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Grover Beach raises water, wastewater rates after raucous meeting

rover Beach’s City Hall was packed to capacity during a Dec. 11 City Council meeting, where a public hearing discussed rising water and wastewater rates to help pay for the Central Coast Blue project. Although the rate increases passed 3-2 with Councilmembers Clint Weirick and Robert Robert dissenting, more than 20 community members spoke against it. The meeting capped the proposition 218 period, where residents could protest the potential increase, and the city didn’t receive enough protests to deny the increase. “I’m really glad the city is interested in long-term water security; I think it’s a really important issue. However, Central Coast Blue is an unnecessary and very expensive boondoggle,” community member Mark Davis said during public comment. “First and foremost, it’s incredibly expensive and this rate structure focuses on small incremental increases. However, when we look at those incremental increases in total, there’s a significant increase to ratepayers and this is going to hurt a lot of people.” The Central Coast Blue project aims to recycle wastewater and inject it into the groundwater basin to create a more sustainable water supply for Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, and Grover Beach. Davis expressed dismay about the project after learning that the city wanted to increase water rates by almost 20 percent to help fund the project. “The study recommends annual water rate increases of 19.7 percent for years one through four beginning in January 2024 along with a 4 percent increase in year five,” a staff report from September stated. Central Coast Blue was originally proposed to cost an estimated $55 million but that projection was increased to $93 million. Central Coast Blue Project General Manager Geoff English told New Times that the increase in price is simply due to inflation, which has hit the construction industry hard. Former Grover Beach Mayor David Ekbom spoke at the meeting, saying that the city had a variety of other water solutions available to it and paying that much for Central Coast Blue is “ludicrous.”

Mayor Karen Bright thanked everyone who was “We’ve spent a ton of money on Lopez Dam. present at the meeting and said that although it We’ve spent a ton of money on the rebuilding and might be a “contentious issue,” she was happy to see restructuring of it, and that gives us surface water all the public engagement. and it recharges the groundwater,” Ekbom said. “I believe that there’s been a great deal of information “Your proposed project in its infancy here is being out there, and whether or not it was given to everyone slated at $7,200 per acre-foot and all these cost in the best possible way, I do not know. But I do know numbers rise, they don’t go down. The point is we that there has been at least four mailings to ratepayers should figure out how to use the lowest cost water and in some cases to every resident in the city,” Bright first or how we can sell the additional water, but said. “Two of those mailers came from the city and two when you approve this, we’re mandated to take every drop of the $7,200 acreFILE PHOTO BY SAMANTHA HERRERA feet of water first.” While many residents at the meeting expressed similar sentiments to Ekbom, City Manager Matt Bronson told New Times in previous reporting that due to almost yearly drought the city needs a more consistent and less drought-impacted option. “Our water only comes from essentially rainfall that falls into Lopez Lake and falls on the ground that gets seeped into the groundwater basin,” he said. “Lopez Lake ran dry last year, and you can’t get water from a lake PROTESTING RISING RATES Grover Beach residents who protested against increased water rates on Nov. 13 continued that protest by raising that’s dry.” concerns during the Grover Beach City Council’s Dec. 11 meeting. Resident Michael Mayer said the city should be spending more money on came from this opposition group, and whether or not fixing its damaged streets, not water. all this information is accurate or not, obviously you’re “The poorest of the three cities is now being asked here so you did receive that information. But there’s still to foot the second highest amount of the project a majority of the population for one reason or another and host the work by having torn-up streets and that believes this is a good idea,” providing the location for all of this,” Mayer told the Community members in attendance booed in council. “I think it’s time to go back to the drawing response. board.” “I will clear this chamber,” Bright yelled back after The project will be built on a vacant property banging her gavel three times. “We were respectful in South Grover that has already been purchased, to your comments, and if this continues I will close and construction will take around two years to this meeting.” ∆ complete. Pipelines will be constructed on about 1 —Samantha Herrera mile of city streets.

SLO realigns part of Prefumo Creek ahead of storm season

what we’ve chosen to do is realign it,” he said. “That just means dig a new primary channel.” Banker-Hix told New Times on Dec. 12 that Public Works started deepening and widening Prefumo Creek’s primary channel in October while the realignment project started in November and was completed the week of Dec. 3. Public Works funded both using $1.5 million from the city’s emergency reserves and capital projects budget. That money stretched to cover excavation and repair of a culvert. “During the March storms, a series of culverts drained into this section of Prefumo Creek,” Banker-Hix said. “All those storm drains were backed up so there was localized intersection flooding.” Now, the small portion of the old primary channel of Prefumo Creek will serve as a secondary overflow channel. Banker-Hix pointed out the new realignment as he walked on a long stretch of muddy creek bank grooved with tire tracks. “This whole section of channel was open water. This was dredged, there was no creek, and this was just a portion of Laguna Lake,” he said. “Everything we’re standing on right now is accumulated sediment … that’s all been accumulated since the 1960s when this creek was rerouted and Laguna Lake was dredged.”

A row of houses sandwiches a chained-off dirt parcel on Vista Del Lago Road, almost obscuring it as someone’s front yard. Owned by the city of San Luis Obispo, that plot is a pathway to Laguna Lake. On a recent Tuesday evening, it led to a scenic twilit sight. Swatches of the mirror-like lake interspersed with patches of tall grass and bushes, completed with the lit top of the Madonna Christmas tree peeking over the background. It’s hard to imagine that almost a year ago the lake overtopped and flooded the neighboring Oceanaire Drive streets due to heavy January storms. The city’s Public Works Department devised a solution to mitigate potential future flooding as the winter storm season approaches. Staff realigned a section of Prefumo Creek that lies to the right of the city’s Vista Del Lago parcel. The creek snakes into Laguna Lake but Prefumo’s last 500 to 1,000 feet make sinuous 90-degree turns that reduce watercarrying capacity, according to supervising civil engineer Wyatt Banker-Hix. “In order to increase the amount of water, we want the creek to be able to carry during the storm event and minimize the chance that debris gets lodged in the creek and backs up the entire creek,

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He added that Public Works chose the section of Prefumo Creek near Vista Del Lago for realignment because it’s a repeat offender when it comes to debris, sediment, and vegetation accumulation and is an area that needs frequent maintenance. “We recognize this was a portion holding the rest of the creek up,” Banker-Hix said. “We knew that if we had a couple more big storms and saw 2 to 4 feet of sediment being deposited, we’d soon be in a place where this would be perennially flooding.” Usually, Public Works is authorized to remove up to 2,000 cubic yards of debris, but the Prefumo Creek realignment project ended up removing five times as much. The work also resulted in a flood bench and an emergency access road that will allow people and equipment to move through for future debris management. “The new creek is much more straight and actually exits into the deepest section of Laguna Lake,” Banker-Hix said. “[The old creek] ended up ping-ponging and threatening private properties. It would swing from a property on the Oceanaire side and then to a property on the Vista Lago side. That slows down the water, and a lot of debris can accumulate there. It would be very difficult for us to enter and clear the debris.” —Bulbul Rajagopal NEWS continued page 6

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Paso Robles approves homelessness plan

Paso Robles has a new standard to guide the city’s efforts to deal with rising homelessness after its City Council voted 4-1 on Dec. 5 to approve the Paso Robles Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness. A product of nearly two years of work toward a collective city and San Luis Obispo County goal to address homelessness in the long term, the plan calls for hiring a new city staff member to implement the plan, communicating the city’s goals to residents, and formulating a budget for the work. City Councilmember Chris Bausch voted against the plan’s approval, questioning some of the initial costs that approving the plan would bring, including the projected $200,000 expense of creating and hiring the new position of homeless services manager. “The salary that was identified is very high, especially if the person making that money is on the edge of homelessness potentially [before] getting this role,” he said at the meeting. “It would be difficult for me to approve that wage this evening. I am sure it’s an inclusive wage, I’m sure you can back up why that person earns that wage [but] there is a disconnect for me that needs to be addressed as to why it’s so high.” Bill Whalen, a consultant on the plan, said that while he understood the concern over the salary, hiring a person to fill the new role was important. “The council has the final say in all of these matters, but we think these are firstyear goals to meet,” he said, adding that the council was voting on whether to approve the plan’s objectives, not how to fund them. “We didn’t want to include things like, ‘Let’s increase this number by this,’ or ‘Let’s reduce this number by this,’ because we don’t have anything current to base it off of right now,” Whalen said. “We believe that once a plan is in place and someone specific is in charge, we will be able to understand the specifics.” While the city would be on the hook to pay the new staffer’s salary, outside funding such as state grants is expected to help fund the plan. Whalen said, the plan doesn’t intend to bind the council into approving future city dollars to fund it. “Once you approve the plan and we have someone serving the role of homeless services manager, they can come to you with projected costs, and you can decide then whether they are worth funding or not,” Whalen said. The strategic plan is a work in progress, but with the city’s approval, Whalen said, it can be a guide for the city. “This is a guiding document,” he said. “So if we don’t get all of the grant funding we have something to look back to and return to you with when that situation happens.” —Adrian Vincent Rosas

Arroyo Grande’s new city manager starts in January After spending thousands of dollars on a national search to find the best city manager for Arroyo Grande, its City Council decided on a local candidate. During its Dec. 12 meeting, the city announced that Matthew Downing will take over the job from interim City Manager Bill Robeson on Jan. 8, 2024. “I’m very humbled and I’m very honored to have this incredible opportunity to serve as your city manager,” Downing said. “I’ve always felt a very deep connection to this community from the very first day that I was an intern in Arroyo Grande.” Downing stayed local to SLO County for all

of his adult life and is currently Pismo Beach’s community development director. His coworker, Pismo Beach Public Works Director Ben Fine, told Arroyo Grande’s City Council that Downing has completed lasting work for the city. “I’ve known Matt for about five years now, and I’m honored to say he’s a friend. Should you go through with hiring Matt down here, I can tell you that you are going to end up with a city manager who is highly ethical, someone who is honest and fair and someone who will do everything in his power to build bridges in the community and among staff,” Fine said during the Dec. 12 meeting. “Despite the fact he has not been a city manager before, I will predict he will be the best city manager that the city has seen.” In Arroyo Grande, Downing will receive a salary of $235,900 a year, benefits equal to other city employees’, $2,200 in deferred compensation annually, a $150,000 in a life insurance policy, a monthly cellphone allowance, and $500 a month in automobile allowance, City Attorney Isaac Rosen said. Community member Patty Welsh, who spoke during public comment, said she disapproved of the appointment due to Downing’s lack of prior city management experience. “Didn’t the city spend thousands of dollars on a national search for a candidate who has experience and is qualified? Yet, you hire someone who possesses neither of these attributes,” Welsh said. She compared Downing’s appointment to previous managers such as Dianne Thompson, who she claimed was hired for the city manager position with no prior experience and was later terminated because of it. “Why does the city continue to hire inexperienced personnel? Does this make financial sense?” Welsh asked. “It’s hard to support a city that is asking for a sales tax increase when you can’t even successfully hire and keep a city manager. How can we have confidence in our City Council to spend appropriately when you continue to make poor financial decisions.” Councilmember Jim Guthrie responded with support for Downing and by pointing out mistakes in Welsh’s comment. “I certainly understand the public’s concern with the fact that we do have a history here with a difficulty in this position. I will point out that Dianne Thompson had over 10 years of experience as a city manager, so experience doesn’t always translate, and we were certainly concerned when we reviewed the 31 applications that we had for this position,” Guthrie said. “I’m sure we made a great choice here and will be even happier 10 years from now when we’re still going.” Councilmember Lan George also spoke in favor of Downing. “He’s very eloquent in his speech, he’s respectful, authoritative, and he’s very specific in the work that he does and he does it well. I have every confidence and every belief that Mr. Downing will do an amazing job here for our city, and although he may not have ever been a city manager, that doesn’t mean he can’t be a great one,” George said. “I’m looking forward to Mr. Downing proving Patty wrong tonight.” —Samantha Herrera

Recount requester crossexamines clerk-recorder

Darcia Stebbens—the San Miguel resident feuding with San Luis Obispo County over an unpaid debt stemming from her requested manual election recount—cross-examined the county clerk-recorder on Dec. 7 while representing herself in court. For roughly two hours, Stebbens asked

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“This situation is a large, serious public County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano about health and safety problem,” resident Loyce the cost of retallying votes for last year’s Tobler said via public comment letter. 2nd District Supervisor race between Bruce Approval of one of the proposals—an Gibson and Bruce Jones. urgency ordinance—would have given the Stebbens still owes Cano’s office almost city immediate authority to remove large $5,000 of a $53,346 total bill. Cano filed a encampments within city limits that were small claims court case against Stebbens in considered public health risks due to drug May, which Superior Court Commissioner paraphernalia and/or human waste that Leslie Kraut ruled Stebbens must pay. The could wash away in the rain. day in SLO Superior Court on Dec. 7 was “Failure to adopt the ordinances will part of Stebbens’ appeal of Kraut’s decision. predictably see a steady increase in an During the cross-examination, the twoongoing and continuing drain on city time election recount requester leafed resources, time, and money,” the staff report through a thick sheaf of documents that said. “This is from ever-increasing city staff served as “exhibits” in the trial. Those papers responses to the growing public health, included the California Code of Regulations, safety, and welfare harms generated by lack letters and emails between Stebbens and the County-Clerk Recorder’s Office, spreadsheets of regulations like those in the proposed ordinances.” of the initial estimated costs, and estimated To pass the urgency ordinance— daily costs of the seven-day recount. expected to cost the city $50,000 to Stebbens took issue with Cano for enforce—the council needed a minimum not providing her an invoice for every 4-1 vote. However, due to issues with Zoom expense even though the exhibits detailed teleconferencing, the portion of the meeting descriptions of fees like the daily rate of the discussing the ordinances was moved to Dec. recount workers and the costs for copies and 13, after New Times went to press. supplies. It’s one of the five issues she raised The other two ordinances were intended in her original complaint for the appeal. for the council to discuss and bring back for “It’s not an invoice,” Stebbens said. “It’s a very a formal vote. One focused on continued nice schedule actually, and it does have detail.” enforcement on large encampments beyond Cano replied from the witness stand that the scope of the emergency ordinance. she’s not obligated to submit invoices to With it, the council would formalize rules Stebbens. on the location, size, and occupancy of “There are no statutes that require me to provide you with a detailed invoice,” she said. encampments throughout the city. If the individuals in the encampments did “What I provided you is in accordance with not follow these rules, the staff report said, the law.” the city would have the authority to remove Stebbens continued questioning her them as long as encampment residents were about different expenses, often repeating given a 72-hour notice and recommendations herself and frequently focusing on a for alternative shelter. clerks’ conference that Cano attended last The third ordinance focused on homeless December in Sacramento. individuals camping in cars on private Cano and her colleagues traveled to the property. Should the council approve it, the state capital last year during the preparation ordinance would establish a 24-hour limit period before the recount started. She told on single-location parking and requirements Stebbens that she and her staff worked overtime in their hotel during the conference for property owners who hosted these individuals. to prepare for the manual recount. While some residents welcomed the Eventually, presiding Judge Rita Federman change, Allison Brandum and others said asked Stebbens to move on to the next they were concerned that the ordinances question. conflict with recent court rulings on “I don’t want to hear repeated testimony,” encampments. Federman said. “I’m taking notes.” Brandum cited the 2019 Ninth Circuit Stebbens laughed in response and thanked Court of Appeals ruling in Martin v. Boise the judge. She then interrupted Cano while prohibiting the criminalization of homeless the county-clerk recorder was answering individuals sleeping on public property when a question about the costs incurred. After there isn’t adequate shelter available. Federman told Stebbens not to interrupt, In 2023, another court case in the same Stebbens continued to read from different circuit—Johnson v. Grants Pass—reaffirmed documents in the exhibit package. It the Martin ruling, adding that enforcement provoked two interruptions from the judge. was prohibited if the action would lead to “It is usually really never required during criminal charges for the individual who trial to read out material already in front of everyone,” Federman said. “You don’t have to didn’t move. City staff said they felt confident the read it. We have it all in front of us.” proposed ordinances didn’t conflict with the The judge halted the trial for the day a little court rulings, adding that they were currently past noon. The court will reconvene on Dec. being appealed at the Supreme Court and 19 to finish the cross-examination, present could be subject to change. witnesses, and listen to final arguments. Regardless of whether the council votes “I’m going to ask the parties to really focus to approve the ordinances, on the questions they want Morro Bay resident to ask,” Federman said. Tobler said, the need for “Small court claims are encampment cleanup won’t Send any news usually done in 30 minutes. change. or story tips to We’ve gone above three “What these proposed news@newtimesslo.com. hours.” local ordinances will —Bulbul Rajagopal do is assist everyone in supporting a safer, cleaner environment for Morro Bay to vote on the vast majority of citizens and businesses of encampment enforcement Morro Bay,” Tobler said wrote. “We can then On Dec. 12, Morro Bay City Council address services of housing, treatment, needs, intended to vote on three new ordinances and health as completely different project[s] directed to the under-housed population.” ∆ to address the city’s growing homeless —Adrian Vincent Rosas encampment problem.

