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This week cover Season of lights ..........12

news Blue bags are on clean-up duty.......8 San Luis Obispo reaches for net zero ..................................... 10

opinion Dear McConnell: You have a duty to uphold ....................15

arts POETRY: Portraits of love ...............44 STAGE: A Christmas Story .............47

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BRIGHT PARADISE The Cambria Christmas Market is full of lights: low lights, tall lights, and building-shaped lights. But you’ll have to catch it next year, as its last night was Dec. 23.

here’s Christmas cheer all over our Central Coast wonderland. From Cambria to San Luis Obispo, Nipomo, and beyond. New Times photographer Jayson Mellom hit all the bright spots that celebrate the season in December. And we’re showing off what he found for this year’s Christmas cover story [12].

This week, you can also read about a program to help residents of homeless camps clean up [8] ; SLO’s over-ambition to reach net zero [10] ; an Atascadero poet’s recently released book that resonates locally and beyond [44]; the Melodrama’s annual salute to Scrooge and Tiny Tim [47] ; and brunch at Novo [52].

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Homeless woman claims she was unjustly suspended from Prado

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homeless San Luis Obispo resident claims she was temporarily kicked out of the 40 Prado Homeless Services Center for three days and nights over a minor disagreement with a staff member. Now she’s protesting the suspension.

Mid-afternoon on Dec. 19, just hours after the alleged incident, Brenda, who requested that we omit her last name to maintain her family’s privacy, was seated outside the Downtown Transit Center in SLO wearing a shower cap and holding a neon green poster.

“Please pray for the homeless of Prado,” her sign read. “I just wanted to shower, I got upset, and even though they have film of me on my knees begging for forgiveness for not knowing my place, I will be sleeping here for three nights.”

Brenda said she’s been homeless for a few years now, and she’s been staying at Prado since about September.

She said she has her daily routine down. With several community programs in her weekly schedule, including a trauma class and a Bible group, she likes to shower and finish her chores first thing in the morning so she’s free all day.

Just after 5 a.m. on Dec. 19, Brenda said she hopped into the shower and turned the faucet only to find there was no running water. A Prado staffer told her they’d turned the water off that morning for maintenance, Brenda claims.

If Brenda had been notified prior to the water shutoff, she said she would have planned around it. It wasn’t a huge deal, but Brenda said she has mental health issues and lost her temper.

She and the staffer had a brief argument, which ended with the staff member threatening to place Brenda on a suspension.

“It’s not OK to kick someone out because they had an argument with someone,” Brenda told New Times.

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Still, she claims she apologized and begged the staffer to forgive her.

A few hours later, Brenda was served with a written notification of her three-day suspension.

According to the suspension notification, which Brenda provided to New Times, disruptive behavior or “creating a negative environment” is prohibited at Prado, and all concerns or complaints have to be processed through a conflict resolution form. Yelling at staff, the notification reads, “will not be tolerated.”

“For minor stuff you will find yourself in a creek bed,” ONE-WOMAN PROTEST Brenda, a resident of SLO experiencing homelessness, claims she was unjustly kicked out of the 40 Prado Brenda told New Times.

Homeless Services Center for three days and nights over a minor Brenda wasn’t sure where argument. she’d be sleeping during her suspension, but said she children, and seniors. Excessive shouting and hopes her one-woman protest use of profanity can be stress inducing for many will shine a light on an issue at Prado that residents of the shelter. has impacted other homeless individuals too.

“We play a very delicate dance of honoring Brenda claims to have seen people eighty-sixed where people are at,” McIntosh said, “with the over small incidents, and she said most people need to make sure this is a safe place for all.” are too afraid to speak up out of fear of being Suspensions of multiple days are only issued barred from the shelter for good. to individuals who have a history of unruly But someone has to say something, Brenda said, and “I want [everyone] to know why people behavior, according to McIntosh, and those suspensions go through a review process— are lying on the street here.” which typically includes viewing security Grace McIntosh, deputy director of CAPSLO, camera footage—before they’re made official. the organization that runs Prado, said she “We do have rules,” McIntosh told New Times. couldn’t comment on this specific incident.

“And we do have expectations that [residents] In general, McIntosh said Prado serves a number of individuals with severe mental sign on to when they come.” ∆ and physical health issues, people with young — Kasey Bubnash

Paso wants Congress to tweak rail policies

The city of Paso Robles is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration to continue increasing its safety oversight and re-evaluate existing rules.

City Councilmember Fred Strong told New Times that the city sent a letter to Sens. Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) in December asking them to support a robust Rail Title in Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act that “puts safety first and encourages a cooperative relationship between railroads and the communities in which they operate.”

Strong is a rail subcommittee co-chair for the National League of Cities’ transportation policy committee. The league is a resource and advocate for cities within the United States.

Strong said that Paso Robles is the only city within San Luis Obispo County that is a member of the organization.

He and the city want the Federal Railroad Administration to re-evaluate the flow of passenger and freight traffic, safety incidents at rail crossings, noise, and how rail transportation of hazardous materials is communicated to the

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communities it travels through.

“The state rail board knows [what hazardous materials are on freights] but not us, because they’re afraid of getting hacked and having some terrorists get ahold of that information and know what train to blow up and when,” Strong said.

He understands their fear but said local communities should know when potentially dangerous cargo is passing through. Strong and a few other locals are trained to call a hotline if there is an issue with an item on a freight train.

“They’ll tell us the exact contents of that car to us and what we have to do in order to control it. So we want that to be true across the entire United States,” he said.

Another issue the letter addresses is the length of freight trains, which continues to grow.

Some are almost 3 miles long, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. It raises concerns that trains could block traffic more often at road-crossings, impeding emergency responders and prompting unsafe pedestrian behavior.

Lastly, the city endorses a re-evaluation of the Train Horn Rule. The rule, effective in 2005, NEWS continued page 7

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Strong said in other places across the country, some freight trains sound their horns all the time, disturbing residents who live nearby.

“There is a clause in there where we would be allowed to have them change those rules so that they’d have to have a very good reason to sound that horn— an imminent danger but not to just disturbing people for the sake of blowing it every time they’re going through a crossing no matter what time of day or night,” he said.

Brittney Kohler, legislative director of transportation and infrastructure for the National League of Cities, said the organization has a long-standing interest in working with Congress and the country’s railroads to improve rail operations.

“Today, more than ever, shared issues of rail safety, efficiency, and service are coming up in conversations at city halls across America and in community conversations with Congress, who handles much of the nation’s rail policy,” Kohler said. “We believe the transportation reauthorization will be a key opportunity for Congress to catch up on modernizing their rail policies as we’ve done with so many other conversations while also improving safety and service to America’s communities and businesses.”

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SLO has a month to consider moving to by-district elections

San Luis Obispo is the latest local city facing a demand to change how it elects its City Council members.

A November demand letter submitted to the city by Santa Barbara-based attorney Robert Goodman alleges that SLO’s current “at-large” election system violates the California Voting Rights Act. In the letter, issued on behalf of client Jamie Gomez, Goodman threatens a lawsuit if the city doesn’t transition to “by-district” elections.

Dozens of California cities—including Paso Robles, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, and Santa Maria—have received similar threats and demands to adopt bydistrict models.

“Under the district election process, cities are divided into geographic districts for the purpose of electing City Council members,” a Dec. 5 city press release stated. “Candidates must live in the district in which they are seeking election, and only voters living in the district may vote for their City Council person.”

SLO’s current system—where all residents vote for their preferred City Council candidates no matter their place of residence—has the effect of diluting minority voters’ influence on City Council elections, according to Goodman’s allegations.

In SLO’s press release, the city expressed disagreement with the demand letter and said it had negotiated an extended deadline of Jan. 31, 2020, to try to agree on a path forward and avoid litigation.

Most municipalities that have faced the same legal threats—including the cities on the Central Coast—ultimately decided

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by Jayson Mellom discuss their opinions of the city’s services and resources. According to a report summarizing the results, the focus groups expressed “a general sense that the city has a need for additional funds.”

SLO hasn’t announced whether it intends to place a tax measure on the November 2020 ballot. Any sales tax measure would require a simple majority vote for approval.

Paso Robles was the last local city to seek a sales tax increase, and city voters rejected the half-percent hike in 2018.

“We’re not the only community in SLO County that’s considering the possibility,” SLO City Manager Derek Johnson said during a Dec. 3 City Council meeting.

“Every other city is looking at this, because I think we’re all struggling with how to meet the expectations of the community and maintain our quality of life and the existing resources we have today.”

—Peter Johnson

to adopt the model change. The courts have ruled against cities in the cases that wound up in litigation.

SLO hopes an alternative model, like a ranked choice election, could satisfy both parties.

A ranked choice election allows voters to vote for second-preference candidates—which then get tallied for all candidates who don’t earn an outright majority vote.

“The city intends to analyze the factual basis of the claim,” read the press release, “and pursue talks with plaintiffs about alternative paths to resolution that may achieve even greater diversity and inclusion in city elections.”

—Peter Johnson

An all-Spanish magazine is coming to SLO County

One Templeton resident and her partner are putting together the only allSpanish magazine in San Luis Obispo County, which will be available through the county and in Santa Maria starting in January 2020.

Latinos make up 23 percent of San Luis Obispo County’s population, and 18 percent of the households speak a language other than English, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The city of Santa Maria is 76 percent Latino with 64 percent of households speaking another language.

Veronica Macias moved to San Luis Obispo County 17 years ago, and her first language is Spanish. Macias said when she first moved to the area, the number of Spanish speakers was small, and it was difficult to feel like she was part of a community dominated by English speakers.

“I became very involved in the community, at the time, by attending school board meetings and advocating for parents and students that were Spanish speakers,” she said.

From that experience, Macias was advised to join Promotores Collaborative San Luis Obispo County—a communitybased model of outreach that works to eliminate the disconnect between predominately non-minority-run organizations and the underserved minority populations.

During her time in the all-volunteer program, she said she still felt like there was a gap between the Latino population and the rest of the community. Macias said she always had a dream of creating a community magazine or what she refers to as a resource for Spanish speakers.

Next month, her dream will become a reality with the magazine Somos!: La Revista que Edua, Inspira, y te Conecta.

It means “We are: The Magazine that Educates, Inspires, and Connects You.” The magazine will have articles based on interviews with local professionals and research on topics like healthy food habits, general health, mental health, business strategies, academic programs,

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Macias said she wants the magazine to be a resource for the community to feel more connected to their area and the individuals in it.

“It’s made to inspire the people that pick it up to grow personally and for some to grow professionally,” she said.

Somos! will be in business offices in San Miguel, Shandon, Paso Robles, Templeton, Cambria, Atascadero, Morro Bay, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, Santa Maria, and Guadalupe.

The magazine can also be accessed online through the publication’s website— somosrev.com—or delivered directly to a reader’s home.

—Karen Garcia

Voters support a sales tax increase in SLO, city survey says

As San Luis Obispo eyes ways to boost revenue amid costly pension obligations and a backlog of capital improvement projects, a city-sponsored survey found that most voters would support a sales tax increase if it were on a ballot.

Of 442 voters randomly selected for a phone survey that took place in September, a hefty majority—63 percent—said they would “definitely” or “probably” vote for a 1 percent increase to the current city sales tax of 7.75 percent.

Six in 10 respondents agreed there’s “some” or “great” need for additional funds to provide adequate city services and infrastructure. Voters ranked “addressing homelessness,” “protecting creeks from pollution,” and “maintaining police, fire/emergency response” as the most important services that a potential ballot measure could support.

SLO’s sales tax is currently equal to the rest of SLO County’s cities. SLO city residents passed Measure G in 2006, raising the sales tax by 0.5 percent, and they reauthorized it in 2014 for another eight years.

Along with the phone survey, the city also convened two focus groups of 18 residents to

A memorial fundraiser for a Cal Poly employee who was killed in a car accident this summer raised more than $5,200 in four days, reaching and going beyond its $5,000 goal by Dec. 20.

“Monica was so loved by so many people,” fundraising organizer Karen Smith told New Times. “We’re so very overwhelmed by the love and support and watching this grow.”

Monica Cantu died on July 15 while trying to help the victim of an accident on Highway 101 near Paso Robles. Cantu, who was a longtime senior facilities custodial manger at Cal Poly, was hit and killed by a van that lost control in debris from the earlier accident.

Smith was Cantu’s best friend for more than a decade and said that while her death came as a horrible shock, the way it happened was less surprising. Cantu, Smith said, was the kind of person who would do anything for anyone at any time.

“Everything she did was to help better somebody’s life,” Smith said. “She never put her needs first.”

After the accident, Smith knew she had to do something to keep Cantu’s spirit alive. She initially wanted to plant a grove of trees in her honor somewhere in San Luis Obispo—something natural and full of life that captured Cantu’s essence.

Eventually she landed on installing an engraved memorial bench among trees already planted on Cal Poly’s campus, where she was known and loved by so many people.

The landscaping team at Cal Poly quickly approved the project, and Smith launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to pay for the bench in mid-December. Although the fundraising goal was reached within a few days, Smith plans to leave it open to those who still want to make a donation in honor of Cantu. Any additional funds will go to the Woods Humane Society and the Marine Mammal Center in Monterey, paying homage to Cantu’s lifelong love of animals.

Now all Smith needs to do is find the perfect spot for the bench and have it installed.

“I am so happy that so many people loved Monica,” she said. “It’s just incredible.” ∆ —Kasey Bubnash

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Bagging for change The pilot of a trash cleanup program for homeless camps was a success, but implementation could prove challenging

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little less than a mile southwest of the Octagon Barn, under the South Higuera Street bridge, and tucked deep into a patch of dense vegetation running alongside San Luis Obispo Creek, sits one of SLO County’s many homeless encampments.

Tents and tarps make up most of the living spaces, which are scattered around and hidden in pockets of brush. At one creekside spot, a wheelchair holds an unattended stack of pots and pans, muddy clothes, and some luggage. Nearby, more permanent structures are built from pieces of plywood, tarp, and branches, and surrounded by a random assortment of mountain bikes, chairs, tools, and even a running generator.

It wouldn’t be an ideal place to live, but aside from the obvious damage caused by recent rains, it’s the perfect place for such an encampment. It’s out of sight, somewhat protected from the elements, and clean. But it wasn’t always this way.

Before September, nearly every corner of the camp was overflowing with trash— rotting food, discarded syringes, human waste, furniture left behind by long-gone nomads—that threatened the health of the camp’s occupants and water quality in the nearby creek.

On Sept. 29, SLO County and SLO city agencies teamed up with nonprofits to launch the Blue Bag partnership pilot effort, a four-week trash pickup program that provided camp inhabitants with the tools necessary to dispose of built-up waste. The results of the program were released in a report published on Nov. 20, and, despite a few unexpected hiccups, the effort is being lauded by community members and public officials as a creative way to help individuals experiencing homelessness.

“This is a really terrific program,” 3rd District Supervisor Adam Hill said at the Dec. 10 SLO County Board of Supervisors meeting. “I think this is a really smart and innovative program, and I plan to share it [with the Governor’s Task Force on Homelessness] as well.”

Hill’s fellow supervisors agreed, calling the program “wonderful” and praising it as both affordable and practical. Hill just had one question, which remains unanswered: “What’s next?”

SLO County’s Blue Bag pilot was a modified version of an ongoing program in Santa Clara County. During the four weeks of the program’s operation, a dumpster was installed near the Higuera bridge camp’s entrance, and volunteers, county and city staffers, and law enforcement officials distributed nearly 200 blue garbage bags and scores of sharps containers—which allow for the safe disposal of used syringes—to inhabitants of the encampment.

Residents of the camp collected and disposed of roughly 6.8 tons of trash and 1,600 syringes in four weeks, according to the Nov. 20 report.

“The trash pickup program makes a lot of sense,” according to Tim Waag, a longtime advocate for the local homeless community who helped out with the Blue Bag pilot.

Waag is familiar with about 27 of SLO County’s 258 known homeless encampments, and he said a single legal dumping site is miles away from them all. It’s illegal to dispose of trash in dumpsters outside businesses and private residences, Waag said, and individuals experiencing homelessness lack the necessary transportation to bring their trash to a faraway public site.

So trash builds up in encampments.

It stinks, attracts rodents, threatens the health of nearby residents, and has the potential to cause a variety of environmental issues. If a waterway is nearby, Waag said rain runoff into the creek could include toxins from the piles of trash, impacting those living downstream.

Trash pickup services are inexpensive and easy to coordinate, and Waag said giving homeless individuals the opportunity to clean up their own living spaces prevents the need for future mass-cleanups carried out by contracted

BEFORE Before the Blue Bag pilot launched in September, nearly every corner of the Higuera bridge homeless camp in SLO was overflowing with trash.

laborers. It improves the quality of life for encampment residents and gives them a sense of pride and achievement.

“Allowing people to pick up their trash is humanitarian,” Waag told New Times.

“It’s not enabling.”

Now, nearly two months after the program’s end, trash is piling up again at the Higuera bridge encampment.

One longtime resident of the camp, who’s living in an A-frame tent made of tarp thrown over a tree branch, says he loved the Blue Bag program. In the past, he says, residents of the camp have had to sneak across the nearby road and dispose of trash illegally at night. It’s dangerous, and he doesn’t like breaking the law, but he says they don’t have many other options.

So having the Blue Bag dumpster around was nice, and he doesn’t understand why the county can’t just leave a dumpster out here for residents like himself.

“It was awesome,” he says.

With the pilot and report completed, the Blue Bag program is in a state of limbo. Kate Ballantyne, deputy director of SLO County Public Works, helped

spearhead the project and said that while it only took about $2,000 from the Waste Management budget to fund, it also took a lot of coordination between many different agencies.

Public Works is looking for an agency that could take the lead on the project— expanding Blue Bag to other sites and to permanent implementation. Ballantyne said the program report is scheduled to be presented around the county in coming weeks.

At a Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 10, SLO County stormwater coordinator Anne Gillespie, who led the pilot project, said that while this trash cleanup strategy won’t work everywhere, it could help much of the county’s homeless population. But in order to work, it needs a leader. Gillespie said that leader hasn’t been identified yet.

“We definitely saw a lot of people who are interested in helping, who want to help, who want to volunteer,” Gillespie said. “We found less people who wanted to lead this effort.” ∆ Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash can be reached at kbubnash@newtimesslo.com.

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BY PETER JOHNSON

Road to carbon neutrality

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SLO lays out long-term path to get 70 percent of the way to its net-zero goal

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bsent more state and federal help, San Luis Obispo leaders say the city can only realistically get about 70 percent of the way to its ambitious target for carbon neutrality by 2035.

And even that 70 percent will require full-bore community effort and buy-in, city leaders said at a Dec. 3 City Council meeting.

“It’s literally going to take our entire community,” City Councilmember Aaron Gomez said.

Planting 10,000 new trees; substantially reducing car trips; streamlining bike projects; diverting organic waste from landfills; retrofitting old buildings for energy efficiency. Those are just a few of the actions that are part of the city’s recently unveiled draft plan to chase net-zero status.

Discussed at length during the City Council study session, the six-pillared plan outlines a litany of measures that together could cut citywide emissions by more than 230,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

That still leaves a 104,160 metric ton shortfall to reach net-zero by 2035.

“This gap represents emissions that could be addressed by the federal and state governments, regional agencies, and local partners,” the meeting’s staff report read. “The gap also represents the uncertainty in taking a leadership role in addressing a challenge that hasn’t been solved before. The city will need to embrace that uncertainty.”

SLO has one of the most aggressive net-zero timelines in the entire U.S. It’s 10 years faster than former Gov. Jerry Brown’s highly ambitious target of 2045 for California and 15 years faster than what other progressive cities, like San Francisco and Santa Monica, pledged.

Yet the SLO City Council is OK with shooting for the moon.

“People won’t do small things for small goals, but they will do big things for big goals,” Mayor Heidi Harmon said.

Councilmember Carlyn Christianson added that the target can serve to propel SLO to the front of the pack as global climate leaders, which will serve it well when the rest of the world starts to reckon

LEADING THE CHARGE San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon (center) and her City Council colleagues expressed unanimous support for a netzero city emissions plan unveiled on Dec. 3.

with the urgency of climate change.

“I do believe at some point in my lifetime the world and the feds, especially, are going to figure out that we have to take drastic action,” Christianson said.

“And when [they] do, not only will the city have been on the forefront, but our community will be much more prepared.

It’ll be easier then.”

Bold work ahead

Transportation is SLO’s worst emissions sector, and so it’s fittingly also the sector where the city envisions the most CO2 reductions.

Central to the net-zero plan is reducing SLO’s single-occupancy car trips to comprising half of all trips. While that’s been a goal of the city’s for several years, it’s one that’s been hard to chip away at.

As of 2017, single occupancy car trips made up two-thirds of commuter trips. “[Vehicle emissions] are a critical component; they’re also really hard to reduce,” said Chris Read, the city’s sustainability manager. “We see in California statewide, every emissions sector is going down except transportation.”

SLO wants to tackle car pollution by streamlining bike and pedestrian improvement projects, launching a bike-share program, electrifying city buses, and incentivizing electric vehicle ownership.

Some residents have asked the city to also consider the impact its tourism economy has on carbon emissions. Former SLO Mayor Peg Pinard wrote a critical letter to the City Council on Dec. 2 prior to its meeting that called tourism “the elephant in the room.”

“The city’s advertising for tourism encourages people to come from far away—and they do,” Pinard wrote to the council. “That very important information is totally missing in your staff report. It appears that the city is placing the entire impact of carbon from transportation sources on the local residents.”

In addition to the realm of transportation, SLO also wants to chip

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away at emissions through its partnership with Monterey Bay Community Power, which will procure carbon-free electricity for the city starting in 2020. Going hand in hand with that transition is the city’s plan to adopt an all-electric building code.

Reducing emissions in existing buildings is also a goal—with a target of cutting them by 50 percent through a variety of retrofit and solar panel programs.

Another pillar of the net-zero plan is diverting organic waste from landfills to composting facilities, like the new regional anaerobic digester. The plan sets a 75 percent diversion target by 2025, and a 90 percent target by 2035.

Within the next two years, SLO will start requiring that residential and commercial waste customers have organic waste subscriptions.

“Diverting organic material and reducing landfilled waste supports community-wide carbon neutrality by reducing methane emissions while also creating clean electricity and compost,” SLO’s Dec. 3 report states.

Carbon sequestration also plays an important role in the plan. Included in its “natural solutions” pillar is a goal to plant 10,000 new trees by 2035, to write the city’s first Urban Forest Master Plan, and to conduct a “carbon farming study” at Johnson Ranch Open Space.

“About 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch [of compost] applied has been proven to sequester a lot of carbon, and hold that carbon in the ground,” explained Bob Hill, the interim

deputy director of the city Office of Sustainability.

A Cal Poly botany professor, Jenn Yost, spoke at the meeting in support of the tree-planting initiative. She said one of her recent Cal Poly classes measured SLO’s canopy cover—and the results surprised her.

“That analysis ... showed that we only have 13 percent canopy cover,” Yost said.

“There’s much more concrete and built space and asphalt in our city than there is green plant space.”

City staff said it plans to release the finished net-zero plan for public review and final approval in early 2020.

Council members, looking to the future, emphasized on Dec. 3 that the success of their ambitious climate goals hinge on residents’ support, buy-in, and active participation.

“I do believe that this community is in general supportive of climate action,” Christianson said, “but most of them that I talk to kind of expect somebody else to do it. I think the key lesson that we are learning is that we have to not only do things on our own individually, but also support the changes in processes and systems that are going to really make the big differences. And those are often met with a lot of resistance from individuals, which is understandable but is really going to have to be dealt with.” ∆ Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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limpses of glimmering light and everything bright are an annual occurrence in towns and cities across the United States. And the Central Coast is no different.

Although our region lacks the snow, California’s coastal residents like to doll it up for the holiday season, putting on shows that bring in tourists and comfort locals every December. This year, we decided to take ourselves on a little tour of the magic that happens from Cambria to Solvang—and we’re happy to share.

The festivities aren’t all over yet, though. You can still catch a little cheer in Solvang through Jan. 3 if you’re feeling feisty.

Check out solvangjulefest. org to learn more. ∆ —Camillia Lanham

THIS TREE IS LIT Nipomo celebrated the Olde Towne Nipomo Family Christmas on Dec. 8, sprinkling a 20-foot Christmas tree with 14,000 glowing bulbs of holiday cheer.

SECRET SANTA A portion of the money made from visits with the Cambria Christmas Market Santa went to the Homeless Animal Rescue Team in Cambria.

CLASSIC CAMBRIA Mari Tess and Brett Provence take photos in the Cambria Christmas Market’s iconic tunnel of lights.

CAROLS OF CHEER The Templeton Middle School Uke club performs at the Vine Street Victorian Christmas Showcase in Paso Robles on Dec. 14.

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BAH HUMBUG Ebenezer Scrooge talks to the crowd gathered below as part of the annual Vine Street Victorian Christmas Showcase, which took place on Dec. 14 in Paso Robles.

RIDING IN THE RAIN The 2019 Holiday Parade in downtown SLO was definitely a rain-and-shine affair on Dec. 6, and some participants carried festive umbrellas as they pedaled their bicycles along the parade route.

NEWBIES Ryan and Beth Minkus’ home won the best decorated rookie category for Santa Maria’s 2019 Lights, Sights, and Holiday Nights contest.

PHOTO FRIENDLY Alyssa Alley, 9, and Ellie Horton,10, pose for a photo at Olde Towne Nipomo Family Christmas on Dec. 8.

