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POZO SALOON RETURNS!

The famed watering hole and restaurant will reopen with a Cinco de Mayo celebration [10]

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March 29 - April 5, 2018 VOLUME 32, NUMBER 36

Editor’s note

This week Cover What’s up with Pozo? .................... 10

news Twin Cities welcomes LGBTQ patients ...............................9 Political tension boils over at Paso Robles High School ..........................9

opinion Guns and gun owners should be licensed ..................................... 14 Here’s why fossil fuel energy sucks ................................. 14

arts LITERATURE: Avila author leans on life experience ................................36 GALLERY: The art of Aquarius— Ahhhquuuariuuuss ..........................38

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or more than 150 years, the Pozo Saloon has manned its spot along a two-lane country road in San Luis Obispo County.

And much like the rest of the world, it has morphed and changed in that time. Most recently, it closed, was bought, and is now on the verge of reopening. Inquiring minds OLD SCHOOL from this county and beyond are impatiently Pozo Saloon’s new owners want wondering what the next chapter will look like to take things for the fabled bar, restaurant, and music venue. back to the way they were, with a In this week’s cover story, Senior Staff Writer few touch-ups.

Glen Starkey gets into Pozo’s history and talks to the new owners about what comes next [10].

This week, you can also read about what Twin Cities Hospital is doing to ensure LGBTQ patients feel cared for [9] ; how the political rift at Paso Robles High School reached a boiling point [9]; the local author who penned a coming of age novel set in the 1960s Midwest [36] ; where the colorful Aquarius art show landed [38] ; and a winery that sees the environment as a partner in grape growing [44].

WINE: Bringing back a creek .........44 cover photo by Jayson Mellom cover design by Alex Zuniga

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opinion Hodin ............................ 14 This Modern World ....... 14 Letters .......................... 15 Street talk ..................... 16 Rhetoric & Reason ....... 18 Shredder ....................... 19

art Artifacts ....................... 36 Split Screen.................. 40 Reviews and Times ..... 40

the rest Classifieds.....................47 Real Estate ...................47 Brezsny’s Astrology..... 55

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Sheriff nets $23k in campaign donations after jail death footage was released

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ublic outcry and protests weren’t the only things that followed the release of the footage of Andrew Holland’s death.

While some in the community were calling for his resignation, incumbent SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations after video of Holland’s final hours in SLO County Jail received local, national, and international media coverage.

Since March 16, when the SLO Tribune published portions of the longwithheld footage of Holland—who died in the jail on Jan. 22, 2017, after being strapped in a restraint chair for 46 hours—Parkinson’s re-election campaign received $23,194 from 17 individuals or businesses. The two largest donors in that period included a $3,384 from Giuseppe’s restaurant and $3,000 from the San Luis Obispo-based Walter Bros. Construction Company.

The donations made to Parkinson after the video’s release totaled up to nearly as much as the recent $25,000 donation made by members of the Holland family to his opponent, former police officer and private investigator Greg Clayton.

While Parkinson faced criticism following the release of the footage, the controversy also appeared to rally many of his supporters to come to his defense.

In days after the footage was released, Parkinson’s Facebook page was flooded with messages of support.

“Sheriff Parkinson is a good leader and cares about the community he serves and the professional staff he leads,” supporter Todd Dearborn wrote.

“Anyone can lead when times are good.

Sheriff Parkinson has proven he can lead in both good and bad times.”

After the video was released, Parkinson issued a written statement pointing to failures by the county’s Behavioral Health Agency to transfer Holland to its psychiatric care facility.

Many of his supporters echoed the sentiments in their own comments, voicing their belief that Parkinson was being blamed for the failures of another county agency.

“Sheriff, your department did everything they could,” wrote Diane Perry, a Paso Robles resident. “Yes it was tragic, but it was not the department’s fault.”

Just how much both Parkinson and his opponent have raised for the election is currently unknown. Thus far, they’ve only been required to disclose donations from individuals or entities that total $1,000 or more. Both candidates will be required to disclose all donations received in the first four months of 2018 at the end of April. Δ —Chris McGuinness

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TALE OF THE TAPE Footage of SLO County Jail inmate Andrew Holland’s death sparked protests and calls for Sheriff Ian Parkinson to resign. After its release, a wave of large donations flowed to the embattled sheriff’s re-election campaign.

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Fire victim faces criminal charges for living on Cambria lot In January, SLO County prosecutors charged a Santa Margarita-area man with

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a single misdemeanor for allegedly sparking last summer’s Hill Fire, which destroyed three homes and 1,650 acres. David Lynn Macagni, 75, a registered sex offender, is accused of “recklessly” causing the June 2017 fi re with a vehicle.

But Macagni isn’t the only man facing prosecution as a result of the Hill Fire.

One of the fire’s victims, William Carlyle, 76, could face double Macagni’s punishment for alleged code violations committed in the wake of the blaze. Since shortly after he lost his home in the fire, Carlyle has lived in a camper parked on his undeveloped residential lot in Cambria.

Carlyle’s presence sparked complaints from neighbors and a county code enforcement case.

On Dec. 8, the SLO County District Attorney’s Office filed two criminal misdemeanor charges against Carlyle for “illegal use of a recreational vehicle for residence” and for “establishment of an accessory use ... without first having established a principal use” on the property.

Carlyle faces up to one year in jail and/ or $2,000 in fines for the alleged crimes. He’s pleaded not guilty to both charges.

“It’s a funny and screwed up world,” Carlyle told New Times.

Carlyle continues to live in the travel trailer with his personal belongings in Cambria. He said returning to his torched Santa Margarita property isn’t possible due to poor air quality. He also believes he’s suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from the experience.

“I don’t know how to deal with that,”

Carlyle said. “I could not be healthy in Santa Margarita.”

Carlyle, who’s also physically handicapped, noted that life in the camper isn’t necessarily comfortable.

“It’s been really, really rough because I have the camper but no heat in it,” he said. “So I’m freezing my butt off.”

Considering his legal defense, Carlyle said he’s aware of “constitutional cases” that pinned local ordinances against personal property rights where defendants came out on top. A public defender, Mitchel West, is assigned to his case.

“There’s a possibility somebody will say how far can this go before a man can use his property?” he said.

Carlyle acknowledged that several Cambria residents are displeased with his stay.

“There are quite a few people who want to see that camper gone,” he said. “I’m one of them, let me tell you.”

Carlyle has a pre-trial conference in SLO County Superior Court on April 16.

—Peter Johnson

Drug crimes down, DUIs up in Pismo Beach

The Pismo Beach Police Department says recreational marijuana may be driving down the drug-related crime in the city, but also could be connected an increase in DUI offenses.

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According to the department’s annual report, narcotics offenses in 2017 dropped by 33 percent from the previous year.

The report partially credits the drop to “changes in the Legislature legalizing recreational marijuana.”

“Obviously, if we are comparing 2016 and 2015, when possession was illegal, we can see that drop now that it is legal,” Pismo Beach Police Chief Jake Miller said.

However, the report also stated that legalization may have also been the reason that DUIs in the city increased by 34 percent from 2016 to 2017.

Miller indicated that the explanation in the report was just a theory, and said that the department would be examining the data further to determine if there was any connection. That will be easier since the department hired a dedicated crime analyst in early January.

“Those numbers are being run now,” Miller said. “We look forward to seeing those results.”

Passed by California voters in November 2016, Proposition 64 legalized the sale and use of recreational marijuana. Under the auspices of the law, adults over 21 years old can now possess up to 28.5 grams of marijuana and 8 grams of concentrated marijuana for recreational purposes. Individuals are also permitted to grow up to six plants in their home as long as the area is not visible from a public place and is locked.

While marijuana is now legal, driving while high is still a crime.

Both before and after Proposition 64’s passage, opponents raised concerns that legalization could lead to an increase in DUIs in the state. In Washington state, where recreational marijuana has been legal since 2012, the number of drivers involved in fatal crashes who tested positive for marijuana was 105 in 2016, up from just 12 in 2012.

Proposition 64 may not be the only state law that’s had an impact on the Pismo police department’s operations and drug arrests. Passed in 2014, Proposition 47 reduced several felony drug related crimes to misdemeanors. According to a 2017 report by the nonprofit Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice, felony drug arrests in California dropped by 67 percent from 2014 to 2017.

At a March 20 presentation to the Pismo Beach City Council, Miller said that the department reassigned its officer participating in the SLO County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force to the sheriff’s Gang Task Force.

“With all of the changes that came through Prop. 47 that decriminalized some of the drug laws, there was just less of an impact with our dedicated office in that program,” Miller told the council.

—Chris McGuinness

County assessor candidate challenges incumbent’s attendance record

Longtime San Luis Obispo County Assessor Tom Bordonaro is facing a challenger in this year’s election—and he’s not pulling any punches.

David Boyer, a former deputy assessor under Bordonaro, recently announced his candidacy against the three-term incumbent. The assessor’s office values all real and personal

property in SLO County.

Boyer’s chief concern is Bordonaro’s alleged spotty attendance record at work throughout his last term, and how that’s impacted the office of 85 employees.

“There’s been discussion in the office about what percentage of the time Tom is in the office,” Boyer told New Times. “It’s not what he claims. ... I think leadership requires participation.”

In a speech announcing his candidacy in February, Boyer said: “I have never aspired to run for public office, but the abuse of public trust I have witnessed is something that I cannot consciously accept.”

Boyer said he worked for five years in the assessor’s office before recently taking a position as a county building inspector.

If elected, he pledged to “work for all taxpayers,” be an engaged leader, and look for efficiencies in the department.

“It’d be my dream job,” Boyer said.

Bordonaro, a former state assemblyman and the county assessor since 2002, called Boyer’s assertions about his attendance “very deceiving and misleading.” He told New Times that he’s had four surgeries in five years, which have kept him home at various points in his term.

“During those recovery times, I was not physically in the office but I was in touch with my management team through Skype, email, and conference calls,” he said. “I was never not present in making decisions and guiding the office. ... What he’s telling people is simply not what is going on in the office. It’s just not true.”

Bordonaro said he’s “back to his old self” now. He touted his record of “cutting our appeals in half since I took office” and leveraging technologies that “have allowed us to do more with less.”

Bordonaro and Boyer are both actively involved in the Republican Party of SLO County—Bordonaro is the vice chair (and a former chair) and, until recently, Boyer was the treasurer.

The party endorsed Bordonaro for reelection in a January vote, before Boyer had officially announced his candidacy and before the candidacy fi ling period opened, Boyer said.

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“I felt blindsided,” Boyer said. “I was told by some I needed to toe the line and sit down.”

—Peter Johnson

Velie sues lawyers who defended her in libel trial

A reporter and co-founder of CalCoastNews is attempting to sue two attorneys who represented her in a 2016 libel trial that saddled her and the website with a hefty financial penalty.

Karen Velie filed a civil complaint on March 22 in SLO County Superior Court against local attorney David Vogel and San Jose-based attorney Berndt Ingo Brauer. Both men represented Velie and CalCoastNews co-founder Dan Blackburn during the trial, in which a jury found that an article the two authored and published contained defamatory statements about local waste management businessman Charles Tenborg. The jury awarded Tenborg $1.1 million in damages as a result of the trial.

The complaint states that the attorneys failed to properly represent Velie and failed to properly prepare and present her case in court.

“As a direct, proximate, and legal cause of the negligence of the defendants … the plaintiff suffered emotional distress and upset in that she was forced into trial knowing the necessary evidence to prove her defense has [sic] not been obtained, received, prepared, or developed in order to be presented,” the complaint reads.

The complaint only represents one side of an argument. Vogel declined to comment on the record for this story.

Bauer did not respond to a request for an interview from New Times. Neither Vogel nor Bauer had been served with the lawsuit as of March 27.

Velie’s complaint against the two attorneys comes as CalCoastNews is in the midst of appealing the jury’s verdict.

The website filed its opening brief with the California 2nd District Court of Appeal in late February. However, court records showed that the court granted

a request by the website’s attorney on March 14 to re-file that opening brief. As of March 28, Tenborg’s lawyers had not filed a response in the appellate case.

—Chris McGuinness

Marti disappearance now a homicide investigation

After discovering a body during a large-scale weekend search, San Luis Obispo Police Department investigators said they are treating the disappearance of a 26-year-old SLO woman as a homicide case.

Investigators announced that they found the body of an unidentified female in a creek during a search of Prefumo Canyon on March 25. The search was conducted in connection with the case of Kristen Marti, who was reported missing on Jan. 18. In a March 26 statement, the SLOPD did not confirm whether the body was Marti’s.

“An autopsy will be performed to determine the identity of this person as well as the cause of death,” the statement said. “Based on the circumstances surrounding this investigation, it is being investigated as a homicide at this time.”

According to investigators, Marti was last seen on Jan. 9 in the 1800 block of Prefumo Canyon Road. According to the SLOPD, Marti was spotted in a parked maroon-colored sedan with a male of unknown age.

Police also said they identified a male who was believed to be the last person to see Marti before her disappearance, calling him a “person of interest.” They did not release the individual’s identity due to the ongoing investigation.

The March 25 search of Prefumo Canyon consisted of 45 volunteers and six K-9 search teams. Participating agencies included the SLOPD and the SLO County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team, among others.

Anyone with information on Marti’s disappearance is encouraged to contact the SLOPD at (805) 781-7311 or Crime Stoppers at (805) 549-STOP. Δ —Chris McGuinness

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More inclusive care Twin Cities Hospital seeks to create a welcoming environment for LGBTQ community

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Twin Cities Community Hospital CEO Mark Lisa has made that statement more than once over the last several months. To him, the words underscore his hospital’s efforts to provide an inclusive environment for all patients, no matter their age, race, religion, and most recently, sexual orientation.

“If we aren’t prepared to understand and deal with all of the cultures that represent themselves in our community, then we are not doing our job,” Lisa said.

At Twin Cities in Templeton, Lisa and his staff have been working to create a more welcoming and supportive place for SLO County’s gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer communities to get medical care. After a lengthy qualification process, Twin Cities announced on March 27 that it earned the designation of “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader” from the nonprofit Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

According to the foundation, Twin Cities was one of 418 hospitals across the country that received that designation in 2018. The foundation only awards the designation to hospitals that meet its benchmarks in several areas, including having LGBTQinclusive polices, services, support, and outreach, as well as providing staff with training on LGBTQ issues.

“This benchmarking tool has helped transform hospitals and health care

facilities into more welcoming and inclusive places for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer patients, visitors, and employees,” Chad Griffin, the foundation’s president, stated in a recent report on health care equality.

The process of certification included making sure that the hospital’s polices, and even its marketing materials, contained language that was inclusive, and that the hospital provided specialized training for its employees ranging from its leadership to its doctors, nurses, and admissions staff.

The goal of obtaining the certification is to make sure that members of LGBTQ community feel comfortable coming into the hospital for their medical needs and feel like that staff and doctors understand them and will treat them with dignity. If they do not, Lisa said that some patients might avoid seeking care for even minor medical conditions, which could get worse and negatively impact their health.

“If members of the LGBTQ community feel uncomfortable accessing health care out of embarrassment, shame, or concerns about privacy issues, they won’t be able to maintain a state of wellness,” he said.

The barriers that LGBTQ Americans face trying to obtain medical care are well documented. A 2014 national study

by Lambda Legal, a nonprofit LGBTQ rights advocacy organization, found that 29 percent of gay, lesbian, and bisexual survey

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respondents said they believed they would be treated differently by medical personnel because of their sexual orientation. Another 9 percent said they believed they would actually be refused service.

For transgender patients, the numbers were even starker. The same study reported that 70 percent of transgender or gender nonconforming patients said they’d experienced some type of discrimination while attempting to seek health care, including being the subject of abusive language, physical abuse, and even being refused care.

“The statistics are very high for trans people when it comes to not getting [medical] services or not seeking services because they feel like they won’t be welcomed,” said Doug Heumann, chair of Tranz Central Coast, a local advocacy organization. “If they feel they are going to be abused or laughed at or treated poorly, then they are not going to go.”

Heumann, who is now a member of the Twin Cities governing board, is one of several representatives from the LGBTQ

community who are taking an active role in ensuring that the hospital keeps its promise to be inclusive. In addition, the hospital also created an LGBTQ advisory council, which consists of both members of the community and hospital staff.

“They are really putting their money where their mouth is,” Heumann said.

Currently, Twin Cities is the first and only hospital in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties to get the designation. According to the foundation’s most recent report, many other California hospitals certified as LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leaders are located in either Northern California cities like San Francisco or Southern California cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.

Lisa said his next goal is to get the same designation for Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in SLO where he is also the CEO. ∆

the school’s Conservative Club organized an alternative demonstration: a pro-gun rights walk. A photo of that walk shows students displaying signs supporting President Donald Trump and the Second Amendment, with one sign reading, “Black Rifles Matter.”

Conservative Club President Justin Smith said they were approached afterward, threatened by their peers, and called “racists.” Later that day at lunchtime, the conflict boiled over and a physical fight broke out between female students, which was caught on camera.

In an email to New Times, school district Deputy Superintendent Jennifer Gaviola described the altercation as “unfortunately related to racial tension between the students and inappropriate comments related to race.”

Kylie Rivers, a student in the fight who spoke at the City Council meeting on March 20, disputed claims about racial comments and stated she was attacked for participating in the conservative walk.

She said she went to the hospital with a concussion after being hit in the head with a cellphone.

“We did a peaceful walk and never once did I say any racial slurs, anything bad,” Rivers said. “Two girls came up to where I hang out and they started saying all these names and were totally trying to instigate something.”

The school district suspended the students involved in the fight, according to the testimony at the City Council meeting.

While political and racial tensions have escalated on campus, they’re also evident in the social media posts recently shared with the Paso police department. Some of the online messages contained racial slurs, according to Police Chief Robert Burton.

“They were very general in nature, although very disturbing,” Burton said.

Mason Seden-Hanson, a senior at Paso high and president of the school Progressive Club, said the recent turmoil is indicative of a widening rift on campus.

“There’s definitely political tension,” Seden-Hanson said. “I would say the key issue is between those who are welcoming to undocumented immigrants in our community and those who aren’t. With a lot of the other issues [like gun control], the real political tension boils down to that.”

In response to recent incidents, the school district asked for two police officers to be stationed at the high school campus through March 23. Discussions are underway about partnering for a school resource officer next school year.

Deputy Superintendent Gaviola said the district is also “developing next steps for specific actions related to equity, belonging, and race relations on campus.”

The school community will get a chance to cool off between March 26 and April 9 for its spring break.

“It’s hopefully going to give the school and community some time to heal and return to normalcy,” Cdr. Lewis said. ∆

Staff Writer Chris McGuinness can be reached at cmcguinness@newtimesslo.com.

BY PETER JOHNSON

Shot with anxiety Gun scares, student threats, and fights roil Paso Robles school community

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aso Robles Police Cmdr. Ty Lewis sounded weary as he tried to distill the recent events that have rocked the local school community: multiple gun scares, a spree of threatening social media posts, two juvenile arrests, and oncampus fights.

“It’s been very, very busy,” Lewis said.

“The community’s a little bit in angst right now.”

On March 20, four Paso schools “sheltered in placed” for nearly four hours, after a Paso Robles High School student alerted authorities to a Snapchat post claiming guns had been hidden on or near campus. After an extensive search that involved a K-9 unit, police did not find weapons.

Two days later, in an unrelated incident on March 22, Paso police arrested a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old for a photo posted on Snapchat showing the 16-yearold, a former student, holding a handgun and displaying rifles. Both teens were booked into the Juvenile Services Center on a charge of illegally possessing a pistol.

Those incidents marked just two of the “more than 21 investigations” pursued by the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (PRJUSD) and police in response to inappropriate or threatening social

media posts since March 11, according to Superintendent Chris Williams.

“I can’t recommend enough: If you have kids who use social media, continue to monitor that and report it,” Williams instructed the community during public comment at the Paso Robles City Council meeting on March 20.

The Paso school community has been on red alert recently, Cmdr. Lewis said, in the wake of the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, where a 19-year-old killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

“It’s something that’s on people’s mind,” Lewis said. “A lot of times when people see these irresponsible messages on Snapchat or Facebook, they don’t know if it’s a threat or not. They see someone holding a gun, and they want us to know about it. We take them seriously. ... As far as I know there has been no true threat we’ve been able to prove at Paso Robles High School.”

Tensions within the Paso high school student community are high—after the nationwide student “walkout” for gun law reforms on March 14 exacerbated political and racial divisions on campus.

While many Paso high students participated in the 17-minute walkout,

You can reach Staff Writer Peter Johnson at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com.

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DOLLAR BILLS AND BULLET HOLES? Dozens of dollar bills have been pinned to the saloon ceiling by patrons, and some speculate that Wild West-era bullets left holes up there.

Like a phoenix ascending from the ashes, Pozo Saloon is being resurrected by new owners

for a Post Office in 1878, they found the name already taken, so a “well known” resident named George Washington Lingo, who was also the postman, came up with “Pozo”—Spanish for “well”

BY GLEN STARKEY • PHOTOS BY JAYSON MELLOM since Pozo resembles a hole-like valley ention Pozo Saloon to just surrounded by hills. In 1881, the Post about anybody and they’ve Office was officially named. probably got a story about it.

Salinan Indians mainly populated Pozo Saloon has gone through a The world famous Wild WestPozo when settlers began arriving in the number of different owners over the era watering hole, downhome early 1800s. The Chumash and Salinan years, some more notable than others. restaurant, and folksy concert venue purportedly met to trade in nearby Santa García and a business partner named holds a warm place in the hearts of many, Margarita. Ynocente García founded the Lascarno were the original owners, but in large part because it offers a glimpse town itself; he was formerly the Mission they sold to Frank Herrero in 1870, and into the Central Coast’s wild past.

San Miguel administrator during its in 1898, the saloon was purchased by At one time, the saloon was a Wells secular period but was removed from the Billy Arebalo, who eventually passed it Fargo stagecoach stop—part of the position in 1841 for mismanagement and onto his son Cipriano “Zip” Arebalo. “excessively flogging” the natives.

Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach Its fledgling years were classic Wild García defended himself by claiming route—and a Pony Express mail West.

In the mid-1860s, a small gold rush the “Indians were addicted to theft, and delivery route. Frank and Jesse James at nearby La Panza brought 600 people could not be controlled.” are rumored to have stopped in at the to the area, marking the town’s heyday.

García was basically a greedy rogue saloon on their way to hide out at their Businesses such as a blacksmith, barber, who was supposed to be selling off uncle Drury James’ La Panza Ranch. hotel, general store, gristmill, and a mission lands for the The interior walls feature period dance hall—which was fl edgling Mexican photos of a group of lynched men as Pozo Saloon’s original government but instead Plan your event! well as the Dalton gang laid out dead. operating model— was selling to himself Weddings, parties, club gatherings?

You Are those bullet holes in the ceiling? sprang up. There was can call Pozo Saloon (90 West Pozo Road) at and his sons John and Stories vary.

(805) 438-2785 or email pozosaloon@gmail. also a school, and one Vidal at bottom-barrel Built in 1858, the building is turning com to plan your event. Their website and record claimed that in prices. He also took Facebook pages are in progress: pozosaloon.

160 this year, but for the past three years 1882, 97 school children parts of Atascadero and com and facebook.com/pozosaloon. or so, its hours have been spotty to say the Paso Robles for himself. were among the area’s least. Two new owners, Dean Marchant of population of 850.

“He was pocketing Morro Bay and Alex Kagan of San Diego, Around that time the local gold rush money and selling to himself and his recently bought the saloon and plan to ended and the town shrank, but travelers sons, pretty much ripping off people and reopen it on Saturday, May 5, Cinco de going north, south, and east still had to the Mexican government,” explained Mayo, a holiday that celebrates Mexico’s travel through Pozo.

Cheri Roe of the Santa Margarita victory over the French in the 1862 Battle Historical Society. “That’s why he was After highways 58 and 46 made the of Puebla. route unnecessary, Pozo truly began exiled—he was pretty much a crook.”

The opening date seems appropriate At its founding in 1854, Pozo was called to wither. Some claim Prohibition considering Pozo’s Mexican past.

El Rancho San Jose, but when applying finally did the saloon in, but according

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to Roe, driven by the local temperance movement, SLO County had “gone dry” before 1920 and the 18th Amendment made alcohol illegal. She said the new travel routes bypassing Pozo doomed the town and saloon.

RESURRECTION

After being shuttered for more than 40 years, Pozo Saloon reopened in 1967.

In ’61, former SLO County SheriffCoroner Paul E. Merrick bought a stake in the building. He was best known for presiding over both the 1955 James Dean crash and the infamous 1958 Shandon murders. After eight years as sheriff, he was elected a SLO County supervisor for another four years. Merrick finally bought out principal owner Zip Arebalo in 1966, reopening the following year.

Merrick was the owner who bought the classic 12-foot bar in the saloon, which had reportedly traveled around Cape Horn in 1860 in a sailing ship and was installed in SLO’s Cosmopolitan Hotel (where the Ross store is now). Merrick apparently found the bar in storage in the Santa Maria area and bought it. He added another bar to the dance hall part of the building.

At this time, Pozo Saloon was a rustic, out of the way place known for great food and cheap beer. It’s unclear whether Merrick retained ownership throughout or had business partners. In 1977, someone identified as “former owner Flavia Ballou” told the then-TelegramTribune, “The first few months we were open, we threw out more people than we served. So many fights.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SANTA MARGARITA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM

THEN AND NOW Aside from the cottonwood tree in front, planted as a sapling in 1858, not much has changed at the Pozo Saloon between these 1870s-era and 2018 photos.

THE MODERN ERA

In 1984, Rhonda Beanway and her then-husband Brian bought the place.

They’re the ones who developed it into the large-scale concert juggernaut it became, bringing in crowds of more than 3,000 people to see performers such as country stars Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakum, rappers Too $hort and Snoop Dog, rockers .38 Special and Black Crowes, and reggae superstars Steel Pulse and Ziggy Marley.

They’re also the ones who had to fight the county to allow these huge concerts, digging up historical records that proved the saloon had been a gathering place with live music since its earliest days. For instance, records show Professor Pico’s String Orchestra played to a large crowd in 1899.

The county cracked down when these shows drew the ire of neighbors. Cars lined the narrow road for miles in both directions. Massive speakers rattled nearby windows.

“Our neighbors were upset, and I don’t blame them,” Rhonda Beanway told New Times in a 2007 cover story (“A Pozo State of Mind,” Oct. 10). “In the winter of 2005, it rained and rained, and people parking along the road made a real mess. People got stuck in the mud. They left trash along the road. After that, all hell broke loose. The complaints starting coming in.”

“And on top of that, [our neighbors] thought we were making millions of dollars [off of their inconvenience],” Rhonda’s son Levi Beanway said in the same article.

The Beanways eventually worked it out by contracting neighbors to make money by parking cars in their fields, paying for heightened security, and paying for a California Highway Patrol officer to be onsite.

Other problems followed, such as crowds of 4,000-plus people at shows, drug sales at 4/20 concerts, drunk

driving, fights, and the coup de grâce— unpaid vendors and the inability to cover down payments on scheduled concerts, which were subsequently canceled.