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BY KELLIE MYRICK

Not a team player Oceano’s CSD is in disarray thanks to one board member

erving on a government board is a team sport. It demands leadership, compromise, and civility. Oceano has a Community Services District board member who is the antithesis of this and shows a pathological need for attention. To Charles Varni, it does not matter what sort of attention he is getting. Good or bad, as long as the spotlight is on him. Take the recent criticism of him in New Times. In the Nov. 2 issue, the Shredder suggested that given that most of their issues began after Varni started, maybe he is the problem on the Oceano Community Services District (CSD) board (“Learn by don’ting”). Varni pounced on that and took the Shredder on in his commentary “Shredder is mean” (Nov. 9). The gaslighting he presents in the response is just too much. Nearly all of his comments are countered by information you can get from watching the CSD board meetings. First, he notes that the directors are a “liberal majority.” Oceano CSD is responsible

for managing water, sewers, garbage, lights, and fire. What does being liberal have to do with those things? Republicans and Democrats probably agree that having safe water and sewer is a good thing for everyone—unless you want to use your position on the board as a “bully pulpit” for a political agenda. Varni is the one who proposed the annexation to Grover Beach right out of the gate, then proceeded to attack the residents who spoke out against his proposal as “thugs, know-nothings, and bullies.” He wasted hours of meeting time changing the bylaws to weaken them so he could get what he wanted on the agendas. Varni is a leader against vehicles on the beach and a proponent for closure and redevelopment of the airport into shopping centers and condos. Varni has injected his views into a nonpartisan board. He called for debate and is now upset that the public shows up and engages in it. Second, Varni’s antics led the Oceano CSD’s contracted law firm to resign. There was no pending “performance review” for that firm when they quit. What happened was as clear as day to anyone watching. Their attorney tried to stop Varni from violating the Brown Act, and Varni ignored him. This

happened multiple times at two different meetings. No law firm is sticking around with a client who blatantly and publicly ignores its advice. It is clear that Varni—and the board’s inability to get a grip on him—is why the firm quit. Third, Varni keeps complaining about a cover-up of embezzlement in the office. Three of the current board members knew about it and told the general manager to investigate it before sending it to the SLO County DA’s Office. The general manager did not cover up anything. Varni isn’t mad about embezzlement. He is mad because he didn’t know about it. Again, it’s all about Varni. He had to croon about doing the right thing, making closed session private matters public. Wrong, Mr. Varni. While you are talking about the theft and defaming staff, board members, and legal counsel, whoever did the stealing should send you a thank you note for giving them a head start against the police. Fourth, Oceano’s General Manager Will Clemens kept the district running smoothly and kept meetings short before Varni got there. Varni has been grinding an ax against him and set him for several performance reviews several times before Mr. Clemens had enough. What was Mr. Clemens’ offense? Seems like it is just refusing to cater to all of Varni’s whims. It is interesting to note Mr. Clemens had the full support of every staff member and an overflow crowd of community members who showed up to support him

at the last meeting. Oh, and what did Varni call these ratepayers, residents, and property owners of Oceano? “MAGA-mad locals” and referred to our citizens as dogs who answer to the call of a dog whistle. It is a very sad day for Oceano when we have people like this in a position to serve the community degrade its citizens this way. Fifth, Varni called 911 during the Oct. 25 meeting. This was a joke. I was at the meeting, and if you watch the video, you see a crowd that is fed up but it’s nothing close to an emergency. Varni has no problem browbeating and verbally attacking women but calls 911 because he feels afraid. The sheriff’s deputies have better things to do than stand around watching Varni provoke people and then act threatened when these same people respond. Talk about “the little boy who cried wolf.” Charles Varni is not cut out for this type of service. He tries to intimidate the female board members, chased away a skilled general manager and legal counsel, and forces the board to talk about whatever he wants to talk about. What happened to water service? He wants to eliminate anyone who disagrees with him. The writing is on the wall. If Oceano doesn’t give Varni the boot, then we only have ourselves to blame. ∆ Kellie Myrick has lived in Oceano for 64 years. Send a response for publication to letters@ newtimesslo.com.

LETTERS We are doing nothing to prevent further harm in Gaza

shot like rabbits. And we are doing nothing. I have a dream: All the American city councils standing up and saying no, we can’t support the genocide of a people; no, our government can’t give our tax money to kill children; no, we won’t go along with this. Imagine if this had happened before the Vietnam War? Or before the invasion of Iraq? Why can we only see the truth years down the road when all the damage has already been done? Odile Ayral San Luis Obispo

Like many people, I have been disturbed by the events in Gaza. I always viewed the occupation of Gaza as wrong, but I did not understand the extent of the harm imposed upon Palestinians until the recent events unfolded. I am ashamed of being European because European governments are doing absolutely nothing, and I am ashamed of being American because the United States has poured billions of our tax dollars into the military coffers of Israel. But if I just sit America’s on a dark path on my hands, I am part of the problem. I sent So now the Biden administration has money to specific organizations, and I wrote bypassed Congress to provide military to various officials several times (including support to a religious state in a street fight the American and the French presidents), with the terrorists of Hamas, who are but I know this does not do much good. I funded by a religious republic, but that same am an average person who is desperate to do administration is somehow unable in a something but does not know where to turn. similar manner to provide military support The San Luis Obispo City Council rightly to the democratic secular state of Ukraine in condemned anti-Semitism, and it should its full-on war with Putin’s Russia? also have condemned Islamophobia. Both There will never be an acceptable are wrong. Beyond this, we must be able to “religious” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian recognize who is responsible for the present conflict until both sides accept a secular state situation. As Chomsky said, Palestinians that guarantees the followers of all three have no oil, no minerals, nothing that anyone major religions their right to cocould want, so they exist. How is it that Palestinian have no friends. The Muslims and Palestinian least powerful always Christians can somehow live get kicked around Send us your together, but Palestinian Jews by everyone. Not so views and opinion to living in a “religious state” long ago, the least letters@newtimesslo.com. cannot? powerful were the Now I find that my own Jews, now they are country has a religious fanatic the Palestinians, and the victims have “who talks with the Lord” as speaker of the become the perpetrators. We are watching House of Representatives, a speaker who the Warsaw Ghetto again, except that now believes he has been “ordained by God.” I am it’s called Gaza: men, women, and children afraid that my own country is heading down forced into a locked area, starved, and then the same dark path of “religious warfare.”

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By the Biden administration’s actions, the United States is now complicit in the deaths of thousands of innocent Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and Speaker Johnson thinks that it is all “God’s will.” “Render to Caesar [the state] the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 12:17) “The world needs a ‘Jewish state’ as

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here’s a new word in the world: Polycrisis. It’s a term describing the consequences of the Great Unraveling, as per the Post Carbon Institute’s report, “Welcome to the Great Unraveling”: “During the 20th century, and especially the latter half of the century, humanity’s increasing adoption of fossil fuels as sources of cheap and abundant energy enabled rapid industrialization. The result was a massive increase in nearly all human activities and their ecological and social impacts, a process that has been called the Great Acceleration. The first two decades of 21st century saw a new phase of the Great Acceleration, with wars fought over the last sources of cheap oil … the massive use of debt and speculation to expand energy production and maintain economic growth, and the arrival of environmental and social impacts too overwhelming for even the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people and nations to ignore.” Those mutually exacerbating crises form the polycrisis. “Welcome to the Great Unraveling” is heavy on coping and light on hope and solutions. In its catalog of intersecting crises, the report doesn’t mince words when it comes to biodiversity and habitat loss: “Wild nature is suffering an accelerating die-off both of numbers of species, and numbers of individuals within most species. This die-off is being caused by human land use that destroys habitat; pollution from pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and other industrial chemicals; invasive species often transported by humans; and human-caused climate change.” But there is hope, and a solution. On March 1, 2023, Laurentino Cortizo, president of Panama, signed a law for the protection and conservation of sea turtles and their habitats. The special part: The law recognizes the inherent rights of sea turtles and their habitats. Constanza Prieto Figelist at Earth Law Center, an NGO that provided expertise to the draft law, commented on its significance: “This law can advance the conservation of endangered sea turtles by ensuring an ecosystem perspective, strengthening standards of conservation, and including the inherent needs and health of turtles and their habitats in decision making. This is a new discipline, and the government decision makers and courts need specific models of conduct and standards to follow.” Erica Lyman, director of the Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment at Lewis & Clark Law School, told the Associated Press, “Business-as-usual laws aren’t doing enough to protect against the extinction crisis and climate change. This is an attempt at a new kind of framing that offers hope.” So, on the one hand: the Great Unraveling. On the other: Ley 371 Que Establece La Conservación Y Protección De Las Tortugas Marinas Y Sus Hábitats En La República De Panamá. Hundreds of rights of nature laws now exist in more than 30 countries.

The concept of animal rights has been around for a while. The 18th century ethical philosophers who first broached the idea had no idea that recognizing and enforcing the legal rights of other species, including their right to a livable habitat, may turn out to be a way to save the world. But while forging ahead with new framing and driving the creation of new standards and models, we must also protect what we have already achieved. Fifty years ago this month, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and President Richard Nixon signed it into law. It has been hugely successful, but like the endangered species it has protected, the Endangered Species Act is constantly in need of protection. Hostile members of Congress are now trying to slip amendments into “must-pass” budget and defense bills to strip ESA protections from listed species and prevent new listings. Tell your legislators: We need the Endangered Species Act more than ever before. Stop attacks on the Act and imperiled wild species. Richard Heinberg says climate change and the disappearance of wild nature occupy one bucket of the polycrisis. In the other bucket is the social crisis, which “includes increasing economic inequality, poverty, racism and … the rise of authoritarianism.” About that last one. This is my last New Times column, as I am retiring from the Sierra Club at the end of the year. I haven’t yet formulated any special plans for retirement—except for the next 10 months, when I and everyone else who believes in the requirements of citizenship in a democratic society will be working to prevent the death cult formerly known as the Republican Party from returning their orange personal Jesus to his throne; installing more of his enablers in Congress, state houses, and county boards of supervisors; and achieving the goal of turning this country into a fascist state. The hallmark of the Great Unravelling, says the Post Carbon Institute, is “the need to grapple with complexity, uncertainty, and conflicting priorities.” But right now, when it comes to addressing the social-crisis half of the polycrisis, the No. 1 priority could not be more obvious. ∆ Wish Andrew Christie a fulfilling, restful retirement by emailing him through the editor at clanham@newtimesslo.com.

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arcia Stebbens’ quixotic quest to slip out of paying for the vote recount she demanded in SLO County 2nd District Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s 13vote victory over retired orthopedic surgeon Bruce Jones marches on (and on) in court, where SLO County is suing Stebbens to recoup the remaining $4,448 spent in proving the initial vote count was right and Gibson won fair and square. I usually like rooting for the underdog, but Stebbens, a San Miguel resident, is such a full-fledged tinfoil hat under a red MAGA hat-wearing nutterino supreme with extra cheese that my empathy well seems to have run drier than the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. Wackadoodle doo! At first, as she sat small and alone in court, I thought, “Where are your fellow election conspiracists? Is the SLO County Citizen Action Team just going to abandon you and leave you holding the bag?” It all seemed so sad. It got sadder when I learned she’s representing herself in the lawsuit, and you know what they say about a woman who acts as her own attorney: She has a fool for a lawyer and a jackass for a client, which she’s unfortunately proven repeatedly. Stebbens’ main point of contention is that she hasn’t received an invoice that’s detailed enough to suit her. She wants every paper clip accounted for, see? In court on Dec. 7, she spent a couple of hours cross-examining County-Clerk Recorder Elaina Cano,

asking her the same questions the county’s legal counsel had asked her earlier. Sheesh! Don’t you watch courtroom dramas? “Asked and answered!” “I object!” “Overruled.” “There are no statutes that require me to provide you with a detailed invoice,” Cano told Stebbens. “What I provided you is in accordance with the law.” Eventually, presiding Judge Rita Federman got fed up and warned Stebbens to stop asking questions that had already been answered. But Stebbens just couldn’t help herself—plus she promised that she would eventually “tie it together.” Yeah, right, Perry Mason. Legally speaking, Stebbens can’t seem tie her own shoes. Are you sure you don’t want an actual lawyer? “I don’t want to hear repeated testimony. I’m taking notes,” Federman said. In response, Stebbens guffawed and said, “Thank you.” Sarcasm much? Look up “decorum,” Darcia, and then work on it. But nope, Stebbens kept hectoring Cano and then interrupted her when she tried to answer, so Federman had to admonish her again. Then Stebbens started reading aloud from court documents. “It’s usually really never required during trial to read out material already in front of everyone,” Federman said.

too ugly for beautiful “Bakersfield by the Sea” Stebbens kept reading. and the city will lose oversight of the project “You don’t have to read it; we have it all in if they hand it over to the California Coastal front of us,” Federman said exasperatedly. Commission, which has to approve it all Finally, Federman called time and anyway. announced they’d reconvene on Dec. 19 Supposedly, lane control signals would to hear the rest of Stebbens’ repetitive and indicate to drivers when it’s a travel lane and boring cross-examination, talk to witnesses, when it’s a shoulder. What could go wrong and hear final (hopefully?) arguments. with this seven-year “pilot” program, and “I’m going to ask the parties to really focus on the questions they want to ask,” Federman why is it a “pilot” program anyway? I mean, does it make sense for government to dump cautioned. “Small court claims are usually a ton of money into a temporary solution for done in 30 minutes. We’ve gone above three an ongoing problem? Don’t answer that. It’s hours.” rhetorical. Judging from Federman’s prickly One of the reasons it’s a “pilot” program demeanor, things ain’t looking good for the is because of a pesky little state law that defense. OK, MAGA nation, start searching for loose change in your La-Z-Boy recliners. prohibits general purpose travel on the shoulder of state highways, which means if I have a feeling your hero Darcia’s going to the law doesn’t change, the massive “partneed $4,448 plus court costs. time travel lane” will revert to a full-time Speaking of disappearing comrades, 14-foot-wide shoulder. Who came up with did you hear about Pismo Beach and the this ingenious plan? Stop making sense mysterious case of the disappearing traffic indeed. lane? It’s like a magic trick or something. Whatever the outcome, Councilmember The idea is to mitigate Highway 101 traffic Mary Ann Reiss is on the case demanding congestion as it cuts through the city by that the shoulder/travel lane have a rocky adding a third lane, but only during high look to mirror the landscape on the hillside traffic periods. Otherwise, the lane would of the freeway: “We’re investing a lot of just become a really wide shoulder, wide like money in the beautification David Bryne’s suit in Stop of this city, so that’s really Making Sense, like 14 feet important to me.” wide. Hm. Harebrained or Can we get rocks that turn ingenious? You decide. The Send us your into wildflowers? That’d be Pismo Beach City Council views and opinion to a cool trick too … unless seems to be split. letters@newtimesslo.com. there’s a law against it. ∆ Three-fifths are really excited about the prospect, The Shredder is looking for its Sancho Panza. which means that two-fifths thinks it’s a Apply at shredder@newtimesslo.com. debacle in the making because it might be

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Atascadero’s Cherry Blossom Tattoo offers gift cards for any amount. Shayla Day, one of the shop’s artists, recommends getting one worth $100 since Cherry Blossom has a $100 minimum to ink tattoos. Day herself gave gift cards to her friends and family when she started working at the shop. “They were all, ‘Don’t buy me anything. I just want to get a tattoo,’” she said with a laugh. Day inks tattoo aficionados with her colleagues Alexander DeCarlo, Daniel Martinez, and Cherry Blossom owner Robbie Rittenhouse. When it comes to taking the tattoo plunge, Day said checking out an artist’s portfolio is important to find what style you like. Once that’s narrowed down, must-haves include cleanliness and a good rapport between the artist and the client. Better communication results in a better tattoo. The tucked-away tattoo shop focuses on larger custom pieces. Cherry Blossom artists prefer sessions by appointment, but walk-ins are welcome too. “There are lots of reasons to get a tattoo,” Day said. “Personal expression is important to a lot of people, so is getting a memorial to a loved one, and some people just think it looks cool.” 3530 El Camino Real, Atascadero; (805) 461-8287; @cherryblossomtattoo on Instagram.

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True West’s tattoo art and aesthetics play into the old-school cowboy culture of California but with an edgy twist. Horses, wolves, scorpions, cowgirls, birds, plants, and skulls are frequent imagery that artists Lisa Bracero, Haunnah Nisle, Eric Jones, and Julian Gomez ink on skin. Manager Bracero told New Times that True West’s genre is American traditional, but the artists are skilled in black and gray, fine line, and other styles too. True West offers gift cards for sale, and the shop minimum to get a tattoo is $100. It’s open seven days a week from noon to 7 p.m. 1027 Marsh St., suite A, SLO; (805) 4391515; truewesttattoo.com.

