve never seen so much momentum on behalf of faculty to fight for what we need in order to make the CSU run and to be the most effective instructors we can be,” Helmbrecht said. “It seems like the CFA just shut that down.” CFA members were demanding a 12 percent raise prior to the strike. They will receive a 5 percent general salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2023, according to the tentative agreement, as well as another 5 percent salary increase beginning on July 1, 2024, (contingent on the system’s budget); increased paid parental leave from six to 10 weeks; increased protection for faculty members who have dealings with police by ensuring a union rep is present during those interactions, and more. “We’ve been fighting for a fair wage that keeps up with inflation, for manageable workloads, and to address long-standing racial, gender, economic, and social inequities. This tentative agreement moves us closer to a CSU for everyone,” the CFA said in an email to union members on Jan. 22. However, Helmbrecht said the tentative agreement doesn’t include helping professors manage workloads, a repeated negotiation request among CFA members, especially at Cal Poly where student enrollment is expected to increase in 2024 due to a new year-round operations initiative that will allow 600 of the 5,300 incoming freshmen to begin classes in the summer quarter. “There’s no question that I will be teaching more classes with more students at one time,” she said. “Our workload will increase exponentially.” Cal Poly SLO’s CFA chapter President Lisa Kawamura told New Times that this offer is the best it’s going to get even if the union isn’t getting everything it bargained for. “You can please some people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time, and I definitely think that this tentative agreement is better than the chancellor’s agreement,” she said. “I think what people need to remember is that we have two choices right now, either the tentative

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link took him to a Google form titled “Report a Canceled Class or Student Service Here Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.” It made him feel uncomfortable, he said—like a pawn in the fight between the CFA and CSU. “It was pretty disappointing getting that email,” he said. Kawamura said she was aware of the link asking students to report a canceled class or student service. Although she’s not a lawyer, she said, it seemed to break labor laws and the CSU’s own policies. The CSU didn’t respond to New Times’ request for comment on the link or the 29 percent pay raise for CSU presidents. Helmbrecht, who’s a member of Cal Poly’s CFA board, said that canceling strikes after one day was more disruptive to students and faculty than it was to management, when it should have been the opposite. “Students and faculty were told by the union that there would not be classes this week, and some students picked up extra work shifts and right now they’re kind of screwed,” she said. “It just shows the union’s not really paying attention to its constituents the way that I think it needs to.” CFA members will have the chance to vote on the tentative agreement in the coming weeks. Like many upset faculty members who expressed opinions about the tentative agreement on social media, Helmbrecht said she will be voting no and expects the CFA to return to the bargaining table and come up with something better. “I would like to have more professional negotiators who push harder and concede less, so whether that means we need to have new leadership, whether that means we need a new union, or whether that means that membership needs to get way more involved in these details, I think all of that is possible and maybe necessary,” she said. Helmbrecht added that the CFA lacks transparency with its members, which has frustrated her for years now. “I have no idea what conversations happen between them because it was behind closed doors, meaning they’re not telling us what the factors were,” she said. “That just adds to the frustration that just seems to have been thrust upon us without true consultation. I mean, even our local chapter has really no idea what that conversation was with the CSU.” ∆

agreement or the chancellor’s last best offer. I think there’s a lot of wins in this contract.” After the CFA’s contract with the CSU ended in 2023, Kawamura said demands relating to workload, health, safety, parental leave, and salary needed to be addressed before signing a new two-year contract. Before the planned strike, the Chancellor’s Office offered the CFA a contract that included a flat 5 percent raise, an increase in parking fees, and a department chair stipend. “We’re so behind in pay, and we’ve just watched our management, our presidents receive a 29 percent raise. We just hired a new chancellor at a million-dollar package,” she told New Times prior to the strike. “Many of us are living paycheck to paycheck, and a 5 percent raise plus a raise in parking fees is still going to put us under the poverty line.” Since May 2023, the CFA had been bargaining for a 12 percent pay raise, pay equity, and raising the floor for the CSU’s lowest-paid faculty; manageable workloads that allow for more support and engagement with students; more counselors to improve student access to mental health services; expanding paid parental leave; accessible lactation and mike storage spaces for lactating faculty; safe genderinclusive restrooms and changing rooms; and provisions for faculty interacting with university police on campus. During negotiations, CSU management offered the CFA a 15 percent raise over three years (5 percent raise each year), an additional two weeks of paid parental leave (from six weeks to eight), and acceptance of 13 of an independent factfinder’s 15 recommendations, including genderinclusive restrooms and increasing department-chair pay. That prompted the planned week of work-stoppage and strikes. On Jan. 22, picket lines were held at three of Cal Poly’s main entrances from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hundreds of faculty, staff, students, and other supporters held signs and halted traffic to demand that CSU management hear their complaints. Around noon, a CFA rally was held at O’Neill Green where Cal Poly senior Ethan Gutterman told New Times he supported the Reach Staff Writer Samantha Herrera at sherrera@newtimesslo.com. strikes and encouraged his PHOTO BY SAMANTHA HERRERA classmates to call the CSU office and vocalize their support for faculty. “I used to work in a congressional office in Washington, D.C., and I would get crazy people calling me all the time who I would dismiss and say, ‘Thank you for your concern,’ and I felt like we were getting hit with that treatment,” he said. Gutterman said a few days prior to the strikes, he and other Cal Poly students PICKETING LINES Hundreds of Cal Poly faculty, staff, students, and community members came together to strike for received an email from the improved working conditions and increased pay for California CSU system that included a Google link. Clicking on the Faculty Association members.

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Initiative impact Potential statewide ballot measure could block gender-affirming care for transgender students

he checkup started like any other. The doctor came in, followed by a premed understudy, and they began. As Dr. Denise Taylor chatted with the understudy, the patient—a transgender student from San Luis Obispo High School who hardly spoke during these visits—interrupted the doctor and turned to the understudy. “You better listen to Dr. Taylor,” the patient said. “She saved my life.” That comment hasn’t left Taylor’s mind since she heard it. The HIV treatment and adult/youth hormone, gender-affirming care specialist has been helping transgender and LGBTQ-plus community members on the Central Coast for years. “I’ve been doing what I do for over 20 years,” Taylor said. “Sometimes you encounter something that sticks out to you.” But anti-trans groups across the state are threatening to cut off the medical care that Taylor provides to some of her patients by gathering signatures to put an initiative on the November ballot. The Protect Kids of California Act 2024 would require schools to notify parents if their child expressed mental health issues related to gender identification, bar trans students from participating in sports that do not align with their biological gender, and block access to gender-related medical

procedures for minors even with parental consent. A group supporting and funding pro-parents’ rights school board candidates in Northern California, the Students First California Committee, is funding the initiative’s circulation efforts. Assemblymember Bill Essayli (R-Riverside), parents-rights group Moms for Liberty, and anti-trans activists Chloe Cole and Chris Elston (aka Billboard Chris), who spoke at Cal Poly in December, have endorsed the initiative. San Luis Obispo’s Moms for Liberty chapter currently endorses multiple school board members—Kenney Enney and Laurene McCoy in Paso Robles, Jennifer Grinager in Templeton (who co-founded the local chapter), and Denise McGrew Kane and Rebekah Koznek in Atascadero. Koznek is the only one who’s openly supported the petition on Facebook. To qualify for the general election ballot, the initiative needs signatures from 546,651 registered voters by May. SLO Moms for Liberty is encouraging its members and supporters to print out the initiative and gather signatures at school board meetings, public gatherings, and anywhere else they can get people to sign. “In my eyes, the initiative is an effort to stop state-sanctioned child abuse,” said Arroyo Grande-based Moms for Liberty member Gaea Powell, referring COURTESY FILE PHOTO BY SARA FORD to gender-affirming health care processes like puberty blockers and surgeries for developing kids. “How can a minor give consent to something as impactful as something that will block the process of their puberty and growth?” Powell said the initiative is a matter of keeping those who identify as their biological gender equal to those who did not. “This is all stuff other parents have told me as I don’t have a child in the classrooms—I don’t have a horse in this race,” she said. “I believe the powers that be and our FIGHT FORWARD According to trans student advocate state leaders have lost their moral Douglas Heumann, LGBTQ-plus groups will continue advocating against attempts at anti-trans initiatives like compass, and an initiative like this the one pushed by Moms for Liberty. will right that.”

Her stance on the matter was not rooted in treatment they were able to get.” homophobia or bigotry, she said, but rather in According to Taylor, the initiative’s motives undoing indoctrination. are also anti-science as hormone therapy, “Those abiding by this idea that you can be gender surgery, and transgender health care or have a trans child are indoctrinated and have a medical standard they’re held to just are destroying our society,” she said. “This like any other medical practice. is not about [people over 18] who identify as “There is an official world organization— transgender—it’s about why we are allowing known as the World Professional Association this to happen to kids.” for Transgender Health—that has existed Health care providers like Taylor take in some form since the 20th century that issue with the push to block kids’ access to researches and updates a standard for care just transgender care. like any other form of health care,” she said. “Where do these people think transgender Those standards were last updated in 2023 adults came from?” Taylor said with a dry and include an outline of recommendations for laugh. “Why is it the second they turn 18, treatment of the issues faced by transgender it’s all of a sudden different? Why is it when kids, how to inform both the kids and parents someone named Joe wants to go by Ben it’s about that process, and how to start the no issue, but the second Joe wants to go by process. Josephine, it matters?” “With this standard of care, there is a She said that most of her patients just want pathway to treatment that accounts for to be able to use the restroom, play a sport, or everyone and aims to inform everyone exist as their preferred gender. involved in that process,” Taylor said. “Just like all the other kids, they have bodies, Those constantly updated medical they need to use the restroom, they need a standards, Taylor said, give kids who may be place to relax, they need to stay active—the list trans the opportunity to get the help they goes on, all of those things are critical to that need faster and more safely. transitioning process,” Taylor said. “When they start later—because that is LGBTQ-plus student advocate and founder what happens sometimes—I’ve had patients of the Central Coast Coalition for Inclusive who come in distraught that the impacts of Schools Douglas Huemann puberty already happened,” said he’s concerned that she said. “This idea that the initiative is attempting they can dress and act as to undo the rights given to the gender they identify Send any news students under California law. or story tips to as but live in this fear of Assembly Bill 1266, news@newtimesslo.com. the second they talk or signed in 2014 by thensomeone notices something Gov. Jerry Brown, allows from that incorrect puberty transgender students to that they will have it pointed out.” fully participate in activities, facilities, and Taylor said she understands that programs based on their preferred gender sometimes complications that can arise from identity. certain treatments, especially if they are “That bill went into effect and affirmed started without all parties being fully aware trans students then and it still does now,” of the physical impacts. One bad case doesn’t Heumann said. “Kids are not all of a sudden invalidate the entire field. Moreover, Taylor now deciding they want to identify as a said the solution isn’t to eliminate the option different gender.” The law was opposed by anti-trans groups, of treatment from those it might save. “All instances of the use of things like which filed for a veto referendum against the puberty blockers—which this initiative bill in 2014. Huemann is concerned that the targets—are always undertaken after it Protect Kids of California Act is just another has been established in line with health effort to undo the rights granted in 2014. standards that the child is transgender and “They believe that trans kids genuinely has been properly informed of the process,” should not exist and that by getting these Taylor said. “To deny this to a child who signatures and getting this on the ballot they can effectively erase them,” he said. knows what they are will cause suffering in “The importance of being able to exist and the long term.” ∆ get care is important for these kids. … If you don’t believe me, believe their parents who Reach Staff Writer Adrian Vincent Rosas at have seen their kids blossom because of the arosas@newtimesslo.com.

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Secure democracy

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an Beck, a temporary employee at the County resident Leo San Luis Obispo County Elections Kennedy helped people file Office has been committed to their ballots at a Paso Robles performing his civic duty since 2008. church in 2022. He’s helped out as a poll worker for almost “There were two precincts 16 years and had a similar experience in in the same building, so Santa Barbara County before that. He told we had to sort out which New Times that his favorite part is all of it. precinct,” he said. “Sometimes “I just want to make sure people have a people would want a paper SEASONED AND CONSISTENT With almost 16 years of chance to vote and have no issues,” he said. ballot. They didn’t want to use experience as a local poll worker, SLO County Elections Office Beck previously worked as a precinct a mail-in ballot.” temporary employee Dan Beck (left) said that he wants to inspector during his poll worker stint with Kennedy told New Times make sure people have a chance to vote without any hiccups. SLO County. Now, he’s a precinct assistant that national stories about the who oversees all the inspectors of the plight of election workers made on everything. If you want to open a box, you precincts he’s assigned to. Just as he’s done in him want to sign up. have to snip the zip tie, get authorization to every prior election cycle, Beck will now train “It was all the hubbub about voting and put a note in there that explains something, a new batch of poll workers in March while threats to people who were poll workers, and it then put another zip tie on. Just the security they help with the primary. felt like I had a duty to go down and be there,” over making sure there aren’t any stray ballots SLO County’s Elections Office issued a final he said. “It’s not like I wanted to be brave and going around was really surprising to me.” call for poll workers on Jan. 16. Those selected go down there and stand up to anybody. It was Those who work as clerks on March 5 will will set up precincts before polls open, help more like, ‘What the heck is going on here?’” receive $48.50 for a half day’s work and $97 voters when they sign in, issue ballots, accept The four hours Kennedy worked turned for a full day. The county will pay people vote-by-mail ballots cast in person, and pack out to be peaceful but busy, he said, because working as inspectors between $117 and $142 up and account for ballots and supplies when of the thinning and swelling number of voters depending on the assignment. All clerks and polls close at 8 p.m. on March 5. throughout the day. But the county helped inspectors who attend the training session County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano told New him and the other poll workers prepare for the will receive an extra $20. Times that the county has recruited 400 poll rush through training sessions. The County-Clerk Recorder’s Office workers as of Jan. 18. They need between 100 and For Kennedy, the most eye-opening encourages high schoolers to apply too. They 150 more people. Interested element of being a poll must be at least 16 years old, attend a public community members worker was the county’s or private high school, and have a minimum can apply on slovote.com/ security level. 2.5 GPA. Cano said that students who pollworkers, contact the “You have to know maintain that GPA requirement or higher Send business and nonprofit information to program coordinator at how many ballots the usually show high personal responsibility and strokes@newtimesslo.com. precinctworker@co.slo.ca.us commitment to their work, which are crucial precinct gets,” he said. “It’s or call (805) 781-4989. traits to succeed as a poll worker. complicated. There’s zip ties

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“However, although GPA is a useful indicator, there may be circumstances that could be taken into consideration should a student possess other outstanding qualities to be a poll worker but does not have the required GPA,” she said. “It would be on a case-by-case basis and a conversation would be required between myself, the student, the parent, and/or a school administrator.” The ideal poll worker, according to Cano, is neutral, unbiased, and doesn’t let their political preferences favor any party, candidate, or voting method. “They should be able to follow the instructions provided to them during training and ask questions to ensure that mistakes aren’t made,” she said. “They should be able to be respectful of all voters, regardless of their background or political preference. “Most importantly, they should have a strong commitment to the democratic process and a desire to contribute to fair and free elections.”

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Right-wing talking points on Trump are pure rhetoric

ohn Donegan’s lawyerly doggerel (“Disqualification,” Jan. 18, New Times) is but another example of the softcore right-wing rhetoric that now permeates the airwaves and blogosphere of the current political realm on a regular basis. He says he would “like to see Trump out of the race and a more electable candidate running,” then reveals his real agenda by

referring to efforts to remove Trump from the ballot as a “political stunt.” Not really, counselor. It’s just an attempt by reasonable people to avoid the destruction of our democratic republic by those who would stop at nothing, including an attack on our nation’s Capitol, to remain in power. John Winthrop Cayucos

This nation deserves the benefit of the doubt

no. He refused to participate in a peaceful transition of power, spread hate and lies, engaged in acts of sedition, and trampled all over the aforesaid Constitution in his pitiful, self-serving attempt to unlawfully remain in power. Disqualification does not matter. What matters is that Donald J. Trump has proven himself unfit to serve in any political office in this country, and I am certain the framers of our Constitution would agree. Mark Henry San Luis Obispo

Upon reading the opinion piece “Disqualification” (Jan. 18), I was seized by a deep sense of gratitude. I was profoundly grateful that the author, a retired attorney, was not a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, although I do have to admit that just about anything or anyone would be an improvement in that department. First, the author makes the claim that Trump was not guilty of insurrection, which, according to the author, is “a term usually associated with seizing power by force, and generalissimos parked in tanks on the palace lawn.” Whereas under U.S. law it is illegal to incite, assist with, or participate in a rebellion or insurrection against United States laws and authority, and it particularly applies when perpetrators destroy government property or assault federal officers. It makes no mention of generalissimos. Mere rebellion or refusing to recognize and comply with United States laws and authority will do. Did Trump incite, assist with, or otherwise participate in this sort of thing? Damn right he did. Did Al Gore? No. The author acknowledges that under the 14th Amendment, a criminal conviction is not required, but he goes on to express his feeling that Trump deserves to be considered innocent until proven guilty. We hold Trump’s misbehavior as overtly self-evident to all the world, and therefore feel that the future of this nation deserves the benefit of the doubt, not Trump. More importantly, another issue is not what Trump may or may not have done, rather it is what he didn’t do. When Trump was inaugurated (before the hugest crowd ever assembled ever), he swore to the world and those American citizens not actively engaged in vomiting to do the following: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Did Donald J. Trump honor that oath? Hell

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I’m voting Heather Moreno for supervisor I have worked with Heather Moreno in my position as a board director for the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce, volunteered with her for community events, and most recently, as Heather has brought community leaders together to revive fundraising efforts for the Central Coast Charles Paddock Zoo. In every arena, I have seen her lead with compassion and logic to make decisions that make sense. Her actions show her as someone who is way more concerned with helping, improving, and growing, and not someone who gets hung up on party politics. For me, a third-generation resident of SLO County, that is the kind of leader I want to represent District 5! Angela Cisneros Atascadero

hospitals, homes, and refugee camps killing The Oceano Airport innocent civilians, although I do support doesn’t serve Oceano Israel’s aim of defeating the terrorist groups As a concerned lifelong resident of Oceano, who are aligned against them. I perceive a disparity in the treatment and As it happens, there were people in the resources allocated to our community audience who did put the Israel-U.S.-Gaza compared to other oceanfront towns. question to the congressman and listened to Specifically, using 60 acres of our his answers. But there were shouters outside precious coastal land for an airport is and inside the meeting room who drowned frivolous and unfair to our community. I out most of the responses he tried to make. believe that this property holds immense Matters got worse when one man barged up potential for the benefit of our community to the front and ranted for about five minutes at large, and not just for the few mostly until several members of his group got him nonresident, wealthy individuals who can temporarily quieted down. Others continued afford to use the airport. shouting the same message: Any U.S. aid to That land could be used for senior housing, Israel is abetting genocide. By not calling for designated tourist parking spaces to alleviate a cease-fire, the U.S. and the congressman congestion at the beachfront, and walking/ were now also complicit in genocide. biking trails for the enjoyment and health of At the end, there were good questions our residents and visitors. about our lack of access to medical care on Senior and low-income housing is a the Central Coast, homelessness, addressing pressing need in our town. Repurposing the climate crisis, etc. But I had to wonder some of the airport acreage for such use exactly what I had been a part of. Those would address this demand and foster a shouters managed to take away my First stronger sense of community by catering to Amendment rights. By taking over the floor, the needs of our elderly residents. Placing they deprived the rest of us the chance to ask tourist parking facilities would enhance our questions and to pedestrian access to our exercise our freedom of beachfront and its businesses speech. thus contributing to the I left feeling that my economic growth of our Send us your rights had been taken town. Well-maintained views and opinion to away. The boorish letters@newtimesslo.com. walking/biking trails in those behavior, rudeness 60 acres would promote an to a congressional active and healthy lifestyle representative, and ear-splitting commentary among our residents and showcase the was bad enough. But if this lack of regard for natural beauty of our town to visitors, others continues, who in their right mind thereby boosting tourism. is going to subject themselves to one of I believe that most of the airport property America’s earliest forms of democracy, the should be restored to its natural state and town hall meeting? some of it to benefit the citizens of Oceano. Judith Amber Christina Casillas Arroyo Grande Oceano

