Local Interest

This event was scheduled December 16, 2023. Travel back in time to experience the holiday season in the 19th century when SLO County Public Libraries presents “Poetry at the Price…

A new Hollywood movie recently wrapped up filming in Morro Bay, and if you attend the 2024 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, you may be among the first to…

The application deadline for this grant program was September 1, 2023. The City of San Luis Obispo is inviting local nonprofit organizations to apply now for funds from a new…

R.A.C.E. Matters celebrated the grand opening of Texture with a ribbon-cutting June 2, 2023. Texture has arrived, and for many people of color in SLO County, the opening of this…

Peggy Rothschild and I have a few things in common. We both share a passion for writing, matched only by a deep love for animals, especially dogs. And we’ve both…

If you’re reading this, then the news is sad because it means that my friend and sparring partner Sandy Baer has died. I got the call announcing that hospice had…

Writing Local History—That Isn't Local is a kind of primer. Because no matter how much we might disagree—we are all connected as Americans—"local" history never really is just "local."

The view from Valencia Peak The mountains are calling, and I must go.” ~ John Muir The mountains have been calling Los Osos poet Bob Kamm for as long as…

From "Shoe Shine Caddie," making its U.S. debut at SLOIFF this month. On May 2, 2023, the SLO International Film Festival announced that Shoe Shine Caddie won the 2023 Audience…

Installing "Nature Inspires" at SLO Botanical Garden A ceramic mural that for more than 35 years graced Mission Plaza in downtown San Luis Obispo has found a new home at…