It seemed like Pozo was dead again.

NEW LIFE

Doing it right is important to the new owners, Marchant and Kagan, who have hired John Mackey as their marketing director.

“My motto is ‘Pozo first,’” Mackey said. “I think it was 1979 when my dad first brought me here, and we had tri-tip sandwiches on the back porch. We want to get back to that. I mean, I can walk away.

I told them [the new owners], ‘If we’re not going to do this right, I’m gone.’”

Mackey points to the classic 1991 California’s Gold episode by travel host Huell Howser, which visited SLO County landmarks including the Pozo Saloon. In the episode, there’s music on the back porch and Howser interviews some diners who explain how the extra burger on the table is for their dog because it’s his birthday.

“That’s what I want to get back to,” Mackey said.

Kagan and Marchant are in agreement to return Pozo Saloon to its rustic glory and make the tiny unincorporated town a destination.

“We want the car clubs and the motorcycle clubs to come back, the fourwheelers, the two-wheelers, the cyclists to all feel welcome,” Kagan said during a phone interview. “One thing people like about it is it’s a nice country road on the way there, and the county really maintains it well. Whether it’s guys on crotch rockets or choppers or bicyclists, they can get out and have an enjoyable ride. There’s a winery next door now, the Vintage Cowboy Winery owned by the

OLD TIMEY FEEL Pozo Saloon will retain all its original rustic charm when it reopens on May 5, for a Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Arnold family [including SLO County Supervisor Debbie Arnold]—Pozo is getting to be more of a destination.”

Step one is making the saloon a going concern, which is where Marchant comes in.

“We’re cleaning it up and making it safe, upgrading appliances,” he explained one afternoon at the saloon. “We don’t want to change the character at all.”

They do want to make it a community gem, and they’ve spent $16,000 on a state-ofthe-art irrigation system for the back lawn.

“We’ll be able to host garden weddings by summer,” Marchant said. “The community is so grateful. I had a local farmer stop by here, a gentleman in his 80s, who talked about how the community used to have potlucks here in the ’60s. It was a community center. I have a lot of work ahead of me to bring that back and be a part of the community, but that’s our goal.”

Standing in the saloon parking lot, Marchant watched as two men on enduro motorcycles slowed down, pulled over, and stopped. They wanted to know if the saloon was open.

“This happens every time I’m out here working,” Marchant said. “People come from all over. I tell them, come back in May.” Marchant has fixed plumbing problems and rickety floors. The Wild West-era façade had come loose from the front of the building and was being held up by the cottonwood tree out front. He fixed that.

What he really wants is for people to believe in the business again.

“People want to know that the saloon is open and they can count on it, so we’re going to have consistent hours, and if they drive out people can rely on getting a fresh, home-cooked meal and the Pozo experience,” Marchant said. “For probably about the last three years, the hours have been so inconsistent that the community, and by that I mean all of SLO County, can’t trust we’ll be open. But even if it’s a

freezing day or pouring rain, we’re going to have the fireplace going and someone in the kitchen.”

There’s still a lot to do to get the saloon ready for its May 5 grand reopening.

Marchant’s birthday is May 4, and he’s always loved Cinco de Mayo.

“It’s my favorite holiday and favorite time of the year, so it was happenstance, a blessing, good fortune, but also pure luck,” he laughed.

They’re still working on entertainment for the day, but you can bet on some tasty food and cold beers served in Mason jars with olives.

“Expect country comfort food—burgers, tri-tip sandwiches, and barbecued chicken,” Marchant said.

He’s also been working on updating the kitchen, and he and Kagan have hired culinary guru Ben Dougherty of Nardonne’s Pizzeria fame.

“He’s been fantastic,” Kagan said. “He’ll make sure we can deal with 10 people in the restaurant or 200 at an event, and it’s important to him that the quality of the food and the experience are there, and that people aren’t overpaying.”

After its May 5 reopening, Pozo Saloon will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons and evenings, serving lunch and dinner.

“Maybe by summer we may be opening at 10 a.m. for brunch, but that depends on if the community wants it,” Marchant said.

What about those giant concerts? Are they coming back?

“No one person can be the king of Pozo,” Kagan said. “Pozo is for everybody, so it will be interesting to see how it evolves.”

“I’m not looking to set the world on fire here,” Marchant added. “We want to walk before we run.” Δ Contact Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

EVENT READY! By summer, the new Pozo Saloon owners hope to have the rear field with its new $16,000 irrigation system ready for weddings and other events.

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BY KAREN GARCIA

Walking for change T

he first thing you’ll notice about Devin Ward is his purple beard and magenta tinted glasses. If you’re lucky you’ll also see his white cockatoo, Fiona, resting on his shoulder.

Second, you’ll note that he has a ventilator connected to his nose and he’s in a motorized wheel chair.

Ward has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a nervous system disease that weakens the muscles and impacts physical function. He’s been dealing with the disease for three years now.

In 2010 Ward moved to the Central Coast and pursued his passion for teaching. He taught first and second grade in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District.

Five years later, his educational career came to a halt when he was diagnosed with ALS. Ward said that discovering the disease took the doctor a long time and with it came discomfort and multiple symptoms.

The disease has limited Ward physically over the past three years. He’s dependent on a ventilator 24/7 and can no longer eat, walk, or dress himself. While the disease has dramatically changed his life, Ward has an optimistic outlook on the future and his current situation—on most days, he said with a shrug.

“I’m very thankful to my caretaker and friend that has been able to help me,” he said.

His bright personality spreads outward to his brightly colored clothing, bracelets, and shoes.

To remain positive, Ward works with the local ALS community. He participates in The ALS Association’s Walk to Defeat ALS. The association started with a small group of people that grew into a nationwide campaign with more than 175,000 participants annually.

The walk is a movement where thousands of people across the country come together to raise funds to support care service programs, enable cuttingedge research, and advance nationwide advocacy efforts for people with ALS and their families. It starts with a team leader and gathers friends and families to walk and donate under the team name.

Ward’s fundraising campaign through the ALS Association is called Devin’s Defeaters.

Since 2016 he’s gathered a big group of friends, family, and neighbors every year to support him and the ALS cause.

“I do it because I feel like my life has a purpose,” he said.

Locally, Ward said, there are about 15 teams that participate in the walk. Last year,

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEVIN WARD

the teams raised a combined total of $70,000.

“My team alone raised over $36,000.

Last year, about 100 people were on my team, but this year, a lot less people so far,” he said.

This is his third year pulling a team together. In the past, Ward has rounded up friends he’s made from his years living abroad.

“Last year there were people from other countries, but this year they can’t come.

So it will be a smaller group, but I’m trying to recruit more people,” he said.

To learn more about joining Ward’s team or how to donate toward researching the disease, visit purplebeardedman.com.

Fast fact With rain in the forecast and news of the recent natural disasters across the state, PETS Hospital offers the following tips for pet owners to consider as they prepare for emergencies. Be sure that your pet is crate-trained: You will use the crate for transport, and it’s essential your pet is already confortable with this process. Prepare a disaster bag for each pet—similar to a human emergency supply kit. Have a pet-friendly place to evacuate to and use caution when returning home to the disaster area.

RESILIENCE Battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for three years has given Devin Ward a new purpose in life, to spread awareness of the disease and contribute to a solution.

For more information on emergency tips for pets or the PETS Hospital 24-hour veterinary emergency and urgent care center, visit petsurgentcare.com. ∆ Staff Writer Karen Garcia wrote this week’s Strokes and Plugs. Send tidbits to strokes@newtimesslo.com.

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A modest proposal Time for change The Second Amendment doesn’t give you absolute gun rights

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et me start by saying that I support the Second Amendment. I believe in the right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms. But I do not believe that it is an absolute right. Just as you cannot exercise your First Amendment right by shouting “fire” when there is no fire or by slandering people, you cannot exercise your Second Amendment right by parading around in crowded places with loaded automatic weapons. There have to be controls, and it is the responsibility of citizens to decide what controls are necessary to protect society.

Just as we license automobile drivers, contractors, beauticians, etc., I believe that we should license gun owners—all of them.

Just as we register cars, boats, airplanes, etc., I believe that we should register guns—all of them. Every gun owner in America should be licensed, and every gun in America should be registered to a licensed gun owner. You should not be able to possess a gun, buy a gun, or buy ammunition for a gun unless you have a license. If the police find any gun that is not registered to a licensed gun owner, they should confiscate it and destroy it immediately.

I see licensing as follows: An “A” license would allow you to possess non-semi-automatic rifles (bolt action, lever-action, single-shot, pump, etc.), shotguns, rim-fire guns (.22 caliber), and revolvers. To get an “A” license, you would have to be a certain age, pass a background check, take a “hunter safety” type course, and pass a written test.

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A “B” license would allow you to own semi-automatic rifles and pistols. These guns are in the spotlight because they are, repeatedly, the guns used in criminal activity and horrific mass shootings. Not surprisingly, a majority of Americans are demanding tighter controls over these weapons. A “B” license should be hard to get. You’d have to pass an extensive background check, and you would have to have some training on the range with a licensed instructor. You would have to pass both a written test and a proficiency test. There would be limits as to how many “B” type weapons you could own, and reporting requirements would be strict. If you feel like you need to own these types of weapons, you should have to demonstrate that you are sane, qualified, and responsible enough to do so.

Every gun you own would be registered to you. You would be personally responsible for each gun. If it gets lost or stolen, you would need to report that immediately. If you buy a gun, it goes on your license. If you sell a gun, it goes off your license and onto somebody else’s.

A licensed gun owner would be able to sell a gun to another licensed gun owner without going through a dealer as long as both parties report the sale immediately— transferring the weapon accordingly.

Possessing a gun that is not registered to you or that is unregistered would be a crime, the gun subject to confiscation, and you subject to losing your license.

LICENSE continued page 15

Russell Hodin

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Fossil fuel-based economies are moving toward renewable—and that’s a good thing

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halk up Al Fonzi’s pining for times gone by to when Jimmy Stewart movies of gushing Gulf oil derricks fueled his teenage dreams (“I like fossil fuels and nuclear power,” March 15).

This thinking exemplifies how native intelligence does not necessarily translate into common sense. In his passion for fossil and nuclear energy, Al conveniently ignores or dismisses 50 years of cumulative scientific evidence that greenhouse gases have triggered a rapid acceleration of global climate change, which has resulted in melting glaciers and polar caps, rising sea levels, extreme weather including tropical storms and hurricanes (Harvey, Maria, Irma), unprecedented drought, massive wildfires, acidification of ocean waters, and a beginning tsunami of climate precipitated migration of millions of people around the planet. And add to it that dirty little issue of nuclear waste. I’m not saying civilization as we know it will end soon, simply that our environmental systems are hemorrhaging as a result of fossil fuel use.

And no Al, these facts are not the ravings of alarmists or futurecasting academics based on questionable data.

These are bona fide, objective, empirical facts. Al, your buddies at Exxon and the American Petroleum Institute knew this was going to happen in the 1960s.

Their own scientists told them that the continued consumption of fossil fuels would put so much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere that it could trigger massive climate change in the next 40 to

50 years. Guess what Al? It did!

And what did Exxon and the API do in the 1960s with the new scientific information that their fossil fuel-based economy was ultimately a self-destructive one? They began a multi-million-dollar propaganda campaign to cover up the facts and assert that climate change was a myth. Your letter, Al, is clear proof that the marketing campaign worked and that the myth is still alive, jet-fueled by those who have a financial interest in fossil fuels, work for the oil industry, or those in denial of the factual reality facing us as a species.

We are at a great crossroads in human civilization—it’s the transition from the fossil fuel-based energy system of the 20th century to the renewable and solarbased energy system of the 21st century.

All objective, rational, clear thinking scientists, business persons, politicians, and citizens of every social class, race, ethnicity, and sex understand this— especially younger persons.

There is a group of San Luis Obispo County residents offering focus on this crossroads by promoting a ballot initiative for the November elections that will ban new oil wells in the county, while allowing existing operations in the Arroyo Grande oil field to continue. This initiative will help conserve and protect our precious water resources, will reduce the risks of earthquakes, will reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, will conserve local oil FUEL continued page 15

Opinion LICENSE from page 14

Exceptions could be made for a licensed gun owner loaning a gun to another licensed gun owner. Anybody possessing a gun who does not have license would be in deep … . Well, you know what they’d be in: Jail time, fines, restrictions on one’s ability to ever get a license, etc.

As for concealed carry permits: I think that it should be the responsibility of county sheriffs to issue concealed carry permits to licensed (and trained) gun owners when the sheriff deems it appropriate. County sheriffs need to know who in their county is carrying a gun. Attitudes about guns vary from county to county, and elected sheriffs are answerable to those who elect them.

Let them figure out what works best for their county.

Let me suggest that the guy waving around his AR-15 and his American flag at the shopping mall is not helping gun owners. He is just frightening folks. Like it or not, stricter gun regulations are coming. Reasonable, sane gun owners (i.e., the majority of gun owners) could and should have a say in how those regulations get written. But if gun owners are just obstructionists, then somebody else is going to write those regulations—somebody who doesn’t own guns—and we’ll end up with a bunch of stupid and irritating gun laws that you won’t like at all.

This proposal may not be the end all/be all solution, but it may be a good place to start a rational debate. Remember those?

I don’t expect gun-totin’ patriots and yoga mat-totin’ vegans to see eye to eye on the issue of guns, but I do expect adults to be able to have a civilized conversation about what controls are necessary to protect our communities and our children from gun violence while still respecting Constitutional rights. ∆ Pat Veesart advocates for civil rights and gun rights from Santa Margarita.

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resources for future generations in case they need them, and will do a small part in slowing global climate change.

The Coalition to Protect San Luis Obispo County is gathering signatures for its ballot measure petition to ban new oil wells in the areas of the unincorporated county. The coalition needs 13,000 signatures by April 30 to place this issue on the November ballot. Driving this movement are the dual concerns of threats to groundwater quantity and quality coupled with the threat of fracking (hydraulic fracturing).

Beginning with groundwater, on the quantitative side is the large consumption of local water by the Arroyo Grande oil field. For every barrel of oil produced, 22 barrels of water are produced from the ground. At current extraction rates of 1,000 barrels of oil per day that equals 924,000 gallons of water. Sentinel Peak Energy, the current owner/operator has plans to expand production by an additional 481 wells, which will produce 10,000 barrels per day of oil and 220,000 barrels per day of water.

This sort of impact on potable groundwater resources in a very small area is unheard of in our county, with possible unknown

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and unintended serious consequences. The aquifer underlying the oil field is designated as one with potential beneficial use by the federal Safe Water Drinking Act. Currently about 15 percent of oil production and wastewater, with concentrated petroleum and added chemical enhancements, are injected into deep aquifers adjacent to the Santa Maria water basin. At full production, this could equal 1.3 million gallons per day of reinjected waste. The potential impacts of this on Santa Maria basin water quality, which underlies the Five Cities, is unknown, nor is there apparently much detailed understanding of the underlying hydrology of the deeper interfaces of geological strata, their permeability, or the subsurface migration of groundwater.

The initiative would prevent this dangerous expansion of oil extraction and injection of toxic oilfield waste into a drinking water aquifer. And Al, none of this local oil is used in the U.S. It gets exported to Asia! In fact, the big boom in U.S. oil production brought about by fracking has resulted in billions of barrels of U.S. oil being shipped overseas. For example, in 2016 the U.S. was shipping 10,000 barrels of oil per day to China, and

by October 2017 that was up to 131,000 barrels per day. If all that oil was kept in the U.S., its price would be so cheap that Big Oil would not be making its Big Profits, and I don’t think Al would like that.

The Protect SLO County initiative would also prevent the beginning of fracking in SLO County, a vulnerability we have because we overlie the Monterey Shale formation, one of the largest petroleum deposits in the U.S. Fracking is one of the only methods to extract this petroleum and, once it starts, it is almost impossible to stop.

Bottom line Al, it’s good to remember that we need Earth. She does not need us. ∆ Charles Varni is advocating for change.

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are beyond understanding to some people.

There were times, as I went to speak to some of those who suffer from mental illness, that they would be in a dangerous rage, with fecal and urine bombs ready to throw out the door slats at any given opportunity. Other times, they would be calm and peaceful, and the very next second violent and out of control.

I have witnessed firsthand that the officers do their very best to calmly speak to them and ask them what they need, to bring resolution to the situation. Numerous times, inmates purposefully flooded the cells, so that when the officers had to open the cell door, they could either throw fecal matter or attack physically. Verbal screaming was just a normal act that I witnessed weekly.

The officers did their best to handle each situation with no harm coming to anyone.

SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson leads with respect and integrity, and does a very good job with every situation that comes his way. No person is perfect, and it is so sad that lives have been lost. However, it is not the fault of Parkinson or his officers.

There is a deeper issue: The lack of help for inmates who suffer from mental illness, which is not what the jail system is for. And that is clearly what has happened.

I support Parkinson 100 percent and believe that people who have been inside volunteering should be heard.

Christa Spates San Luis Obispo

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Ellie Ripley’s letter of Dec. 21, 2017 (“Safe, clean, and reliable”), is filled with misleading and inaccurate information about the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. I

wish to correct her most glaring errors.

First, Ripley says, “There are no dirty emissions released into the air that can spread freely into the atmosphere.”

In reality, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows all commercial nuclear power plants to routinely release radioactive gases and liquids.

Second, Ripley claims there are no safety issues at the plant. In 2013, the NRC identified Diablo Canyon Unit 1 as the third most embrittled reactor in the United States. This means it’s less likely to be able to handle the stress of a sudden shock, such as the rapid watercooling of the reactor in an emergency.

A Fukushima-like earthquake-tsunami could cause a core meltdown.

Ripley characterizes closing Diablo Canyon as “environmental hypocrisy.” In fact, Diablo’s antiquated cooling system sucks in 2.5 billion gallons of water daily and discharges it back into the ocean, killing 1.5 billion fish larvae annually.

That’s environmental hypocrisy!

Finally, she claims renewables will not be ready by 2025 to replace Diablo’s lost power.

PG&E affirms it can replace Diablo Canyon with 100 percent renewable energy by then.

Jerry B. Brown director, Safe Energy Project Santa Barbara

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Take a step back and think

I

promised that I would expand on my thoughts for liking fossil fuels and nuclear power, and I will do so.

However, first let us take a step back and think for a moment about the hottest “hot button� issue, guns and regulation of their use.

Watching the news coverage of various anti-gun marches last weekend I noticed signs calling for the police to be disarmed, no armed guards in schools, lots of antiNRA signs, and a host of others. Lots of speeches were made, but only one side of the issue of violence in our society was presented. Many demands were made to ban “assault weapons� although nobody really explained what a legal definition of an assault weapon would look like.

There was a lot of confusion on technical terms; many believe that the “AR� in AR15 stands for “assault rifle.� It actually stands for Armalite Rifle, the “15� being the model type.

We’ve tried a national “assault rifle� ban before, from 1994 to 2004 without any noticeable effect on crime. It didn’t stop the Columbine High School massacre in 1999: The shooters used illegally purchased weapons via a straw buyer (who went to prison). The massacre that occurred in the Australian state of Tasmania, leading to a virtual elimination of privately possessed firearms in that country, involved a

weapon previously recovered in a buyback program and scheduled for destruction.

It was illegally sold to a gun dealer who then sold it to the shooter. No police officer was ever prosecuted as far as I know for that illegal transaction but hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Australians lost their privileges to own firearms. Australia has neither a Second Amendment nor a Bill of Rights, so they have only those rights the government in power chooses to grant them.

We have a 2,000-mile open border with Mexico, which bans the private possession or ownership of firearms. There’s an obvious exception for the drug cartels who routinely murder police, judges, and anyone they choose while smuggling truckloads of drugs, people—and if the market exists—firearms into the United States. There are many downsides for allowing open borders as France discovered a few years back. Private ownership of firearms is virtually nil in France yet terrorists managed to smuggle automatic weapons across the European Union into France and murder more than a hundred virtually defenseless people.

French cops also carry guns, unlike the Brits, where one man with a tire-iron can chase 10 British policemen around a car as none of the police were armed.

It’s a great YouTube video but a very sad reflection upon British law enforcement.

The Parkland Valentine’s Day shooter didn’t use high-capacity magazines, which were also called to be banned in many speeches. He was 19 with a long history of mental illness and violent behavior, (none of which seems to matter to anti-NRA and Second Amendment opponents) but was given a pass for discipline and arrest by an Obama Justice Department program that demanded that fewer kids be moved into the justice system; too many minority kids were being snagged. The shooter slipped through the system because he wasn’t in the system far enough to be on a list of ineligible firearm purchasers.

I don’t like tube-sock solutions as many seem to be proposing. Banning everyone under 21 (without exceptions) the right to purchase any firearm leads to absurdities like the city of Atascadero being required to purchase the sidearm for a newly hired police officer who had made it through the academy, rigorous background checks, and psychological testing by age 20. Such a ban would have denied thousands of returning WWII veterans basic rights after piloting bombers, fighters, and heroically leading troops in battle, like Audie Murphy, who won the Medal of Honor and a battlefield commission before he was 20. Thousands were under the age 21 at the end of the war. Colonels leading thousands of men weren’t even 30 years old; it was a young man’s war.

I will digress into a partial defense of my views on energy and why I would like states like California not to be able to block energy development.

Several decades ago, the media hyped toxic waste dumps, a genuine problem.

Congress created the Superfund to clean up the worst toxic waste sites. During the first decade of the program, about 85 cents of every dollar spent went to environmental law firms without a shovel of waste removed. Far too little of the funds allocated by environmental legislation goes to actually improving the environment. As for energy exploration, a company can spend a decade and a billion dollars on studies and permits, receive permissions, and then be blocked by a citizen lawsuit at the last hour.

A trillion dollars in energy assets lies beneath our feet and would easily fund a plethora of socially conscious programs.

A full-on program to develop our oil and natural gas resources would collapse international energy prices and demolish the Russian arms build-up without firing a shot, as oil and gas, which props up the Russian economy, is about the only export Putin and Company have that anyone wants. ∆ Al Fonzi is an Army lieutenant colonel of military intelligence who had a 35year military career, serving in both the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Send comments through the editor at clanham@ newtimesslo.com.

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She sent a list of bullet points about Trump’s agenda. Please allow me to translate a couple of them.

• “Reverse President Obama’s unconstitutional executive orders.” And replace them with President Trump’s executive orders, which totally aren’t unconstitutional even though they’re no different than Obama’s.

• “Cut job-killing regulations to get the economy growing.” Screw the environment and worker safety concerns so rich people can get richer.

• “Encourage domestic exploration and production of energy sources.” Frack the living hell out of everywhere, ignore the environmental degradation of the fossil fuel industry, and continue to refuse to subsidize renewable clean energy technologies while giving tax breaks to polluters like Chevron and Shell.

McDaniel goes on about draining the swamp yada yada yada before asking for money. Mmm, I love the smell of

desperation! You know what she forgot to put in her bullet points? Anything against liberal-leaning protesters’ ability to shut down public meetings, which San Luis Obispo County’s very own Tea Party guy and Coalition of Labor, Agriculture, and Business (COLAB) representative Mike Brown believes is eroding our democracy.

“The ability of any group to disrupt an elected public body thereby preventing its legal operation is ultimately a threat to democracy by imposing force, even if it is under the guise of a peaceful demonstration,” Brown ranted in a letter he sent to COLAB members.

Yeah, that whole free speech thing sure is ruining our ability to make poor public policy decisions and lob insults at fellow elected officials. It’s much better to rant in private to the people who align themselves with you. That really brings the electorate together behind an issue, encourages productive public dialogue, and breeds good public policy decisions.

Mikey Mike’s just pissed at that rogue band of SLO County Progressives for taking his spotlight—the public comment period during SLO County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, where he makes speeches about how the left is ruining government, the democratic process, and society as a whole.

He’s worried that the very public display of discontent at the March 20 supes’ meeting will happen again. That those snowflakes will again shut down a Board of Supervisors

The Shredder meeting with silence, signs that say “Justice for Andrew,” and a half-naked man on a stretcher symbolizing inmate Andrew Holland—who died in jail custody last year after spending almost two full days strapped to a restraint chair.

Think about how much the county tried to hide about what actually happened in the SLO County Jail during and after Holland’s death. Isn’t that what the public should be discussing? We can’t make good public policy decisions without knowing the full story about the topic we are discussing. In this case, the county was the entity that prevented the public from conducting its business. Not the Progressives.

Although they’re certainly attempting to galvanize support behind it—and so is your side. And now Holland’s death is a political pawn. Yay! Truth be damned.

“Does this group get special treatment since they represent the SLO Progressive Left Coalition?” he asked in the recent COLAB newsletter, conveniently forgetting for a moment that the SLO Conservative Right Coalition is very much in control of the county’s public policy decisions.

Shouldn’t preventing future horrible jail deaths be an everybody issue?

“Various organs of the progressive left … have attacked [SLO County Sheriff Ian] Parkinson and accused him of either being personally responsible for the death or responsible for the management system which allowed it to occur,” he ranted further.

So, Mayor Heidi Harmon, who’s first

on your organ list, she’s like the heart of the movement, right?

And the San Luis Obispo Tribune, which is second, is, like, the brain. The Trib did release the video footage of the Holland death that the county refused to make public—which was brought to you by community journalism, not some grand leftist conspiracy to replace the democratic system with communism, you right-wing nut jobs.

But the liver—that’s one of the most important “organs of the progressive left.”

It’s the one that’s sick of digesting the toxic divisive language you sow with your newsletters. That’s sick of people dying at the hands of the justice system. The diseased liver is galvanizing people to protest for a better system, because the one that COLAB is protecting is doing a shitty job of conducting the people’s business.

It’s hiding the broken cogs within Parkinson’s department. Personnel issues are protected from the public’s prying eyes, the county is refusing to release an audit of the jail, and the only word we have to depend on is the sheriff’s. He’s already lied. He blames SLO County Behavioral Health for the incident but also says he’s at fault. I need evidence, not an elected official on the defensive.

The county Board of Supervisors needs to show us: Who is the public supposed to hold accountable, and what needs to change? ∆ The Shredder thinks everything should be a public document. Send comments to shredder@newtimesslo.com.

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Families welcome. Includes a variety of activities to choose from. March 31, 6:30 a.m.-noon $20 brunch; $20 Kids Mile; $35 5k; $60 Speed Golf Tournament. 805-782-8060. dairycreekslo.com/ funrun-easteregghunt/. Dairy Creek Golf Course, 2990 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo.

MESSIAH EASTER CONCERT A broadcast concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing Handel’s Messiah. Come to listen and/or sing along. Lyrics provided on site. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Recommended for ages 8-andup. March 30, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 651 Foothill Blvd, San Luis Obispo, 805-704-8124, lds.org.

SLO PARKS AND REC EGG HUNT Enjoy searching for prize filled eggs during this hunt.

March 31, 11 a.m.-noon Free. 805-781-7300. slocity.org. Laguna Lake Golf Course, 11175 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo.

