KCBX Welcomes New News Director
KCBX Central Coast Public Radio has hired a seasoned journalist, editor, and producer as news director. Monica Lopez, who most recently worked for Financial Times as an audio engineer for…
NEH Offers Funding for Media Projects
The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering grants to support the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with…
Local History: The Face on the Wall
Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino The long hallway from the lobby to the KVEC radio studio on Sacramento Drive in San Luis Obispo is lined with memories, vintage black-and-white…
Author Stillman Talks “American Confidential”
This event was scheduled April 1, 2024. Get a taste of what's coming up at this month's SLO NightWriters meeting when Dave Congalton interviews critically acclaimed writer Deanne Stillman on…
Thumbs Up for New Siskel & Ebert Book
If you grew up in Chicago, as I did, and if you’re passionate about movies, as I am, then you certainly know the names Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. And…
King Harris, In His Own Words
Many of us first came across King Harris while he was the anchor and news director at KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara. He became more of a local San Luis Obispo…
King Harris Tells Tales in New Book
A book of stories, essays, anecdotes, and observations from a Central Coast journalist who chronicled the stories of all kinds of folks from all walks of life is now available…
Dick Blankenburg~A Lifetime of Service
A lifetime of service to others ended Saturday, January 28 when retired editor and publisher of the Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder, Richard “Dick” Blankenburg, passed away. He was 86. Dick Blankenburg…