I’ve spent a lot of time on San Luis Obispo County’s sparse number of buses. By the time they’re done slowly meandering, I’m always hungry but invariably stuffed with a little more information about this sliver of the Central Coast. Golden Moon Chinese Restaurant revved up both my appetite and curiosity when I caught a […]
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Democrats Carbajal, Panetta lead local congressional races
The two congressional districts on the Central Coast lean blue, according to updated vote counts. U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal and Jimmy Panetta, both Democrats, hold the most tallied votes for the 24th and 19th Districts, respectively. As of Nov. 21, vote counts show that Carbajal received 61 percent of the votes from the 24th District, […]
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With monkeypox in Santa Barbara County, LGBTQ-plus community members worry a discriminatory history might repeat itself
Monkeypox cases in California almost doubled within a month, and the Central Coast is ramping up mitigation measures. According to monkeypox data from the California Department of Public Health, total positive cases climbed from 2,660 on Aug. 18 to 4,453 as of Sep. 13. Monkeypox rates spiked closer home in Santa Barbara County, too. The […]
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A Central Coast music school can teach you to sing or play an instrument from the comfort of your home
COVID-19 may have compelled Central Coast musician Pete Pidgeon to open a distance-learning music school, but the concept had been on his mind for years. “When I was living in Denver in 2015, I had the idea to start a music school online. The biggest complaint from people was if their child was taking a […]
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Nipomo searches for missing teenager
A 19-year-old woman from Nipomo named Shawna Seybold has been missing for more than a week, and her family wants the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office to raise the case to an at-risk situation. “I had a boy tell me he saw her get on the bus by the Nipomo High School bus stop. […]
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Pono Pacific Kitchen is the Central Coast’s answer to elevated Hawaiian cuisine
Hawaii-happy partners Preston Tripp and Ashlee Alewine felt compelled to bring an edible piece of the tropical Pacific Rim to the Central Coast. An award-winning chef, Tripp conceptualized and whipped up dishes for restaurants from California to Oahu, Hawaii. Alewine’s Central Coast roots brought the couple back to the Five Cities—the place where they first […]
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BINGEABLE: THE BEAR (2022)
BINGEABLE: THE BEAR (2022) Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? TV-MA Jeremy Allen White, who won hearts as Lip Gallagher in Shameless, graces The Bear as Carmy, a young chef who returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop. Carmy received culinary training in fine dining but now contends with a greasy-spoon restaurant […]
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FBI files complaint against man who took minor from SLO County to Mexico
The FBI lodged a criminal complaint against a 38-year-old man and his accomplice for transporting a minor from Nipomo to Mexico with the intent to engage in an illicit sexual relationship. According to the charge filed by Special Agent Brian Sullivan on July 11, Daniel Navarro of Victorville posed as a teenager on Instagram and […]
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Congress passes first gun safety legislation in 30 years
Barely two days after the Supreme Court repealed a New York gun law that regulated who could carry concealed weapons in public, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun safety package on June 25 that deals with red flag laws. The package has some ties to the Central Coast, too, with U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal […]
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Carbajal secures lead in congressional primary race
As soon as polls closed on the night of June 7, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) emerged as the lead candidate for the 24th Congressional District election. According to the June 10 ballot count, the incumbent congressman had won 62.7 percent of the votes counted so far in southern San Luis Obispo County and […]
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New Life K9s connects the PTSD-prone with service dogs through an army of support
Combat veteran David Petersen’s time on the Central Coast was bookended by two life-changing events. He arrived in May 2020 after receiving in-patient treatment for suicide, and left for Oroville in Butte County last month to be a high school football and wrestling coach, this time with a service dog named Cole in tow. “I […]
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A Nipomo couple wants to build a safe space for community skaters through a local skate shop
Former Santa Cruz locals Laura and Jameson Lucero want to build a local skate shop for their Nipomo community, but the last thing they want to do is be like a dancing Kevin Bacon. “Brick-and-mortar skate shops serve as more than places to grab products. They’re organic cultural epicenters for youth and artists,” Laura said. […]