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n Jan. 23, New Hampshire officially tipped off the voting for election 2024. Traditionally—and by law— this tiny New England state convenes the first real primary election in the long campaign that determines the party that will occupy the White House for the next four years. OK, the Iowa “Caucuses” were held a few days prior, but they don’t really count. They rarely predict the winner, although they do help to expose the losers– i.e., Ron DeSantis. He lost badly and promptly dropped out, surprising almost nobody. This year in New Hampshire, only the Republicans took advantage of that “first in the nation” privilege; Democrats took a pass and President Joe Biden’s name wasn’t even on the ballot. Democrats decided that their presidential candidates—i.e., President Biden and a couple of also-rans—will only begin to compete in South Carolina on Feb. 3. The first results from New Hampshire looked great for Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador who represents the last GOP candidate to challenge Donald Trump. In every national election, the tiny town of Dixville Notch is the first place to report their votes at one minute after midnight: Haley swept all six Republican votes. After that, it was all downhill for her, with an 11-point margin of defeat—and New Hampshire is a state with an “open primary” where Haley, a self-styled moderate, tried to attract Independents and cross-over Democrats to request a Republican ballot in order to block the MAGA movement in the GOP. At this point, it’s essentially over for her, although she’s likely to slog through another two weeks until her home-state South Carolina voters welcome her home— for good. By that time, California voters will receive their ballots for the primary election that closes March 5. There’s some real drama in the “top two” selection for the Senate seat of the late, lamented Dianne Feinstein, who died last fall. Our ballots list 30 candidates vying for the November runoff. These include three leading Democrats with long experience in the House of Representatives: Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee; and the one GOP candidate with any name recognition, former LA Dodger superstar Steve Garvey. Garvey has a small but meaningful chance of coming in second, but he lags far behind the combined support of the three better-known Democrats. The 26 other candidates include a smattering of other Republican losers and “No Party Preference” independents. Who gives a flying frisbee about them? Oh hey— Libertarian Gail Lightfoot lives in Arroyo Grande! Best wishes, Gail. The real “heat” in the March 5 primary election doesn’t come from the Senate race, anyway. That one will go to November, with the “top two” candidates that you, dear voters, will choose for the runoff. Here in San Luis Obispo County, all eyes are on the 5th supervisorial district, which will be decided by voters in Atascadero, Santa Margarita,

and a good chunk of SLO city, especially downtown and neighborhoods near Cal Poly and SLO High School. There’s no incumbent in this race, as current Supervisor Debbie Arnold is retiring after 12 years on the board. There are two candidates for this seat, both members of the Atascadero City Council: Vice-Mayor Susan Funk and Mayor Heather Moreno. Funk received some well-deserved ink in New Times last week (“SLO Rent Coalition and 5th District Supervisor candidate Susan Funk shed light on renter woes,” Jan. 18). Funk has long worked to solve our crisis of unaffordable housing and homelessness: She chairs the county Homeless Services Oversight Council and led the 2022 Countywide Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness, approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors. In contrast, Moreno likely takes a typical “less government” stance on how to solve the housing crisis. In a statement about her political philosophy provided to votersedge. org, she asserted that “the private sector and nonprofits often provide better support for those most in need, and do it more cost effectively, than government can.” How many private sector landlords are willing to accept HUD’s Section 8 housing vouchers? Far too few landlords do so. Ask any nonprofit group providing services to our unhoused population, like CAPSLO, ECHO, or Transitions-Mental Health Association how much “private sector” funding is available for their services. There are clear differences between these two candidates for county supervisor. Readers can visit the candidates’ websites, read the campaign material arriving in your mailbox, and attend a candidate forum where you can hear them speak about the issues, and listen as they respond directly to your questions. We’ll return to the hot race for 5th District supervisor in next month’s column and focus on the stark differences between these candidates on the other leading issue of the day: climate change. But if there’s one message that you need to hear loud and clear in this convoluted, crazy primary season: Don’t let the voters of any other state or county tell you how to vote in our community. Do your research and make up your own mind. Δ John Ashbaugh has voted in every election since he became eligible to vote in 1972. Contact him through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

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id you notice the California Faculty Association (CFA) held a strike against the California State University (CSU) management on Jan. 22? Unless you had business at Cal Poly between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday while traffic in and out of campus was slowed by picketing, probably not. It was the shortest strike ever! After the planned five-day strike ended on its first day, faculty members received a 10 p.m. email from the CFA titled “Strike a Success!!! Pushed CSU Management to Settle.” The email read, “Dear Colleagues, Congratulations! With your efforts, we have won a Tentative Agreement with CSU management.” Wow! Look at that! Collective action works! After only a day of withholding labor, the CFA got what it demanded. Amazing, right? Yeah, right. Too amazing to be true, in fact. Among other things like reduced workload, the CFA had demanded a 12 percent raise to keep up with inflation and the cost of living, but during negotiations, the CSU said, “Nope, how about 5?” CSU added that, contingent on budget, they’ll raise it 5 percent more the next year and 5 more the year after that. Fifteen percent over three years sounds OK, but considering California’s $68 billion deficit projected for 2024 and 2025, that was a hollow promise … contingent on budget? Get serious. Most faculty know they’ll never see it.

After reaching an impasse in negotiations, CFA planned its five-day strike from Jan. 22 to 26, and in a final slap in faculty faces, the CSU “magnanimously” said that despite the lack of an agreement, “We have taken action to provide all bargaining unit employees represented by CFA (faculty, coaches, counselors, and librarians) with well-deserved raises in the form of a general salary increase of 5 percent, effective Jan. 31, 2024 … allowing for modest increases to parking fees.” Oh wow, you’re going to give faculty 5 percent starting in February after you’d offered it retroactive to last July, and you’re going to raise the cost of their parking permits to park where they work? So. Damn. Generous. As the strike approached, the faculty were fired up and ready to march their little red-shirt-clad teachers’ bods through the week even though they knew CSU would dock their pay. The injustice had to stop! So, what exactly did CFA win after ending the five-day strike after one day? Drumroll, please! A 5 percent pay increase. No wonder so many faculty members are steaming mad. Why strike at all? Why disrupt student learning? As for the students, many planned for a five-day strike and left town. Maybe faculty would be less angry if they knew what happened behind the scenes, but the process lacks transparency. Plus, the big elephant in the negotiating room was a

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management, which didn’t have to stray far stipulation CSU had reached with other from its original offer. unions promising 5 The ugly truth is public higher education percent raises that in ain’t what it used to be. Its mission seems to subsequent contracts have gone from investing in young people reached with unions to build an educated workforce that would (such as CFA), if they improve California’s economy to creating a included more than a business model designed to extract as much 5 percent raise, past money from struggling students as possible contracts would be through room and board. How’s that pricey reopened for further negotiation. In other meal plan, kids? words, giving CFA members 12 percent While the number of administrators meant the Teamsters could come back and and their pay has soared over the years, the demand more for its members. Obviously, number of tenure-track faculty has fallen, 5 percent was the hill the CSU was going to and the CSU has increasingly relied on “partdie on. If this had been made clear to faculty time temporary lecturers,” who earn far less members, would they have been willing to than senior faculty. Meanwhile, nationwide, strike and lose pay for an unwinnable battle? student debt is $1.77 trillion. Instead of To its credit, the CFA won some important sending graduates into the California concessions for members, for instance workforce ready to join the economy and be substantially raising the base salary for the good little consumers who buy homes and lowest paid faculty, increasing paid family cars and pay taxes, they send them out as leave from six to 10 weeks, and improving paupers struggling to make enough to pay access to gender-inclusive restrooms and their loans and the associated interest. lactation spaces. Yet it was a far cry from So, CFA has a tentative agreement? Latheir complete list of demands, most de-da. The next step is to vote to ratify it. importantly among them for struggling What will CFA members lecturers, pay. Many Cal do? Reject it and hope Poly teachers live paycheck their union suddenly gets to paycheck and work a lot better at negotiating, Send us your second and even third jobs or resign themselves to views and opinion to to make ends meet. letters@newtimesslo.com. being underpaid and They say compromise is overworked? ∆ the art of making as many people unhappy as possible, The Shredder is seeing red. Tell it those and in that regard, this tentative agreement seems to be a rousing success regarding are rose-colored glasses at shredder@ faculty, but perhaps not in regard to CSU newtimesslo.com.

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Women Making Waves hosts its upcoming day retreat, Empower and Envision, at Crows End Retreat Center on Sunday, Jan. 28, from 1 to 5 p.m. The event is described as a celebration of the essence of womanhood. Attendees will create vision boards and take part in other activities. Light refreshments are included. Tickets to the event are available in advance at my805tix.com. The Crows End Retreat Center is located at 6430 Squire Court, unit 8021, San Luis Obispo. —Caleb Wiseblood

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BOTSO: A CHARITY SCREENING Enjoy this acclaimed documentary about local music teacher and artist Botso Korisheli. Proceeds support SLO Youth Symphony. Jan. 25, 6 p.m. my805tix.com. Bay Theater, 464 Morro Bay Blvd, Morro Bay, 805-772-2444. COASTAL WINE AND PAINT PARTY Listen to music while enjoying an afternoon of creativity, sipping, and mingling. The party includes a complimentary glass of wine and canvas with materials. Saturdays, 12-2 p.m. $55. 805-394-5560. coastalwineandpaint. com. Harmony Cafe at the Pewter Plough, 824 Main St., Cambria. DRAWING/PAINTING GROUP CCA holds still life drawing/painting sessions in the Green Room at Cambria Center for the Arts. You will need to bring your own supplies, including an easel if you choose to paint. Fourth Thursday of every month, 1-3:30 p.m. through Feb. 25 $10. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts. org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria. FEATHERS IN FLIGHT: A GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW This exhibit showcases the Morro Bay Bird Festival month with photographs of birds, and bird habitats in countrysides and oceansides (all the places where our wildlife friends live and thrive; hunt and sing). Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Jan. 29 Free. 805-7721068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay. FOREVER STOKED PAINT PARTY Join

us at the gallery, for a few hours to travel on a creative paint journey. You will receive as much or as little instruction as you prefer. No artistic experience is necessary. Saturdays, 7-9 p.m. $45. 805772-9095. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay. LITTLE WOMEN: THE MUSICAL Morro Bay High School presents this production, which follows the saga of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—as they grow up in Civil War America. This family-friendly show is sure to delight young and old alike with astonishing music, and a heartfelt story. Jan. 26, 7-9 p.m., Jan. 27, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m., Feb. 2, 7-9 p.m. and Feb. 3, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Adults $15; Child/Student $12. sites. google.com/slcusd.org/mbhsdrama/ home. Morro Bay High School, 235 Atascadero Rd., Morro Bay, 805-771-1845. PEACE WITH ART: AN INTIMATE BECOME THE ART EXPERIENCE An intimate, empowering experience where you will go home with a painting that you created, and are the artwork itself. Jan. 26, 5-8 p.m. my805tix.com/. Bare Heart, 1333 Van Beurden Drive, suite 201, Los Osos. SMALL WORKS AND BOOKS BY GEORGE ASDEL George Asdel is an accomplished painter, poet, and craftsman. Over his long career as an artist, he has won awards for his acrylic paintings, pen and ink drawings, illustrated books, greeting cards, and poetry. Reception on Jan. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. Through Jan. 29 Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare. com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay. WINTER GARDEN INTERACTIVE WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP This threehour watercolor workshop introduces the basics of drawing and watercolor painting techniques, mixing colors, and color

application. Fred Ventura will emphasize the steps artists take to create accurate images of birds using watercolors. Jan. 26, 12-3 p.m. $50. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. NORTH SLO COUNTY

COMEDY NIGHT Michael Mancini, “the Funniest Cop in America,” headlines a great show that includes Drybar comedy star Isak Allen and David Uhlfelder. Hosted by Bob Fernandez, plus special quests TBA. Feb. 3, 7-10 p.m. $25 in advance; $30 at the door. 805-635-5919. pasolounge.com. Paso Lounge, 1144 Black Oak Drive, Paso Robles. DEPRISE BRESCIA ART GALLERY: OPEN DAILY Features a large selection of encaustic art, sculpted paintings, art installations, acrylic palette knife paintings, digital art, glass, jewelry, stones, fossils, and a butterfly sculpture garden. ongoing DepriseBrescia. com. Deprise Brescia Art Gallery, 829 10th St., Paso Robles, 310-621-7543. FIRST SATURDAY: WINE, ART, AND MUSIC Studios on the Park celebrates First Saturdays, a fun tradition of art, wine, and live music-filled evenings at the start of each month. Enjoy meeting artists and seeing rotating exhibitions while enjoying live music and wine from one of the venue’s winery partners. First Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Free; $10 for wine. 805-2389800. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. FUSED GLASS FLOWER STAKE Create your own unique fused glass flower using a variety of colorful pieces of glass. Flowers can be hung or glued to a metal stake after firing. All materials included. Feb. 3, 10 a.m.-noon $45. 805-464-2633. glassheadstudio.com. Glasshead Studio, 8793 Plata Lane, Suite H, Atascadero. MONOCHROME MEMOIR: A BLACK AND

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. 14 • New Times • January 25 - February 1, 2024 • www.newtimesslo.com

WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION See the world in dark and light through the multifaceted lens of Celeste Hope. Reflect on a creative journey that spans multicultural exploration, live music experiences, female strength, unexpected encounters, and other subjects of inspiration. Through Feb. 25 805-2389800. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. STRING ART Bring your kids for a fun after school art session at the ArtSocial 805 Creative Campus. Your child will have the opportunity to use many different materials to create their very own masterpieces. Jan. 30-5:30 p.m. $35. 805-400-9107. artsocial805.com. ArtSocial 805 Creative Campus, 3340 Ramada Drive, suite 2C, Paso Robles. VALENTINE BARREL RING WREATH MAKING Join ArtSocial805 at Timshel Vineyards for a Valentine Wreath building event using wine barrel rings. Jan. 28, 2-4 p.m. $55. 805-400-9107. artsocial805. com. Timshel Vineyards, 825 Riverside Ave., suite 1, Paso Robles. WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS A watercolor series for beginners. Guests will learn basic watercolor techniques and concepts. There will be a different whimsical project each week, allowing you to experiment with the medium. All supplies are included. Sundays, 1:30-3 p.m. through Jan. 28 $50 for one class; $185 for all four. 805-2389800. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO

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$210 per month. actorsedge.com. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. ALISA SIKELIANOS-CARTER The Alisa Sikelianos-Carter exhibition at SLOMA will promote an emerging female artist of color whose works are inspired by the stories of her Black ancestors and traditionally Black hairstyles, centered on ancestral power and mythology. Through March 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma. org/exhibition/alisa-sikelianos-carter/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. ALL AGES SCULPTING WITH JOHN ROULLARD John a retired school teacher who patiently guides potters of all ages to sculpt and work on details and design. Saturdays, 1:30-3 p.m. $40. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. ALL LEVELS POTTERY CLASSES Anam Cre is a pottery studio in SLO that offers a variety of classes. This specific class is open to any level. Teachers are present for questions, but the class feels more like an open studio time for potters. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. $40. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, anamcre.com. ARTIST RIKI SCHUMACHER AT ART CENTRAL GALLERY Schumacher’s work is pensive and introspective, inspiring one to take a solitary walk on a cloudy day. Wander in to reflect on her “delicious, wistful landscapes.” Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-7474200. artcentralslo.com/gallery-artists/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. BARRY GOYETTE: MULBERRY For his exhibition at SLOMA, San Luis Obispobased artist Barry Goyette shows a series of portraits taken by a very specific mulberry tree as a site for portrait photography guided by the models, of varying stages of life. Feb. 2-June 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma. org/exhibition/barry-goyette-mulberry/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. BEGINNERS STAND-UP CLASS This class is designed to introduce the foundational elements of stand-up comedy. Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. through Feb. 13 my805tix.com.

Central Coast Comedy Theater Training Center, 2078 Parker Street, Suite 200, San Luis Obispo, 805-858-8255. CERAMIC LESSONS AND MORE Now offering private one-on-one and group lessons in the ceramic arts. Both hand building and wheel throwing options. Beginners welcomed. ongoing 805-8355893. hmcruceceramics.com/. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. COMEDY NIGHT Professional comedy show featuring local and touring comics. Hosted by Aidan Candelario. First Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m. $5. 805-540-8300. Bang the Drum Brewery, 1150 Laurel Lane, suite 130, San Luis Obispo, bangthedrumbrewery.com. DATE NIGHT POTTERY Bring your date and throw a cup on the pottery wheel. Next, texture a clay slab and press into a form creating a personalized piece. Guest are welcome to bring drinks; venue provides aprons. Pieces are fired, glazed, and ready in two weeks. Saturdays, 6-6:30 p.m. $140. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. FIRST FRIDAYS Visit SLOMA on the first Friday of each month for exhibition openings, music, and wines provided by regional winery partners. Admission is free and open to the public. First Friday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-5438562. sloma.org/events/first-fridays/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. FREE DOCENT TOURS Gain a deeper understanding of the artwork on view with SLOMA’s new docent tours. Every Saturday, join trained guides for interactive and engaging tours of SLOMA’s current exhibitions. Saturdays, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma. org/visit/tours/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. IMPROV 101: INTRODUCTION TO IMPROV COMEDY CLASS A great way to explore performance and try comedy out in a positive, welcoming environment. Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. through Feb. 14 my805tix.com. Central Coast Comedy Theater Training Center, 2078 Parker Street, Suite 200, San Luis Obispo, 805-858-8255. ARTS continued page 15

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KIDS POTTERY This is a month-long class that meets four Thursdays. Homeschooled children welcome. A Heartland vendor. Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. through March 1 $140. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. LEARN MODERN SQUARE DANCING A new square dance class, with Rick Hampton teaching. Exercise your body and brain while making new friends. Casual dress. Singles and couples welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. through April 18 $70 for all 12 weeks. 805-781-7300. squaredancecentralcoast.com/classes. San Luis Obispo Grange Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. MUSTANG BALL BALLROOM DANCE COMPETITION Experience the thrill of a live ballroom competition highlighting dance events in all ballroom, latin, and nightclub styles with hundreds of competitors from across the state. The event concludes with a professional showcase from Rhythm Dance Champions. Feb. 3, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. $10. mustangball. com/. Chumash Auditorium, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-756-1281. OPEN MIC COMEDY Sign-ups at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Aidan Candelario. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-540-8300. saintsbarrel.com/event-calendar. Saints Barrel Wine Bar, 1021 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo. ORCHESIS DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS RETROGRADE Retrograde is inspired by the namesake compositional tool that employs manipulating movement phrases in pure reverse, like watching video backward. Reversing phrases creates new ways of looking at prior material. All choreographers are tasked with incorporating a moment or more of retrograde within their dances. Thursdays-Sundays, 7:30 p.m. through Jan. 27 $20 general admission.

JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 4, 2024 theatredance.calpoly.edu/orchesisretrograde-winter-2024. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7113. PARENT-CHILD POTTERY CLASS Make lasting memories with clay together as a family. For ages 6 and over. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon $70. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, anamcre.com. PLEIN AIR PAINTERS OF THE CENTRAL COAST A self-directed fun group of dynamic artists who enjoy painting and sketching outdoors. Artists meet on site at various locations. Weekly plein air destinations are provided by Kirsti Wothe via email (mrswothe@yahoo.com). Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon SLO County, Various locations countywide, San Luis Obispo. POTTERY: BEGINNING WHEEL CLASS This series is a great intro to the pottery wheel. Students learn to throw various shapes, surface decorate, and glaze. Clay and firing included with admission. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $180. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. RICE PAPER COLLAGE: MONARCH SEASON WITH LINDA CUNNINGHAM Receive step by step instruction for creating a beautiful Monarch Butterflythemed rice paper collage. You’ll use hand painted rice papers and acrylic paints. Beginners are welcome and no experience is necessary. Jan. 27, 1-4:30 p.m. $40. 805-478-2158. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, artcentralslo.wordpress.com. SIMPLIFYING NATURE WITH PASTELS WITH JIM TYLER In this workshop, we’ll address how to tame the chaos of nature in a painting and decide what’s important in the scene and how to emphasize that. We’ll also use an alcohol wash underpainting. All experience levels welcome, although this is not an ideal introduction for beginners. Feb. 3, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $85. 805-7482220. artcentralslo.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO COMEDY UNDERGROUND OPEN MIC NIGHT Enjoy a night of laughs provided by the local SLO Comedy Community. It’s open mic night, so anyone can perform and “you never know what you’ll see.” Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Free. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-548-2337, libertinebrewing.com. SLOFUNNY COMEDY SHOW Hosted by Daniel Eachus (Dry Bar Comedy), with Mark Fernandez, Cat Alvarado, Featuring Anthony K. With Headliner Subhah Agarwal. Jan. 27, 6:30 & 9 p.m. my805tix.com/. Enjoy acts from five headliners. Two chances to see the show. Jan. 27, 6:30 & 9 p.m. my805tix.com. Dairy Creek Golf Course, 2990 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo, 805-782-8060. SUITE SURRENDER It’s 1942, and two of Hollywood’s biggest divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel — assistants, luggage, and legendary feud with one another in tow. Everything seems to be in order, until they are somehow assigned to the same suite. Wednesdays-Sundays, 7-9 p.m. through Jan. 25 $15-$25. 805-786-2440. slorep.org/shows/suite-surrender/. SLO Rep, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo. UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING: THE REVOLUTIONISTS Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, and how we actually go about changing the world. Jan. 26-27, 7-8:30 p.m. and Jan. 27, 2-3:30 p.m. $15-$25. 805-786-2440. slorep.org/shows/the-revolutionists/. SLO Rep, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo. YOUTH POTTERY CLASS Teens love this class. Learn handbuilding techniques and throwing on the potter’s wheel. Held every Friday after school. Fridays, 3:30-5 p.m. $40. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. ARTS continued page 16

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EN MI CORAZÕN: DEBBI GREEN AT GALLERY LOS OLIVOS Artist Debbie Green has solo show exhibiting a collection of farm animals: cows, chickens, horses, donkeys, and their spirited personalities reflected in paint with love and affection. Mondays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Feb. 29 Free. 805 688-7517. GalleryLosOlivos.com. Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos.

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BREATHE AND STRETCH: BAYSIDE MARTIAL ARTS This class for ages 18 and over is a hybrid of yoga, active isolated, resistance stretching, and more. Breath work is incorporated throughout. You must be able to get down onto the floor and back up again. Please bring a mat and some water to stay hydrated. Sundays, 9-10 a.m. $15 session. 415-5165214. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos. BREATHE AND STRETCH: OMNI STUDIO This class for ages 18 and over is a hybrid of yoga, active isolated, resistance stretching, and more. Breath work is incorporated throughout. You must be able to get down onto the floor and back up again. Please bring a mat and some water to stay hydrated. Tuesdays, 5:306:30 p.m. $15 session. 415-516-5214. Omni Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. CENTRAL COAST SLIM DOWN Take control of food without suffering. Learn a step-by-step process to take control of overeating, cravings, and feel peace with food. Build the habits, mindset, and your unique path with results that stick. Hosted byTami Cruz (Certified Health/Life Coach) and Dana Charvet (Coach/Fitness Trainer). ongoing Call for pricing info. 805-235-7978. gratefulbodyhealthcoaching.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. CENTRAL COAST WOOD CARVERS Learn the art of wood carving or wood burning. Join Central Coast Wood Carvers in Morro Bay at St. Timothy’s. Open for beginners, intermediate, or advance. Learn a wide range of techniques and skills. Mask Required. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. St. Timothy’s Catholic Church, 962 Piney Way, Morro Bay, 805-772-2840, sttimothymorrobay. org/index.html. ENJOY AXE THROWING Enjoy the art of axe throwing in a safe and fun environment. Kids ages 10 and older are welcome with an adult. No personal axes please. Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturdays, 12-6 p.m. $20. 805-528-4880. baysidemartialarts.com. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos. FREE OUTRIGGER CANOE DEMO DAYS Athletes wanted. Pale Kai Outrigger is a nonprofit outrigger canoe club. The club offers competitive Hawaiianstyle outrigger canoe racing for men and women and are opening up club registration for 2024. All levels and abilities welcome. Space is limited. Signup online now. Every other Saturday, 8-10 & 10 a.m.-noon through Feb. 25 Free. palekai.org/joinus/. Coleman Park, Morro

JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 4, 2024 Bay, 101 Coleman Drive, Morro Bay, (805) 772-6278. FULL MOON CEREMONY AND 2024 INTENTION SETTING Manifest your most heartfelt desires in 2024. Jan. 25, 7-8:30 p.m. my805tix.com/. 9th Limb Yoga, 845 Napa Ave., Morro Bay, 415-852-1787. MORRO BAY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Disciplines include advanced athletic performance fitness training, Thai kickboxing, and more. Beginners to advanced students welcome. Day and evening classes offered. MondaysSaturdays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Call for more info. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts. com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. SHAMANIC MORNING RITUALS FOR VITALITY Hosted by Aurora Meditations & Rituals. Jan. 26, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

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BOOK SIGNING WITH AUTHOR ROGER RAPOPORT Rapoport will discuss his new novel, Searching for Patty Hearst, to recognize the 50th anniversary of the kidnapping; a story that transfixed the nation. Rapoport is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Patty Hearst story since 1974. Jan. 30, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. 805-461-6162. slolibrary.org. Atascadero Library, 6555 Capistrano, Atascadero. MAKERS MARKETPLACE: SHOP TO YOUR HEARTS DESIRE This indoor event is open and free to the public. Limited spaces available for vendors ( must get approved first). Feb. 3, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. my805tix.com. Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main Street, Templeton, 805-400-4542. NAR-ANON: FRIDAY MEETINGS A meeting for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-441-2164. North County Connection, 8600 Atascadero Ave., Atascadero. TAI CHI This course’s instructor has won many Tai Chi and other internal martial arts tournaments. Both experienced martial artists and new learners are welcome to the class. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $65. 805-237-3988. Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF LEXOGRAPHIC PRESS Robles. YANG STYLE TAI CHI The course’s instructor won many Award-winning journalist Roger D. Tai Chi and other internal Rapoport is the featured author at martial arts tournaments. Both upcoming book signing events at the experienced martial artists Atascadero Library, on Tuesday, and new learners are welcome to the class. Mondays, Jan. 30, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. $62. the San Luis Obispo Library, on 805-470-3360. Colony Park Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 7:30 Community Center, 5599 p.m. Rapoport will be discussing Traffic Way, Atascadero.

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his new true-crime book, Searching for Patty Hearst. Admission to both events is free. For more info on the book, visit pattyhearst.com. —C.W. my805tix.com. Beach Access Parking Lot, 102 Atascadero Road, Morro Bay. SOCRATES: DISCUSSION GROUP Group members present interesting and thought provoking topics of all sorts. Topics are selected in advance and moderated by volunteers. Vaccinations are necessary. Enter through wooden gate to garden area. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. 805-528-7111. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay, coalescebookstore.com/. STAY YOUNG WITH QI GONG Qi gong offers great anti-aging benefits, providing a comprehensive system for improving physical, mental and emotional health. Its roots date back thousands of years in China. Learn with certified instructor Devin Wallace. Call first. Thursdays, 10-11 a.m. $10. 805-709-2227. Hardie Park, Ash Ave. and B St., Cayucos. TAI CHI AND QI GONG: ZEN IN MOTION Small group classes with 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the Year. Call for time and days. Learn the Shaolin Water Style and 5 Animals Qi Gong. Beginners welcomed. Mondays, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Call for price details. 805-7017397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. WEEKLY QIGONG PRACTICE AT FITNESSWORKS MORRO BAY Calm your mind and nourish your joints with a weekly Qigong practice led by Mike Raynor of Tai Chi Rejuvenation. The practice is rooted in Qigong fundamentals, and standing/moving meditations. Forms include: Eight Brocades, Five Elements, Shibashi 18, and Tai chi 24. Saturdays, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Members free; non-members $8-$10. 805-772-7466. fitnessworksmb. com. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

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AGING GRACEFULLY ONLINE WORKSHOP Discover how to adjust your lifestyle so you can become healthier, live longer, and not look for “pills and surgery” solutions. These online classes focus on the major areas that have shown positive results. Two six-week session options to choose from. Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m. through Feb. 12 Free. 805-489-7359. unity5cities.org. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. BIRDS AND BOTANY MONTHLY WALK AT SLO BOTANICAL GARDEN The Garden is excited to present a monthly bird walk series on the fourth Thursday of every month which explores the intersection of birds and botany. Fourth Thursday of every month, 8-11 a.m. $10 for Garden Members; $40 for general public. 805-541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo. BOOK SIGNING WITH AUTHOR ROGER RAPAPORT Rapoport will discuss his new novel, Searching for Patty Hearst, to recognize the 50th anniversary of the kidnapping; a story that transfixed the nation. Rapoport is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Patty Hearst story since 1974. Jan. 31, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-781-4187. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library Community Room, 995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. CAL HOPE SLO GROUPS AT TMHA Visit website for full list of weekly Zoom groups available. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays calhopeconnect.org. Transitions Mental Health Warehouse, 784 High Street, San Luis Obispo, 805270-3346. CENTRAL COAST CONJURERS (SLO COUNTY MAGIC CLUB) Monthly meeting of magicians of all levels. Please call or email for more info. Meet like-minded folks with an interest in magic, from close-up to stage performances. Last Wednesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 18

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Free. 805-440-0116. IHOP, 212 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo. CENTRAL COAST DIALYSIS ORGAN TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP Not faith based. All are welcome. Please wear a mask. First Saturday of every month, 9:3011:30 a.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church SLO, 650 Pismo St., San Luis Obispo. COMPLIMENTARY SHOWERS WITH SHOWER THE PEOPLE After a short hiatus, the San Luis Obispo Library will once again be partnering with local non-profit organization, Shower the People. The shower trailer will be located between the library and parking structure. Toiletries provided. Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Free. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo. GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL: 15TH ANNIVERSARY Hear how GI promotes sustainable ag in vulnerable countries; a positive force in fighting climate change. Refreshments provided. Questions and RSVP: 805-235-5778. Event is not sponsored by the United Church of Christ (host is renting the venue). Jan. 27, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-235-5778. United Church of Christ (Congregational) of San Luis Obispo, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo. LEARN TO SOLDER WORKSHOP Learn how to use a soldering iron and the materials used in soldering, including types of solder, flux, and soldering iron tips. You will put together and take home two small refrigerator magnet kits with LEDs that blink. Adults only. Jan. 25, 5:307:30 p.m. $5-$20. alpenglowindustries. com/pages/workshops. Alpenglow Industries, 3485 Sacramento Drive, Ste. F, San Luis Obispo, 805-242-8158. LIFE, SOIL, FOOD, AND YOU What can you do to slow climate change, lessen floods and droughts, increase biodiversity, feed people healthy, nutritious food, and promote justice all at the same time? Talk about it with Tim LaSalle, former CEO of the Rodale Institute and regenerative ag specialist. Jan. 28, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo. POLITICAL ADVOCACY FOR YOUR CLIENTS (FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS) In this dynamic, in-person, 90-minute workshop, you will gain a deeper understanding of how you can legally and effectively lead political advocacy, including seeking funding, for your organization, its clients, and mission. This session is designed for nonprofit leaders—CEOs, executive directors, board members, and others. Jan. 31, 3-4:30 p.m. $60; $35 for Spokes Members. 805-5472244. spokesfornonprofits.org. People’s Self-Help Housing, 1060 Kendall Road, San Luis Obispo. QI GONG FOR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT Learn and practice qi gong, a Chinese system for physical, mental and spiritual development. This class is conducted outdoors in a beautiful setting, which is the best place to do qi gong, as its inspiration is drawn from nature. Certified instructor: Devin Wallace. Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m. $10. 805-709-2227. Crows End Retreat, 6430 Squire Ct., San Luis Obispo. STAY YOUNG WITH QI GONG Qi Gong boosts energy and vitality, reduces stress, improves balance and flexibility, and, best of all, is fun. Join instructor Devin Wallace for this outdoor class which is held in a beautiful setting. Call or email before attending. Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m. $10. 805-709-2227. Crows End Retreat, 6430 Squire Ct., San Luis Obispo. TOUR THE HISTORIC OCTAGON BARN CENTER The Octagon Barn, built in 1906, has a rich history that The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County looks forward to sharing with visitors. Please RSVP. Fourth Sunday of every month, 2-2:45 & 3-3:45 p.m. Tours are free; donations are appreciated. Octagon Barn Center, 4400 Octagon Way, San Luis Obispo, (805) 544-9096, octagonbarn.org. YOUR NEW VIBE: INTENTION, MANIFESTATION, EMPOWERED ACTION An inspiring and rejuvenating Women’s Day Retreat hosted by Women Making Waves. Jan. 28, 1-5 p.m. my805tix. com/. Crows End Retreat, 6430 Squire Ct., San Luis Obispo.

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ASTROLOGY FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT What is astrology and how can we use it to positively inform us to live our best lives? Join local professional astrologer Lori Waters for this workshop to learn the history of western astrology and how we can use it for our own empowerment. Jan. 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free; $10 donation suggested. 805-270-3192. Shell Beach Veterans Memorial Building, 230 Leeward Ave., Pismo Beach, pismobeach.org. BEGINNER GROUP SURF LESSONS AND SURF CAMPS Lessons and camp packages available daily. All equipment included. ongoing Starts at $70. 805-835-7873. sandbarsurf.com/. Sandbar Surf School Meetup Spot, 110 Park Ave., Pismo Beach. BELLY DANCE BASICS WORKSHOP Welcome to the mesmerizing world of belly dance. This basics class is the perfect starting point for anyone eager to explore this enchanting art. Immerse yourself in the rhythmic movements and vibrant music as you embark on a journey of self-discovery and expression. Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. through Jan. 29 $30. 805619-0989. empoweryoga805.com/events. Empower Yoga Studio and Community Boutique, 775 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach. CHAKRA BLISS WORKSHOP Guests are guided through a series of restorative yoga poses carefully curated to activate and align the seven energy centers, or chakras, within your body. Each pose is thoughtfully selected to target specific chakras, promoting a sense of inner harmony and well-being. Feb. 4, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $45. 805-619-0989. empoweryoga805.com/events. Empower Yoga Studio and Community Boutique, 775 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach. COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION WITH SHERRI SORRO DELAPLANE When was the last time you experienced being seen and understood? Every day around the world, the Center for Compassionate Communication supports the transformation of how we speak to ourselves and one another, one empathic conversation at a time, speaking the “language of life.” Jan. 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $100 for 3 weeks; $175 for couples. 805-956-1424. energeticpathways.net/. Energetic Pathways, 200 South 13th St., suite 214, Grover Beach. DONATION-BASED YOGA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, EMTS, AND CARETAKERS Class schedule varies. Contact empoweryoga805@gmail for details and reservations. ongoing 805-619-0989. empoweryoga805.com. Empower Yoga Studio and Community Boutique, 775 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach. POINT SAN LUIS LIGHTHOUSE TOURS A docent-led tour of the buildings and grounds of the historic Point San Luis Light Station. Check website for more details. Wednesdays, Saturdays pointsanluislighthouse.org/. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach. SCIENCE AFTER DARK A monthly lecture series at the Central Coast Aquarium. An evening for those ages 21 and older. Last Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. through May 28 my805tix.com. Central Coast Aquarium, 50 San Juan St., Avila Beach, 805-595-7280.

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CAMBRIA ART AND WINE FESTIVAL PAINT AND SIP A special afternoon of wine tasting with local wineries. Features wine tasting, small bites, and a canvas plus materials to create your masterpiece. Jan. 26, 3-5 p.m. $55. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria. MORRO BAY MAIN STREET FARMERS MARKET Get fresh and veggies, fruit, baked goods, sweets, and handmade artisan crafts. Come have some fun with your local farmers and artisans and enjoy delicious eats while enjoying the fresh breeze of Morro Bay. Saturdays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. through May 31 Varies. 805-824-7383. morrobayfarmersmarket.com. Morro Bay

Main Street Farmers Market, Main Street and Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. PAINT AND SIP Please join ArtSocial 805 at Moonstone Cellars for an afternoon paint. Jan. 27, 1-3 p.m. $54-$59. 805-400-9107. moonstonecellars.com/ca-wine-orders. Moonstone Cellars, 812 Cornwall St, Cambria. WINEMAKER’S DINNER FEAT. CUTRUZZOLA VINEYARDS Enjoy a fine fivecourse meal accompanied by hand-selected Cutruzzola wines. In addition to delicious plates, this is also a learning experience where a Cutruzzola Vineyards expert will guide you through the tasting notes of each wine pairing. Jan. 28, 5:30-8 p.m. $99. 805927-4200. cambriapineslodge.com. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria. NORTH SLO COUNTY

CLUB CAR BAR TRIVIA WITH DR. RICKY Teams of 1 to 6 people welcome. Visit site for more info. Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m. my805tix.com. Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main Street, Templeton, 805-400-4542. TACO TUESDAYS La Parilla Taqueria will be in the courtyard serving up their delicious tacos and tostadas. Menu typically includes barbacoa, chicken, and pastor tacos, as well as shrimp ceviche tostadas. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 805-460-6042. ancientowlbeergarden. com. Ancient Owl Beer Garden, 6090 El Camino Real, suite C, Atascadero. TASTE OF TIN CITY WALKING TOUR Enjoy the first ever walking tour of Tin City – an industrial area just outside of downtown Paso Robles – that is home to a community of innovative and passionate producers of high-quality wines, spirits, beer, and more. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $125. 805-400-3141. toasttours.com/tour/ tin-city-walking-tour/. Toast Tours, 1722 Stillwater Ct, Paso Robles. VINPRESSIONS A wine tasting event like no other. Jordan will guide guests through her Vinpressions process as they taste wines from Epoch Estate Winery and enjoy small-bites. Bring your creativity and your curiosity. Jan. 25, 5:30-7 p.m. $40. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark. org/events/vinpressions/. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO

DOWNTOWN SLO FARMERS MARKET Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. Downtown SLO, Multiple locations, San Luis Obispo. HOPPY HOUR (SELECT FRIDAYS) Visit some of the best craft beverage locations in San Luis Obispo. Tours start at The Hub on selected Fridays. Check site for full schedule and tickets. Fridays, 3-7 p.m. through Jan. 26 behoppytours.com/. The Hub, 1701 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. PIÑATAS ON THE PATIO What is more festive than a piñata? Join for some brunch drinks and a couple of good hits to a piñata (or two). Good times and goofy prices promised. Turns will be determined on a first come, first served basis. First Sunday of every month Free. Rambling Spirits, 3845 S. Higuera St. (inside SLO Public Market), San Luis Obispo, drinkramblingspirits.com. SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts more than 60 vendors. Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, 325 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS

17TH ANNUAL LOS ALAMOS MUSHROOM FESTIVAL A unique, multidimensional culinary event in a relaxed, outdoor setting featuring mushroom-centric dishes that continually arrive, utilizing over a dozen varieties. Live, mushroom-themed folk music will accompany as well as Bedford wine. Legendary mycologist professor Bob Cummings will be available to expand guests’ knowledge. Jan. 27, 2-5 p.m. $80. 805-344-2107. bedfordwinery. com/. Bedford Winery Tasting Room & Courtyard, 448 Bell Street, Los Alamos.