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GAWKERS Climbing the barrier for a better view, kids watch the Holiday Parade in downtown SLO on Dec. 6.

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he California Men’s Colony and the Central Coast Adult School are gearing up for their first college graduation ceremony, which will include two family members for each student.

“We’ve done GED and vocational graduations before, but this is the first time we’re doing a college-only graduation.

It’s going to be a special event because the students will have family there supporting them,” said Joshua Henderson, a proctor for the college programs at the Men’s Colony.

Graduation ceremonies are slated for March 27, 2020, for the East Facility and April 17, 2020, for the West Facility.

There are about 60 individuals between the two facilities who have gotten their associate degree, but only 40 will attend the ceremonies. Henderson said the 20 people who won’t be present have either been paroled or transferred to another institution.

Henderson said there are two kinds of college programs for the inmates to choose from: correspondence and face-toface classes.

Through the correspondence program, participating colleges send assignments— homework or essays—by mailing or emailing the documents to the proctors at the Men’s Colony.

As one of the 20 proctors for the program, Henderson said he prints the documents or hands the documents out to the right student. He, along with the other proctors, administers tests, helps students with questions they may have, and provides a space next to the library where students can study.

That workspace also has computers for the students to type their essays, calculators, and other necessary tools to work on their assignments. The students don’t have internet access, so when they work on research papers, the students can submit requests to the librarians for copies of articles.

Universities and colleges that participate in the correspondence program include Palo Verde College, Coastline College, Lassen Community College, Feather River College, and Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado.

The other educational option is face-toface classes. In partnership with Cuesta College, Henderson said, the California Men’s Colony has the largest enrollment in the state. Through the partnership, there are currently 31 classes offered to the inmates.

Students can earn associate degrees in human development or liberal arts; an Associate in Arts in Sociology for Transfer degree; and certifications in addiction studies and culinary studies.

Henderson said a lot of men participate in the face-to-face classes because the proctors and professors are there to answer questions and guide students in their studies. The students also have access to their professors for tutoring in classes like math and astronomy.

“It makes them feel, for lack of a better term, normal. They get normal interactions that you get in a classroom with classmates and professors,” he said.

Students in the correspondence program don’t get the extra help from professors.

However, Henderson said, this program is beneficial for inmates who don’t have time to attend face-to-face classes. These individuals usually work, have multiple jobs, or attend self-help groups.

Either way, when the students finish their time at the Men’s Colony, Henderson said, students have their associate degrees, and some obtain credits that are transferable to a four-year college.

“Really our goal is to try to help them change, and part of that is through education so that when they do get out and get that second chance, they succeed,” he said.

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Tiny House Consulting was created to educate the community about new housing options. In December, HomeShareSLO, a housemate matching service, served its 101st client with housing. Visit smartsharehousingsolutions.org for more information. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia wrote this week’s Strokes and Plugs. Send tidbits to strokes@newtimesslo.com.

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McConnell—you’re the last straw!

So help us God, the Senate leader is not likely to facilitate ‘impartial justice according to the Constitution’

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he oath required of all U.S. senators prior to an impeachment trial is, “I solemnly swear that all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, now pending, I will do impartial justice according the Constitution and laws: So help me God.” Recently, in an interview with Fox News, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, “Everything I do during this, I’m coordinating with the White House counsel. There will be no difference between the president’s position and our position ... . We will be working through this process, hopefully in a fairly short period of time, in total coordination with the White House Counsel’s Office.”

Since he is the senator in charge, will this senatorial proceeding actually be impartial as is required by the Constitution?

The evidentiary trail is now overwhelming for the impeachment and removal of Trump, but it looks like the outcome will be flawed, led by McConnell in the Senate.

First, Dr. Fiona Hill testified that she repeatedly expressed concerns about the Ukraine policy led by Rudy Giuliani and White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. National Security Advisor John Bolton stated that the policy was similar to a “drug deal” and Giuliani was similar to a “hand grenade who was about

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to blow everyone up.” All of what Bolton said he believed harmed national security and foreign policy.

Next, Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s emails and testimony showed that he kept top White House officials and the president apprised of the blackmail of officials and the effort to investigate Joe Biden in Ukraine. Biden is Trump’s main political rival in the upcoming 2020 election. Ukraine faced a hot war with the Kremlin with a million refugees fleeing the war zone and more than 13,000 people killed. This made them “easy pickin’s” for the president’s bribery scheme. The scheme helped only Putin and Trump and definitely not our national security.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman had firsthand information about the president’s infamous call to Zelensky, and he testified, “I was concerned by the call … what I heard was inappropriate.” What he said he heard was a U.S. president demanding a foreign state to launch an investigation against a U.S. political opponent. The list of witnesses goes on and on and confirms all the facts.

All of the many witnesses—and the president’s own statements and those of his chief of staff—have laid out a picture of a president willing to bribe and hold back millions of dollars in military aide to the leader of another country, who was in desperate need of help, to further the U.S.

president’s own personal political agenda and re-election.

To have a fair trial in the Senate, we need more witnesses, but McConnell has refused to have any at all. Most notably, we need to hear from John Bolton about his close connection to the president. The House wants to have at least four or five more witnesses McConnell, as leader of the U.S. Senate, your pretrial behavior shows not only that you are the last straw, but that your behavior is despicable and a disgrace to all of our brave patriots who have defended American values in both times of war and peace. With your pretrial statements, you are creating a sham trial for Trump. Americans need to remember that a verdict in a sham trial means nothing. It does not clear the president or any other person.

But where do the American people stand on the issue of witnesses testifying before the Senate? The latest polls show that more than 70 percent of Democrats want to hear from witnesses in the Senate trial.

And more important for McConnell, a number of American Republicans want to hear from more key witnesses. So when all the congressional members are home for the holidays, it is time for us all to speak out so McConnell gets the message loud and clear. Let’s have a fair trial for the benefit of our great constitutional republic.

With the upcoming sham trial, it is now time for all Americans to stand together and make their voices heard. A national conversation about what a fair trial consists of is needed. We all deserve more than McConnell’s Kangaroo Court. Let your representative know your position

on the upcoming trial. If McConnell is successful, as it looks like he will be in his blockade, then we all need to get out and vote in the upcoming 2020 elections to get rid of both McConnell and Trump as well as all the other cronies! ∆ Ken McCalip is a North Santa Barbara County native. Write a response and send it through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com or respond in the paper with a letter to the editor. Email it to letters@newtimesslo.com.

Letters We needed that funding!

I was delighted to hear that Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham delivered again for the Central Coast by securing the necessary funds for widening Antelope Grade. This is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the state. It is nerve-wracking to drive it.

Thank you again, Assemblyman Cunningham. Well done!

Adrienne Hawkinson Atascadero

If we can do it, why can’t he?

I had the privilege of serving on a jury last week. We were sworn to maintain an open mind until all evidence and closing arguments were in. We did not coordinate LETTERS continued page 16

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with the defendant. In fact, we were instructed to have no contact with the defendant or her lawyer or the prosecutor.

Both sides even called witnesses. How is it that Mitch McConnell cannot adhere to these instructions for a fair and impartial trial?

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He particularly takes aim at the young climate activist, Greta Thunberg, whose courage and deep insight prompts her to castigate the old men who control the world and do nothing about the destructive environmental consequences of anthropogenic climate change.

Contrary to Donegan’s presumption of Greta’s ignorance on the subject, her high intelligence and her Asperger’s ability to focus has given her an encyclopedic knowledge of the causes and consequences of climate change. It seems relevant when Camilla Nelson, a professor in media at the University of Notre Dame states, “The bullying of the teenager by conservative middle-aged men [boomers] has taken on a grim, almost hysterical edge. And some of them are reaching deep into the misogynist’s playbook to divert focus from her message.”

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I was very sorry to read you voted for impeachment, but not surprised. You have handed the Republicans a major victory in November 2020.

The president is not going to be removed from office via impeachment.

The Senate will never vote to impeach him. In 11 months, the American voters will decide Donald Trump’s fate, and my take is that he will be re-elected very handily.

Democrats from swing districts may well lose their seats over this vote.

But committee assignments, staff assignments, even office space mean more than doing the right thing, so it’s worth the gamble.

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This is a terrible precedent, and I don’t doubt that whatever party controls Congress, if the president is of the other party, impeachment will become the weapon of choice to disrupt and ultimately destroy the presidency and this country.

There are so many things that need to be done. Prison reform, a better trade deal with Canada and Mexico, family leave for federal workers, record employment especially among minorities—these have been accomplished despite this media circus that you have now so proudly joined hook, line, and sinker.

When Hunter Biden is confronted in court by his Arkansas girlfriend seeking child support, a good deal of the real story behind the Ukrainian controversy is going to come to light. It is sad that you have jumped into this on the wrong side in a misguided show of solidarity with the party that is going to lose big time in November as a result.

Leslie Halls San Luis Obispo

Equal pay for equal work is nonsense

Equal pay for equal work. Just what does it mean? Frankly, unless you are doing piece work, I have no idea. What I do know is when an employer hires you, the employer takes into account one’s education, certificates, experience, and physical ability, if applicable. Over time, the employer will note if you have a superior ability to deal with fellow employees and customers and learn quickly. Over time, the employer will note if you have attributes to develop into a leader. All of these attributes would normally be rewarded with extra pay. To discount the above would only promote mediocracy.

To take equal pay for equal work to its logical conclusion, let’s assume that a 2,000-square-foot home rents for $1,500 a month in Stockton. Then, a 2,000 squarefoot home in Beverly Hills should rent for the same. If you can’t accept the latter nonsense, then equal pay for equal work should also sound foolish to you.

Philip Mordaunt San Luis Obispo

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Solar Santa J oel Hayes doesn’t drive a sleigh pulled by reindeer, but like Santa, he’s on a mission from the North Pole (well, as close as he could get) to spread cheer, hope, and inspiration.

His sleigh is a camper van he designed and built with a small team of visionaries, who launched Route Del Sol, a project to be the first 100 percent sunpowered electric van to travel from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego.

“Our goal is to start conversations that we hope will stimulate climate awareness and change,” Hayes said when we chatted in my backyard.

Like hundreds of folks he has met on the road, my curiosity was piqued when Hayes parked down the street from my house to “refuel.” That curiosity leads to conversations about solar power, electric vehicles, the energy sector, and climate change.

You can hardly ignore this ingenious vehicle. The roof and two sections support 24 330W flexible solar panels. When deployed, the solar arrays unfold like wings to transform a normal van into something out of Star Wars. To maximize efficiency, the vehicle has a tracking system that tilts the array at a 45-degree angle to track the sun. In direct sunlight, it takes approximately 20 hours to fully charge the batteries. So, Hayes has lots of downtime to distribute his gift

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of inspiration in this season of climate despair and anxiety.

I wanted to know, first, why Hayes, a 29-year-old Australian ecologist, put aside his career to embark on what some might call a quixotic expedition that has already taken more than six years, including five years to discover partners, fundraise, design, and build the van. What compels Hayes—much like Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg—to devote his life to a cause that may already be lost?

“I grew up in Tweedsheads, Australia, in a topsy-turvy family because I lost my mom at 7, and my dad at 17,” Hayes said.

“When I wasn’t out in nature, I watched Widget the World Watcher, a cartoon about environmentalism. I became self-reliant, and, against odds, earned a bachelor’s degree in climate change adaptation and eco-tourism.”

Hayes became an eco-traveler himself, working around the hemisphere as a scuba instructor here, a wildlife controller there. When he became aware that flying accounts for 11 percent of all transportation-related emissions in the U.S., Hayes conceived of a peripatetic, emission-free solar-powered journey that could teach by example.

“If you look at any report from the IPCC [U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change], especially the most recent one, you cannot deny the

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existential threat to our planet,” Hayes said. “I want people to realize through Route Del Sol that it’s not impossible to change, that governments and politicians cannot say that it can’t be done. We are not powerless in the face of this crisis.”

Once Hayes began reaching out to find others interested in his idea, he found a community of supporters. “I came across an engineer, Bret Belan, who lives in Ashland, Oregon, and builds renewably powered vehicles,” he said. “I emailed him and told him I was deadly serious about this project, and he invited me to come live with his family while we put the van together.”

I’d like to pause for a moment to celebrate the power of individuals to build communities, and to incite change. Hayes admits that his project and journey are tough physically and mentally.

“It takes a whole lot of energy and effort,” he said, “but it’s the right thing to do.”

And he has sparked climate conversations from Alaska to Mexico.

Likewise, Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager, started on a course of action to mitigate her feeling of powerlessness and as an antidote to climate grief. The survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting inspired her to take up a sign and protest governments’ apathy and refusal to halt carbon emissions.

“I promised myself I was going to do everything I could do to make a difference,” she said in an interview for Time magazine.

A year later, Thunberg’s one-person weekly protest has turned into a worldwide movement of millions, and Time named her Person of the Year.

And you know who is gnashing his teeth? The Grinch in the White House, of course, a man who so craves the limelight that he actually hung copies of a framed, fake cover of Time with his photo in his golf resorts. Trump is so immature and so threatened by a child who speaks truth to power that he responded to Times’ Person of the Year announcement by throwing a Twitter fit. Our 73-year-old president actually mocked a 16-year-old schoolgirl.

Let’s not hold out hope that his Grinchlike “two sizes too small” heart will suddenly expand. Thunberg and Hayes aren’t waiting for that Christmas miracle.

“Continue to work, continue,” Pope Francis said to Greta.

And godspeed to Hayes, who will work his way to Tierra del Fuego by August. If we mimic their courage, we too will find people who are supportive and ready to change.

“The beauty I’ve discovered is that the world is full of kind people who want goodness in our lives and future,” Hayes said.

To follow and support Route Del Sol, see routedelsol.com. ∆ Amy Hewes is a grassroots activist. Send comments through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

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No regrets!

D on’t you hate it when one word gets you into trouble? You start talking and it just tumbles out of your mouth before you have the chance to put it back in. And then you immediately regret it.

Well, for me, it’s like that sometimes— except I regret nothing!

Karen White, vice president of the Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) and ex-journalist, emailed me this week, calling me out for some transgressions in last week’s column. The big one was calling White and her OCSD compatriot Shirley Gibson conservatives (It was one word in parentheses! I hate it when that happens!).

White informed me that they are lifelong Democrats—which I assume means they’re liberals. Although, it probably depends on how far left you travel. Oops. My bad.

She’s also very mad at me for confusing the OCSD and the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District— which is also in Oceano, but serves the Five Cities—when it comes to John Wallace and The Wallace Group.

Wallace was the sanitation district’s general manager and not the OCSD’s as I misstated—and, of course, I did know that because New Times salivated over and covered that whole mess as much as every other outlet in the county because it was juicy. But his firm was the OCSD’s

district engineer until 2012, when it resigned amid allegations of conflict of interest and negligent behavior associated with a raw sewage spill at the Oceano treatment plant in 2010.

Plus, an OCSD representative serves on the sanitation district’s board. So the Wallace drama didn’t leave the OCSD out of its wake. Not for one second. #Noregrets.

Speaking of regrets. It almost feels like nobody wants to claim this “successful” trash cleanup program for homeless camps that SLO County piloted. What’s up with that? Using blue bags (it’s called the Blue Bag pilot program, get it?), residents camped on a piece of property near the Octagon Barn and San Luis Creek cleaned up about 6.8 tons of trash and 1,600 syringes this fall! That’s more than 13,000 pounds of waste!

Holy crap! That’s incredible: A) that humans can create that much trash, and B) that humans could collect that much trash in four weeks. And it only took place in one encampment! There are 257 other encampments in the county! TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN! And it’s a super program, according to everybody who New Times heard from.

SLO County supervisors called it “wonderful” and “terrific.”

OK! But what now?

“We definitely saw a lot of people who are interested in helping,” SLO County stormwater coordinator Anne Gillespie said. “We found less people who wanted to lead this effort.”

Nobody wants to be left holding the blue bag if anything goes wrong or if some jerk accuses the county, city, or a nonprofit of enabling people to be homeless by allowing them a place to legally dump their houseless trash. I’m talking to you Christopher Maccarone from Grover Beach.

We’d much rather arrest them for disposing of trash illegally, then we can finally put them in jail and punish them for being homeless! We can’t even arrest them for sleeping on the streets anymore, thanks to the stupid Supreme Court of the United States, which allowed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Boise decision to stand. If we don’t have enough shelter beds for homeless people to sleep in, then we can’t make it illegal to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, along creek beds, etc.

But apparently, it’s still legal to kick someone out of a shelter for yelling.

Can you imagine yelling at your mom because she turned the water off without telling you, and then she kicked you out of the house for three nights?

Well, that’s pretty much what happened at CAPSLO’s 40 Prado Homeless Services Center, where if you don’t abide by the rules, best of luck to you.

I bet Brenda, a homeless woman who spoke to New Times and asked to go by her first name only, immediately wished

she could suck her angry words right back into her mouth. But it was too late.

“For minor stuff, you will find yourself in a creek bed,” she said.

Hopefully, it’s a recently cleaned-up creek bed, too.

The staffer who Brenda yelled at wrote her up for creating a “negative environment” and not filling out a conflict resolution form. Yep, you need to file paperwork to complain at 40 Prado.

Next thing Brenda knew, she was no longer a shelter resident. She was suspended.

CAPSLO Deputy Director Grace McIntosh said that 40 Prado does a very delicate dance. She couldn’t comment on Brenda’s particular incident, but she said that residents sign on to a set of rules when they stay at the shelter.

Hopefully those rules are easier to abide by than the pie-in-the-sky climate goals that the city of SLO set for itself.

The city will only be able to get about 70 percent of the way to its carbon neutrality goals by 2035. And that’s only if everyone in the community’s bought in.

SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon’s got no regrets, though. People will do big things to reach big goals, she said. But what about unattainable ones?

You know what they say: Set goals you can’t reach and you don’t have to reach for them! ∆ The Shredder regrets nothing. Send conflict resolution forms to shredder@ newtimesslo.com.

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The opening reception for Menagerie, a new solo exhibition at Art Central in SLO, takes place on Friday, Jan. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. Described as a study of contrasts, this exhibit showcases surrealist works by local artist A-ME. Admission to the reception is free, and the show runs through Monday, Feb. 3. Visit artcentralsupply.com to find out more.

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SPECIAL EVENTS HOLIDAY EVENTS NORTH COAST SLO COU NT Y

ANNUAL CAYUCOS POLAR BEAR DIP Start the new year off with a refreshing dip into the ocean. Jan. 1, 9:30 a.m. slocal.com. Cayucos Pier, Ocean Front Ave., Cayucos.

CAMBRIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: ART GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Cambria Center for the Arts will have a Holiday Show filled with lovely arts and crafts made especially for gift giving to self or others (small paintings, jewelry, and other sweet crafts). ThursdaysSundays, 1-4 p.m. through Jan. 5 Free. 805-927-8190.

Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

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DV8D NYE 80’S DANCE PARTY Bringing popular 80’s dance music to The Pour House for an unforgettable night of music, excellent craft beers, and New Year’s festivities. Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Free. The Pour House, 525 Pine St., Paso Robles, 805239-1000.

NEW YEARS EVE “COMEDY BASH” Ring in the New Year with laughter. Features 2 shows and 6 comedians, including Saul Trujillo. Presented by Misfi t Live Comedy.

Dec. 31, 8-9:30 & 10:30 p.m.-midnight $15 in advance; $20 at the door. 805-635-5919. misfi tlivecomedy.com.

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NYE COUNTRY DANCE PARTY Dance the night away with Monty Mills and The Lucky Horseshoe Band featuring Julie Beaver. Also features a late night snacks menu until the ball drops. Dec. 31, 4 p.m.-midnight 805461-5100. NauticalCowboy.com. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

THE ROARING ‘20S: NEW YEARS EVE PARTY Enjoy tastings from more than 25 wineries in the Downtown Wine District, small bites, and a live band. Capture the night with the photo booth onsite and test your luck in the wine raffle.

Dapper ‘20s attire encouraged. Dec. 31, 9 p.m. Paso Robles Downtown Wineries, 612 12th St., Suite 101, Paso Robles, 805-729-2000.

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Dance music by Unfinished Business with special guest Roy Henry. Features buffet dinner with an exciting new menu, no-host bar service, door prizes, free parking, and special overnight hotel rates. Dec. 31, 6 p.m. $95 and up. 805-431-3067. unfinished-business.org.

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HANUKKAH DOWNTOWN: MENORAH LIGHTING Candlelighting ceremony outside the steps of the Mission in San Luis Obispo each night of Hanukkah.

Through Dec. 29, 5 p.m. Free. jccslo.com. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo.

NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH Enjoy the 60’s Rock and Soul New Year’s Eve Bash featuring Unfinished Business, with special guest Roy Henry, a great new menu, and 50 percent more dance floor space than usual. Dec. 31, 6 p.m. my805tix.com. Embassy Suites, 333 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo, 805-549-0800.

NEW YEAR’S EVE DISCO Enjoy live music from Studio 54 and Elijah Blue Molina, drinks, food, a photo booth, and more. For ages 21 and over only. Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m. $35. SLO Brew Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, 209-417-7748.

WINTER GYMNASTICS CAMP Winter Gymnastics Camp is for boys and girls ages 3 to 12. Kids will engage in a variety of fun activities including gymnastics, crafts, and free play. No prior gymnastics experience is necessary. Jan. 2-3, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 805-547-1496. performanceathleticsslo.com.

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AVILA BEACH POLAR BEAR PLUNGE A celebration of fitness, nature, a New Year, and an after-plunge dessert. Dessert can be a cup of coffee or something to eat at one of the local Avila Beach establishments after the plunge.

Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. visitavilabeach.com.

Avila Beach Promenade, 404 Front St., Avila Beach.

CAMPFIRE CANDY SALE Features the camp’s famous Mints or P-Nuttles (and more), which make a great holiday gifts for teachers, neighbors, friends, and others. Through Jan. 31, 2020, noon $5. 805-773-5126. campfirecentralcoast.org. City of Grover Beach, 154 S 8th St., Grover Beach.

DANCE IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE JUMP JAX Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Puffers of Pismo with The Jump Jax. Reservations required for dinner, or just drop in for a glass of champagne to celebrate. Dec. 31, 8-11 p.m. Call for Dinner Reservations. 805-773-6563. puffersofpismo.com. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach.

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1920S NEW YEAR’S EVE BLOCK PARTY Naughty Oak is teaming up with Vino et Amicis for this holiday event. Features live music, drinks, food, and more. Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S Broadway St. suite 102, Orcutt, 805-287-9663, naughtyoak.com.

HOLIDAY HIKE TO POINT SAL OVERLOOK Dunes Center Community Hike Leader Ray Segovia leads a hike to the ridge overlooking Point Sal. Beautiful wildlife, flora, and stunning views of the northern Santa Barbara coastline await those that attend. This will be a dogfriendly hike. Dec. 28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $5. 805-343-2455.

Point Sal State Beach, Brown Rd, Guadalupe.

NOON YEAR’S EVE DANCE PARTY Dress up in your New Year’s best and take pictures at our photo booth. Features a countdown and ball drop at noon.

General admission applies to nonmembers. Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $7. 805-928-8414. smvdiscoverymuseum. org/. Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, 705 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

NOON YEARS The Santa Maria Valley Sr. Club presents Noon Years, featuring Riptide Big Band and

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

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INDEX Special Events ..........[20] Arts ............................[23] Culture & Lifestyle.......[24] Food & Drink..............[28] Music .........................[37]

vocalists Liz Douglas and Bob Nations. Free thanks to grant funding from Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County. Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 775-8135186. RiptideBB.com. Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria.

NOON-YEARS EVE PARTY Come count down the New Year with the library without having to stay up late. Make sparkly crafts, hear popping stories, and enjoy delicious refreshments. Festive attire is welcome. Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-noon Free. 805-925-0994. cityofsantamaria.org. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

WINTER MAKERSPACE It’s time to create, build, explore, and use your imagination at the Library Maker Events. Join us in the Learning Center. Dec. 28, 10 a.m.3 p.m. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

S A N TA Y N E Z VA L L E Y

2019 SOLVANG JULEFEST Check website for full list of Julefest events taking place throughout the holiday season. Through Jan. 3, 2020 Varies. solvangjulefest. org. Downtown Solvang, Mission Dr., Solvang.

ANNUAL TREE BURN AND FIRE DEMO Light up the New Year in true Solvang style, at this grand Julefest conclusion. Coordinated by Solvang Parks and Recreation, the Tree Burn will include free, live entertainment and refreshments for purchase. Jan. 3, 5-7 p.m. solvangjulefest.org. Old Mission Santa Ines, 1760 Mission Drive, Solvang.

THE BOOGIE KNIGHTS: NEW YEAR Ring in the new year with the sounds of the Boogie Knights, with special guest The Spazmatics. Dec. 31, 9 p.m. $25. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Highway 246, Santa Ynez, 800248-6274, chumashcasino.com/entertainment.

COUNTDOWN TO DANISH NEW YEAR A familyfriendly, daytime New Year’s Eve celebration. Join the party as the crowds count down to the Danish New Year (3 p.m.), while enjoying a simulcast of the New Year’s Eve events taking place in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens.

Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. solvangjulefest.org. Solvang Park, Mission Dr. and First St., Solvang.

SOLVANG CANDLELIGHT WALKING TOURS A costumed tour guide will provide guests with a complimentary, souvenir battery-powered LED candle and will then share Solvang’s history and fun facts while strolling and caroling along village sidewalks. Saturdays, 5 p.m. through Dec. 28 solvangjulefest.org. Solvang Park, Mission Dr. and First St., Solvang.