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 ............................[20] Culture & Lifestyle.......[26] Food & Drink..............[29] Music .........................[30]

S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

29TH ANNUAL FAMILY EGG HUNT AND FESTIVAL This event includes egg hunts for all ages, family-friendly activities, a free hot dog barbecue, and more. March 31, 10 a.m. Free admission. 805-473-5474. arroyogrande.org. Elm Street Park, 1221 Ash St., Arroyo Grande.

29TH ANNUAL KIWANIS CLUB EASTER EGG HUNT Prizes will be awarded at this family-friendly event. March 31, 10 a.m.-noon Free. 805-801-4444.

South Bay Community Center, 2180 Palisades Ave, Los Osos.

EASTER CRAFTS AND FUN AT THE PISMO OUTLETS Enjoy Easter games, a coloring contest, Easter treats, hot chocolate, visits with the Easter Bunny, and more. March 31, 12:30-3 p.m. Free.

805-773-4661. Pismo Beach Premium Outlets, 333 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach.

EASTER EGG-STRAVAGANZA Includes Easter egg hunts, bounce houses, crafts, food vendors, a magic show, visits with the Easter Bunny, and more. March 31, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-7737063. pismobeach.org/recreation. Dinosaur Caves Park, 2701 Price St, Pismo Beach.

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HE IS RISEN: A RESURRECTION PLAY The story of Easter. This play is staged outdoors. Warm clothing is recommended. Mondays-Sundays, 7:308:30 p.m. through April 2 Free. 805-748-3566. ccsantamaria.com/. Calvary Chapel Santa Maria, 2620 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria.

THE LIVING LAST SUPPER Featuring FUMC members portraying Jesus and his disciples. With music performed by the FUMC choirs. March 29, 7 p.m. Offerings accepted. 805-925-9573. santamariafumc.net. Santa Maria First United Methodist Church, 311 S Broadway, Santa Maria.

ARTS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

BALLET FOR AGES 9-11 A beginner’s class for boys and girls to learn how to expressively move while focusing on alignment, coordination, and basic ballet technique. Thursdays, 4:30ARTS continued page 22

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801 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CABUILDING 93401 SATURDAY, APRIL (2 7, 2018 —LUNCH VETERAN’S MEMORIAL GAMES OF BINGO cards), SERVED (by Del Monte Cafe)

PROCEEDS BENEFIT 11 AMHOSPICE - 3 PM SLO COUNTY 801 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 11 AM 11 AM 3 PM PM 11 AM 3- 3 PM COST: $45 ($22 tax deductible) PROCEEDS BENEFIT HOSPICE SLO COUNTY 11 AM - 3 PM PROCEEDS BENEFIT HOSPICE SLO COUNTY TICKETS: $45 ($22 taxdeductible) deductible) GAMES OF BINGO (2 cards), LUNCH SERVED (by DelCOUNTY Monte Caf COST: $45 ($22 tax PROCEEDS PROCEEDS BENEFIT BENEFIT HOSPICE HOSPICE SLO SLO COUNTY PROCEEDS BENEFIT HOSPICE SLO COUNTY GAMES OF BINGO (2COST: cards), LUNCH SERVED (by Del Monte Caf COST: $45$45 ($22 deductible) ($22 tax tax deductible)

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“The Mystical Meaning of Passover & Easter” Kirtan: Dana Cummings and Luis Monge Music: Albert Sanudo, Jr. Suggested Minimum Donation $10

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ARTS from page 20 5:15 p.m. through Jan. 3 $15. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio.com/schedule/. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

CRAFT: PAINTED UMBRELLAS Decorate your own umbrella with fabric paints. All supplies provided. For ages 5 and up. March 31, 3-4 p.m.

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

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.

INTERMEDIATE EAST COAST SWING AND BEGINNING FOXTROT Taught by Shari Fortino.

Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. through May 8 $75 for singles; $135 per couple. 805-225-1728. debonairedancers.com. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

INTRO TO NIGHTCLUB TWO STEP AND CHA CHA Taught by Shari Fortino. Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. through May 8 $75 per person; $135 per couple. 805-225-1726. debonairedancers.com.

FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

KIDS HIP HOP A class that focuses on basic rhythm comprehension and beginner Hip Hop moves: rocks; bounces; and grooves.

With Shannon O’Sullivan Wednesdays, 3:304:15 p.m. through Jan. 2 $15. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio.com. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

OLD WORLD DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH JASON MAYR All levels welcome.

The course begins with drawing techniques and progresses through black and white, limited palette, to full palette. Every other Monday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Nov. 19 $35-$40.

805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org.

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

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ZEN DOODLE ADULT COLORING BOOK FRIDAYS Relax and unwind with adult coloring books. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon through April 6 Free.

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

ADULT POTTERY CLASSES Learn how to throw on the pottery wheel, sculpt, and the art of hand building with clay. Beginners and advanced students welcome. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 6-8 p.m. through April 3 $30.

805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, 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/community-education/ music/cabaret.html. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

FILM AND TV ACTING CLASSES Film and TV acting classes for all ages and skill levels. Offers optional showcases for major Hollywood talent agents and casting directors . Sundays, 128:45 p.m. Cost varies per class. 310-910-1228. actorsedge.com. Mission Cinemas, 1025 Monterey St., SLO.

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(Lower Higuera Next to Hayward Lumber)

as it covers the historical swords of pirates, soldiers, and more. April 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $60.

805-459-0345. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

IMPROV 1 CLASS Learn the basics of improvisation and explore how to build a scene, create characters, and work with an ensemble.

April 3, 6-8 p.m. $150 for all 6 weeks. 805-2423109. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Tigerlily Salon Studio, 659 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

SPRING BREAK MUSIC BLAST CAMP Kids can explore rhythm, melody, harmony, composition, and more. This camp features both outdoor and indoor activities. April 2-6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $185.

619-933-4818. lyricsandmelodiesstudio.com/ camps/. Lyrics and Melodies Studio, 950 Los Osos Valley Rd. Ste. B, Los Osos.

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SPRING INTO ART: ART CAMP FOR AGES 5-6 With instructing artists Brian Williams and Susan Connors. April 2, 9 a.m.-noon $165 members; $195 non-members. 805-543-8562. sloma.org.

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SPRING INTO ART: ART CAMP FOR AGES 7-8 Features watercoloring with instructor Debby Veldkamp and wire art with instructor Brian Williams. April 2, 9 a.m.-noon $165-$195. 805543-8562. sloma.org/education. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SPRING INTO ART: ART CAMP FOR AGES 9-12 With instructing artists Susan Connors and Debby Veldkamp. April 2-6, 9 a.m.-noon $165 members; $195 non-members. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SPRING INTO ART: TEEN ART CAMP With instructor Vicky Hoffman. April 2-6, 1-4 p.m. $165-$195. 805-543-8562. sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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ART AND WINE CLASS: BOHO COWSKULL CANVAS Make your own Boho Canvas. Wine will be offered. All supplies provided. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. through March 29 $40.

805-550-9963. theartgalanipomo.com/art-wineboho-cowskull-canvas/. Gala De Arte Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo.

ART AND WINE CLASS: NAIL ART JEWERLY HOLDER Make your own nail art jewelry holder.

Wine will be offered. All supplies provided. Fridays, 6-8 p.m. through March 30 $40. 805-550-9963. theartgalanipomo.com/art-wine-string-nail-jewelryholder/. Gala De Arte Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo.

INTUITIVE CIRCLE Mediumship development.

First Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. through July 1 $15-$35.

805-489-2432. halcyonstore.com. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 South Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

ROBOTICS WORKSHOP Build and program your own robot, then face down other robots to see who can create the tallest tower. Registration required. For ages 8-14. Register online or by calling. March 31, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-473-7161. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande, slolibrary.org.

Special art eventS n o r t h C o a S t S Lo C o u n t y

JURIED ART SHOW Opening reception is March 30 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Enjoy live music, wine, and refreshments at the reception. Juror is Laylon, founder of The Vault Gallery in Cambria.

Prizes awarded. March 30, 5:30-7 p.m., March 31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Thursdays, Fridays, 1-4 p.m. through April 29 Free. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts.org. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria.

RECEPTION: GO FIGURE Meet the artists behind Go Figure, an exhibit featuring works that incorporate the human figure. April 8, 2-4 p.m.

Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. n o r t h S Lo C o u n t y

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.

SECOND SUNDAY AT SEVEN Featured poets for March: Margaret Lange and David Ochs. Open reading follows. Second Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-772-2880. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. San LuiS obiSpo

JULIA MORGAN BUILDING TOUR Member docents will guide you through our historic building and grounds. Tours may also be arranged by appointment. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. Free. 805541-0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

JUST OFF THE REEL This Oscar winner features Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill during the early days of WWII. April 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. 805781-1215. slolibrary.evanced.info/signup/calendar.

San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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ARTS from page 23

PHOTO COURTESY OF F. MCLINTOCK’S SALOON AND DINING HOUSE

READING In celebration of April’s National Poetry Month. April 7, 2-4:30 p.m. Free. 805-903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

AQUARIUS 2018 An annual exhibition of California watercolors organized by the Central Coast Watercolor Society. This year’s juror, Michael Reardon, selected 40 paintings that display a wide range of watercolor techniques and subject matter.

Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through April 15 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org.

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

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2018 MBAA STUDENT ART SHOW Presented by the Morro Bay Art Association. This juried exhibition features art by Central Coast high school students. Reception: March 10 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through April 7 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org.

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

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.

CENTRAL COAST STUDENT ART EXHIBIT 25 students will be juried to receive mattes and frames provided by Art Center Morro Bay. Scholarship winners will receive cash awards sponsored by the Jackie Morello Scholarship Fund and the Morro Bay Art Association. Art will be available for purchase.

Through April 7, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-772- 2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

FINE ART WATERCOLORISTS EXHIBITION Featured artists: Ardella Swanberg, Sarah Delong, Virginia Mack, and Hope Myers. Opening reception: March 9 from 5 to 8pm. Through March 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 805-772-3883. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE PRESENTS FEATURED ARTIST DOTTIE PHELPS VISKER Visker fills both large and small canvases with swashes of colorful flowers and abstract shapes.

April 1-29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

GO FIGURE An exhibit featuring works that incorporate the human figure. April 5-May 14, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org.

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

WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS: BRUCE LLOYD MUNDT Tuesdays-Saturdays. through March 30 Free. 805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

of artist Lori Wolf Grillias. Mondays, WednesdaysSundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through April 1 Free.

805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibits/coming-next. php?event=1563. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS WITH PHOTOGRAPHER KATHY GERBER Gerber is

MURDER At MCLiNtOCK’s

Movieland Mayhem, an interactive murder mystery dinner, takes place Sundays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. starting April 8 at F. McLintock’s Saloon and Dining House in Pismo Beach.

Guests are welcome to wear their own 1940s costumes. Admission is $50, which includes dinner and gratuity. Call (805) 489-3875 or visit murderinmind.com to find out more.

—C.W. WINDOWS TO OTHER WORLDS: CULTURAL EXPLORATIONS This exhibit celebrates worldwide travel, heritage and cultural experiences. Featuring Flo Bartell and other artists. Through April 2, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org.

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

painters and three photographers: Cynthia Kevorkian, Jane Russell, Marie Ramey, Kabe Russell, Dennis Jackson, and Michael Messina.

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ART AFTER DARK PASO Celebrating the opening

11TH ANNUAL BEACON ART SHOW: HANDS OF CREATION Featuring paintings, sculptures,

of Studios Roots: The Alumni Show with Niner Wine Estates and live music by Therese Muller. April 7, 6-9 p.m. Free; $8 if wine tasting. 805-238-9800.

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

and photography from SLO County artists.

Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through March 31 Free. SLO United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-7580.

IT’S ABOUT TIME Featuring work by three

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a local geologist and photographer. This exhibit showcases her photographs of geographic formations. Proceeds from purchases go toward development of a water supply system for a village in Mozambique. Tuesdays-Sundays, 4-9 p.m. through April 1 Free. 805-868-7133.

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JEWELBOX A non-juried exhibition showcasing artwork from members of The Painters Group.

Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through April 1 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ exhibits/coming-next.php?event=1565. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

LA FEMME Featuring works by students of all ages and from all grades. Artists were asked “What does it mean to be a woman in our society today?” Through April 3 805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

LIZ MARUSKA: LUMINOUS DREAMS Maruska’s work is inspired by American landscape painters Georgia O’Keefe and Albert Bierstadt. MondaysSaturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. through March 31 Free.

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paintings, jewelry, and more. April 7, 2-4 p.m.

Free. 651-605-5955. Nipomo Library, 918 W. Tefft, Nipomo, slolibrary.org.

ARTS from page 24 1255 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

LOCAL COLOR Local artist Ken Christensen exhibits original oils. Christensen is a classic, on-site landscape painter with influences filtered down from the French Impressionists and Fauves.

Through April 25, 6-9 p.m. 805-542-9000. sloart. com. Frame Works, 339 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo.

Calls for artists

PASSION FOR COLOR AND PATTERN Featuring still lifes by artist Patti Robbins. Mondays, WednesdaysSundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through June 17 Free.

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

invited to submit original works incorporating the human figure for this upcoming exhibit presented

by Art Center Morro Bay. This exhibit will showcase paintings from artists throughout the Central Coast. Through April 3 $5-$10. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

PORTALS: CONNECTING THE WORLD (A SOCIAL PRACTICE EXHIBITION) Features a talk via Brooklyn Portal from founder Amar Bakshi.

Portals are gold spaces equipped with audiovisual technology to connect you with someone in a distant Portal live and full-body, as if in the same room. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through March 29 Free. 805-5463202. sharedstudios.com/cuesta.

Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo.

SKIES AND MORE: PAINTINGS

BY SUE PALMER Sue Palmer presents her paintings in oil and acrylic. Through March 31 Free. 805544-4458. TD Parker Salon and Gallery, 2078 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: GO FIGURE Artists are

THROUGH THE LENS: AN OPEN JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION Submit work to the Morro Bay Art Association for its Open Juried Photography Exhibition. The exhibit will be held May 17 through June 25. Juror is Central Coast photographer, teacher, and author Kerry Drager. Through April 1, 12-5 p.m. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

MarCH 29 – aPril 5 2018

VISUAL RHETORIC A juried exhibition in SLOMA’s McMeen Gallery highlighting contemporary California sculpture. Presented in conjunction with the Central Coast Sculptors Group. Mondays, WednesdaysSundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through April 29 Free.

805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibits. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad 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. 805773-6563. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, puffersofpismo.com/.

THIRD ANNUAL TRILOGY ART GROUP EXHIBIT Benefiting the Friends of the Nipomo

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brief stories, 55 words or less, with headlines no longer than 7 words.

See site for more details. Through June 14 newtimesslo.com. New Times, 1010 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, 805-546-8208.

SPRING VISTAS: ART CENTRAL’S MAY SHOW Art Central is seeking artists to submit for its May exhibit. This show is open to all mediums. Works should tie into a Spring theme. Through May 2 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.wordpress.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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Holy Week and Easter Sunday Maundy Thursday - March 29 Remembering The Last Supper and Jesus Washing the Disciples’ Feet 5:30pm with Foothwashing & Eucharist

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Celebrating The Resurrection with a Festive Eucharist at 10:00am with Choir, Organ, Brass Quartet Alleluia Bells, Easter Egg Hunt (8:00am no no music music buts but lots (8:00am lotsof ofbells!) bells!)

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

THE 39 STEPS A comedic thriller that blends Alfred Hitchcock with Monty Python. WednesdaysSundays, 7-9 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m. through April 15 $20-$35. 805-786-2440. slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo.

IMPROV COMEDY SHOW Fast-paced improv comedy shows performed by the ensemble of Central Coast Comedy Theater. All shows are based on audience suggestions making every show unique. Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. and Every other Thursday, 8-10 p.m. through March 29 $5. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, 805-430-0260.

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SYLVIA A love story between husband, wife, and dog by A.R. Gurney. Wednesdays-Sundays. through April 22 $21-$28. 805-489-2499. americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano.

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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.

MINIATURE GAMING AT CAPTAIN NEMO Refreshments available on site for purchase.

Please park in reserved spaces. Thursdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. 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.

Meets at various locations in SLO County: Arroyo Grande, Oceano, San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Cambria, MarCH 29 – april 5 SIERRA CLUB HISTORIC WALK: Atascadero, and Paso Robles. No 2018 CAMBRIA An easy, guided stroll past dues/fees. Mondays-Sundays, 6-7 p.m.

Victorian cottages, 1880s storefronts, Free. oacentralcoast.org. San Luis Obispo, saloons, and the Chinese temple in Cambria’s Citywide, SLO. East Village. Learn the stories of early pioneers.

SLO CHESS CLUB All ages and skill levels Families and children welcome. No dogs please. welcome. Plays at the giant chess board in Morro Meet at Olallieberry Inn. April 8, 2 p.m. Free. 805Bay on Saturdays. Boards generally provided.

549-0355. sierraclub.org/santa-lucia. Cambria Thursdays, 6:30-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 Village, 723 Main St., Cambria. p.m. Free. 805-215-4963. slochess.com. Carl’s Jr., n O r t h S LO C O u n t y 195 N. Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

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. 805-7722880. facebook.com/groups/MBMetaphysicians.

Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. San LuiS ObiSpO

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BUILD YOUR AGING PLAN A presentation on decision making and planning in preparation for growing older. April 4, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Free. 805547-1620. South County Regional Center, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

Clubs & Meetings n O r t h C O a S t S LO C O u n t y

SURFSIDE TENNIS CLUB Saturdays, 9 a.m.

Free the first month; $30 per year afterwards. surfsidetennisclub.teamopolis.com. Los Osos Middle School, 1555 El Moro St., Los Osos, 534-2835. n O r t h S LO C O u n t y

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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.

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COLORING CLUB FOR ADULTS Rediscover the childhood pleasure of coloring. Last Thursday of every month, 4-5 p.m. through Oct. 25 Free. 805927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

Ginger

Wednesdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366.

Facebook.com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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leCtures & learning

discusses U.S. imperialism, corruption, and more.

April 7, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 805-317-6661. facebook. com/events/1150893348387173/. Building 8, Room 123, Cal Poly Campus, San Luis Obispo.

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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.

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memoir threatens to revive the most painful chapter of their lives. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and March 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m. through March 31 $15-$25. 800-838-3006. winecountrytheatre. com. Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St., Paso Robles.

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ALMOND COUNTRY QUILT GUILD MEETING Leigh Zieber will lecture on “History Repeated”.

This event includes an antique quilt trunk show.

April 6, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-237-9313. acqguild. com. Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston Road, Paso Robles.

GOLDEN STATE CLASSICS CAR CLUB Monthly meeting for Golden St ate Classics of Paso Robles.

First Tuesday of every month goldenstateclassics. org. Paso Robles Elks Lodge, 1420 Park St., Paso Robles, 805-239-1410.

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. 805-528-3194. sloskiers.org. SLO Elks Club, 222 Elks Lane, San Luis Obispo.

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

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

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

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

OCEANO BEACH COMMUNITY MEETING A meeting to plan the next steps for creating positive change in Oceano Beach through the 2013 Oceano Revitalization Plan. March 31, 2-3:30 p.m. Free.

The Place Arts Co-op, 1699 Pacific Coast Highway 1, Oceano, 8051234567.

support groups n O r t h C O a S t S LO C O u n t y

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEETING Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a 12-step recovery program for anyone who desires to have healthy and loving relationships with themselves and others. Saturdays, 1-2:15 p.m. Free. 805-203-5875.

Cambria Connection, 1069 Main St., Cambria. n O r t h S LO C O u n t y

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN This weekly group is for adult women with a focus on healing from abuse in relationships including physical, emotional, and verbal. Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. through April 30 RISE, 1030 Vine St., Paso Robles, 805-226-5400.

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. Free. 805-221-5523.

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

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#METOO: DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN These monthly support groups are for adult women who have experienced sexual harassment or sexual abuse. The focus of the group is to create a safe place for participants to share, be connected with local resources, and get support in the healing process. First Tuesday, Friday of every month, 12-1 p.m. RISE, 51 Zaca Ln., Ste. 100, San Luis Obispo, 805-226-5400.

EXPLORING LIFE THROUGH ART AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT This weekly group is for adult women with a focus on healing trauma from childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual assault.

Thursdays, 4:30-6 p.m. through April 26 RISE, 51 Zaca Ln., Ste. 100, San Luis Obispo, 805-2265400.

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.

Create & Learn n O r t h C O a S t S LO C O u n t y

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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Mind & Body n O r t h C O a S t S LO C O u n t y

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

An exhibit showcasing the work of artist Dottie Phelps Visker opens April 1 at Gallery at Marina Square in Morro Bay. Visker fills both large and small canvases with abstract shapes, various types of flowers, and more. The exhibit will remain on display through April 29. Call (805) 772-1068 or visit galleryatmarinasquare.com for more info.

—C.W.

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

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

INTERMEDIATE TRIBAL BUNKAI Incorporates props, rhythm instruments, and a fusion of world dance to upbeat, fast drumming music. Fridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805203-6318. desertcoastdance.com. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay.

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

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.

YOGA STRETCH Through a combination of active, isolated stretching, trigger point, foam rolling, and yoga techniques, participants can increase their range of motion. Please bring a mat and water. Tuesdays, Fridays. through Dec. 18 805-776-3676. Studio Fitness, 349 Quintana, Morro Bay, studiofitnessmorrobay.com. Explore yoga postures and increase strength and flexibility. Set to inspiring music and appropriate for beginners. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. email support@getstudiofit.com. 805-776-3676.

Cassandra Bodlak, 349 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay, studiofitnessmorrobay.com. n O r t h S LO C O u n t y

PROJECT OF LIGHT CLINIC Monthly sessions of light and tone provided by Lightshare. No appointment necessary. First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. through Dec. 1 Free. 805305-7595. lightshare.us. Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita.

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AIKIDO FOR ADULTS With instructor Mary Tesoro, 5th degree Black Belt. Aikido is the Japanese martial art of self-defense and selfdevelopment. This class welcomes adults (both beginners and experienced). Participants may start at anytime. Tuesdays, 5:45-7 p.m. through April 17 $65 for 3 months. 805-549-1222 or 544-8866. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo, ae.slcusd.org/.

AIKIDO SELF DEFENSE AND SELF IMPROVEMENT FOR ADULTS For ages 16-andup. Start anytime and set up your own schedule.

Tuesdays, 5:45-7 p.m. through April 17 $65 for 3 months (unlimited classes). 805-544-8866. aikidosanluisobispo.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

ANATOMY AND ASANA Join teacher Rocky Heron for a series of master classes designed to deepen your awareness and understanding of your own body. April 8, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $30 drop-in. 805-598-7100. sloyogacenter.org/events/.

SLO Yoga Center, 672 Higuera St #200, San Luis Obispo.

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK WRITING I

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Sun., April 1 @ The Fremont

April 19 – May 17 THURSDAYS 6:30 – 8:30 P.M.

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK WRITING:

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

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Tues., April 3 @ The Fremont

June 2 SATURDAY 9 A.M. – Noon

Check out Extended Education’s website for full catalog and new class offerings.

CAT YOGA CLASSES Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m. $20. 805-543-9316 Ext. 10. woodshumanesociety. org. Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo.

A CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT COMMUNITY Ecstatic Dance SLO presents this safe, supportive, and non-verbal free flowing space for movement expression. Check Facebook page for more info. April 1, 4-6 p.m. $10-$20. San Luis Obispo Vets’ Hall, 801 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-781-5930.

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Wed., April 11 @ The Fremont

GENTLE YOGA Join instructor, Cassandra Bodlak and increase your range of motion, re-align your spine, improve strength through active isolated techniques, and more. All levels welcome. Please bring a mat and water. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10:1511:15 a.m. through April 19 $88. 805-549-1222.

San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo, ae.slcusd.org/.

METABOLIC CONDITIONING PLUS Maximize your cardio and strength with effective patterns of work/rest periods. Re-align and maintain a healthy spine through gentle movements. Mats are provided. Bring water and a towel. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8-9 a.m. through April 19 $88. 805549-1222. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo, ae.slcusd.org/.

PRENATAL YOGA SERIES Journey into motherhood through the practice of yoga with this series. March 31, 4:30-5:45 p.m. and April 7, 4:305:45 p.m. $15-$40. 805-598-7100. sloyogacenter. org/events/. SLO Yoga Center, 672 Higuera St #200, San Luis Obispo.

STRENGTH FOR 50+ Improve your strength with accessible, real-life movement patterns. Re-align and experience a healthier spine through gentle exercise. Mats and equipment provided. Please bring water and a towel. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9:15CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 28

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JAZZ ORCHESTRA CONCERT Fri. Apr. 6 • 7:30 pm CPAC Mainstage SLO COUNTY TRUMPET ALLIANCE BENEFIT CONCERT - ARTS FOR LIVING FREE ADMISSION - DONATIONS WELCOME Sun. Apr. 15 • 3pm St. Timothy’s Church, Morro Bay IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE CUESTA DRAMA SPRING PRODUCTION May 4-6, 11-13 Fri. & Sat. - 7:30pm, Sun. - 2pm CPAC Mainstage

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Sun., April 1st @ The Fremont Go to our website, click on the WIN FREE TIX graphic and sign up to win!

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10:15 a.m. through April 19 $88. 805-549-1222.

San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo, ae.slcusd.org/.

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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.

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DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY RECOVERY SEMINAR Hear from previous program participants and learn how to identify depression and its causes. Orientation session is free.

Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. through April 4 805-4896622. depressionthewayout.com. Arroyo Grande Adventist Church, 240 Vernon Ave., Arroyo Grande.

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

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

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

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. 805-4417932. Oceano Community Center, 1425 19th St., Oceano, adulted.luciamarschools.org.

WATER EXERCISE FOR ALL AGES These classes help relieve joint pain, enhance your breathing, and increase your range of motion. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 805481-6399. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, 5citiesswimschool.com.

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SIERRA CLUB HIKE: BIG SUR A moderate 6.4-mile hike with a 1,600 ft. elevation gain in the Silver Peak wilderness of Big Sur. March 31, 9 a.m. 805-4417597. sierraclub.org/santa-lucia. Washburn Day Use Area, 1.5 miles north of Cambria on Hwy 1, Cambria.

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EVERYTHING EDIBLE PLANT SALE Features almost 40 varieties of tomatoes in addition to herbs, vegetable starters, fruit plants, citrus, and more. April 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and April 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Growing Grounds Downtown, 956 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo, 805-544-4967.

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DRAMA AND PLAY CLASSES: AGES 2-4 Build

CAL POLY BASEBALL VS. CSU BAKERSFIELD April 3, 6 p.m. $5. Baggett Stadium, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 8057567297.

CAL POLY SOFTBALL VS. UC RIVERSIDE Big West Conference home opener. March 30, 1

language, develop motor skills, and practice cooperation, concentration, and problem solving.

Mondays, 10:15-11 a.m. $120 for 10 weeks. 805709-0761. pyjamadrama.com/us. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

spiritual spEaKEr

Lama Jampa Thaye (pictured) hosts a public talk, The Power of Buddhism, on April 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the White Heron Sangha Meditation Center in Avila Beach. Thaye will discuss the idea that all sentient beings possess an inherent wakefulness. Visit slobodhipath.org for more info.