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to have an Association of Professional Piercers—the oldest and longest running organization for professional piercing— member on staff, according to its website. The appointment-only shop also offers ear styling where piercers work with clients to reimagine existing piercings into a new look. Treat your loved ones to the art by purchasing physical or online gift cards. Until Dec. 25, the store is also offering a 10 percent discount on e-gift cards worth $100 or more. 474 Marsh St., C, SLO; (805) 441-4820; slopiercing.com.

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Known for solid neo-traditional tattoos that feature flowers, women, animals, and more in saturated color, Electric Monarch brings high-quality inking to SLO. The shop’s designers and artists are Skylar Grove, Trever Carter, Josh Rodriguez, Daniel Fonseca, Rennie, and the occasional guest artist. They take care of walk-ins as first come, first served, and offer a shop minimum of $100 for a tattoo. Purchase gift cards from Electric Monarch for any amount. 1453 Monterey St., SLO; (805) 439-3116; electricmonarch.com.

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“If anyone is stumped on what to get me for Christmas, I’m a size three to five hours in tattoos,” declared a cheeky promotional post on Deep Blue Tattoo’s Instagram. The Grover Beach tattoo and piercing shop is primed for last-minute holiday gifting, especially with gift certificates available for any price. Under the watchful care of piercer Deane Rozas, piercings on almost any body part go for at least $60, including the jewelry. The shop tattoo minimum is $150. The South County shop has been a staple spot for tattoos and piercings since 2000. Tattoo artists Jason Munger, Sean Shiroma, Ryan Thor Gudmunds, Grey Van Kuilenburg, and Clifton Cross specialize in a plethora of styles like fine line, black and gray, and traditional. 1328 W. Grand Avenue, suite B, Grover Beach; (805) 481-4110; deepbluetattoos.com. ∆ Reach Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal at brajagopal@newtimesslo.com.

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f you’re like me and have friends who play the guitar or bass, shopping for the perfect gift can sometimes be overwhelming and beyond budget. But you don’t have to get them the instrument they’ve always wanted: There are easier (cheaper) ways to give. Here are some recommendations and places to get practical stocking stuffers for that musician in your life.

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ROCKING AROUND Whether you’re in SLO or Santa Barbara county, local music stores can help you find a gift for the would-be rock star this holiday season.

Quick disclaimer: As with any instrumentrelated gift, knowing pick size and string gauge (thickness) may be required for some of these. A chat with any of the fine folks who work at these music stores will ease some of that holiday stress, so don’t be afraid to ask any questions. • Picks: These are like the socks of the musicians’ world because they go missing constantly. Chances are a spare (or 30) is always a good buy. • Strings: Without these bad boys, our stringed instrument players wouldn’t be able to make a sound. Much like picks, a spare set of strings is sure to make any musician’s day easier when their set inevitably breaks. • Straps: These come in different shapes, sizes, and colors and are a great way to give something that fits the style of the musician recipient.

• Amp cords: Essential to, you know, playing through an amp, a spare cord will make any guitarist’s or bassist’s day. • Tuners: Clip-on tuners are great for musicians of any skill level, and even a spare can go a long way. These help keep the strings sounding the way they should or, for the more creatively inclined, the way the musician wants them to. • Ear protection: These keep music players’ ears protected and have a wide range of how much sound they can let through. They are a must-have for any musician or regular concert attendee. A good pair can last a lifetime.

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• String cutters/winders: These make changing and putting on strings easier. Not required, but practical.

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• Music books: Whether a musician has a favorite artist whose songs they want to learn or are just starting with the basics of music, books make for a great long-term gift. Many books have different difficulty levels, topics, and artists, so there are plenty to choose from. • Lessons: This is more of a long-term gift that may require some coordination post-Christmas but is very practical and will give the musician a place to develop their technique. • Stands and wall hangers: These are less of a stocking stuffer and more of an under-the-tree present. A good stand can let your burgeoning rock star display their prized instrument in their room by their amp or on their wall.

Places to shop

SLO County Grand Central Music and Conservatory: Located at 3195 McMillan Ave., No. E, in San Luis Obispo, the shop’s open Monday to Saturday and specializes in everything mentioned above. It’s a great stop for SLO locals looking for a place to help kick-start (or continue) a passion for music. Call (805) 9850275 or visit grandcentralmusicstore.com for more information. Central Coast Music: Located in Morro Bay at 365 Morro Bay Boulevard, it’s open Tuesday through Saturday. Boasting a wide array of everything mentioned above, Central Coast Music has an especially great selection of music books. Call (805) 7724930. Visit online at centralcoastmusic.com. Lightning Joe’s Guitar Heaven: Open Tuesday through Saturday at 100 E. Branch St. in Arroyo Grande, this is less of a conventional

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TAKE YOUR PICK Local music stores stock oodles of guitar picks, straps, strings, and more, which make practical stocking stuffers for music enthusiasts.

music store and more of a guitar-centric place. You can find everything on the gift list above and some extra guitar-focused goodies for that rock-star-to-be this holiday season. Visit lightningjoes.com or call (805) 481-2226. North Santa Barbara County Guitar Center Santa Maria: Open every day, Guitar Center at 443 Betteravia is—as one might expect—a great shop for guitar and bass lovers, especially at the last minute thanks to its long hours (open till 9 p.m. most days) and large inventory. Find it online at stores.guitarcenter.com/ca/santa-maria or call at (805) 357-2457. Certain Sparks: The shop at 107 S. H St. in Lompoc is open seven days a week and specializes in accessible lessons, guitars, and more. Visit certainsparks.com or call (805) 588-9479. ∆ Staff Writer Adrian Vincent Rosas wants to buy a new guitar but has to wait until after Christmas, or does he? Tell him at arosas@ newtimesslo.com.

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an Luis Obispo County’s local breweries, distilleries, and wineries make the perfect spots to sit down, have a drink, and think about what to give friends, family, or co-workers for the holidays. Taking such a break may help you conclude that the perfect gift might just be a good ol’ fashioned drink. Lucky for you, there are ample places to choose from—you’ve likely got a local spot just down the street from your house. But just in case you need a little help finding one, here are a handful of options.

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Started by two friends in January 2020, Oak and Otter Brewing Company in San Luis Obispo produces a peppermint stout during the holiday season. Dylan Roddick and Anthony Poncey bought the brewery from 7 Sisters Brewing after years of working in Downtown SLO. “I wanted to be the brewer, [Anthony] wanted to be the front of the house guy so we got an investor and we rebranded and remodeled the business,” Roddick told New Times. Even though the most popular brew at Oak and Otter Brewing is the West Coast IPA, customers might want to hit pause on their usual beverage and dive into the holiday spirit with Roddick’s custom stout. “It’s kind of roasted with the chocolate in the stout, and then I just add a little bit of peppermint, and it tastes like a York Peppermint Patty,” he said. “It feels just like Christmas.” You can snag a 16- or 32-ounce growler of the specialty stout or anything else on tap or pick up some Oak and Otter merch, such as hats, shirts, or jackets. The brewery also offers holiday trivia nights on Thursdays where Roddick says they focus on pop culture holiday events while their chef occasionally crafts a holiday menu. “Last year we did a French dip, and people

Located in Atascadero and run by husband and wife Eric and Anna Olson, Central Coast Distillery creates all its own liquor and spirits from scratch. “I believe we’re the only one in the county that does this,” Anna told New Times. “We make our own mash, everything comes from soup to nuts, and when it comes to our agave spirits, we forage for those ourselves from the Paso Robles area. We harvest, roast, or smoke them, and the whole process takes us hours.” When the holidays roll around, Central Coast Distillery offers limited edition drinks for those looking to get in the spirit. “We do cranberry cosmopolitans, specialty ALCOHOL GIFTS continued page 22 eggnog, and even hot chocolate with COURTESY PHOTO BY LINDSEY RODDICK bourbon,” Eric said. “We can also do private events and parties.” While it’s fun to go in and grab a seasonally inspired cocktail, the distillery also sells holiday baskets that include every ingredient needed to make a cocktail at home. This could be the perfect gift for the mixologist in your life. “It’s very personalized. If someone comes in to get a basket, we take into consideration what that person likes to drink so that way it’s unique and the alcohol is fresh,” Anna said. “We try to include a recipe of their favorite drink and how to make it, and it comes in a Christmas box with a big bow around it so it can look great under the tree.” 5804 Traffic Way, LIMITED EDITION Oak and Otter Brewing Co. recently released Atascadero; (805) its holiday special peppermint stout that tastes just like a York 901-6094; info@ Peppermint Patty. entralcoastdistillery.net.

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“We always do our holiday open house in our tasting room, where we do samples and food tasting,” she said. “We also have gift packages with really nice gift wrapping.” The winery recently released two new wines: Lagrassa, which is a dessert red wine, and a sparkling rosé called Effort Essence. “Lagrassa is a really awesome holiday selection while Effort Essence is better for New Year’s,” Carrol said. The next event at the winery will be a New Year’s Eve brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 2195 Corbett Canyon Road, Arroyo Grande; (805) 781-9463. ∆

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THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: A STAGED READING Described as a heartwarming Christmas story for all ages. Dec. 15-17 bytheseaproductions. org/. By The Sea Productions, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay. COASTAL WINE AND PAINT PARTY Listen to music while enjoying an afternoon of creativity, sipping, and mingling. Event lasts up to 2 hours. 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. DISCOVER GIFTS OF WHIMSY AND WONDER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Enjoy Larry Le Brane’s Holiday art and gifts at Costa Gallery in November and December. Explore drawings, paintings, sculpture and functional fused glass, along with work by 20 West Coast artists. They wrap and ship gifts, too. Stop by for seasonal treats and surprises. Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Dec. 30 Free admission. 559799-9632. facebook.com/costagallery. Costa Gallery, 2087 10th St., Los Osos. GIFTY UNDER FIFTY ALL YEAR ROUND Costa Gallery is gearing up for the holiday season. Check out a seasonal collection of art. Thursdays-Sundays. through Dec. 31 Costa Gallery, 2087 10th St., Los Osos, 559-799-9632. NORTH SLO COUNTY

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anticipated art exhibit featuring local talent. Original art is sold for under $200. Come celebrate local artists and find a gift for a loved one, or yourself. Through Jan. 15, 2024 Free. 805-464-0533. the1artery.com. The ARTery, 5890 Traffic Way, Atascadero. BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE WATERCOLOR FOUR-PART SERIES Join ArtSocial805 at the Creative-Campus, to expand your knowledge and technique of watercolor. Series includes your own watercolor pallet/brushes/watercolor pad/refreshments and instruction. Dec. 17, 10 a.m.-noon $160. 805-400-9107. shop.artsocial805.com. ArtSocial 805 Creative Campus, 3340 Ramada Drive, suite 2C, Paso Robles. HANDCRAFTED FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2023 Premier craftspeople and artists are featured in this unique exhibition and retail sale. You’ll find an abundance of unique, handmade gifts and goods at every price point. A portion of every sale supports Studios on the Park’s mission of bringing art to the community. Through Dec. 30 Free. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles.

classes-workshops/. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. SIP N’ SKETCH Bring your own supplies (or borrow some of our’s) and paint or sketch a themed live-model or still life under the guidance of Studios resident artists. See website for the specific theme of the month. Your first glass of wine is included in price. Third Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. $20. 805-2389800. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO

ACTOR’S EDGE: ACTING CLASSES Actor’s Edge offers film and television acting training in San Luis Obispo, plus exposure to Los Angeles talent agents. All ages and skill levels welcome. Classes available in SLO, LA, and on zoom. ongoing $210 per month. actorsedge. com. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo.

LIVE COMEDY SHOW Featured comedians include Wendy Wilkins, who plays across the U.S. and opens regularly for Ian Bagg and Laura Hayden. Dec. 18, 7 p.m. my805tix.com. Park Cinemas, 1100 Pine St., Paso Robles, 805-227-2172.

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, 2024, 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.

LIVE FIGURE DRAWING Uninstructed Live Figure Drawing sessions hosted on the third Thursday of each month. Open to all artists ages 18 and older. Please bring your own art supplies. We will have chairs, tables, and a nude model to sketch. Note: no class in December. Third Thursday of every month, 1-4 p.m. $20. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark.org/

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.

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.

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. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.com/gallery-artists/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. BALLET THEATRE SAN LUIS OBISPO PRESENTS THE SNOW QUEEN Set in Scandinavia in the late 1700s, Hans Christen Andersen’s classic fairy tale that inspired Disney’s Frozen comes alive on stage. Enjoy a holiday treat fit for the whole family. Dec. 15, 7-9 p.m., Dec. 16, 7-9 p.m. and Dec. 17, 2-4 p.m. $32-$55. 805-756-4849. pacslo.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo. BEGINNING DRAWING WITH SPENCER COLLINS This class is designed to teach young students the important basic building blocks of drawing. Students learn about various drawing techniques and materials such as graphite, charcoal, and paint pens. Students will learn to draw things from life, including animals, places, and people. Mondays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. through Dec. 18 $28 per student; refer a second student for $5 off one class. 559-250-3081. artcentralslo.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. BEYOND THE BASICS OF WATERCOLOR WITH VIRGINIA MACK This is a class for those who love imagining ways to further their visual expressions. A watercolorbased course, but one that branches out into other media. Third Wednesday of every month, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $35 per class. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.

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com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. 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. A CHRISTMAS STORY Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7-9 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m. through Dec. 23 $15-$40. 805-786-2440. slorep.org. SLO Rep, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo. COMEDY NIGHT Professional comedy show featuring local and touring comics. Hosted by Aidan Candelario. Third 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. IMPROV COMEDY SHOW A spectacularly funny display of fast-paced short-form improv, all made up on the spot for your enjoyment. Dec. 15, 6-8 p.m. my805tix. com/. SLO Public Market, 120 Tank Farm Road, San Luis Obispo. IMPROV COMEDY STUDENT SHOWCASE See talented long form, acting, and sketch students in their showcase debut. Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m. my805tix.com/. SLO Wine and Beer Company, 3536 S. Higuera St., suite 250, San Luis Obispo, 805-544-9463. INTRO TO OIL PAINTING WITH SPENCER COLLINS The perfect class for those wanting to try oil painting for the first time. Guests discuss color theory, layering paint, and how to use various media. For ages 16 and over. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $30 per class or $100 for 4 classes. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo. com/workshops-events/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. JANE LYNCH: A SWINGIN’ LITTLE

CHRISTMAS A fun fresh twist on the Christmas specials of the ‘50s and ‘60s when harmonies were tight and swing was the thing. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and The Tony Guerrero Quintet. Dec. 17 $49-$79. 805-756-6556. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, pacslo.org. JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY AND ART Owen and Kyoko Hunt from Kyoto, Japan offer classes for Japanese calligraphy (Fridays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.), a Japanese art called “haiga” (Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m.) and more at Nesting Hawk Ranch. Fridays $45. 702-335-0730. Nesting Hawk Ranch, Call for address, San Luis Obispo. KINGDOM COME: HOLIDAY SHOW AND DANCE PARTY Bang the Drum Brewery presents performances by local drag king performers. Dec. 22, 6 p.m. my805tix.com. Bang the Drum Brewery, 1150 Laurel Lane, suite 130, San Luis Obispo, 805 242-8372. LEARN TO WEAVE MONDAYS An opportunity to learn how a four-shaft loom works. You will get acquainted as a new weaver or as a refresher with lots of tips and tricks. This class includes getting to know a loom, how to prepare/dress a loom, and much much more. Mondays, 1-4 p.m. $75 monthly. 805-441-8257. Patricia Martin: Whispering Vista Studios, 224 Squire Canyon Rd, San Luis Obispo, patriciamartinartist.com. LESLIE SUTCLIFFE This installation consists of 96 panels, any number of which can be assembled and reassembled in a multitude of ways. Initially, the individual panels were inspired by the rich visual imagery in Italo Calvino’s Six Memos for the Next Millennium. Through Jan. 29, 2024 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibition/ mementos-of-six-millennia/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. OPEN MIC COMEDY Sign-ups at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Aidan Candelario. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-540-8300. ARTS continued page 25

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saintsbarrel.com/event-calendar. Saints Barrel Wine Bar, 1021 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo. 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. 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. VIRGINIA MACK: BEGINNING WATERCOLOR This is a watercolor class designed to let you jump in and try out this engaging medium through experimentation. It’s designed for beginners and those with watercolor experience who wish to expand their knowledge of painting in watercolors. To enroll please contact Mack via email: vbmack@ charter.net Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $35. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.com/workshopsevents/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE Enjoy a special holiday celebration with your favorite DPAC Dancers. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. That’s what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown.” Dec. 16, 6 p.m. $15-$25. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org/shows/dpac-christmas-timeis-here/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. GIFTS GALORE HOLIDAY BAZAAR Need Christmas gifts and ideas? Visit this pop-up presented by Gifts Galore Pop-Up Boutiques. Join 35 local artists and makers selling accessories, candles, clothes, cosmetics, food, jewelry, and more items available to purchase. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission. Birchwood Garden Barn & Home, 323 West Tefft Street, Nipomo. HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA See Scrooge find his Christmas spirit and enjoy other tales during the Melodrama’s annual holiday production. Through Dec. 31 Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Step into the enchanting world of AGHS Theatre Company’s production of the classic tale. Join Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger on a thrilling adventure as they navigate the rivers and meadows of the English countryside. Enjoy toe-tapping tunes, captivating characters, and more. Dec. 14, 7-10 p.m., Dec. 15, 7-10 p.m. and Dec. 16, 7-10 p.m. $14-$20. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org/ shows/aghs-theatre-the-wind-in-the-willows/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande.