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drumming. Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. $10 drop in. 805459-6317. afrodance.net/. Omni Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

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Tuesdays, 7:15-8 p.m. $100; $185 per couple. 805225-1728. debonairedancers.com. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

CREATIVITY Held every Wednesday unless other events/classes conflict. Informal and open to the public.

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Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

CREATIVITY GROUP Enjoy a creative experience each Wednesday, unless other events/classes conflict.

Bring your art work, in any medium, and join others.

Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

PAINT PARTY No artistic experience necessary. All materials and supplies provided. Outside food and drinks welcome. Saturdays, 7-9:30 p.m. $40. 805-772-9095. foreverstoked.com/paintparty.html. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

ZEN DOODLE ADULT COLORING BOOK GROUP Relax and unwind with adult coloring books. No experience necessary. Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. 805772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

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ACTING CLASSES Film & TV Acting Classes for all ages and skill levels. Optional showcases for major Hollywood talent agents & casting directors. 10:30 am -8:45 pm (Sundays only). Varies per class. 310-910-1228. actorsedge.com. Mission Cinemas, 1025 Monterey St., SLO.

AERIAL HOOP Dance, spin and develop strength and grace on the lyra, an aerial hoop apparatus. All levels welcome. Mondays, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Varies. 805549-6417. levityacademy.com. Levity Academy, 207 Suburban Rd., San Luis Obispo.

AERIAL SILK SKILLS Learn to fly with grace in this mixed level aerial silks class. Geared toward those familiar with climbing, straddle-ups, foot locks, and hip keys on aerial silks. Thursdays, 7-8:15 p.m. Varies.

805-549-6417. levityacademy.com. Levity Academy, 207 Suburban Rd., San Luis Obispo.

AERIAL SILK SKILLS: ALL AGES Learn to fly with grace in this mixed level aerial silks class. Geared toward those familiar with climbing, straddle-ups, foot locks, and hip keys on aerial silks. Saturdays, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Varies. 805-549-6417. levityacademy.com. Levity Academy, 207 Suburban Rd., San Luis Obispo.

AERIAL SILKS FUNDAMENTALS AND BASICS Elevate dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, fitness, and fun to new heights on aerial silks. All levels welcome.

Wednesdays, 7-8:15 p.m. Varies; see site for details.

805-549-6417. levityacademy.com. Levity Academy, 207 Suburban Rd., San Luis Obispo.

AERIAL SILKS SKILLS: 18+ Learn to fly with grace in this mixed level silks class. Geared toward those familiar with climbing, straddle-ups, foot locks, and hip keys on aerial silks. Tuesdays, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Varies.

805-549-6417. levityacademy.com. Levity Academy, 207 Suburban Rd., San Luis Obispo.

BELLYDANCE CLASSES Come learn traditional middle eastern dance to modern fusion styles. The fundamental movements are taught, along with the drum rhythms, veil work, zills, and other props. The classes are taught by Jenna Mitchell. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12 drop-in; $45 monthly. 805-550-8192. worldrhythmandmotion.com.

World Rhythm and Motion Studio, 3422 Miguelito Ct., Studio #3, San Luis Obispo.

CABARET SINGING AND PERFORMANCE CLASS Learn the art of singing in a Cabaret style and setting.

Find your key and style with a skilled accompanist. You may start anytime during the semester. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $185 for 12 week class or $20 per night as a drop-in student. 805-772-2812. cuesta.edu/ communityprograms. Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

DATE NIGHT POTTERY Throw on the potters wheel and make a mug, candlestick, or plate. Fridays, 6-8 p.m. through April 24 $125. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com.

Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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HOLIDAY SMALL GIFT SHOW Affordable original artworks by local artists: including painting, photography, crafts, jewelry, glass, wood, cards, sculpture, and wearable art. Mondays, WednesdaysSundays, 1-4 p.m. through Jan. 29 Free. 805-995-2049. cayucosart.org. Cayucos Community Art Gallery, 10 Cayucos Dr., Cayucos.

TIMELESS OCEAN: A FEATURED ARTISTS GROUP SHOW Features art that depicts the beauty of the Central Coast. Through Dec. 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

VIBRANT LANDSCAPES OF BRUCE LLOYD MUNDT Bruce Lloyd Mundt’s vibrant landscapes will be up at Cambria Library. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 28 Free. 805-927-4336. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

POLE FITNESS Learn the basics or master new skills on static or spinning pole at this all-levels pole fitness class.

Mondays, 7-8:15 p.m. $25-$30 for a drop-in; check site for more details. 805-549-6417. levityacademy.com. Levity Academy, 207 Suburban Rd., San Luis Obispo.

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ARTISTS’ FAVORITES FOR SALE After dozens of art shows, digital artists Dean Crawford Jr. and Deb Hofstetter have gathered some of their favorite images for their upcoming photography show. These pieces will be priced to sell for the holidays. Through Jan. 31, 2020, 12-4 p.m. Free to attend; images available for purchase during the holidays. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark. org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles.

SATURDAY ART WORKSHOP FOR KIDS: “BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS” Each

CAROL TIMSON BALL Ball’s art will be on display at the gallery. Jan. 2-31 Park Street Gallery, 1320 Park Street, Paso Robles, 805-286-4430, parkstreetgallery.com.

student will create their own unique canvas to take home.

Saturdays $55. 805-610-1821. keshetlavoux.com. Keshet Lavoux, 165 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

WEDNESDAY DROP-IN LIFE DRAWING All levels of drawing skill are welcome. Sessions incorporate multiple poses for 3 hours. First Wednesday of every month, 9 a.m.-noon & 6:30-9 p.m. $15 members; $20 non-members at the door. 805543-8562. sloma.org/education/ adult-education-programs/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

Jan. 2-29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 8057721068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay.

DRAWN TO THE CENTRAL COAST ART EXHIBIT The Atascadero Library is exhibiting the work of local artists Tracy Paz and Drew Mayerson. MondaysSaturdays, midnight-5 p.m. through Feb. 29 Free.

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

DEC. 26, 2019 – JAN. 2, 2020

SHOOT TO GRILLE

Studios on the Park in Paso Robles holds its Handcrafted for the Holidays exhibition through Sunday, Dec. 29. The exhibit features works from 21 different artisans, which are available for purchase. Proceeds of sales will benefit the gallery’s Kids Art Smart program. Visit studiosonthepark.org for more info.

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AFTER-SCHOOL ART WORKSHOP (AGES 5-6) Each session will cover different mediums and subjects.

Registration is required prior to attendance. Mondays, 3:15-4:45 p.m. $100. 805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

AFTER-SCHOOL ART WORKSHOPS (AGES 7-12) 2-5 week sessions available. Register online, call, or email to reserve. Tuesdays, 3:15-4:45 p.m. $50-$120 per session. 805-668-2125. lila.community/ lilacreativecommunityworkshops/schedules/new-afterschool-workshops. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

LI LI CLEVER JEWELRY Learn from someone with 25 years of experience designing intricate, highly professional, and exceptionally individualized artisan jewelry. All ages welcome. ongoing $50 per person.

805-545-9689. Li Li Clever Jewelry, Location varies, Shell Beach.

OPEN STUDIO FOR HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN Includes drawing, painting, sewing, weaving, mixed media, printmaking, and 3-dimensional building in a safe, non-competitive environment. Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $20 per hour. 805-668-2125. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande, lila. community.

PLAY EXPLORE CREATE 2 Includes drawing, pastel, watercolor, tempera, collage, printmaking, sewing, and building. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9-10:30 a.m. & 1:30-3 p.m. $20. 805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

TEEN’S OPEN STUDIO: TEEN COMIC CREATION GROUP Teens will collaborate on developing characters, comic strips, backdrops, or 3D models. Thursdays, 3:15-4:45 p.m. $20. 805-668-2125. lila.community/. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande.

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POETRY/SPOKEN WORD HOSTED BY MARY ANNE ANDERSON Special Guest interview with host Mary Anne Anderson and features reading, followed by open mic. First Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m.

Free. 831-277-4028. Unitarian Universalist Church, 786 Arlington, Cambria.

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ART AFTER DARK PASO Unites visual, literary, and performing artists with the community and participating venues. Visit site for full list of programs and events. First Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. 805-544-9251. artsobispo. org. Participating locations, Paso Robles, City-wide.

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ART AFTER DARK SLO Unites visual, literary, and performing artists with the community and participating venues. Visit site for full list of programs and events.

First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. 805-544-9251. artsobispo.org. SLO County, Countywide, San Luis Obispo.

JULIA MORGAN HISTORIC BUILDING TOUR Member docents will guide guests through the historic, newly renovated, and preserved Monday Club clubhouse and grounds. Tours may also be arranged by appointment. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. through Oct. 8 Free; donations appreciated. 805-541-0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

TENTH ANNUAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Celebrating its tenth anniversary. For a decade, the festival has played host to a variety of narrative, documentary, and shorts films from around the world celebrating Jewish culture. Jan. 2, Jan. 4 and Jan. 5 Varies. 805-426-5465. jccslo.com/slojff.html. Palm Theatre, 817 Palm St, San Luis Obispo.

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2019 ANNUAL WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW The Morro Bay Art Association proudly presents its annual Winter Faire and Juried Craft Show, which offers a collective of works spanning a variety of artistic styles from traditional to contemporary.

Through Jan. 6, 2020, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

DAVID KREITZER: FINE ART OPEN STUDIOS Featuring water, landscape, figure, fantasy and floral works. Collectors of Kreitzer’s works include Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Michael Douglas, Ray Bradbury, Robert Takken, and Jane Hind. Sundays, 12-6 p.m.

Varies. 805-234-2048. kreitzerArt.com. Kreitzer Fine Art and Voice Studios, 1442 12th St., Los Osos.

GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE PRESENTS AN AVIAN ART GROUP SHOW Featured artists are George Asdel, Carlo Christian, Jari de Ham, Sarah DeLong, Terry Garvin, Debbie Gedayloo, Virginia Mack, Jack McNeal, Gregory Siragusa, and Ardella Swanberg.

HOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS Features encaustic carved creations, perfect for gifting this holiday season; small and midsize encaustic artworks designed with beauty in mind and attention to detail. Through Dec. 31, 12-4 p.m.

Free admission. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark.org.

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

KEEPING THE FAITH: AN ARTISTIC CELEBRATION OF JUDAISM Celebrates Jewish

heritage, rituals, traditions, and beliefs. Jan. 2-26, 12-4 p.m. Free admission. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark. org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles.

SEVEN UP: NEW WORK BY 7 ARTISTS New work by 7 artists: Michael Messina, Jane Russell, Kabe Russell, Cynthia Kevorkian, Dennis Jackson, Denise Schryver, and Marie Ramey. ongoing Varies. 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

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ART AFTER DARK: MENAGERIE Artwork by local artist A-ME. “Menagerie” is a socially awkward but artistically powerful exhibit - raw and dynamic, primitive yet sophisticated. The art, like the artist, is a study of contrasts. Jan. 3, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply.com/Gallery.php. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

EYE CANDY AND MIXED NUTS Marks 50 years of collecting original photographs, drawings, letters, books, ephemera, audio recordings and more. Exhibit themes include California architecture; botany; graphic arts, including contemporary book arts; and San Luis Obispo County history. Through March 20, 2020, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free. 805-756-2305. lib.calpoly.edu/events/eyecandy50.

Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, 1 Grand Ave., Building 35, Room 409, San Luis Obispo.

SIGN OF THE TIMES POLITICAL POSTER EXHIBIT View political posters as art with our latest exhibit on the second floor exhibit space. In partnership with Exhibits USA and Mid-America Arts Alliance. Through Jan. 19, 2020, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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FROM ARTISTS, FOR ARTISTS, BY ARTISTS Featuring fine art oils and pastels from Corynn Wolf, acrylics from Ryan Adams, and works from various mediums by Marc Wolf ongoing Free. 805-7736563. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, puffersofpismo.com/.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: FOR THE BIRDS 2020 Submit original paintings and fine photography for MBAA’s 2020 “For the Birds” exhibit, in celebration of the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival. Submission date is Jan. 7. Through Jan. 7, 2020, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Varies. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

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Drawn to the Central Coast, a new art exhibition on display at the Atascadero Library, will run through Friday, Feb. 28. The exhibit showcases Central Coast-inspired pieces by local painters Tracy Paz and Drew Mayerson. Admission to view the show is free. Visit slolibrary. org to find out more.

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HANDCRAFTED FOR THE HOLIDAYS Premier craftspeople from California and beyond are featured in this invitational exhibition and retail sale devoted to bringing wide public attention to the field of fine craft.

Through Dec. 29, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-238-9800. studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles.

STUDIOS ON THE PARK: CALL FOR ARTISTS In partnership with Studios on the Park and in conjunction with the 10th annual Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of SLO. Guest curator Ellen November seeks entries for Keeping the Faith: An Artistic Celebration of Judaism. Jan. 2-26, 12-4 p.m.

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

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CALL TO ARTISTS Now accepting proposals for solo and group art exhibits in established gallery. Through Dec. 30 805-542-9000. Frame Works, 339 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, sloart.com.

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IMPROV SHOW Improv performed by the hilarious cast of The Central Coast Comedy Theater in a beautiful venue for dinner and drinks. Dec. 28, 7-9 p.m. Free. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Monterey St. Market, 1234 Monterey Street, #120, San Luis Obispo, 805-548-8515.

INTRO TO IMPROV COMEDY CLASSES All intro courses taught by CCCT owner, Sabrina Pratt.

Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. $225 for all 6 weeks. 805-2423109. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Tigerlily Salon Studio, 659 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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MORRO BAY METAPHYSICIANS Explore the history of metaphysics with a different topic each week. Led by Tobey White Heart Crockett. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. $10-$20 suggested donation. 805-772-2880. facebook.com/ groups/MBMetaphysicians. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

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CITIZENSHIP CLASS To prepare for the citizenship exam. No registration required. Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. Free.

805-781-5783. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

FREE ADOPTION INFORMATION SESSION Free sessions on adoption information at our San Luis Obispo office located at 1540 Marsh Street, Ste 130. The FCCA has placed over 5,100 waiting children into forever families since 1983. First Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-542-9084. fcadoptions.org. Family Connections Christian Adoptions, 1540 Marsh St. #130, San Luis Obispo.

WELCOMING ALL LEVELS OF FRENCH SPEAKERS Getting together to speak French. Sundays, 1-2:30 p.m. 805-332-3961. Coastal Peaks Coffee, 3566 S. Higuera St. #100, San Luis Obispo.

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OCEANO’S BEAVERS: LOCAL HISTORY AND ADAPTATION A talk at Guiton Hall to learn their biology, role in westward expansion, and why they were hunted, followed by an easy half mile walk to look for evidence of their activity. Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-noon Free.

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

production opens with a one-act version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which is followed by a comedic, operatic retelling of “The Three Little Pigs,” and the company’s traditional vaudeville revue. Through Dec. 31 americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano.

POINT SLO LIGHTHOUSE TOURS Docents lead guests on a one-hour tour of the historic site, the buildings, and up to the Lighthouse tower. Please arrive 15 minutes early. All proceeds go directly toward the site’s restoration. Wednesdays, 12 & 1 p.m. and Saturdays, 12, 1 & 2 p.m. $17-$22. 805-540-5771. pointsanluislighthouse.org. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

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TOURS FOR PADDLERS A special tour for visitors who come by ocean. Paddlers will need to clean sand from their feet and dry themselves before the tour so not to damage the antique flooring. Saturdays, 10-10:45 a.m. $6.49. 805-540-5771. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach.

LECTURES & LEARNING

CLUBS & MEETINGS

THE HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA This annual

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person. A wide variety of interesting topics will be covered throughout the series. Each session is followed by a gently moderated discussion. Fourth Friday of every month, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. 805-995-3312. Cayucos Library, 310 B. St., Cayucos.

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E-DEVICE HELP Please sign up in advance. Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

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

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ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP First CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 25

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 24 Wednesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

SOCRATES: WEEKLY DISCUSSION A weekly discussion group to discuss current and interesting topics. Politics and religion are not discussed.

Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon Free. coalescebookstore. com. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay, 805-772-2880.

SURFSIDE TENNIS CLUB Saturdays, 9 a.m. Free the first month; $30 per year afterwards. surfsidetennisclub. teamopolis.com. Morro Bay High School, 235 Atascadero Rd., Morro Bay, 805-771-1845.

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BOARD GAME NIGHT AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/ CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

DEBTORS ANONYMOUS MEETING A 12-step program for people having problems with money and debt. Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-5451, fpcslo.org.

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase.

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

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. 4 Booster Buy In. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/ CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

GALA Q YOUTH GROUP This group serves gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth (ages 13 through 18). Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. 805-541-4252. galacc. org. GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING AT CAPTAIN NEMO Magic: The Gathering (Standard/Type 2). Refreshments available on site for purchase. Mondays, 5-8 p.m.

2 Boost Buy In. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/ CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

MAH JONGG AT THE MONDAY CLUB Come enjoy

a fun and friendly game of Mah Jongg at the Historic Monday Club. Beginners are welcome. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. $5. 805-541-0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

MINIATURE GAMING AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase. Please park in reserved spaces. Thursdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-5446366. Facebook.com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

OPEN GAMING AT CAPTAIN NEMO Board games, card games, and more. Bring any games you’d like.

Refreshments available on site for purchase. Please park in Reserved spaces. Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. facebook.com/pg/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Meets at various locations in SLO County: Arroyo Grande, Oceano, San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Cambria, Atascadero, and Paso Robles. No dues/fees. Mondays-Sundays, 6-7 p.m. Free. oacentralcoast.org. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

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

SLO CHESS Anyone is welcome to come and play.

New players encouraged. Saturday’s games take place in Morro Bay, at the “big board” on the Embarcadero.

Thursdays, 6:30-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. 805-540-0470. Target, Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SLO SKIERS MONTHLY MEETING A local non-profit sports and social club for adults. First Wednesday of every month, 7-8 p.m. Free; $40 for membership. 805528-3194. sloskiers.org. SLO Elks Club, 222 Elks Lane, San Luis Obispo.

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HOMESHARESLO COFFEE CHAT Learn about homesharing, share your housing stories, and network with others. First Wednesday of every month, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. 805-215-5474. homeshareslo.org.

Coffee Bean, 354 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach.

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

Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-929-1615. Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo.

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CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEETING CoDependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a 12-step recovery program for anyone who desires to have healthy and loving relationships with themselves and others.

Saturdays, 1-2:15 p.m. Free. 805-203-5875. Cambria Connection, 1069 Main St., Cambria.

GRANDPARENTS SUPPORT GROUP Facilitated

by Branden Kay with Family Ties. Fridays, 9-11 a.m.

Free. 805-592-2701. losososcares.com. Grandparents Support Group, 800 Manzanita Dr., Room 18, Los Osos.

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GENERAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP (NORTH COUNTY) A support group for those grieving the death of a loved one. This group provides the opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. Wednesdays, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. 805-5442266. hospiceslo.org/support-groups/general-griefsupport-group-0. Hospice SLO County: North County Office, 517 13th St., Paso Robles.

SLO TABLE TENNIS All ages and skill levels welcome.

NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING A meeting for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one.

Fridays, 12-1 p.m. and Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. Free. 805-2215523. The Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4500 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Sundays, 4-7 p.m.

Free. 805-215-4963. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

CHILD LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Hospice SLO County

TOASTMASTERS WEEKLY MEETING A meeting for those who wish to improve their communication skills and lose their fear of public speaking. Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 a.m. SLO County Government Center, 1055 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805-544-6654.

SAN LUIS OBISPO is offering this support group for those grieving the loss of a child. Drop-ins welcome. Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/support-groups.

Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A support

group for those who are caring for a loved one, no matter the diagnosis. Drop-ins welcome. Every other Friday, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org.

Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

HEALING DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP A safe place for anyone dealing with depression who would like to receive support from others. Mondays, 6-7 p.m.

Free. 805-528-3194. Hope House Wellness Center, 1306 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo.

NAR-ANON: LET IT BEGIN WITH ME Nar-Anon is a support group for those who are affected by someone else’s addiction. Tuesdays 805-458-7655. naranoncentralca.org/meetings/meeting-list/. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

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GENERAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) Hospice SLO County is offering this support group for those grieving the death of a loved one. Held in the Church Care Center. Drop-ins welcome. Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

HOW TO GET YOUR LOVED ONE SOBER A familyfriendly seminar presented by The Haven’s clinical staff. Open to the public. Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. thehaven.com. The Haven Facitilities, 391 Front St., Grover Beach, NA. SPOUSE AND PARTNER LOSS SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) A Hospice SLO support group for those grieving the loss of a partner or spouse. Held in Room 16. Drop-ins welcome. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m.

Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

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BASIC COMPUTER HELP Come to learn basic computer skills. Call to sign up. Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m.

Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

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SEWING CAFE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Sewing Cafe offers various classes and workshop. Call for full schedule. ongoing Sewing Cafe, 541 Five Cities

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CARD MAKING Tuesdays, 9 a.m. oasisorcutt.org.

Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt, 805-9379750.

KNITTING AND CROCHETING Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt, 805-937-9750.

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CARDIO BARRE Barre is a combination of pilates, yoga, and ballet barre technique. In each energizing and targeted workout, guests use the barre and exercise equipment to sculpt, slim, and stretch their bodies.

Tuesdays, Sundays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. through Aug. 30 $18; $80 for 5 classes. 805-215-4565. omnistudiomb. com. Omni Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

CHAIR YOGA Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. MOVEMENT FLOW Incorporates yoga, active and resistance stretching, and more. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 6:30-7:30 a.m. 805-776-3676. studiofitnessmorrobay.com. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay. QI GONG CLASS Qi Gong is an ancient and powerful system for physical health and spiritual development.

Join certified instructor Devin Wallace for this outdoors class. Please call to register. Fridays, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Suggested donation $10. 805-709-2227. Tidelands Park, South end of Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

TAI CHI AND QI GONG BASICS Learn the essentials of breathing and postures and combine them for a moving meditation. Private classes also offered.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8-9 a.m. and Mondays, Wednesdays, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Varies. 805-7017397. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. TAIJIQUAN AND QIGONG CLASSES Keep calm through the holidays with the 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the Year. Includes deep breathing and moving meditation to improve balance, focus and coordination. Mondays, Wednesdays, 3:45 p.m. and Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 a.m. Call for details. 805-7017397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

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AFRICAN DANCE An all levels dance class where you can learn traditional dances from Guinea and West Africa. Accompanied by live drumming. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $5-$10. afrodance.net. Performance Athletics Gymnastics, 4484 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-547-1496.

AIKIDO FOR EVERYONE A Japanese martial art designed to stop violence with minimum harm. This class welcomes beginning and experienced students of all levels. Tuesdays, 5:45-7 p.m. $65 for 3 months. 805549-1222. aikidosanluisobispo.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

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

BREWASANA AT 7SISTERS A light hearted vinyasa flow with Robyn paired with a beer of your choice. First Sunday of every month, 10:30 a.m. $15. 805-868-7133.

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

GENTLE YOGA IN SLO Features traditional yoga poses, resistance and active stretching, trigger point therapy, and nerve flossing techniques. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10:15-11:30 a.m. $88. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

RESTORATIVE FLOW YOGA AT THE MONDAY CLUB Enjoy a restorative/flow yoga class with Kevin

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SILVER SNEAKERS ZUMBA Appropriate for all ages and fitness levels.

An easy-to-follow dance fitness class.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Free for members; $6 to drop-in. 805-441-7932.

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

WATER EXERCISE FOR ALL AGES These classes

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

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

FAMILY NITE AT 7SISTERS BREWING $5 options include kids’ grilled cheese, kids’ pulled pork sliders, craft root beer floats, and more. Features live Irish music and family activities. Wednesdays, 4-9 p.m. Free. 805868-7133. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd., suite 110, San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com.

DRAWING FROM NATURE Learn about nature journaling and try your hand at sketching something in the museum.

No experience required. Bring drawing materials if you have them. Dec. 29, 2-3:30 p.m. $3 adult; CCSPA members and under 17 free. 805-772-2694. Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, 20 State Park Rd., Morro Bay.

KIDS POTTERY CLASSES Classes allow time for self expression through clay sculpture and the pottery wheel. For ages 6 and up. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Jan. 25 $35 per class. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

MONTAÑA DE ORO BLUFF NATURE WALK Two mile active hike from the Bluff

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

Trailhead (100 yards south of Spooner Ranch House) for magnificent views and to look for wildlife. Bring binoculars. Dec. 30, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-528-0513.

Montaña de Oro, 3550 Pecho Valley Rd., Los Osos.

skills that can last a lifetime like the confidence to be brave, desire to share ideas with others, and the joy of solving problems with friends by your side. Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m. and Mondays, 9:30-11 a.m. $12. 805-7090761. pyjamadrama.com. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

PLANT PREVIEW Easy 1 mile walk from

WHITE’S POINT VISTAS Half mile steep walk to the top for an outstanding view of the estuary, home to hundreds of marine and land animals; learn about the forces that created and are changing this watery world. Dec. 28, 11 a.m.-noon Free. 805772-2694. Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, 20 State Park Rd., Morro Bay.

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Levity Academy in SLO hosts its Aerial Silks Fundamentals and Basics course every Wednesday from 7 to 8:15 p.m. All levels are welcome to join the weekly class that covers the basics of dance, gymnastics, and aerial skills. Call (805) 549-6417 or visit levityacademy.com to find out more.