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THE CLIFFNOTES TO MAKE MERRIMAKER EVEN MERRIER THIS FRIDAY The crowd at Niffy’s Merrimaker demanded more roots, MUSIC continued page 19

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rockin’ music from The Cliffnotes. It’s a free, fun way to get 2024 off to a rockin’ good start. Jan. 26, 7-10 p.m. Free. 805-439-1735. niffysmerrimaker.com. The Merrimaker Tavern, 1301 2nd Street, Los Osos. FOREVER GREEN: LIVE AT NIFFY’S MERRIMAKER LGBTQ duo Forever Green plays live at Niffy’s Merrimaker. Feb. 3, 5-7 p.m. Free. The Merrimaker Tavern, 1301 2nd Street, Los Osos, 805-534-1007. LISTENING AS RITUAL Group listening sessions with musician/musicologist Ben Gerstein. Explore remarkable recordings of world music, nature field recording, western classical and contemporary, and jazz, sharing and discussing inspiration and perspectives on the expressive power of peoples, cultures, animals and habitats through sonic experience. Every other Monday, 7-8:15 p.m. $10-$15 donation. 805-305-1229. leftcoastartstudio.com/. Left Coast Art Studio, 1188 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos. LIVE MUSIC WITH GUITAR WIZ AT LUNADA GARDEN BISTRO “Guitar Wizard” Billy Foppiano plays a wide range of music, including blues, R&B, classic rock, and more. Fourth Sunday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-900-5444. Lunada Garden Bistro, 78 N. Ocean Ave., Cayucos. SEA SHANTY PERFORMANCE AND SING-ALONG The Morro Bay Shanty Project will perform sea shanties and other songs of the sea. Audience members will be encouraged to sing along, and share favorites. Feb. 3, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. 805-225-6571. Morro Bay Maritime Museum, 1154 Front St., Morro Bay. SONGWRITERS AT PLAY SONG CONTEST IN CAYUCOS 10 contestants, two songs each, three judges, three prizes; all leading to a $1,000 Grand Prize at the April finale. Jan. 30 contestants: Katie Ferrara, Sonja Midtune, Morgan Childers, Cynthia Ford, Justin Ezzi, Miss Leo, Ragged Company, Taj Williams, Loren Radis, Adrian Bourgeois. All ages OK. Jan. 30, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. songwritersatplay. com/events. Schooners, 171 North Ocean Ave, Cayucos, 805-995-3883. SONGWRITERS AT PLAY TRIPLE BILL IN CAMBRIA LA-based rising stars Katie Ferrara and Sonja Midtune share the stage with Pismo’s Steve Key, swapping songs and stories, in-the-round Nashville-style. Katie played the Joni Mitchell tributes at Moonstone and CCAT. Look for Sonja’s videos on TikTok. Jan. 31, 6-8 p.m. $25. songwritersatplay.com/ events. Moonstone Cellars, 812 Cornwall St, Cambria, 805-927-9466. NORTH SLO COUNTY

EASTON EVERETT LIVE Easton Everett plays guitar-woven music with an indie attitude; songs in distinctive stylistic shapes outside the pop mainstream. It is music that is easy to listen to, but also surprises. Jan. 26, 6-8 p.m. eastoneverett. com. Wines on Main, 624 Main Street, suite 101, Templeton, 805-591-7069. FRIDAY NIGHT DJ Weekly DJ series, with a different DJ every Friday. Presented by friends at Traffic Record store in Atascadero. Come

listen, dance, drink, and unwind every Friday. All ages event; no cover charge. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. 805-460-6042. ancientowlbeergarden. com. Ancient Owl Beer Garden, 6090 El Camino Real, suite C, Atascadero. JOLON STATION BAND VARIETY SHOW Come join Jolon Station Band every Thursday night in downtown Atascadero for a night of comedy, musical guests, prize wheels, and more. Thursdays, 8-10 p.m. $5 at the door. Raconteur Room, 5840 Traffic Way, Atascadero, 805-464-2584. KARAOKE NIGHT Food and drink available for purchase. Last Saturday of every month, 8 p.m. Free admission. my805tix.com. Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main Street, Templeton, 805-400-4542. KELLYTOWN Enjoy some rocking Irish pub-songs, fiddle tunes, and more. With Kelly Powers, guitar, fiddle, vocals, and other featured musicians. Jan. 27, 6-8 p.m. No cover charge. wearekellytown. com. Bristols Cider House, 3220 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 805-400-5293. REMINITIONS WITH TITVN, CATACOMBS, THE RELATIVE MINIMUM, RADIATION INVASION Reminitions (deathcore), TITVN (metalcore), Catacombs (metalcore), Radiation Invasion (alt rock). Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Feb. 2, 7-11 p.m. $15. 805-296-2676. darknectarcoffee. com/pages/events. Dark Nectar Coffee Lounge, 5915 Entrada, Atascadero. SINGING HANDS CHILDREN’S CHOIR A unique performing arts group that performs across the state for deaf festivals, service organizations, churches, fairs, and other outlets. New members always welcome. Registration open weekly. Mondays, 5-6:30 p.m. $45 tuition per month. singinghandschildrenschoir.com/. Singing Hands Children’s Choir and Performing Arts, 1413 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles.

since 2006. Jan. 31, 7:30-9 p.m. $44-$64. 805-756-2787. calpolyarts.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo. LED ZEPAGAIN: A TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN Get ready to experience the iconic rock sounds of Led Zeppelin like never before. Led Zepagain, hailed by AXS TV as the World’s Greatest Tribute to Led Zeppelin, is set to ignite the stage at Spanos Theatre. Feb. 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $40. 805-756-4849. pacslo.org. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. LEGENDS OF CAJUN AND CREOLE MUSIC 7 Sisters Folklore Society is proud to welcome Jourdan Thibodeaux, Cedric Watson, and Joel Savoy to the Milking Parlor for a night of Cajun and Creole traditional music. Feb. 4, 7-9 p.m. $20 in advance; $25 at the door. 805-235-2874. eventbrite.com. Octagon Barn Center, 4400 Octagon Way, San Luis Obispo. LIVE MUSIC AT LIQUID GRAVITY Check social media and calendar for weekly updates. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 2-5 p.m. Liquid Gravity, 675 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo. LIVE MUSIC FROM GUITAR WIZ BILLY FOPPIANO AND MAD DOG Join “Guitar Wiz” Billy Foppiano and his trusty side kick Mad Dog for a mix of blues, R&B, and more. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-544-2100. Bon Temps Creole Cafe, 1819 Osos Street, San Luis Obispo, bontempscreolecafe.com/index.htm. SEA SHANTY PERFORMANCE AND SINGALONG The Morro Bay Shanty Project will perform sea shanties and other songs of the sea. Audience members will be encouraged to sing along and share favorites. At this fundraiser, 20 percent of sales goes to the Central Coast Funds for Children. Jan. 26, 5-6 p.m. Free. 805-2256571. House of Bread, 1025 Farmhouse Lane, San Luis Obispo, houseofbread.com. SLO SYMPHONY 2023-2024 SEASON Enjoy the SLO Symphony’s 2023-24 season, featuring classic works by Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky, local composers Stefan Podell and Meredith Brammeier, with the Forbes Pipe Organ, SLO Youth Symphony, and guest soloists Gilles Apap, Andrew Balio, and Salome Jordania. Feb. 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $12-$82. 805-5433533. slosymphony.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo. UTTER SCORN LIVE Enjoy live metal from Utter Scorn (death metal), Rituals Of Despair (deathcore), Desoectomy (slam), Catacombs (metalcore), and No Warning Shots (hardcore). Jan. 26, 7 p.m. my805tix.com. Humdinger Brewing (SLO), 855 Capitolio Way, suite 1, San Luis Obispo, 805-781-9974.

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ALL AGES OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. Liquid Gravity, 675 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo. ANDREW BALIO BRASS MASTER CLASS Andrew Balio, principal of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, will present a master class. Brass players from the Cal Poly Music Department and San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony will perform and receive input from Balio Feb. 1, 11:10 a.m.-noon Free. 805-756-2406. music.calpoly.edu/ calendar/. Cal Poly Davidson Music Center, Room 218, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. BLUES WEDNESDAYS Spinning blues records all night. Chicago, Memphis, Delta, Detroit, and more. Visit this new vinyl bar in the Railroad District. Acoustically treated room, old-school sound system, big speakers, but always at a polite volume. Plenty of free parking. Wednesdays, 2-8 p.m. Free. 313-316-7097. Jan’s Place, 1817 Osos St., San Luis Obispo, jansplaceslo.com. HERB ALPERT AND LANI HALL Join Herb Alpert and Lani Hall for an unforgettable evening of eclectic jazz, world, and American pop music. This husband-andwife due has been captivating audiences

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CARL SONNY LEYLAND: BASIN STREET REGULARS An enchanting performance by Carl Sonny Leyland and His All Stars and an opening act from the Cuesta College Combo. Elk members and BSR members will receive the discounted rate of $10. Jan. 28, 1-4 p.m. $10 for members; $15 for non-members. my805tix.com/. Oceano Elks Lodge, 410 Air Park Drive, Oceano. DO-KWA PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS FIRST LADIES OF DISCO A rocking, on your feet, tribute to music from the ’70s, ‘80s, and ’90s. Jan. 25, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $47-$67. 805-4899444. clarkcenter.org/shows/first-ladies-ofdisco/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. GUITARIST CALUM GRAHAM IN CONCERT Renowned Canadian fingerstyle guitarist Calum Graham brings his music to California’s Central Coast. Graham weaves a masterful tapestry of acoustic, baritone, and harp guitar melodies, with original compositions infused with folk, world, soul, blues, and jazz. The show is sold out, but there’s a wait list. Jan. 25, 7 p.m. $25-$30. my805tix.com. Banner Coffee Company, 995 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805-225-4481. THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF GEORGE MICHAEL A concert-style theatrical production that chronicles the performance and sounds of George Michael with staging and lighting while telling his story, from early music hits with Wham!, to later hits including “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” “Freedom,” “Careless Whisper,” “Father Figure,” and more. Jan. 31, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $44-$75. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. ∆

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Arts ARTIFACTS Prolific touring comedian Subhah Agarwal headlines SLO show

SLOFunny Comedy presents its next stand-up show at Dairy Creek Golf Course on Saturday, Jan. 27, with performances held at 6:30 and 9 p.m. The early show is described as “rated light R,” while the latter is “rated R,” according to press materials. Both shows feature strong language and adult material. The show’s headliner is popular touring comedian Subhah Agarwal, widely known for touring at clubs across the country as well as her writing work on titles for Netflix, Hulu, Comedy Central, and other companies. She’s also appeared in an acting capacity in shows such as Westworld and General Hospital. The upcoming SLOFunny Comedy show will also feature sets from comedians Anthony K, Cat Alvarado, and Mark Fernandez, and is hosted by Daniel Eachus. Born and raised in Fresno, Eachus left his hometown to attend college in Long Beach, where he also performed comedy across the city’s stand-up circuit by night. According to press materials, Eachus became the youngest finalist to compete in the Funniest Comic in Los Angeles contest, and has worked as a professional stand-up ever since. Doors will open 30 minutes before both the 6:30 and 9 p.m. performances of the upcoming SLOFunny Comedy event. Tickets to both shows are available in advance at my805tix.com. Admission ranges between $25 and $40. Dairy Creek Golf Course is located at 2990 Dairy Creek Road, San Luis Obispo.

February marks premiere of new musical in Morro Bay

By the Sea Productions presents a new original musical, It Takes Two: Brand New Songs About Same Old Love, which is set to open in Morro Bay on Friday, Feb. 23. Early registration is recommended, as the show’s venue is limited to 45 seats per performance. Written by Mark Pietri and Michael Kaplan (who also directed the show), It Takes Two features 19 original songs and celebrates “the risky business of falling in love” with stories of first crushes, missed chances, heartbreaks, soulmates, and more, according to press materials. Select performances of the show will be held through Sunday, March 3, at St. Peter’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, located at 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay. For showtimes and more info on the musical, call By The Sea Productions at (805) 776-3287 or visit bytheseaproductions.org. General admission is $25, and tickets to the show are available in advance at my805tix.com. ∆ —Caleb Wiseblood

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Portrait powershift Mulberry at SLOMA showcases a different dynamic of portrait photography

he era of family photo scrapbooks is over. Barry Goyette knows this, but something about them has always stuck with him, even as the world became digital. “Back in the day, my friend and I would go into these antique shops in the area and find these little bins full of scattered scrapbook family photos,” the San Luis Obispo-based photographer said. “You would find these photos out of the context of being in a collection—even with not knowing who was in them, they were always fascinating.” That experience served as a source of inspiration for years, so when the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) reached out about collaborating on potential exhibits, those old portraits were the first thing that came to his mind. “I thought it was really interesting to see these stories of things that exist within every family photo, stuff we don’t think about at first glance,” he said. “There are these things that just naturally exist at the moment.” The Mulberry exhibit is Goyette’s attempt to capture the energy taken for granted in those family photos while highlighting the relationship between photographers and the models they photograph. The exhibit consists of almost 30 different-sized black-and-white images of models in various portrait poses, using different props and switching up expressions—all shot around the same mulberry tree in SLO. Goyette said the exhibit aims to inspire the experience he had looking at those scrapbook photos years ago. “It’s my response and reflection of this vernacular I was seeing when we were looking through these photos at these antique shops,” he said. “I wanted to explore that relationship between the two people interacting in the photo.” Mulberry opens at SLOMA on Feb. 2 and runs through June 3 as the start of what SLOMA Chief Curator Emma Saperstein said is a new focal point for 2024. “This show kick-starts a year at the museum that

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Experience the relationship between models and photographers through Barry Goyette’s Mulberry exhibition, which opens on Feb. 2 and runs through June 3 at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. SLOMA is located at 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. For more information on this and future exhibitions, visit sloma.org or follow @slomuseumofart on Instagram.

focuses more on photography in addition to the types of art we have had in the past,” Saperstein said. “I am very proud we have been able to offer it to someone willing to do something unique with the concept.” Part of the concept is exploring what Saperstein considers to be a known quantity in portrait photography and the models who often work with photographers like Goyette. “Barry was open about this dynamic from the very beginning,” she said. “As IN THE MOMENT Barry Goyette’s Mulberry exhibition at SLOMA aims someone who works with to capture the feel of old family photos while exploring the emotional [professional] models who are dynamics between the photographer and the photographed. often female, there is a power dynamic that is there—it’s always been there, especially in contemporary discourse.” But the way Goyette enabled models to have agency and bring ideas, concepts, and even props in is what shatters the idea of conventional photo exhibit. “They are bringing their own identities, which is not the standard for photographermodel relationship,” Saperstein said. “To not only acknowledge that but explore more of that difference in traditional dynamic is important.” Exploring the model-photographer interaction wasn’t always on his mind, Goyette said, but as the years passed, he understood that it was important to delve into that idea. Goyette said putting Mulberry together took more than 15 years—with many of the photos taken in the first four and then sporadically since. He intended to wait a long time after he took them as a part of his artistic reflection. “That’s the unique aspect of this exhibit—that idea of letting time pass naturally and create these memories of the moment I shot these that I hope ACTUAL AGENCY Most models in the portrait comes through for the viewer,” he said. “I almost photography industry struggle with creative license, wanted to forget a little about the experience so so Barry Goyette said the point of his Mulberry that when I was going through them, I could pick project was to allow them to tell a story on their terms. the ones that stood out as antique.” “It’s a personal show compared to a lot of the things Of course, for Goyette, many of these photos are of people he still knows and talks to regularly, they would normally show at the museum, but it’s which he said helps give the nice to know that there is a place that exhibit “family photo” vibes. will explore ideas like this,” Goyette “A vast majority of these said. “There is a lot of emotion in people I know well, and I have Send gallery, stage, the photos that highlights exactly had the opportunity to know and cultrual festivities to how me and the model felt about the them well since I started taking arts@newtimesslo.com. these photos,” he said. “For me as shoot, each other, and life in general someone who was raised as an in that moment.” ∆ only child out in Santa Maria, these people in these photos became my family.” Staff Writer Adrian Vincent Rosas has that one He hopes that those relationships shine through Nickleback song stuck in his head. Help him get it each photo and allow the viewer to understand a different side of him and the people in the portraits. out at arosas@newtimesslo.com.

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ord Jefferson (The Good Place, Watchmen) directs this screenplay he co-wrote with Percival Everett (based on his novel Erasure) about Black novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), who’s told by his publisher that his most recent AMERICAN FICTION manuscript isn’t “Black What’s it rated? R enough.” In response and What’s it worth, Glen? Full price under a nom de plume, he What’s it worth, Anna? Full price pens a satire that panders to Where’s it showing? Downtown Black culture, sending it to Centre in SLO publishers out of spite, only to discover he’s a literary sensation. Is he willing to assume his nom de plume’s thug identity to carry on and profit from the ruse? (117 min.) Glen This is another one of those 2023 award-worthy films that we’re just seeing in theaters locally, and oh my, it’s a sly and bitingly funny piece of work. Monk is a serious and critically acclaimed but poor-selling novelist who makes ends meet by teaching at a Los Angeles college. A perpetual grump, he’s troubled by novelists like Sintara Golden (Issa Rae) and her novel We’s Lives In Da Ghetto, which he thinks is full of insulting stereotypes. Visiting family back home in Boston further darkens Monk’s mood, leading him to assume the name Stagg R. Leigh and pen the manuscript My Pafology, meant to skewer the expectations foisted upon Black authors and insult publishers for wanting such dreck. It backfires when he’s offered a $750,000 advance at a time when he’s desperate for money to care for his ailing mother (Leslie Uggams). What follows is Monk’s struggle to make sense of the success of his joke novel while balancing a complicated personal and family life. It cuts to the quick. Anna Monk is a man who needs to be taken seriously and takes things very seriously himself. He’s from a family of doctors and can’t help but feel a bit like an “other,” even though he has success as an author. His love and resentment for his family are both

THE CURIOUS CASE OF NATALIA GRACE: NATALIA SPEAKS What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2023-2024 Where’s it showing? Max

nyone who has seen the horror flick Orphan is familiar with the concept—a well-intended family adopts a child from a foreign land who proves to be a sinister adult posing as a child. Natalia Grace was a 6-year-old Ukrainian child with dwarfism adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett.