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BLIND FLOWER EXPERIENCE: WINTER SOLSTICE 2023 A nourishing, supportive, and relaxing experience of gentle yoga, mindful movement, breathing techniques, and guided meditation—enhanced by plant and mushroom wellness products available at Plantae + Fungi. Dec. 21, 6-8 p.m. $40. 805395-9323. plantaeandfungi.com. Plantae and Fungi, 750 Sheffield St., Cambria. BREATHE AND STRETCH This practice combines yoga, active isolated, resistance, and other types of stretching, and incorporates breath work throughout. You must be able to sit on the floor, as well as be able to get back up again with comfort. Bring a mat and water. Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. through Oct. 31 $15 per session. 415-516-5214. A hybrid of yoga and active stretching, this 55-minute class is ideal for adults 18 and over who want to maintain or increase their flexibility and live without pain. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. $13 per session. 415-516-5214. Omni Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. This practice combines yoga, active isolated, resistance, and other types of stretching. Also incorporates breath work throughout. You must be able to sit on the floor, as well as be able to get back up again

DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 24, 2023 with comfort. Bring a mat and water. Sundays, 9-10 a.m. through Oct. 31 $15 per session. 415-516-5214. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos. EMBARCADERO WELCOMES SANTA Visit Santa’s house at the Embarcadero. Dec. 16, 5-8 p.m. morrobay.org. Embarcadero Morro Bay, 714 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. 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. 805-5284880. baysidemartialarts.com. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos. HOLIDAY PARTY SPECTACULAR An end of the year celebration with improv and sketch comedy performances during the show portion of the evening, and a party afterwards. There will be dancing, music, drinks, a gift exchange, and much more Dec. 16, 6-10 p.m. my805tix.com. The Benedict, 1401 Quintana Road, Morro Bay. 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. Mondays-Saturdays, 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 the founder of Aurora Meditations & Rituals. Dec. 15, 9-10 a.m. my805tix.com/. Beach Access Parking Lot, 102 Atascadero Road, Morro Bay. SOLSTICE CELEBRATION: WINTER WELLNESS AND MINI MARKET Slow down and savor the season. Visit the cozy events gallery for restorative yoga and tea. Lauren Udsen will welcome and guide you through a 45-minute yoga class followed by 45-minute meditative tea ceremony with Jennifer de Treglode. Mini market to follow. Dec. 17, 10-11:30 a.m. $45. 805-238-0725. castorocellars.com/ events/yoga/winter-wellness-yoga-teaceremony. Castoro Cellars, 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton. 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. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. TAI CHI CHUN CERTIFICATION With the 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the year. Ongoing courses. ongoing Call for price. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. TAI CHI CHUN/ QI GONG BASICS Learn the foundation of Qi Gong, the rooting of breathing, and Shaolin Tai Chi. Tuesdays-Thursdays Call for details. 805-701-7397. charvetmartialarts. com. Grateful Body, 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. WINTER SOLSTICE RITUALS FOR RENEWAL Visit link for more info on the event. Dec. 21, 7 p.m. my805tix.com/. 9th Limb Yoga, 845 Napa Ave., Morro Bay, 415-852-1787. NORTH SLO COUNTY

33RD ANNUAL VICTORIAN TEDDY BEAR TEA Special guests include the Snow Queen and King, Santa and Mrs. Claus, elves, and others. Enjoy tea, gingerbread cookies, candy canes, and more. Dec. 16, 2-4 p.m. my805tix.com/e/ victoriantea. Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St. #200, Paso Robles.

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The 33rd annual Victorian Teddy Bear Tea will be held at Park Ballroom in Paso Robles on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. Guests will receive their own souvenir teacups to take home and can look forward to enjoying gingerbread cookies, candy canes, and other treats during the event. For tickets and more info, visit my805tix.com. Park Ballroom is located at 1232 Park St., unit 200, Paso Robles. —C.W. CHRISTMAS AT THE RANCH Features the enchanting Pacific Coast Railroad’s Jingle Bell Express. Visit Santa’s barn to sip hot chocolate and sit with Santa. Be spellbound by a magic show with Andy Morris. Through Dec. 17 my805tix.com. Santa Margarita Ranch, 9000 Yerba Buena Ave, Santa Margarita. HOLIDAY MAGIC AT THE ZOO The zookeepers have stepped in as Santa’s elves this year. Santa will be at the zoo too. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Charles Paddock Zoo, 9100 Morro Rd., Atascadero. LIVING NATIVITY Characters, animals, and music tell the amazing story of Christ’s birth, for the first time in Templeton Park. Bundle up and bring a chair. Cookies and cocoa, too. Dec. 16, 7-7:30 p.m. Free admission. 805-434-1921. fpctempleton.org. Templeton Park, 550 Crocker St., Templeton. MAKERS MARKETPLACE Vendors will be on the patio and in the mercantile. Limited spaces available for vendors that have been approved by the events manager. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. my805tix.com. Templeton Mercantile Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. 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. SANTA LUCIA ROCKHOUNDS MEETING Bring your favorite rock, gem, crystal, fossil, etc., to show the rest of the club. Third Monday of every month, 7 p.m. slrockhounds.org/. Templeton Community Center, 601 S. Main St., Templeton. 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 Robles. TOPS SUPPORT GROUP: WEIGHT LOSS AND MAINTENANCE A self-help support group focusing on weight loss and maintenance. Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. 805-242-2421. tops.org. Santa Margarita Senior Center, 2210 H St., Santa Margarita. YANG STYLE TAI CHI The course’s instructor won many Tai Chi and other internal martial arts tournaments. Both experienced martial artists and new learners are welcome to the class. Mondays, Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. $62. 805-470-3360. Colony Park Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

BEYOND MINDFULNESS Realize your potential through individualized meditation instruction with an experienced teacher via Zoom. This class is for those who wish to begin a practice or seek to deepen an existing one. Flexible days and times. Certified with IMTA. Email or text for information. MondaysSundays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sliding scale.

559-905-9274. theartofsilence.net. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. BRING A KITTEN HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS An adopt a kitten event. Hosted by Feline Network of the Central Coast. All kittens are fixed, tested, vaccinated, and microchipped. Dec. 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1 kitten for $100; 2 kittens for $150. 805-550-9064. felinenetwork. org. PetSmart, 1530 Froom Ranch Way, 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, 805-270-3346. CENTRAL COAST POLYAMORY Hosting a discussion group featuring different topics relating to ethical non-monogamy every month. Third Wednesday of every month, 6:308:30 p.m. Free. galacc.org/events/. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Celebrate Christmas with the sacraments, music, and joy. All are welcome. Whoever you are, and wherever you are on your spiritual journey, St. Stephen’s welcomes you. Dec. 24, 4-5:15 p.m. 805-543-72112. ststephensslo.org. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1344 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo. CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS Celebrate Christmas with the sacraments, music, and joy. All are welcome. Whoever you are, and wherever you are on your spiritual journey, St. Stephen’s welcomes you. Dec. 24, 11 p.m. 805-543-72112. ststephensslo.org. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1344 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo. GALA PRIDE AND DIVERSITY CENTER BOARD MEETING (VIA ZOOM) Monthly meeting of the Gala Pride and Diversity Center Board of Directors. Meets virtually via Zoom and is open to members of the public. Visit galacc.org/events to fill out the form to request meeting access. Third Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. No admission fee. galacc.org. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. HANUKKAH DOWNTOWN The menorah lighting on each of the eight nights of Hanukkah will be hosted by a different local Jewish organization, on the steps of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. Through Dec. 15, 5 p.m. 805-426-5465. jccslo.com/. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. HEALING DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP A safe place for anyone suffering from the pain of depression. We do not criticize but do share our journey, feelings, and what works for us. We can meet in person or use Zoom if needed. Mondays, 6-7 p.m. Free. 805-528-3194. Hope House Wellness Center, 1306 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo. LGBTQ+ FED THERAPIST LEAD SUPPORT GROUP (VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM) A prorecovery group offering space to those seeking CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 26

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Nature Nights Nature Nights San Luis Obispo Botanical A family-oriented immersive outdoor light, art andGarden music experience

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peer support, all stages of ED recovery. We understand recovery isn’t linear and judgment-free support is crucial. Share, listen, and be part of a community building up each other. Third Wednesday of every month, 7-8 p.m. Free. galacc.org/ events/. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION (ONLINE MEETING) Zoom series hosted by TMHA. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Transitions Mental Health Warehouse, 784 High Street, San Luis Obispo, 805270-3346. NATURE NIGHTS The SLO Botanical Garden announces its second season of Nature Nights. Visit site for more info on the event as well as tickets. Fridays, Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. through Dec. 31 $27 Adults; $17 Youth (ages 6-17); free for ages 5 and under. 805-541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo. PLUG-IN TO LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION Get inspired by local action, connect with others, and discover more ways to get involved with the SLO Climate Coalition. Attend virtually or in-person. Sustainable snacks and childcare will be provided. Third Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. sloclimatecoalition.org/events/. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo. PUPPY SOCIAL HOUR Puppies (10 weeks to 5 months old) will learn appropriate play style with other pups, acceptable manners with people, tolerance for gentle restraints, confidence with the approach of friendly strangers, and more. Saturdays, 9 a.m. and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. $25. 805-543-9316. woodshumanesociety.org/training/. Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo. Q YOUTH GROUP (VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM) This is a social support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning youth between the ages of 11-18. Each week the group explores personal, cultural, and social identity. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Free. galacc. org/events/. Online, See website, 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 Center, 6340 Squire Ct., San Luis Obispo. SLO LEZ B FRIENDS (VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM) A good core group of friends who gather to discuss topics we love/ care about from movies, outings, music, or being new to the area. We come from all walks of life and most importantly support each other. Transgender and Nonbinary folks welcome. Third Friday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. sloqueer. groups.io/g/lezbfriends. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. SLO NOONTIME TOASTMASTERS CLUB MEETINGS Want to improve speaking and leadership skills in a supportive and positive environment? During COVID, we are meeting virtually. Contact us to get a meeting link for info. Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. Free. slonoontime.toastmastersclubs.org. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. SLO RETIRED ACTIVE MEN MONTHLY GET-TOGETHERS SLO RAMs is a group of retirees that get together just for the fun, fellowship, and to enjoy programs which enhance the enjoyment, dignity, and independence of retirement. Third Tuesday of every month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $31 luncheon. retiredactivemen.org/. Madonna Inn Garden Room, 100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo. SLO RETIRED ACTIVE MEN: WEEKLY COFFEE MEETING SLO RAMs is a group or retirees that get together just for the fun, fellowship, and to enjoy programs which enhance the enjoyment, dignity, and independence of retirement. Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. through Nov.

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BEGINNER GROUP SURF LESSONS AND SURF CAMPS Lessons and camp packages available daily. All equipment included. ongoing Starts at $70. 805835-7873. sandbarsurf.com/. Sandbar Surf School Meetup Spot, 110 Park Ave., Pismo Beach. MEET AND GREET WITH SANTA Join the Grover Beach Library and Exploration Discovery Center for a visit with Santa. Children’s books will be given away to attendees while supplies last. Day-pass and membership rates apply. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-noon Free to attend. 805-481-4131. GroverBeachLibrary.org. Exploration Discovery Center, 867 Ramona Ave., Grover Beach. ONCE UPON A CLIFFSMAS A free familyfriendly Cliffsmas Extravaganza with everyone’s favorite snow sisters. There

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SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HOLIDAY LIGHTS FESTIVAL: AN ENCHANTED WINTER WONDERLAND Embark on a breathtaking journey through a world filled with twinkling lights, festive decorations, falling snow, live reindeer, Santa’s corner, and holiday cheer. An immersive experience you’ll remember for a lifetime. Dec. 15, 5-8:30 p.m., Dec. 16, 5-8:30 p.m. and Dec. 17, 5-8:30 p.m. $10-$25. syvholidaylights.com. River View Park, 151 Sycamore Dr., Buellton. SANTA’S VILLAGE Open every Saturday leading up to Christmas Day. Come on out to Solvang Park to meet Mr. Claus with Christmas lists at the ready. Pictures with Santa are free to all. Dec. 16, 12-4 p.m. and Dec. 23, 12-4 p.m. solvangusa. com. Solvang Park, Mission Dr. and First St., Solvang. SOLVANG CANDLELIGHT TOURS Traverse the streets of Solvang, while singing carols and learning about some Danish traditions along with Solvang history. Led by a costumed guide, all tour participants will receive an LED candle to hold during the tour. Dec. 15, 5 p.m., Dec. 16, 5 p.m. and Through Dec. 23, 5 p.m. solvangusa.com. Solvang Park, Mission Dr. and First St., Solvang.

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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, 805400-4542. HAVE A GLASS OF CHEER WITH A TRIO OF PINOT NOIRS For any and all of your Holiday festivities, enjoy a glass at Windward Vineyard during the Pinot-Trio Sale. Discounts on every purchase of three bottles of award-winning pinot noir. Through Dec. 24, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-239-2565. windwardvineyard.com. Windward Vineyard, 1380 Live Oak Rd., Paso Robles. HOLIDAY SIP N’ SKETCH Enjoy a holly jolly holiday-inspired Sip n’ Sketch. Bring your own supplies or borrow some at the venue and sketch or paint alongside Studios artists while sipping wine selected from a library collection. Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m. $20. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark.org/events/decembersip-n-sketch/. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles. 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. 805-4606042. 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. SAN LUIS OBISPO

DOWNTOWN SLO FARMERS MARKET Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. Downtown SLO, Multiple locations, San Luis Obispo. HEAD GAMES TRIVIA NIGHT Live multimedia trivia every Wednesday. Free to play. Win prizes. Teams up to six players. Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. headgamestrivia.com. Antigua Brewing, 1009 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805-242-1167. 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. |2 and Search Highlight|PROJECT HOPE AND FAIRNESS FUNDRAISER Enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate with Tom Neuhaus (founder) and support the cocoa farmers who bring us this treat. Just mention “Project Hope and Fairness” to help us help these West African farmers’ lives and communities. Beer, wine, and any purchase will assist. Dec. 15, 4-6 p.m. Free; any purchase contributes 50 percent to cause. projecthopeandfairness.org. House of Bread, 1025 Farmhouse Lane, San Luis Obispo, 805-801-4853. 28 • New Times • December 14 - December 21, 2023 • www.newtimesslo.com

DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 24, 2023 QUEER TRIVIA Sip some cider, test your LGBTQ trivia knowledge, and learn new fun facts. Topic themes and hosts rotate each week. Prizes for winners. BYO food. Third Friday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-292-1500. Two Broads Ciderworks, 3427 Roberto Ct., suite 130, San Luis Obispo, twobroadscider.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. WEDNESDAY NIGHT PUB TRIVIA Bring your thinking cap as questions vary from pop culture, geography, to sports. There is a little for everyone. Prizes for the winning teams. Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-439-2529. Oak and Otter Brewing, 181 Tank Farm Road, suite 110, San Luis Obispo. WEDNESDAY PUB TRIVIA Bring your thinking caps as questions vary from pop culture, geography, to sports. There is a little for everyone. Prizes for the winning teams. Trivia provided by Geeks Who Drink. Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805439-2529. Oak and Otter Brewing, 181 Tank Farm Road, suite 110, San Luis Obispo. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER Marisol Restaurant hosts a special Christmas Eve Dinner, famous and legendary with locals and visitors. Savor your favorites from the specially crafted Christmas Eve menu that will ignite the holiday cheer in every bite, according to the venue. Dec. 24, 1-8 p.m. $85 per person. 805-556-3316. cliffshotelandspa.com. The Cliffs Hotel and Spa, 2757 Shell Beach Rd, Pismo Beach. SANTA’S PALO MESA PIZZA PARTY Join Santa Claus at the Historical Society’s Heritage Gardens in Arroyo Grande, and enjoy delicious, award-winning pizza generously provided by Palo Mesa Pizza. Dec. 16, 12:15 p.m. my805tix.com. Heritage House and Gardens, 126 S. Mason, Arroyo Grande.