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WINDY COVE MUD FLAT AND TIDE POOLS WALK An easy, but muddy walk beginning outside the museum to investigate the mud, rocks, plants, and organisms that live in the cove. Wear “mud” shoes or boots, no bare feet. Dec. 27, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-772-2694. Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, 20 State Park Rd., Morro Bay.

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OCEANO’S DUNES: THE MYSTICAL AND ARTISTIC DUNITES Two mile moderate walk in the dunes in soft sand from the RV Park parking lot to learn what made the Dunite era so special; hear some of their stories. Dec. 28, 9 a.m.-noon Free. 805-474-2667.

Pacific Dunes Ranch, 1205 Silver Spur Pl., Oceano.

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MORRO BAY MARTIAL ARTS: WORLD CHAMPION INSTRUCTION Offering adult and youth classes in kickboxing, boxing, judo, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and self defense. ongoing 805-701-7397. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

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practice of breath and body awareness as you move through areas of tension, increase range of motion and strengthen our relationship with the present moment.

Saturdays, 9-10:15 a.m. $10 suggested donation. whiteheronsangha.org. White Heron Sangha Meditation Center, 6615 Bay Laurel Place, Avila Beach.

New Year with Cal Poly Men’s Basketball as the Mustangs take on Vanguard in the final non-conference game of the season. Jan. 3, 7 p.m. gopoly.com/. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

Basketball as they take on Holy Names. Jan. 2, 5 p.m. gopoly.com/. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

SHOTOKAN KARATE A family-friendly class for ages 8 and over. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:30-6 p.m. Included in YMCA membership. 805-543-8235. sloymca.org. SLO County YMCA, 1020 Southwood Dr., San Luis Obispo.

SLO PING PONG Features many tables. Games are informal and all ability levels are welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Sundays, 4-7 p.m. through Dec. 31 Free for new players. 805-540-0470. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

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AIR TIME

ZUMBA Zumba is a family friendly class at the SLO

MINDFUL MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION A

DRAMA AND PLAY CLASSES: AGES 2-4 Build language, develop motor skills, and practice cooperation, concentration, and problem solving.

Mondays, 10:15-11 a.m. $120 for 10 weeks. 805-7090761. pyjamadrama.com/us. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

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characters. Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m. $120 for 10 weeks.

805-709-0761. pyjamadrama.com/us. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

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Hauber. All proceeds benefit The Monday Clubhouse Conservancy Capital Campaign. Please bring your own yoga mat. Mondays, 5-6:15 p.m. $15 at door. 805-5410594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

YMCA, appropriate for ages 8 and over. MondaysWednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Included with Y Membership. 805-543-8235. sloymca.org. SLO County YMCA, 1020 Southwood Dr., San Luis Obispo.

DRAMA AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY CLASS: AGES 5-8 Sing, dance, play games, and create stories and

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help relieve joint pain, JAN. 2, 2020 enhance your breathing, and increase your range of motion.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 805-481-6399. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, 5citiesswimschool.com.

the north end of 15th Street to catch the plants waking up to the rainy season.

Anticipate the flower calendar of the coming year. Dec. 29, 10 a.m.-noon Free.

805-772-2694. El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area, 1100 15th St., Los Osos.

the basics of mixed martial arts. For ages 7 and up.

Mondays, Wednesdays, 5:15-6 p.m. 805-701-7397. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

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BILINGUAL STORYTIME/ CUENTOS BILINGÜES Children and their families are invited to listen to tales in English and Spanish. Wednesdays, 3:30-4 p.m. Free.

805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

KIDS BALLET This is a beginner’s class for boys and girls to learn how to expressively move in their bodies while focusing on alignment, coordination, and basic ballet technique. Mondays, 3:30-4:15 p.m. $60 per month. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio.com. Omni Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. PAWS TO READ Children are welcome to come read to Berkeley the dog. Wednesdays, 3 p.m. Free. 805-5281862. Los Osos Library, 2075 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

PUPPETS: THE BUCKET MONSTER Come learn who the Bucket Monster is; discover more about the critters that live in the tide pools. Learn how to respect and treat tide pool animals when found. Dec. 27, 2-3 p.m. $3; CCSPA members and under 17 free. 805-772-2694.

Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, 20 State Park Rd., Morro Bay. SCAT AND TRACKS Learn about all kinds of animal scat and how important it is to humans, as well as other animals. Use models to make animal tracks. Dec. 30, 2-4 p.m. $3 adult; CCSPA members and under 17 free.

805-772-2694. Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, 20 State Park Rd., Morro Bay. SNAKES, LIZARDS AND BUGS, OH MY! An enthusiastic naturalist will bring live specimens to show off and share, will explain details about them, and pass them around. Dec. 28, 2-4 p.m. $3 adult; CCSPA members and under 17 free. 805-772-2694. Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, 20 State Park Rd., Morro Bay.

TODDLER STORYTIME Hosted by Ms. Kaela.

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. A storytime for toddlers ages 18 months-and-up. Share stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, and more. Wednesdays, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

YOUTH SELF DEFENSE AND AWARENESS Learn

dune and lagoon plant and animal species. End your visit with a stroll behind the center to the fresh-water lagoon. ongoing, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-474-2667. Oceano Dunes Visitor Center, 555 Pier Ave., Oceano.

PLAY EXPLORE CREATE 1 Enjoy various art activities including drawing, painting, building sculptures, and more. Designed for ages 3 to 4. All materials are included. Mondays, Wednesdays, 9-10:30 a.m. $20. 805668-2125. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande, lila.community.

SLO COUNTY PUGS ON THE BEACH Socially friendly dogs and their humans are invited to run (leash free) in the surf sand at Olde Port Beach (Avila Dog Beach). Last Sunday of every month, 2-3 p.m. Free. aggbchamber.com. Olde Port Beach, 6520 Avila Beach Dr., Avila Beach.

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MOVIE MATINEE: TOY STORY 2 Come to the library to watch a special screening of the classic Pixar sequel.

Dec. 26, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

MOVIE MATINEE: TOY STORY 3 Come to the library to watch a special screening of the popular Pixar sequel.

Dec. 27, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

KTS ALL STAR GYMNASTICS: NINJA WARRIOR CLASSES Bring out your inner warrior with kids parkour classes in a safe setting. For ages 5 and up.

Wednesdays, Fridays, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m. 805-349-7575.

Santa Maria Town Center, 142 Town Center East, Santa Maria.

NEON NIGHTS AT ROCKIN’ JUMP Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. 805-266-7080. Santa Maria Town Center, 142 Town Center East, Santa Maria.

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FREE GUIDED MEDITATION GROUP Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-439-2757. meditationintro.com.

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

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

Frequent prompts facilitate the focus. Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-439-2757. meditationintro.com.

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

TIMBER HAWKEYE “BUDDHIST BOOT CAMP” DISCUSSION Join Timber Hawkeye for a free discussion and Q&A about ways to lead a simple and uncomplicated life. First Saturday of every month, 5-6 p.m. Free. 805-395-4055. Unitarian Universalist Church,

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RECOVERY DHARMA SLO COUNTY A peer-led movement using Buddhist practices and principles to overcome addiction through meditation, personal inquiry, and community. Saturdays, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

Free, donations welcomed. NA. Community Church of Atascadero, 5850 Rosario Ave., Atascadero, atascaderoucc.org.

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ASK SABRINA 30 years of Tarot reading experience.

Open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday in SLO County and Thursday and Sunday in South SLO County. ongoing 805-441-4707. asksabrina.com. Private Location, TBA, San Luis Obispo.

RECOVERY DHARMA SLO COUNTY A peer-led movement using Buddhist practices and principles to overcome addiction through meditation, personal inquiry, and community. Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free, donations welcomed. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo.

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CONNECTING WITH YOUR INNER DIVINE First Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. $15. 805-6744277. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

HOUSE OF GOD CHURCH SERVICES Join Pastor Joseph and Amanda Anderson every Sunday for prayer, healing, and more. Sundays, 9:30-11 a.m. 805-8887714. House of God Church, 946 Rockaway Ave., Grover Beach.

RECOVERY DHARMA SLO COUNTY A peer-led movement using Buddhist practices and principles to overcome addiction through meditation, personal inquiry, and community. Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. Free; donations welcomed. NA. The Haven Facitilities, 391 Front St., Grover Beach, thehaven.com.

SUNDAY FOR SPIRIT PSYCHIC READINGS Features an assortment of psychic readers. Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Vaires. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central Coast holds youth services for junior high school students.

Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free. 805-929-8990. thecitycc.org.

Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Tefft St., Nipomo.

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

805-235-8870. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

SLO REP SEEKING VOLUNTEER BARTENDERS Must be 21 or over. All volunteers receive complimentary tickets. Email volunteer@slorep.org for more info. ongoing slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-786-2440.

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MEALS ON WHEELS: VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED Santa Maria Valley is in need of volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels. Volunteers can help deliver every other week and deliveries take two hours. Call or visit site to join. ongoing 805-938-1200. mealsonwheelssmv.org. Santa Maria, Citywide, Santa Maria.

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

MORRO BAY MAIN STREET FARMER MARKET Every Saturday 2:30-5:30 p.m., year round, rain or shine. Delightful mix of local farm fresh products, baked goods, crafts, and art from more than 30 vendors. Saturdays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Morro Bay Main Street Farmers Market, Main Street and Morro Bay Boulevard, Morro Bay, 928-350-5960, facebook.com/ MorroBayMainStreetFarmersMarket/.

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ATASCADERO FARMERS MARKET Visit site for info on featured music artists and chefs. Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. Free. visitatascadero.com. Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

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

PASO ROBLES FARMERS MARKET Tuesdays, 9-11:30 a.m. northcountyfarmersmarkets.com. Paso Robles Farmers Market, Spring and 11th Street, Paso Robles.

TEMPLETON FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 9 a.m.12:30 p.m. northcountyfarmersmarkets.com. Templeton Park, 550 Crocker St., Templeton.

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

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

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

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SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts over 60 vendors.

Volunteers at The Marine Mammal Center’s San Luis Obispo Operations (SLO) rescue animals from around San Luis Obispo county, provide triage care to the patients onsite, and transport the patients north for further care. Accepting applications now. Through Jan. 25, 2020 marinemammalcenter.org. The Marine Mammal Center, Main Street, Morro Bay, 805-771-8300.

SWAP ELFIN FOREST WORK PARTY Help the SWAP Weed Warriors with weeding, trail trimming, and erosion control. First Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.-noon 805528-0392. El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area, 1100 15th St., Los Osos.

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FELINE NETWORK OF THE CENTRAL COAST Seeking volunteers to provide foster homes for foster kittens or cats with special needs. The Feline Network pays for food, litter, and any medications needed.

Volunteers also needed to help with humanely trapping and transporting feral cats for spay/neuter. ongoing 805-549-9228. felinenetwork.org. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO.

HOSPICE SLO COUNTY VOLUNTEER TRAINING Preregistration required. In-Home Volunteers assist individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families by providing caregiver respite, practical assistance, emotional support, companionship, and comfort.

Thursdays, 1-6 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo. org/workshops. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo.

LOAN CLOSET ASSOCIATE The Riso Family Loan Closet offers short-term use of durable medical equipment to people who are in the healing and recovery process. Volunteer Position: Associate accepts donations, sanitizes and checks-out equipment, and answers phone. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-547-7025. Wilshire Community Services, 285 South St., suite J, San Luis Obispo, wilshirecommunityservices.org.

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Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, 325 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo.

SLO TUESDAY FARMERS’ MARKET Tuesdays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Farm Supply, 224 Tank Farm Rd., San Luis Obispo.

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ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Includes produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m.

Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, Arroyo Grande.

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

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

LOMPOC FARMERS MARKET Features fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, entertainment, and activities for the whole family. Fridays, 2-6 p.m. Lompoc Farmers Market, Ocean Avenue and I Street, Lompoc.

EVENTS NORTH COAST SLO COU NT Y

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT GOURMET PIZZA Spend an evening outdoors while enjoying delicious wood-fired pizza and yard games. Fridays, 4-7 p.m. $19.95 for adults; $12.95 for kids. 805-927-4200. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, cambriapineslodge. com.

HAPPY HOUR: BROKEN EARTH WINERY Join us after work on Wednesdays for Happy Hour with special by the glass pricing. Wednesdays, 5-7 p.m. 805-2392562. brokenearthwinery.com/events/Happy-Hour.

Broken Earth Winery, 1650 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles.

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“WINE DOWN” MONDAYS Come and “Wine Down” with us on Monday nights. Mondays, 4-9 p.m. 805-4615100. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

DEC. 26, 2019 – JAN. 2, 2020

BURGER SUNDAY WITH LONE MADRONE Guests can enjoy elevated lamb, beef, and portobello mushroom burgers grilled by Chef Jeffery Scott. Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Starts at $14. 805-2380845. Lone Madrone Winery, 5800 Adelaida Rd., Paso Robles, lonemadrone.com.

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT THE NAUTICAL COWBOY Enjoy happy hour specials at this Central Coast steak and seafood house. ongoing, 4-6 p.m.

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

DOLLAR OYSTER WEDNESDAYS Enjoy fresh dollar oysters. Wednesdays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

SUIT UP

Performance Athletics Gymnastics in SLO hosts its Winter Gymnastics Camp on Thursday, Jan. 2, and Friday, Jan. 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. both days. The camp is open to children ages 3 to 12. No prior gymnastics experience is necessary. Call (805) 547-1496 or visit performanceathleticsslo.com to find out more.

—C.W.

PRIME RIB SUNDAYS Enjoy a Sunday Supper that warms the soul. Sundays, 4-9 p.m. Varies.

805-461-5100. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

SENIOR SPECIALS Seniors ages 55+ save 15% every Tuesday. Tuesdays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

TRI TIP TUESDAYS Enjoy Santa Maria style tri tip every Tuesday. Tuesdays, 4-9 p.m. 805-461-5100. thecarlton.com/dining/the-nautical-cowboy. The Nautical Cowboy, 6005 El Camino Real, Atascadero.

WINE AND OLIVE OIL TASTING Enjoy tasting Rhône varietal wines from SLO and SB counties, as well as local Boccabella Farms’ craft olive oils. ongoing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $20. 805-237-1245. mcpricemyers.com. McPrice Myers Wine Company, 3525 Adelaida Rd., Paso Robles.

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

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

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

WINE TASTING AT CHANGALA Enjoy local art and meet Changala’s wine dogs while sampling various wines.

Fridays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. 805-226-9060. changalawinery.com. Changala Winery, 3770 Willow Creek Rd., Paso Robles.

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ALL DAY HAPPY HOUR AT LUNA RED Enjoy $6 bites, sangria, draft beer, house wine, and spirits.

Thursdays, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 805-640-5243. lunaredslo.com/menus/. Luna Red, 1023 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo.

THE BLACK GLASS CHALLENGE AT CROMA VERA Test your blind tasting skills. Winners get their names listed on the front board and posted to social media. Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $12. 805-946-1685. cromavera.com/events/. Croma Vera Wines, 3592 Broad St., suite 106, San Luis Obispo.

FRIDAY NIGHT PINT NIGHT Buy logo glass for $8 and bring it in every Friday for $2 off refills. Wine offered at happy hour pricing. Fridays, 4-10 p.m. Free. 805868-7133. 7sistersbrewing.com/events-page. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd., suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

GEEKS WHO DRINK PUB QUIZ 8 rounds of audio, visual, and live hosted trivia with prizes. Thursdays, 6:308:30 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com.

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

SLO PRODUCE EXCHANGE Gathering twice a month for neighbors to exchange excess fruit, veggies, baked goods, plants, crafts, etc. First Saturday of every month, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. 818-489-7085. Natural Food Co-op, 2494 Victoria Ave., San Luis Obispo.

TASTE OF SLO: WALKING FOOD TOUR Visit five different destinations in downtown SLO per tour. All food and drinks are included. Mondays, Saturdays,

1-4 p.m. through Sept. 5 $85. 320-420-9853. tasteofslowalkingfoodtour.com. Downtown SLO, Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo.

TRIVIA Hosted by Brain Stew Trivia. German food from Beda’s Biergarden available 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Rd., San Luis Obispo, 805-242-8372, bangthedrumbrewery.com/.

WINE TASTING AT CROMA VERA Wines also available by the glass and bottle. Club members enjoy special pricing and exclusive benefits. Mondays, FridaysSundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $14. 805-946-1685. cromavera. com/tastingroom/. Croma Vera Wines, 3592 Broad St., suite 106, San Luis Obispo.

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

WOODSTOCK’S SLO TRIVIA NIGHT For trivia aficionados and fun-lovers in general alike. Tuesdays, 9-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com/ events/. Woodstock’s Pizza, 1000 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS Features a food truck every Friday. Fridays, 5 p.m. Wine Stone Inn, 255 W. Clark Ave, Orcutt, 805-332-3532.

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LOMPOC WINE FACTORY TASTINGS This tasting room highlights community-based winemaking. Features various member winemakers. Mondays, WednesdaysSaturdays, 12-4 p.m. 805-243-8398. lompocwinefactory. com. Lompoc Wine Factory, 321 N. D St., Lompoc.

TASTING AT MONTEMAR WINES Offering handcrafted wines, charcuterie, and cheeses. FridaysSundays, 12-5 p.m. 805-735-5000. facebook.com/ montemarwines. Montemar Wines, 1501 E. Chestnut Ave., Lompoc.

WINE TASTING AT FLYING GOAT CELLARS This winery specializes in Pinot Noir and sparkling wine.

Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 805-7369032. flyinggoatcellars.com. Flying Goat Cellars, 1520 Chestnut Court, Lompoc.

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ROBLAR WINE TASTINGS Potting Shed and Barrel Room available to members. ongoing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

805-686-2603. roblarwinery.com. Roblar Winery, 3010 Roblar Ave., Santa Ynez.

STANDING SUN: TASTING ROOM HOURS Visit site for Cellar Club details and more info.

Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 805-691-9413. standingsunwines.com. Standing Sun Wines, 92 2nd St., Unit D, Buellton, 805-691-9413.

WINE TASTING AT KALYRA Offering varietals from all over the world. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 805-693-8864. kalyrawinery.com. Kalyra Winery, 343 N. Refugio Rd., Santa Ynez. ∆

Great Futures Start Here!

“Boys & Girls Clubs! I got to wear a uniform and learned all about the fire truck and the equipment they use. I was so excited, I couldn’t stop smiling.”

Enrique, Age 10

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A Message from our CEO, Jeremy Deming

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n behalf of our Board of Directors, staff members, and families served throughout the Central Coast, thank you for supporting our mission-focused work at Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast. As esteemed supporters of our mission, you create opportunities for local youth by removing financial barriers to accessing high quality out-of-school programs and services. Now operating twelve clubsites in five cities, in two counties, we are the largest and most capable youth development organization in our beloved region and the best is yet to come.

We are proud to announce the recent expansion of our operations into the Shandon community with the help of the Shandon Joint Unified School District and must! charities, but there is so much more to be done. The lack of adequate facilities in Paso Robles is the primary barrier to expanding our programs and services in that community. The late Tom Maas and his widow Kathleen made a significant contribution earlier this year to ensure we are able to break down this expansion barrier by purchasing property on Oak Street in Paso Robles. Their instrumental gift and dedication to our mission

will soon enable us to construct a new clubsite adjacent to Georgia Brown Elementary School.

That clubsite will be appropriately named the Tom Maas Boys & Girls Club in memory of Tom and his vision for our organization’s future. Reach out to me if you are interested in joining us in this impactful effort to expand our reach in Paso Robles.

Our flagship clubsite on Railroad Avenue in Santa Maria is undergoing construction as well.

Upon the completion of that project, funded by a City of Santa Maria CDBG grant, we will be able to provide hundreds of teens in the Santa Maria community a positive, structured and safe environment to learn, build character and develop crucial life skills. The newly refurbished and expanded Teen Center is slated to open in January of 2020. If you are interested in this project, please reach out to me for more information on how you can help us build great futures for the most vulnerable group of young people in Santa Maria. Together, we can create lasting impact.

the futures of the children and teens we serve produce real and systematic change. Thank you for your generosity, encouragement and support of our mission.

The power of philanthropy is alive and well in our generous region. Your investments in

805-922-7163 Jeremy@BGCCentralCoast.org

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Respectfully, Jeremy L. Deming, CEO

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Enrique, and the 2,699 other BGCSMCC Club members just like him, needs your help this holiday season. Please make a gift today to support the life-changing services the Club provides. When you do, you’ll know that you aren’t just making a donation. You’re changing a child’s life.

Founded in 1966, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast is looking for a minimum of 66 members to commit a monthly gift of $66, helping us raise over $52,000 annually to help the 2,700 + children and teens that attend one of our twelve Clubs daily. It’s the easiest and best way to offer dependable programs to local youth.

WHY BE A MEMBER? For a monthly gift of $66 you will be providing:

• Educational activities and mentoring for children who would otherwise be left alone and unsupervised during non-school hours.

• Mentors for children who need a supportive and caring adult who will listen, encourage, and celebrate their successes.

• Daily meals for children throughout Santa Maria Valley.

WHAT DO MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE? The knowledge that for about the same daily amount as a cup of coffee, you are providing a safe place for local children to grow and thrive. Help local children and teens by joining Club 66.

To register for Club 66, go to BGCCentralCoast.org

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Save the Dates!

BGCMCC Annual Meeting January 30, 2020 An informative luncheon honoring the people and businesses that made 2019 a success. Includes an overview of our strategic plan for 2020.

40th Annual Auction & Gala April 17, 2020 The event of the year, join us for cocktails, dinner, silent, and live auction all benefitting BGCMCC. 21st Annual Ag for Youth Golf Tournament July 27, 2020 Spend the day golfing to support our BGCMCC Summer Programs.

20th Annual Champions of Youth Sept 12, 2020 Join us as we honor the people who have championed BGCMCC for the past 20 years.

Dinner with Live & Silent auction.

Celebrity Waiters Night TBD Fall 2020 Enjoy a fun night with dinner, live and silent auctions. Themed table and dress contest.

For sponsorship or event information, please contact Kathryn Scott at 805-354-7421.

Coastal Community Builders “Building Excellence on the Central Coast” www.coastalcommunitybuilders.com

Partnership Highlight: In partnership with must! charities and the Shandon Joint Unified School Distract we have opened a new clubsite on the campus of Shandon Elementary School. Since the start of the 2019-20 school year, it has become the place to be after school for 75 children, and more are expected to enroll after the new year.

Since 2012, must! charities has been a devoted supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs. Their staff and Board have been trailblazers in partnership with BGCMCC and they have been historically supportive of new programmatic initiatives. The partnership between must! and BGCMCC is a powerhouse and a true catalyst in creating lasting change in the communities we serve.

The commitment between must!, BGCMCC, and the Shandon Joint Unified School District will ensure that youth have a positive and safe place to go after school and during school break periods. The Shandon Joint Unified School Distract agreed to match must!’s three-year funding commitment to provide year round support of their students. This collaboration is a true mission-focused example of communities coming together to serve youth who need us most.

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Music

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PHOTO COURTESY OF CON BRIO

So Not Starkey

BY CAMILLIA LANHAM

Siren call

Head out to Morro Bay if you’re looking to dance the night away over the midweek holiday weirdness

T

hink that head-bobbing horn lines layered over ass-moving bass, drums, and synth is a great way to spend the evening?

You’re definitely in luck.

Numbskull and Good Medicine Presents are bringing to town Con Brio, a sevenpiece band from the Bay Area named for an Italian musical direction that means “with spirit.” The self-described mix of energetic soul, psych rock, and R&B is headed by singer Ziek McCarter, whose voice modulates between being a little like Lenny Kravitz, a little like Michael Jackson, and everything in between.

The band released its first album, Paradise, in 2016 and second album,

Explorer, in 2018. Paradise is a mix of electric guitar riffs, funky beats, and jazzy horns, while Explorer plays more like an ode to the retro sounds of the ’70s. It’s disco layered with lyrics, guitar, horn, and danceable beats—and it also includes a cover of Nirvana’s “HeartShaped Box,” so you can’t really paint Con Brio into a genre. In July and September, Con Brio released a couple of singles in collaboration with funk-rap maestro Lyrics Born.

They just are who they are: Eclectic, jazzy, full of energy—and apparently back flips, too.

Con Brio plays The Siren on Friday, Dec. 27, with LA funk ensemble Mestizo

Beat opening (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $17 presale at Boo Boo’s and eventbrite. com or $20 at the door).

The Taproots put on a free show on Saturday, Dec. 28, at The Siren if you’re thinking you need a stop to grab a quick mid-afternoon cocktail and a song (3 to 6 p.m.; 21-and-older). Expect roots rock and Americana, jazz music, and strong harmonies.

But the Saturday fun doesn’t end there.

Let’s Go Bowling, a third-wave Ska band from Fresno (some would argue that these guys kicked off the movement), hit the stage later that evening (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $15 presale at Boo Boo’s and eventbrite.com or $17 at the door). They’ve been playing together since 1986 and put on frantic live performances with crafted instrumentals and barbershop harmonies.

Tommy Peacock and The Feathers will also be there. The cover band plays classic covers as well as hits from all decades including those of Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, and Rancid.

Not ready for the weekend to end? It doesn’t have to!

Ozomatli plays The Siren on Monday, Dec. 30 (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $27 presale at Boo Boo’s and eventbrite.com or $30 at the door). The six-piece band out of Los Angeles plays LA music: hip-hop,

salsa, cumbia, jazz, ska, funk, reggae ... you name it! They’ve got it all and they put on a fantastic live show. You just can’t help but dance. I’ve seen them at least twice a year since college—which was a while ago.