—C.W. p.m. Free. Cal Poly Athletics, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 8057567297. The first 100 kids in attendance can participate in an Easter egg hunt prior to the game. March 31, 1 p.m. Free. Bob Janssen Field, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 8057567297.

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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 YOGA Experience emotional balance through the physical and mental benefits of yoga by practicing breathing exercises, flowing sequences, balancing poses, and deep relaxation. Mondays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. through Jan. 7 $15. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio.com. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

MOMMY & ME YOGA Dads/partners/caregivers San LuiS obiSpo

Robles Youth Arts Foundation, 3201 Spring St., Paso Robles.

are also welcome to this yoga class for new mothers and babies. Moms can slowly regain strength while cultivating confidence and alleviate neck, shoulder, and back pain through yoga postures. Fridays, 11 a.m.-noon through Jan. 4 $15. 805-215-4565. omniyogastudio.com. Omni Yoga Studio, 2190 9th St., Los Osos.

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RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT DANCE FOR KIDS Utilizing theatrical props, games, and improvisational tools to encourage skill building and creative movement. For ages 5 to 8. All levels of dancers are welcome. Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805-203-6318.

Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, ignitemovementstudio.com/.

THEATER DANCE CLASS FOR KIDS An interactive group for kids ages 9 and up to express themselves through dance and theatrical expression. Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $40 monthly; $12 to drop in. 805-203-6318. Ignite Movement Studio, 698 Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay, ignitemovementstudio.com/.

TODDLER STORYTIME A storytime for toddlers ages 18 months-and-up. Share stories, songs, finger plays, bubbles, and more. Wednesdays, 11-11:30 a.m. through Dec. 26 Free. 805-927-4336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria. Hosted by Ms. Kaela. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. n o r t h S Lo C o u n t y

SPRING BREAK ART, DRAMA, DANCE, AND MUSIC CAMPS For students aged 5 to 12. The drama camp gives kids an opportunity to work on a small play. The music and dance camp gives them an opportunity to experiment with instruments and learn a short dance. Through March 30, 9 a.m.-noon $125. 805-238-5825. pryaf.org. Paso

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. 805542-9084. fcadoptions.org. Family Connections Christian Adoptions, 1540 Marsh St. #130, San Luis Obispo.

MAD SCIENCE: SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE Enjoy demonstrations and experiments about sound and sound waves. April 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. 805781-5775. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

PYJAMA DRAMA: DRAMA AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY CLASSES Drama and imaginative play develops skills that can last a lifetime like the confidence to be brave, desire to share ideas with others, and the joy of solving problems with friends by your side. Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m. and Mondays, 9:30-11 a.m. $12. 805-709-0761. pyjamadrama.com. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

TEEN SPRING BREAK PROGRAMS Teens can come to the library for a afternoon activities from cupcake decorating to virtual reality gaming. April 2-6, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. 805-781-5783. slolibrary. org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

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BILLINGUAL STORYTIME Enjoy storytelling and songs in both English and Spanish. First Tuesday of every month, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. 805-473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

PAWS TO READ Children of all ages are invited to CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 29

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 28 practice reading with a therapy dog. April 5, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. 805-473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE Kids can enjoy demonstrations and experiments about sound and sound waves. For ages 4-and-up. April 7, 2-3 p.m.

Free. 805-473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande.

SPRING BREAK DRAMA CAMP: FOR AGES 5-8 Sing, dance, play, and more. Camp activities are inspired by Roald Dahl books. April 2-6, 1-4 p.m. $125 weekly; $30 daily. 805-709-0761. Elm St. Park and Community Center, 1221 Ash St., Arroyo Grande.

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YOUR SUPERPOWER?: YOUTH CLASSES FOR AGES 7-11 Enrichment program to address the challenges youth face in school/life which interferes with learning, relationships, wellbeing. Discover inner resources (â&#x20AC;&#x153;superpowersâ&#x20AC;?) to reduce stress/anxiety, nurture compassion, regulate difficult emotions through mindfulness, movement, yoga, and social-emotional learning.

Mondays, 3:45-4:45 p.m. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com. Oak Park Professional Centre, 530 Camino Mercado, Ste 576, Arroyo Grande.

805-480-2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 South Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central Coast holds youth services for junior high school students. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free. 805-929-8990. thecitycc.org. Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Tefft St, Nipomo.

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FREE GUIDED MEDITATION GROUP With Ruth Cherry, PhD, clinical psychologist, and long time meditator. Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-4392757. 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. saN Luis obispo

INTUITIVE DEVELOPMENT CLASS For anyone wanting to learn how to develop their intuitive abilities or enhance their current intuitive skills.

Practice in a small supportive group environment.

Features meditation and chakras. April 5, 5:30-7 p.m. $20. 805-550-1658. East Wellbeing and Tea, 1238 Monterey St. Ste. 110, San Luis Obispo.

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

DRUM CIRCLE With Julie Jensen. You may bring your own drum if you wish. Those without drums are welcome. Additional instruments will be available for use. First Friday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations accepted. 805-489-2432.

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

INTUITIVE DEVELOPMENT Explore your innate gifts of receiving and giving intuitive information with Julie Jensen. First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. $25. 805-489-2423. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 South Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande.

MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT Learn the basics of communicating with spirit in a safe environment with Mike Smith. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15.

SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts over 60 vendors.

VolunteerS N o r t h C o a s t s Lo C o u N t y

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

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

SEABIRD SURVEY CITIZEN SCIENCE TRAINING Seeking motivated volunteers to conduct shorebased seabird surveys at Montano de Oro, Estero Bluffs, and Shell Beach. No previous experience necessary. Attend this meeting to learn survey techniques and how to identify different species of seabirds found on our coasts. March 29, 5:30-7 p.m. morrocoastaudubon.org/p/seabird-monitoringsurveys.html. Morro Coast Audubon Office, 601 Embarcadero #14, Morro Bay, 8057721991.

for a morning beach cleanup and data tracking of debris. April 7, 9 a.m.-noon ecoslo.org. Morro Strand State Beach, End of San Jacinto St., Morro Bay, (805) 602-0403. saN Luis obispo

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

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.

Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, 2650 Main St., San Luis Obispo. s o u t h C o a s t s Lo C o u N t y

saN Luis obispo

EASTER AT FOREMOST Enjoy a special Easter

produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, Arroyo Grande.

brunch menu. Call or go online for reservations.

April 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-439-3410. foremostslo. com. Foremost Wine Co., 570 Higuera St. Ste 105, San Luis Obispo.

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largest Farmers Market in California. Thursdays, 6:10-9 p.m. Downtown Slo, Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

large variety of locally grown produce. Open year round Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. nipomofarmersmarket.com/. Nipomo Farmers Market, Via Concha Road, Nipomo.

eVentS CHEF CHARLES COOKING CLASS Chef John shares a few Easter recipes that are easy to pull off last minute. March 31, 12-2 p.m. Free. 805-621-7838.

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$8 and bring it in every Friday for $2 off refills.

Wine offered at happy hour pricing. Fridays, 4-10 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7sistersbrewing.com/ events-page. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

WOODSTOCKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SLO PINT NIGHT With the first pint as low as $5, Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gives half-off refills in the same glass. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Free.

805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com. Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

FIRST FRIDAYS AT OLIVAS DE ORO Enjoy

WOODSTOCKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SLO TRIVIA NIGHT For

tastings and special food pairings. First Friday of every month, 12-5 p.m. through Dec. 7 Free. 805227-4223. crestonwinetrail.com/events/. Olivas de Oro, 4625 La Panza Rd., Creston.

trivia aficionados and fun-lovers in general alike. Tuesdays, 9-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com/events/. Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.

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HAPPIEST OF HAPPY HOURS Featuring free bites and $6 premium wines by the glass.

Wednesdays-Fridays, 4-6 p.m. Free. 805-4642630. grapeencounters.com. Grape Encounters Empourium, 5816 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

WINE TASTING AT CASS WINERY Wine by the

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LIDO HAPPY HOUR Enjoy cocktails and wine in an oceanfront setting. Mondays-Fridays, 3-6 p.m. through Dec. 31 805-773-4300. thedolphinbay. com. Lido Restaurant at Dolphin Bay, 2727 Shell Beach Rd., Pismo Beach. â&#x2C6;&#x2020; NEW TIMES FILE PHOTO

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

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

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

Food & drink FarmerS marketS N o r t h C o a s t s Lo C o u N t y

MAIN STREET MARKET Saturdays, 2:30-6 p.m. Free. 805-772-4467. Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce, 695 Harbor St., Morro Bay, morrobaychamber.org.

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ATASCADERO FARMERS MARKET Visit site for info on featured music artists and chefs.

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

Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero. saN Luis obispo

FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market in SLO is the

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The 10th annual Paso Robles Dog Jog takes place April 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at Vina Robles Winery. Enjoy the 2K, 4K, or 10K through the vineyard. An expo featuring live music, lunch, and wine tastings follows the event. Admission is $30 to $35. Call (805) 2399326 or visit parks4pups.org to find out more. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;C.W.

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Music

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Strictly Starkey

BY GLEN STARKEY

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MAINE

‘Don’t Come Down’ Alt-rockers The Maine play Fremont Theater

T

empe-based band The Maine plays the sort of hook-laden guitar rock it’s hard not to like, and in videos like the one for their song “Am I Pretty,” they raise the poignancy stakes by opening with regular people talking about their insecurities, how they’ve been treated and judged by others, and how that’s made them feel.

Then lead singer John O’Callaghan launches into the lyrics: “You think I’m ugly/ (Don’t you?)/ And I know you hate my body/ If you don’t like just what I do/ Do what you like/ So maybe then you’ll want me/ Maybe then you’ll want me// Am I pretty? Do people like me yet?/ Is there a party?/ Am I invited?/ It’s such a pity/ No one adores me yet/ So make up in a shade that fits me/ Tell me love oh ‘Am I pretty?’”

The lyrics reflect a cloying insecurity that certainly isn’t pretty but all too human, and later the song hits you with this: “There’s beauty and grace in the flaws of your face/ All candor and style in the crook of your smile.”

The song seems to both condemn superficiality and want to heal the wounds that drive it, and that helps The Maine rise above so many other bands with a similar sound that swims around the altrock, emo, pop-punk end of the pool.

Their most recent album, Lovely Little Lonely (2017; their sixth studio recording), features a coherent, catchy batch of songs, and the album opener, “Don’t Come Down” sets the tone for the rest of the record: “Here’s to now/ And to nothing else/ In a crowd/ All by yourself//

To the lows and every high/ The hellos and the goodbyes/ In this moment, I could die with you/ Never felt like this feel before/ Dizzy, drunk, and beautiful/ In this moment, I let go with you// When you are next to me and the music’s loud/ Singing ‘Hey Nineteen’ somewhere in the crowd/ We’re up so high/ They can’t touch us now/ We are thousands of feet from the ground/ And we won’t come down/ We won’t come down.”

The feel-good, live-in-the-moment party song could be every partier’s youthful soundtrack, celebrating that throw-yourhands-in-the-air and dance with abandon moment when everything drops away and you’re free.

Hear the poetic pop of The Maine when they play the Fremont Theater on Tuesday, April 3 (7:30 p.m.; $25 at Boo Boo’s and eventbrite.com), with LA’s Vista Kicks, touring in support of their new album Booty Shakers Ball, and Phoenixbased rockers The Technicolors opening.

Get ready to rock!

By the way, if you wanted to see George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at the Fremont on Friday, March 30, and you don’t have tickets, you’re too late. It sold out. I did warn you!

There are still tickets for The Neon Black Tour 2018 featuring garish rapper Riff Raff at the Fremont on Sunday, April 1 (No foolin’!) (9 p.m.; $20 to $52 VIP at Boo Boo’s and eventbrite. com). The show also features DJ Afterthought, John Sisco, Podeezy & DollaBillaGates, and 2 Stoned.

LIVE MUSIC

FLAVOR PACKET LIVE Performing original jazz

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

compositions. March 31, 6-9 p.m. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

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

FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT LIVE Rooted in Celtic and American folk. March 30, 7-9 p.m. $15.

805-772-2880. coalescebookstore.com. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.

THE RED BARN MUSIC SERIES: TOM BALL & KENNY SULTAN Enjoy this potluck dinner and

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

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

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

BILLY AND CHARLIE March 29, 8 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-9274200, cambriapineslodge.com.

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

BOB BENJAMIN AT CENTRALLY GROWN Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-927-3563. centrallygrown.com. Centrally Grown, 7432 Exotic Garden Dr., Cambria.

BOB BENJAMIN AT LAS CAMBRITAS Saturdays, 6 p.m. Free. 805-927-3563. lascambritas.com. Las Cambritas, 2336 Main Street, Cambria.

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

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

THE CHRIS PELONIS BAND LIVE March 30, 9-11:55 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-927-4200, cambriapineslodge. com.

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

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

THE LBS TRIO LIVE March 31, 9 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-9274200, cambriapineslodge.com.

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

Free. 805-772-1420. otterrockcafe.com. The Otter Rock Cafe, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. LIVE MUSIC AT OLD CAYUCOS TAVERN Fridays, Saturdays Free. 805-995-3209. oldcayucostavern. com. Old Cayucos Tavern & Cardroom, 130 N Ocean Ave, Cayucos.

STAYING ALIVE Pop punk, emo, and alt-rockers The Maine headline a three-band show at the Fremont Theater on April 3.

Punk, Americana, funk, and Southern rock

Numbskull and Good Medicine Presents have four nights of fun lined up at Morro Bay’s The Siren this week, starting with punk acts The Dickies and The Queers on Thursday, March 29 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $18 presale at ticketfly. com and Boo Boo’s, or $20 at the door).

Bluegrass act The Lil Smokies play The Siren on Saturday, March 31 (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $15 presale at Boo Boo’s and ticketfly.com, or $17 at the door).

These guys are an awesome string band with jaw-dropping musicianship, harmony vocals, and super catchy original songs.

The award-winning Missoula-based Smokies have been at it for six years and

concert. No advance seating or reservations. April 7, 5-8 p.m. $15 suggested donation. 805-215-3238. facebook.com/redbarnmusicseries. Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos.

ROUGH HOUSE LIVE April 6, 9 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-9274200, cambriapineslodge.com.

WALLY BARNICK LIVE March 30, 3 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-9274200, cambriapineslodge.com.

THE WALLY DUO LIVE April 2, 8 p.m. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria, 805-9274200, cambriapineslodge.com.

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LIVE MUSIC AT OTTER ROCK Fridays-Sundays,

ADAM LEVINE AND JUDY PHILBIN Levine and

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

Philbin perform live jazz. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.

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

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.

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THE BANJERDAN SHOW Thursdays, 6 p.m. Free.

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

THE BAY STATION BAND LIVE With Kwame

keep getting better and better, scoring opening spots for the likes of Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Keller Williams, Greensky Bluegrass, The Emmit-Nershi Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Travellin’ McCourys, Sam Bush Band, Fruition, Infamous Stringdusters, Bradford Lee Folk and The Bluegrass Playboys, and many more.

Two duos, Mapache and Bear Market Riot, will open the show.

Funk act The Main Squeeze plays The Siren on Tuesday, April 3 (7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $15 presale at Boo Boo’s and ticketfly.com, or $20 at the door). Corey STARKEY continued page 32

Copeland and Deborah Crooks. Enjoy original Americana and rock music. April 7, 6-9 p.m. Last Stage West, 15050 Morro Rd, Highway 41 at Torro Creek Road, Atascadero, 805-4611393, laststagewest.net.

MARCH 29 – APRIL 5 2018

FIRST SUNDAY JAM SESH First Sunday of every month, 4-6 p.m. 805-400-5293. Bristol’s Cider House, 3220 El Camino Real, Atascadero, bristolscider.com/.

LIVE AT DARK STAR: NATALIE GELMAN Bring your own picnic or enjoy Dark Star snacks with your wine tasting. April 7, 2-5 p.m. and April 8, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-237-2389. darkstarcellars.com/ Events. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles.

LIVE MUSIC AT ASUNCION RIDGE Fridays, Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-237-1425. asuncionridge.com. Asuncion Ridge, 725 12th St., Paso Robles.

LIVE MUSIC AT BROKEN EARTH Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-239-2562. brokenearthwinery.com.

Broken Earth Winery, 5625 Highway 46E, Paso Robles.

LIVE MUSIC AT CATTLEMANS LOUNGE Fridays, MUSIC LISTINGS continued page 34

16th ANNUAL

PISMO BEACH ROTARY GOLF CLASSIC May 7, 2018 San Luis Obispo Country Club It has been my great honor to offer healthcare services in Templeton for the past 21 years. I love this community, and the strong, vibrant women I’ve had the pleasure of serving.

Support YOUR

Register now! rotarygolfclassic.com/registration/ 805-471-1228

Find us on Facebook @PismoBeachRotary The San Luis Obispo County Ca lemen’s Association presents

The 28th Annual Ca lemen’s Western A Show and Sale April 6, 7, 8, 2018

Paso Robles Event Center • Paso Robles, California Friday, April 6

I hope you will join me in my new private practice, offering state of the art gynecologic, obstetric, aesthetic and wellness services; truly an integrative wellness center designed to take care of women in all cycles of life.

I will continue to offer my advanced surgical skill in minimally invasive and pelvic floor gynecologic surgery, and high level, personal obstetric care.

In addition, I have brought DIVA and HALO to the Central Coast.

These procedures rely on the use of the world’s first and only hybrid fractional laser, with a wide variety of gynecologic and antiaging applications.

The practice offers a holistic approach, combining the newest technology with the comfort of experience and a multicultural worldview. Our wellness therapies, available to both women and men, include laser hair removal, treatments to enhance sexual health, laser vein ablation, noninvasive anti-aging techniques such as Botox, dermal fillers, microdermabrasion and facials, medical skin care regimens and nutrition counseling.

Please call or email for a consultation. Most insurance accepted including CCPN.

A ist Reception 5–9pm Tickets available at the door $20

Saturday, April 7 10am–5pm • Free Admission www.stanislausobgyn.com info@stanislausobgyn.com

Sunday, April 8

(805)434-3000

10am–3 pm • Free Admission

350 Posada Lane Suite 201, Templeton

Ca lemen’s BBQ Lunch Available Saturday & Sunday 11:30am–1:30pm • $10 per person “Vision of the Past” by Featured Artist Susan Von Borstel

For more info visit www.cattlemenswesternartshow.com or contact Dee Pellandini 805-472-9100 / 805-423-1319 or JoAnn Switzer 805-462-2810

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Music STARKEY from page 30

Frye’s soulful vocals lead this Chicagobased act, which will light up the dance floor, no doubt!

Fronted by Cody Cannon, Whiskey Myers is a really engaging Southern rock, red dirt, and country act out of Palestine, Texas. You can hear shades of Waylon Jennings, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Hank Williams Jr. in their sound, as well as a little John Moreland.

Their newest, Mud, opens with the fiddle-led “On the River,” a look at a pending foreclosure in an earlier time: “Ain’t no man gonna take it away/ Because it’s deep down in my blood/ So step across the ol’ property line/ And you’ll die right here in the mud.”

These are visceral and emotionally potent tunes. Hear for yourself when Whiskey Myers plays The Siren on Wednesday, April 4 (7 p.m.; 21-andolder; $15 presale at Boo Boo’s and ticketfly.com, or $20 at the door).

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HE’S RAPPIN’ AT YOU Riff Raff (pictured) will bring his braggadocios rap to Fremont Theater on April 1, along with DJ Afterthought, John Sisco, Podeezy & DollaBillaGates, and 2 Stoned.

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SOUTHERN GENTS Whiskey Myers hits The Siren on April 4, playing Southern rock, red dirt, and country music.

Still zen!

The groovy Zen Mountain Poets have made some personnel changes recently and are ready to test their new lineup with some upcoming shows, starting with Luna Red on Saturday, March 31 (10 a.m. to midnight; 21-andolder); followed by a family friendly concert at The Educated Gardener on Saturday, April 7 (6 p.m.; all ages), with LA-based singer-songwriter and violinist Chris Murphy opening, and Joselyn Sky as special guest.

“We’ve been going through some transformations and we’re about to unveil a new chapter in our journey together,” Robyn Saxer (vocals/keyboard/ukulele/ French horn) said. “Zen Mountain Poets are now Billy Clayton (vocals/guitar), Anthony Roselli (drums), and Chad Hoffman (bass).”

New member Hoffman played in the local country act Red Eye Junction, among other bands.

“The last time you heard from us in November 2017, we headed East on The Dragon’s Red Dirt Tour, playing shows in Flagstaff (AZ), Gallup (NM), Amarillo and Houston (TX), Norman (OK), New Orleans (LA), and back home in Morro Bay (CA),” Saxer added. “The inspiration for the tour was to visit Billy’s daughter in Florida for Thanksgiving, where we played a heartwarming house show! We were thankful to have beautiful weather and driving conditions, and learned a lot about being on the road after traveling over 5,000 miles!”

They’ve been in the studio recording an EP, so expect some new material. If you miss the aforementioned two shows, they’ll return to Luna Red on April 27, to Bang the Drum Brewery on May 25, and to Barrelhouse Brewing on June 23.

More music …

Fantastic Celtic multi-instrumentalist duo Four Shillings Short presents its Celebration of Ireland: Music, Poetry and Stories from the Emerald Isle at Coalesce Bookstore on Friday, March 30 (7 p.m.; all ages; $15 at (805) 772-2880). Husband and wife duo team Aodh Og O’Tuama and Christy Martin will play hammered and mountain dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, tin whistles, recorders, medieval and renaissance woodwinds, north Indian sitar, Native American flutes, Andean charango, medieval bowed psaltery, banjo, guitar,

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BEYOND BLUEGRASS The Lil Smokies will bring their jaw-dropping musicianship, harmony vocals, and catchy originals to The Siren on March 31.

bodhran, doumbek, percussion, and even a krumhorn. They sing too!

Long-running bluegrass icons The Seldom Scene play The Clark Center this Saturday, March 31 (8 p.m.; all ages; $37 to $45 at (805) 489-9444). Founded in 1971, these talented players perform traditional bluegrass classics, original bluegrass songs, and they transform popular hits such as Eric Clapton’s “Lay Down Sally,” J.J. Cale’s “After Midnight,” and The Beatles’ “What Goes On” into their bluegrass style.

The Grammy-nominated act has 20-plus albums to their credit, and they’re a hoot to see live.

B & The Hive sounds like they’re having a lot of fun on their new EP Pure Imagination, which opens with a girlypop version of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me,” filled with jangled drums, imaginative

guitar work, and Brianna Lee’s lovely voice. The EP goes on to cover everyone from The Beatles to Bob Marley and more. B & The Hive plays SLO Brew on Saturday, March 31, opening for SoCal rock act His Eyes Have Fangs, which features pro skater and bass player Tony Alva (10 p.m.; all ages; $10 at ticketweb. com). Should be fun!

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The service offers a chance to stay local and team with a company that reaches hundreds of thousands of potential ticket buyers through publications, social media, and an online calendar. Ad deals are also available.

“By partnering with us and using the My805Tix platform, you’re pretty much guaranteed more exposure and higher ticket sales with a media company behind you to promote your events,” New Times Marketing and Events Coordinator Rachelle Ramirez said. “There’s no charge

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OK, now I feel dirty. ∆ Keep up with New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey via Twitter at twitter. com/glenstarkey, friend him at facebook. com/glenstarkey, or contact him at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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MUSIC LISTINGS from page 30

THE BOOMERANGS LIVE Led by Rick Grether.

6-8 p.m. Paso Robles Inn Cattleman’s Lounge, 103 Spring Street, Paso Robles, 805-238-2660.

March 31, 2-3 p.m. Free. SLO United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo, 805543-7580.

THE REAL BLUES JAM NORTH All Blues musicians, regardless of experience, are welcome to join this jam session. Hosted by Ted Waterhouse with Bruce Willard and Dean Giles. Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 donation/musicians exempt.

805-704-5116. danbino.com. D’anbino Vineyards and Cellars, 710 Pine St, Paso Robles.

SATURDAY LIVE Live music every Saturday afternoon. 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.

COUNTRY ROAD AND HOPS MUSIC FESTIVAL

DANTÉ MARSH LIVE April 7, 6-8 p.m. Free.

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

TRAIN WRECK FRIDAY: BLIMP PILOTS The

FRIDAY MUSIC NIGHT AT AVILA BEACH RESORT Enjoy acoustic music from local artists

ARGO GUTHRIE LIVE April 7, 7-11:30 p.m. $52.

805-329-5729. fremontslo.com/. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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with food and drinks from Mulligan’s. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-595-4000. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila Beach.

GEORGE CLINTON AND THE PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC March 30 $48. 805-329-5725.

FremontSLO.com. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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Enjoy live music by JD Hardy and special guests Stephen Styles and the Bryan Titus Trio. April 7, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $10-$45. 805-448-7070. surfbeerfest.com.

El Chorro Regional Park, California 1, San Luis Obispo.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY Presented by Steve Key. Different acts every weekend. Saturdays, Sundays, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805- 226-8881. sculpterra.com.

Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles.

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month, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-543-5451. fpcslo.org.

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

SATURDAY LIVE WITH SANDII CASTLEBERRY

community grill will be open and picnics are welcome. Food and wine will be available for purchase. No pets or outside alcohol allowed. April 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $15; free to wine club members and children 6-and-under. 805-238-9940. pomarjunction. com/events/. Pomar Junction Vineyards & Winery, 5036 S. El Pomar Dr., Templeton.

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BROWN BAG CONCERT First Friday of every

and lunch offerings available for purchase. No outside alcohol please. March 31, 1-4 p.m. Free.

805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

Wine and lunch offerings available for purchase.

No outside alcohol please. April 7, 1-4 p.m. Free.

805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles.

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and Judy Philbin. Fair Trade coffee and chocolate available. April 6, 12-12:45 p.m. Free. 805543-5451. facebook.com/brownbagslo. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

COME TO THE CABARET! Enjoy show tunes performed by local artists in a relaxed cabaret setting. Donations benefit the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. April 7, 7-9 p.m. $5-$20 suggested donation. 805-439-0188. uuslo.org. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo.

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The Clark Center Association presents Yesterday: The Beatles Tribute on April 7 at 8 p.m. at the Clark Center for The Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande. This performance encompasses all eras of The Beatles’ career. Tickets are $30 to $46. Call (805) 489-9444 or visit clarkcenter.org to find out more.

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SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: RAYE ZARAGOZA & SKOUT Special guests include John Sandoval, Sam

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

Keating Flynn, and Sun Dragons. March 29, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/ calendar. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS Join these Wednesday

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night jam sessions sponsored by the SLO County Jazz Federation. Rhythm section provided. Every other Wednesday, 7-9:30 p.m. through May 16 Free. slojazz.org. Unity Concert Hall, 1130 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo.

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS AT UNITY CONCERT HALL Hosted by the SLO County Jazz Federation.

First Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free.

805-543-1200. Unity Concert Hall, 1130 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo.

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

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

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

KaraoKe/open Mic

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

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

THE MAINE LIVE Vista Kicks and the Technicolors will open the show. April 3, 7-11:30 p.m. $25-$27.

805-329-5729. fremontslo.com/. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

MARC E BASSY LIVE April 6, 8-11:30 p.m. $20$60. 805-329-5729. fremontslo.com/. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

MEGAN STEINKE LIVE April 6, 6-8 p.m. Free.