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EASTON EVERETT Guitar-woven indie music that is in distinctive stylistic shapes outside the pop main stream and is easy to listen to, but also surprises. Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m. Free. eastoneverett. com/. Kickers, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, 805-225-1769. IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON Presented by the Cambria Community Chorale. Dec. 17, 4 p.m. my805tix.com. Cambria Community Presbyterian Church, 2250 Yorkshire Drive, Cambria. 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. MORRO BAY WHITE CAPS COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT Under the direction of conductor Brenda Hascall, experience the joy of the season with our local community band’s enchanting holiday concert. Join as the Morro Bay White Caps perform festive tunes and heartwarming melodies – a musical celebration for all. Dec. 16, 2:30-5 p.m. Free; donations accepted. 805-459-9543. morrobaywhitecaps.com/. Morro Bay Main Street Farmers Market, Main Street and Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. TIMELESS HOLIDAYS Central Coast Harmony, a member of Sweet Adelines International, invites the public to its holiday concert. There will be music, fun,

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CHRIS SHIFLETT WITH TOM CURREN For more than 25 years, Chris Shiflett has blurred the lines between genre and generation, balancing his full-band projects with a thriving solo career. Dec. 20, 7 p.m. my805tix.com/. Templeton Mercantile Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. 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. KELLYTOWN: CHRISTMAS IN KILLARNEY Live music from Kellytown, a local band with an Irish twist. Enjoy fiddle tunes, rocking Irish pub songs, polkas, roots and Cajun too. Come along and sing along. Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m. No cover charge. wearekellytown.com. Bristols Cider House, 3220 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 805-400-5293. MATT CROSS LIVE All ages welcome. Dec. 14, 6-9 p.m. Free entry. my805tix. com/. Templeton Mercantile Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. MICHAEL RAY PETERS Grab a drink and a bite to eat at this new Honky Tonk Bar in Templeton. Dec. 22, 7-10 p.m. Free. my805tix.com/. Templeton Mercantile Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. PODRIDAS WITH ALEX VILE All ages welcome. Dec. 21, 7 p.m. my805tix.com/. Templeton Mercantile Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. 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. A VERY MERRY MONTE MILLS HOLIDAY COCKTAIL PARTY An all ages show. Wear your favorite Christmas sweaters or your fancy holiday wears. Dec. 15, 7-10 p.m. my805tix.com. Templeton Mercantile Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. SAN LUIS OBISPO

ALL AGES OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. Liquid Gravity, 675 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo. CAROLS AT CHRISTMAS Sing Christmas Carols at the top of your lungs. A halfhour of joyous caroling takes place just before Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. All are welcome, whoever you are, and wherever you are on your spiritual journey. Dec. 24, 10:30-11 p.m. 805-54372112. ststephensslo.org. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1344 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo. MUSIC continued page 29

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CENTRAL COAST YOUTH CHORUS PRESENTS AN OLDFASHIONED HOLIDAY enjoy performances by Cadenza Choir, Cadence Choir, and Brio Choir at the beautiful and historic First Presbyterian Church in downtown SLO. Dec. 16, 3-5 p.m. my805tix.com. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-5451. CHRISTMAS JAZZ VESPERS WITH THE DAVE BECKER QUINTET The First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo is pleased to present their seventh annual Christmas Jazz Vespers, featuring the Dave Becker Quintet. All proceeds will benefit Friends of 40 Prado. Dec. 17, 7-9 p.m. my805tix.com/. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-5451.

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CUESTA CHOIRS: HEALING HOLIDAYS CONCERT Join to relax, unwind, de-stress, and gear up for your winter holiday season. The Cuesta Chamber Singers and Voce will charm and inspire you with holiday chestnuts, soothing choral music, and peppy jazz Christmas classics. Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. General Admission: $15; Student with ID: $10. Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo. A FANCY CHRISTMAS SHOW A holiday songscape where attendees can spend time together, and enjoy a stellar lineup of musical acts. Dec. 17, 6 p.m. my805tix.com/. Bang the Drum Brewery, 1150 Laurel Lane, suite 130, San Luis Obispo, 805 242-8372. JAKE SHIMABURKURO: CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII Ukulele maestro Jake Shimabukuro invites you to this heartwarming holiday extravaganza. With bassist Jackson Waldhoff and singer-songwriter Justin Kawika Young, Jake transforms timeless classics into Hawaiian delights. Experience an enchanting, joyful evening. Dec. 19, 7:30-9 p.m. $34-$56. 805-756-2787. calpolyarts.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

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LIVE MUSIC AT RAGTAG WINE CO. Enjoy live music by local favorites. Wine available by the flight, glass, or bottle. Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m. Ragtag Wine Co., 779 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-439-0774, ragtagwineco.com. 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. SLO COUNTY TRUMPET ALLIANCE WINTER CONCERT The SLO County Trumpet Alliance closes out its season with a winter concert. The Fall 2023 CPAC season is sponsored by Joan G. Sargen in loving memory of Dr. Marie E. Rosenwasser. Dec. 17, 2 p.m. General Admission: $15; Student with ID: $10. Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

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SLO MASTER CHORALE: HOLIDAY FEST AND SING-ALONG Join with the SLO Master Chorale to perform the great choruses from Handel’s ever-popular masterpiece, “Messiah.” Experience the magic of the Forbes Pipe Organ, played by Cal Poly University Organist Paul Woodring. Audience members are invited to listen to the “Messiah” choruses or join in. Dec. 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $12-$28. 805-756-4849. pacslo.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo. SUNDAY MUSIC AT RAGTAG WINE CO. Enjoy live music by local favorites. Wine available by the flight, glass, or bottle. Sundays, 4-7 p.m. Ragtag Wine Co., 779 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-439-0774, ragtagwineco.com.

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JINGLE JAZZ HOLIDAY PARTY Savor a $25 festive feast, with complimentary entry for Silver members and a champagne toast for all guests. Reserve your spot now and relish tunes by the Riptide Big Band and the Jingle Belles. Dec. 17, 1-4 p.m. $25. 805-937-8402. my805tix.com. Pismo Beach Veterans Memorial Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach. KARAOKE EVERY FRIDAY Enjoy some good food and karaoke. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. 805-723-5550. The Central Grill, 545 Orchard Road, Nipomo. KARAOKE EVERY WEDNESDAY A weekly event with barbecue offerings and more. Wednesdays, 4-8 p.m. Rancho Nipomo BBQ, 108 Cuyama Ln., Nipomo, 805-925-3500. KERRY IRISH PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS AN IRISH CHRISTMAS As seen on PBS. Join an award-winning cast of Riverdance principals and World Champion Dancers in a celebration of the great traditions of Christmas in Ireland: butter-making, chasing the wren on St. Stephen’s Day, drawing down the half door, and more. Dec. 22, 7-10 p.m. $40-$59. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org/shows/an-irishchristmas-2023/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. KIP, INC. PRESENTS THE SOUND OF CHRISTMAS SINGALONG Sing your way into the season with holiday favorites. A fun-filled sing-along with orchestra and choir, and a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays with those you love. Featuring Emmy-nominated conductor Charles Fernandez, the Sound of Christmas Chamber Players and Choir, and narrator Sheelagh Cullen. Dec. 23, 2 p.m. $35-$50. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. ∆

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The Basin Street Regulars presents its 12th annual Jingle Jazz Holiday Party at the Pismo Beach Veterans Hall on Sunday, Dec. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. Tickets to this holiday event—which features live music from the Riptide Big Band and the Jingle Belles, lunch, and Champagne— are available to purchase in advance at my805tix.com. Thanks to ongoing support from the Santa Maria Valley Senior Club and the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, the Riptide Big Band has been providing live dance music at venues across Central Coast for nearly a decade, according to press materials. The ensemble will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in January. The band, based in Santa Maria and led by former music teacher Judy Lindquist, includes musicians from both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties and specializes in big band era music, soft rock from the ’60s and ’70s, the music standards of the ’30s and ’40s, and “pretty much anything written for standard big band orchestration,” according to the group’s website. The Jingle Belles, a local trio of singers, will open for the Riptide Big Band at the Jingle Jazz Holiday Party. Since 2013, the group has provided live holiday music for several local organizations over the years, including the Oceano Friends of the Airport, the Oaks at Nipomo, the San Luis Obispo Country Club, and others across the Central Coast. Requests to reserve the Jingle Belles for a holiday concert can be submitted on the band’s website. The group is open to performing at venues in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Monterey counties. Along with live music, guests of the Jingle Jazz Holiday Party can look forward to a lunch, which will include ham, turkey, scalloped potatoes, butternut squash casserole, Italian green beans, and rolls. Lunch and a complimentary glass of Champagne are both included with the price of admission, $25 Silver members of the Basin Street Regulars Hot Jazz Club can attend the party for free but are asked to RSVP with Shonda Croly at (805) 937-2419 or shamrockshonda59@gmail.com. To find out more about the 12th annual Jingle Jazz Holiday Party and other programs hosted by the Basin Street Regulars, visit pismojazz.com. The Pismo Beach Veterans Hall is located at 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach. Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional jazz, the Basin Street Regulars is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization that provides scholarships and jazz music camps to promising young musicians. Call (805) 9378402 or email pismojazz2015@ gmail.com for more details about the nonprofit. ∆ —Caleb Wiseblood

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y their early teens, Dalí, Michelangelo, and Picasso had already dipped their toes into the world of dipping paint brushes. That same world has beckoned some young local artists, who’ve started painting as early as age 6. Their work is now featured in a new showcase at the Santa Maria Town Center Located across from the second floor entrance of Macy’s, an endearing display of artworks created by young members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast is well worth the escalator ride for any mall visitor. “We have 11 clubs that participate—all the way from Paso Robles, Shandon, to Santa Maria, Guadalupe,” said Anna Libbon, vice president of Club Success with the clubs’ Mid Central Coast chapter and co-coordinator of its art exhibit. On the morning of Dec. 14, a group of appointed judges will peruse the showcase and determine which pieces will move forward to the regional round of the 2023-24 Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Arts Contest. “There’s a lot of competition,” said Libbon, who’s worked for the nonprofit for 33 years. “There’s 5,000 Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the nation, so the competition is really stiff.” A reception will be held to celebrate the winners of the Mid Central Coast chapter’s contest at the exhibit space on Dec. 14 at 5:30 p.m. The show is slated to remain up through Dec. 19. Since the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast encompasses cities in both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, the group has occasionally held two separate displays of contest participants’ artworks, one in each county. This year, all the contest’s featured artworks, created by competitors ranging from ages 6 to 15, are under one roof in Santa Maria. “The mall’s been wonderful, and throughout the years that I’ve done this they have allowed us to use a storefront at no charge,” said Libbon, whose children Send gallery, stage, are among past and cultrual festivities to participants in arts@newtimesslo.com. the art contest.

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MALL WALLS A showcase of artworks by Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mid Central Coast members, ranging from ages 6 to 15, is currently on display at the Santa Maria Town Center through Dec. 19.

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In conjunction with the 2023-24 Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Arts Contest, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast is currently hosting a kids art showcase at the Santa Maria Town Center. The exhibit will be on display through Dec. 19. A reception to celebrate the Mid Central Coast chapter’s winning artists will be held on Dec. 14, at 5:30 p.m. For more info on the contest and other programs hosted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast, visit centralcoastkids.org.

“My kids are a lot older now, but when they were little, they participated,” Libbon said. “I love art, and I think it’s amazing for our youth to be able to go to the club and create art because that opportunity’s not always available to them.” With support from Boys & Girls Club staffers Jeanette Blanco and Mary Bolton, Libbon assembled the nonprofit’s latest art show from a collection of paintings, drawings, and other works created by kids during the organization’s various art programs offered throughout the year at club spaces in Santa Maria, Guadalupe, Atascadero, Paso Robles, Creston, and Shandon. Artworks on display in the mall showcase were arranged according to age level and medium. Visitors of the pop-up exhibition can look forward to viewing a colorful assortment of pieces created with watercolor, pastel, and other approaches. Libbon’s personal favorite medium in the show is monochromatic drawing. Pieces by young artists in the exhibit who took this single-color route were brought to life by pencil, charcoal, or ink. While the show features different sections based on the media, the contest’s participants weren’t limited to basing their works on specific themes or adhering to similar conceptual constraints, Libbon said. Subjects in the exhibit range from landscapes of abstract, otherworldly settings to down-to-earth portraits of wildlife. “They can create anything they want,” Libbon said. “We want them to just use their own imagination and be creative.”

WATERCOLOR FOR ELEPHANTS One of the featured watercolor pieces in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast kids art exhibit in Santa Maria was created by Keaton, age 6, at the nonprofit’s Atascadero site on Olmeda Avenue.

Unlike many other art showcases in cities along the Central Coast and elsewhere, there won’t be a price tag attached to any of the pieces featured in the Boys & Girls Club of Mid Central Coast display. “The kids want their artwork back,” Libbon said, explaining that nothing in the show is for sale. “Even the ones we send to nationals that compete, we get those back so we can give them back to the children.” Δ Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood would pay through the nose for the whole lot. Outbid him at cwiseblood@newtimesslo.com.

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hris Shiflett is a musical chameleon. Named “Americana’s biggest rockstar” by Rolling Stone, he cut his teeth in punk acts like No Use For A Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, but he also joined Foo Fighters as guitarist in 1999 after the release of their third album. At first, he was their touring guitarist, but he worked his way to full-time status and has been with the band ever since. This Wednesday, Dec. 20, Shiflett plays a Numbskull and Good Medicine show at Club Car Bar (7 p.m.; all ages; $20 at goodmedicinepresents.com), touring in support of his 2023 solo album, Lost at Sea, which press materials say “builds a bridge between Nashville—where Shiflett has become a frequent visitor, performing on the Grand Ole Opry one minute and collaborating with Music City tastemakers like The Cadillac Three frontman Jaren Johnston and legendary producer Dave Cobb the next—and his native [Santa Barbara] California. “Caught halfway between the honkytonk saloon and the punk rock dive bar, Lost at Sea is both eclectic and electric, making room for alt-country crunch, guitardriven grit, and sharp songwriting,” his bio continues. “Tying that mix together is Shiflett himself, a musical Renaissance Man whose influences are every bit as wide-ranging as his résumé.” Fellow Santa Barbara resident and threetime world champion surfer Tom Curren will open the show. Margaritas Podridas with Alex Vile plays a Numbskull and Good Medicine show on Thursday, Dec. 21, at Club Car Bar (7 p.m.; all ages; $13 at goodmedicinepresents.com). Margaritas Podridas lists influences such as alternative rock, shoegaze, and punk.

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with opener Hellsgate (7 p.m.; 21-andolder; $18 at tixr.com). “The search for the right band name was kind of easy,” Burning Witches’ bio reads, “because if four crazy girls burn hard for heavy metal, they can only call themselves Burning Witches.” Get ready for Merry Shucking Xmas with the Mother Corn Shuckers and The False Bottom Band on Friday, Dec. 15 (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $12 at tixr.com). The Shuckers are a seven-piece Americana, bluegrass, country jam band that calls their original music “BeerGrass.” False Bottom is a sevenpiece old timey folk and bluegrass band out of Half Moon Bay. On Saturday, Dec. 16, English psychobilly heroes The Meteors play The Siren on their 45th anniversary tour (7:30 p.m.; 21-andolder; $18 tixr.com). They formed in London in 1980 and are often credited with creating the subgenre’s sound across the pond (The Cramps are the true progenitors in the U.S.). Hayley and the Crushers open.

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of the proceeds goes to the Save the Music Foundation. Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake are X, and they’re going to play their holiday show X-Xmas Time Again on Sunday, Dec. 17 (9 p.m.; all ages; $28 to $163 at prekindle. com). Formed in 1977, X was part of LA’s first wave punk scene whose early albums are must-haves for any serious punk fan. Starting with Los Angeles LADIES ROCK Zepparella, an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute act, in 1980 and ending with plays SLO Brew Rock on Dec. 14. Hey Zeus! in 1993, they recorded seven studio $79.50 at calpolyarts.org), and it promises albums that are still considered classics, to be a hoot. Lynch, star of films such as A especially 1982’s Under the Big Black Sun. Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Paul, and The The last recording, Alphabetland (2020), 40-Year-Old-Virgin, as well as the TV series marked their first new recording in 27 years. Glee, is a seasoned musical performer. Dead Rock West will open the show. “What do you get when you mix one part cabaret, one part comedy, and one heaping Cal Poly Arts helping of Christmas kitsch?” organizers Actress and comedian Jane Lynch is asked. “A Swingin’ Little Christmas! It’s a fun bringing her “A Swingin’ Little Christmas” fresh twist on the Christmas specials of the show to Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center this Sunday, Dec. 17 (7:30 p.m.; $49.50 to STARKEY continued page 36

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’50s and ’60s when harmonies were tight and swing was the thing.” In addition to Emmy and Golden Globewinner Lynch, the program includes Kate Flannery (The Office, Dancing with the Stars), Tim Davis (Glee’s vocal arranger), and The Tony Guerrero Quintet. Jake Shimabukuro: Christmas in Hawai’i happens on Tuesday, Dec. 19 (7:30 p.m.; $34 to $56 at calpolyarts.org). The ukulele maestro invites you to this heartwarming holiday extravaganza with bassist Jackson Waldhoff and singersongwriter Justin Kawika Young. Expect timeless holiday classics turned into Hawaiian delights.