Ozo has released 10 albums, performed all over the world, opened for Carlos Santana, and won two Grammy awards for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album and the Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2005. With these guys, it’s all about movement, and seeing them live is an event. Ozo moves into and interacts with the crowd, pulls people onstage to dance, and they have a loyal following.

Have a Rockin’ Irish New Year’s at The Siren with Celtic rock band the Young Dubliners. Yes, the Irish influence is in there, but it’s not the only thing you hear on their albums or at their live shows.

Two of the band members are from Ireland, and the rest hail from all corners of the United States.

“The sound was always intended to be a hybrid because we all come from such different backgrounds,” the band’s press materials say.

The Young Dubliners will be there for you on Tuesday, Dec. 31 (7:30 p.m.;

talsanmusic.com. Pewter Plough Playhouse, 828 Main St., Cambria.

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

JON STEPHENS LIVE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Free. 805-

OZOMATLI LIVE Presented by Good Medicine. Dec.

Philbin perform live jazz.

Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.

Free. 805-238-2834. labellasera.com.

Enoteca Restaurant and Bar, 206 Alexa Ct., Paso Robles.

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DANCE TO THE BEAT For a live show you can’t help but move to, check out Ozomatli at The Siren on Monday, Dec. 30.

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

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

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

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

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

CON BRIO LIVE From Good Medicine Presents. Dec. 27, 7:30 p.m. The Siren, 900 Main St., Morro Bay, 805225-1312, thesirenmorrobay.com/.

FAMOUS JAZZ ARTIST SERIES Charlie and Sandi Shoemake’s Famous Jazz Artist Series celebrates the music of Irving Berlin. Karl Welz on sax, Darrell Voss on drums, and renowned bassist Luther Hughes. Dec. 29, 4-6 & 7-8 p.m. $20; Students: $10. 805-927-0179.

FUNKY FRESH Funk-rock-dance masters Con Brio bring Bay Area style to The Siren on Friday, Dec. 27.

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

30, 7:30 p.m. The Siren, 900 Main St., Morro Bay, 805225-1312, thesirenmorrobay.com/.

LIVE MUSIC AT BROKEN EARTH TASTING ROOM

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY FEATURES DORIAN MICHAEL Dorian Michael started playing guitar as a

Last Friday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-4346457. Broken Earth Winery, 1650 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles.

LIVE MUSIC AT OLD CAYUCOS TAVERN Fridays, Saturdays Free. 805-995-3209. oldcayucostavern.com.

Old Cayucos Tavern & Cardroom, 130 N Ocean Ave., Cayucos.

LIVE MUSIC AT STAX Thursdays, Sundays, 6-8 p.m.

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

LOUIE ORTEGA LIVE Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge.com.

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

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seven-year old in LA just as folk music was about to have a renaissance of sorts. He has been a working guitarist for four decades. Dec. 30, 6:30-9 p.m. Free; tips accepted. 805-772-8388. songwritersatplay.com. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

FIRST SUNDAY JAM SESH First Sunday of every

TED WISE: GUITAR AND VOCALS A subtle

LIVE MUSIC AT ASUNCION RIDGE Fridays,

acoustic backdrop to complement wining, dining, and coastal lifestyle. First Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Free. 559-361-5144. reverbnation.com/ tedwiseguitarandvocals. Stax Wine Bar & Bistro, 1099 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

NORTH SLO COU NT Y

ADAM LEVINE AND JUDY PHILBIN Levine and

month, 4-6 p.m. 805-400-5293.

Bristol’s Cider House, 3220 El Camino Real, Atascadero, bristolscider.com/.

Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-237-1425. asuncionridge. com. Asuncion Ridge, 725 12th St., Paso Robles.

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

Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight 805-439-0969. sweetspringssaloon.com. Sweet Springs Saloon, 990

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Music MUSIC LISTINGS from page 37 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos.

THE REAL BLUES JAM NORTH All Blues musicians,

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

CABARET SINGING AND PERFORMANCE CLASS Come improve your vocal skills so that you

BLUES MASTERS JAM Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

regardless of experience, are welcome to join this jam session. Hosted by Ted Waterhouse with Bruce Willard and Dean Giles. Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 donation/musicians exempt. 805-704-5116. danbino. com. D’anbino Vineyards and Cellars, 710 Pine St., Paso Robles.

have more fun singing cabaret, Broadway, and karaoke.

Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $145 for 8 weeks; $20 to drop-in. 805-400-5335. Cabaret805.com. Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

SATURDAY LIVE Live music every Saturday afternoon.

GYPSY JAZZ NIGHT With the Gypsy All Stars: Laurel

Wine and lunch offerings available for purchase.

Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-227-4812. vinarobles. com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

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

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

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY FEATURES CHARLIE ZANNE BAND Charlie Zanne Band is the duo of Amanda McCaslin and Jake Neuman, Bakersfieldbased Americana musicians. All ages welcome. Dec. 29, 1-4 p.m. Free; tips accepted. 805-226-8881. songwritersatplay.com. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY FEATURES PI JACOBS Songwriters At Play celebrates nine years of our weekly showcase at Sculpterra, held year-round, rain or shine.

Headlining is LA based singer-songwriter Pi Jacobs, who plays what she calls an “Americana bluesy rock thing”.

Jan. 5, 1-4 p.m. Free; tips accepted. 805-226-8881. songwritersatplay.com. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

VERN SANDERS LIVE This jazz pianist covers songs from the Great American Songbook. Sundays, 5-8 p.m.

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

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ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE Enjoy the works of Kubis, T.S. Monk, Adderley, Davis, Hargrove and Kern.

7 Sisters, under new ownership, will be serving up new brews and food. Jan. 3, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-904-8149. thejazzalleyrevew.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd., suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

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BROWN BAG CONCERT First Friday of every month, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-543-5451. fpcslo.org. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

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

THE JUMP JAX LIVE AT CHARLIE’S PLACE Keep the Holiday spirit jumpin’ with the Saxophone-driven music of the Jump Jax. Dec. 27, 7-10 p.m. Free. 805543-9810. Charlie’s Place, 981 Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo.

LIVE MUSIC AND FROG AND PEACH Enjoy live music and craft beer seven nights a week. ongoing Complimentary admission. Frog and Peach Pub, 728 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-595-4764, frogandpeachpub.com.

LIVE MUSIC AT MOTHER’S TAVERN Fridays, 7:3010:30 p.m. Free. 805-541-8733. motherstavern.com.

Mother’s Tavern, 725 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

LUNA LIVE WITH THE VOICE’S WILL BREMAN Don’t Miss Will Breman in the Luna Lounge. Dec. 26, 9-11 p.m. 805-540-5243. Luna Red, 1023 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo.

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

SUNDAY SERENADE Features a different acoustic

Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave., Pismo Beach, 805779-1779, seaventure.com.

Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co, AG, 1462 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805-474-8525, figmtnbrew.com/.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC Enjoy live music and food on the patio. Fridays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805489-9099. branchstreeetdeli.com. Branch Street Deli, 203 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande.

LIDO LIVE Live music at Lido at Dolphin Bay. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-773-8900. thedolphinbay.com/lido. Lido Restaurant at Dolphin Bay, 2727 Shell Beach Rd., Pismo Beach.

LIVE MUSIC AT PUFFERS Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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

LIVE MUSIC AT SCOTTY’S Enjoy live music from local artists, cocktails, and food. Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

Scotty’s Bar and Grill, 750 Price St., Pismo Beach, 805773-1922, scottysbarpismo.com.

WEDNESDAYS: LIVE MUSIC Enjoy live music in the fireplace room. Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. Seaventure Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave., Pismo Beach, 805779-1779, seaventure.com.

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ALL FOR REAL WITH SARAH JACKSON First Saturday of every month, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe, 805-219-0977.

CONNER CHERLAND LIVE Jan. 3, 7-10 p.m.

Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S Broadway St. suite 102, Orcutt, 805-287-9663, naughtyoak.com.

CYRUS CLARKE LIVE Jan. 3, 7-10 p.m. Free admission. Vino et Amicis, 156 S. Broadway, Orcutt, 805-631-0496, vinoetamicis.com.

act each week. Sundays, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Rd., San Luis Obispo, 805-2428372, bangthedrumbrewery.com/.

GOSPEL BRUNCH WITH BROTHA FRANK First

Y & T LIVE Y & T will be live at SLO Brew Rock . Dec.

HAVANA NIGHTS Enjoy live music acts, including Victor Valencia and others. Fridays, 7-9 p.m.

Cubanissimo Cuban Coffee House, 4869 S. Bradley Rd.,

28, 7 p.m. $25-$125. 805-546-8600. fremontslo.com.

SLO Brew Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo.

Sunday of every month, 2-5 p.m. Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe, 805-219-0977.

Orcutt.

JACOB MARQUEZ LIVE Lead singer of After the Smoke plays a solo set. Featuring DEC. 26, 2019 – catering from El Sabor JAN. 2, 2020 Latino. Dec. 27, 7-10 p.m.

Free admission. Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S Broadway St. suite 102, Orcutt, 805-287-9663, naughtyoak.com.

LIVE MUSIC AT COSTA DE ORO Enjoy live music and complimentary appetizers every week. Thursdays, Fridays, 5-7 p.m. and Saturdays, 3-5 p.m. Free. Costa De Oro Winery, 1331 S. Nicholson Ave., Santa Maria, 805922-1468, cdowinery.com.

LIVE MUSIC AT MOXIE CAFE Enjoy live music from local artists, food, and drinks. Thursdays-Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. Free admission. moxiecafe.com/music/. Moxie Cafe, 1317 W. McCoy Ln., Santa Maria, 805-361-2900.

LIVE MUSIC AT NAUGHTY OAK Enjoy a different musical act and food vendor every Friday evening.

Fridays, 5:30 p.m. Free admission. Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S Broadway St. suite 102, Orcutt, 805-2879663, naughtyoak.com.

LIVE MUSIC AT O’SULLIVAN’S Featuring live entertainment from local and touring alternative, indie, rock, punk, reggae, ska, alt-country, and other left-ofcenter musicians several times throughout each month. ongoing Free. O’Sullivan’s Pub, 633 E. Main St., Santa Maria, 805-925-0658, osullivanspub.net.

NYC DUO LIVE Dec. 27, 7-10 p.m. Free admission.

Vino et Amicis, 156 S. Broadway, Orcutt, 805-631-0496, vinoetamicis.com.

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

SIP MUSIC CLUB Pairing music and local wine with 4 seasonal releases each calendar year. Price includes 3 VIP access tickets to each SipMusic event, and 1 album and 1 bottle of premium wine every 3 months. ongoing $40. Lompoc Wine Factory, 321 N. D St., Lompoc, 805243-8398, lompocwinefactory.com.

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Music

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NOT STARKEY from page 37

21-and-older; $35 eventbrite.com or $40 at the door) if you get your tickets in advance. Admission is limited to only 300 tickets, and it sells out every year, per The Siren’s website, so get your tickets at the presale price. Admission includes a glass of sparkling wine and the Aviators, too. These Southern California rock ’n’ rollers will be here “to fill your soul with rock ’n’ roll.” A hard rock band with dual Les Pauls, powerhouse vocals, and a thunderous rhythm section—it’s the best that ’80s hair rock can bring, with a modern SoCal twist.

GET MELTED The heavy rock band that’s been hitting it hard since the ’70s, Y&T, plays SLO Brew Rock on Saturday, Dec. 28.

SLO Brew Rock Before Mötley Crüe, one band was already pummeling their instruments in rock joints across the nation. In the 1970s, when members of Y&T were sweating all over stages, they didn’t know what would come in the future when hard rock bands like RATT and Metallica would light up the charts. Born in Oakland as Yesterday and Today, the band shortened their name to Y&T in the ’80s. Eighteen albums and three greatest hits collections later, Y&T has sold more than 4 million albums since 1974, and the band’s most recent single, “I’m Coming Home,” has roughly 1.5 million views on YouTube, according to press materials. “Prepare to have your face melted” as Y&T plays SLO Brew Rock on Saturday, Dec. 28 (7 p.m.; 18-and-older; $25 to $125 at slobrew.com).

For something completely different, you can also try SLO Brew Rock for

a New Year’s Eve Disco on Tuesday, Dec. 31 (8:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; $35 to $1,000 at slobrew.com). SLO Brew’s shutting down the entire campus from the taproom to the stage to the brand-new Rod & Hammer’s SLO Stills small-batch distillery.

DJ Studio 54 and special guest Elijah Blue Molina, better known by his stage name Scoop DeVille, will get you in the epic party mood—although I wouldn’t count on it being anything like the Studio 54 of 1970s New York.

DeVille—a Mexican-American record producer, rapper, and DJ—has produced records for Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, and Busta Rhymes. Tickets will get you a taste of chef Tom’s New Year’s spread, access to the disco sparkle station and photo booth, surprises from the SLOQueerdos, and more.

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Jerry James on the bass. com; children under 12 are free). The The band plays hard-driving old-time Stumblers are an energetic American fiddle tunes and spirited songs, influenced string band that formed in 2018 when by the golden-era string bands of the fiddler Casey Meikle returned to 1920s and ’30s. Their performance is California from Middle Tennessee. While filled with humorous stories and banter, living there, he became steeped in the so you can definitely party like it’s 1929. region’s musical traditions, traveling with NOT STARKEY continued page 41 a variety of Southern string bands. The

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great oaks ROCK ’N’ SOUL Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Unfinished Business at the Embassy Suites in SLO on Tuesday, Dec. 31.

NOT STARKEY from page 40

Editor Camillia Lanham wrote this week’s So Not Starkey. Send music notes to clanham@newtimesslo.com. Or, for more sick beats, keep up with New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey via Twitter at twitter.com/glenstarkey, friend him at facebook.com/glenstarkey, or contact him at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

But you might want to dress warmly, because you’ll be partying in a barn. A portion of the sales from the event will benefit The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County. Tickets are available at the door. The event ends at 9 p.m. with an Appalachian New Year’s countdown.

Unfinished Business with PHOTO COURTESY OF SLO COUNTY STUMBLERS special guest Roy Henry will be at the Embassy Suites in SLO on Tuesday, Dec. 31 (6 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.; $95 at Boo Boo’s and my805tix.com) for an evening of ’60s rock and soul. With a new menu and 50 percent more dance floor, tickets will include live entertainment, dancing, a buffet dinner with cash bar service, and special overnight hotel rates.

Or you can hit up a New Year’s Eve with the SLO POPs at the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo for a classy Night at the Oscars. Ring in the New Year with music from your favorite award-winning films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Casablanca, Dances with Wolves, ET, Jurassic Park, and more ($20 to $97; pacslo.org). You can also join them for a pre-concert APPALACHIAN SEND-OFF Stumble out of 2019 with the SLO County Stumblers at the Octagon Barn supper catered by Popolo that on Tuesday, Dec. 31, for a New Year’s night starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $65 benefitting the SLO County Land Conservancy. per person. ∆

MUSIC LISTINGS from page 39

THE BRAMBLES LIVE Food and drinks available for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. Jan. 4, 1-4 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

THE CAVERNS LIVE Dec. 27, 8-11 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

DO NO HARM LIVE A Santa Barbara-based blues, rock, Motown, and soul band. Dec. 28, 1-4 p.m. Free admission. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

DUSTY JUGZ LIVE Dec. 28, 8-11 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

THE DYLAN ORTEGA BAND As part of KRAZy Country Honky-Tonk Thursday. Thursdays, 7 p.m.

Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

FALCON HEAVY LIVE Dec. 29, 1-5 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785,

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FIRST FRIDAY ‘80S NIGHT Featuring the Molly Ringwald Project. First Friday of every month, 8:30-11:30 p.m. $10 after 8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

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THE JUST DAVE BAND LIVE Jan. 4, 8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

LET GO FLO LIVE Food and drinks available for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. Jan. 3, 6-9 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

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LIVEWIRE LIVE Jan. 3, 9 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

THE NOMBRES LIVE Food and drinks available for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. Jan. 4, 1-4 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

ODDLY STRAIGHT LIVE This band performs an eclectic blend of classic rock and Americana. Dec. 28, 1-4 p.m. Free admission. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html.

PARADISE KINGS LIVE This group performs a mix of rock, blues, and swing. Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. Free admission. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

PARADISE ROAD LIVE Food and drinks available for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. Dec. 27, 6-9 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

PULL THE TRIGGER LIVE Dec. 28, 8-11 p.m.

Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

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SAM MITCHELL LIVE Jan. 5, 12-4 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

SUNDAY ROUND-UP Enjoy live music on the patio and special menu offerings every Sunday morning. Sundays, 11 a.m. Free. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

TOM BALL AND KENNY SULTAN LIVE Enjoy a blend of guitar and harmonica blues, and rags, and good time music. Food and drinks available for purchase.

No outside food or drinks allowed. Sundays, 1:15-4 p.m. Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html.

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BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS WITH A-TOWN BALLROOM Dance lessons with Cammie Velci and Brian Reeves. Singles and couples from all levels of experience are welcome. Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. $10-$15. 888-395-4965. atownballroom. com. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

DANCE LESSON AND DANCE PARTY Come learn a variety of ballroom, swing, and Latin dances. Followed by a potluck dance party. Sundays, 5-7:30 p.m. $10.

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

DANCE LESSONS WITH CAMMIE AND BRIAN Come learn a variety of ballroom, swing, and latin dances. Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. $10. 888-3954965. atownballroom.com/. Atascadero Agricultural

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Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

SUNDAY DANCE PARTIES A weekly

UNCORK THE MIC Producer of Uncork the DEC. 26, 2019 – Mic, Michelle Morrow JAN. 2, 2020 presents a featured singer/songwriter each Monday evening. The event is an unconventional open mic session with a unique format. Email uncorkthemic@gmail.com to sign up.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-772-5055. staxwinebar.com/events2/. Stax Wine Bar & Bistro, 1099 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

dance party that includes free dance lessons.

Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free; $5 on DJ nights. 888395-4965. Atascadero Agricultural Hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

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

805-541-0969. slograd. com. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo.

This session features a singer/songwriter/musician each week. To be featured on Uncork the Mic, email uncorkthemic@gmail.com. Mondays-Sundays, 6-8 p.m.

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

LUNA NOCHE: SLO’S NEWEST LATE NIGHT Every Friday and Saturday night, Luna Red will transform into Luna Noche, an alluring late night series full of eclectic music and dancing. Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. through Dec. 28 lunaredslo.com/lunanoche/. Luna Red, 1023 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-540-5243.

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

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

OPEN MIC NIGHT AT 7SISTERS For musicians,

LIFE OF PI

Songwriters At Play presents solo artist Pi Jacobs at Sculpterra Winery in Paso Robles on Sunday, Jan. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. This Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter performs a mix of Americana, blues, and rock. Admission to the concert is free, but tips will be accepted. Call (805) 226-8881 or visit songwritersatplay.com for more info.

—Caleb Wiseblood

Zumba fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easyto-follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program.

Mondays-Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. sloymca.org/ Classes. SLO County YMCA, 1020 Southwood Dr., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-8235.

over. Tuesdays-Sundays, 9 p.m. Free. 805-925-2405. ranchobowl.com/nightlife. Rancho Bowl, 128 E Donovan Rd., Santa Maria.

RANDY LATIN PARTY MIX Fridays, 9:30 p.m.

Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe, 805-2190977.

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

DJ CAMOTE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Harry’s Night Club And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, 805-7731010, harryspismobeach.com.

THIRSTY THURSDAYS WITH DJ VEGA Playing today’s and yesterday’s hits. No cover charge. Bring your dancing shoes. Thursdays, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Free.

805-478-3980. DJ’s Saloon, 724 E Ocean Ave., Lompoc.

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

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KRAZY COUNTRY HONKY-TONK THURSDAY

805 NIGHTS For ages 21-and-over only. Come enjoy dancing to your favorite music videos. Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Free. 805-219-0977. Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe.

DJ VEGA: OLD SCHOOL AND PARTY MIX Saturdays, 9 p.m. Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe, 805-219-0977.

Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

LINE DANCING Mondays, 6:30-9 p.m. $5. 805-3101827. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

NIGHTLIFE AT RANCHO BOWL Enjoy DJ’s 6 nights a week in the Rancho Bar and Lounge. For ages 21-and-

Thursdays, 6 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org.

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HULA DANCING Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 805-598-6772.

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FRONT ROW KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m. 773-1010.

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Studios on the Park presents Keeping the Faith exhibition

Keeping the Faith: An Artistic Celebration of Judaism opens at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles on Thursday, Jan. 2, and will run through Sunday, Jan. 26. This art and film showcase features more than 70 artworks depicting Jewish heritage, culture, and traditions.

“It will be a very uplifting and educational experience,” exhibit curator Ellen November said in a press release. “The exhibit displays 2D and 3D art from all mediums and explores holidays, celebrations, rituals, and beliefs.”

Other featured pieces include three paintings by artist and comedian Harpo Marx of the famous Marx Brothers, whose parents were Jewish immigrants.

The paintings are on loan from Jim Marx, Harpo’s son.

As part of the exhibition, the gallery will be screening the Marx Brothers film, Horse Feathers, at Park Cinemas on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m. The film will be immediately followed by a Q-and-A with Steve Stoliar, author of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House.

To find out more about Keeping the Faith: An Artistic Celebration of Judaism and its associated events, call Studios on the Park at (805) 238-9800 or visit studiosonthepark.org.

Downtown SLO announces window decorating contest winners

More than 30 Downtown SLO businesses took part in this year’s Holiday Window Decorating Contest. Participating businesses created imaginative window displays centered on the theme of “Holidays Around the World.”

The event’s judging committee selected three winners: First place went to Jules D., second place to Change of a Dress Resale Boutique, and third place to Bluebird Salon.

Hemp Shak received an honorable mention for its interactive “Winter Wonderland” display, and the Sock Drawer received the People’s Choice award, based on nearly 300 votes cast in an online survey.

To find out more about this year’s contest and winners, visit downtownslo.com.

Atascadero-raised poet’s recent book grapples with issues that ring true locally and nationally

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aving grown up in Atascadero, Ephraim Scott Sommers peppered his 2019 book of poetry with Central Coast references and stories from his upbringing. But the book, titled Someone You Love Is Still Alive, also touches on the hard truths that people are facing across America, resulting in a work that feels at once localized and universally resonant. The book received award recognition earlier this year, winning the 2019 Full Length Manuscript Prize from Jacar Press.

San Luis Obispo County residents will recognize landmarks in poems such as “The Impossible Kiss,” set at the Sunken Gardens in Atascadero. The speaker in the coupletstructured poem—which is also the first piece in Sommers’ book—calls out to their “Lover,” reminding us immediately of the book’s title.

“The love story itself is the jumping-off point for the whole book,” Sommers told New Times.

“It’s the lens through which to view all those other difficult tragedies or wrestle with all those tragedies.”

In other words, it is Sommers’ very personal and unique experiences, many of which are set on the Central Coast, that are interwoven throughout Someone You Love Is Still Alive.

But these snapshots are merely tools that Sommers uses to ground his more universal ponderings in a tangible, relatable reality.

While the beginning of “The Impossible Kiss” is rooted in observation and description

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Art Center Morro Bay holds free pastel demonstration

The Morro Bay Art Association hosts a soft pastel demonstration with award-winning artist Greg Trombly at Art Center Morro Bay on Monday, Jan. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. Trombly will be applying color combinations to illuminate a landscape of a shoreline with a sunset sky during this demo, which will focus on basic drawing and observation skills. Admission to the event is free. Call (805) 7722504 or visit artcentermorrobay. org for more info. ∆ —Caleb Wiseblood

UNDER THE COVER Someone You Love Is Still Alive explores themes of love, violence, and making peace with tragedy.

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at the Sunken Gardens—“In the dry fountain at the center/ of the Sunken Gardens, on one foot,/ a woman in a coat of living pigeons/ holds her breath”—as the lines continue readers find themselves swept away into the poem’s ultimate ubiquity. This specific moment between the speaker and the Lover in fact is happening everywhere, as revealed by the last lines: “everywhere, people say,/ Look! The world’s wings/ are coming apart.”

Other poems dive even deeper into the issues happening “everywhere.” Gun violence in particular is a strong theme that Sommers persistently explores.

Poems like “Working Graveyards In Orlando After The Pulse Shooting,” for example, cover events that virtually anyone in America would be familiar with.

Yet, the poem remains deeply personal, as the speaker weaves in truths about himself: “Orlando BEHIND THE POEMS Poet Ephraim Scott Sommers, who is/ simply because it was,/ the grew up locally, released his second book earlier this year. same way I have been thirty-five.”

Other poems like “My Father “I see the title of the book as a mantra Sings A Gun Song in 1994” similarly ground that I’m repeating to myself daily,” he said. our nation’s struggles with gun violence in “I want to remind myself of that thing, and something more personal. In this case, the lean into the love of an individual harder. … speaker recalls a chilling story that his father It’s an action that we can take immediately told him about a man who teaches his wife how that makes the world better: the deep love of to use a gun while he is gone in the military, in another person.” an effort to protect her. When he returns home, Sommers emphasized that the book she shoots him thinking he is an intruder. ultimately reflects his own interpretations.