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

NOCHE CALIENTE Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

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

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KARAOKE AT OTTER ROCK Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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

MY NEW FAVORITE SONG CONTEST 10 contestants play two songs each (originals encouraged, but covers are ok). Three judges award prizes for Best Song, Performer, and My New Favorite. Sign up in advance. First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m. through May 1 $5 entry fee. 805204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/calendar/. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay. n O r t h S LO C O u n t y

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

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

Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles.

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

RIFF RAFF LIVE April 1, 8-11:30 p.m. $20-$25.

805-329-5729. fremontslo.com/. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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

RIFF RAFF WITH DJ AFTERTHOUGHT With

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

John Sisco, Podeezy, and DollaBillaGates. April 1, 8-11:30 p.m. $20. 805-329-5725. FremontSLO. com. The Fremont Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: KRISTEN BLACK A family-friendly concert. April 5, 6-9:30 p.m. Free.

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

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

JIM CONROY LIVE March 30, 6-8 p.m. Free.

KENNY BLACKWELL & DORIAN MICHAEL LIVE March 31, 6-8 p.m. Free. 8055-868-7133.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT AT 7SISTERS For musicians,

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

Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo. ∆

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Arts Artifacts In the cards

Find out what your future holds or get insight into the present day at the Tarot and Tea event at Art of Alchemy in Santa Maria on April 7.

Enjoy a 15-minute wisdom reading for $25. There will also be a drawing where attendees can win either a 30-minute or 60-minute reading. Traditional afternoon tea fare will be served, and you can chat with other participants as you wait for your turn to have the cards read for you! Take away insight into the Tarot as a spiritual tool to see what is unseen. Visit the Tea and Tarot event page on Facebook for more information.

One step at a time

Drop into a juicy spy novel with a dash of Monty Python comedy by viewing the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre’s production of The 39 Steps.

The show runs from March 30 to April 15 and is a whodunit murder mystery that calls for the entirety of the adventure to be performed with a cast of only four. One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay; an actress plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements; and two other actors play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women, children, and even the occasional inanimate object.

Packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters, an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance, The 39 Steps is the perfect show for anyone who loves comedy and the magic of live theater.

Tickets range from $20 to $35. Visit slorep.org for more information.

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Literature

BY RYAH COOLEY

PHOTO COURTESY OF ELDONNA EDWARDS

More than intuition Avila Beach author pens coming of age novel

E

veryone feels like they’re different from time to time. But Grace Carter, the 11-year-old protagonist in Avila Beach author Eldonna Edwards’ first novel, knows she’s different.

Edwards’ coming of age story, This I Know, is set in the 1960s in a small town in the Midwest, follows the struggles of Grace as she works to conceal her gift of “the knowing” from her religious preacher father. Things like being able to communicate with her dead brother or read people’s minds cause confusion and trouble with others, even though Grace knows deep down that her abilities are a good thing.

New Times sat down to talk with Edwards about her new book, which comes out April 24.

New Times: What is This I Know really about?

Eldonna Edwards: It’s about a clairvoyant preacher’s daughter who comes of age during the 1960s Midwest. She has some special gifts that are a challenge for her dogmatic, evangelical father.

NT: I understand that you grew up in the Midwest and were also the daughter of a preacher. What was that like and how did that influence the novel?

EE: It was a really rich background to harvest a setting and characters. Reverend Carter in IMAGE COURTESY OF ELDONNA EDWARDS

LOCAL AUTHOR Avila Beach author Eldonna Edwards’ debut novel, This I Know, comes out April 24.

the books is not at all like my dad. He was very rigid in his beliefs, but he wasn’t an asshole. He was very kind and compassionate. Definitely I gave Reverend Carter some of my dad’s little quirks, like he would study in the bathroom and use toilet paper for bookmarks. He was also a big coupon cutter so I also gave that attribute to Reverend Carter.

NT: What would you say inspires you?

EE: Life. I don’t write about big cities or international things, I like to break it down to community, because I find that’s the most interesting thing. What inspires me is people and their stories and how much we can all identify with each other.

NT: What is your writing process like?

EE: I am not a very disciplined writer. I have this adorable 1977 Siesta camper.

And so the only way I can get my writing done is go in there, close the door, close the curtains, and write. That’s usually where I write. I’m not somebody who can write in a coffee shop. I really need quiet. I’m what they call a pantser as opposed to a plotter. So plotters really plot out their story, they know how it’s going to end. And I just start writing.

Dyeing naturally

Bring pops of color to your fabric and crafting projects without using harmful ingredients at the Plant Dyeing Workshop at Zest It Up in SLO April 7 from 1 to 3 p.m.

You may have heard of indigo dyeing or tea dyeing already, but what about beets?

Or dandelions? Or onions? Yep, most elements in your garden or kitchen have been used through the centuries to dye fabric in beautiful hues.

Each attendee will be creating their very own tea towel collection to take home.

There will be food and nonalcoholic beverages provided, and attendees can bring a bottle of wine if desired. The cost is $40 per person. Visit eventbrite. com to register. Δ —Ryah Cooley

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NT: It seems in the book that there’s a struggle between religion and spirituality. How do you think that plays out in the book and real life?

EE: I was raised in a very closed minded, a very black and white world.

This little girl Grace, she’s clairvoyant FAMILY GIFT OR WITCHCRAFT? In This I Know, a young Grace Carter’s ability to communicate with her deceased brother frightens her preacher father.

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Read on

This I Know by Eldonna Edwards will be available for purchase on Amazon for $12.99 for the Kindle version and $26 for hardback and at bookstores starting April 24. Her first book, a memoir about donating a kidney, Lost in Transplantation, is also available on Amazon. Edwards will sign books on April 28 at the SLO Barnes and Noble at 1 p.m. and will do a reading and reception at the Avila Beach Community Center on May 27 at 1 p.m.

and that doesn’t fit. And she’s trying to prove that her spirituality, her gifts come from the same place as her father’s gifts. We all just want to be loved and accepted.

NT: What do you want people to take away from This I Know?

EE: Mostly not to judge, to learn that we’re all the same basically. We might think we’re unique or different, but we all are craving the same things. And to be open to the “what if?”

NT: What are some if your favorite books and authors?

EE: I like Barbara Kingsolver. Her book The Poisonwood Bible, I just love that story because it’s kind of a reflection of how I grew up. I also like Anne Lamott. Lamb by Christopher Moore is probably the book that I’ve bought and given away the most.

NT: Do you have any upcoming projects?

EE: I’ve already finished it. It’ll come out in June 2019. It’s called Clover Blue and it’s about a little boy raised in a spiritual commune in Northern California. There’s a guru and there’s yogis and weed growers. There’s a Vietnam War protester who avoided the draft. Δ Arts Editor Ryah Cooley is guilty of dog earing pages to save her place rather than using a bookmark.

Contact her at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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PAINT ON At 94 years old, artist John Barnard still paints nearly every day at his room in a retirement home in Atascadero.

Aquarius show celebrates local watercolor art

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e knew he had to paint that face.

It wasn’t one particular face that Atascadero-based artist John Barnard wanted to paint, but an amalgam of a certain kind of dude.

The watercolor painting features an ornery looking profile of an older gentleman with a ponytail, outlined in thick black and filled in with bright splashes of yellow, blue, green, and orange. The piece, Grizzled Hippie, is currently on display as part of the annual Aquarius art show at the SLO Museum of Art, which is put on by the Central Coast Watercolor Society.

“I’ve seen men with hair like this and I think it’s ridiculous,” the 94-year-old Barnard said. “These men think it makes them look young, but it doesn’t.”

The look of Grizzled Hippie caught the eye of Aquarius show juror and Oakland artist Michael Reardon. He said the use of color, in particular, was fantastic.

“I wanted to meet the guy who painted that. It has a lot of feeling,” Reardon said.

“That style, kind of very expressive use of lines and colors was really big in the ’60s and ’70s.”

Barnard has been part of the SLOMA

SOMEWHERE This scene, Toscana Sedici, that looks like it could be straight out of a hillside Italian villa, is actually a made-up place from the mind of Oakland artist and Aquarius show juror Michael Reardon.

IMAGE COURTESY OF MICHAEL REARDON

MAN DO The watercolor piece Grizzled Hippie was inspired by artist John Barnard’s disdain for older men sporting ponytails.

art scene since the 1970s when it was an art association of dedicated painters and community activists. Some of his watercolor pieces are still a part of the museum’s permanent collection.

In 1973, his family moved to Atascadero after he worked in the electrical industry in Venezuela, despite studying art at the Chouinard Art Institute and the University of Georgia.

Today, Barnard still paints nearly every day in his room at a retirement home in Atascadero. He works mostly in watercolor, preferring to stick to realism and sometimes abstract landscapes. His ideas often come to him in dreams. Crayola oil pastels, paintbrushes, and half completed paintings crowd the space between his bed and a small table. On his wall hangs a painting of his wife, Barbara, in her younger days, wearing a blue dress and sporting red nails.

“If John doesn’t paint every single day, he’s miserable,” Barbara said.

Barnard chimed in, adding, “If I don’t paint, I

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don’t feel normal. I just enjoy it. I think everyone should do something they enjoy. Otherwise it’s going to mess up your whole life.”

Reardon hopes the show will give locals a chance to take in the watercolor works of Barnard and others.

“There’s something about its luminosity and its ability to capture light,” Reardon said of watercolors. “Watercolor can be done in different ways. It can be a really effective media.”

While Barnard paints mostly for himself, he’s happy if others take something away from his work as well.

“I just hope they get a little pleasure out of it,” Barnard said. “For me, art is just something that I have to do.” ∆ Arts Editor Ryah Cooley is a Sagittarius at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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riter-director Paolo Virzì (The First Beautiful Thing, Human Capital, Like Crazy) directs Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as an elderly couple who unbeknownst to their family take off on a misguided final adventure in their trusty old RV they call The Leisure Seeker. Based on Michael Zadoorian’s novel, the story centers on John Spencer, a former literature teacher with Alzheimer’s, and his devoted wife, Ella. (112 min.)

Glen Two great actors, THE LEISURE SEEKER revered source material, and What’s it rated? PG-13 a director known for deftly What’s it worth, Anna? Streaming crafted human stories—what What’s it worth, Glen? Streaming could go wrong? In The Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre Leisure Seeker, surprisingly a lot. Like a lot of effective novels, Zadoorian’s story doesn’t translate COMMITMENT John (Donald Sutherland) and Emma (Helen Mirren) struggle through the twilight of their long marriage as his dementia with the same nuance and depth to the and her health problems complicate their final vacation. big screen. John and Ella are a little too cookie-cutter. He’s in turns charming and long marriage, about both regrets and clearly resents as the “favorite child.” their dependency on each other as they erudite, albeit overly didactic and a little the legacy you leave behind. It’s an old He’s the put-upon son who lives close by both slip into the problems of old age and boring; she’s exasperated one minute and cliché, but love is a decision, not a feeling. and therefore is inevitably the one doing illness. John is a beloved and brilliant desperately in love with John the next.

John and Ella love each other and can’t the dirty work of caring for their aging Hemingway-obsessed English professor He wakes up and thinks it’s a different imagine a life without the other. That’s parents. The conflict between Jane’s who can talk literature and verse until decade—that he’s a young professor off to an amazingly sweet sentiment that most attitude of letting their parents have the cows come home, but his failing teach, or he’s paranoid about some long lost married couples hope for in their own one last road trip and Will’s panicked memory has him in a constant cloud boyfriend from Ella’s youth. She’s a doting relationships, but it’s also antiquated insistence on their return is a piece of the of confusion and dementia. Ella is the wife one second and ready to leave him and unrealistic for many, especially film, but again one that’s underdeveloped. inevitable caretaker, but we soon learn on the side of the road the next. All these considering our me-first culture and our The film attempts to pull at your her own mortality is wobbly at best, and pivots are too much even for Mirren and misguided belief that each individual’s heartstrings: John’s crumbling ability to one more road trip is simply a last grasp Sutherland to manage without an element personal needs trump all. And speaking remember his life and Ella’s frustration at the life they had together before. It’s of broad cartoonishness. And then there are supposed to be an introspection on their of Trump, there’s a side tangent when with losing the man she has built her their two children—Jane Spencer (Janel John gets caught up in a Trump rally, and life with, along with some devastating marriage, and the screenwriters made a Moloney) and Will Spencer (Christian it’s pointless to the story; there’s another revelations, are real world relationship fair attempt at displaying the intricacies McKay)—neither of whom get the loose string about their son Will and an struggles, but unfortunately the film and complications of their relationship, development they need and deserve in order but it just isn’t enough to sell the story. allusion to his being gay. These sorts of falls flat and these highlights are lost to be effective in their roles. Don’t get me red herrings do nothing to strengthen The in the wash. The pairing of Mirren and It got applause at the matinee we went wrong: This is not a terrible film, and the Leisure Seeker, which ultimately doesn’t Sutherland is solid; there were a few to, so maybe I don’t fall into the targeted audience that filled the theater seemed to have anything profound to say other than moments that played out really nicely, but audience, but I’m not surprised that enjoy it, but it’s going to have a very narrow The Leisure Seeker has gotten some love takes work and commitment. Anyone unfortunately I had seen them all in the demographic appeal. It’s aimed squarely at in a relationship already knows that. trailer and there wasn’t much meat left pretty dismal reviews from critics, while an older audience, who I bet will be willing Anna The characters of their children on the bone after that, even with those audiences have scored it higher. to forgive its paint-by-numbers feel.

Will and Jane feel a little bit like an third act twists. Again, I’m probably not Glen The film has a couple beefy third Anna Sadly, this is one of those films afterthought. There’s an attempt to make the demographic that this film is aiming act twists that can’t be discussed without whose best moments are revealed in the them more than just the anchor at home for, but I’m a sucker for great relationship revealing too much of the plot, but suffice trailer. While there are poignant tidbits it to say, they bring a big bump in John begging for their parents’ quick and safe stories, and this just didn’t seem to rise in The Leisure Seeker, unfortunately and Ella’s long relationship before finding return, but nothing is touched on with above mediocre. I suggest waiting for this they already feel tired if you’ve sat a way to resolve the story that feels both more than a mention. Ella sees a photo one to hit your streaming service or come through the preview a few times. The inevitable and surprising. Anna’s right of young Will with a male friend they to Redbox. It may be worth a watch from film certainly has a cast who knows that this is the sort of film that will have met while traveling. Now she wonders the comfort of your couch, but save that what they’re doing, but the juicy bits that audience appeal but annoy critics thanks if maybe he is gay, but that plotline is movie ticket money for something else. Δ to its treacle-filled plot. The real question really make a character interesting are never developed beyond a quick phone is what is the film trying to say, right? glossed over, merely hinted at instead Split Screen is written by Senior Staff call. Jane is the one who followed in her What’s its message? It seems pretty of indulged in. Foremost, it is a story Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna. father’s footsteps as a professor, who has clear it’s about the ups and downs of a Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com. of Ella and John’s lifelong relationship, given them grandchildren, and who Will

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ACRIMONY

What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Stadium 10 A faithful wife (Taraji P. Henson) tired of standing by her devious husband (Lyriq Bent) is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.

(120 min.)

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ANNIHILATION

What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Matinee Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre Writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) helms this story based on Jeff VanderMeer’s novel about a team of soldiers who enter into a mysterious and expanding energy curtain, from which

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nothing has yet returned, including drones and other soldiers. Only one soldier, Kane (Oscar Isaac), returns, but he’s badly injured and near death. His wife Lena (Natalie Portman), a biologist with a military background, agrees to go back, hoping to discover how to save Kane.

Riffing on sci-fi invasion films such as The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Annihilation’s premise is the idea of aliens sending a phenomenon that has the ability to rearrange the very cells of the target world, changing it from the inside out. The aliens don’t need a massive invasion force; they need a kind of virus and the time to let it work.

This could easily be B-movie stuff, but Garland is more interested in the human emotions that drive this team of explorers,

and they all have their secrets. Yes, there are moments of violence, gore, and horror, but this is a science-rich, thoughtfully constructed mind-bender of a story.

It’s not as good as Ex Machina, and its conclusion doesn’t live up to the film’s fascinating first two-thirds, but it’s deftly acted and slyly directed, and it does something that’s become increasingly difficult: It’s taken a genre overgrown by cliché and found a fresh approach. (115 min.)

—Glen Starkey

BLACK PANTHER What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Sunset Drive-In, Stadium 10, Galaxy

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Co-writer/director Ryan Coogler (Creed) helms this story about T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), a newly crowned king of the technologically advanced but isolationist country of Wakanda, who finds his new kinghood challenged by Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), a vengeful victim of T’Challa’s father’s past actions.

Every comic book hero needs a villain, and the obvious one here is white South African arms dealer Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), who’s working with Killmonger to steal vibranium, an alien metal that arrived as a meteorite and is responsible for the Wakandan technology. But that’s only looking at the surface. Dig deeper into this Afro-centric and female-centric film and the real villain is colonialism and

the African diaspora is caused that fuels competing ideologies within the larger black community.

Killmonger’s father may have hailed from Wakanda, but Killmonger is a product of Oakland who as a kid had posters of rap group Public Enemy and African American political activist Huey Newton on his wall.

T’Challa and his ancestors have always kept Wakanda safe by hiding it from the world. Killmonger wants to exploit Wakanda’s technological power to start a worldwide revolution and upend the white power structure.

T’Challa surrounds himself with female warriors, who he treats as equals.

Killmonger has adopted the patriarchy of his oppressors. This complexity of story and its focus on black heroes and an

advanced but hidden black history upends the view that African is a continent devoid of its own history and only has a history as it entwines with European colonialism, which—if you were wondering—is what all the fuss is about. In that way, the film is truly groundbreaking.

It’s certainly a beautiful looking film, with cinematography by Rachel Morrison who worked with Coogler on his excellent feature-length debut Fruitville Station (2013) as well as Mudbound (2017). Picking up on the colors of Africa—yellows, reds, greens, blacks, and purples—the film’s palette and African iconography such as spears, masks, and stylized clothing—as well as Wakanda’s own unique mix of tribal village and modern cityscape—makes for MOVIES continued page 41

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DONE A wife takes revenge against her unfaithful husband in the thriller Acrimony.

MOVIES from page 40 a visual feast that celebrates Africa but hints at what an African culture might have developed into without European interference.

Everything in the film is a constant reminder of European and Western patriarchy’s corruption. In one funny moment that left the audience howling with laughter, CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman) surprises T’Challa’s sister Shuri (Letitia Wright), a technology expert responsible for the many vibranium powered tools and weapons, who exclaims, “Don’t scare me like that, colonizer!”

It’s an empowering reimagining of African roots but also—remember—a fantasy.

Ultimately, this is a super hero flick that refuses to stay in the genre’s rut and that’s interested in exploring complicated political and cultural ideas. Sure, other Marvel stories have looked at politics, from Iron Man and the arms trade to Captain America: Winter’s Soldier and drones, PTSD, and warfare, but Black Panther goes deeper than any other Marvel storyline. I say, keep it coming. (134 min.)

—Glen Starkey

THE DEATH OF STALIN

What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? The Palm The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from director Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop). Moscow, 1953: When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government?

Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast. (107 min.)

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What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Rental Where’s it showing? Stadium 10 Co-directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Vacation, 2015) helm this Mark Perez (The Country Bears, 2002; Accepted, 2006) black comedy script about a group of friends who meet regularly for game night, but this time around, they encounter a real crime and unwittingly believe it’s a murder mystery they’re supposed to solve.

Game Night starts with the flashback meet-cute of Max and his now-wife Annie (Rachel McAdams, at her most charming). They gather weekly with their best friends, married couple Kevin (Lamorne Morris) and Michelle (Kylie Bunbury), and single lothario Ryan (Billy Magnussen) and his revolving bimbo du jour.

You certainly don’t have to see it on the big screen to appreciate it. If you’re a big comedy fan, maybe it’s worth it. The costars are great, especially Morris’s Denzel Washington impression, but I’d feel a lot better about renting this film for $1.62 at Redbox. (100 min.)

—Glen Starkey

GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESS What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Park After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues that pulled them apart. (120 min.)

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THE LEISURE SEEKER What’s it rated? R Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre See Split Screen.

LIVES WELL LIVED What’s it rated? NR What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm First-time director Sky Bergman helms this documentary that asks older people their secret to a happy and fulfilling life. Mixing one-on-one interviews, her subjects’ personal photos and home movies, as well as archival footage of seminal events in their lives, Bergman uncovers wisdom collected from 40 subjects with 3,000 years of collective life experience.

This film is a monument to lives of dignity and honor, of self-sacrifice and generosity. We younger generations could do well by these lessons. I absolutely loved this film. (72 min.)

—Glen Starkey

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LOVE, SIMON What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy Greg Berlanti (Life as We Know It) directs this coming of age story about Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), a closeted gay teenager who must face his sexual identity.

At first, Love, Simon came across as boilerplate coming of age story with the slight

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twist of Simon being a closeted gay. It set up warm relationships with his friends Leah (Katherine Langford), Nick (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), and Abby (Alexandra Shipp); parents Emily (Jennifer Garner) and Jack (Josh Duhamel); and sister Nora (Talitha Bateman). He’s just a regular guy with a big secret who likes to gaze out his window at the hunky gardener next door and dream of being accepted for who he is. The only out gay boy at his high school is Ethan (Clark Moore), who unlike Simon is exaggeratedly effete but sharp-witted enough to rebuff his peers who dare mock him.

It’s 2018, so of course part of the story must play out online with a school gossip and online confession site, on which Simon begins an email correspondence with another gay young man named “Blue.” Simon takes on his own pseudonym, “Jacques,” and the two get to know each other, though neither knows the other’s true identity. Throughout the story, Simon wonders which of his classmates it is: Bram (Keiynan Lonsdale), the soccer player; Cal (Miles Heizer), the brooding loner; or Lyle (Joey Pollari), the hunky wallflower.

The story’s antagonist is star thespian and royal douche bag Martin (Logan Miller), who by accident is able to screenshot some of Simon and Blue’s emails and thus extort Simon into setting Martin up with Simon’s gorgeous friend Abby, who naturally Simon’s other friend Nick is already in love with.

It’s a tangled web, but all these complications help to elevate the film beyond standard coming of age. Throw in some comedy via obnoxious Vice Principal Mr. Worth (Tony Hale) and putupon drama teacher Ms. Albright (Natasha Rothwell), and you’ve got an engaging, often poignant, frequently laugh-out-loud funny teen dramady.

Simon’s betrayal of his closest friends in his effort to protect himself makes the film worth watching. Without that complication, Love, Simon would be an afterschool TV special, but instead it’s a well-observed look at the travails and pitfalls of modern day high school.

Simon truly feels lost and abandoned when he’s outed. That was supposed to be his decision, when and how, but that was taken away from him. In one of the film’s most touching moments, Simon’s little sister Nora comes to him and reveals that she saw him outed on the school gossip site, but he shuts her out, unready and unable to process it all.

Like John Hughes films such as Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, 16 Candles, and The Breakfast Club, Love, Simon gets right to the heart of what it means to be an awkward adolescent trying to find your place in the world.

The screenplay by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, which is based on the YA novel Simon vs.

The Homo Sapiens Agenda, delivers a big-hearted story that celebrates a changing culture that’s trying to shake off its homophobic history. It’s definitely worth a trip to the theater. (109 min.)

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THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL

her for another woman. Midge’s personal tragedy turns into a venture in stand-up comedy when she drunkenly stumbles into a club and delivers a hilarious rant that the When? 2017-present audience mistakes for a planned set.

What’s it rated? TV-MA Well the Amazon gods gifted us with not Where’s it available? Streaming on only seven more episodes of this delightfully whimsical show, but they’ve even signed Amazon Sherman-Palladino on to make another three t feels like we’re in a new golden age of television, seasons. Mazel tov! with streaming services like Amazon giving the Visually the show is lovely. While Gilmore people what they want—new, entertaining, and Girls was a cult classic, The Marvelous Mrs. original content.

Last year, as part of the sites’ pilot program, Maisel is the first time we’ve seen Shermanthe streaming service gave some cash to show Palladino be able to carry out her vision creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) without a restrictive budget. Period shows are to make a pilot of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. notoriously pricy, particularly outside shots, which is why Mad Men was shot nearly entirely The premise: It’s 1956 in New York and our protagonist Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan, indoors, but Maisel has shot after shot of the House of Cards) has it all: supportive parents, New York City skyline, vintage cars whizzing by, and entire blocks of the city featuring era a doting husband, adorable children, and the appropriate delis or clothing stores. rabbi is even coming to their house for Yom And since the show is set in 1956, that Kippur. And it’s all swiftly taken away when means Sherman-Palladino is limited in it’s revealed that her husband Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen, Boardwalk Empire) is leaving the amount of pop culture references she

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Getting down to the meat of the script and plot allows the actors to truly shine in this world. Tony Shalhoub (Monk) as Midge’s dad, Abe Weissman, is so endearing as a protective father who also plays his part like he could burst out into song at any minute.

Alex Borstein (Gilmore Girls, Family Guy) as Susie Myerson, Midge’s manager, is perhaps Sherman-Palladino’s first foray into creating a character that is gender fluid. Borstein’s Susie has a tough exterior, but a gradual peeling reveals an inner softness as the show goes on. In typical Sherman-Palladino fashion, Joel is an annoyingly weak man, but more nuanced than past male leads we’ve seen from the show creator. As the story unfolds, Joel seems to realize more and more that it is Midge, not he, who is the star in their life. But can he make peace with that?

Brosnahan as Midge is fierce. She is a capable, charming, and talented woman who takes no shit and goes after what she wants. While most things do seem to come a tad too easy for our leading lady, she is also real and vulnerable. Most interestingly, Sherman-Palladino puts Midge in a post having-it-all world and asks, “Now what?” (eight 50-minute episodes.) Δ —Ryah Cooley

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MIDNIGHT SUN What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Galaxy Midnight Sun is a romantic tearjerker about 17-year-old Katie Price (Bella Thorne), sheltered at home since childhood with a rare genetic condition, a lifethreatening sensitivity to sunlight. Having only her father, Jack (Rob Riggle), for company, Katie’s world opens up after dark when she ventures outside to play her guitar. One night, her dreams come true when she’s noticed and asked out by her longtime crush Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger), whom she’s secretly watched from her bedroom window for years. As they embark on nightly summer excursions, Katie’s risk to sunlight grows and she’s presented with the gutwrenching dilemma of whether she can live a normal life with her newfound soul mate.

(109 min.)

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PACIFIC RIM UPRISING What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory against the monstrous “Kaiju.” Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, he is given

one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy by his estranged sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi)—who is leading a brave new generation of pilots that have grown up in the shadow of war. (111 min.)

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That said, any director would need a strong aesthetic vision for this film and it’s gorgeous and stunning to look at.

However, it ends up feeling a bit more like an acid trip á la Alice in Wonderland than a sci-fi film where three kids and their alien-esque guides travel via a wrinkling of time and space known as tessering to try and combat a powerful evil and save Mr. Murry (Pine), who has been gone for four years due to an experiment gone wrong.