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The SLO Master Chorale presents Holiday Festival Sing-Along: Handel’s Messiah, on Saturday, Dec. 16, in the Performing Arts Center (7:30 p.m.; $12 to $28 at pacslo.org). In addition to Handel’s masterpiece, you’ll hear the Forbes Pipe Organ played by Cal Poly University organist Paul Woodring as well as traditional carols and arrangements for chorus, organ, and orchestra with a guest appearance from Los Angeles’ Westwood Brass. The Basin Street Regulars Hot Jazz Club gets into the spirit of the holiday this Sunday, Dec. 17, when they host vocal trio The Jingle Belles singing seasonal favorites as the opener to a concert by The Riptide Big Band (1 p.m.; all ages; $25 at my805tix. com). The Jingle Belles have sung and performed together since 2013, delivering beautiful singing, humor, and original musical arrangements. The Riptide Big Band is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of playing hot swinging jazz, and their goal is to “keep them dancing.” The Jazz Vespers Concerts Series at SLO’s First Presbyterian Church presents their seventh annual Christmas Jazz Vespers on Sunday, Dec. 17 (7 p.m.; all ages; $20 donation recommended, which benefits Friends of 40 Prado, a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise funds for the 40 Prado Shelter and help out those most in need of housing. Advanced tickets at my805tix.com). The jazz quintet has Dave Becker on sax, Talia Ortega on flute and vocals, Marshall Otwell on piano, Dylan Johnson on bass, and Darrell Voss on drums. The show features classic Christmas carols and seasonal music. ∆ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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Cracking the elderberry code A Santa Barbara County-based project aims to research the native plant and its local economic prospects

ith the help of nearly $5 million in federal funding, a Santa Barbara County elderberry farming experiment kicked off in November, aiming to make the locally grown medicinal plant more widely available on the West Coast. Spearheaded by the White Buffalo Land Trust, a regenerative farming-focused nonprofit founded in Summerland five years ago, the project will explore how to best propagate and cultivate blue elderberry on a handful of small Central Coast farms. On the chilly morning of Nov. 3, the sun was just starting to light up the delicate green and blush leaves of an elderberry sapling, less than 24 hours after the first plants for the project went into the earth at Jalama Canyon Ranch. The White Buffalo Land Trust bought the 1,400-acre property in April 2022, and this small elderberry planting is the trust’s inaugural farming endeavor on the property. Featuring about 100 plants, this site will serve as the entire project’s demonstration orchard, showing others how best to grow the plant. They’ll be testing seed-based saplings—like most of these initial plants—as well as vegetative cuttings of wild elderberry, like the highly productive shrub that sits in the creek bed a few yards away. “The economic lens and ecological lens hit the sweet spot on this project,” explains Ana Smith, who lives at the ranch and runs White Buffalo’s daily operations with her husband, Jesse Smith. “We already have more requests coming in to take part.” The tart, tiny fruits are loaded with illness-fighting nutrients, according to indigenous knowledge—and modern science has revealed elderberry’s effectiveness in boosting the immune system, treating skin conditions, and enhancing the biodiversity of ecosystems. The global elderberry wellness supplement market alone exceeded $1 billion in sales in 2023—the pandemic triggered a significant, sustained bump—and the sales numbers are expected to nearly triple in a decade, according to Future Market Insights. Given California’s recurrent droughts,

Jesse is particularly fired up about elderberry’s ability to survive in the driest of times. “If a grower was to implement irrigation and then found that they had to drastically reduce it, the elderberry would not die,” said Jesse. “You can’t say the same about avocado or coffee or wine grapes or a lot of other things. This is the closest crop that you’re gonna find to a weed.” Though November marked the project’s first earth-turning, the paper-pushing started a year-and-a-half earlier, when the White Buffalo team applied for a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant that focused on climate-smart commodities. Of the 140 grants eventually awarded across the country, many dealt with composting and other accepted strategies for large-scale commodities like soy, grain, dairy, and livestock. “Very few focused on perennial tree crops,” explained Jesse of their elderberry application. “We are definitely part of a distinct minority.” That’s one reason why, this past spring, the USDA’s undersecretary personally delivered the $4.6 million check to White Buffalo in a small presentation with state and regional resource managers in attendance. The local enterprise was one of only seven grantees nationwide to get such direct attention. “They were very excited about the fact that we already had partnerships and relationships in place,” said Jesse, who’s been a leader in eco-minded farming around the region since co-founding Casitas Valley Farm in 2012. In addition to the demonstration orchard at Jalama Canyon Ranch and two spots at Restoration Oaks Ranch—one in the existing blueberry field, the other on denuded land near the oak nursery—the farming partners are Orella Ranch, known for raising heritage pigs, chickens, and cattle on the Gaviota Coast; Chamberlin Ranch, which is a leader in carbon sequestration on cattle pastures in the Santa Ynez Valley; and the Santa Ynez Band of the Chumash, whose Camp 4

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IMMUNITY BOOSTER With a recent USDA-funded grant, the White Buffalo Land Trust is working with Central Coast farmers to grow blue elderberry as a economically viable, ecoconscious crop.

companies develop products and then keg/ property will house the elderberry nursery. Though those initial partners are based in can/package them. They expect to be hired Santa Barbara County, the grant’s geographic to create or just package a range of products, scope actually extends from Los Angeles to like vitamin waters, carbonated juices, and Monterey counties, so other farms may get caffeinated or alcoholic drinks from this involved down the road. The goal is for every Santa Maria space by sometime next year. initial property to plant their elderberries by When their mutual friend Jesse Smith next spring or fall, with commercial-sized explained the elderberry project to Orlando harvests starting in 2025. and Crooks, they realized it could eventually But the project is looking at more than be a part of their business model and agreed farming: “If you don’t have a place to take raw to collaborate. goods and give them a cursory processing, “I never considered native plants as stuff then you’re never gonna be able to develop you get in our supermarket,” said Orlando, a market for producers,” Jesse explained. who had gathered elderberries in junior “That was a major component of this project: college for the botany lab. “Why are we not funding the development of a regional doing that? It’s so environmentally friendly processing facility.” to use natives that it’s mind-boggling that That facility, the Jungle Beverage Company, they’re not more common.” is tucked into the back of a nondescript At the same time, they recognize the office/warehouse district just north of the hurdles to come. Santa Maria Airport. Jim Crooks was there “There are not a lot of blueprints on what that same November day trying to prepare a mostly empty, 4,500-square-foot building for to do with sorting elderberries,” said Crooks, but he’s ready to learn. “I’m all about process. an upcoming food safety inspection. I have been since the beginning. You just Crooks was a brewmaster for Firestone have to embrace it.” Walker until he left in 2022. There, he Once the destemming, sorting, and developed the Barrelworks cleaning issues are brand that thrived on managed, the possibilities using native plants, like for future products are elderberry, in sour beers. seemingly unlimited. He also made a chocolateFrozen berries could be sold orange beer, which came Send tidbits on everything to larger elderberry product from meeting Mike food and drink to outfits, for instance, or they Orlando, the marine bites@newtimesslo.com. could make a line of syrups, biologist-turned-chocolateseltzers, or even alcoholic producer who owns Twenty-Four Blackbirds in beverages at Jungle. They’ll likely do a bit of Santa Barbara. everything to start. They combined their business acumen to When it comes to big-picture potential, few create Jungle Beverage, a co-manufacturing people have thought about the commercial company, which means they help other

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EXPERIMENTAL PLANTING In November, Jalama Canyon Ranch planted several rows of blue elderberry as part of a White Buffalo Land Trust project.

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viability of blue elderberry more than Sonja Brigitte Brodt at UC Davis. As the associate director of the University of California’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, she studied blue elderberry hedgerows in Yolo and Solano counties from 2017 to 2020, confirming that the species possesses similar nutritional traits to the commercial black elderberry and could theoretically become part of that global market. Her primary concern is whether, once established, California elderberry growers would be able to get the price they need

to make a living considering the array of cheaper products on the market. “How do you explain the whole story of how it’s being grown and what the value of it is in the natural ecosystems and hopefully create a price that’s equitable on both sides?” she asked. “I’m hoping the White Buffalo Land Trust project can make some strides in how to market that.” ∆ Reach New Times contributor Matt Kettman by emailing matt@independent.com. Find the rest of the story at independent.com/ elderberry.

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November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

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FILE NO. 2023-2447 (01/01/2006) New Filing

The following person is doing business as PISMO BEACH GAS, 890 N 4th Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. GSM Business Ventures, Inc. (890 N 4th Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ GSM Business Ventures Inc., Gaurav Vasudeva, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-08-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, G. Ugaide, Deputy. Exp. 11-08-28. November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2448 (9/19/2002) New Filing

FILE NO. 2023-2472 (N/A) New Filing

The following person is doing business as BOOK & BOTTLE CRAFTS, 1955 Lyn Road Arroyo Grande, CA 93420, San Luis Obispo County. Katelyn Sweigart (1955 Lyn Road Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Webster, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-28. November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2473 (11/13/23) New Filing

The following person is doing business as VIBE RETREATS 1238 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Vibehealthlounge LLC (1238 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Vibehealthlounge LLC, Christina (Webster) Mcneal, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-14-23. 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. 1114-28.

FILE NO. 2023-2477 (N/A) New Filing

November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2478 (11/11/2023) New Filing

The following person is doing business as MIXOLOGY MAVENS, 768 Panorama Drive, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Tosha Renae Bohl-Punches (768 Panorama Drive, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tosha Renae Bohl-Punches. 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. Katz, Deputy. Exp. 11-14-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2484 (11/06/23) New Filing

The following person is doing business as AGU COFFEE, 9335 Rivera Ln, Apt D, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Vidone Coffee LLC. (9335 Rivera Ln, Apt D, Atascadero, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Vidone Coffee LLC, Davidson O Ejimole, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-15-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stilleto, Deputy. Exp. 11-15-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2496 (N/A) New Filing

The following person is doing business as LEAF ENGINEERS,1327 Archer Street, Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. PBK Architects, Inc. (11 Greenway Plaza, 22nd Floor, Houston, Texas, 77046). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ PBK Architects, Inc., Mark Madorsky, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 10-31-23. 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. 10-31-28.

The following person is doing business as OLIVEIRA PAINTING, 2040 Beach #A, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Clark Charles Dodge III (2040 Beach #A, Oceano, California 93445). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-08-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Webster, Deputy. Exp. 11-08-28.

November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023.

November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

The following person is doing business as JESSE’S EVERYTHING SERVICES, 3075 Broad Street, Unit #3, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jesse Ray Easterday (3075 Broad Street, Unit #3, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jesse Ray Easterday. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-23. 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. 11-16-28.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FILE NO. 2023-2524 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as BUENA VISTA CANINES LLC, 1870 Alrita Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Buena Vista Canines LLC. (1870 Alrita Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Buena Vista Canines LLC, Sydney McGovern, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Stiletto Exp. 11-21-28.

FILE NO. 2023-2424 (11/01/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as BRANCH STREET DELI AND PIZZERIA, 203 East Branch Street, Arroyo Grande CA, 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Spallino and Goodloe, LLC. (203 E Branch Street, Arroyo Grande CA, 93455). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Spallino and Goodloe LLC, Robert Spallino, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-06-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Webster, Deputy. Exp. 11-06-28.

FILE NO. 2023-2453 (11/08/2023) New Filing

FILE NO. 2023-2474 (05/01/2018) New Filing

The following person is doing business as NO NAME SPICE CO., 2789 Picachio Rd, Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Jairred Richard Lambert. (2789 Picachio Rd, Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jairred Richard Lambert. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-08-23. 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. 11-08-28.

The following person is doing business as LETS GET TUNED, 781 Market Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Lets Get Tuned LLC. (3413 Ocean Blvd. Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Lets Get Tuned LLC, Jonathan Micheal Nowaczyk, Manager. 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, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 11-14-28.

The following person is doing business as NAUTILUS SURF CO, 805 Old Creek, Cayucos, CA 93430 San Luis Obispo County. Chandler Augustine Richmond (777 Old Creek, Cayucos, CA 93430). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 11-1628.

November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2497 (10/01/2018) New Filing

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2499 (11/11/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as A TOUCH OF PEACE, 261 W Dana St, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Ashley Brooke Robinson (5766 Telephone Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Ashley Brooke Robinson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1623. 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. 11-16-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2500 (03/01/22) New Filing The following person is doing business as SISTER KITCHEN, 340 S. 8TH Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Jeremiah David Teniente (224 Silver Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455, Nicolas S Uecker (340 S. 8th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A General Partnership, Garrett G Doolittle, Jeremiah David Teniente. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1623. 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. 11-16-28. November 30, December 7, 14 & 21.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2501 (01/01/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE COASTAL WELLNESS CENTER, 11545 Los Osos Valley Rd., Suite C4, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Christopher Allen Canclini. (11545 Los Osos Valley Rd., Suite C4, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.). This business is conducted by An Individual, Christopher Allen Canclini. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-1623. 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. 11-16-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2505 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as CALIBER CONCRETE COATING, 1680 Dawn Rd, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. CC Incorporated (1680 Dawn Road, Nipomo CA, 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ CC Incorporated, Chris Jensen, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-17-23. 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. 11-17-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2508 (10/25/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as SIMPLY POSH 185 Brisco Rd, Unit F, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Cuesta Investments, Inc. (185 Brisco Rd, Unit F, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual, Misti Deanne Wiley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-17-23. 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. 11-17-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FILE NO. 2023-2515 (11/20/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as GUADALAJARA MARKET #2, 601 South 13th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Abdo F A Moosa, (915 Printz Road Arroyo Grande, CA, 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Abdo F A Moosa. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-23. 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. 11-20-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2516 (11/01/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as CCDPA, VINEYARD DOG PARK, SLO-4-PUPS, HEILMAN DOG PARK, CAYUCOS DOG PARK, CAMBRIA DOG PARK, FRIENDS OF SLO CITY DOGPARKS, ELM STREET DOG PARK, MORRO BAY PUPS, SHERWOOD DOG PARK, 1810 Pereira Dr, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Dog Park Alliance (1810 Pereira Dr, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Central Coast Dog Park Alliance, Larry Miller, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-23. 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. 11-20-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FILE NO. 2023-2511 (11/17/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as CHADEYEAM PHOTOGRAPHY, 4805 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Progressive Products Group, Inc. (4805 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Progressive Products Group, Inc, Daymon Chad Merrill, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-17-23. 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, Deputy. Exp. 11-17-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the County Clerk-Recorder, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, before 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2024 (“Bid Deadline”), for the following public works project: LOS BERROS ROAD LEFT TURN AT DALE AVENUE CONTRACT NO. 300384 Bids will be opened and declared by the County Clerk-Recorder at 3:15 p.m. on the bid opening date at a public meeting at 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Any bid received at the office of the County Clerk-Recorder of the County of San Luis Obispo at or after 3:00 p.m. on the date specified above will not be accepted and will be returned to the bidder unopened. A bid received one second after 3:00 p.m. (i.e., after 3:00:00 p.m.) shall not be considered. Bids are required for the entire work described in the Contract Documents. The Bid package (also referred to herein as the “Contract Documents”) are posted on the County’s Purchasing website: http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/GS/Purchasing/Current_Formal_Bids_and_Proposals.html Any changes, additions, or deletions to these Contract Documents will be in the form of written addenda issued by the County. Any addenda will be posted on the website. Prospective bidders must check the website for addenda or other relevant new information at up to 5:00 p.m. the day before the prescribed date/time for submittal of bids. The County is not responsible for the failure of any prospective bidder to receive such addenda. All addenda so issued shall become a part of this Bid. All bidders are required to acknowledge and confirm receipt of every addendum in their bid proposal. All bidder Requests for Information must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m., 5 business days prior to the bid opening date. Requests submitted after said date may not be considered. All questions pertaining to the content of this invitation to Bid must be made in writing through the Purchasing website. Questions and responses will be posted on the Purchasing website and can be viewed by accessing the Invitation to Bid located at the Purchasing website. The identity of the entity submitting the question will not be posted. The County reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of comments / questions that will be posted on the website. The bidder must have either a Class A license or a combination of Class C licenses that make up a majority of the work at the time the Contract is awarded (Public Contract Code section 3300). When the bidder holds a combination of Class C licenses, all work to be performed outside of the bidder’s license specialties, except work that is incidental or supplemental to the licenses of the bidder, shall be performed by licensed Subcontractors in compliance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code). Pursuant to Labor Code section 1771.1: • A Contractor or Subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in the Bid Proposal, subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 4104, or engage in the performance of this public works project, unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations and qualified to perform work pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered Contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Business and Professions Code section 7029.1, Public Contract Code section 10164, or Public Contract Code section 20103.5, provided the Contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. • This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The County of San Luis Obispo, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. There is no project-specific DBE goal requirement. Bids must be submitted under sealed cover plainly marked as a bid and identified with the project number, the date and time for receipt of sealed bids, and the name of the bidder. Bids must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier’s check, or a bidder’s bond in favor of the County in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted total Bid. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by County to ensure performance under the Contract or, in the alternative, request the County to make payment of retention to an escrow agent. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the County with payment and performance bonds, with each issued by a California admitted surety insurer equal to 100% of the Contract Price. Pursuant to Labor Code section 1770 et seq., the Contractor and all Subcontractors shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations and comply with all applicable Labor Code provisions, which include, but are not limited to the employment of apprentices, the hours of labor, and the debarment of Contractors and Subcontractors. The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates. Copies are available at the DIR website, http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. Executive Order N-6-22 – Russia Sanctions On March 4, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-6-22 (the EO) regarding Economic Sanctions against Russia and Russian entities and individuals. “Economic Sanctions” refers to sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as any sanctions imposed under state law. Should the State or County determine Contractor is a target of Economic Sanctions or is conducting prohibited transactions with sanctioned individuals or entities, that shall be grounds for termination of this agreement. The County shall provide Contractor advance written notice of such termination, allowing Contractor at least 30 calendar days to provide a written response. Termination shall be at the sole discretion of the County. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo in their action on the 8th day of August 2023. END OF NOTICE TO BIDDERS December 14, 2023