The specificity of details and images in the Though the issues he grapples with extend far poem makes the reader feel like we are there: outside SLO County, the core of the book comes The father has “a voice like ninety-nine dump back to his lived experiences. truck engines/ at idle, like a leather fedora,/ “I’m simply trying to hold up a mirror of like a tie-dyed Josey Wales t-shirt,” and the what I’ve seen and witnessed in regards to wife’s face is “the color of corvettes/ and cherry those tragedies and how they’ve affected me margaritas.” But the message that Sommers personally,” he said. uncovers is applicable to the struggles that Though Sommers today finds himself away everyday people face across the nation. from the Central Coast—he teaches English “I think a lot of times we get in arguments at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South about gun violence without recognizing the Carolina, and previously taught at both Cal humanity at play,” Sommers said. “What I’m Poly and Cuesta College—he said that his work trying to do is not make an argument for or always reflects his upbringing to some extent. against guns, per se. It’s more to show that “I really feel like I take a piece of San Luis there is a humanity at play and there’s a cost, Obispo County with me everywhere,” he said. ∆ and that we should recognize that cost. I’m trying to show that it’s nuanced.”

Arts Writer Malea Martin is reflecting on The title of the book is meant to serve as America’s gun violence. Send arts story tips to a possible way to get through the “news of terrible tragedies,” Sommers said. mmartin@newtimesslo.com.

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hristmas may be behind us, but there’s still time to see the Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville’s annual holiday production.

The Holiday Extravaganza—which shows at the Oceano theater through Dec. 31—begins with a one-act version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Dan Schultz. Billy Breed is perfectly miserly as Ebenezer Scrooge.

After a chilling encounter with the ghost of his deceased colleague, Jacob Marley (Jeff Salsbury), Scrooge is visited by three spirits throughout the course of Christmas Eve. The first, the Ghost of Christmas Past (Jocelyn Lonquist), teleports a reluctant Scrooge to a simpler time, when his whole life was ahead of him. We see glimmers of warmth in Scrooge’s persona for the first time, especially as he watches his younger self dance at former employer Fezziwig’s (Toby Tropper) Christmas party. We also see a regretful shade of Scrooge, as he relives the bitter end of his relationship with Belle (Madison Kisst), an old love.

The regret continues when the Ghost of Christmas Present (Tropper) takes Scrooge to the home of his assistant Bob Cratchit (Ben Abbott) and his family.

Witnessing Cratchit’s circumstances— including the state of his critically ill son, Tiny Tim (Cadence Clift)—forces Scrooge to reevaluate the conditions he may have

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forced upon his employee through poor pay and long hours away from home. Can Scrooge make amends in time before the tragic visions presented by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Mike Fiore) come true? Most WHO’S AFRAID? Jeff Salsbury huffs and puffs as of us know the answer, but it’s the the Big Bad Wolf, who plots to make the Three Little Pigs his lunch. ride that counts and the talent behind this iteration breathe fresh Sydni Abenido as the fable’s titular heroes. life into the classic Dickens tale.

Through trial and error, the trio realizes a Following A Christmas Carol is house made from bricks, rather than hay the Melodrama’s humorously hammy or sticks, could be their last line of defense adaptation of “The Three Little Pigs” against the Big Bad Wolf (Salsbury). story. Director and choreographer Karin Other fairy tale-ish characters get Hendricks helms this porky portion of thrown into the mix along the journey, the show, which stars Abbott, Fiore, and including a Fairy Hogmother (Kisst) and Little Red Riding Hood (Lonquist), who gets to sing one of my favorite songs in the show, a spoof of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts.” It’s high praise because the Extravaganza’s final section, The Central Coast Holiday Vaudeville Revue, features the Melodrama’s traditional Reindeer Rap, a hysterical amalgamation of song parodies. Directed by Eric Hoit, the Revue also includes the company’s famous, seasonal Water Glass Orchestra, which— unlike Santa—has to be seen to be believed. ∆

BACON BITS Mike Fiore, Ben Abbott, and Sydni Abenido (left to right) play the titular hammy heroes in “The Three Little Pigs,” a hilarious operetta that follows A Christmas Carol.

LIZZO RED RIDING HOOD Little Red Riding Hood (Jocelyn Lonquist) chews the scenery while singing a spoof of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts,” in “The Three Little Pigs.”

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Rise to the occasion Editor’s note: Staff Writer Karen Garcia and Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood, two Rebel Alliance veterans, took over Split Screen this week so the Starkeys could enjoy their holiday vacation.

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.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek Into Darkness, Super 8) haphazardly directs the last chapter in the third and final trilogy in the Star Wars saga, in which Rey (Daisy Ridley) must channel her inner strength as a Jedi to lead the Resistance in the fight against the Sith. (142 min.)

Karen Without giving away (too many) spoilers, I think The Rise of Skywalker definitely feels like the end of an era for this saga (although give it a few years, and I’m sure we’ll get spin-offs similar to Solo and Rogue One). It only makes sense, it being the finale and all, that director J.J. Abrams feels the need to throw every card he has into this film—a little too much nostalgia and new characters all at once for me. This isn’t his first go at the franchise; he directed the first film of the trilogy Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in which he reintroduced old heroes like Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), and Lando (Billy Dee Williams). This time around, at the start of the film, we find our young resistance leaders Rey, Finn (John Boyega), and Poe

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BATTLING THE DARK SIDE As the Resistance weakens, Rey (Daisy Ridley) battles the forces behind the Sith, including the troubled Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).

What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Karen? Matinee What’s it worth Caleb? Matinee Where’s it showing? Bay, Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10 (Oscar Issac) on separate missions in the galaxy.

Simultaneously, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) continues on his war path to eliminate anyone who threatens his power, which ultimately leads him to an underground Sith leader.

Caleb Of course, we’re not going to name this character—although he’s been teased enough in the film’s trailers, which I think was a big mistake. I wish I had gone in without knowing said Sith-sayer would probably appear, but I guess they gotta sell tickets somehow. Oh wait, it’s Star Wars. The trailer literally could have been someone writing the title on a chalkboard, and boom, take my money!

What I’ve unfortunately come to realize during these past few days after seeing the film is: The more I think about it, the

GROUP DYNAMIC Rey (Daisy Ridley) leads the Resistance into its final battle with the First Order, in director J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

less I like it. For me, the best entry in this “final” trilogy (yeahhhhh right) was Abrams’ first outing, The Force Awakens.

That film promised so much more in my opinion than what its predecessors were capable of living up to. I only recommend seeing Rise of Skywalker in theaters because it’s a sin to watch a visual spectacle of its stature on your phone for the first time. Go for the action and humor, there’s a lot to enjoy in the moment, not going to try to deny it. But the actual story is frankly forgettable (minus one pretty substantial twist).

Everything feels so rushed, as if the writers only cared about wrapping the plot up as quickly as possible, even within a runtime of more than two hours.

Karen I couldn’t agree more. What bothered me the most were the strange seemingly deleted scenes of the late Carrie Fisher that were pieced together in the film to continue the story of her character. It just felt so weird to me—who gave someone permission to do that?

My other issue with the film was the one-word dialogue that came from Kylo Ren throughout the entire movie. I felt that his character could have been much stronger—not saying he wasn’t strong because he did use his powers to force choke one of his followers—if he had a better script to work with. Overall the film had the right fixings of a Star Wars movie: narrow escapes from the bad guys, lightsaber battles, and witty banter. But Abrams’ delivery was just all wrong. I almost wish I could have jumped into the Millennium Falcon and traveled through

hyperspace in certain parts of the film; it lacked the dialogue and storyline that makes this franchise stand out.

Caleb It’s never not fun to revisit these characters, but this entry felt more like a roller coaster at times than a featurelength film (again weird, because it’s more than two hours). Can you imagine if Star Tours at Disneyland was that long? It would be as if the lengths of the line and the actual ride traded places.

But unlike said wait time, there most definitely won’t be a moment when you’re looking at your watch or phone (unless it’s to look something up real quick after a mysterious cameo or big reveal) out of boredom. The Rise of Skywalker flies by, leaving barely any breathing room for its characters. But it’s a thrilling, visceral experience nonetheless. I just wish I cared more about what actually happened. The most satisfying arc the film delivers a proper conclusion to is Rey and Kylo’s struggle. They’re basically the only two characters I was completely invested in.

Everything else feels a bit shoehorned in (including a final say on who Rey’s actual parents are). Finn and Poe each get their own small share of great character moments, but nothing worthy of a supposed “finale” to the Star Wars saga.

But maybe that’s the point, as they’ll most likely get their own string of adventures down the line in future spin-offs. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia and Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood wrote this week’s Split Screen. Send comments to cwiseblood@newtimesslo.com.

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Editor’s note: The updated listings (past Thursday, Dec. 26) for Park and Stadium 10 were unavailable at press time. Call the theaters or check their websites for accurate listings.

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Sunset Drive-In Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Can You Ever Forgive Me?) directs this biopic drama that’s based on the real-life friendship between beloved children’s television host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks) and journalist Tom Junod, renamed Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) in the film.

Fred Rogers may not think of himself as a hero, but the majority of the millions of children who grew up watching him still hold him to hero status today. He was the adult who understood the difficulties of being a child, who comforted you when you were sad—even wrote a song for you to sing about those feelings—and took you on all sorts of adventures when you visited his neighborhood.

Lloyd is a man in need of a little Mr. Rogers magic. He has a bitter relationship with his father who he refuses to see, a new baby he can’t quite figure out how to connect with, and a job he both jumps into and hides behind. His reputation precedes him. No one wants to be interviewed by the guy who turns around and writes scathing portrayals of his subjects. Yet, when tasked with writing a short piece on heroes, Lloyd is assigned Fred Rogers, who happily agrees to meet with him.

The storyline here is really Lloyd’s—his journey to forgiveness with his father and closeness with his new son. Mr. Rogers is the guiding light that gets him there. This film has magic sprinkled all over it, and Tom Hanks captures the calm realness of Fred Roger’s to a T. (108 min.)

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BOMBSHELL

What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10 Co-producer and director Jay Roach (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Meet the Parents) helms this drama based on the true story of several women at Fox News who set out to expose CEO Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow) for sexual harassment. The cast includes Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Kate McKinnon, and Allison Janney. (108 min.)

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CATS

What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Rental (for firsttimers); Matinee (for Webber buffs, aka Webheads) Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10 Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Miserables, The Danish Girl) directs this adaptation of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, based on the poetry collection, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Elliot. Over the course of a single night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known as “the Jellicle choice” and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and gain a new life.

REVIEW SCORING FULL PRICE .... It’s worth the price of an evening showing MATINEE ........ Save a few bucks, catch an afternoon showing RENT IT .......... It’s worth a rental STREAM IT ..... Wait ’til Netflix has it NOTHING ........ Don’t waste your time I can’t predict what my reaction to Cats would have been had I not been a longtime fan of the original musical. The current consensus on the adaptation seems to be that critics absolutely despise it (at least according to its score of 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes), while audiences’ reactions are lukewarm at best (with an audience score of 62 percent). I was actually hoping to fit in with the former crowd, but alas, I’m obliged to take a contrarian stance as there was hardly a moment where I was not smiling during my screening. I’m not kidding— or should I say, kitty-ing. Admittedly, there were a fair amount of instances where I was laughing at Cats, rather than with it. Still, that’s genuine joy nonetheless.

Again, full disclosure: I went in to Cats already loving the songs. I wouldn’t recommend the film as an introduction to the musical; I think first-timers are prone to become distracted by most of the laughably unsettling CGI. But if you are a Cats fan, or a musical lover in general, I can’t stop myself from recommending seeing this on the big screen. Even if you end up hating the gaudy production design, the most positive thing you’ll be able to claim leaving the theater is you’ve never seen a film quite like Cats. It’s a flamboyant mess at times, but the moving performances (especially from Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, and Ian McKellan) and bizarrely beautiful dance sequences made this cinematic adaptation worthwhile for me. Even its most criticized absurdities work in its favor. Don’t buy in to the hate. Cats is far from purr-fect, but it ain’t kitty litter either. (120 min.)

—Caleb

DARK WATERS

What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, I’m Not There) directs this historical legal thriller about corporate defense attorney Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) who takes on an environmental lawsuit against DuPont, which he links to a number of deaths and illnesses caused by its pollution and practices.

If you’re short on corporate outrage, this is the film for you. It’s a stark reminder of how toothless the Environmental Protection Agency is, how corporations essentially own the government, and how corporations are not people! They might be run by people, but they’re soulless moneygenerating entities devoid of morality.

As the film starts, stolid, stoic attorney Robert Bilott has just made partner at Taft, a law firm that specializes in defending chemical companies. The firm would love to land DuPont as a client, but instead, a couple of farmers show up from Bilott’s hometown claiming something connected to a DuPont landfill is killing their cows. Long story short, Bilott takes their case and is soon suing DuPont, much to the chagrin of his boss, Tom Terp (Tim Robbins), who reluctantly agrees to allow him to work the case but to be “surgical”—in and out as quickly as possible.

Instead, Bilott has embarked on a case that will drag out decades and put his job, family, and health on the line.

Unlike, say, a John Grisham potboiler, what Dark Waters depicts is the tedious

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ENDURING SISTERHOOD Little Women follows the lives of four sisters— Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Beth (Eliza Scanlen), Meg (Emma Watson), and Amy (Florence Pugh) (from top to bottom)—as they come of age in 1860s New England.

grind of law practice, the painstaking work of scouring files, looking for the needle in the haystack that will prick the corporate balloon and hold it accountable for its wanton greed. If you’re expecting courtroom theatrics, there’s very little of that. Instead, this is the story of an unlikely hero whose tenacity, steadfastness, and deeply held morals made him into DuPont’s worst nightmare—a man who couldn’t be bought, scared off, or worn out.

It’s pretty infuriating that big corporations get away with this stuff. At one point the EPA fines DuPont. I don’t remember the exact amount, but it was millions of dollars … which added up to three days’ worth of DuPoint’s profit from their poisonous Teflon coating.

Multi-million-dollar fines mean nothing to multi-billion-dollar companies. It’s pocket change. How can we expect corporations to protect the public trust if it’s cheaper to poison us and pay a token fine for it?

Ruffalo and Hathaway are terrific together. They have a natural chemistry and embrace their characters wholeheartedly. Sarah is a devout Catholic who wants her sons to be just as devout.

She’s both subservient toward and committed to her husband, but when she sees him falling into what seems like an obsessive conspiracy theory, she’s forced to assert herself.

Ruffalo plays Robert like a nondescript frump, a kind of hangdog everyman.

He only seems to come alive when he’s holding DuPont’s executives accountable.

I loved it when these corporate titans were forced to confront the results of their bottomline decision making—the kids with birth defects, the line workers with cancer, the dead.

This is a gripping film and a sad indictment of the government institutions that are supposed to protect us but too often don’t. (126 min.)

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What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park, Stadium 10 Co-directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (Frozen, 2013) return to helm this animated sequel about Anna (Kristen Bell), Elsa (Idena Menzel), Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), Olaf (Josh Gad), and Sven the reindeer as they leave Arendelle and travel to an enchanted forest, where they hope to discover the origins of Elsa’s power.

This worthy sequel is a charmer filled with eye-popping animation, catchy songs, and a sweet story about how sometimes change is good even though it’s scary; friendship and protecting your friends from danger; and the power of love. (103 min.)

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What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Fair Oaks, Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive-In Jake Kasdan (Orange County, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) directs this next installment in the Jumanji franchise, with returning stars Karen Gillan as Ruby Roundhouse, Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Jack Black as Professor Sheldon “Shelly” Oberon, and Kevin Hart as Franklin “Mouse” Finbar.

This time the gang returns to the world of Jumanji to rescue one of their own and must brave an arid desert and snowy mountain as they attempt to survive the deadly video game. (123 min.)

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At the Movies to Johnson’s impressive oeuvre. We think we know what’s going on, but as the story plays out, we discover layers upon layers of intrigue.

The film skirts abject campiness but keeps the proceedings just serious enough to stop from falling into farce. It’s a heck of a lot of fun and proof that murder mysteries need not fall out of favor as outdated.

Knives Out pays homage to its forebears while creating a fresh and contemporary take on an old genre.(130 min.)

—Glen

MOVIES from page 49 Jedi) helms this whodunit about Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who’s investigating the death of renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer).

Did he commit suicide, or was he murdered by one of his eccentric family members?

Knives Out starts with a classic Agatha Christie whodunit set-up: Wealthy crime novelist Harlan Thrombey invites his extended—and deeply dysfunctional— family to his remote estate to celebrate his 85th birthday, but he’s discovered dead the next morning by his housekeeper, Fran (Edi Patterson). Da-dun-dun!

Police Lieutenant Elliott (LaKeith Stanfield) is summoned to investigate, along with dapper and astute detective Benoit Blanc, who begins to question the various family members and staff, all of whom have deep dark secrets and hidden motives. Viewers quickly become armchair detectives as we work alongside Blanc to discover the culprit in our midst!

Who could it be? Son Walt Thrombey (Michael Shannon), who runs his father’s lucrative publishing empire; or Walt’s Nazi son Jacob Thrombey (Jaeden Martell); or wife, Donna Thrombey (Riki Lindhome)? Or Harlan’s daughter, Linda Drysdale (Jamie Lee Curtis), who parlayed her father’s million-dollar loan into a house-of-cards real estate empire? Or maybe it’s Linda’s husband, Richard Drysdale (Don Johnson), who’s under his wife’s thumb? Or their lazy son, Ransom Drysdale (Chris Evans), who’s at risk of being cut off from his grandfather’s good graces? Or Harlan’s daughter-in-law, Joni Thrombey (Toni Collette), the widow of his deceased son; or her daughter, Meg Thrombey (Katherine Langford), whose tuition to an elite university is at risk? At the center of it all is Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas), Harlan’s nurse and friend.

Despite the large ensemble cast, keeping track of who’s who is never a problem in Johnson’s slick screenplay. He’s a terrific director, and his 2005 high school film noir crime drama, Brick, remains a favorite, as does his 2012 sci-fi thriller Looper. Knives Out is an excellent addition

LITTLE WOMEN What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Galaxy, The Palm, Park, Stadium 10 Greta Gerwig (Ladybird) helms this adaptation of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel, which follows the lives of four sisters—Amy (Florence Pugh), Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Beth (Eliza Scanlen), and Meg (Emma Watson)—as they come of age in 1860s New England, amidst the aftermath of the Civil War. (135 min.)

—Caleb

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PARASITE What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm South Korean director Bong Joon Ho plays with genre and societal commentary in this dark comedy thriller about a penniless family’s unsavory but satisfying infiltration into a wealthy family’s household. We’re all capable of being both the heroes and antagonists of our own stories from time to time—able to make healthy and rational decisions in some situations while at the same time perfectly adept at self-destruction in others. And in one way or another, we’re all parasites too.

That’s the running theme in Parasite, the most recent foreign-language film brought to us by director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer, The Host), which centers on Ki-taek Kim (Song Kang Ho) and his destitute family’s scrappy struggle for easy money. (132 min.)

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10 Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, American Sniper) directs this drama about security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser), who saved hundreds from a bomb at the 1996 Olympics only to be pilloried by the media who falsely reported he was a terrorist.

Fake news and incompetent FBI agents are served up on a platter in this new Clint Eastwood film. It’s almost like he’s shilling for Trump by attacking a couple of his favorite targets! The film has also been condemned for being sexist, portraying Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs (a scenery-chewing Olivia Wilde) as a sleazy journalist willing to sleep with FBI agent Tom Shaw (Jon Hamm) to find out who the FBI’s prime suspect was. For a film that seems to want to condemn fake news, falsely smearing a now-dead reporter (Scruggs died of a drug overdose 2001) seems ironic and hypocritical. So if you’ve come to this new Clint Eastwood film to discover the truth about the Richard Jewell case, you’re about to be misled.

If, on the other hand, you’ve come to see a gripping, well-acted, and economically and deftly directed fictionalized account of a tragic case of false accusation, you’re in the right place! Say what you want about his politics—there’s no denying Eastwood is a gifted director. He introduces us to a man who deeply respects government institutions and wants nothing more than to be a respected law enforcement officer, but Jewell is overzealous and a tad power-mad. He frequently oversteps whatever slight authority he has. I’m glad Eastwood didn’t romanticize Jewell, instead portraying him as flawed and sadly desperate, which also made him the perfect suspect for the FBI—a wannabe cop who wanted to be seen as a hero. The film is also about Jewell’s relationship with his mother, Bobi (a fantastic Kathy Bates), and his lawyer, Watson Bryant (another rock-solid performance by Sam Rockwell).

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What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Galaxy, Park, Stadium 10 This animated family actioncomedy, adapted from Pigeon: Impossible by Lucas Martell, follows sauve super spy Lance Sterling (voiced by Will Smith) and socially awkward gadgets inventor Walter Beckett (voiced by Tom

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Where’s it showing? The Palm, Park Co-directors Josh and Benny Safdie (Good Time) helm this crime-dramedy that follows a charismatic jeweler (Adam Sandler) who finds himself balancing family, business, and increasingly threatening adversaries after making a high-stakes bet. (134 min.) ∆ —Caleb

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MAGIC FOR HUMANS

Productions—the company behind Nathan for You—the show centers each episode on different human-based When? 2018-19 themes, like love, guilt, and wonder. The What’s it rated? TV-14 show comes across as heartfelt, but Where? Netflix thankfully it never gets too serious or too full of itself. ake or real, staged or authentic, Willman, who is incredibly charming Magic for Humans is an entertaining combination of an on-the-street magic and charismatic throughout, performs illusions for random people on the street series and sketch-comedy show. or in the park that often involve cards Magician and comedian Justin Willman or making objects appear in sealed hosts the show, which just aired its second season on Netflix in December. Each season containers. These fast-paced shorter segments are shown in between larger, has six episodes of less than 30 minutes more elaborate illusions that somehow each, making it extremely easy to breeze relate to that episode’s theme. through without overstaying its welcome For example, in the fourth episode and becoming redundant. of the first season, titled “Seeing is Produced by Abso Lutely Believing,” Willman uses a crowd of people to convince two people IMAGE COURTESY NETFLIX that he’s turned them invisible.

It’s incredibly entertaining to watch one of the participants absolutely lose it while Willman steps away for a phone call in the middle of the stunt, leaving the dude to continue thinking he’s invisible.

Because this is a TV show and not an in-person performance, there’s always the lingering suspicion that stunts, such as COMEDY MEETS MAGIC making people believe they’re Justin Willman hosts the Netflix invisible, are only possible through actors and fancy camera tricks. show Magic for Humans, Willman states this isn’t true which released its second during the episodes, but that season in early December. hasn’t stopped a lot of people

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from discrediting the work. Browsing through the reviews on IMDb returns a plethora of one-star reviews slamming the show for relying on green screens and camera editing.

Willman has continued to deny this is the case and has even responded to people on Reddit backing up his assertion. During an illusion in the second episode of the second season, he doubles down on the claim that the show is totally authentic while brilliantly trolling his critics.

As a reporter, I come equipped with a healthy dose of skepticism, so I understand where these critics are coming from. In one episode, Willman throws a glass bottle tied to a string into the ocean, and then throws somebody’s cell phone in the water shortly after.

When he pulls on the rope and retrieves the bottle, the phone is somehow inside it. I genuinely don’t understand how that’s possible.

But regardless, I’ve chosen to believe Willman is telling the truth, if only because it makes the show much more entertaining. Besides, with all of the serious shit we have to deal with on a daily basis, it’s nice to just sit back and allow ourselves to be amazed every once in a while. ∆ —Zac Ezzone

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Basement diaries A glimpse into the New Times editorial team’s home away from home

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t takes a lot of talented individuals to put together a newspaper publication, and in our case, it takes an eclectic group to produce the New Times every week.

Every single person plays a vital role, so first, a huge shout-out to the advertising team, production crew, marketing and events people, executive assistants, publishers, editors, freelance writers, and staff writers.

Although we all work on different aspects of the publication, most of the New Times team works together in our downtown office, known endearingly to the editorial team as The Basement. Why that name? Our office is literally underground, with few windows letting in natural light.

But it’s our cozy home away from home, and we’ve decorated it as such.

Take Kasey Bubnash, for instance (you know her for her extensive coverage on local vaping policies). Bubnash has a few Instax mini photos (similar to Polaroid photos) of her best friends on her wall.

And Peter Johnson, groundwater and cannabis reporter extraordinaire, has bobbleheads of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors on his desk. (Although now that Durant has left the team, Johnson said he doesn’t really know what to do with that bobblehead.)

As for me, I have a Hello Kitty Los Angeles Dodgers bobblehead to display my love for my LA team. Associate Editor Andrea Rooks now has a standing desk, a trend that came from Bubnash. Small Batman posters cover the top of Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood’s computer screen.

Proofreader wizard Nick Gagala has a perfectly positioned lamp that helps him when he’s reading our stories. Our boss lady editor, Camillia Lanham, has group photographs in her office from New Times events.

I don’t want to bore you with listing off every single person’s desk items, but this basement has a lot of personality. After years of fluorescent lighting, Johnson and Bubnash launched the lamp and string-light movement. We’ve gotten a lot of compliments that say our department feels warm and cozy. Our editor says it

COZY This editorial duo has ditched the traditional fluorescent lighting and lit up the office with lamps and string lights.

HUNGRY WRITERS On special days, Editor Camillia Lanham takes out her hot dog cooker for a basement barbecue.

feels like a college dorm room, but secretly we can tell she loves it.

Going with the college dorm room theme, we also recently acquired Rock’em Sock’em Robots during the white elephant event at our office holiday party. A robot boxing match is a fun way to blow off steam after several hours of punching away at our keyboards. Let’s not forget the stash of community candy, cookies, and chips that keep us fueled on production days.

In the center of the room, we have a pillar that’s covered with Post-it notes— we call it the “quote board.” The Post-its have memorable quotes that come from this editorial staff and those before us.

They’re quotes that have usually made us laugh until we cry, and reading one will most definitely put a smile to your face.

