Local History: John Michael Price
Price House, Pismo Beach Whaler, Vaquero, Rancher, and Founder of Pismo Beach Part 1: From Bristol, England, to the Central Coast Unexpectedly I fell in love. Not a…
Reflections: Spoiled by Computer-Generated Orcs
Since the weeds in the back are getting really tall, I avoided pulling them by watching the 1944 film Passage to Marseille, or at least the last half, the other day.…
Video: People of Honor
Behind Barbed Wire, a look at Central Coast Japanese American life during World War II, was held on January 31 at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande. The program included…
Personal History: He Would Be 100 Years Old Today
This guy would've been 100 years old today. I sure miss him. There was no one funnier than him, or as mischievous, or as nimble with words. I once saw…
Local History: Patrick Moore Believed in Education
[caption id="attachment_7634" align="alignleft" width="275"] Patrick Moore, center. After Sarah died, Moore married Mollie O’Connor, at right. At left is Annie Gray, later Annie Gray Shannon. Photo Courtesy Michael Shannon.[/caption] Irish-born…
Local History: Political Diversity in AG
One in a series of historical nuggets that local author, historian, and teacher Jim Gregory has mined from our rich, robust, and sometimes rowdy past here on the Central Coast of…
Local History: The Exotic Merchants of Arroyo Grande
One in a series of historical nuggets that local author, historian, and teacher Jim Gregory has mined from our rich, robust, and sometimes rowdy past here on the Central Coast of…
Free Event Features CA Poet Laureate
[caption id="attachment_7088" align="alignleft" width="125"] Lee Herrick[/caption] The Coastal Dunes Branch of the California Writers Club is kicking off California Writers Week with an afternoon of literary exploration on Sunday, October…
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…
Personal History: Zen and My Current Location
In the spring of 2015, on a three-week trip to Paris and the British Isles, I took my new Samsung Galaxy S6. I was able to use Facebook, respond to…