LEGAL NOTICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2517 (10/23/23 New Filing The following person is doing business as HENRY’S FAST N EASY PAINTING, 281 N. Las Flores, Nipomo, CA 93444, San Luis Obispo County. Henry C. Carrasco (281 N. Las Flores, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Henry C. Carrasco . This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-23. 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. 1120-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2523 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as MGR PRIVATE CAPITAL & REAL ESTATE, MGR FINANCIAL, 864 Osos Street, Suite A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Angela M Johnston (11810 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Angela M Johnston. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2519 (11/14/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as DARK RIDE MEDIA, 540 Sims Avenue #111, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Mark Steven Onspaugh (540 Sims Avenue #111, Paso Robles, CA 93446),Tobey Crockett (540 Sims Avenue #111, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Mark Steven Onspaugh. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-2023. 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. 11-20-28. November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023

FILE NO. 2023-2525 (10/25/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as PRESCIENT PARTNERS CONSULTING, 1528 ETO Circle, San Luis Obispo CA, 93405. San Luis Obispo County. John Cannon Mallon (1528 ETO Circle, San Luis Obispo CA, 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ John Cannon Mallon. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stiletto, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2520 (11/20/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as MY LITTLE SONFLOWER BOUTIQUE, 1602 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Andrea Del Real (1602 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Andrea Del Real . This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 11-20-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2521 (02/01/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as A&T’S CLOSET, 2660 Brentwood Circle, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Jessica Danielle Lowery (2660 Brentwood Circle, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jessica Danielle Lowery. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-23. 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. 11-21-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FILE NO. 2023-2529 (11/22/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as LUCID SKIES, 640 Dolliver St, Ste A, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Tonya Leigh Derose (165 Park Ave, Apt C, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Tonya Leigh Derose. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-22-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Webster, Deputy. Exp. 11-22-28. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2530 (01/01/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as LAUREN OGDEN DRESSAGE, 2970 Templeton Rd, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Veritas Equestrian (2970 Templeton Rd, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Veritas Equestrian, Lauren Ogden, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-22-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 11-22-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS Application to make minor changes to the property at the address listed below has been received by the City. 1.

857 Monterey St. DIR-0560-2022; Review of an Outdoor Dining Permit for a parklet and tables and chairs to allow dining areas in the public right-of-way. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); C-D-H Zone; Finney’s Crafthouse, applicant. (Hannah Hanh)

The Community Development Director will either approve or deny this application no sooner than January 22, 2024. The Director’s decision may be appealed, and must be filed with the appropriate appeal fee within 10 days of the Director’s action. For more information, contact the City of San Luis Obispo Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, stop by Monday and Wednesday between 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday between 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., or call (805) 781-7170, weekdays, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. December 14, 2023

LEGAL NOTICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2531 (01/01/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as TIM FORSTER EQUESTRIAN, 2970 Templeton Road, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Veritas Equestrian (2970 Templeton Road, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Veritas Equestrian, Timothy Forster, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-22-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 11-22-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2534 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as PRO SEAL, 425 S Elm St. #80, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Daniel UC (425 S Elm St. #80, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Daniel UC. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-22-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 11-22-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2545 (11/28/2023) New Filing The following person is doing business as REVIVE THEN THRIVE, 785 Quintana Rd #618, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Revive Then Thrive Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc. (785 Quintana Rd #618, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Revive Then Thrive Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc., Hallelujah A Adams, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-28-23. 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. 11-28-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2547 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as PLATYPUS CAFE, 1901 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Skippers Brew Coffee House LLC. (1242 Monterey St, Suite 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Skippers Brew Coffee House LLC, Karen Pike, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 11-28-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 11-28-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2538 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as AVIARY LAB, 1100 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jennifer B Lanier (3007 Arezzo Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jennifer B Lanier. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-23. 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. 11-27-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FILE NO. 2023-2548 (11/28/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as BE ATTUNED, INARA SOPHIA, 636 Avocet Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Karen Hatmaker (636 Avocet Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Karen Hatmaker. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-28-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 11-28-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2540 (11/27/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as HICKS PENSION SERVICES, 555 Chorro St, Ste C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 . San Luis Obispo County. 401K Services Inc. (555 Chorro St, Ste C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A Corporation /s/ 401K Services, Inc., Michael Hicks, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11/27/23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, O. Palma, Deputy. Exp. 11-27-28. December 14, 21 & 28, 2023 and January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2544 (12/27/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as GABBY RIVERA COACHING, 1694 Newport Ave, Grover Beach, CA 93443. San Luis Obispo County. Gabrielle Paulette Rivera (1694 Newport Ave, Grover Beach, CA 93443). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gabrielle Paulette Rivera. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 11-27-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FILE NO. 2023-2562 (11/30/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as TORRESFAMILY SERVICES, 6180 Ontario Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, Lamberto Torres Duarte (6180 Ontario Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jennifer B Lanier. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-30-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 11-30-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2564 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as CAL POLY PARTNERS, 1 Grand Avenue, Bldg 15, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. San Luis Obispo County. Cal Poly Corporation (1 Grand Avenue, Bldg 15, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Cal Poly Corporation, Cody Vandorn, Chief Executive Officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-01-23. 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. 12-01-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2571 (12/01/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as OPTIMISTA COFFEE 22117 I Street, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Kyle Justin Coots. (22117 I Street, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual, Kyle Justin Coots. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-01-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 12-01-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2575 (12/04/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as CAFE DEVILLE, 133 S Thompson Ave, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Debilz & Family (120 Hazel Lane, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Debliz & Family, Ben Debilzan, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-23. 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. 12-04-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2578 (12/04/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as LILY’S NAILS AND SPA 805, 148 Niblick Rd. Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Den Thi Nguyen. (637 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual, Den Thi Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-4-23. 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. 12-4-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2579 (12/04/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as SAN LUIS OBISPO REALTY AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 1601 Osos Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Shannon Blaney (857 Escuela Ct, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405), Gary Toll (198 El Portal, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A General Partnership, Shannon Blaney. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-23. 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. 12-04-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2582 (12/05/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as FRIDA’S MEXICAN DELI, 869 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Alma Yadira Pineda. (1431 6th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual, Alma Yadira Pineda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-5-23. 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. 12-5-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2598 (6/6/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as CENTRAL COAST MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION, 208 Cook Ct, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Trail Riders Association. (208 Cook Ct, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Central Coast Trail Riders Association, Hadley Osran, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-06-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stilleto, Deputy. Exp. 12-06-28. December 14, 21 & 28, 2023 & January 4, 2004.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2604 (11/01/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as JENNY MARA STUDIO, 30 Chuparrosa Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Jennifer Mara Karp. (30 Chuparrosa Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual, Jennifer Mara Karp. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-6-23. 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. 12-6-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2607 (10/25/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as CENTRAL COAST GROUP, 1016 Trail View Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Group, LLC. (1016 Trail View Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ . Central Coast Group, LLC, Terese Toomey, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-07-23. 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. 1207-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2611 (11/30/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as EVERYLYGROVE HOSPITALITY, 1232 Park St, Ste. 200, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Chateau Hospitality LLC (1232 Park St, Ste. 200, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Chateau Hospitality LLC., Aaron Graves, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Luis Obispo on 11-07-23. 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. 12-07-28. December 14, 21 & 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-2612 (12/06/23) New Filing The following person is doing business as MIXED BAG SALES & MARKETING, MIXED BAG FISHING, 1345 Banneker Place, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Ernesto Andres Marlan. (1345 Banneker Place, Nipomo, CA 93444.). This business is conducted by An Individual, Ernesto Andres Marlan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-07-23. 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, Deputy. Exp. 12-07-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2023-4275 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as HOTWORX, 790 E Foothill Blvd, Ste 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 . San Luis Obispo County. KTR Fitness Inc (4384 E Ashlan Ave, Ste 107, Fresno, CA 93726). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ KTR Fitness Inc, Ryan Bray, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-14-23. 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. 11-14-28. December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-2526 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as PASO PEDIATRIC DENTAL AND ORTHODONTICS, 106 Gateway Center Drive, Suite D, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Vikram R. Tiku, DDS, Inc. (3221 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Vikram R. Tiku, DDS, Inc., Vikram R. Tiku, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Stilleto, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-28. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (SECS. 6104, 6105 U.C.C.)

Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The names and business addresses of the seller are: William McElroy and Pam McElroy 701 W. Grand Ave Grover Beach, CA 93433 The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: (If “same as above”, so state.) same as above As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three (3) years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: (If “none”, so state.) The names and addresses of the buyer are: Maria Blanca Pena 1836 Rosita Ave Santa Maria, CA 93458 The assets to be sold are described in general as: All stock in trade, fixtures, equipment and goodwill and are located at: 701 W Grand Ave, Grover Beach, CA 93433 The business name used by the seller at that location is: Garland’s Hamburgers The anticipated date of the bulk sale is January 3, 2024 at the office of Ticor Title Company, 10000 Stockdale Hwy, Suite 101, Bakersfield, CA 93311

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CARL WEBER aka CARL EUGENE WEBER aka CARL E. WEBER DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 23PR-0336 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CARL WEBER aka CARL EUGENE WEBER aka CARL E. WEBER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID JOHN BLACK In the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID JOHN BLACK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 16, 2024, at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 4 in person at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Law Offices of Johnson, Murphy, & Jones PO Box 3 Grover Beach, CA 93483 805-489-4111 December 7, 14, & 21, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

APN/Parcel ID(s): Garland’s Hamburgers This bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is Julia Factor, Ticor Title Company, 10000 Stockdale Hwy, Suite 101, Bakersfield, CA 93311 and the last date for filing claims shall be January 2. 2024 which is the business day before the sale date specified above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this document on the date(s) set forth below. /s/ Maria Blanca Pena Date: 12/07/2023

NEW FILE NO. 2023-2416 OLD FILE NO. 2018-2901

BIVIN ADVISORS, 1640 Leah Way, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 12/31/18. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Josh Bivin (1640 Leah Way, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business was conducted by An Individual, Josh Bivin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-02-23. 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. Stiletto, Deputy Clerk. December 14, 21, 28 2023 & January 4, 2024.

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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CAROLAYNE HOLLEY DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 23PR-0338

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JONATHAN CASTLE DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 23PR-0333

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CAROLAYNE HOLLEY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TONDA HOLLEY DELAHOUSSAYE In the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TONDA HOLLEY DELAHOUSSAYE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 16, 2024, at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 4 in person at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JONATHAN CASTLE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANIEL HOISMAN In the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DANIEL HOISMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 9, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 in person or via ZOOM at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SUSAN KAYE LEAVENWORTH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KAYLA LEAVENWORTH In the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KAYLA LEAVENWORTH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 9, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 in person at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Edward E. Attala 1502 Higuera Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-543-1212 December 14, 21, & 28, 2023

Attorney for Petitioner: Martha B. Spalding, Attorney at Law 215 South Main Street Templeton, CA 93465 805-434-2138 December 7, 14, & 21, 2023

Attorney for Petitioner: Guy W. Murray 255 N. Wilson St. (Mail: P.O. Box 180) Nipomo, CA 93444-0180 805-929-7150 December 14, 21, & 28, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NEW FILE NO. 2023-2554 OLD FILE NO. 2021-0367

Cambria Physical Therapy, 900 Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 02/11/21. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Cambria Community Rehabilitation, Inc. (1266 Tamson, Cambria, CA 93428). This business was conducted by A Corporation /s/ Glenn Robert Baldwin, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-29-2023. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By M. Katz, Deputy Clerk. December 7,14, 21 & 28, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NEW FILE NO. 2023-2583 OLD FILE NO. 2023-2109

FRIDA’S MEXICAN DELI, 859 Main St, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 09/11/23. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Ivet Brito (680 Ventana Del Robles Ln, Templeton, CA 93465), Alma Yadira Pineda (1431 6th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. This business was conducted by A General Partnership /s/Alma Yadira Pineda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-05-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By A.Trujillo, Deputy Clerk. December 14, 21 & 28, 2023 and January 4, 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SUSAN KAYE LEAVENWORTH DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 23PR-0335

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NEW FILE NO. 2023-2539 OLD FILE NO. 2020-2368

HICKS PENSION SERVICES, 555 Chorro St, Ste C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 11/25/2020. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Hicks Pension Services (555 Chorro St, Ste C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business was conducted by A Corporation, Qualified Services, Inc., Michael Hicks, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-23. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk. By O. Palma, Deputy Clerk. December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0653

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Kelly Elizabeth Stenger filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Kelly Elizabeth Stenger, to PROPOSED NAME: Maven Elizabeth Galbraith. 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: January 18, 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: November 20, 2023 /s/: Craig B. Van Rooyen, Judge of the Superior Court December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0669

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Kimberly Dawn Lancaster and Justin Eric Van Fleet filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lilith Blake Van Fleet, to PROPOSED NAME: Lilia Blake Van Fleet. 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: January 24, 2024, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. D4, 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: November 21, 2023 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NEW FILE NO. 2023-2503 OLD FILE NO. 2023-1019

Local Church, 710 Aerovista Place, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 04/21/23. The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Danielle N Borrelli (4615 San Ardo Ave, Atascadero, CA 93422), Luke A Pew (148 Rosewood Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93422). This business was conducted by An Unincorporated Association Other Than A Partnership, Daniele N Borrelli, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-16-23. 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. Stiletto, Deputy Clerk. November 30 & December 7, 14, 21, 2023.

LEGAL NOTICES

TS No: CA08001657-22-1 APN: 090-084-032 TO No: 220674154-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

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, CA08001657-22-1. 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 CA08001657-22-1 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: November 13, 2023 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA0800165722-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 711 949.252.8300 By: Bernardo Sotelo, 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 NPP0443440 To: NEW TIMES 11/30/2023, 12/07/2023, 12/14/2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CVP0386

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV0673

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Christina Kaitlyn Fuess filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Christina Kaitlyn Fuess, to PROPOSED NAME: Christina Kaitlyn Dawson. 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: January 24, 2024, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. D4, in person or by Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: November 28, 2023 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court December 14, 21, 28, 2023 & January 4, 2024.

Notice is given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the County Clerk, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408 before 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 25, 2024 (“Bid Deadline”), for the following public works project: EL CAMINO REAL BRIDGE OVER SANTA MARGARITA CREEK SANTA MARGARITA, CA CONTRACT NO. 300439 FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. BRLS-5949(131)

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Leah Ballestero-Nason filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Aiyana Aziza Juanita Irene Young, to PROPOSED NAME: Aiyana Aziza Juanita Irene Ballestero-Nason. 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: January 31, 2024, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2, in person or by Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: December 1, 2023 /s/: Michael C. Kelley, Judge of the Superior Court December 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV-0625

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Brittany Lennon Bovee Schwartz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME Brittany Lennon Bovee Schwartz to PROPOSED NAME: Brittany Lennon Bovee. THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/28/23, Time: 9:00 am, D2, in person or by Zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1050 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: November 14, 2023 /s/: Rita C. Federman, Judge of the Superior Court November 23, 30 & December 7, 14, 2023.