The basement has its ups (mostly ups) and downs. Sometimes, we groan about not having natural light down here, but that’s what coffeeshop breaks or on-site interviews out in the county are for.

On production day (Wednesday to be exact), the basement is quiet as we work on the last news pieces for the publication.

@getoutslo On other days, we’re pretty noisy with conversation and plenty of laughter.

During the week from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (sometimes later), The Basement is a place where not only interviews, research, and writing take place, but it’s a home where bonds are made. It’s a home where we can bounce ideas off each other and learn from one another.

We’re a very tight-knit team of young and mature adults who are more than just co-workers; we’ve become very close friends.

It all comes back to our fearless leader, Lanham, who’s selected what I think is a solid team of curious individuals who want to understand and inform the community. We all have different strengths and weaknesses as reporters, but we’re never tired of growing as journalists and individuals.

My favorite part about The Basement has always been the people, my friends. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia is typing away alongside her friends at kgarcia@ newtimesslo.com.

HARD AT WORK After a long day of being a serious adult, sometimes we just have to horse around.

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BY BETH GIUFFRE

Why brunch?

Because you deserve to take your time; you love your family and friends; you want organic, local, gourmet food

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runch is the American siesta as far as I’m concerned. Or at least it’s as close as we can get to setting aside the time to be sociable and cheerful.

My favorite of all meals, brunch—a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch, which originated in England to be a nextday meal for those who stayed up too late partying—became popular in America in the ’30s.

“It is talk-compelling. It puts you in a good temper, it makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings, it sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week,” as writer Guy Beringer, quoted in The New York Times, described brunch.

Brunch, it seems, usually involves catching up with loved ones. So if any of you still have your mother-in-law or cousins from the East Coast in town, I suggest you put down those dishes and go to Novo for Sunday brunch.

Novo’s new chef, Michael Avila, is a surfer, father of three, and one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. During brunch with chef Avila, I learned about his philosophy that the food you eat in restaurants is best organic and fresh, from farmers and ranchers in our own backyard.

Chef Avila sources 90 percent of his produce from the downtown farmers’ market, where he and Novo owner Robin Covey find the most seasonal fruits and veggies around—including wild chanterelles and fish and oysters from Port San Luis and the closest shores around.

Avila used to work as a commercial fisherman, and even though the menu may not advertise “organic,” it’s a known fact that Novo sources organic as much as possible from certified and organically producing farmers, many of whom Avila has known since he was a child.

“You build the relationship between the farmers, and I think that reflects in every dish that we put out,” Avila said.

“It’s not just a bunch of people working for a paycheck putting something on a plate.

It’s family working together with friends in a small community, supporting each other … supporting our customers. It’s just a big full circle, it comes right back.”

Avila helped me decide on which dishes to order for the brunch package—a first course, main course, dessert, bottomless mimosas, and Coastal Peaks drip coffee— starting with a mimosa made with freshly squeezed orange juice and the good bubbly (we must never speak of Cook’s, dear reader).

For the first course, I wanted to try one of Avila’s signature dishes, the lobster Benedict. The eggs were poached to perfection and the hollandaise tasted fresh and well-balanced, and arugula

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LUX LOBSTER BENEDICT Don’t worry, Novo still serves the famous seasonal calamari, but chef Michael Avila has elevated the menu to include gorgeous brunch additions. Pictured is the lobster Benedict made with fresh hollandaise, langostino lobster, poached eggs, arugula, and tomatoes. Served with bottomless mimosas on the creekside patio, you can’t help but take your time.

AGHS CLASS OF ’08 Meet Michael Avila, Novo’s new chef. Avila grew up in SLO County and worked his way up by absorbing the knowledge of his large farming family and by learning from the mentorship of local chefs and his late Portuguese grandma Juanita.

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Brunch is one of the main attractions at Novo, served every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a new menu and featured brunch drinks or a brunch package that includes a first course, main course, dessert, bottomless mimosas, and Coastal Peaks drip coffee for $39 per person.

Novo is located at 726 Higuera St., SLO. For more on Novo, visit novorestaurant.com. Reservations can be made at novorestaurant.com or (groups of five or more) at (805) 543-3986.

and tomatoes were piled in with the langostino.

“We have the perfect community,” he said. “We have local cattle and farms and the ocean right here. It’s just an amazing little goldmine.”

Avila grew up in Arroyo Grande, in a large farming and ranching family where both women and men in the family roped horses, grew feed for trade, and grew most of their own food. When he was a young boy, he participated in every chore, but he was drawn to his Portuguese grandmother Juanita’s cooking.

“I didn’t know how spoiled I was getting home-cooked meals,” Avila said about only going out to eat on special occasions and eventually realizing his food from home was the best around.

Under his grandmother’s mentorship, his passion for cooking began.

“I was always in the kitchen as a kid and really enjoyed it,” he said.

Avila worked in many local restaurants in different food-line and pantry

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BEET SEASON Novo owner Robin Covey, who opened Robin’s in Cambria in 1985 (the area’s first farm-to-table restaurant), personally selects everything seasonal for Novo’s menu from the downtown SLO farmers’ market. Right now the beets are fresh and flavor packed.

Chef Avila recommends the beet salad for your first course. Garnished with a lovely twocolored beet purée and topped with Central Coast Creamery goat cheese, it will feed your body and soul.

capacities. He worked a stint as a butcher, working his way up to chef positions at Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort, Rosa’s, and Gardens of Avila. He said his biggest mentors have been local chefs Robert Trester and Gregg Wangard.

The second component in a good brunch place is, of course, the atmosphere.

Situated under a canopy of trees at San Luis Creek, in the old Cigar Factory building, the patio creates natural levels of privacy and fun. The colorful French café chairs and natural woodwork give the place a casual, welcoming feel. Chef Avila said this is the only restaurant he’s worked in where he wants to stay and eat.

He said he just feels comfortable here, and his staff of 27 and the restaurant’s owner

POMEGRANATE LOVE Novo’s housemade sorbet flavors change by day, so you must ask your server for today’s fruit.

I could not resist the pomegranate. Look at that rich, natural color straight from the farmers’ market crates.

Covey are family.

But back to brunch. Diners don’t have to choose the three-course brunch package; there’s also a full brunch menu, with celebrated Novo dishes including the salmon bisque and calamari made with fresh whole squid. Newer items include the farmers’ market vegetable omelet and sweet and savory crepes.

One especially standout dish is the new honey glazed chilled salmon platter—so fresh, the fish had been swimming earlier that morning. I opted for the beet salad garnished with a lovely two-colored beet purée and topped with Central Coast Creamery goat cheese.

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Perched above the sands of Pismo Beach, savor contemporary coastal cuisine while soaking up 180 degree panoramic ocean views and spectacular sunsets. Small plates, outdoor patios, live music and a local wine list all accent this beachfront dining experience.

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What originally started as a small restaurant serving gourmet pizzas and salads, grew into a locals’ favorite spot, offering a wide variety of Italian & Mediterranean style dishes. Ron & Terez Tynis’ love and passion for great food has continued to shape Upper Crust through the years to make it what it is today.

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In addition to mimosas, Novo’s drinks menu also has a bacon bloody mary and a maple bacon old-fashioned.

For dessert, I ended with more coffee, more mimosas, and the house-made sorbet, the flavor of which changes daily—mine was pomegranate. It was not too filling and had just enough balance of sweetness, the perfect way to finish the best meal of the week. ∆ Flavor writer Beth Giuffre is counting down the days till the next Sunday brunch. Send Champagne flutes to bgiuffre@newtimesslo.com.

NEWS NIBBLES MISC. NIBBLES Gopher Glen Organic Apple Farm is having an apple blow-out sale on Dec. 28 and Dec. 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Avila Valley Barn, 560 Avila Beach Drive, SLO. Ten bucks for 20 pounds of apples—from fuji to braeburn—is the deal of the day, so bring your grocery sacks and fill up with the season’s bountiful harvest. Fresh apple cider will also be available for purchase.

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The very last day of 2019, where will you ring in the new year? The indomitable chef King has created a special à la carte menu for New Year’s Eve at the Somerset Bar & Grill from 5 to 9 p.m.

If I could order for you: Begin with the Seafood Plateau of oysters, shrimp, lobster, Alaskan king crab legs, and tuna poke, with perhaps the duck duo to follow: breast and confit leg, wheat berries risotto, root vegetables, and smoked onions dressed in an orange glaze; and for dessert go with the Champagne panna cotta with red cherry compote, and crispy mint.

Make reservations at the Somerset Bar & Grill, 147 Stimson Ave., Pismo Beach, at (805) 779-4065 … Casual evening attire is preferred for the New Year’s Eve party from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Paso Robles Golf Club’s all new Deeds Bar & Grill, 1600 Country Club Drive, Paso.

Tickets $75, at (805) 238-4722, include a dance party with musical guests Joy Bonner and Adam Levine, appetizers, dinner buffet, dessert bar, and 9 p.m. ball drop and Champagne toast. The menu looks fantastic, with a plethora of choices, including shrimp ceviche cups and green chili corn fritter apps; braised short ribs with a wine reduction sauce for dinner, and cannoli and tiramisu among the desserts …

Apple Farm, 2015 Monterey St., SLO, is all about the holidays. For New Year’s Eve from 6 to 9 p.m. the restaurant is hosting a NYE Winemaker Dinner with farmto-table cuisine paired with wines from LaZarre Winery of Paso. Included with the ticket, $96 on Eventbrite, are live acoustic music and a Champagne toast to the New Year … Roy Henry is special guest for the ’60s Rock & Soul New Year’s Eve Bash from 6 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:15 a.m Jan 1, 2020, at Embassy Suites by Hilton, 333 Madonna Road, SLO. Tickets, $95 on up on my805tix. com or Boo Boo Records, include a buffet dinner with cash bar service, free

parking, special overnight hotel rates, and music featuring Unfinished Business …

Costumes are encouraged for A Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve at The Savory Palette, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, from 5 to 10 p.m. Tickets range from $65 to $75 and include wine, cocktails, and dinner and dessert … La Bodega Tapas, 790 Price St., Pismo Beach, is having a New Year 2020 celebration dinner from 6 p.m. to midnight. Make a reservation at (805) 295-5400. For $80, the dinner will include a special four course menu, Champagne toast, and live music featuring Mike Thibault and Terry Lawless. The first entree includes beef Wellington bites in flaky puff pastry, savory beef tenderloin, mushroom duxelles and fresh rosemary; shrimp crostini: sautéed garlic with sundried tomatoes and plump shrimp, crispy sea salt crostini, herbed goat cheese; winter salad in a Dijon citrus vinaigrette.

The main entree includes your choice of three cheese ravioli, brown butter sauce, roasted green beans; charbroiled filet mignon served with crispy mashed red potatoes, oven roasted tricolor carrots, asparagus, and sesame tuile; or seared scallops served with crispy spinach and ricotta gnocchi and mushroom sherry cream sauce. The feast ends with a Champagne toast and chocolate moelleux, and raspberry sorbet. ∆ Flavor writer Beth Giuffre is eating in the new year. Send Champagne and 2020 confetti to bgiuffre@newtimesslo.com.

D INE ’N’ DISH Cold + Flu Defense Shots Naturale VirtJuice figured out how to make nature’s best health shot taste pretty darn pleasant. People are talking about VirtJuice in Arroyo Grande as the best place to find all the juices, food smoothies, soups, salads, and other local superfood/ health store products that you always want to have in your wellness arsenal.

Plus, their natural chic lounge decor (which includes macrame and pretty chalkboard art lettering) makes you want to stay awhile and browse. My teenage son goes coconuts over the all-natural, dairy- and processed-sugar-free cookie dough smoothie (using calcium-rich broken cacao nibs). But the Cold + Flu Season Defense Shot is unlike anything I have seen in a long time. It’s made with fresh pressed apple and lemon juice, ginger, apple cider vinegar, and oregano oil, with a frothy foam topped with cayenne. Let me tell you, it’s potent.

After my shot, I was daring my friends to cough on me as I repeated VirtJuice’s mantra: “The first wealth is health.” It’s so true. Pair this defense juice with one of VirtJuice’s elderberry syrup drinks … and you’ll be walking with a spring in your step all through winter.

One Defense Shot goes for $4 at VirtJuice, 1200 Grand Ave., No. 103, Arroyo Grande.

(805) 994-7076. VirtJuice.com. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. ∆ Flavor writer Beth Giuffre doesn’t really want anyone to cough in her face. Send well wishes to bgiuffre@newtimesslo.com.

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FILE NO. 2019-2667 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, EFREN’S, 1720 Beach Street, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Efren’s Deli Shop, Inc. (1720 Beach Street, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Efren’s Deli Shop, Inc., Efren Alvares Ramos, President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 11-13-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2668 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/25/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, EFREN’S SLO – MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1285 Laurel Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Elisea, Inc. (1285 Laurel Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Elisea, Inc., Edgar Eduardo Alvarez Ramos, Secretary. This statement was

FILE NO. 2019-2677 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ESTALGIC PRODUCTIONS, 9410 Marchant Way, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Julian Pech (9410 Marchant Way, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Julian Pech. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-14-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 11-14-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2697 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WILSON ORAL SURGERY, 207 Station Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Dental Practice of Tyler M. Wilson, DDS, Inc. (2151 S. College Drive, Suite 104, Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Dental Practice of Tyler M. Wilson, DDS, Inc., Tyler M. Wilson, DDS-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-15-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-15-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2707 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COASTAL FAMILY DERMATOLOGY, PC, 892 Aerovista Place, Suite 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Coastal Family Dermatology, PC (892 Aerovista Place, Suite 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Coastal Family Dermatology, PC, Christine Kilcline, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-18-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 11-18-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2719 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DUBLIN MACMILLAN GROUP,DMG CONSULTING, DMG, 1241 Johnson Avenue #276, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Leola Dublin Macmillan (1677 Encino Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Leola Dublin Macmillan.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-19-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1119-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2722 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TOLOSA TAX, 7252 Parriza Court, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County.

Karen Bolen (7252 Parriza Court, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Karen Bolen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1120-24.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-2729 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, 1134 FILMS, 3216 Amber Dr., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County.

Casey Michael Wieber (3216 Amber Dr., Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Casey Wieber, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy.

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FILE NO. 2019-2730 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/20/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CAT NOIR CREATIVE CONSULTING, CAT NOIR CC, THE PICKLED PREDICAMENT, 473 Binscarth Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Theresa Wilson (473 Binscarth Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Theresa Wilson.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-20-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1120-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2737 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, UNDER THE SUN CHILDCARE, 771 Oxen Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Jessica Odette Grimes (771 Oxen Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jessica Grimes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2739 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/22/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KELLER FINANCIAL SERVICE, 300 Via Las Aguilas, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Samuel Keller (300 Via Las Aguilas, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Samuel Keller, Broker.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2736 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/20/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THIRSTY THURSDAY WINES, 1650 Ramada Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Continental Vineyards, LLC (1650 Ramada Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by A DE Limited Liability Company /s/ Continental Vineyards, LLC, Justin Tooley, General Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Gibson, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-24.

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FILE NO. 2019-2740 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/21/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JR LANDSCAPING GARDENING, 1404 Woodside Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Esthela Garcia, Juan C Garcia Carmona (1404 Woodside Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Esthela Garcia, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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FILE NO. 2019-2741 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LEXIAM CONSULTING, 823 Murray Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Marjorie Lynn Metz (823 Murray Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Marjorie Lynn Metz.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-21-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-21-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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FILE NO. 2019-2758 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HUNTER SALON, 1421 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Hunter SLO, LLC. (211 N Tassajara Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Hunter SLO, LLC., Brianne Vaughn, Officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-27-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

FILE NO. 2019-2765 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/13/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, LOWNEY TREE AND LANDSCAPE SERVICE, 10240 Digger Pine Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Levi Jeffrey Lowney (10240 Digger Pine Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Levi Jeffrey Lowney.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-02-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-02-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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FILE NO. 2019-2759 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/26/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HUNTER SALON, 1435 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Hunter SLO, LLC. (211 N Tassajara Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Hunter SLO, LLC., Brianne Vaughn, Officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 11-27-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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FILE NO. 2019-2746 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FLAMEFX, FLAMEFX SOLUTIONS, 787 Cardinal Court, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Levi Morin (787 Cardinal Court, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Levi Morin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-22-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 11-22-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

FILE NO. 2019-2760 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/04/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COURDUROY INC. DBA THE SOPHOS STORE, 3765 S. Higuera St., Suite 160, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Courduroy, Inc. (3765 S. Higuera St., Suite 160, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Courduroy, Inc., Brooke English, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 11-27-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2756 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MOBILE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, 760 Mattie Road, Suite A1, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

Shelly D Dalton (760 Mattie Road, Suite A1, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Shelly Dalton, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-26-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 11-26-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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FILE NO. 2019-2757 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/23/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BOND REAL ESTATE GROUP, 330 James Way, Suite 150, Pismo Beach, CA 93449.

San Luis Obispo County. 007 Real Estate Group, Incorporated (1700 K Street, Suite 220. Bakersfield, CA 93301). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ 007 Real Estate Group, Incorporated, Jacek Bond, President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-26-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 11-26-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

FILE NO. 2019-2769 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/02/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THROUGH THE KNOT, 3100 Main Street #8, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Richard Allen Smucker (3100 Main Street #8, Morro Bay, CA 93442), Shannon Lee Bihamta (2 Mustang Drive, La Plata, MD, 20646). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Richard A Smucker, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-02-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy.

Exp. 12-02-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2803 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2000) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE MOUNTAIN PLUMBER, 1019 La Serenata, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Richard Brown (1019 La Serenata, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Richard Brown. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-06-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-06-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2804 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/01/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, COAST REALTY, 245 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Christopher Brian Bath (380 Las Vegas, Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Christopher Bath, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-06-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-06-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2792 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/09/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CENTRAL COAST WELLNESS GROUP, 777 Pismo Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Amy E Kastning (777 Pismo Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Amy E. Kastning, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-05-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 12-05-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2780 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/15/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, THE GRAD SCHOOL COACH, 4200 La Posada, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Adam Dion AnciraCorrigan (4200 La Posada, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Adam Ancira-Corrigan.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-03-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-03-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2796 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/19/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, UNIQUE, 912 Hischeir Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Adrion Colin Mock (912 Hischeir Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Adrion Mock.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-05-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 12-05-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2762 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/19/1986) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TOBYCO BUILDERS, 1420 Huntington Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Theodore Bellocchi (1420 Huntington Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Theodore C Bellocchi.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-27-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 11-27-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

FILE NO. 2019-2797 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/05/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEAUTY BY KNOWLEDGE, 3165 Broad Street, Suite 118, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Angela Candelaria Romero (12303 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Apt. L302, Mukilteo, WA 98275). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Angela Candelaria Romero, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-05-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-05-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2785 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JJ’S MARKET, 2792 Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Coastal Family LLC (2792 S Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Coastal Family LLC, Sia Vash Nazhand, Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 12-04-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2786 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BOOZE FOR PAWS, 611 Paseo Bella Montana, Unit A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.

San Luis Obispo County. Booze For Paws LLC (793 Foothill Blvd., Ste. A #163, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Booze For Paws LLC, Siddhartha Chand, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy.

Exp. 12-04-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2783 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/24/1971) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HOFBRAU DER ALBATROSS MORRO BAY, 901 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

The Flying Duchman Enterprises (PO Box 1027, Morro Bay, CA 93443). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ The Flying Duchman Enterprises, Stan Van Beurden, President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-04-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1204-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2764 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/02/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, GROUCHO DESIGNS, 101 Shanna Place, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Gregory Brian Schlitz (101 Shanna Place, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gregory Brian Schlitz, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-02-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 12-02-24.

December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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FILE NO. 2019-2802 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/04/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CHINELO MEXICAN FOOD, 525 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. J Raymundo Leo Palos (1819 12th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ J Raymundo Leos Palos. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-05-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-05-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2828 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/18/2003) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HAIR COLOR SALON, 1428 E Grand Avenue, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Virginia Ann Martinez (405 Bakeman Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Virginia A. Martinez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-09-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy.

Exp. 12-09-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2829 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TIN CITY, 450 Marquita Avenue, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County.

Marquita Crossing LLC (450 Marquita Avenue, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Marquita Crossing LLC, Cathleen English, Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-09-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 12-09-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2830 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/09/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RED CARPET INTERLOCKING PAVERS, 5710 Olmeda Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Raul Cordova Vargas (5710 Olmeda Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Raul Cordova Vargas.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-09-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-09-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2833 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/15/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SAN LUIS CREEK LODGE, 1941 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. 1941 Monterey LLC (1941 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ 1941 Monterey LLC, Kevan D. Beall, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-09-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy.

Exp. 12-09-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2835 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/09/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SOCIETY CUISINE, LLC, TRUMPET VINE CATERING, 825 Riverside Ave., Unit 12, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Society Cuisine, LLC (1890 Mulberry Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Society Cuisine, LLC, Nicholas Nolan, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-09-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-09-24.

December 12, 19, 26, 2019 & January 2, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2838 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/10/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SHE DOES IT, 3055 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County.

Noel Elizabeth York (3055 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Noel Elizabeth York. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 12-10-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2843 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KL COASTAL REALTY, 1164 Margarita Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Laura Kim Lundell (1164 Margarita Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kim Lundell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 12-10-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2844 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/15/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CERRATIVE, 1116 17th St., Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Caree Lyn Prunty (1116 17th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Caree Prunty, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 12-10-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2851 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/05/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HAPPY LANDING, 3500 Dry Creek Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Cynthia Lewis (1469 Brambles Ct., Templeton, CA 93465), Michael Nunno (250 Squire Canyon Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401), Cynthia Lewis, Trustee (3461 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446), James Nunno (620 Villa Lot Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by A Joint Venture /s/ Cynthia Lewis, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Gibson, Deputy.

Exp. 12-10-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2852 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/05/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SUNSET LAND, 3500 Dry Creek Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Cynthia Lewis (1469 Brambles Ct., Templeton, CA 93465), Michael Nunno (250 Squire Canyon Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401), Cynthia Lewis, Trustee (3461 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by A Joint Venture /s/ Cynthia Lewis, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Gibson, Deputy.

Exp. 12-10-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2856 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KIT FOX FILMS, 2082 Harris St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Vulpes Media LLC (2082 Harris St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Vulpes Media LLC, Colton Duncan, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-10-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 12-10-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2861 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, KELLY’S HOME REPAIR & IMPROVEMENTS, 220 Atascadero Rd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Kelly D. East (220 Atascadero Rd., Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Kelly East, Individual/ Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-11-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2862 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BOB’S CAR WASH, 1203 grand Avenue, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis

LEGAL NOTICES Obispo County. Silver Eagle Investments, Inc. (2737 Comet Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Silver Eagle Investments, Inc., Robert Dias, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-11-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2863 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/11/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NIELSEN CONSULTING, MAIN STREET FARMERS MARKETS, CAMBRIA COMPUTERS, 6115 Santa Rosa Creek Rd., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Jeffrey Nielsen, Rebecca Nielsen (6115 Santa Rosa Creek Rd., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Jeffrey Nielsen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 12-11-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2864 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CHRISTINA GRIMM DBA CG BOOKKEEPING, 1126 Nipomo Avenue, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Christina Marie Grimm (1126 Nipomo Avenue, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Christina Marie Grimm. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 12-11-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2867 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, T & E CLEANOUT & HAUL AWAY SERVICES, 4235 Huasna Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Elisha Van Brigham (4235 Huasna Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420), Thomas Roger Wilkerson (1450 Sierra Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Copartnership /s/ Elisha Van Brigham. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-11-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2868 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2000) New Filing The following person is doing business as, R. RAMEY CONSTRUCTION, 696 Experimental Station Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County.

Ronald Steven Ramey (696 Experimental Station Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Ronald Ramey, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-11-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2875 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/05/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DRS. GUITTARD & SIERRA FAMILY DENTISTRY, 5960 West Mall, Ste. A, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County.

Cristian A Sierra DMD Inc. (1415 Dickinson St., Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Cristian A Sierra DMD Inc., Cristian Sierra-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-12-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 12-12-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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FILE NO. 2019-2883 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ZANOLI FARRAR WOODCRAFT, 543 Cerro Romauldo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.

San Luis Obispo County. Thomas James Zanoli (543 Cerro Romauldo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Thomas Zanoli.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-13-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-13-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2878 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/10/1989) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TIO ALBERTO’S, 590 S. Sixth St., Unit A, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Jesse Albert Hernandez (590 S. Sixth St., Unit A, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jesse Albert Hernandez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-12-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 12-12-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2884 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/13/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO GOATS, 4155 Esperanza Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Mark Paul Farrar (4155 Esperanza Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Mark Paul Farrar. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-13-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-13-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2879 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MOON HILL ARTS, 1059 Ford Dr., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Roberta Beth Rosenthal (1059 Ford Dr., Nipomo, CA 93444).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Roberta Beth Rosentahl. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-12-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-12-24.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2880 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/19/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BECK AND CALE PHYSICAL THERAPY, COASTAL HAND AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, 150 S. Mary Ave., Suite 1, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Donald T Cale, Rhonda L Cale (477 Platino Ln., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Copartnership /s/ Donald Cale, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-13-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 12-13-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2881 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/10/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SLO BREEZE, SLO BREEZE FARM, SLO BREEZE RANCH, 4240 Esperanza Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 934018118. San Luis Obispo County.

John S Wimer, Susan W Christensen (4240 Esperanza Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 934018118). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ John S. Wimer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-13-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-13-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2887 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, FRIENDS OF EL MORO ELFIN FOREST, F.E.M.E.F., PO Box 6442, Los Osos, CA 93412. San Luis Obispo County.

