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Giant puppets made in Lompoc are heading to World Cup watch parties in LA

Most people have never been the puppeteer inside a 12-foot-tall puppet, but Jennifer Racusin has. “You are completely surrounded by fabric, and you have this big, heavy wooden thing attached to you,” Racusin recounted. “You don’t feel like yourself at all because you’re hidden inside of this thing. … You kind of become whatever it […]

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Mayhem Canines teaches dogs to ditch the pavement and hike San Luis Obispo County’s great outdoors

TRAILBLAZING Think your furry companions can handle something a little more hardcore than a walk around the park?  Alissa Loftus of Mayhem Canine has your answer. “Hiking is much more efficient, much more stimulating for the dog,” she said. “They’re not just being marched around the pavement. They get to run and jump, get dirty, […]

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