WHO ARE YOU? After being told his writing isn’t “Black enough,” novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) pens a “Black” book as a spoof, but it becomes a big hit, in American Fiction, screening in Downtown Centre in SLO.

felt as he comes home. His sister has been carrying the burden of their mother’s care as she slips further into forgetfulness, and his recently out brother, Cliff (Sterling K. Brown), is living in a bit of a Peter Pan’s Lost Boys world—one he denied himself for years living as a straight man. Monk meets neighbor Coraline (Erika Alexander), a beautiful woman he starts to date, but soon enough he can’t help but to sabotage their budding relationship when he judges her choices as suburban and pandering. The film is funny and frustrating, and Wright does a wonderful job at inviting the audience along to feel his character’s frustration and anger over what he sees as bad literature eclipsing good in the court of public opinion. Glen Monk is a man who deep down doesn’t seem to want to be happy, and he has a hard time loving others since he doesn’t seem to love himself. He’s beaten down by injustice, even though he comes from a privileged background. The message is clear: Everyone

While it may seem the Barnetts’ intentions were to give Natalia a beautiful life while blending seamlessly into their family, which already had three boys in the mix, it soon becomes clear that the Barnetts’ motives were less than pure. And the lengths they went to in order to extract Natalia from their lives is mind-boggling. Claiming Natalia was in fact an adult and going so far as to having her legal age changed from 8 to 22 years old, the Barnetts created a living hell for their young ward and a big mystery for all those surrounding them. After all these years, the truth is finally being revealed in Season 2 of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, and we finally hear from Natalia herself about her journey into actual adulthood and what life looks like moving on from her past. (12 42-min. episodes) —Anna PHOTO COURTESY OF INVESTIGATIVE DISCOVERY

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has their own burden to bear. Partway through the story, Monk learns Hollywood producer Wiley Valdespino (Adam Brody) has optioned his story for a film, and as the movie comes to a close, things get very meta as multiple possible endings are explored. It’s a new approach to American race relations, and as we look into the mirror it holds up to us, we seem ridiculous. I loved it. Anna I really enjoyed it as well. Monk isn’t unlikeable, but he certainly can be a tiring person to be around. His attitude can come off as holier than thou, but it all stems from his insecurity and unhappiness. The film manages to stay funny and light while also delving into some real tough stuff—what we think of ourselves, what others think of us, and how we let the two duel it out in our minds. I highly recommend this one! ∆ Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and freelancer Anna Starkey write Split Screen. Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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Meanwhile, Maya’s niece and nephew are searching for clues to who murdered their mother, Maya’s sister. Are the two killers connected? And what about police Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce (Adeel Akhtar), who’s methodically working the case but with little progress. To further complicate things is Joe’s conniving mother, Judith (Joanna Lumley), who seems to have a hidden agenda. This little thriller keeps you guessing, but it also wallows in melodrama like an old-fashioned soap opera, and you have to believe that Maya, who looks like a fashion model and probably weighs 110 pounds, is actually a badass who can take down men twice her size. If you’re up for some supermodel-fu and a story that doesn’t quite add up, it’s a fun watch. (eight approximately 50-min. episodes) ∆ —Glen

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WHO KILLED HER HUSBAND? Ex-soldier Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) searches for her husband’s murderer in Fool Me Once, a British miniseries thriller based on Harlan Coben’s novel, streaming on Netflix.

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Best dressed cowgirl Jenny Don’t and The Spurs do it old school

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PUNK VIBES; COUNTRY COOL Jenny Don’t and The Spurs play SLO Brew Rock on Jan. 30.

HE AIN’T HEAVY The Coffis Brothers play a Good Medicine and Numbskull show at The Siren on Jan. 27.

first saw Jenny Don’t and The Spurs when they opened for Charley Crockett in Templeton back in 2019, and right away, it was clear frontwoman Jenny Connors knew how to capture a crowd’s attention. First if all, her retro cowgirl outfit was super cool, and it turned out she had sewn it herself. She clearly ascribed to the adage, “Get their attention with what you’re wearing and keep it with what you’re playing,” because her songs were dripping with Patsy Cline panache. The band’s garage-infused country and Western songs bloom with passion and emotional turmoil, and they’re played with conviction and a little punk rock vibe bubbling just under the surface. The Portland band formed in 2012 when Jenny, who’d been fronting her band DON’T, started playing with Kelly Halliburton, a veteran punk rocker who played drums with garage rock trio Pierced Arrows and bass with punk act P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. When they got their first gig, they added rock drummer Sam Henry (Wipers, The Rats, Napalm Beach) to the mix and quickly found their rootsy approach was a hit. They later added Christopher March, a rockabilly and honkytonk player. Things were going gangbusters until Sam died of cancer in 2022—a real shock. In an effort to keep Sam’s legacy alive, they added Buddy Weeks to the lineup, and the band has marched on. Over their more than decadelong career, they’ve play hundreds of live shows in a dozen countries, and you can see them with opener Max MacLaury at SLO Brew Rock this Tuesday, Jan. 30 (doors at 7 p.m.; 18-and-older; $15 at ticketweb.com). Don’t forget that theatrical and hilarious Thumpasaurus plays on Thursday, Jan. 25, at SLO Brew (doors at 7 p.m.; 18-and-older; $18 at ticketweb.com).

Numbskull and Good Medicine

If you were going to have a country and disco party, can you think of a better place that the Alex Madonna Expo Center? Me neither. This Friday, Jan. 26, check out Western Dreamland (8 p.m.; 18-and-older; $18 at goodmedicinepresents.com). “Country dolls and dancing queens: Saddle up for a night under the neon moon, where timeless classics by country music legends

such as Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Garth Brooks, and The Chicks guide your every step on the dance floor in a technicolor world of disco icons such as ABBA and Cher along with modern pop artists Dua Lipa, Kacey Musgraves, Miley Cyrus, and more,” organizers announced. If you’re in the mood for some roots-rock, look no further than The Coffis Brothers with opening act the Katie Skene Band at The Siren on Saturday, Jan. 27 (8 p.m.; 21-andolder; $15 at goodmedicinepresents.com). “It’s all-American music,” co-frontman Kellen Coffis said in press materials about the band’s 2022 release Turn My Radio Up. “There’s rock, blues, acoustic folk, and country in there. As music fans, we go all the way back to the beginning—to pioneers like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers—but we also look to artists like the Eagles and Tom Petty for influence. That’s our playbook.”

The Siren

Morro Bay’s The Siren kicks off with mariachi and heavy metal hybrid Metalachi on Friday, Jan. 26 (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $20 at tixr.com). Jane’s Gang bring their mix of classic rock to the club on Saturday, Jan. 27 (2 p.m.; 21-and-older; free). Frontwoman Jennifer Jane said, “We invite you in to experience the fun and energy of a Jane’s Gang show.” A reggae tripleheader comes on Wednesday, Jan. 31, when Kyle Smith,

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Drifting Roots, and Kali Royale perform (6:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $20 general or $100 VIP at tixr.com). Finally, Chicago’s bluegrass ambassadors The Henhouse Prowlers and opening act Little Tyme play on Thursday, Feb. 1 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $15 at tixr.com). The Henhouse Prowlers have been at it for nearly 17 years, touring more than 25 countries.

Fremont Theater

The Fremont has a big slate this week starting with So-Cal soul bands Thee Sinseers and The Altons playing on Thursday, Jan. 25 (8 p.m.; all ages; $27.50 at prekindle.com). Stand-up comedienne Kathleen Madigan performs on Friday, Jan. 26 (8 p.m.; all ages; $37.50 to $67.50 at prekindle.com). Her current tour is called Boxed Wine & Tiny Banjos. Need more comedy? Becky Robinson, the Entitled Housewife, performs as part of her She Gone Tour on Sunday, Jan. 28 (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $40 to $110 at prekindle.com). Dead fans get ready for Dark Star Orchestra playing on Tuesday, Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $37.50 at prekindle.com). For more than 25 years and 3,100 shows, they’ve channeled the Grateful Dead. A whole heap of reggae awaits when SOJA with special guests HIRIE and Likkle Jordee play on Thursday, Feb. 1 (8 p.m.; all ages; $37.50 at prekindle.com).

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The Clark Center

People love a tribute act, and the Clark Center has two lined up this week starting with Piano Men: Generations on Saturday, Jan. 27 (7:30 p.m.; $45 to $65 at clarkcenter. org). You’ll hear the hits of Billy Joel and Elton John brought to life by father-and-son duo Terry and Nick Davies. Sing along to “Only the Good Die Young,” “Circle of Life,” “Philadelphia Freedom,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “Piano Man,” and more. Then on Wednesday, Jan. 31, experience The Life and Music of George Michael (7:30 p.m.; $45 to $75 at clarkcenter.org). This new concert-style show “chronicles the performance and sounds of George Michael with staging and lighting while telling this story through early music hits from Wham! and his illustrious solo career,” organizers announced. Hear “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” “Freedom,” “Careless Whisper,” “Father Figure,” and many more.

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I credit my parents and their vinyl collection for my love of Herb Alpert. I remember sliding his records onto the console stereo turntable in our Wisconsin living room to listen to “Tijuana Taxi,” “Ladyfingers,” and “Spanish Flea.” It all seemed so exotic. Herb Alpert and Lani Hall play Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center this Wednesday, Jan. 31 (7:30 p.m.; $37.20 to $66 at pacslo.org). Alpert scored five No. 1 hits, 28 Billboardcharted albums, and eight Grammy Awards, and he co-founded A&M Records, where he met his wife Lani Hall, original lead singer for Sergio Mendes’ Brasil ’66, when they were signed to the label in 1966. They’ll perform all the classics and more.

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WHIPPED CREAM Trumpet icon Herb Alpert and vocalist Lani Hall play Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center on Jan. 31.

The Cliffnotes bring their rootsy, rockin’ New Orleans style boogie blues to Niffy’s Merrimaker this Friday, Jan. 26 (7 to 10 p.m.; all ages; free). “They say history was made when Cliffy met Niffy and made the Merrimaker even merrier,” Cliffnotes bandleader Cliff Stepp quipped. STARKEY continued page 25

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TBONE KING The SLO Jazz Federation will host the Andy Martin Septet on Feb. 1, at SLO’s Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church. STARKEY from page 24

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this Sunday, Jan. 28, when they host a concert at the Oceano Elks Lodge with Carl Sonny Leyland’s Boogie Woogie Boys with opening act Cuesta College’s No. 1 Jazz Combo (bring your instrument to jam beginning at 11 a.m. with the concert starting at 1 p.m.; all ages; $15 general admission, $10 for members and Elks, $5 for jammers, with advance tickets available at my805tix.com and eventbrite.com). There’s a big dance floor and food and drink will be available for this hot swinging jazz show. The SLO Jazz Federation will host the Andy Martin Septet next Thursday, Feb. 1, at SLO’s Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $30 general, $20 Jazz Fed members, and $10 students at my805tix.com). Titled Blues and the Abstract Truth, the show will feature trombonist Martin, Dave Becker, and Ron McCarley (reeds), Bob Bennett (trumpet), Marshall Otwell (piano), Dylan Johnson (bass), and Darrell Voss (drums). Martin’s worked with Stanley Turrentine and Horace Silver, and he’s appeared as a soloist on more than 150 major film soundtracks and with numerous big bands. The first set will re-create the acclaimed 1961 recording Blues and the Abstract Truth. ∆ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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New funding helps food access, gardening project grow in Cuyama

local nonprofit is ringing in the new year—and the following two years— with some new funds to support its unique gardening program. Near the end of 2023, Blue Sky Center in New Cuyama received a three-year $30,000 grant from the Fund for Santa Barbara, specifically to support the organization’s Cuyama Valley Victory Gardens Project. Additional funding from the Strategic Growth Council allowed the Blue Sky Center to recently allocate $20,000 toward the project’s growth as well. Since its inception in 2020, the project GARLIC GATHERING Sandra Uribe, program leader of the Cuyama Valley Victory Gardens has installed backyard gardens for 45 Project, leads a garlic cultivation demo during a households in the Cuyama Valley and community workshop in New Cuyama. has hosted bilingual workshops on grape grafting, garlic cultivation, and other gardening topics for community Blue Cuyama members on a regular basis with an aim Blue Sky Center is located at 1000 Perkins Road, New to strengthen the region’s food system and Cuyama. Call (661) 413-3005 or visit blueskycenter.org for promote food sovereignty. more info on the nonprofit and the Cuyama Valley Victory Gardens Project. Program leader Sandra Uribe said that the new grant will help Blue Sky Center Participants of the peer-to-peer expand the project and provide gardens workshops can also learn how to become for more families than previous budgets garden coordinators themselves at Blue Sky have allowed. “The success of the program has come as a Center if interested. “Training is conducted through small surprise, as its growth has been driven educational workshops held at the Blue Sky by word of mouth between families,” Uribe Center facilities,” Uribe said. “These meetings told New Times over email. occur once a month with flexible morning Uribe described the Cuyama Valley and afternoon schedules.” Victory Gardens Project as an initiative to While the garden coordinator training bolster food accessibility the area by not sessions happen monthly, Blue Sky Center’s only supplying home garden resources to regular gardening workshops “take place residents, but also offering collaborative every four to six weeks, more often in the peer-to-peer classes on how to garden, with planting seasons,” Uribe said. community members taking turns teaching “We also have an interpreter if one another and “learning from each other, necessary,” Uribe added, noting that like a big family.” funds used to support the “There is a lot of talent Cuyama Valley Victory within the group of Gardens Project in turn participating families, help the Blue Sky Center which is why we identify “implement bilingual and source educational Send tidbits on everything curricula.” opportunities from the food and drink to As for future skills that members have,” bites@newtimesslo.com. Uribe explained. FLAVOR continued page 28

NATURAL CAUSES Participants of food accessibility and gardening workshops at Blue Sky Center in New Cuyama learn how to cultivate the locally grown goodies of this harvest platter and other plants. FILE PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM

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implementation of residential backyard gardens, Uribe said the first step for any family interested in signing up is to simply call the Blue Sky Center or visit the venue in person. Registration includes supplying routine details such as contact info, an address, and the number of household members at the applicant’s residence. “We then add them to a waiting list because the delivery and installation of the planters take place during the spring,” Uribe said. Reflecting on the program’s growth since 2020, Uribe described the Cuyama Valley Victory Gardens Project as “a resounding success,” and one that continues to grow. The project was implemented by the Blue Sky Center in the spring of 2020, Uribe explained, as a community resource “to confront immediate issues of food access in the Cuyama Valley” at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Early support from various organizations—including the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, the Fund for Santa Barbara, the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network, and the Santa Barbara Foundation—allowed Blue Sky Center to install raised bed gardens and supply seeds, starter plants, and other gardening materials to community members during the pandemic. Uribe attributed the project’s steady growth over the years as “thanks to all the individuals and organizations that make it possible,” and she said she is excited for

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Blue Sky Center to use its recent grant funds to help “build gardens with even more families” and “further deepen the program’s impact in 2024.” ∆ Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood still can’t fathom how four years have gone by since 2020. Send comments to cwiseblood@ newtimesslo.com.

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CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294

CITY OF ATASCADERO NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY Department of Social Services PO Box 8119 San Luis Obispo, CA 934038119 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Juvenile Court CASE NAME: Ava Leanne Hoyle CASE NUMBER: 22JD00173-001 1. To: Bruce T. Hoyle and anyone claiming to be a parent of Ava Leanne Hoyle born on 11/15/2016 at Sierra Vista Regional Med Center, San Luis Obispo, California 2. A hearing will be held on February 7, 2024, at 1:00pm in Dept. 12 and April 10, 2024, at 1:00pm in Dept. 12 located at Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. *This hearing will be held remotely. If you wish to appear by telephone, your attorney in this case must notify the Court on the day of the hearing, prior to the hearing calendar. If you wish to appear in person, notify your attorney in this case. If you do not have an attorney and you wish to appear for the hearing, you must contact the court. The remote hearing will be confidential. You must not record the hearing, allow others to listen to the hearing, or disclose to others what occurs during the hearing. Participants who violate confidentiality may be subject to criminal and civil sanctions. 3. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. 4. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all of your parental rights to the child will be terminated. 5. You have the right to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford to hire one, the court will appoint an attorney for you. 6. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final. 7. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. Date: January 11, 2024 /s/ Myranda Morales, Deputy Clerk January 18, 25, & February 1, 2024

Public Notice of Lien Sale Business & Professional Code 21700

Notice is hereby given that a Public Lien Auction will be held at Storage 101 1420 Ramada Dr. Paso Robles CA 93446 The sale will take place on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10am!! Contents stored in the following Units will be Sold: 124 Jeremy Higginbottham, 705 Robert Carroll, 702 Taylor Parrish, 621 Saul Castrejon, 688 Stephen Ross, 418 Cindy McKenzie-Lindemuth, 673 Justin James, 323A Kelly Sullivan, 285B Robert Knight, 245A Rigoberto Valencia Perez, 249A Natasha Pringle, 181 Kesha Lewis, 166 Jeff Marino, 117 Rudi Lasslett, 150 El Mehdi Douieb, 133 Eulalio Rodriguez Auction Conducted by Hitchin’ Post Auctioneers Bond # 65343801 January 25 & February 1, 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Administrator of the City of Atascadero will hold a virtual public hearing on Friday, February 9, 2023 at City Hall, 6500 Palma Ave. Atascadero, CA 93422 at 2:00 p.m. to consider the following project: 1. Administrative Use Permit for a front setback exception to allow a 20-foot front setback at 7660 Cortez Avenue on APN 029-153-009. (USE230106). The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), under Categorical Exemption §15305, Class 5, because it is limited to a minor setback exception that does not result in a change in land use or density. Staff recommendation is to approve the project. 2. Interested individuals are invited to participate through the Zoom platform using the link posted on the City’s website, or may call 669-900-6833 to listen and provide public comment via phone. To provide written public comment, please email comments to aup-comments@ atascadero.org by 5:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting. Email comments must identify the Agenda Item Number in the subject line of the email. Comments will be forwarded to the Zoning Administrator and made part of the administrative record. If a comment is received after the deadline for submission but before the close of the meeting, the comment will still be included as part of the record of the meeting. Please note, email comments will NOT be read into the record. Information regarding the hearing is filed in the Community Development Department. If a challenge to the above application/s is made in court, persons may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Hearing Officer. If you have any questions, please call Planning Services at 805-4703402 Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All documents related to the project will be available for review on the City’s website 72 hours prior to the public hearing at http://www.atascadero.org/ agendas. BY ORDER OF THE HEARING OFFICER DATED: 1/22/2024 S/P Dunsmore, Community Development Director PUBLISH: 1/25/2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2654 (08/16/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as ACE HANDYMAN PAINTING, ACE JANITORIAL AND HANDYMAN, ACE PATCH AND PAINT, 791 Price St. #181, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Brett William Johnson (791 Price St. #181, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brett William Johnson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-14-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 12-14-28. January 11, 18, 25, & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2691 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as CENTRAL COAST DRAFTING & DESIGN, 109 Village Cir., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Thomas Anthony Allen (109 Village Cir., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Thomas Anthony Allen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-1923. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 12-19-28. January 11, 18, 25, & February 1, 2024.