Small Wilderness Area Preservation Inc. (PO Box 6442, Los Osos, CA 93412). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Small Wilderness Area Preservation Inc., R.D. Bowlus, Treasurer.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-16-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 12-16-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2888 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/06/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, DO DILIGENCE NOTARY SERVICES, 1808 8th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Nancy Lynn Greene (1808 8th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Nancy Lynn Greene.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-16-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 12-16-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2889 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/31/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VALS CLOSET, 118 Karen Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

Valerie Ann Fleming (118 Karen Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Valerie Fleming, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-16-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-16-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2893 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/17/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SPLASH N DASH, 6265 Deer Creek Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Brea Anna Stine (6265 Deer Creek Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brea Stine. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2899 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, WHO FUNDS WHO, 1292 Sydney St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Elizabeth Lee Floyd (1292 Sydney St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Elizabeth Lee Floyd. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy.

Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2894 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/02/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ANDROGYNOUS FOX, 2146 Parker St. Ste. D5, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Renee Margaret Periat (135 Village Circle, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Renee Periat, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2896 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TWIN ARBOR LABS, 3990 Ruth Way, Suite D, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Twin Arbor Analytical (3990 Ruth Way, Suite D, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Twin Arbor Analytical, Christopher Gray, Secretary.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2897 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CALIFORNIA CUSTOM HOMES REAL ESTATE, 2296 Holly Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. California Custom Homes LLC (2315 Big Bear Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ California Custom Homes LLC, Douglas G. Levine, Director/Sole Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2898 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ADDICTION CONNECTION, 1242 Monterey Street, Suite 130, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Open Canvas Laser Aesthetics, AMC (1242 Monterey Street, Suite 130, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Open Canvas Laser Aesthetics, AMC, Emerald Mcleod, Vice President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2900 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/01/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, OPEN CANVAS LASER AESTHETICS, A MEDICAL CORPORATION, 1242 Monterey Street, Suite 130, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Open Canvas Laser Aesthetics, A Medical Corporation (1242 Monterey Street, Suite 130, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Open Canvas Laser Aesthetics, A Medical Corporation, Emerald Mcleod, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2901 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MON AMI CREPE BAR, 1075 Court St., Ste. 130, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Adelia Matson (310 Hilcrest Cir., Grover City, PA 16127). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Adelia Matson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2902 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/17/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CRAVE MINI DOUNUTS, CENTRAL COAST FOODIE, 1375 E. Grand Ave., Suite 348, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Sandra Anne Mccolm, Brent Russyl Mccolm (1375 E. Grand Ave., Suite 348, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Sandra Mccolm.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-17-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 12-17-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2906 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/18/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VAGABOND INN, 210 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. SLO Hospitality Inc. (210 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ SLO Hospitality Inc., Amit Patel, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-18-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy.

Exp. 12-18-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

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FILE NO. 2019-2908 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MCMILLAN FARMSTEAD, 601 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Seth Mcmillan, Keri Mcmillan (601 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Seth Mcmillan.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-18-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy. Exp. 1218-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2909 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/18/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AUSTIN FINANCIAL, 1111 Riverside Ave. #403, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Austin Financial Inc. (1111 Riverside Ave. #403, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A TX Corporation /s/ Austin Financial Inc., Christopher Austin, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-18-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy.

Exp. 12-18-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2911 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, HRVP, HOLIDAY RV, HOLIDAY RV PARK, HOLIDAY, HOLIDAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK, HOLIDAY R.V., HOLIDAY R.V. PARK, 100 S. Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449.

San Luis Obispo County. Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association (100 S. Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Holiday Recreational Vehicle Park Owners Association, Charles Nunes, President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-18-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 12-18-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2916 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SOULSHARE, 2104 Vanderlip Court, Suite E, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Brandon Stegall (2072 Cypress St. #B, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brandon Stegall. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-19-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JA. Anderson, Deputy. Exp. 12-19-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2920 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NINA FARIAS CLEANING, 3181 Wood Dr. B, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Adelina Farias (3181 Wood Dr. B, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Adelina Farias. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-19-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 12-19-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FILE NO. 2019-2929 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/12/2011) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SECTOR45, 4820 San Jacinto Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County.

Sector45 Partners, LLC (4820 San Jacinto Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Sector45 Partners, LLC, Matthew Moore, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-20-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-20-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2930 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/20/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PLANET FITNESS – ARROYO GRANDE, 1576 West Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

PF Arroyo Grande, LLC (9 Grand Avenue, Suite 2D, Toms River, NJ 08753). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ PF Arroyo Grande, LLC, Ira Warhaftig, Corporate Controller. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-20-19. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. King, Deputy.

Exp. 12-20-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2019-2932 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/22/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as, PHELAN BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, 212 W. Bennett St., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Harvest Rentals, Inc. (212 W. Bennett St., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Harvest Rentals, Inc., Robert Phelan, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-20-19.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Currens, Deputy. Exp. 12-20-24.

December 26, 2019, January 2, 9, & 16, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LEONA LEHMAN CASE NUMBER: 19PR - 0378

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LEONA LEHMAN and LEONA IRENE LEHMAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LONNY A. LEHMAN & SEAN E. LEHMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that LONNY A. LEHMAN & SEAN E. LEHMAN 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.

LEGAL NOTICES A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 21, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: Lonny A. Lehman & Sean E. Lehman 724 Dodson Way Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 December 12, 19, & 26, 2019

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT ALBERT MADDOX CASE NUMBER: 19PR - 0378

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ROBERT ALBERT MADDOX A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TAMMY LAWSON and GUY MADDOX in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that TAMMY LAWSON and GUY MADDOX be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 07, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the Califor-

LEGAL NOTICES nia 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: Mario A. Juarez 625 E. Chapel Street Santa Maria, CA 93454 December 19, 26, 2019, & January 2, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VIOLET IRENE DUNCAN CASE NUMBER: 19PR - 0390

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: VIOLET IRENE DUNCAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STEVEN G. DUNCAN in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that STEVEN G. DUNCAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 31, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Christian E. Iversen 605-13th St. Paso Robles, CA 93446 December 12, 26, 2019, & January 2, 2020

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COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF TUESDAY, December 17, 2019 AT 9:00 AM. 5 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT 01. Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 01-26 & Resolution (Res.) No. 2019-340 thru 2019-353, approved as amended.

02. Presentations: Res. Nos. 2019-354, Recognizing Pamela Dudley upon her retirement after 39 years of service & 2019-355, recognizing 30th Anniversary of Home Builders Association of the Central Coast, & 2019-356, proclaiming January 2020 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, adopted.

03. Public Comment Period - matters not on the agenda: E. Greening, H.Dayspring, N. Andre, J. German, S. Wooten, B. Difatta, E. Powers, G. Nelson, PhD (document), N. Allen, T. Iversen (coaster), G. Grewal, A. Tassinari, J. Quinoz, F. Gonzaliz, S. Dayspring, L. Gonzalez, L. Perez, L. Owen, J. Jones, G. Garcia, V. Rueda, R. Cortez, S. Rueda, L. Rosales, I. Apolinar, G. Martinez, T. Antonio, F. Santos, B. Szymczyk, M. Brown, T. Hernandez, J. Garcia, E. Ramirez, R. Moreno, J. Holmes, C. Bradshaw, M. Moreno Richardson, S. Despain, I. Gomez, J.Borba, A. Kirchner, E. Regalado, K. Sigfriod, J. Kelly, A. Taylor, C. Garcia, C. Beltran, J. Nahial,T. Bautista, J. Martinez, R. Jacobo, G. Johnson, Q, Brady, D. Moody, C. Gray, J. Duenas, J. Wortner, S. Huls: speak. Board took action to bring a cannabis abeyance extension ordinance to the Board on January 14, 2020 Meeting.

04. Request to review & determine appointments of Board members to various committees and commissions, approved as amended.

05. Continuance of a Hearing to consider Temporary Commercial Outdoor Entertainment License application for events held at Avila Beach Gold Course & Resort. Hearing Continued to March 24, 2020. Approved as amended.

06. RES NO. 2019-357 adopting the Paso Robles Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Salinas Valley- Paso Robles Area Subbasin, approving amendment 1 to the MOA re: prep. of GSP, authorizing Director of Public Works to serve as Plan manager & direct staff to conduct staffing analysis & & return to Board w/ recommendations for GSP implementation, exempt from CEQA. Adopted as amended.

07. RES NO. 2019-358 adopting solid waste disposal rate increases w/in areas surrounding Los Osos Community Services District. Adopted.

08. RES NO. 2019-359 adopting solid waste disposal rate increases w/in boundaries of Los Osos Community Services District. Adopted.

09. ORD NO. 3404 adopting amendments to Title 13 to provide for an annual index adjustment in Road Improvement Fee programs & exempting affordable housing units from road improvement fees.

Adopted.

10. Closed Session. Significant exposure to litigation: No of potential cases: 2. Initiation of litigation: No of potential cases: 2. Existing litigation: Application Filed by PG&E in the 2018 Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding (U 39 E) A: 18-12-008; In re PG&E Corporation (19-19-30088); In re PG&E Company (1919-30089); Conference w/ Labor Negotiator, T. Douglas-Schatz, re: SLOGAU; SLOCEA-T&C; DCCA; Sheriffs’ Mgmt; SLOCPPOA; DSA; DAIA; SLOCPMPOA; SLOCEA – PSSC; Unrepresented Mgmt & Confidential Employees; SDSA; UDWA. Report out – open session, The Board authorized to initiate litigation re: code enforcement matter.

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NOTICE TO ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING SEIZED PROPERTY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE: $2,000 U.S. CURRENCY. On 12-17-19 at Highway 58 near Bitterwater Rd, Santa Margarita CA. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office seized the property listed above for Health and Safety Code Sections(s) H.S 11359 and H.S 11360 We are now taking action to forfeit this property. If you claim an interest, you MUST file a claim within 30 days from the date this notice is first published.

Claims MUST be filed with the Superior Court Clerk’s office located at the County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California. You MUST ALSO provide a copy of the claim to the District Attorney’s Office at the County Government Center, Room 450, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, Attention: Chief Deputy District Attorney Jerret Gran. Use Control No. 2019-AF03 on any correspondence relating to this property.

If you fail to file a claim on time, the District Attorney WILL FORFEIT the property to the State and it will be disposed of according to law (Health and Safety Code #11489).

Dated: 12/18/2019 /s/ Jerret Gran Chief Deputy District Attorney

Meeting Adjourned.

Wade Horton, Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Tessa Cornejo, Deputy Clerk December 26, 2019

NOTICE TO ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING SEIZED PROPERTY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE: $11,558 U.S. CURRENCY. On 12-17-19 at Highway 58 approximately 5 miles east of 7 Mile Rd, Santa Margarita CA. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office seized the property listed above for Health and Safety Code Sections(s) H.S 11359 and H.S 11360 We are now taking action to forfeit this property. If you claim an interest, you MUST file a claim within 30 days from the date this notice is first published.

Claims MUST be filed with the Superior Court Clerk’s office located at the County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California. You MUST ALSO provide a copy of the claim to the District Attorney’s Office at the County Government Center, Room 450, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, Attention: Chief Deputy District Attorney Jerret Gran. Use Control No. 2019-AF03 on any correspondence relating to this property.

If you fail to file a claim on time, the District Attorney WILL FORFEIT the property to the State and it will be disposed of according to law (Health and Safety Code #11489).

December 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given, pursuant to California Government Code Section 6063, that the County of San Luis Obispo intends to acquire approximately 258.47 acres of real property from Chevron Land and Development Company, a Delaware corporation located within the unincorporated portion of the County between Morro Bay and Cayucos described as APN 073-092-052 (“Subject Property”). The legal description of the Subject Property is on file in the office of the County’s Central Services Department, located at 1087 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo. The purchase price is Three Million Seven Hundred & Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,750,000). Funding of the purchase price includes $50,000 in County funding and the remainder in grant funds from the State Coastal Conservancy, California Natural Resources Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Funds, and the Wildlife Conservation Board, and funding from the Trust for Public Land and the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo. The County Board of Supervisors will consider the proposed acquisition of the property at a regular meeting of the Board occurring in the Board Chambers, County Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible.

Dated: December 23, 2019 WADE HORTON Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

Dated: 12/18/2019 /s/ Jerret Gran Chief Deputy District Attorney December 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

By:

/s/ T’Ana Christiansen Deputy Clerk

December 26, 2019

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS NO. CA-19-857688-RY ORDER NO.: 8753585

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/9/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): SHANNON K. KOESTER AND KIRK E. KOESTER, TRUSTEES OF THE KIRK E. KOESTER FAMILY TRUST DATED APRIL 23, 2013 Recorded: 2/23/2017 as Instrument No. 2017008312 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SAN LUIS OBISPO County, California; Date of Sale: 1/21/2020 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the County of San Luis Obispo General Services Building, 1087 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

Breezeway facing Santa Rosa Street Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $595,190.25 The purported property address is: 60 RAPF AVE, CAYUCOS, CA 93430 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 064-443-015 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

LEGAL NOTICES which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-19-857688-RY. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-19-857688-RY IDSPub #0158964 12/19/2019 12/26/2019 1/2/2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 19CV-0715

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Betsy Stott McCormick filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Betsy Stott McCormick to PROPOSED NAME: Bethany Stott McCormick THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show

CITY OF PISMO BEACH STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, California, until 2:30 p.m., on Thursday, January 23, 2020 as determined by www.time.gov for performing work as follows: MATTIE ROAD SIDEWALK AT US 101 AND PRICE STREET Before submitting bids, Contractors shall be licensed in accordance with the Laws of the State of California. Accordingly, the successful Bidder shall possess a Class A, General Engineering, Contractors License at the time this contract is awarded.

Project Plans and Specifications are available at the Engineering Division office located at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA, 93449. A non-refundable fee of $95.00 per set will be charged. Electronic Plans and Specifications are available via email at no charge. Questions will be accepted in writing up to 96 hours before bid closing by emailing Chad Stoehr at cstoehr@pismobeach.org. Questions regarding bid procedure or other non-technical questions can be asked by emailing Erin Olsen at eolsen@pismobeach.org or by calling (805) 773-4656.

ERICA INDERLIED CITY CLERK December 19 & 26, 2019

LEGAL NOTICES cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/16/2020, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 2 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 25, 2019 /s/: Ginger E. Garrett, Judge of the Superior Court December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 19CVP-0364

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Savannah Michele Soltesz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Savannah Michele Soltesz to PROPOSED NAME: Savannah Michele Donovan THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/22/2020, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: November 14, 2019 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 19CVP-0385

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Brye Marshall Fourer filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-

LEGAL NOTICES lows: PRESENT NAME: Brye Leslie Marshall-Fourer, Brye Marshall Fourer to PROPOSED NAME: Beth Leslie Marshall-Fourer THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/22/2020, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: November 26, 2019 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court December 12, 19, 26, 2019, & January 2, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 19CVP-0389

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Mark Charles Akers filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Mark Charles Akers to PROPOSED NAME: Mark Charles White THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/29/2020, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: December 5, 2019 /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the Superior Court December 12, 19, 26, 2019, & January 2, 2020

•• • • • •• •• • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • ••• • ••• • • • • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City of San Luis Obispo will receive bids for the “ISLAY HILL PARK PLAYGROUND RENOVATION PROJECT, Specification No. 91654” at the Public Works Administration Office located at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 until, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020, at 2:00 P.M., when they will be publicly opened.

Bids received after said time will not be considered. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the project title, contractor name, address, and specification number.

The Contractor must possess a valid Class A Contractor’s License at the time of the bid opening. Every bid must be accompanied by a certified check/cashier’s check or bidder’s bond for 10% of the bid amount, payable to the City of San Luis Obispo.

Download FREE at the City’s website: www.SloCity.org - Bid packages under Bids & Proposals. Bid packages may be obtained at the Public Works Department for a non-refundable fee of $60.00 in person, $90.00 if mailed. City Standard Specifications and Engineering Standards may be obtained for a non-refundable fee of $20.00 in person, $25.00 if mailed. Questions may be addressed to Shelsie Kloepper, Project Manager, at 805-783-7735 or skloeppe@slocity.org.

December 26, 2019

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2019-2857 OLD FILE NO. 2018-2917 Central Coast Avocado Company, 725 Sheridan Road, Unit B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 12/17/2018. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Dominic Lawrence Handy (725 Sheridan Road, Unit B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Dominic Lawrence Handy, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 12-11-2019. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

By JA. Anderson, Deputy Clerk.

December 19, 26, 2019, January 2, & 9, 2020

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 18CV-0738 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): GARY J CALLAWAY, an Individual YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California

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(www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas.

Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of CA, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles Branch, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Patrice J. Hensley (State Bar #: 321134), Collection At Law, Inc., A.P.C., 3835 E. Thousand Oaks Bl #R349, Westlake Village, CA 91362, (818) 716-7630 DATE (Fecha): 12/4/2018 Michael Powell, Clerk (Secretario), by Carol L. McGuire, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant.

12/26/19, 1/2, 1/9, 1/16/20 CNS-3325409# NEW TIMES

California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

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CASE NO.: 19FL0713

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: INTEGRA PRODUCTS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; RYAN PERRON, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 5, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: HERITAGE CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE & MASONRY, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION CASE NUMBER: 19LC-0346 Notice! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond in 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the

CASE NUMBER: 19LC-0346 The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO – Civil & Family Branch 1035 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: A. Maria Plumtree 11132 Winners Circle, Suite G-207 Los Alamitos, CA 90720 562-594-3911 Date: 04-09-2019 By: /s/ Michael Powell, Clerk /s/, Linda McGuirk, Deputy Clerk, December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

2ND AMENDED CITATION – FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL DATE: 01/03/2020 In the Matter of the Adoption Petition of: Dean Willson Frazier, Adopting parent.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA To: Diego David Rendon By order of this court you are hereby advised that you may appear before the judge presiding in Department 9 of the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, on 1-03-2020, at 10:00 a.m. then and there to show cause, if any you have, why Cynthia Mae Rendon should not be declared from your custody and control for the purpose of freeing Cynthia Mae Rendon for placement for adoption. The following information concerns rights and procedures that relate to this proceeding for the termination of custody and control of said minor child as set forth in Family Code Section 7860 et seq.: 1.

At the beginning of the proceeding the court will consider whether or not the interests of the minor child require the appointment of counsel. If the court finds that the interests of the minor do require such protection, the court will appoint counsel to represent him whether or not he is able to afford counsel. The minor will not be present in court

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If a parent of the minor appears without counsel and is unable to afford counsel, the court must appoint counsel for the parent, unless the parent knowingly and intelligently waives the right to be represented by counsel. The court will not appoint the same counsel to represent both the minor and his parent.

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The court may appoint either the public defender or private counsel. If private counsel is appointed, he or she will receive a reasonable sum for compensation and expenses, the amount of which will be determined by the court. The amount must be paid by the real parties in interest, but not by the minor, in such proportions as the court believes to be just. If, however, the court finds that any of the real parties in interest cannot afford counsel, the amount will be paid by the county.

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The court may continue the proceeding for not more than thirty (30) days as necessary to appoint counsel to become acquainted with the case.

Date: December 2, 2019 Michael Powell, Clerk By: Rebecca L. Hochman, Deputy Clerk In Pro Per Sean Willson frazier P.O. Box 321 Creston, CA 93432 805-674-2881 December 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2019

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(March 21-April 19): Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Denmark during World War II. In 1943, Hitler ordered all Danish Jews to be arrested—a first step in his plan to send them to concentration camps. But the Danish resistance movement leapt into action and smuggled virtually all of them to safety via fishing boats bound for Sweden. As a result, 8,000-plus Danish Jews survived the Holocaust. You may not have the opportunity to do anything quite as heroic in 2020, Aries. But I expect you will have chances to express a high order of practical idealism that could be among your noblest and most valiant efforts ever. Draw inspiration from the Danish resistance.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libra-born mystic poet Rumi (1207– 1273) wrote that he searched for holy sustenance and divine inspiration in temples, churches, and mosques— but couldn’t find them there. The good news? Because of his disappointment, he was motivated to go on an inner quest—and ultimately found holy sustenance and divine inspiration in his own heart. I’ve got a strong feeling that you’ll have similar experiences in 2020, Libra. Not on every occasion, but much of the time, you will discover the treasure you need and long for not in the outside world but rather in your own depths.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When she was 31, Taurus writer Charlotte Brontë finished writing her novel Jane Eyre. She guessed it would have a better chance of getting published if its author was thought to be a man. So she adopted the masculine pen name of Currer Bell and sent the manuscript unsolicited to a London publisher. Less than eight weeks later, her new book was in print. It quickly became a commercial success.

I propose that we make Brontë one of your role models for 2020, Taurus. May she inspire you to be audacious in expressing yourself and confident in seeking the help you need to reach your goals. May she embolden you, too, to use ingenious stratagems to support your righteous cause.

GEMINI

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) embodied a trait that many astrology textbooks suggest is common to the Sagittarian tribe: wanderlust.

He was born in Prague but traveled widely throughout Europe and Russia. If there were a Guinness World Records’ category for “Time Spent as a Houseguest,” Rilke might hold it. There was a four-year period when he lived at 50 different addresses. I’m going to be bold here and hypothesize that 2020 will NOT be one of those years when you would benefit from being like Rilke. In fact, I hope you’ll seek out more stability and security than usual.

CANCER

CAPRICORN

(June 21-July 22): “There are years that ask questions and years that answer,” wrote author Zora Neale Hurston.

According to my astrological analysis, Cancerian, 2020 is likely to be one of those years that asks questions, while 2021 will be a time when you’ll get rich and meaningful answers to the queries you’ll pose in 2020. To ensure that this plan works out for your maximum benefit, it’s essential that you formulate provocative questions in the coming months. At first, it’s fine if you generate too many. As the year progresses, you can whittle them down to the most ultimate and important questions. Get started!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Roman Emperor Vespasian (9-79 AD) supervised the restoration of the Temple of Peace, the Temple of Claudius, and the Theater of Marcellus. He also built a huge statue of Apollo and the amphitheater now known as the Colosseum, whose magnificent ruins are still a major tourist attraction. Vespasian also created a less majestic but quite practical wonder: Rome’s first public urinals. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you Leos to be stimulated by his example in 2020. Be your usual magnificent self as you generate both inspiring beauty and earthy, pragmatic improvements.

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When Virgo author Mary Shelley was 18 years old, she had a disconcerting dream-like vision about a mad chemist who created a weird human-like creature out of nonliving matter. She set about to write a book based on her mirage.

At age 20, she published Frankenstein, a novel that would ultimately wield a huge cultural influence and become a seminal work in the “science fiction” genre. I propose we make Shelley one of your role models for 2020. Why? Because I suspect that you, too, will have the power to transform a challenging event or influence into an important asset. You’ll be able to generate or attract a new source of energy by responding creatively to experiences that initially provoke anxiety.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Among his many accomplishments, Scorpio rapper Drake is an inventive rhymer. In his song “Diplomatic Immunity,” he rhymes “sacred temple” with “stencil.”

Brilliant! Other rhymes: “statistics” with “ballistics”; “Treaty of Versailles” with “no cease and desist in I”; and—my favorite—”Al Jazeera” (the Qatar-based news source) with “Shakira” (the Colombian singer). According to my analysis of the astrological omens in 2020, many of you Scorpios will have Drake-style skill at mixing and blending seemingly disparate elements. I bet you’ll also be good at connecting influences that belong together but have never been able to combine before.

(May 21-June 20): 2020 can and should be a lyrically healing year for you. Here’s what I mean: Beauty and grace will be curative. The “medicine” you need will come to you via poetic and mellifluous experiences. With this in mind, I encourage you to seek out encounters with the following remedies. 1. Truth Whimsies 2. Curiosity Breakthroughs 3. Delight Gambles 4. Sacred Amusements 5. Redemptive Synchronicities 6. Surprise Ripenings 7. Gleeful Discoveries 8. Epiphany Adventures 9. Enchantment Games 10. Elegance Eruptions 11. Intimacy Angels 12. Playful Salvation 13.

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VIRGO

ADULT SERVICES

SCORPIO

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Fifteenth-century Italian metalworker Lorenzo Ghiberti worked for 28 years to turn the doors of the Florence Baptistry into a massive work of art. He used bronze to create numerous scenes from the Bible. His fellow artist Michelangelo was so impressed that he said Ghiberti’s doors could have served as “The Gates of Paradise.” I offer Ghiberti as inspiration for your life in 2020, Capricorn. I think you’ll be capable of beginning a masterwork that could take quite some time to complete and serve as your very own “gate to paradise”: in other words, an engaging project and delightful accomplishment that will make you feel your life is eminently meaningful and worthwhile.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re wise to cultivate a degree of skepticism and even contrariness. Like all of us, your abilities to say NO to detrimental influences and to criticize bad things are key to your mental health. On the other hand, it’s a smart idea to keep checking yourself for irrelevant, gratuitous skepticism and contrariness. You have a sacred duty to maintain just the amount you need, but no more—even as you foster a vigorous reservoir of receptivity, optimism, and generosity. And guess what? 2020 will be an excellent time to make this one of your cornerstone habits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) finished writing The Divine Comedy in 1320. Today it’s considered one of the supreme literary accomplishments in the Italian language and a classic of world literature. But no one ever read the entire work in the English language until 1802, when it was translated for the first time. Let’s invoke this as a metaphor for your life in the coming months, Pisces.

According to my visions, a resource or influence that has previously been inaccessible to you will finally arrive in a form you can understand and use. Some wisdom that has been untranslatable or unreadable will at last be available. ∆

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