The book is fantastical, but definitely doesn’t lend itself to an easy film adaptation. And diverse casting like this should be the norm in movies, I scratched my head a bit when it was revealed that Kaling’s character was the Mrs. Who that could only quote others to get her message across, leaving Witherspoon with the most dialogue out of the trio, since Winfrey was in less scenes. Having a diverse cast is progress, but why did Witherspoon, the only white actress of the trio, get the most lines? I did, however, enjoy the standout performance of Reid as a struggling, angst-filled teen dealing with the unexplained absence of her dad. In one particularly moving scene, her younger brother Charles Wallace has been taken over by an evil force and she declares, “You should love me because I deserve to be loved!” It’s a message that more young girls need to hear. While I wouldn’t recommend forking over the cash to see it on the big screen, renting A Wrinkle in Time on a rainy day and curling up inside at home would make for a pleasant enough afternoon. (120 min.) Δ —Ryah Cooley

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What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Rental Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Sunset Drive-In, Galaxy, Fair Oaks From Director Ava DuVernay (Selma) and screenwriter Jennifer Lee (Frozen, Zootopia), comes the film adaptation of the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. Meg Murry (Storm Reid, 12 Years a Slave) is a typical middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth who is desperate to fit in. As the daughter of two world-renowned physicists, she is intelligent and uniquely gifted, as is Meg’s younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe, Stephanie), but she has yet to realize it for herself. Making matters even worse is the baffling disappearance of Mr. Murry (Chris Pine, Wonder Woman), which torments Meg and has left her mother (Gugu MbathaRaw, Beauty and the Beast) heartbroken.

Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her fellow classmate Calvin (Levi Miller, Pan) to three celestial guides—Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon, Wild) and Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Show)—who have journeyed to Earth to help search for their father, and together they set off on their formidable quest.

I was really, really excited for this film adaptation of A wrinkle in Time. I grew up reading and loving the novel by L’Engle and the diverse, star studded cast (Winfrey, Kaling, Witherspoon, and company) headed up by badass lady director DuVernay sounded oh so promising. And yet … I left the theater feeling very underwhelmed. I think two things are to blame here: the script and the interpretation on the source material. Sure, a book is a book and a movie is a movie, so some things get lost in translation, or added in or taken out. But the movie had a ton of boring, banal dialogue that definitely wasn’t in the book and didn’t do much to further the plot along. While writer Lee has had much success with kiddie films like Frozen and Zootopia, I don’t think her approach worked well here for what is at its core, a coming of age story. And unlike young

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hether we’re talking about the Saturday Night Live skits or the two films based upon them, Wayne’s World enjoyed its heyday a little bit before my time (the first film came out six months before I was born). My introduction to Dana Carvey was, as I’m sure for many millennials, 2002’s The Master of Disguise. I remember being torn between which movie to see in theaters for my 10th birthday—The Master of Disguise or Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams. I went with the Spy Kids sequel.

While many Carvey fans may know him best for his SNL creations like Garth Algar and Church Lady, the first characters of his that pop into my mind are still the

ones from Master—Pistachio, Gammy Num Nums, Constable Mueller, and Terry Suave. Who am I forgetting? Oh, duh, the Turtle Club guy! One of my goals prior to attending Carvey’s recent show at Levity Live, a comedy club at Collection Riverpark in Oxnard, was to find a green turtleneck to wear—in hopes of getting a photo with Carvey and posting it with the caption, “Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club?”

I wasn’t able to get that turtleneck in time, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying myself. My friends and I arrived half an hour before the show started and the venue was almost at full capacity. We grabbed a booth at the very back of the club and ordered some drinks and lots of

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food—nachos, garlic fries, chicken tenders, mac and cheese, the works. The opening act began in no time, which happened to be a pair of 20-somethings touring under the name “The Carvey Brothers.” Turns out the duo, Dex and Thomas, are Carvey’s actual sons. Nepotism aside, their jokes weren’t half bad.

It was also fun to see Carvey’s sons in the flesh prior to his impressions of them (which sounded pretty accurate). Rather than list everyone Carvey did do an impression of that night, it might be easier to name everyone he didn’t. After seeing how many U.S. presidents he was able to caricature (without becoming repetitive or dull), I kind of want to start a petition calling for him to get a doctorate and start teaching U.S. history courses at Cal Poly. Aside from a few new (at least to me) anecdotes and improvisation, most of Carvey’s set that night was nearly identical to his routine in his Netflix special, Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60.

After the show, my friends and I wandered around the Collection Riverpark, or simply the Collection as the cool kids call it. For those who’ve never been, the Collection is an outdoor shopping and dining center right off the 101. We

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BY HAYLEY THOMAS CAIN PHOTOS COURTESY OF PARRISH FAMILY VINEYARD

Turning wine into in water David Parrish proves one drop of inspiration is all you need

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n 2013, Parrish Family Vineyard owner/winemaker David Parrish noticed something funny at his Adelaida Vineyard, just beyond the vines.

It was a faint, curving pattern at the bottom of a dusty slope.

Any winemaker worth his salt should know his land like the back of his sunbeaten hand. So, Parrish called in an expert to weigh in.

Enter local consulting biologist Brian Dugas, who pored over topography maps and confirmed that the subtle, linear dip Parrish had noticed below his boots was none other than a dried up creek bed.

Actually it was Adelaida Creek—or a ghost of its former glory, snaking through Parrish’s newly acquired property west of Paso Robles.

It was a stunning discovery. At the height of the California drought, there was not an ounce of moisture there, nor were there any native plants, or even birds. Although the site appeared far from lush, Parrish saw something else entirely.

He saw an opportunity to do better, to give back to the land that he hoped would bring him a good bounty, vintage after vintage.

“We were ecstatic when it was confirmed that we had a part of the original creek running through our property. We wanted to take every effort to restore it while preventing flooding in other areas,” Parrish said.

See, that exact spot was discovered to be key headwater for the creek, and a real bummer for the city of Paso Robles. Overgrown with non-native weeds and practically bone dry, any water that passed through was liable to roll, or “sheet,” directly into downtown Paso Robles, flooding the Paso Robles fairgrounds after every decent storm.

I’ve driven through that lake, and you probably have too.

Parrish knew that if the winery could rehabilitate the creek, he might not only alleviate this future problem, he could also significantly recharge the aquifer and replenish area wells with naturally captured

Beyond the bend

Parrish Family Vineyard produces cabernet sauvignon from the Paso Robles, Adelaida District, and is dedicated to crafting wine that represents the true varietal characteristics farmed on their coastal-influenced family vineyards in the preeminent Paso Robles region, including the Creston and Templeton Districts. Through their sustainability and philanthropic efforts, the winery works to be a positive force in the wine world and local community. For more information and updates on Adelaida Creek tours, go to parrishvineyards.com.

rainfall. That water would otherwise end up overrunning the sewer drains down the line, so why not use it here—in rural Paso, where it was so direly needed?

So, the winemaker did something a little offbeat. He donated the 0.64 acres of creek and surrounding area to San Luis Obispo County. Then he worked with help from the county, the Upper SalinasLas Tablas Resource Conservation District, and the county’s Department of Environmental Programs.

Slowly—steadily—gloved hands and shovels cleared the section of land.

With great care, the group began to plant native water-soaking vegetation.

Funding for those new plants was provided by the Nacimiento Water Project partners, through the San Luis Obispo Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in partial fulfillment of obligations to mitigate for the Nacimiento Water Project’s impacts to wetlands during construction.

“I loved picking out the plants. We had around 200 to select and they included native blue oak and madrone trees and Santa Lucia Manzanita shrubs, which help slow and retain the water while recharging the aquifer,” Parrish said.

“Luckily, the California Conversation Corps and the American Watershed Stewardship volunteer program helped plant them. There were a lot of partners and agencies involved, so the timeline took a while, but at the end of the day, we were all excited that we were doing something to restore the land and improve our water situation.”

A little while? Try five years.

A series of photographs taken from 2013 to 2018 show a stunning transformation: The entire area has blossomed from brown to green, and it’s only getting greener thanks to recent spring showers.

The established native plants will serve HABITAT, HEALED SLO County will begin hosting tours of a portion of the newly restored Adelaida Creek in west Paso Robles later this year. Pictured, Parrish Family Vineyard’s nearby winery and tasting room is slated for completion this summer. The creek restoration began when winemaker/owner David Parrish noticed what he thought might be traces of a dried up creek bed near his vineyard, some five years ago.

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THE CREEK THAT COULD Parrish Family Vineyard’s Adelaida Creek restoration project will significantly recharge the aquifer and replenish Paso Robles area wells with naturally captured rainfall that otherwise would end up overrunning city sewer drains.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Well, it took five years and countless environmental agencies, but Parrish Family Vineyard owner/winemaker David Parrish has finally seen the slice of Adelaida Creek that runs through his west Paso Robles vineyard turn green.

as future habitat to a range of animals, including aquatic critters, insects, and birds. The vineyard’s regular visitors— turkeys, owls, deer, and rabbits—are extra stoked to find water where before there was none.

“We are so thankful for all of this recent rain and that the creek has been restored to its natural habitat just in time,” Parrish said. (In fact, I interviewed him on one of the stormiest days this March.)

This Earth Day, April 22, the winemaker said he encourages the community to be environmentally proactive and to be bold, not unlike like his grandpa before.

“My grandfather was one of the first people to plant grapes in Atascadero in the Great Depression and Prohibition era, and we’ve continued his passion of finding better ways to grow that are both good for the environment and the fruit,” Parrish

added. “This experience has taught us even more about the land and new ways we can take care of it for the betterment of the entire region. Seeing the creek flowing again, without flooding, has been so rewarding for all of us.”

SLO County will start hosting tours of the creek later this year, and the winery will offer its own tours once Parrish Family Vineyard’s new winery and tasting room opens this summer.

The creek will actually run through the entrance of the property, so there will be no way around telling this story of conservation to every person who walks through the door.

And after all, isn’t that what all of this effort is about? Showing that one person—armed with a spark of concern and a hardworking team—can change the world for the better? What better way FLAVOR continued page 46

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to lure these future world-changers than with a bold glass of Paso Robles cabernet sauvignon?

“We all need to pay more attention to the natural world around us,” Parrish said. “We are often so lost on our phones that we aren’t seeing what is directly at our feet.” ∆

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H ayley’s Bites Hippity Hop! What’s hopping Sunday, April 1? Well, there’s a farm fresh Easter planned at Foremost Wine Co. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bounce into a seasonal salad with oat brittle and lemon vinaigrette, bloody mary-drizzled seafood cocktail, eggs Benedict with prosciutto, and more (foremostslo.com) … Madonna Inn is also hosting an epic Easter spread from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., including a well-stocked omelet station, biscuits and sausage gravy, and all the cakes (madonnainn. com) ... Plenty of Paso Robles wineries will be open Easter Sunday, including Alta Colina, Bianchi Winery, Brecon Estate, Burbank Ranch Vineyards, Cass Winery, Chateau Margene, Chronic Cellars, and Shale Oak (for all wineries and special Easter hours, go to travelpaso.com/blogs) … A Los Osos

No gag here: How weird is it that former Jackass reality star Johnny Knoxville recently popped up at Paso’s Tooth and Nail Winery? Apparently the Chuck Taylor-wearing prankster is really into the Rabble and Amor Fati zinfandels, and (as far as we know) there were no stunts pulled … Firestone’s spunky little brother, Barrelworks in Buellton, has turned 5 years old, and folks are still lining up to slurp down glasses of distinctive sour beer. Anticipated cans of the sour beer are expected to debut this year and keep your eyes peeled for a new fruity wheat sour made with local raspberries (firestonebeer.com) … A new Country Road and Hops Music Festival will blend beer, crooning, and finger picking fun in SLO! Slated for April 7 at El Chorro Regional Park, this flavorful fest will feature Stephen Styles, Bryan Titus Trio, and other foot-stomping bands paired with three kinds of unique margaritas, whiskey, barbecue, and Lagunitas Brewing Co. brews (find event information on Facebook).

From tHe Heart A great winemaker, a great man: Celebrated wine icon Robert Haas,

well known in Paso Robles and across the world for his decades-long career in the wine industry, passed on earlier this month at the age of 90. The Tablas Creek Vineyard founder and friend of the community inspired countless folks during his long life (his decadesold vineyards—planted with influential Rhone varietals—will live on for the enjoyment of all) … Flour House in SLO will donate 5 percent of all sales this April 2 to Rita’s Rainbows, a nonprofit benefitting local kids and teens in need (ritasrainbows.org) … Farewell, fearless leader: Another major player in the SLO wine world, Central Coast Wine Classic founder, wine aficionado, and beloved philanthropist Archie McLaren passed away at the age of 75 last month.

His friends continue to remember McLaren for his colorful personality, giving heart, and larger-than-life passion for good wine and good company. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain raises a glass to the wine heroes who have come before and will come after. Send bites to hthomas@ newtimesslo.com.

H ayley’s P icks Beer desert no more!

If you live in downtown SLO, I used to be jealous of you. Until now, you had the best experience around. Yes, you still have the awesome ability to walk from

Central Coast Brewing Co., to Libertine, to SLO Brew, to BarrelHouse to—well—a plethora of bars and restaurants with glittering taps, but now I get to be the one to gloat! Why, you ask? I live off Madonna Road, not far from Central Coast Brewing Co.’s second location, which opened to massive fanfare earlier this month. Just like that ... poof! What was once a sad “beer desert” is now a totally happening hood! Yes, my neighbors and I finally get to lounge in this vast, 12,000-squarefoot beer wonderland whenever the mood strikes, and did I mention the brewery is also offering up wood-fired pizza and smoked barbecue? After two decades of brewing—and racking up more gold medals than you can shake a pool cue at—CCB has grown into something akin to a craft beer Chuck E. Cheese’s (minus the ball pit and inedible ’za). We’re talking a shiny, new 20-barrel brewing system, eight fermentation tanks, and a beer-drinker’s playground outfitted with pool table, dartboards, video games, and shuffleboard, no less. With a whopping 48 taps spanning CCB brews to cider and wine (sparkling, too)—I have to say SLO’s south side is officially “lit.” Of course, anyone is welcome to hang at this anticipated neighborhood beer joint (but you might just have to call a car).

Central Coast Brewing Company’s new location is located at 6 Higuera St. in San Luis Obispo. For more information, go to centralcoastbrewing.com. ∆ Hayley Thomas Cain loves her neighborhood. She can be reached at hthomas@newtimesslo.com.

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Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash and credit card only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed within 72 hours of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 5th day of April 2018, at 10:30 AM, at www.storagetreasures.com.

Property is stored at FortressSecure Mini-Storage, 2175 Willow Road, Arroyo Grande, CA County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, the contents of the following tenant’s storage space(s): Joy L. Pipkin, Roxanna L. MedinaMendoza, Scott R. Baker, Clayton W. Davis, Katie M. Frangie, Michael N. Handy, & John C. Robertson.

The contents of these storage spaces include furniture, ladder,

Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash and credit card only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed within 72 hours of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 5th day of April 2018, at 10:00AM, at www.storagetreasures.com.

Property is stored at Central Coast Self Storage, 725 Sheridan Road, Arroyo Grande, CA County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, the contents of the following tenant’s storage space(s): Jeff N. Depew, Jamie Thompson,

FILE NO. 2018-0477 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO FERMENT CO, 300 Ramona Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Andrew Noble Davis (300 Ramona Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Andrew Noble Davis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 02-13-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0506 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/15/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ATLAS CONSULTING, 788 Azalea Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Laneleo Stoeckle, Lorinda Jean Stoeckle (788 Azalea Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Lorinda Stoeckle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 02-15-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0524 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: JT TOUCH UP, 326 Helroy St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Jarred Michael Robert Torres (326 Helroy St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jarred Torres, MR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 02-16-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0548 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: WITH THE GRAIN, 1997 Geneseo road, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. John Edward Derosier (1997 Geneseo road, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ John Derosier, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-20-18. 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. 02-20-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0580 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: JEWELL’S BEADS, 1443 West Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. James Jewell (1443 West Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ James Jewell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 02-23-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0596 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/15/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BURKARDS LANDSCAPE AND BEE SERVICES, 1579 Vista Grande Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Burkard’s Landscape Inc. (1579 Vista Grande Lane, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Burkard’s Landscape Inc., Robert BurkardPresident. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 02-27-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0613 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/13/1983) New Filing The following person is doing business as: AGAPE CHURCH, 950 Laureate Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. San Luis Obispo Agape Christian Fellowship Inc. (950 Laureate Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ San Luis Obispo Agape Christian Fellowship Inc., Laura Durban, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-28-18. 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. 02-28-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0581 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2001) New Filing The following person is doing business as: JW STEEL, 1860 O Connor Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Jesse Blake Wallace (1860 O Connor Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jesse Blake Wallace.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-23-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. McCormick, Deputy.

Exp. 02-23-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0597 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/15/2003) New Filing The following person is doing business as: UNDER THE SUN PAINTING CO, 4090 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

San Luis Obispo County. Jacob Damon Landers (4090 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jacob Damon Landers. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy.

Exp. 02-27-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0593 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CIRCLE OF DREAMS FARM, 8888 Carrisa Hwy, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Optimum Farms, LLC (8888 Carrisa Hwy, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Joseph Schmit, Member Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy.

Exp. 02-26-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0599 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/04/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DEFINED SPORTS, 1925 Capistrano Court, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Anthony Betancourt (1925 Capistrano Court, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Anthony Betancourt.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 02-27-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0614 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO WELLNESS CENTER, 1428 Phillips Lane, Ste. 300, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Sandy Sachs, Rex Stevens, Molly Stevens, Aram Casparian (1428 Phillips Lane, Ste. 300, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Sandy Sachs, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-28-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 02-28-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0616 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/21/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LITTLEFEET DIRECT, 3415 Miguelito Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Metadata Mechanics Inc. (3415 Miguelito Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by A DE Corporation /s/ Metadata Mechanics Inc., Gregory E. Gibson, CEO/ President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-28-18.

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. 02-28-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0594 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/27/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: COOK’S MUFFLERS & STUFF, 1180 Pike Lane 2, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Brian Davis Cook, Savannah Ann Cook (794 Pomeroy Road, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Savannah Cook. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-27-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. TJ. Blandford, Deputy. Exp. 02-27-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0603 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/16/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HUSHING LAW, 5855 Capistrano Ave., Suite G, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Brighton Kilian Hushing-Kline (5345 Olmeda Ave., Apt. 2, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brighton K. Hushing-Kline. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-27-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy.

Exp. 02-27-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0619 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/28/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CREEKSIDE OFFICES & STORAGE, 405 E. branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Milton F. Hayes, Mary J. Hayes (704 Branch Mill Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Mary J. Hayes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-28-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 02-28-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0595 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/09/2005) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION, 1495 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Rebecca Mailloux (841 Tulare Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rebecca Mailloux. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-27-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 02-27-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0604 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DÉTENETE WINES, 2280 Wood Duck Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. TS Wine Services, LLC (2280 Wood Duck Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ TS Wine Services, LLC, Trevor Iba Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-28-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. S. Kramos, Deputy. Exp. 02-28-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0622 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/06/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GERRYS COOKIES, 258 N. 12TH St., Unit D, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Gerald A. Alberry (258 N. 12TH St., Unit D, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Gerald A. Alberry, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-01-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0624 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LEVITY ACADEMY, LEVITY ARTS, LEVITY AERIAL YOGA, LEVITY AERIAL, LEVITY YOGA, LEVITY, 207 Suburban Road Unit 4, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Levity Arts LLC (222 East park Ave., Santa Maria, CA 93454). This business is conducted by A CA Limited liability Company /s/ Levity Arts LLC, Regina Penton, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. TJ. Blandford, Deputy. Exp. 03-01-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0625 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/17/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ALLMERCE, 2161 Broad St., Ste. D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Warren Neal (1302 Peach St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Warren Neal. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-01-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0627 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SIGN RUNNER 805, 178 S, 4th St., Suite 202, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Holiday Jennifer (178 S, 4th St., Suite 202, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jennifer Holiday.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-01-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0631 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2005) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DOLLY’S DONUTS, 1095 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Calvin Lun (2920 Hemlock Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Calvin Lun. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy.

Exp. 03-01-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0632 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SCOTT’S WELDING & FABRICATION, 2091 Tapidero Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Scott Michael Reis (2091 Tapidero Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Scott Reis, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-01-23.

March 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0634 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PAIN RELIEF CLINIC, 3565 So. Higuera St., #D, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Pain Relief Clinic, Inc. (855 Venice Rd., Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Pain Relief Clinic, Inc., Jon P. Wells, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-01-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 03-01-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0639 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (07/21/2009) New Filing The following person is doing business as: KAMAT, AHA KAMAT, KAMAT RADIO, SATJYA NATJRW – SCENTS OF THE GODS, DJEBA, 328 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Patrick Andrew McCoy (328 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Patrick A. McCoy. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-02-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0648 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PRECISION ESTIMATING SERVICES, 300 Broad Street #213, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Gustav Keoni, a California Corporation (300 Broad Street #213, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Gustav Keoni, a California corporation, Karl J. Vaillancourt, Chief Financial Officer.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-02-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0650 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/16/2008) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DIAMOND CONSTRUCTION, 782 O’Connor Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. David Kent Goodwin (782 O’Connor Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ David Kent Goodwin.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-02-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. TJ. Blandford, Deputy. Exp. 03-02-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0657 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: N. 14TH WILD BREAD CO., 542 N. 14th Street, Unit B, Grover Beach, CA 93433.

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This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Nelson J Demille.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk.

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FILE NO. 2018-0664 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NIPOMO FLOWERS, 181 East Price Street, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Water H. Rust, Ann C. Rust (181 East Price Street, Nipomo, CA 93444).

This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Walter H. Rust. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-0523.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0666 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SHAWN FULLER’S MOBILE RV AND HANDY MAN SERVICE, 5355 Play Doe Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Shawn Edward Fuller (5355 Play Doe Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Shawn Edward Fuller. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-05-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0667 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PURGE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZING, 5355 Play Doe Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Steffany Cathleen Duncan (5355 Play Doe Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Steffany Cathleen Duncan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-05-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0668 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/05/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HEALING WAVES THERAPY, TRAUMA RECOVERY, GINA GARCIA-MAY, LMFT, EMDR APPROVED, 181 Tank Farm Rd., Suite 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Gina Luz Garcia-May (181 Tank Farm Rd., Suite 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted

by An Individual /s/ Gina Luz Garcia-May. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-05-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0672 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NANITIA, 5978 Moonstone Beach Dr., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Robert H. Sfarzo (5978 Moonstone Beach Dr., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Robert H. Sfarzo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 0305-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0673 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: KINGDOM CLEANING, 331 Mar Vista Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Joshua Randall Nash (331 Mar Vista Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402), Ian Gabriel Rohan (500 Main Street #8, Morro Bay, CA 93442), Ezra David Asquith (2032 Bush Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402).

This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Joshua Nash. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-05-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. D. Chavez, Deputy.

Exp. 03-05-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0678 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/12/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LOCALSOWN, 872 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Joseph Samuel Lyman (872 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joseph Samuel Lyman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-06-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0681 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL COAST ESTATE SALES, CENTRAL COAST ESTATE, CENTRAL COAST ESTATE PLANNING, CENTRAL COAST HAULING, CENTRAL COAST ESTATE SALE, CENTRAL COAST ESTATES SALE, SALE JUNKIE, SALES JUNKIE, CENTRAL COAST JUNK REMOVAL, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, 15 Bienvenida Court, Atascadero, CA 93422.

San Luis Obispo County. Erik Paul Jonson (15 Bienvenida Court, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Erik P. Jonson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-06-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. A. McCormick, Deputy. Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0682 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/10/2004) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CORE MEDIATION SERVICES, 1264 Higuera Street, Suite 203, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Robin Rinzler (509 Gaynfair Terrace, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Robin Rinzler, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-06-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk. N. Balseiro, Deputy.

Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0684 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LOS OSOS QUILTING COMPANY, 1212 2nd street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Donn James McKnight, Allan Edmund Jones (1137 1st Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Donn James McKnight. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-06-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0687 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/06/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ANVIL, 2872 Victoria Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Richard R. Wenz (2872 Victoria Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Richard R. Wenz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-06-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0688 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: IN THE GROOVE, 875 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Curt Miller (1492 14th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Curt Miller, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-06-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0689 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/03/2014) New Filing The following person is doing business as: WIND STREAM PROPERTIES, 1041 Chorro Street, Suite 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Tracy Diane Thomas, Trustee UTA’s Dated 5/3/14 (1152 Outland Court, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Trust /s/ Tracy Diane Thomas, Trustee UTA’s Dated 5/3/14. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0306-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-06-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0696 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FLYING M FARM PRODUCTS, 3650 Gillis Canyon Rd., Shandon, CA 93461. San Luis Obispo County. Gregory Louis McMillan, Linda Christine Powell-McMillan (3650 Gillis Canyon Rd., Shandon, CA 93461).

This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Greg McMillan, Co-Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-07-18.

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. 03-07-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED 2018 ACTION PLAN OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO URBAN COUNTY CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THE CDBG, HOME, ESG, AND GFS PROGRAMS; AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 2015, 2016, AND 2017 ACTION PLANS WHAT: A public hearing will be held by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. (All items are advertised for 9:00 a.m. To find out the agenda placement contact the County Administrative Office the Thursday afternoon before the scheduled hearing date).

WHERE: The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey St., Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

WHAT’S BEING PROPOSED: The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to approve 1) the 2018 Action Plan, 2) the 2018 projects for funding under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), 3) Fiscal Year 2018-2019 General Fund Support (GFS) allocations for the 2018 homeless related programs and 4) proposed amendments to the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Action Plans.

CDBG funds can be used for housing, public services, public facilities, and economic development projects that benefit low-income populations. HOME funds are used for affordable housing projects for low-income households. ESG funds are used for homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing programs.

The County Department of Planning and Building acted as the lead agency in preparing the Action Plan, and collaborated with the cities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo to conduct community workshops and prepare the plan. The Action Plan describes activities proposed for funding through the Urban County’s 2018 CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs. For more information, see the link below. http://www.slocounty. ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Housing/ Updates,-Meetings,-Resources.aspx CONTACT: If you have any questions/comments about the recommendations or the grant approval process, contact Matt Leal, San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, 976 Osos Street, Room 300, San Luis Obispo, California, 93408, (805) 781-5113, mleal@co.slo.ca.us. The staff report will be available on the County’s website at http://www.slocounty.ca.gov and click on the Board of Supervisors.

DATED: 03/22/ 2018 TOMMY GONG, COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER By: /s/ Jamila Brown, Deputy Clerk

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PLAN OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO URBAN COUNTY

1.

Closed Session. Anticipated Litigation: No of potential cases: 3. Significant exposure to litigation: No of potential cases: 3. Existing litigation: PG&E’s 2017 General Rate Case A: 15-09-001; Application Filed by PG&E for Retirement of Diablo Canyon Power Plant A: 16-08-006; PG&E’s 2015 Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding, A.16-03-006; Friends of Oceano Dunes, et al. v. CA Coastal Commission et. al. 2:17CV-8733; Friends of Oceano Dunes, et al. v. CA Coastal Commission, et al.: 17CV-0576; Mesa Community Alliance v. CA Dept. of Parks & Rec, et al.: 14CV-0096. 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. Personnel re: Public Employee Appointment for the Positions of County Health Agency Director & Planning & Builiding Director & Public Works Director. Report out. Open Session.