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FILE NO. 2023-0001 (01/02/24) New Filing The following person is doing business as MARIPOSA EXCHANGE, 353 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Stephani Slater (4421 Davis St, Santa Clara, CA 95954), Becky Garza (2425 Reno Ct.,Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A General Partnership, Stephani Slater. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-02-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-0002 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE PEACEFUL GARDENERS, 312 Highland Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Duane Kneller (312 Highland Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Duane Kneller. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-02-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Webster, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2480 (01/03/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as SLOCRETE 2146 Parker St, A7, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. J. Ferreira Construction, Inc. (625 Horstman St., Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ J. Ferreira Construction, Inc., Justin, Ferreira, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1423. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Stiletto, Exp. 1114-28. January 18, 25, February 1 & 8, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2656 (12/07/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as FITNESSWORKS, 500 Quintana RD, Morro Bay, CA 93442 . San Luis Obispo County. FWMB, Inc. (500 Quintana RD, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ FWMB, Inc., Deborah Kaloi-Pettit, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-1423. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-14-28. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2663 (12/14/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as POSADA MEDICAL CENTER WEST CONDO ASSOCIATION, 262 Posada Lane, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. James P Cartland (272 Puffin Way, Templeton, CA 93465), Hendrick F Breytenbach (3154 Cielo Grande, Atascadero, CA, 93422), Nelson T Yamagata (1720 Donelson Place, Templeton, CA 93465, United States). This business is conducted by A General Partnership, James P Cartland. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-15-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 12-15-28. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2679 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as MELTING IN THOT, 319 N Highway 1 SPC 66D, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Urbanedge Ventures, LLC. (319 N Highway 1 SPC 66D, Grover Beach,CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Urbanedge Ventures, LLC., Robert Carrigan, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 12-18-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-18-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2712 (12/15/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as MR. STORAGE, 1530 Railroad Street, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Grover Beach Real Estate, LLC. (98 Olive Mill Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108).This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Grover Beach Real Estate, LLC., John Lund, Trustee of The John D. Lund and Christina E. Lund Revocable Living Trust, it’s Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk A. Trujillo Exp. 12-21-28. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2713 (12/15/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as MR. STORAGE, 190 N. 2nd Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Grover Beach Real Estate, LLC. (98 Olive Mill Lane, San Barbara, CA 93108). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Grover Beach Real Estate, LLC, John Lund, Trustee of The John D. Lund and Christina E. Lund Revocable Living Trust, it’s Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 12-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-21-28. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2716 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as FRIENDLY WAGER; FRIENDLY WAGER WINES; FRIENDLY WAGER WINE; FRIENDLY WAGER VINEYARD; FRIENDLY WAGER VINEYARDS (320 Marquita Avenue, Paso Robles, CA 93446). San Luis Obispo County. Edna Valley Ranch, LLC. 4481 Greenbrier Place, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Edna Valley Ranch, LLC., Ryan Harris, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 12-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-21-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2719 (09/20/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as CB PRINTS AND GIFTS, 4495 Spanish Oaks Dr, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Casey Joseph Bassetti (4495 Spanish Oaks Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Casey Joseph Bassetti. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-22-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-22-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2735 (01/02/22) New Filing The following person is doing business as CATTANEO BBQ SERVICE/ DBA RAYS OWN BRAND. 6255 Edna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Raymond Charles Cattaneo (6255 Edna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401), Ninamarie Piccardo Cattaneo (6255 Edna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A General Partnership, Raymond Charles Cattaneo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-27-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 12-27-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FILE NO. 2023-2757 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as EVANS AND GERST ANTIQUES, 4111 Bridge Street, Cambria, CA 93428 San Luis Obispo County. James Neil Evans (4111 Bridge Street, Cambria, CA 93428).This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ James Neil Evans. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-28-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-28-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2761 (01/01/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as RADIANCE THERAPY & WELLNESS, 1141 Pacific Street, Suite C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Sara Jane Seitz (498 Trouville Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sara Jane Seitz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-29-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 12-29-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FILE NO. 2023-2736 (12/04/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as COASTAL CLEAR CLEANING SERVICES, 323 Madeline Rose, Ct, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Vanessa Iniguez (323 Madeline Rose, Ct, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Vanessa Iniguez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-27-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-27-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2738 (10/02/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE STEELE METHOD, STEEL HORSE TOURS, 1445 West Grand Ave, Suite B, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Steele Ventures, LLC. (1445 West Grand Ave, Suite B, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Steele Ventures, LLC., Scott R Steele, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-27-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk G. Ugalde Exp. 12-27-28. January 18, 25 & February 1, 8, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2751 (12/28/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as BREWER FAMILY COMPANIES, ALEXIS AND ELIZABETH’S RENEWED BOUTIQUE, 525 Orchard Rd., Ste C, Nipomo, CA, 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Tyler Brewer, (893 Marsh St., Unit 13411, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401), Jacob Brewer (893 Marsh St., Unit 13411, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by Joint Venture, Tyler Brewer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-28-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 1228-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2752 (12/28/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as AGRIDULCE, 4211 Broad St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Dominique N Benavidez (933 Farroll Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Dominique N Benavidez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-28-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 1228-28. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2765 (12/18/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as T’S RED TACOS, 690 Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Pismo’s Pizza & Chowder House, Inc. (500 Linne Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446, California). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s, Pismo’s Pizza & Chowder House, Inc., Roger Sharp, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-29-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 12-29-23. January 18, 25, February 1 & 8, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2790 (05/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as SITE ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, 250 Foxen Bluff Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Mojtaba Moayeri (250 Foxen Bluff Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Mojtaba Moayeri. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-22-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 12-22-28. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0003 (01/26/2021) New Filing The following person is doing business as 141 FIRST STREET PROPERTIES, 141 First St, Avila Beach, CA 93424. San Luis Obispo County. 141 First Street Properties, LLC. (1883 Castillo Ct, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/141 First Street Properties, LLC, Nicolette A Munoz, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 01-02-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0006 (01/02/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as BOOKKEEPING BY BARBARA MARIE, 44 Mariposa Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Barbara Marie Ozanich, (44 Mariposa Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Barbara Marie Ozanich. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-02-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A.Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 18, 25, February 1, & 8, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0007 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as LANE & COLE’S LAUNDROMAT, 127 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Casey Johnston. (816 Mentone Avenue, CA, 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Casey Johnston. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-02-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0008 (12/19/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as CENTRAL COAST MOBILE NOTARY, 499 Sunset Court, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Rebecca Renee Arias (499 Sunset Court, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rebecca Renee Arias. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-02-24 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024.

FILE NO. 2024-0017 (01/03/2029) New Filing The following person is doing business as GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, 8445 Los Osos Road, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Andrew Hal Maltz (8445 Los Osos Road, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Andrew Hal Maltz This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-0314. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 01-03-29. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0015 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as BRIGHTER SIDE BARGAINS, BRIGHTER SIDE THRIFT STORE, BRIGHTER SIDE THRIFT SHOP,BRIGHTER SIDE THRIFT, BRIGHTER SIDE BARGAIN CENTER. 197 S 10th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Elvia Madrigal, (PO Box 782, Grover Beach, CA 93483). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Elvia Madrigal. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-03-2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 01-03-29. January 18, 25, February 1 & 8, 2024.

FILE NO. 2024-0029 (01/04/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as LANDSBY WINES, (5995 Peachy Canyon Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446). San Luis Obispo County. Mikkelsen Family Wines LLC (5995 Peachy Canyon Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Mikkelsen Family Wines LLC, Oliver Mikkelsen, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 0104-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-04-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0030 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as EVERGREEN SOUPS, 4750 Allene Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Candice S Cane (4750 Allene Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by an individual/s/ Candice S Cane. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-04-2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-04-2029. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0037 (01/04/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as LEON RM CONSTRUCTION, 1246 Mesa Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444 . San Luis Obispo County. Leon RM Construction (1246 Mesa Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Leon RM Construction, Marbella De Leon, CEO/President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-04-2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-04-2029. January 18, 25, February 1 & 8, 2024.

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION 00010 INVITATION TO BIDDERS

PROJECT IDENTIFICATION Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the County Clerk of the County of San Luis Obispo, California, in their offices in the County Government Center at 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D120 (1st. Floor), San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, 2024 for Job Order Contract (MICRO JOC-24) for work to be performed on various Countywide roads, with Contract Documents for said work on file in the office of the Clerk of the Board, after award of the Contract. Please note that metered parking is extremely limited.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK A Job Order Contract (JOC) is a competitively bid, firm-fixed-price indefinite-quantity contract. It includes a collection of detailed repair and remodel tasks and specifications that have established unit prices. It is placed with a Contractor for the accomplishment of repair, alteration, modernization, rehabilitation, etc., of buildings, structures, or other real property. JOCs have the ability to include both building/facility work (“vertical construction”) as well as infrastructure work (“horizontal construction”). Ordering is accomplished by means of issuance of a Job Order against the Contract. The Job Order will reference the Detailed Scope of Work and set forth the Job Order Completion Time and the Job Order Price. The Contractor, under the JOC Contract, furnishes management, labor, materials, equipment, and engineering support needed to perform the work. The County intends to award one (1) contract but reserves the right to award additional contracts from this procurement as needed. The County estimates the initial maximum dollar value of the Contract to be $3,000,000 for the one-year contractual period. The Contractor is not guaranteed to receive this volume of Job Orders. It is merely an estimate. The County has no obligation to give the Contractor the opportunity to perform Job Orders of any minimum value. The law allows for the Contract amount to be increased up to $5,797,275 within the one-year contractual period, upon mutual consent and provided additional bonds are provided. Therefore, the County reserves the right to increase the amount of the Contract allowable by law based on budgetary considerations and performance of the Contractor. The JOC Contract includes a Unit Price Book (UPB). This UPB is based on the use of experienced labor and high-quality materials. All of the unit prices incorporate prevailing local wage, equipment, and materials cost data. The UPB is work segment based. The UPB also incorporates local activity, climate, and geographic features. Contractor shall be prepared to submit Job Order Proposals, subcontractor lists and other requirements specified by the County. Bidders will offer one (1) pricing Adjustment Factor. The Contractor’s Adjustment Factor will be incorporated into the awarded Contract. Contractor shall perform all work required, necessary, and proper for, or incidental to, completing the work called for in each individual Job Order Contract using the Contract Documents incorporated herein using their adjustment factor.

EXAMINATION AND PROCUREMENT OF DOCUMENTS The contract documents shall consist of one bound volume containing hard copies of the MICRO JOC-24 Invitation to Bidders, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Form, Supplements to Bid Form, Agreement, Bond Requirements and Forms and Guarantees, General Conditions, Construction Site Management and Water Pollution Control, Contract Appendices; UPB and Technical Specifications. Documents are available for download free of charge at: http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/GS/Purchasing/Current_Formal_Bids_and_Proposals.htm

PRE-BID CONFERENCE All Bidders are REQUIRED to attend a mandatory Pre-Bid Conference at the County Government Center at 1055 Monterey Street, Room D361 (3rd. Floor), San Luis Obispo, at 1:30 P.M. local time, Thursday, February 1, 2024, answering questions from potential bidders. Any Bid submitted by a Bidder not represented at the pre-bid meeting will be deemed non-responsive and rejected by the County.

5. 5.01

BID OPENING All Bids must be addressed to County of San Luis Obispo, and delivered to the County Clerk-Recorder, County Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D120 (1st. Floor), San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, and shall bear the Project Title, Project Number and Name of the Bidder.

5.02

Said bids shall be opened and read aloud by the County Clerk-Recorder, on February 15, 2024, at 3:15 PM at a public meeting.

CERTIFICATION OF BIDS (BID BOND) Pursuant to Public Contract Code, Section 20129, each Bid must be accompanied by Cash, Certified or Cashier’s Check made payable to the County of San Luis Obispo, or a Bidder’s Bond from a company ADMITTED to transact surety business in the State of California in the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000). Said checks or bond shall constitute liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails to file satisfactory bonds as otherwise required by the Contract Documents or fails or refuses to enter into a Contract within the specified time. If a bidder’s bond is submitted, it must be in the form provided herein.

7. 7.01

GOVERNING LAWS AND REGULATIONS Public Contract Code The bidding of this project is governed by the California State Public Contract Code. The State of California Public Contract Code makes provisions for the rejection of bids and sets forth alternate Contract procedures. If all bids are rejected, the County Board of Supervisors, after re-evaluating its project cost estimates, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22038 of the Public Contract Code; (1) abandon the project, (2) re-advertise for bids, (3) proceed with the project utilizing Owner personnel or force account. If no bids are received, the project may be performed by force account or by negotiated Contract. In the event any action is taken by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Section 22038 all bidders will be notified in writing. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, subject to Owner’s right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in the bids or in the bidding. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the Owner may accept the one it chooses or both.

7.02

Contractor’s License A Contractor is required to be licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code Pursuant to Section 3300, of the Public Contract Code, the classification of the bidder’s Contractor’s License shall be “A”. Failure of a bidder to obtain adequate licensing for an award of a Contract shall constitute a failure to execute the Contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s Bond.

7.03

Payment of General Prevailing Rate Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 of the California Labor Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo has obtained from the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work for the locality in which the work is to be performed for each needed craft, classification, or type of workman. Copies of said prevailing rate of per diem wages are available at the California Department of Industrial Relations’ web site address at: www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. Travel and Subsistence Payments shall be in accordance with Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code. Wage rates for holiday and overtime work shall be in accordance with Section 1773 of the Labor Code. Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1777.5, 1777.6, and 1777.7 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor. Attention is directed to the provisions in Section 1776 of the Labor Code concerning payroll records. Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1810 – 1815 of the Labor Code concerning work hours.

7.04

Classification Not Covered by Prevailing Rate Any laborer or mechanic employed to perform Work on the project under this Contract, which Work is not covered by any of the stipulated classifications, shall be paid not less than the minimum rate of wages specified for the classification which most nearly corresponds to the Work to be performed by him and such minimum wage rate shall be retroactive to the time of initial employment of such person in such classification. In the event of any dispute on that question, the question and the information shall be referred for determination to the Board of Supervisors or to any official designated by the Board of Supervisors, whose decision on the question shall be conclusive on the parties to this Contract with the same effect as if the Work performed by such laborer or mechanic had been classified and the minimum rate specified herein.

7.05

Overtime, Sundays, and Holidays Not less than one and one-half (1-1/2) times the basic hourly rate plus applicable employer payments. The holidays upon which such rates shall be paid shall be all holidays recognized in the collective bargaining agreement applicable to the particular craft, classification or type of worker employed on the project.

7.06

Apprentices Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any sub-contractor under him.

7.07

Department of Industrial Relations Registration Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on the bid proposal for this public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1, no contractor or subcontractor may be awarded this public works contract unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.4.

7.08

Other Requirements Attention is directed to Executive Order N-6-22 (EO), issued by Gov. Newsom on March 4, 2022. The EO directs all agencies and departments that are subject to the Governor’s authority to take certain immediate steps, including notifying all contractors and grantees of their obligations to comply with existing economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as any sanctions imposed under state law. 1) All bidders shall ensure compliance with economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as any sanctions imposed under state law (collectively, economic sanctions) including by refraining from new investments in, and financial transactions with, Russian institutions or companies that are headquartered or have their principal place of business in Russia (Russian entities), and not transferring technology to Russia or Russian entities. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo, California in their action on the 9th day of September 2023.

January 25, 2024

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0038 (01/03/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE JUST DAINA, 10700 Toro Creek Road, Atascadero CA, 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Daina K Catlin (10700 Toro Creek Road, Atascadero CA, 93422). This business is conducted by A/ An Individual/s/ Daina K Catlin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-04-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Katz. Exp. 01-04-29. January 18 & February 1, 8 & 15, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0040 (01/01/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as MRW FINISH CARPENTRY, 460 Cuerno Largo Way, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Maxwell R Wilson (460 Cuerno Largo Way, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Maxwell R Wilson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-12-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 01/04/2024. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0043 (01/05/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as SUNROOMS PLUS, 848 Covington Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Team-System Corp (P.O. Box 212, Arroyo Grande CA, 93421. This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Team-System Corp, Reginald D. Johnson, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-05-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-05-29. January 25, February 1, 8 & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0046 (01/05/2004 New Filing The following person is doing business as JRF CONSTRUCTION, 7535 Santa Ysabel Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. John Reily Ferguson (7535 Santa Ysabel Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422).This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ John Reily Ferguson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01/05/24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-05-29. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0048 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as GIGI’S BITS AND BOB’S BOUTIQUE, 816 Main St., Suite B, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. April Nancy Cannizzaro (816 Main St., Suite B, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ April Nancy Cannizzaro. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-05-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-05-29. January 18, 25, February 1, 8 2024.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0053 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following persons are doing business as MORRO BAY COFFEE CO., 948 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA, 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Aja Leigh-Ann Davis (948 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442) and Madison Joss Lipton (948 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership. Leigh-Ann, General Partner/s/ Aja Davis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-08-2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 0108-2029. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024

FILE NO. 2024-0073 (01/09/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as CRYMSON CRYSTAL, 7100 Navajoa Ave, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Gianne Nicole Anderson (PO Box 174, Atascadero, CA 93423) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gianne Nicole Anderson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-09-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-09-29. January 18, 25 & February 1 & 8, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0075 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as VELOCITY TINT, 1351 W. Grand Ave, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Roger Craig, (1473 Blackberry Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93421) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Roger Craig. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01/09/2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01/09/2029. January 18, 25, February 1 & 8, 2024.

