Sandy Baer~A Force of Nature
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…
Video: Writing Local History. That Isn’t Local.
Local historian and award-winning writer Jim Gregory has just completed a new video, Writing Local History—That Isn't Local. He writes that it's a kind of primer. "Because no matter how…
The Poet of Valencia Peak
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…
Local Filmmaker Depicts Another Local Man’s Journey
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…
Mural Migrates to Botanical Garden
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…
Local Picks: Who’s Reading What?
Good news! People are still reading books—all sorts of interesting titles and genres and authors’ voices competing for our attention. I was curious about the books that people I know…
Back & Forth: Linna Thomas & 50 Years of Coalesce
The dream of owning a bookstore brought Linna Thomas and Janet Brown from Oregon to Morro Bay, where they first opened Coalesce Bookstore in July 1973. Thomas became sole proprietor…
“Chinatown” Didn’t Wow SLO in ’74
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and Roman Polanski all made a special “appearance” in San Luis Obispo on May 3, 1974. Their stopover here was brief, barely more than…
Copeland Vinyl Collection Goes To Auction
The vinyl record collection of the late San Luis Obispo sporting goods magnate Jim Copeland is slated to go to auction in April, a move that one memorabilia expert calls “a…