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Bids will be opened and declared by the County Clerk at 3:15 p.m. on the bid opening date at a public meeting at 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Any bid received at the office of the County Clerk of the County of San Luis Obispo at or after 3:00 p.m. on the date specified above will not be accepted and will be returned to the bidder unopened. A bid received one second after 3:00 p.m. (i.e., after 3:00:00 p.m.) shall not be considered. Bids are required for the entire work described in the Contract Documents. The lowest bid and the DBE commitment percentage shall be based on the total bid price of the Base Bid and Additive Bid #1.

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(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 October 9, 2001. 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 January 2, 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 October 19, 2001 as Instrument No. 2001080837, and that said Deed of Trust was modified by Modification Agreement and recorded February 6, 2020 as Instrument Number 2020006081, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, executed by ANGELA QUARESMA, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, AND DEBBIE QUARESMA, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB, A FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK 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: 113 EAST BENNETT STREET, 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 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 $135,205.44 (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

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

The Bid package (also referred to herein as the “Contract Documents”) are posted on the County’s Purchasing website: http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/GS/Purchasing/Current_Formal_Bids_and_Proposals.html Any changes, additions, or deletions to these Contract Documents will be in the form of written addenda issued by the County. Any addenda will be posted on the website. Prospective bidders must check the website for addenda or other relevant new information at up to 5:00 p.m. the day before the prescribed date/time for submittal of bids. The County is not responsible for the failure of any prospective bidder to receive such addenda. All addenda so issued shall become a part of this Bid. All bidders are required to acknowledge and confirm receipt of every addendum in their bid proposal. All bidder Requests for Information must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m., 5 business days prior to the bid opening date. Requests submitted after said date may not be considered. All questions pertaining to the content of this invitation to Bid must be made in writing through the Purchasing website. Questions and responses will be posted on the Purchasing website and can be viewed by accessing the Invitation to Bid located at the Purchasing website. The identity of the entity submitting the question will not be posted. The County reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of comments / questions that will be posted on the website. The bidder must have either a Class A license or a combination of Class C licenses that make up a majority of the work at the time the Contract is awarded (Public Contract Code section 3300). When the bidder holds a combination of Class C licenses, all work to be performed outside of the bidder’s license specialties, except work that is incidental or supplemental to the licenses of the bidder, shall be performed by licensed Subcontractors in compliance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) Pursuant to Labor Code section 1771.1: • A Contractor or Subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in the Bid Proposal, subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 4104, or engage in the performance of this public works project, unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations and qualified to perform work pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered Contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Business and Professions Code section 7029.1, Public Contract Code section 10164, or Public Contract Code section 20103.5, provided the Contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. • This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Bids must be submitted under sealed cover plainly marked as a bid and identified with the project number, the date and time for receipt of sealed bids, and the name of the bidder. Bids must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier’s check, or a bidder’s bond in favor of the County in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted total Bid. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by County to ensure performance under the Contract or, in the alternative, request the County to make payment of retention to an escrow agent. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the County with payment and performance bonds, with each issued by a California admitted surety insurer equal to 100% of the Contract Price. Pursuant to Labor Code section 1770 et seq., the Contractor and all Subcontractors shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations and comply with all applicable Labor Code provisions, which include, but are not limited to the employment of apprentices, the hours of labor, and the debarment of Contractors and Subcontractors. The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates. Copies are available at the at the DIR website, http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. Notice of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Requirements Bidders must take necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that DBEs have opportunity to participate in the Contract (49 CFR 26). It is the policy of the County of San Luis Obispo to practice nondiscrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in the award or performance of this contract. The County encourages participation by all firms qualifying under this solicitation regardless of business size or ownership. The County hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any agreement entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability in consideration for an award. The contractor, subrecipient, or subcontractor shall take necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that DBEs have the opportunity to participate in this contract. The DBE goal is 20 percent. Notice of Davis-Bacon Requirements Federal funds are being used on this project, and therefore, the Davis-Bacon Act (2 CFR 200 Appendix II(D) and 29 CFR 5) applies. The Federal minimum wage rates for this project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the Appendices. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the prevailing wage rates determined to be applicable to this contract by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and Subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. Title VI Solicitation Notice The County of San Luis Obispo, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and related regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity 1. The offeror’s or bidder’s attention is called to the “Equal Opportunity Clause” and the “Standard Federal Equal Employment Specifications” set forth herein. 2. The goals and timetables for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the Contractor’s aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows: A. Goals for minority participation for each trade: 24.6% B. Goals for female participation in each trade: 6.9% These goals are applicable to all the Contractor’s construction work (whether or not it is Federal or federally assisted) performed in the covered area. If the Contractor performs construction work in a geographical area located outside of the covered area, it shall apply the goals established for such geographical area where the work is actually performed. With regard to this second area, the Contractor also is subject to the goals for both its federally involved and nonfederally involved construction. The Contractor’s compliance with the Executive Order and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4 shall be based on its implementation of the Equal Opportunity Clause, specific affirmative action obligations required by the specifications set forth in 41 CFR 60-4.3(a), and its efforts to meet the goals. The hours of minority and female employment and training must be substantially uniform throughout the length of the contract, and in each trade, and the contractor shall make a good faith effort to employ minorities and women evenly on each of its projects. The transfer of minority or female employees or trainees from Contractor to Contractor or from project to project for the sole purpose of meeting the Contractor’s goals shall be a violation of the contract, the Executive Order and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4. Compliance with the goals will be measured against the total work hours performed. 3. The Contractor shall provide written notification to the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs within 10 working days of award of any construction subcontract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The notification shall list the name, address, and telephone number of the Subcontractor; employer identification number of the Subcontractor; estimated dollar amount of the Subcontract; estimated starting and completion dates of the Subcontract; and the geographical area in which the Subcontract is to be performed. 4. As used in this Notice, and in the contract resulting from this solicitation, the “covered area” is San Luis Obispo County, California. Notice of Federal Trainee Program As part of the Contractor’s equal employment affirmative action program, the Contractor is to provide on-the-job training to develop full journeyman in types of trades or job classifications involved in the Contract. The number of trainees or apprentices is 4. Notice of Requirements of Federal Fair Labor Standards Act All contracts and subcontracts that result from this Notice to Bidders incorporate by reference the provisions of 29 CFR 201, the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), with the same force and effect as if given in full text. The FLSA sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for full and part-time workers. The Contractor has full responsibility to monitor compliance to the referenced statute or regulation. The Contractor must address any claims or disputes that arise from this requirement directly with the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division. Executive Order N-6-22 – Russia Sanctions On March 4, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-6-22 (the EO) regarding Economic Sanctions against Russia and Russian entities and individuals. “Economic Sanctions” refers to sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as any sanctions imposed under state law. Should the State or County determine Contractor is a target of Economic Sanctions or is conducting prohibited transactions with sanctioned individuals or entities, that shall be grounds for termination of this agreement. The County shall provide Contractor advance written notice of such termination, allowing Contractor at least 30 calendar days to provide a written response. Termination shall be at the sole discretion of the County. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo in their action on the 16th day of October 2018. END OF NOTICE TO BIDDERS December 14, 2023

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COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF DECEMBER 5, 2023 01. Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 1-10 & Resolution (Res) Nos. 2023-295 thru 2023-327, approved as amended. 02. Public Comment Period – Items not on the agenda: D. Howe; S. Triggs; A. Seastrand & G. Kirkland: speak. Motion to bring back discussion re: a resolution supporting Israel, failed by 2-3 vote. 03. Community Advisory Council Handbook, approved w/ direction to staff. 04. Ordinance (Ord) No. 3499, amending the Fee Schedules for Calendar Year 2024 & FY 2024-25, adopted as amended, removing Planning & Building fees w/ direction to staff. 05. Closed Session. Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure to litigation - potential cases: 4. Initiation of litigation - potential cases: 3. Pending Litigation: Existing Litigation re: D. Crowell, J. Griffin-Grisby, M. Ruiz, T. Sarabia v. Co. of SLO, et. al., SLO Co. Superior Court Case No. 21CV-0671. 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. Open Session. Report out. 06. Request by J. Quintana to amend the Oceano Community Planning Area Standards to allow a primary residential use on a 0.14-acre Commercial Retail parcel; concurrent Minor Use Permit to allow a 2-story, 4,985 sq. ft, 5-unit apt. building, on a 6,098 sq. ft parcel, approved; CEQA exemption, approved; Ordinance No. 3501, amending Title 22 add a new planning area standard to Section 22.108.050 authorizing multi-family dwellings as a primary use on the project site, approves a MUP based on findings & conditions, effective concurrently w/ the effective date of the ordinance amendment, adopted. 07. Board-identified priority projects for the Planning & Building Dept, rec’d & filed w/ direction to staff. 08. Board Member Comments & Reports on Meetings: none. 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

NOTICE OF ADOPTION AND SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE QUINCON, INC. (LRP2022-00001) On December 5, 2023, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No.3501, a request by Jose Quintana on behalf of Quincon, Inc. (LRP2022-00001), amending Title 22 of the San Luis Obispo County code to add a new planning area standard to Section 22.108.050 authorizing multi-family dwellings as a primary use on a 0.14-acre parcel in the Commercial Retail land use category at a maximum density of five multi-family units requiring compliance with the Oceano Specific Plan development design standards for Commercial Retail areas. This amendment allows the property to be developed for residential use without a commercial retail use present and at a residential density higher than the residential density that would be allowed without the amendment. The Board of Supervisors also adopted a General Rule exemption from CEQA pursuant to 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. The ordinance becomes effective January 5, 2024. The ordinance was adopted and the environmental determination certified by the following roll call to wit: AYES:

Supervisors Jimmy Paulding, Bruce Gibson, Dawn Ortiz-Legg, Debbie Arnold and Chairperson John Peschong

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTAINING: None Certified copies of the full text of the ordinance may be purchased at reproduction cost or reviewed without charge in the San Luis Obispo County Administrative Office, 1055 Monterey St., Room #D430, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, or on the County’s website at slocounty.ca.gov. DATED: December 12, 2022 REBECCA CAMPBELL, Acting County Administrative Officer & Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: /s/ Niki Martin Deputy Clerk December 14, 2023

December 14, 2023

INVITATION TO BID (SUB BIDS ONLY)

FOR THE WEEK OF DEC. 14

Free Will Astrology by Rob Brezsny Homework: My new book has inspirations and prompts akin to what you read in my horoscopes: https://bit.ly/astrologyreal ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped from enslavement on a plantation in Maryland. She could have enjoyed her new freedom in peace, but instead resolved to liberate others. During 13 bold forays into enemy territory, she rescued 70 enslaved people and ushered them to safety. She testified that she relied on her dreams and visions to help her carry out her heroic acts. They revealed to her the best escape routes to take, the best times to proceed, and information about how to avoid the fiendish “slave catchers.” In alignment with astrological omens, I invite you to be like Tubman and seek practical guidance from your dreams in the coming weeks—to solve problems or seek bliss.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Jack Nicholson has often played mavericks and anti-heroes in his movies. His life away from the silver screen has also been less than steady and predictable. For example, he has fathered six children with five different women. His fellow actor, Carrie Fisher, said Jack was “fun because he doesn’t make sense.” A person with casual knowledge of astrology might be surprised that Nicholson is a Taurus. Your tribe isn’t typically renowned for high eccentricity. But in his natal chart, Nicholson has the brash planet Uranus near his sun in Taurus, indicating he’s quirky. Aside from that, I have known plenty of Tauruses whose commitment to being uniquely themselves makes them idiosyncratic. These themes will be in play for you during the coming weeks. (PS: Taurus musician David Byrne starred in the concert film, Stop Making Sense.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The platitude says that if life gives us lemons, we should make lemonade. I’ve got a variation on this theme. Consider the Neva River in northwestern Russia. It freezes every winter. During the frigid months of 1739-40, Empress Anna Ioannovna ordered her workers to cut huge blocks of ice and use them to construct a magnificent palace on the riverbank. She filled the place with furniture and art, making it a hub of festivities celebrating Russia’s triumph over the Ottoman Empire. I bring these themes to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will have substantial redemptive power. Whether you make lemonade from lemons or a palace from a frozen river is up to you.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR:

MAINO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED

PROJECT NAME:

CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO BUILDING 25 EXTERIOR ENHANSMENTS PROJECT

PROJECT LOCATION:

BLDG. 25 - CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY, SLO, CA 93407

PROJECT OWNER:

TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

ARCHITECT:

PFEIFFER

CANCER

BID DATE & TIME:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2023@ 12:00 P.M.

PRE-BID SITE REVIEW:

N/A

ESTIMATE/BUDGET:

$1,300,000

(June 21-July 22): “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy,” wrote Cancerian author E. B. White. “If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” According to my astrological analysis, your fate in recent weeks has been more challenging than seductive. You’ve been pressed to work on dilemmas and make adjustments more than you might like. But this rhythm is about to change. Up ahead, life is seductive, welcoming, and appealing. Are you prepared to drop any unconscious attachment you have to your interesting discomfort so you can smoothly make the transition to more ease?

ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE:

4 MONTHS

START DATE:

JANUARY 22, 2024

COMPLETION:

MAY 31, 2024 (CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERTIME AND WEEKEND WORK ANTICIPATED TO MEET PROJECT SCHEDULE)

SCOPE OF WORK: Demolition, earthwork, site utilities (storm drain), trenching and backfill for electrical and data trades, painting, electrical and data, signage, exterior steel trellises, concrete flatwork, new landscaping and irrigation, storefront and doors at the first-floor breezeway. The University will be performing the following trades: Electrical and Data, Painting 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. December 14, 2023

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I want to prepare you for the delights of the coming days. I want to make sure you are fully alert for them and primed to appreciate them. So I give you the thoughts of Leo psychologist Carl Jung. “It is important to have a secret, a premonition of things unknown,” he said. “We must sense that we live in a mysterious world—that things happen and can be experienced that remain inexplicable; that not everything can be anticipated; that the unexpected and incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you taken a refreshing break lately? Maybe even a soothing sabbatical? Have you treated yourself to a respite from the gritty grind? If not, please do so soon. And while you are recharging your psychic batteries, I ask you to give

your fantasy life ample room to wander wildly and freely. In my astrological opinion, your imagination needs to be fed and fed with gourmet food for thought. For the sake of your soul’s health, I hope you dream up fantastic, unruly, even outrageous possibilities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My Uncle Ned advised me, “The best gift you can compel your ego to accept is to make it your servant instead of your master.” An early Buddhist teacher sounded a related theme when she told me, “The best things in life are most likely to come your way if you periodically shed all hope and practice being completely empty.” The girlfriend I had when I was 23 confided, “You may get more enjoyment from the witty ways I confound you if you don’t try to understand them.” I offer these three ideas to you, Libra, because you’re in a phase when the moral of your story is that there is no apparent moral to your story—at least until you surrender your notions of what the moral of your story is.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I believe you Scorpios are the zodiac sign mostly likely to benefit from being empathetic. By that I mean you have substantial power to thrive by reading other people’s moods and feelings. You are often able to figure out angles that enable you to gather what you want while helping others to gather what they want. You are potentially a genius at doing what’s best for everyone and getting paid and rewarded for it. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this knack of yours will soon be operating at peak levels.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun died more than 3,300 years ago. When his mournful entourage placed him in his tomb, the treasures they left included a pot of honey, which was meant to sweeten his travels in the afterlife. In the early 20th century, archaeologists excavated the ancient site. They dared to sample the honey, finding it as tasty and fresh as if it had just been made. Amazingly, this same longevity is a characteristic of most honey. I propose we use this as a metaphor for your life. What old resources or experiences from your past might be as pure and nurturing as they were originally? And now could they be of value now?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley writes, “Life holds its miracles, good erupting from darkness chief among them.” I predict a comparable miracle for you, Capricorn, though I suspect it will arise out of confusion or inertia rather than darkness. My advice: Don’t be so bogged down in the muddle that you miss the signs that a great awakening is nigh. Start rehearsing how you will feel when deliverance arrives.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Before he reached the height of fame as a novelist, Aquarian Charles Dickens experienced financial instability. When he was 31, the situation got desperate, and he resolved to take extreme measures. For six weeks, beginning in October 1843, he obsessively worked on writing the story A Christmas Carol. It was published on Dec. 19 and sold out in a few days. Within a year, 13 editions were released. Dicken’s economic worries were over. Dear Aquarius, I think the near future will be a favorable time for you, too, to take dramatic, focused action to fix a problem you’re having.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Many religious people believe God can hear their prayers and intervene in worldly affairs. Other religious folks think God can hear their prayers but may not intervene. Then there are the non-religious folks who don’t believe in God and think praying is useless. Wherever you might be on the spectrum, Pisces, I’m pleased to reveal that you will have extra access to support and benefaction in the coming weeks—whether that’s from God, fate, nature, or other humans. So seek out blessings and assistance with alacrity. Be receptive to all potential helpers, even unlikely ones. ∆

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