FILE NO. 2024-0054 (01/08/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as BOB’S RADIO AND TV, 1415 S. 4th St., Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Daniel Lindsey Steele (1415 S. 4th St., Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by an individual/s/Daniel Lindsey Steele. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-08-2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-08-2029. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0055 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as NECTAR & NOBLE, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Trilogy Hospitality (15223 Hume Drive, Saratoga, CA 95070). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Trilogy Hospitality, Kamal Patel, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-08-2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-08-2029. January 25, February 1, 8 & 15 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0056 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as TWO WOLVES SHOPPE, 1295 Laura Court, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Laurel Anaya (1295 Laura Court, Templeton, CA 93465) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Laurel Anaya. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-08-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-08-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0069 (07/15/2021) New Filing The following person is doing business as AMERICAN PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES, 658 Graves Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Carson Alexander Gann (311 Alder, Ln, Buellton, CA 93427). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Carson Alexander Gann. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01/09/2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 01/09/2029. January 18, 25 & February 1, 8, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0076 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as MONARCH GROVE WINERY, 180 HWY 1, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. GJEM INC (262 Placentia Ave, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). State of CA. This business is conducted by A Corporation. /s/ GJEM, Julie Garcia, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-09-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 01-09-29. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0078 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as CINDA NOTARY PRO, 571 Embarcadero Ste. A, Morro Bay, CA 93442 . San Luis Obispo County. Lucinda L Quintanar-Petit, 571 Embarcadero Ste. A, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lucinda L Quintanar-Petit. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-09-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A.Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-09-29. January 18, 25 & February 1, & 8, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0079 (01/01/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as NELSON FENCING, INC.,1881 San Bernardo Creek Rd, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Nelson Fencing, Inc. (1881 San Bernardo Creek Rd, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Nelson Fencing, Inc., Noah Jordan Nelson, President/CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-10-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-10-2029. January 25, February 1, 8 & 15 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0082 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/29/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO MASSAGE THERAPY, 210 Traffic Way, Unit C, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Jeffery Bennett Bowers (447 Hansen Hill Rd, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jeffery Bennett Bowers. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-10-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-10-29. January 25, February 1,8 & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0093 (01/11/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as 1ST RESPONSE CPR TRAINING, 131 East Cherry Avenue, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Bret Lamar Eckard (131 East Cherry Avenue, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Bret Lamar Eckard. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-11-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-11-29. January 25, February 1, 8, & 15 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0094 New Filing The following person is doing business as OLD WEST CINNAMON ROLLS, 861 Dolliver St., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Payo Laboratories, Inc. (1448 Hetrick Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Payo Laboratories, Inc., Jeff Parkhurst, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-11-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-11-29. January 25, February 1, 8 & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0097 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as ATOWN WHEELS, 9301 Musselman Drive, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Gabrielle Romo (9301 Musselman Drive, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gabrielle Romo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01/11/24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-11-29. January 25 & February 1, 8 & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024-0098 (12/18/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE ROOSTER AND THE RAVEN, 2710 Cedar Ave, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Calculated Casual L.L.C. (2710 Cedar Ave, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Calculated Casual L.L.C., Lori Swan, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 01-1124. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-11-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024-0101 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as A’KINI SWIMWEAR, 1810 Doris Ave, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Alyssa T Hudson (1810 Doris Ave, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Alyssa T Hudson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-11-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-11-29. January 18, 25, & February 1, 8, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0108 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as ITCHY DOG, 609 Taylor Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Shelley Rice (PO Box 1029, Arroyo Grande, CA 93421) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Shelley Rice. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-12-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-12-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0109 (01/12/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as MOTEL 6 ATASCADERO, (9400 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422). San Luis Obispo County. Atascadero Lodging LLC (16398 Canon Lane, Chino Hills, CA 91709, FL). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Atascadero Lodging LLC, Tejal Patel, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 01-12-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-12-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0111 (01/12/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as LIFE ON LOVE STREET, 739 Napa Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Marcia Elaine Beck (739 Napa Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Marcia Elaine Beck. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-12-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-12-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0120 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as MIRAZUR RESTAURANT, 1365 2nd St, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Luis A Flores (1365 2nd St, Los Osos, CA 93402), Marco Lucatero (1365 2nd St, Los Osos, California, 93402), Ismael Cruz (1365 2nd St, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A General Partnership, Luis A Flores, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-16-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-16-29. January 25, February 1, 8, & 15 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0121 (01/10/2004) New Filing The following person is doing business as K&B ROCKS, 1180 Scenic Way, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Kelly Ann Fisher (1180 Scenic Way, Los Osos, CA 93402), Bill John Fisher, (1180 Scenic Way, Los Osos, CA 93402 . This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Kelly Ann Fisher. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 01-16-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-16-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FILE NO. 2024-0122 (01/16/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as CARIBBEAN LOVE, 144 Stenner Street, Apt. C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Norma Pauline Humes (144 Stenner Street, Apt. C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Norma Pauline Humes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-16-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 01-16-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0125 (01/16/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as INSPIRED SOFT PLAY, 3202 Aster Ave. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Growthspurts Child Development Facility, LLC. (3202 Aster Ave. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Growthspurts Child Development Facility, LLC., Breane Boswell, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 01-16-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-16-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0127 (11/01/2022) New Filing The following person is doing business as CEASER’S BARBERSOP #3, 2790 Halcyon Rd, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Cesar Mike Guzman Maldonado (2790 Halcyon Rd, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420) This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Cesar Mike Guzman Maldonado. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-16-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 01-16-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0129 (04/01/1999) New Filing The following person is doing business as STANDING GOAT, 1397 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 . San Luis Obispo County. Evaki, Inc. (1397 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Evaki, Inc., Brian Jacques, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-16-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 01-16-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0133 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as TAYLOR RENTAL, 1545 Riverside Ave, Paso Robles, CA, 93446 . San Luis Obispo County. Best Rents, Inc. (PO Box 1708, Pismo Beach, CA 93448). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/Best Rents, Inc., Ernest C Barncastle, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-17-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 01-17-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-0140 (12/29/2009) New Filing The following person is doing business as SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 3599 Sueldo St #100, San Luis Obispo CA, 93401 . San Luis Obispo County. Mid State Property, Inc. (3599 Sueldo St #100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). State of California. This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Mid State Property, Inc, Gordon M Gullage, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-1724. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-29. January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2024-2762 (10/29/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as COASTAL ESTATE AUCTIONS, 351 N. Elm, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Bonnie L McPeters (351 N. Elm, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Bonnie L McPeters This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 1229-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 12-29-28. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 20240010 (01/02/2024) New Filing The following person is doing business as SHRINE BREWING, 3197 Duncan Lane, Unit B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Joe A Florence 2044 Mccollum St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joe A Florence. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01-02-24. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 01-02-29. January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 2024.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV0760

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Andrew and April Rock filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Levi George Rock, to PROPOSED NAME: Levi Marvel Rock. 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: 02/15/2024, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. D2, in person or by Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: December 29, 2023 /s/: Craig B. van Rooyen, Judge of the Superior Court January 11, 18, 25 & February, 1, 2024

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SUAT KEPENEK DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 24PR-0025 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SUAT KEPENEK A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JENNIFER MOUZIS In the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that by JENNIFER MOUZIS 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: February 27, 2024, at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 4 in person at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, 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: Law Office of Karen L. Scott P.O. Box 383 Pismo Beach, CA 93448 805-574-7899 January 25, February 1, & 8, 2024

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NEW FILE NO. 2023-2760 OLD FILE NO. 2019-0584

WILD RADIANCE, 1264 Higuera Street, Suite 102, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 02/28/2019. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Sara Jane Seitz (939 Longbranch Ave., Apt. #4, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Sara Jane Seitz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-29-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By M. Katz, Deputy Clerk. January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

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City of Atascadero

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TANASE BURAPARAT DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 24PR-0006 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: TANASE BURAPARAT A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by AROCHA WIWATWANICHKUL In the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that by AROCHA WIWATWANICHKUL 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: February 13, 2024, at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: D4 in person at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm St., Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Arocha Wiwatwanichkul 1026 Ramona Ave. Grover Beach, CA 93433 805-519-9562 January 18, 25, & February 1, 2024

DATE: Tuesday February 6, 2024 TIME: 6:00 p.m. PLACE: City of Atascadero Council Chambers 6500 Palma Avenue Atascadero, CA 93422 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Atascadero will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at the time and place indicated above to consider the proposed project: 1.Request to review a proposal for a Conditional Use Permit for a 3rd residential accessory structure at 3675 Maricopa Road. (APN 054031-041). The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Categorical Exemption §15303; Class 3: new construction or conversion of small structures (USE23-0105). INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS are invited to participate and will be given an opportunity to speak in favor or opposition to the aboveproposed project. To provide written public comment, please email comments to pc-comments@ atascadero.org by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and made part of the administrative record. If a comment is received after the deadline for submission but before the close of the meeting, the comment will still be included as part of the record of the meeting. Please note, email comments will not be read into the record. A virtual option to join the meeting will be published on the agenda. Information regarding the hearing is filed in the Community Development Department. If you have any questions, please call Planning Services or visit the office at 6500 Palma Ave., by appointment only, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All documents related to the project will be available for review on the City’s website 72 hours prior to the public hearing at http://www.atascadero.org/ agendas. DATED: January 22, 2024 S/ P Dunsmore, Community Development Director PUBLISH: January 25, 2024

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2023-2764 OLD FILE NO. 2022-2447 TITO’S RED TACOS, 690 Dolliver St., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 10/19/2022. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Pismo’s Pizza & Chowder House, Inc. (500 Linne Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business was conducted by a corporation/s/ Roger Sharp, President, Pismo’s Pizza & Chowder House, Inc. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12/29/2023. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By S. Stiletto, Deputy Clerk. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2024-0026 OLD FILE NO. 2023-0099

Mr. Storage, 831 Merced St., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 12/09/2019. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Tricoast Management (831 Merced St., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business was conducted by A Corporation /s/ Tricoast Management, James O’Blenis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-21-2023. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By A. Trujillo, Deputy Clerk. January 11, 18, 25, & February 1, 2024.

PRIMITIVE FARMS, 8155 Carrisa Highway 58, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 01/03/2024. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Primitive Farms. (8155 Carrisa Highway 58, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business was conducted by a corporation/s/ Pamela S Burgett, CFO, Primitive Farms. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 01/03/2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By A. Trujillo, Deputy Clerk. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024.

NEW FILE NO. 2023-2711 OLD FILE NO. 2019-2831

LEGAL NOTICES STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NEW FILE NO. 2024-0105 OLD FILE NO. 2021-0174

BLOSSOM FIVE CITIES, 558 Camino Mercado, Suite A, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 01/11/2024. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Blossom Five Cities (558 Camino Mercado, Suite A, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business was conducted by a Limited Liability Company /s/ Crystal Marie Searing, Managing Member, Blossom Five Cities LLC. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11/11/2024. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By M. Katz, Deputy Clerk. January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2024

T.S. No.: 2020-01308-CA A.P.N.:040-143-044 Property Address: 717 MARQUITA AVENUE, TEMPLETON, CA 93465 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

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. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/17/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: BRUCE A.R. NESBITT, AN UNMARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 06/01/2006 as Instrument No. 2006038813 in book —-, page—and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 03/05/2024 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: $976,472.63 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: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 717 MARQUITA AVENUE, TEMPLETON, CA 93465 A.P.N.: 040-143-044 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

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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: $ 976,472.63. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site https://www.altisource.com/loginpage.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2020-01308-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. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (866)960-8299, or visit this internet website https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case 2020-01308-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding

this potential right to purchase. Date: January 3, 2024 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 238 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.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.

serves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site https://www. altisource.com/loginpage.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2023-00763-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.

T.S. No.: 2023-01526-CA A.P.N.:075-202-002 Property Address: 590 PINECONE WAY, ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2023-01526-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. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (866)-960-8299, or visit this internet website https://www. altisource.com/loginpage.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case 2023-01526-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: January 17, 2024 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 238 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.aspx

January 11, 18, & 25, 2024

T.S. No.: 2023-00763-CA A.P.N.:021-171-003 Property Address: 1472 L STREET, AREA OF SAN MIGUEL, CA 93451 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

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. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/24/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Hugo L. Dominguez, a married man, as his sole and separate property Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 10/31/2006 as Instrument No. 2006077370 in book —-, page—and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 03/05/2024 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: $ 226,183.29 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: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1472 L STREET, AREA OF SAN MIGUEL, CA 93451 A.P.N.: 021-171-003 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: $ 226,183.29. Note: Because the Beneficiary re-

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (866)-960-8299, or visit this internet website https://www. altisource.com/loginpage.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case 2023-00763-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: January 2, 2024 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 238 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.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. January 11, 18, & 25, 2024

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. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 07/16/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Steven Deal and Tracy Deal, husband and wife, as joint tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 07/23/2007 as Instrument No. 2007049723 in book —-, page—- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 03/05/2024 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: $ 657,313.01 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: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 590 PINECONE WAY, ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420 A.P.N.: 075-202-002 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: $ 657,313.01. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of

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. January 25, February 1, & 8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICES T.S. No.: 9672-0097 TSG Order No.: 230391421-CA-VOI A.P.N.: 077-292-003 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/15/2016. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 11/18/2016 as Document No.: 2016060853, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, executed by: ROBERT DALOG MAHINAN AND JENNIFER CACHO MAHINAN HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by 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, 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 it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 01/30/2024 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: In the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Building, 1087 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1178 BRITTANY AVE, ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420-4160 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $472,569.28 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this internet website, www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 9672-0097. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that

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occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 9672-0097 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. 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. NBS Default Services, LLC 14841 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75254 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting. com or Call: 916-939-0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Renee Wallace, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0444841 To: NEW TIMES 01/18/2024, 01/25/2024, 02/01/2024

street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated 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 obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $710,068.73 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a 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, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Nationwide Posting & Publication at 916.939.0772 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Website www.nationwideposting. com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000647-23-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021 You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916.939.0772,

or visit this internet website www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA08000647-23-1 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: January 15, 2024 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA0800064723-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 711 949.252.8300 By: Loan Quema, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www. nationwideposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Nationwide Posting & Publication AT 916.939.0772 NPP0445797 To: NEW TIMES 01/25/2024, 02/01/2024, 02/08/2024

title you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this internet website http:// search.nationwideposting.com/ propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2300288786 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest

bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (916)939-0772, or visit this internet website http://search.nationwideposting. com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2300288786 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 NPP0445272 To: NEW TIMES 01/25/2024, 02/01/2024, 02/08/2024

TS No: CA08000647-23-1 APN: 091-430-044 TO No: 230240797-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

(The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED November 23, 2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 5, 2024 at 11:00 AM, in the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Building, 1087 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on November 30, 2004 as Instrument No. 2004104286, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, executed by LARRY S EVERETT, AND DONNA S EVERETT, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for AMERICA`S WHOLESALE LENDER as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1050 LA SERENATA WAY, NIPOMO, CA 93444 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the

TSG No.: 8784765 TS No.: CA2300288786 APN: 092-107-022 Property Address: 387 SATURN COURT NIPOMO, CA 93444

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/25/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 02/20/2024 at 11:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 10/31/2017, as Instrument No. 2017049986, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of SAN LUIS OBISPO County, State of California. Executed by: TROY JACKSON, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) In the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Building, 1087 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 092-107-022 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 387 SATURN COURT, NIPOMO, CA 93444 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said 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 said 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 $ 191,285.95. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically en-

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COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SPECIAL MEETING BRIEF JANUARY 16, 2024 5 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT 01. Study session to review proposed Ordinance to create a County of SLO Citizens Independent Redistricting Co. rec’d w/ direction to staff. MEETING ADJOURNED For more details, view meeting videos at: https://www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Administrative-Office/ Clerk-of-the-Board/Clerk-of-the-Board-Services/ Board-of-Supervisors-Meetings-and-Agendas.aspx Rebecca Campbell, Acting County Administrative Officer & Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Tessa Cornejo, Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors January 25, 2024

NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 665 OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, at the regular meeting of the City Council held on January 9, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. held in the Veterans Memorial Hall located at 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay, California, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay adopted Ordinance No. 665, adding Chapter 8.26 to Title 8 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code Regulating Camping and Storage of Personal Property on Public Property to Mitigate Harm to Public Health, Safety and Welfare. A certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance is available on the City’s website at www.morrobayca.gov, and upon request by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (805) 772-6205. Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain: Recused:

Wixom, Barton, Edwards, Ford, Landrum None None None None

/s/ Dana Swanson City Clerk Dated: January 10, 2024 Publish: January 25, 2024

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to consider amending the countywide Fee Schedule Ordinance. The hearing will be held at the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, in San Luis Obispo. Recommended amendments include increases, decreases, new, and deleted fees. Schedule B Fee amendments would become effective July 1, 2024. Any person interested in expressing their views regarding the proposed amendments to the Fee Schedule may do so at the hearing. To determine specific placement of this item on the Board of Supervisors Agenda and to review the fee schedule amendments, go to the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov on the Wednesday before the scheduled hearing date. The fee schedule amendments may also be reviewed at the:

County Government Center Administrative Office, Room D430 1055 Monterey Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805) 781-5011 DATED: January 23, 2024 Rebecca Campbell, Acting Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: /s/Sandy Currens Deputy Clerk of the Board January 25, 2024, February 1,2024

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to consider amending the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector (ACTTC), Planning and Building, and Sheriff-Coroner Cannabis Fees in the County Fee Schedule “B” for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Ordinance. The hearing will be held at the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, in San Luis Obispo. Recommended amendments include increases, decreases, new, and deleted fees. Schedule B Fee amendments would become effective July 1, 2024. Any person interested in expressing their views regarding the proposed amendments to the Fee Schedule may do so at the hearing. To determine specific placement of this item on the Board of Supervisors Agenda and to review the fee schedule amendments, go to the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov on the Wednesday before the scheduled hearing date. The fee schedule amendments may also be reviewed at the: County Government Center Administrative Office, Room D430 1055 Monterey Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805) 781-5011 DATED: January 23, 2024 REBECCA CAMPBELL, Acting County Administrative Officer and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: /s/Sandy Currens Deputy Clerk of the Board January 25, 2024, February 1,2024

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING The San Luis Obispo Architectural Review Commission will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, February 5, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. Public comment, prior to the start of the meeting, may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail to the City Clerk’s Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to advisorybodies@slocity.org. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: Review of proposed single-family residences and associated site improvements for four (4) proposed lots of an accompanying Tentative Parcel Map (flexible lot design subdivision) application. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); Project Address: 3160 Johnson Ave.; Case#: ARCH-0361-2023; Zone: R-1; Jordan Knauer, owner/applicant. Contact Information: Hannah Hanh – (805) 781–7432 – hhanh@slocity.org The Architectural Review Commission may also discuss other hearing or business items before or after the item(s) listed above. An action of the Architectural Review Commission is typically a recommendation to the City’s Community Development Director, Planning Commission or City Council, and therefore is not final. Please note that any court challenge related to the recommendation on this item may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence received prior to the public hearing. Report(s) are typically available one week in advance of the meeting and can be viewed on the City’s website, under the Public Meeting Agendas web page: https://www.slocity.org/government/ mayor-and-city-council/agendas-and-minutes. Please call The Community Development Department at (805) 781-7170 for more information, or to request an agenda report. January 25, 2024

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CITY OF GROVER BEACH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Grover Beach will conduct a Public Hearing on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., or soon thereafter. Development Application 24-04 Applicant – City of Grover Beach The Planning Commission will consider making a recommendation to the City Council to amend Grover Beach Municipal Code Article IX Development Code, and Local Coastal Program to amend and adopt regulations to the city’s short-term rental ordinance in all residential and commercial zones. The amendments are not a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and CEQA Guidelines (Title 14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.) Section 15378 and are therefore exempt from CEQA. Where You Come In: Any member of the public may appear at the meeting or call (805) 321-6639 during the meeting and be heard on the item(s) described in this notice or submit written comments prior to the meeting by personal delivery or mail to: Community Development Department, 154 South Eighth Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433 or by email to comdev@groverbeach.org. If you require special accommodations to participate in the public hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting by calling (805) 473-4567. For More Information: If you have questions or would like more information regarding the item(s) described in this notice, please contact the Community Development Department by telephone at (805) 473-4520 or send an e-mail to comdev@groverbeach.org. The Planning Commission may also discuss other items of business at this meeting. The complete meeting agenda and staff reports will be posted on the City’s website at www.groverbeach.org. If you challenge the nature of the proposed actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing(s) described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the Public Hearing. (Govt. Code Sec. 65009). /s/ Nicole Retana, Deputy City Clerk Secretary to Planning Commission Publish: on Thursday, January 25, 2024 Post: on Thursday, January 25, 2024 New Times Grover Beach City Hall