2.

Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 1-20 & Resolution (Res.) No. 2018-53 through 2018-58, approved.

3.

Res. 2018-59, proclaiming April as “Month of the Child” & “Child Abuse Prevention Month”, adopted.

4.

Public Comment Period - matters not on the agenda: E. Greening; E. Swierk; B. DiFatta; D. Edge; S. Mann; C. Hite; C. Kleeman; L. Kania: speak.

No action taken.

5.

Appeal by Verizon Wireless of the Planning Commission’s denial to allow for the construction & operation of a new 65-ft-tall wireless communications facility at 22417 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita, cont’d off calendar.

WHAT: A public hearing will be held by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.

(All items are advertised for 9:00 a.m. To find out the agenda placement contact the County Administrative Office the Thursday afternoon before the scheduled hearing date).

WHERE: The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey St., Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal.

WHAT’S BEING PROPOSED: The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to approve the Community Participation Plan (CPP). The Urban County of San Luis Obispo must provide a CPP, prior to the allocation and expenditure of HUD Program funds, to provide strategies for community participation in the Planning processes. The CPP provides policies and procedures for public participation as it relates to the use and administration of grant funds. The CPP also guides the development of the following plans and reports: CPP; Consolidated Plan and Action Plan; Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH); and Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

The County Department of Planning and Building acted as the lead agency in preparing the Community Participation Plan, and collaborated with the cities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo to conduct community workshops and prepare the plan.

To see a copy of the CPP Draft please see the link below. http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/ Departments/Planning-Building/Housing/ Updates,-Meetings,-Resources.aspx CONTACT: You may contact Allison Rustick in the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, 976 Osos Street, Room 200, San Luis Obispo, California 93408 (805) 781-5600. The staff report will be available on the County’s website at http://www.slocounty. ca.gov and click on the Board of Supervisors.

DATED: 03/22/2018 TOMMY GONG, COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER By: /s/ Jamila Brown, Deputy Clerk March 29, 2018

March 29, 2018

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2018 AT 9:00 AM. ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

6.

Request to bring the Extractive Resource Area (EX & EX-1) combining designations into alignment w/ mineral designations of State &/or regional significance, approved.

7.

Options for reinstating a Health Agency mosquito control program, rec’d.

8.

Request by J. Rourke to change the land use category on a 55.5 acre site from Ag to Residential Suburban to subdivide property into 11 parcels, at Hidden Springs Rd, unicorp. area of SLO, cont’d off calendar w/ direction given to staff.

9.

Res. 2018-60, approving the issuance & sale of nacimiento water project 2018 revenue refunding bonds not to exceed $30,000,000 by the Co. Financing Authority, adopted.

10. Ordinance (Ord) No. 3362, amending Ch. 22.40, 23.08, 22.74, 23.10 and 1.05 of the County Code re: procedural requirements for nuisance abatements & administrative fines; to authorize Cannabis Hearing Officer to conduct cannabis related nuisance abatement hearings & Res. 2018-61, directing staff re: extension of temporary abeyance of enforcement actions against qualified registrants under Ord. No. 3334 on specified conditions, adopted as amended; 2-yr Cannabis Hearing Officer contracts, approved.

11. Res. 2018-62, denying the Appeal of S. Ford, et al., & affirming the decision of the Planning Dept. & approving a lot line adjustment, approved & based on revised conditions of approval.

12. Request to provide a new wastewater service connection to a proposed single-family residence in Los Osos, approved as amended & cont’d to 4/3/18.

Meeting Adjourned.

Tommy Gong, County Clerk-Recorder and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: /s/ Annette Ramirez, Deputy Clerk March 29, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0697 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/07/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: REVOLVER CLOTHING OPERATIVE, 2074 Parker St., Apt. 210, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Stephanie Briana McSween (2074 Parker St., Apt. 210, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Stephanie Briana McSween.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-07-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 03-07-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0702 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CAT’S PAJAMAS TECHNOLOGY, 10710 El Camino Real #6, Atascadero, CA 93422.

San Luis Obispo County. Adrian Martinez (10710 El Camino Real #6, Atascadero, CA 93422).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Adrian Martinez.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-08-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 03-08-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0703 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/23/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HAPPY TREE ORGANICS, 11495 Dobbins Trail, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County. Johnny Jr Aparicio III (11495 Dobbins Trail, Santa Margarita, CA 93453). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Johnny Jr Aparicio III. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-08-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk TJ. Blandford, Deputy. Exp. 03-08-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0704 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: A SATELLITE OF LOVE, 1335 Walker Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Malik Miko Thorne (638 Toro #6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Malik Miko Thorne. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-08-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 03-08-23.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0708 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/01/1953) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DALLIDET ADOBE, WINE HISTORY PROJECT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, 1185 Pacific Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

The History Center of San Luis Obispo County (696 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ The History Center of San Luis Obispo County, Eva Ulz, Executive Director. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-08-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy.

Exp. 03-08-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0713 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/20/2005) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PART RECORDINGS, 1670 South Elm Street, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Mark Richard Robertshaw (1670 South Elm Street, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Mark Robertshaw. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-08-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk TJ. Blandford, Deputy. Exp. 03-08-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0718 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LONE OAK OLIVE, 4550 Bueno Vista, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. DTW Enterprises, Inc. (14147 18th Avenue, Lemoore, CA 93245). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ DTW Enterprises, Inc., Donald T. Wood, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk S. Currens, Deputy.

Exp. 03-09-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0720 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/09/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HEALTH WITH INTEGRITY, 80 N. Ocean Ave., Ste. E, Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Ratzat Corrie (80 N. Ocean Ave., Ste. E, Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Corrie Ratzat. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy.

Exp. 03-09-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0725 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE MARK, 673 Higuera, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Crisp Management (1680 Old Oak Park Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Crisp Management, Rhianna Crisp Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-09-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-09-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0726 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LAUREN HARGREAVES PHOTOGRAPHY, 810 Creekside Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Lauren Marie Hargreaves, Jason T. Hargreaves (810 Creekside Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Jason Hargreaves. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-09-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-09-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0728 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/09/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PEACE ACADEMY OF THE SCIENCES AND ARTS, 578 Sombrillo, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

Noha Kolkailah (578 Sombrillo, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420), Adam Loveridge (1892 9th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Unincorporated Association other than a Partnership /s/ Noha Kolkailah.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-09-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-09-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0729 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SLO BUILT, 101 Le Point Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County.

John Thomas King (101 Le Point Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ John King.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 03-12-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0730 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/12/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: 805 AUTO REMARKETING, 2531 Cienaga Space #16, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Rena Marie Palmer (2531 Cienaga Space #16, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Rena Marie Palmer.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-12-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0732 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BLUE EARTH, BLUE EARTH WINERY, BLUE EARTH WINE CELLARS, BLUE EARTH VINEYARD, 178 Suburban Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Stephen Dooley Wine Co., Inc. (178 Suburban Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Stephen Dooley Wine Co., Inc., Stephen R. Dooley, President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-12-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0733 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/22/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CUSTOM COAST ELECTRONICS & IMPORTS, 2221 King Ct. #04, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

Thomas Ethan Foster (2221 King Ct. #04, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Thomas Ethan Foster. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-12-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 03-12-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0739 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/25/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: JUST FARMS, 671 W. Tefft St., Suite 3, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Starr Hall Egan, Matthew Jude Egan (265 Broken Arrow Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple /s/ Starr Hall Egan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-13-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0753 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GRUB SHACK, 704 Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County.

Anthony Ajjan (877 Norma Dr., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Anthony Ajjan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 03-13-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0762 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/31/1969) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DAVID FLOORS, 320 Panay Street, Morro bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

David Earl Stambal (, 320 Panay Street, Morro bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ David Stambal, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk R. Parashis, Deputy.

Exp. 03-14-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0744 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BAY BUILDERS, 1331 4th St., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County.

Julian M. Peterson (1331 4th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Julian Peterson.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 03-13-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0746 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BIORAMA, LOUNGE LOOT, POOR MAN’S TAHITI, 1123 Coral St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County.

Slohana, LLC (1123 Coral St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405).

This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Shane Bagnall, Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-13-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0747 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SCARECROW GARDENS, 2375 Woodland Hills Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Marcia L. Pell, Debbie D. Olinger (2375 Woodland Hills Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Marcia Pell, General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy.

Exp. 03-13-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0752 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CAYUCOS LIQUOR, 75-79 S. Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Samer Ajjan, Salem Ajjan (877 Norma Dr., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Samer Ajjan, Partner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 03-13-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0754 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: KATIE’S COFFEE, 9103 San Gabriel Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Katherine Marshall Ellis (9103 San Gabriel Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Katherine Ellis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-13-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0756 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/03/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FRIENDS OF AVILA PIER (FOAP), INC., 3950 Avila Beach Drive, Avila Beach, CA 93424. San Luis Obispo County.

Friends of Avila Pier (FOAP), Inc. (3950 Avila Beach Drive, Avila Beach, CA 93424). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Friends of Avila Pier (FOAP), Inc., Jim Blecha -Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy.

Exp. 03-14-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0757 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HOUSE OF THE RISING BUNS, 1485 16th St., Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. William Robert Lynch II (1485 16th St., Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ William Robert Lynch II. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-14-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0761 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/14/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: FOREVER SPARKLE, 1924 Northwood Road, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Christine Gay Mateer (1924 Northwood Road, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Christine Mateer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 03-14-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0765 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MAP ITALY VACATIONS, 5073 Meadow Lark Ln., Paso Robles, CA 93446.

San Luis Obispo County. Laura Coven (5073 Meadow Lark Ln., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Laura Coven. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-14-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0772 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: J. BUCKLEY THEATRE, 828 Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Giovanni Grillenzoni (828 Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Giovanni Grillenzoni. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0314-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-14-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0773 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ELFIN HERB FARM, ELFIN HERBS & OILS, 1115 17th street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Elfin Herbs & Oils LLC (1115 17th street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ elfin Herbs & Oils LLC, Staci Thompson, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 03-14-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0774 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ADAMS’ CONSULTING, 1807 Abbot St., Apt. 2, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Andrew Michael Adams (1807 Abbot St., Apt. 2, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Andrew Adams.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-14-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-14-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0776 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MY FAVORITE NEIGHBOR, 2640 Anderson Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446.

San Luis Obispo County. Booker Vineyard & Winery (2640 Anderson Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Booker Vineyard & Winery, Eric G Jensen-President/Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-15-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0796 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MUSICAL GARDENER, ZAP GARDENING, 343 North Court, Los Osos, CA 93402.

San Luis Obispo County. Jonas A. Richardson (343 North Court, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jonas A. Richardson.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-16-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

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FILE NO. 2018-0800 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HEAD LINES SALON, 1248 E. grand Ave., Suite E, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Julie Marie Klein (2550 Cienega St. Space 30, Oceano, CA 93445).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Julie Marie Klein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-16-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0777 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: JACKLYN HAIR, 515 Broad St. A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County.

Jacklyn Lillian Marie Hansen (2005 ½ Spring St., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jacklyn Lillian Marie Hansen.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-15-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0779 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/27/2012) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GO FOR IT EVENTS, 215 Santa Fe Ave., Shell Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Scott Newton (215 Santa Fe Ave., Shell Beach, CA 93449).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Scott Newton.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 03-15-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0803 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SPARK PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, 5975 Entrada Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County.

Laurie Ferguson, Psychologist, Inc. (5975 Entrada Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Laurie Ferguson, Psychologist, Inc., Laurie Ferguson, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-16-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 03-16-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0781 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2001) New Filing The following person is doing business as: ROXSAND, 2280 Hutton Road, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Troesh Recycling (2280 Hutton Road, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Troesh Recycling, Debralee Coleman-President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-15-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy.

Exp. 03-15-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0793 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/14/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL COAST CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING, 557 Gaynfair Terr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Phillip Johnson (557 Gaynfair Terr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Phillip Johnson.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-16-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk JF. Brown, Deputy. Exp. 03-16-23.

March 22, 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0815 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/19/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: MORRO BAY MASSAGE & WELLNESS CENTER, 736 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Sandee Kay Winn (1280 Morro Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Sandee Kay Winn.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-19-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-19-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0820 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/19/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: PACIFIC COAST HIGH, PCH DISTRIBUTION, 949 Highland Way, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County.

The Hive Laboratory, LLC (949 Highland Way, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ The Hive Laboratory, LLC, Patrick Wilkinson, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-19-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 03-19-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0821 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: LAZARRE WINES, LAZARRE WINE COMPANY, 4230 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Moshina Inc (4230 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Moshina Inc, Angie Lazarre, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-19-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 03-19-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0822 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/26/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as: HAPPY GO SMILE, 12 N. Ocean Ave., Suite 120, Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Barbara Lynn Saia (224 Kern Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Barbara Lynn Saia. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-19-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 03-19-23.

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FILE NO. 2018-0823 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/13/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: EL TIZON 3, 281 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Aureliano Lopez Mendoza (2426 Divide Way, Santa Maria, CA 93458). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Aureliano Lopez Mendoza.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-19-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk D. Chavez, Deputy. Exp. 03-19-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0829 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/09/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: DIVINANT INC, DIABETIC OUTLET, DIABETIC PLAZA, 333 Santa Cruz Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Divinant Inc (333 Santa Cruz Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Divinant Inc, Amir Mirabdollah, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-20-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy. Exp. 03-20-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0830 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NAIL IMAGE, 534 W. Tefft St., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County.

Jimmy Hau Pham (110 S. Mesa Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Jimmy Hau Pham.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-20-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk I. Diaz, Deputy. Exp. 0320-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FILE NO. 2018-0833 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CVUE, 1801 Ogden Dr., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Joseph M. Crowley (1801 Ogden Dr., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Joseph M. Crowley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0320-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-20-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0834 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (12/07/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: POMAR JUNCTION WINES, 2195 Corbett Canyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

San Luis Obispo County. Corbett Vineyards, LLC (2195 Corbett Canyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Corbett Vineyards, LLC, Manager, William H. Swanson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-20-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy.

Exp. 03-20-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0835 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/20/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: BEACHFRONT KITES, SURREYS AND MORE, 1108 Front St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County.

Shaun Richard Farmer (10450 Morro Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Shaun Farmer, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-20-18.

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. 03-20-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0837 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GROVER BEACH SOURDOUGH, 236 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433.

San Luis Obispo County. Love Carrots LLC (236 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Love Carrots LLC, Jacob Town, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-21-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy.

Exp. 03-21-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0838 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: COASTAL INTERIORS, 3388 Broad Street A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Nancy Leigh Lewelling (3388 Broad Street A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Nancy Leigh Lewelling. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-21-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy.

Exp. 03-21-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

ORDINANCE NO. 3362 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AMENDING CHAPTERS 22.40, 23.08, 22.74, 23.10 AND 1.05 OF THE COUNTY CODE TO CLARIFY VIOLATIONS UNDER CHAPTERS 22.40 AND 23.08 ARE PER PLANT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FINES UNDER CHAPTER 1.05, AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF COUNTY CANNABIS HEARING OFFICER TO CONDUCT NUISANCE ABATEMENT HEARINGS UNDER CHAPTERS 22.74 AND 23.10 FOR NUISANCES RELATED TO CANNABIS ACTIVITIES, MODIFY PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT UNDER CHAPTERS 22.74 AND 23.10 RELATED TO CANNABIS ACTIVITIES AND MODIFY PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINSTRATIVE FINES UNDER CHAPTER 1.05 RELATED TO CANNABIS ACTIVITIES WHEREAS, on November 27, 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted a cannabis ordinance, Ordinance Nos. 3357 and 3358 (“Cannabis Ordinance”), which sets forth comprehensive regulations upon cannabis activities in the unincorporated area of San Luis Obispo County, including land use permit requirements on non-exempt cannabis activities; WHEREAS, the Cannabis Ordinance established the Office of County Cannabis Hearing Officer pursuant to Government Code sections 25845 and 27720 to conduct hearings regarding permit revocation and nuisance abatement for violations under the Ordinance (“Cannabis Hearing Officer Program”); WHEREAS, illegal cannabis related activities in the unincorporated area of San Luis Obispo County can adversely affect the health, safety, and well-being of the county and its residents, including potential criminal activity, degradation of the natural environment, obnoxious smells, exposure to fertilizers and pesticides, and fire hazards; WHEREAS, experience in San Luis Obispo County and elsewhere demonstrates that cannabis related activities are often associated with violations of local, state, and federal environmental laws and pesticide regulations, threatening harm to local waterways and groundwater quality, and endangering the public health and safety; WHEREAS, cannabis activities often involve the construction or use of other structures or paraphernalia in a manner which violates, and constitutes a nuisance under, other County ordinances; WHEREAS, the Cannabis Hearing Officer Program currently only applies to active violations of the Ordinance, specifically the ongoing cultivation, manufacture, distribution or sale of cannabis; WHEREAS, violations of other County ordinances related to active, dormant or abandoned cannabis activities would need to follow existing nuisance abatement procedures under Chapters 22.74 and 23.10 of the County Code, including a hearing in front of the Board of Supervisors; WHEREAS, Code Enforcement and the Sheriff’s Office currently estimate there are approximately 200 property sites in unincorporated county which have remnants of dormant or abandoned unpermitted cannabis cultivation operations, including approximately 150 property sites in the California Valley subdivision area; WHEREAS, Code Enforcement and the Sheriff’s Office have determined the combination of all or some of the following features, unrelated to a readily apparent allowable permitted use, are indications of a dormant or abandoned cannabis cultivation operation: wood or chain link fences with tarp, plywood or similar screening, storage structures, tarps, raised or ground-level plant beds with no active plantings, above ground water storage tanks or pools, hoop structures, greenhouses and frames, irrigation lines, pesticides, fertilizers and apparent use of tents, storage sheds, RVs or other unpermitted structures for living quarters; WHEREAS, Code Enforcement and the Sheriff’s Office desire to proceed with abatement of dormant or abandoned unpermitted cannabis activities, including dormant or abandoned cannabis cultivation operations in the California Valley subdivision area, as soon as practicable; WHEREAS, Code Enforcement and the Sheriff’s Office estimate there are over 150 dormant or abandoned cannabis cultivation sites in the California Valley subdivision area which would each require, under Chapters 22.74 and 23.10 of the County Code, a separate hearing before the Board of Supervisors regarding whether an abatement order should be issued related to violations of County ordinances other than the Cannabis Ordinance, such as unpermitted structures or other paraphernalia related to a cannabis activity; WHEREAS, requiring such abatement hearings to go forward before the Board of Supervisors would not be an effective and efficient use of the Board’s time or resources, and time constraints would likely limit the County’s ability to timely and effectively abate nuisances related to cannabis activities and deter such unpermitted and illegal cannabis related activity in the future; WHEREAS, because cannabis related activities in violation of County Code are a public nuisance with unique impacts and a need for time-sensitive abatement in order to render local regulations meaningful, a more streamlined enforcement and abatement process is necessary and proper for abatement of activities related to active, dormant or abandoned cannabis activities; illegal cannabis activities are potentially lucrative enough to incentivize unlawful activity for as long as possible and may be quickly restarted if cannabis related structures and paraphernalia go unabated; the intent of the Board of Supervisors is to disincentivize and deter such conduct by adopting a streamlined enforcement and abatement process for violations related to cannabis activities; WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desire to have the Cannabis Hearing Officer Program conduct abatement hearings under Chapters 22.74 and 23.10 of the County Code related to active, dormant or abandoned cannabis activities to ensure a streamlined enforcement and abatement process for cannabis related land use violations; WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desire to modify the procedures for the issuance, imposition and final determination of administrative fines under Chapter 1.05 to ensure a streamlined enforcement and administrative fine process for cannabis related land use violations;

WHEREAS, by adopting this ordinance, San Luis Obispo County will achieve a significant reduction in the various public and environmental harms caused or threatened by activities related to active, dormant or abandoned cannabis cultivation, manufacture, distribution or sale in the unincorporated area of the County; WHEREAS, adoption of this ordinance will ensure that the streamlined enforcement procedure available under the Cannabis Hearing Officer Program becomes available to address cannabis related violations early enough in the outdoor growing season to deter and abate cannabis related activities on unpermitted sides or to operate in an unpermitted manner; WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code sections 25845, subdivision (i) and 27721, the Board of Supervisors desires to delegate the duties and powers under Chapters 22.74 and 23.10 of the County Code to the Cannabis Hearing Officer Program for violations related to cannabis activities, including conducting abatement hearings and determination of postabatement costs and assessments; WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code sections 53069.4 and 27721, the Board of Supervisors desires to authorize the Cannabis Hearing Officer Program to adjudicate administrative fines levied by code enforcement officers under Chapter 1.05 of the County Code related to cannabis activities, in lieu of any administrative appeal rights; WHEREAS, these amendments are made pursuant to Government Code sections 25845 and 53069.4 and consist of procedural changes to how the County may address activities and uses already a violation and nuisance under County Code; and, therefore, do not fall under Government Code section 65853 because these amendments do not change the zoning of any parcels or have the effect of regulating the use of buildings, structures, and land.

NOW THEREFORE, The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo ordains as follows: SECTION 1. Section 22.40.130 – Enforcement of the San Luis Obispo County Code is amended to read as follows: The remedies provided by this Chapter are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.

A. A. Any condition caused or allowed to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance and shall, at the discretion of County, create a cause of action for penalty pursuant to Chapter 22.74 of this Code, and any other action authorized by law: • 1. Additionally, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision, or to fail to comply with any of the requirements, of this Chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No proof of knowledge, intent, or other mental state is required to establish a violation.

• 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted.

• 3. Each and every cannabis plant, including both immature and mature (flowering) plants, cultivated in violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate violation subject to the penalties and fines of this Chapter, Chapter 1.05 and Chapter 22.74.

• 4. Paying a fine or serving a jail sentence shall not relieve any person from responsibility for correcting any condition which violates any provision of this Chapter.

SECTION 2. Section 23.08.432 of the San Luis Obispo County Code is amended to read as follows: 23.08.432 – Enforcement: The remedies provided by this Chapter are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.

1. a. Any condition caused or allowed to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance and shall, at the discretion of County, create a cause of action for penalty pursuant to Chapter 23.10 of this Code, and any other action authorized by law: • 1. Additionally, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision, or to fail to comply with any of the requirements, of this Chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No proof of knowledge, intent, or other mental state is required to establish a violation.

• 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted.

• 3. Each and every cannabis plant, including both immature and mature (flowering) plants, cultivated in violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate violation subject to the penalties and fines of this Chapter, Chapter 1.05 and Chapter 23.10.

• 4. Paying a fine or serving a jail sentence shall not relieve any person from responsibility for correcting any condition which violates any provision of this Chapter.

SECTION 3. Chapter 22.74.150 – Nuisance Abatement of the San Luis Obispo County Code is amended to include the following: G. Cannabis Activity Related Violations. Pursuant to Government Code sections 25845, subdivision (i) and 27721, the duties and powers of the Board of Supervisors under Section 22.74.150 are hereby delegated to the Office of County Cannabis Hearing Officer, established under Section 22.40.130.C, for all violations of Titles 6, 8, 19 or 22 of this Code which relate to or arise from a cannabis activity in the County’s discretion, whether or not such cannabis activity is ongoing, dormant or abandoned.

Such duties and powers include conducting abatement hearings and determination of post-abatement costs and assessments. For violations which relate to or arise from a cannabis activity, the Code Enforcement Officer is not required to first pursue the procedures of Section 22.74.105 or send a Notice of Nuisance under Section 22.74.150.C, and instead, upon a determination that a nuisance exists, may proceed immediately with a Notice of Nuisance Abatement under Section 22.74.150.D, with a notice to appear before the Cannabis Hearing Officer at a stated time and place not less than 5 days after service of the notice, to show cause why stated conditions should not be found to be a nuisance, and why the nuisance should not be abated by the County. The foregoing notice may be consolidated with a notice of nuisance abatement under Section 22.40.130.B, and with a notice of violation and/or notice of fine under Sections 1.05.030 and 1.05.050. Notwithstanding Section 22.74.150.E.2.a, the Cannabis Hearing Officer may order that the owner or other affected person abate the nuisance within two (2) calendar days of the date of service of the decision of the Cannabis Hearing Officer, and, in the event the abatement is not completed, the Code Enforcement Officer is empowered and authorized to enter upon the property and abate the nuisance. Nuisances subject to abatement under this subsection include, but are not limited to: wood or chain link fences with tarp, plywood or similar screening; storage structures; raised or groundlevel plant beds and pots; above ground water storage tanks or pools; hoop structures, greenhouses and frames, irrigation lines; generators; small and large machinery; manufacturing and processing equipment or implements; artificial lighting; pesticides; fertilizers; trash or refuse; and, tents, RVs or other unpermitted structures used for living quarters.

SECTION 4. Chapter 23.10.150 – Nuisance Abatement of the San Luis Obispo County Code is amended to include the following: g. Cannabis Activity Related Violations. Pursuant to Government Code sections 25845, subdivision (i) and 27721, the duties and powers of the Board of Supervisors under Section 23.10.150 are hereby delegated to the Office of County Cannabis Hearing Officer, established under Sections 22.40.130.C and 23.08.432.c, for all violations of Titles 6, 8, 19 or 23 of this Code which relate to or arise from a cannabis activity in the County’s discretion, whether or not such cannabis activity is ongoing, dormant or abandoned. Such duties and powers include conducting abatement hearings and determination of post-abatement costs and assessments. For violations which relate to or arise from a cannabis activity, the Code Enforcement Officer is not required to first pursue the procedures of Section 23.10.105 or send a Notice of Nuisance under Section 23.10.150.c, and instead, upon a determination that a nuisance exists, may proceed immediately with a Notice of Nuisance Abatement under Section 23.10.150.d, with a notice to appear before the Cannabis Hearing Officer at a stated time and place not less than 5 days after service of the notice, to show cause why stated conditions should not be found to be a nuisance, and why the nuisance should not be abated by the County. The foregoing notice may be consolidated with a notice of nuisance abatement under Section 23.08.432.b, and with a notice of violation and/ or notice of fine under Sections 1.05.030 and 1.05.050.

Notwithstanding Section 23.10.150.e.2.i, the Cannabis Hearing Officer may order that the owner or other affected person abate the nuisance within two (2) calendar days of the date of service of the decision of the Cannabis Hearing Officer, and, in the event the abatement is not completed, the Code Enforcement Officer is empowered and authorized to enter upon the property and abate the nuisance. Nuisances subject to abatement under this subsection include, but are not limited to: wood or chain link fences with tarp, plywood or similar screening; storage structures; raised or ground-level plant beds and pots; above ground water storage tanks or pools; hoop structures, greenhouses and frames, irrigation lines; generators; small and large machinery; manufacturing and processing equipment or implements; artificial lighting; pesticides; fertilizers; trash or refuse; and, tents, RVs or other unpermitted structures used for living quarters.

SECTION 5. Chapter 1.05 – Administrative Fines of the San Luis Obispo County Code is amended to include the following: 1.05.080 – Cannabis Activity Related Violations.