SAN LUIS OBISPO CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The San Luis Obispo City Council invites all interested persons to attend a public hearing on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. Meetings may be viewed remotely by joining the Zoom webinar via the details published on the cover of the agenda, on Government Access Channel 20, or streamed live from the City’s YouTube channel at www.youtube. com/CityofSanLuisObispo. Public comment, prior to the start of the meeting, may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail delivered to the City Clerk’s office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to emailcouncil@slocity.org. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: • The City Council will hold a Public Hearing to introduce an Ordinance amending Municipal Code Chapter 2.40 (Election Campaign Regulations), Section 2.40.040 (Contribution limitations), to reduce the current total contribution limit per person from $300 to $250 to align with Senate Bill 1439. Senate Bill 1439 broadens the scope of Section 84308 of the Political Reform Act to prohibit local elected officials from taking part in licensing, permitting, and other use entitlement proceedings involving a party or participant who has contributed more than $250 to the official within the 12 months prior to the proceeding and 12 months after the final decision. For more information, contact Megan Wilbanks, Deputy City Clerk for the City’s Administration Department at (805) 781-7103 or by email, mwilbanks@slocity.org. The City Council may also discuss other hearings or business items before or after the items listed above. If you challenge the proposed project 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 Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. Council Agenda Reports for this meeting will be available for review one week in advance of the meeting date on the City’s website, under the Public Meeting Agendas web page: https://www.slocity. org/government/mayor-and-city-council/agendasand-minutes. Please call the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7114 for more information. The City Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and live streaming on the City’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/CityofSanLuisObispo. January 25, 2024

INVITATION TO BID (SUB BIDS ONLY) GENERAL CONTRACTOR: PROJECT NAME: PROJECT LOCATION: PROJECT OWNER: ARCHITECT: BID DATE & TIME: PRE-BID SITE REVIEW: ESTIMATE/BUDGET: ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: START DATE: COMPLETION:

MAINO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO CERRO VISTA APARTMENT COMPLEX FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT PROJECT BLDG. 170 - CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY, SLO, CA 93407 TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY GOSS ENGINEERING (BRIDGING DOCUMENTS) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2024@ 12:00 P.M. MANDATORY – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 @ 2:00 PM $650,000 3 MONTHS JUNE 17, 2024 AUGUST 30, 2024 (CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERTIME AND WEEKEND WORK ANTICIPATED TO MEET PROJECT SCHEDULE)

SCOPE OF WORK: This project involves the removal and replacement of the existing non-supported fire alarm system with a new full coverage automatic fire alarm system with sprinkler monitoring, within the Cerro Vista Dorm, including the hearing-impaired rooms. The responsive bidding fire alarm subcontractor is responsible for providing all labor, equipment and materials necessary to demo and dispose of the existing fire alarm devices and install a new full functioning fire alarm system including: provide a complete engineered and stamped fire alarm system design and shop drawings, voltage drop and battery calculations, sequence of operations, specifications, and shall be submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OFSM) and Office of Fire Safety (OFS) for review and approval prior to start of construction. Fire alarm subcontractor shall also coordinate all necessary electrical additions to provide a fully functioning fire alarm system. The University will be performing the following trades: T.B.D. BIDS SHALL BE EMAILED TO: tomm@mainoslo.com and sonnys@mainoslo.com BID REQUIREMENTS: 1. Subcontractors must be bondable and may be required to provide Payment and Performance Bonds. 2. Bid Bond is not required. 3. Safety Record is of the utmost importance. Subcontractors with aggregate EMR Rate of 1.5 over the past three years may be disqualified. 4. Prevailing Wage TO VIEW PLANS/SPEC: Plans and specs may be downloaded from ASAP Reprographics at www.asapplanroom.com Plans and specs may also be viewed at the following Builders Exchanges: - SLO County Builders Exchange – www.slocbe.com - Santa Maria Valley Contractors Association – www.smvca.org - Central California Builders Exchange – www.cencalbx.com Maino Construction Company, Incorporated is an equal opportunity Contractor. It is the responsibility of each Subcontractor to view all pertinent information and documents prior to submitting a proposal. January 25, 2024

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CITY OF ATASCADERO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE Transfer and development of surplus city land known as the centennial plaza lots City RFQ no. CD-2024-01 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT The City of Atascadero is requesting qualifications from developers with experience in downtown development. The selected applicant(s) will be responsible for design and implementation of development consistent with the full text of the RFQ. The plan must embrace the unique location, respect historic features, and support future downtown synergy. Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the project title, contractor name, address, and City RFQ number. Responses are due by March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm to Atascadero City Hall, 6500 Palma Avenue, ATTN: Loreli Cappel. Proposals received after said time will not be considered. The full RFQ can be downloaded from the city’s website at: https://www.atascadero.org/bids-rfps For questions or concerns, please contact: Loreli Cappel, Deputy Director of Economic and Community Development, City of Atascadero Email: lcappel@atascadero.org. Address: 6500 Palma Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422 Ph: 805-461-5000 Publish on 1/25/2024 and 2/1/2024 and 2/8/2024

CITY OF ATASCADERO NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING DATE: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 TIME: 6:00 p.m. PLACE: City of Atascadero 6500 Palma Avenue, 4th Floor Atascadero, CA 93422 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Atascadero will hold a Public Hearing at the time and place indicated above to consider the following project and proposed environmental determination: 1. City of Atascadero Zoning Code Update. The project includes updates to Title 9 and Title 3 of the Atascadero Municipal Code (zoning and finance code) to clarify code language and increase General Plan consistency, (ZCH22-0053). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public resources Code Section 21000 et seq., because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the enactment of this Ordinance would have a significant effect on the environment (Pub. Resources Code § 21065; CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3).) NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if a challenge to the above action is made in court, persons may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to participate and will be given an opportunity to speak in favor or opposition to the above-proposed project. To provide written public comment, please email comments to: pc-comments@atascadero.org by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Email comments must identify the Agenda Item Number in the subject line of the email. Comments will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and made part of the administrative record of the meeting. If a comment is received after the deadline for submission but before the close of the meeting, the comment will still be included as a part of the record of the meeting. Please note, email comments will not be read into the record. All comments received on this item may become part of the public record and are subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. Information regarding the hearing is filed in the Community Development Department. If you have any questions, please call Planning Services or visit the office at 6500 Palma Ave., by appointment only, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All documents related to the projects will be available for review on the City’s website 72 hours prior to the public hearing at http://www.atascadero.org. A virtual option to join will be posted on the agenda. DATED: January 22, 2024 S/ P. Dunsmore, Community Development Director PUBLISH: January 25, 2024

NOTICE: SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF NONJUDICIAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS PER HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4(J) TO:

ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: $5,000.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY

Notice is hereby given that on November 8, 2023, the above-described property was seized at or near parking garage located at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, in connection with narcotic violations, to wit, section(s) 11351, 11378, and 11470 of the California Health and Safety Code. The estimated/appraised value of the property is $5,000.00. Pursuant to section 11488.4(j) of the California Health and Safety Code, you must file a verified claim stating your interest in the property with the Superior Court’s Civil Division, Room 385, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Claim forms are available from the Clerk of the above court and also online at https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mc200.pdf. Furthermore, an endorsed copy of the verified claim must also be served on the District Attorney, Asset Forfeiture Unit, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, 4th Floor, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, within 30 days of filing the claim with the Superior Court’s Civil Division. Both the District Attorney’s Office and the Interested Party filing the claim are entitled to conduct reciprocal requests for discovery in preparation for a hearing. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings unless inconsistent with the provisions or procedures set forth in the Health and Safety Code (Section 11488.5(c)(3)). The Interested Party in entitled to legal representation at a hearing, although not one appointed at public expense, and has the right to present evidence and witnesses, and to cross-examine plaintiff’s witnesses, but there is no right to avoid testifying at a civil hearing. The failure to timely file and secure a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court will result in the property being declared or ordered forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing. DATED: January 23, 2024

DAN DOW District Attorney Kenneth Jorgensen Deputy District Attorney

January 25, February 1, & 8, 2024

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF JANUARY 9, 2024 01. Broadband Strategic Plan, Rec’d w/ direction provided to staff. 02. Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 1-21 & Resolution (Res) Nos. 2024-001 thru 2024-006, approved. 03. Public Comment Period – Items not on the agenda: S. Hafer; M. Davis; A. Lueker; M. Beach; R. Sidenberg; S. Rizzo; G. Grewal; N. Dorfman; A. Seastrand: speak. No action taken. 04. FY 2023-24 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Update, rec’d & approved. 05. Board Member Comments & Reports on Meetings: creation of a sub-committee to review grant opportunities & a 5-0 motion to agendize a future discussion of the County’s noise ordinance standards. 06. Closed Session. Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure to litigation - potential cases: 4. Initiation of litigation - potential cases: 3. Conference w/ Labor Negotiator re: employee organizations: SLOPA; SLOCEA-T&C; DCCA; Sheriffs’ Mgmt; SLOCPPOA; DSA; DAIA; SLOCPMPOA; SLOCEA – PSSC; Unrepresented Mgmt & Confidential Employees; SDSA; UDWA. Personnel: Consider Public Employee Appointment for the Position of County Administrative Officer. Conference w/ Real Property Negotiators concerning the following: APNs: 034-432-004; 034434-004; 015; 017. Agency Negotiators: J. Diodati, K. Ballantyne, R. Neal, D. Solish, J. Ansolabehere. Parties w/ Whom Negotiating: J/. Davis, Trustee of the James B. Davis Trust dated 6/25/84. Instructions to Co. Negotiator: Price, Terms, Conditions .Open Session. Report o MEETING ADJOURNED For more details, view meeting videos at: https://www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Administrative-Office/ Clerk-of-the-Board/Clerk-of-the-Board-Services/Boardof-Supervisors-Meetings-and-Agendas.aspx Rebecca Campbell, Acting County Administrative Officer & Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Annette Ramirez, Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors January 25, 2024

NOTICE OF PROCESSING VOTE BY MAIL, CENTRAL TALLY AND 1 % MANUAL TALLY OF BALLOTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY ELAINA CANO, COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OF THE PROCESSING OF VOTE BY MAIL, CENTRAL TALLY AND MANUAL TALLY OF BALLOTS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH 2024: Vote by Mail (VBM) Processing The processing of Vote by Mail ballots may begin February 5, 2024, and continue through April 5, 2024 (or until certification of election, if earlier), during normal business hours at the San Luis Obispo County Elections Division Office located at 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California. Notice of Vote by Mail processing that will occur outside of normal business hours will be posted online at www.slovote.com. PLEASE NOTE: Normal business hours from February 5 – March 4, 2024, are Monday-Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm. Normal business hours after March 5, 2024, are from 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; Wednesday 8:00am – 4:00pm. VBM Processing may not take place daily. Please contact our office to confirm the daily schedule of activities. Central Tally Poll Ballots cast on Election Day will be centrally tallied on Election Night, March 5, 2024, after the close of polls at 8:00pm at the San Luis Obispo County Elections Division Office located at 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California. 1% Manual Tally and Selection of Precincts to be Manually Tallied A manual tally of ballots will be conducted during the official canvass period which begins March 7, 2024, and runs through April 5, 2024, during normal business hours. Notice of 1 % Manual Tally processing that will occur outside of normal business hours will be posted online at www.slovote.com. The random selection of precincts to be tallied will occur on March 12, 2024, at 10:00am, followed by the manual tally. The selection of precincts and manual tally will take place at the San Luis Obispo County Elections Division Office located at 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California and the manual tally will be ongoing until completion. To observe these processes or get more information, please visit our website at www.slovote.com or call 1-805-781-5228. Dated this 16th day of January 2024 s/ Elaina Cano County Clerk-Recorder January 25, 2024

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission WHEN Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT Hearing to consider a request by Buffalo Management Group for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2019-00241) to allow for the establishment of 2 acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation canopy, 0.5 acre of outdoor ancillary cannabis nursery, and ancillary transport of cannabis grown on-site on a 24-acre parcel. The project would result in approximately 3.66 acres of site disturbance, including 350 cubic yards of earthwork, to be balanced on-site. The project includes a request for the modification of the standards set forth in the County of San Luis Obispo Inland Land Use Ordinance (LUO) Section 22.40.050.D.3 to allow the outdoor cultivation area to be located 263 feet from the southern property line where 300 feet is required. The project is located within the Agriculture and use category, at 1793 Sutliff Road, approximately 1.4 miles southwest of the community of San Miguel, in the Salinas River Sub Area of the North County Planning Area. Also, to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on December 8, 2023, for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address air quality, biological resources, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, utilities and service systems, and mandatory findings of significance, and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning.org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2019-00241 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 027-153-068 Date Accepted: 07/02/2021 WHERE The hearing will be held in Katcho Achadjian Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room D170, San Luis Obispo, CA.The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Elizabeth Moreno, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Ysabel Eighmy, Secretary Planning Commission January 25, 2024

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission WHEN Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT A request by Guillaume Farbre (Solene Vineyard LLC) for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2021-00025) to allow the phased development of a facility 27,248-square-foot winery facility, including a 19,101-squarefoot underground wine cave system with a 3,505-square-foot exterior covered work area and a 4,642-square-foot administration building and tasting room with 3,117 square feet of interior space and 1,525 square feet of exterior space. The winery would increase the annual case production from 5,000 cases per year to a maximum of 10,000 cases per year. The project includes a request for modification of the County of San Luis Obispo Land Use Ordinance (LUO) standards: modification of Section 22.30.070.D.2.d (1) setback standards that require a 200-foot setback from each property line to allow the underground wine cave system to be set back 34 feet and 5 inches from the northern property line and the administration building and tasting room to be set back a minimum of 41 feet and 4 inches from the southern property line. The project would result in approximately 2.6 acres of ground disturbance on a 26.69-acre parcel including 14,900 cubic yards of cut and 12,200 cubic yards of fill, to be balanced on-site (difference accounts for 15% soil shrinkage). The project site is within the Agriculture land use category located at 2040 Niderer Road, 4 miles west of the city of Paso Robles in the Adelaida Sub Area of the North County Planning Area. Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on December 5, 2023, for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hydrology and Water Quality, Noise, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities and Service Systems, and Mandatory Findings of Significance and are included as conditions of approval. County File Number: DRC2021-00025 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 040-041-008 Date Accepted: 08/30/2021 WHERE TThe hearing will be held in Katcho Achadjian Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room D170, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Holly Phipps, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Ysabel Eighmy, Secretary Planning Commission January 25, 2024

FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 25

Free Will Astrology by Rob Brezsny Homework: Release yourself from the pressure to live up to expectations you don’t like. Newsletter.freewillastrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Dani Shapiro has published six novels, three bestselling memoirs, and a host of articles in major magazines. She co-founded a writer’s conference, teaches at top universities, and does a regular podcast. We can conclude she is successful. Here’s her secret: She feels that summoning courage is more important than being confident. Taking bold action to accomplish what you want is more crucial than cultivating selfassurance. I propose that in the coming weeks, you apply her principles to your own ambitions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Throughout history, there has never been a culture without religious, mythical, and supernatural beliefs. The vast majority of the world’s people have believed in magic and divinity. Does that mean it’s all true and real? Of course not. But nor does it mean that none of it is true and real. Ultra-rationalists who dismiss the spiritual life are possessed by hubris. Everything I’ve said here is prelude to my oracle for you: Some of the events in the next three weeks will be the result of magic and divinity. Your homework is to discern which are and which aren’t.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Several wise people have assured me that the pursuit of wealth, power, popularity, and happiness isn’t as important as the quest for meaningfulness. If you feel your life story is interesting, rich, and full of purpose, you are successful. This will be a featured theme for you in the coming months, Gemini. If you have ever fantasized about your destiny resembling an ancient myth, a revered fairy tale, a thousand-page novel, or an epic film, you will get your wish.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Life as we live it is unaccompanied by signposts,” wrote author Holly Hickler. I disagree with her assessment, especially in regard to your upcoming future. Although you may not encounter literal markers bearing information to guide you, you will encounter metaphorical signals that are clear and strong. Be alert for them, Cancerian. They might not match your expectations about what signposts should be, though. So expand your concepts of how they might appear.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I wrote a book called Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings. Among its main messages: There’s high value in cultivating an attitude that actively looks for the best in life and regards problems as potential opportunities. When I was working on the book, no one needed to hear this advice more than me! Even now, I still have a long way to go before mastering the outlook I call “crafty optimism.” I am still subject to dark thoughts and worried feelings—even though I know the majority of them are irrational or not based on the truth of what’s happening. In other words, I am earnestly trying to learn the very themes I have been called to teach. What’s the equivalent in your life, Leo? Now is an excellent time to upgrade your skill at expressing abilities and understandings you wish everyone had.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1951, filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made a movie adapted from The Idiot, a novel by his favorite author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Kurosawa was not yet as famous and influential as we would later become. That’s why he agreed to his studio’s demand to cut 99 minutes from his original 265-minute version. But this turned out to be a bad idea. Viewers of the film had a hard time understanding the chopped-up story. Most of the critics’ reviews were negative. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, with two intentions: 1. I encourage you to do minor editing on your labor of love. 2. But don’t agree to anything like the extensive revisions that Kurosawa did.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I have selected a poem for you to tape on your refrigerator door for the next eight weeks. It’s by 13th-century Zen

poet Wu–Men. He wrote: “Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, / a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. / If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life.” My wish for you, Libra—which is also my prediction for you—is that you will have extra power to empty your mind of unnecessary things. More than ever, you will be acutely content to focus on the few essentials that appeal to your wild heart and tender soul.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Psychologist Carl Jung wrote, “Motherlove is one of the most moving and unforgettable memories of our lives, the mysterious root of all growth and change; the love that means homecoming, shelter, and the long silence from which everything begins and in which everything ends.” To place yourself in rapt alignment with current cosmic rhythms, Scorpio, you will do whatever’s necessary to get a strong dose of the blessing Jung described. If your own mother isn’t available or is insufficient for this profound immersion, find other maternal sources. Borrow a wise woman elder or immerse yourself in goddess worship. Be intensely intent on basking in a nurturing glow that welcomes you and loves you exactly as you are—and makes you feel deeply at home in the world.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In a set of famous experiments, physiologist Ivan Pavlov taught dogs to have an automatic response to a particular stimulus. He rang a bell while providing the dogs with food they loved. After a while, the dogs began salivating with hunger simply when they heard the bell, even though no food was offered. Ever since, “Pavlov’s dogs” has been a phrase that refers to the ease with which animals’ instinctual natures can be conditioned. I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if Pavlov had used cats instead of dogs for his research. Would felines have submitted to such scientific shenanigans? I doubt it. These ruminations are my way of urging you to be more like a cat than a dog in the coming weeks. Resist efforts to train you, tame you, or manipulate you into compliance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Before poet Louise Glück published her first book, Firstborn, it was rejected by 28 publishers. When it finally emerged, she suffered from writer’s block. Her next book didn’t appear until eight years after the first one. Her third book arrived five years later, and her fourth required another five years. Slow going! But here’s the happy ending: By the time she died at age 80, she had published 21 books and won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. By my astrological reckoning, you are now at a phase, in your own development, comparable to the time after Glück’s fourth book: well-primed, fully geared up, and ready to make robust progress.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath,” wrote author F. Scott Fitzgerald. I’d like to expand that metaphor and apply it to you, Aquarius. I propose that your best thinking and decision-making in the coming weeks will be like swimming under water while holding your breath. What I mean is that you’ll get the best results by doing what feels unnatural. You will get yourself in the right mood if you bravely go down below the surface and into the depths and feel your way around.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In honor of this pivotal time in your life story, I offer four pronouncements. 1. You can now be released from a history that has repeated itself too often. To expedite this happy shift, indulge in a big cry and laugh about how boring that repeated history has become. 2. You can finish paying off your karmic debt to someone you hurt. How? Change yourself to ensure you won’t ever act that way again. 3. You can better forgive those who wounded you if you forgive yourself for being vulnerable to them. 4. Every time you divest yourself of an illusion, you will clearly see how others’ illusions have been affecting you. ∆

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