For violations which relate to or arise from a cannabis activity, as that term is defined in Section 22.80.030, the administrative fines identified in a notice of violation issued under Section 1.05.030 by the code enforcement officer shall become effective immediately upon expiration of the

correction period identified in the notice of violation, and no further notice of fine is required under Section 1.05.050 in order for the administrative fines to become effective, and the fines shall continue to accrue daily until the violation has been fully abated and verified by the code enforcement officer. The correction period identified in the notice of violation shall be no less than five (5) calendar days after service of the notice. Pursuant to Government Code sections 53069.4 and 27721, for all violations of County Code which relate to or arise from a cannabis activity, whether or not such cannabis activity is ongoing, dormant or abandoned, the code enforcement officer may seek final determination of any administrative fines levied pursuant to this Chapter by the Office of County Cannabis Hearing Officer, established under Section 22.40.130.C, in lieu of any appeal rights under Section 1.05.060. In such event, notice to appear before the Cannabis Hearing Officer at a stated time and place not less than five (5) calendar days after service of the notice should be provided to the responsible persons. The notice of violation and/or notice of fine may be consolidated with a notice(s) of nuisance abatement under Sections 22.40.130.B, 22.74.150, 23.08.432.b and 23.10.150. The hearing Cannabis Hearing Officer shall issue a written decision which affirms, reverses or modifies the administrative fines within two (2) calendar days after the hearing. The decision shall be mailed to, or personally served upon, the responsible persons and the code enforcement officer. The decision shall be final when signed by the Cannabis Hearing Officer and served as herein provided, and only subject to judicial review in accordance with the time lines and provisions as set forth in Government Code section 53069.4.

SECTION 6. These amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 26055(h) of the California Business and Professions.

This Ordinance is also exempt from CEQA because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it will have a significant effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3)), the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment (CEQA Guidelines §15060(c)(2)) and because it consists of regulations to streamline the public abatement and administrative fine process related to cannabis activities to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources and the environment by (Class 7 and Class 8, CEQA Guidelines §§15307, 15308).

SECTION 7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or the constitutionality of remaining portions of this ordinance.

The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one of more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after passage of this ordinance, it shall be published once with the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California.

SECTION 9. Sections 2 and 4 of this ordinance shall become operative automatically, pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations §13551(b)(1), upon the certification without any modifications or amendments to said amendments by the California Coastal Commission and upon acknowledgment by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors of receipt of the Commission’s resolution of certification pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulation §13544. In the event the California Coastal Commission recommends modifications to said amendments, the amendments with modification shall be processed in accordance with Government Code §65350 et seq., before final local government adoption of the amendments with modifications suggested by Coastal Commission pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations §13551(b)(2), or before the Board of Supervisors resubmits, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 30512 and 3013, any additional amendments to satisfy the Commission’s recommended changes.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, on the 20th day of March, 2018, by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Supervisors Bruce S. Gibson, Lynn Compton, Adam Hill, Debbie Arnold and Chairperson John Peschong NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINING: None /s/ John Peschong __________________________________________ Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors,County of San Luis Obispo, State of California ATTEST: Tommy Gong County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors County of San Luis Obispo, State of California By: Annette Ramirez Deputy Clerk March 29, 2018

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David Brock Unit No. C05 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property

LegaL Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0842 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2018) New Filing The following person is doing business as: POUR BOYS BARTENDERS, 1413 24th St., Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County.

Taylor Danielle Palmer (1413 24th St., Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Taylor Palmer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-22-18.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk C. Anwood, Deputy.

Exp. 03-22-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0853 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (05/12/1992) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SIDE-OFF VIDEO, 1480 Benson Ave., Cambria, CA 93428.

San Luis Obispo County. Brian Caserio (1480 Benson Ave., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Brian Caserio. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-26-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2018-0861 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (08/01/2008) New Filing The following person is doing business as: GOOD ELECTRONS, 22658 I Street, Santa Margarita, CA 93453. San Luis Obispo County.

Michael Christopher Wolfe (22658 I Street, Santa Margarita, CA 93453).

This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Michael Christopher Wolfe. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-26-18. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office.

(Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk J. Goble, Deputy. Exp. 03-26-23.

March 29, April 5, 12, & 19, 2018

LIEN-SALE AUCTION AT MEATHEAD MINI STORAGE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the California Self-Storage Facilities Act (California Business & Professions Code Section 21700 et seq.).

The undersigned will sell at public auction by competitive bidding on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 10:00 AM. on the premises where the property has been stored and which are located at Meathead Mini Storage, 3600 South Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, California, the following: Jeremy Blacker Unit No. 725 Miscellaneous personal commercial property Jeremy Blacker Unit No. 724 Miscellaneous personal commercial property Robyn Burns Unit No. 809 Miscellaneous personal commercial property Linda Collins Unit No. 644 Miscellaneous personal commercial property Jessica Donaldson Unit No. 113 Miscellaneous personal commercial property Chris Freitas Unit No. 134 Miscellaneous personal commercial property Cheryl Lowman Unit No. 618 Miscellaneous personal commercial property

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Nicholas Mcdonald Unit No. O03 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Dennis Newton Unit No. B08 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Susannah Walker Unit No. M07 Miscellaneous personal and/or commercial property Cynthia Leonard Unit No. 645 Miscellaneous personal and/or com-

Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between the owner and the obligated party.

Dated: 3/9/18 Auctioneer: Kenneth D. Erpenbach dba Hitchin’ Post Auction Barn Bond No. MS879-23-57 (805) 434-1770 March 29, April 5, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHARLES D. STEVENS CASE NUMBER: 17PR - 0430

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CHARLES D. STEVENS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by AMY A. BETTS in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that AMY A. BETTS 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: MAY 15, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Robert H. Mott 960 Santa Rosa San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 March 15, 22, & 29, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DAVID ANTHONY LACY, DDS CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0029

LegaL Notices 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: APRIL 3, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Christopher Mulder 11555 Los Osos Valley Rd., Ste. 105 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 March 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH NOEL WEBER CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0066

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOSEPH NOEL WEBER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MICHAEL E. WEBER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that MICHAEL E. WEBER 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: MAY 1, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Peter Josserand XIII 731 21st Street, Suite B Paso Robles, CA 93446

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DAVID A. LACY, DDS; DAVID LACY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by THOMAS C. LACY in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that THOMAS C. LACY 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 March 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KURT MORGAN HILL CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0060

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KURT MORGAN HILL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SHAWN MICHAEL HILL in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that SHAWN MICHAEL HILL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: MAY 1, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Craig S. Ainsworth 1103 Johnson Ave, Suite C San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 March 15, 22, & 29, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SALLY A. COWAN AKA SALLY ANN COWAN CASE NUMBER: 18PR - 0074

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SALLY A. COWAN aka SALLY ANN COWAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STEVE GERVAIS in the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo.

The Petition for Probate requests that STEVE GERVAIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as

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LegaL Notices follows: APRIL 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 8, in Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Scott W. Wall 1102 Laurel Lane San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 March 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE

The following unit will be sold to satisfy liens against them at a public auction to be held on Friday, March 30, 2018.

Unit #414 - Anthony R. Cantrelle.

BBQ, surfboard, fishing rods, skis, tools, dolly, boxes & tubs, bike, fans, ottoman, paint,clothing, shelving.

Sealed bids will be accepted preceding a silent auction at 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Friday, March 30, 2018, at THEATRE DRIVE SELF STORAGE, 2371 THEATRE DRIVE, PASO ROBLES, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California. Bond #0727501. Bids will be taken from 9 AM to 10 AM (owner has the right to refuse and all bids. Owner has the right to bid.) Highest bidder will be notified by telephone by 10:30 AM the day of the auction. Cash or credit cards only. This is due and payable at the time of removal, which must be completed by 5:00 PM on the day of the auction.

March 22, 29, 2018

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is given that undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to sections 21701-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 515 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. Main Mini Storage located at 1380 Santa Ynez Ave., 2000 Mt. View Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402 and 2100 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442, will sell by competitive bidding ending on or after April 9th, 2018 on or after 10:00 A.M., property in storage units. Auction is to be held online at www.storagetreasures.com.

Property to be sold includes, but is not limited to: Bookshelves, dressers, washers & dryers, desks, beds, tables and chairs, bed frames, mattresses, kitchen utensils, kitchenware, pots and pans, appliances, furnishings, clothing, household items, luggage, cabinets, sporting equipment, fishing gear, camping gear, tools, computers, monitors, printers, toys, office furniture, personal items, possible collectibles/antiques and boxed items contents unknown. Also included in the sale is a 2006 Dodge, VIN# 2D4GV57236H410545, CA Lic. 5WBD788 to be sold on 04/09/2018 at 10:00 by Main Mini Storage at 1380 Santa Ynez Avenue, Los Osos, CA 93402. Items belonging to the following: LOS OSOS Jason Poelman, 10x20 Marie S. Faria, 10x25 Tommy Lee Clark, 5x10 Purchases must be paid for at time of sale in CASH ONLY. All purchased items sold as is, where is. Items must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Advertiser reserves the right to bid.

Dated this day 20h day of March 2018.

Auction by StorageTreasures.com Phone (855)722-8853 Main Mini Storage (805) 528-7864 Ad to run March 29th and April 5, 2018.

LegaL Notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. NO.: 2017-03217CA A.P.N.:049-023-026 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2800 FERROCARRIL ROAD, ATASCADERO, CA 93422

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요 약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01/08/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: William Schmidt and Laura A. Schmidt, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 01/16/2007 as Instrument No. 2007002928 in book —-, page—and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California, Date of Sale: 04/25/2018 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: IN THE BREEZEWAY ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES BLDG. LOCATED AT 1087 SANTA ROSA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408

LegaL Notices NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource. com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2017-03217-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: March 15, 2018 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx Estimated amount of unpaid bal- _____________________________ ance, reasonably estimated costs ______________ and other charges: $ 785,248.14 Trustee Sale Assistant THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE:

WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. March 29, April 5, & 12, 2018

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. NO.: 9986-6191 TSG ORDER NO.: 150182750-CA-VOI A.P.N.: 092-161-018

All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER described as: A DEED OF TRUST DATED UNLESS YOU More fully described in said Deed 11/30/2004.

TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR of Trust.

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A Street Address or other common PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN designation of real property: 2800 EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE Ferrocarril Road, Atascadero, CA OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A 93422 LAWYER. Affinia Default Services, A.P.N.: 049-023-026 LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, The undersigned Trustee disclaims under and pursuant to the power of any liability for any incorrectness of sale contained in that certain Deed the street address or other common of Trust Recorded 12/09/2004 as Document No.: 2004107087, designation, if any, shown above. of Official Records in the office of The sale will be made, but without the Recorder of San Luis Obispo covenant or warranty, expressed or County, California, executed by: implied, regarding title, possession, TERRY J. WAMBOLT, A MARRIED or encumbrances, to pay the re- MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE maining principal sum of the note(s) PROPERTY AND LEO H. WAMBOLT secured by the Deed of Trust with AN UNMARRIED MAN AS JOINT interest thereon, as provided in said TENANTS, as Trustor, WILL SELL note(s), advances, under the terms AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHof said Deed of Trust, fees, charges EST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable and expenses of the Trustee and in full at time of sale by cash, a of the trusts created by said Deed cashier’s check drawn by a state of Trust. The total amount of the or national bank, a check drawn by unpaid balance of the obligation a state or federal credit union, or a secured by the property to be sold check drawn by a state or federal and reasonable estimated costs, savings and loan association, savexpenses and advances at the time ings association, or savings bank of the initial publication of the Notice specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do of Sale is: business in this state).

All right, $ 785,248.14. title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Note: Because the Beneficiary re- Trust in the property situated in said serves the right to bid less than the County and state, and as more fully total debt owed, it is possible that described in the above referenced at the time of the sale the opening Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: bid may be less than the total debt. 04/24/2018 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: In the breezeway adjacent to If the Trustee is unable to convey the County General Services Buildtitle for any reason, the successful ing, 1087 Santa Rosa Street, San bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The street shall be the return of monies paid to address and other common desigthe Trustee, and the successful bid- nation, if any, of the real property der shall have no further recourse. described above is purported to be: 1580 SCENIC VIEW WAY, NIPOMO, The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust CA 93444 The undersigned Trustee has executed and delivered to the disclaims any liability for any incorundersigned a written request to rectness of the street address and commence foreclosure, and the other common designation, if any, undersigned caused a Notice of shown herein. Said sale will be Default and Election to Sell to be re- made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, excorded in the county where the real pressed or implied, regarding title, property is located.

LegaL Notices possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $402,133.50 (Estimated) as of 04/02/2018. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9986-6191. 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. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Affinia Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 833-2907452 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting. com or Call: 916-939-0772. Affinia Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. TS 41963 LN HURL TO 170035080.

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/9/2015.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below.

NOTICE: ALL AMERICAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE, AS TRUSTEE, WILL NOT ACCEPT THIRD PARTY ENDORSED CASHIER’S CHECKS. ALL CASHIER’S CHECKS MUST BE PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO ALL AMERICAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon,

LegaL Notices as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Randall J. Hurl, Duly Appointed Trustee: All American Foreclosure Service. Recorded 2/9/2015 as Instrument No. 2015005357 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, California. Date of Sale: 4/5/2018 at 11:00 AM. Place of Sale: In the breezeway adjacent to the County General Services Bldg. located at 1087 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $33,069.24. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 780 Mesa Grande Drive Shandon, CA 93461. A.P.N.: 017291-017. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of the monies paid to the trustee and the successful bidder shall have no recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (805) 543-7088 or visit this Internet Web site www.eloandata.com , using the file number assigned to this case 41963. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 3/8/2018. All American Foreclosure Service, 1363 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 5437088. Sheryle A. Machado, Trustee Sale Officer March 15, 22, & 29, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-0802 OLD FILE NO. 2017-2800 Spark Psychological Services, 5975 Entrada Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County.

The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 11-20-2017. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Laurie Ferguson (5305 Cascabel Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business was conducted by An Individual /s/ Laurie Ferguson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-162018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

March 22, 29, April 5 & 12, 2018 Three small commercial buildings located at 435 Marsh St., 1210 & 1218 Carmel St. San Luis Obispo, available for moving to interested parties. Contact Jim Rendler (408)891-8303 February 15, March 8, & 29, 2018

LegaL Notices NOTICE SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): KYLE BILLINGSLEY, AN INDIVIDUAL; HAL BILLINGSLEY, AN INDIVIDUAL; SEAN DESPAIN, AN INDIVIDUAL; HELIOS DAYSPRING, AND INDIVIDUAL, AND DOES 1-50, INCLUSIVE,

LegaL Notices corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar ias cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ao una consesion de artitraje en un caso dce derecho civll.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: 17CV-0462 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SUPEYOU ARE BEING SUED RIOR COURT 1035 PALM STREET

BY PLAINTIFF: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93408 The name, address, and tele(LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO phone number of plaintiff’s attorEL DEMANDANTE): ney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: PATRICK AURIGNAC, (El nombre, la dirección y el númeINDIVIDUALLY AND DE- ro de teléfono del abogado del deRIVATIVELY ON BEHALF mandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): OF LEGACY RANCH, Roy E. Ogden (Bar#126961) Fax No: (805) 544-7700 LLC, A CALIFORNIA Ogden & Fricks LLP LIMITED LIABILITY Phone No: (805) 544-5600 COMPANY, 656 Santa Rosa Street, Suite 2B Luis Obispo, CA 93401 CASE NUMBER: 17CV- San Date: 08-25-2017 0462 By: /s/ Michael Powell, Clerk /s/, Notice! You have been sued. The M. Zepeda, Deputy Clerk, court may decide against you without your being heard unless March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 2018 you respond in 30 days. Read the information below.

ORDER TO SHOW You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS afCAUSE FOR CHANGE ter this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written OF NAME CASE response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A NUMBER: 18CVP-0047 letter or phone call will not protect To all interested persons: you. Your written response must Petitioner: Paige Gee filed a petibe in proper legal form if you want tion with this court for a decree the court to hear your case. There changing names as follows: PRESmay be a court form that you can ENT NAME: Zane Ares Collins to use for your response. You can PROPOSED NAME: Zane Ares Gee find these court forms and more information at the California Courts THE COURT ORDERS: that all perOnline Self-Help Center (www. sons interested in this matter apcourtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your pear before this court at the hearcounty law library, or the court- ing indicated below to show cause, house nearest you. If you cannot if any, why the petition for change pay the filing fee, ask the court of name should not be granted. clerk for a fee waiver form. If you Any person objecting to the name do not file your response on time, changes described above must file you may lose the case by default, a written objection that includes and your wages, money and prop- the reasons for the objection at erty may be taken without further least two days before the matter warning from the court. is scheduled to be heard and must There are other legal require- appear at the hearing to show ments. You may want to call an cause why the petition should not attorney right away. If you do be granted. If no written objection not know an attorney, you may is timely filed, the court may grant want to call an attorney referral the petition without a hearing. service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: free legal services from a non- 04/04/2018, Time: 9:00 am, profit legal services program. You Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of can locate these nonprofit groups California, County of San Luis Obisat the California Legal Services po, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. CA 93446. A copy of this Order org), the California Courts online to Show Cause shall be published Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. at least once each week for four ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting successive weeks prior to the date your local court or county bar as- set for hearing on the petition in sociation. NOTE: The court has a the following newspaper of general statutory lien for waived fees and circulation, printed in this county: costs on any settlement or arbitra- New Times tion award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be Date: February 8, 2018 paid before the court will dismiss /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the the case.

Superior Court ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no March 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018 responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra ORDER TO SHOW sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

CAUSE FOR CHANGE Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS OF NAME CASE despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para NUMBER: 18CVP-0082 presentar una repuesta por escrito To all interested persons: en esta corte y hacer que se en- Petitioner: Holly Hobson filed a tregue una copia al demandante. petition with this court for a deUna carta o una llamada telefonica cree changing names as follows: no lo protegen. Su respuesta por PRESENT NAME: Adrianna Faith escrito tiene que estar en formato Vasquez to PROPOSED NAME: legal correcto si desea que proce- Adrianna Faith Vazquez Hobson sen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted THE COURT ORDERS: that all perpuede usar para su respuesta. Pu- sons interested in this matter apede encontrar estos formuleriors pear before this court at the hearde la corte y mas informacion en ing indicated below to show cause, el Centro de Ayuda de las Cor- if any, why the petition for change tes de California (www.courtinfo. of name should not be granted. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol), en la Any person objecting to the name biblioteca de leyes de su condado changes described above must file o en la corte que le quede mas a written objection that includes cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota the reasons for the objection at de presentacion, pida al secretario least two days before the matter de la corte que le de un formulario is scheduled to be heard and must de exencion de pago de cuotas. appear at the hearing to show Si no presenta su repuesta a cause why the petition should not tiempo, puede perder el caso por be granted. If no written objection incumplimiento y la corte la podra is timely filed, the court may grant quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes the petition without a hearing. sin mas advertencia.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: Hay otros requistas legales. Es 05/02/2018, Time: 9:00 am, recomendable que llame a un abo- Dept. P2 at the Superior Court of gado inmediamente. Si no conoce California, County of San Luis Obisa un abogado, puede llamar a un po, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, servicio de remision a abogados. CA 93446. A copy of this Order Si no puede pagar a un abogado, to Show Cause shall be published es posible que cumpla con los at least once each week for four requisitos para obtener servicios successive weeks prior to the date legales gratuitos de un programa set for hearing on the petition in de servicios legales sin fines de the following newspaper of general lucro. Puede encontrar estos gru- circulation, printed in this county: pos sin fines de lucro en el sitio New Times web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Date: March 6, 2018 Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de /s/: Linda D. Hurst, Judge of the California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) Superior Court o poniendose en contacto con la March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

for the week of March 29

LegaL Notices STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-0612 OLD FILE NO. 2015-2982 Precision Driving School, 1720 Johnson Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County.

The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 12-18-2015. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Precision Driving School South LLC (1720 Johnson Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Precision Driving School South LLC, Ilene Sicanof, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 02-28-2018.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By JF. Brown, Deputy Clerk.

March 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-0647 OLD FILE NO. 2017-0856 Precision Estimating Services, 3000 Broad Street #213, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 0331-2017. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Precision Building Group (3000 Broad Street #213, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business was conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Precision Building Group, Karl J. Vaillancourt, Chief Executive Officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-02-2018. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By C. Anwood, Deputy Clerk.

March 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

NEW FILE NO. 2018-0751 OLD FILE NO. 2016-1914 Cayucos Liquor, 75-79 S. Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Luis Obispo County on 08-11-2016. The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Samer Ajjan, Salem Ajjan (877 Norma Dr., Pismo Beach, CA 93449), Francisco Arroyo (2950 Santa Barbara, Cayucos, CA 93430). This business was conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Samer Ajjan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-13-2018.

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong, County Clerk. By D. Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

March 22, 29, April 5 & 12, 2018

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): A few years ago, a New Zealander named Bruce Simpson announced plans to build a cruise missile at his home using parts he bought legally from eBay and other online stores. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you initiate a comparable project. For example, you could arrange a do-it-yourself space flight by tying a thousand helium balloons to your lawn chair.

APRIL FOOL! I lied. Please don’t try lunatic schemes like the helium balloon space flight. Here’s the truth: Now is a favorable time to initiate big, bold projects, but not foolish, big, bold projects. The point is to be both visionary and practical.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Finnish word kalsarikännit means getting drunk at home alone in your underwear and bingeing on guilty pleasures. It’s a perfect time for you to do just that. The Fates are whispering, “Chill out. Vegetate. Be ambitionless.” APRIL FOOL! I told a half-truth. In fact, now is a perfect time to excuse yourself from trying too hard and doing too much. You can accomplish wonders and marvels by staying home and bingeing on guilty pleasures in your underwear. But there’s no need to get drunk.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Actor Gary Busey is very sure there are no mirrors in heaven. He has other specific ideas about the place, as well. This became a problem when he was filming the movie Quigley, in which his character Archie visits heaven. Busey was so enraged at the director’s mistaken rendering of paradise that he got into a fistfight with another actor. I hope you will show an equally feisty fussiness in the coming weeks, Gemini. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. On the one hand, I do hope you’ll be forceful as you insist on expressing your high standards. Don’t back down! But on the other hand, refrain from pummeling anyone who asks you to compromise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the Scots language still spoken in parts of Scotland, eedle-doddles are people who can’t summon initiative when it’s crunch time. They are so consumed in trivial or irrelevant concerns that they lose all instinct for being in the right place at the right time. I regret to inform you that you are now at risk of being an eedle-doddle. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, the truth is just the opposite. I have rarely seen you so well-primed to respond vigorously and bravely to Big Magic Moments. For the foreseeable future, you are King or Queen of Carpe Diem.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Paul McCartney likes to periodically act like a regular person who’s not a famous musician. He goes grocery shopping without bodyguards. He rides on public transportation and strikes up conversations with random strangers. I think you may need to engage in similar behavior yourself, Leo. You’ve become a bit too enamored with your own beauty and magnificence. You really do need to come down to earth and hang out more with us little people. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is prime time to hone your power and glory, to indulge your urge to shine and dazzle, to be as conspicuously marvelous as you dare to be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming days will be an excellent time to concoct an alchemical potion that will heal your oldest wounds. For best results, mix and sip a gallon of potion using the following magic ingredients: absinthe, chocolate syrup, cough medicine, dandelion tea, cobra venom, and worm’s blood. APRIL FOOL! I mixed a lie in with a truth. It is a fact that now is a fine time to seek remedies for your ancient wounds. But the potion I recommended is bogus. Go on a quest for the real cure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I expect you will soon receive a wealth of exotic and expensive gifts. For example, a benefactor may finance your vacation to a gorgeous sacred site or give you

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a narrow waterway between Asia and Europe. In the fifth century B.C., Persian King Xerxes had two bridges built across it so he could invade Greece with his army. But a great storm swept through and smashed his handiwork. Xerxes was royally peeved. He ordered his men to whip the uncooperative sea and brand it with hot irons, all the while shouting curses at it, like “You are a turbid and briny river.” I recommend that you do something similar, Scorpio. Has Nature done anything to inconvenience you?

Show it who’s the Supreme Boss! APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is an excellent time for you to become more attuned and in love with a Higher Power, however you define that. What’s greater than you and bigger than your life and wilder than you can imagine? Refine your practice of the art of surrender.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi was such a lustful womanizer that he sometimes found it tough to focus on making art. At one point, his wealthy and politically powerful patron Cosimo de’ Medici, frustrated by his extracurricular activities, imprisoned him in his studio to ensure he wouldn’t get diverted. Judging from your current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suspect you need similar constraints. APRIL FOOL! I fibbed a little. I am indeed worried you’ll get so caught up in the pursuit of pleasure that you’ll neglect your duties. But I won’t go so far as to suggest you should be locked up for your own good.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is a favorable time to slap a lawsuit on your mom in an effort to make her pay for the mistakes she made while raising you. You could also post an exposé on social media in which you reveal her shortcomings, or organize a protest rally outside her house with your friends holding signs demanding she apologize for how she messed you up. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just said was ridiculous and false. The truth is, now is a perfect moment to meditate on the gifts and blessings your mother gave you. If she is still alive, express your gratitude to her. If she has passed on, do a ritual to honor and celebrate her.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple. She has also published 33 other books and built a large audience. But some of her ideas are not exactly mainstream. For example, she says that one of her favorite authors is David Icke, who asserts that intelligent extraterrestrial reptiles have disguised themselves as humans and taken control of our planet’s governments. I bring this to your attention, because I think it’s time that you, too, reveal the full extent of how crazy you really are. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. While it’s true that now is a favorable time to show more of your unconventional and eccentric sides, I don’t advise you to go full-on whacko.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Warning! Danger! You are at risk of contracting a virulent case of cherophobia! And what exactly is cherophobia? It’s a fear of happiness. It’s an inclination to dodge and shun joyful experiences because of the suspicion that they will disappoint you or cause bad luck. Please do something to stop this insidious development. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is that you are currently more receptive to positive emotions and delightful events than you’ve been in a log time. There’s less than a 1 percent chance you will fall victim to cherophobia. ∆

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Thank You,

Congressman Carbajal for asking the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to begin the designation process for the

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

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I am supportive of moving the public review process forward for the Chumash National Marine Sanctuary. My office will contact NOAA in the coming weeks to encourage them to promote the proposed sanctuary from the inventory list and begin the study and an inclusive public engagement process.”

Dylan Epstein

SIGN THE PETITION AT: TINYURL.COM/CHNMSPETITION or CHUMASHSANCTUARY.ORG We urge residents of the Central Coast to join with Representative Carbajal and 15,000 of your friends and neighbors by signing the petition to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at either of the web sites above. Let’s secure permanent protection from oil and gas drilling for our coast, secure unparalleled research and education opportunities, and create programs that will benefit marine wildlife and the Central Coast watershed, boost our local economy, and affirm indigenous culture and historic use as core values along with protection of ocean habitat.

Greg Haas, district aide to Rep. Carbajal, reading the Congressman’s statement at “Now More Than Ever: A Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary,” Cal Poly, March 17, 2018.