I was at one of those stores on the Embarcadero not long ago when I saw some interesting Morro Bay T-shirts. Instead of featuring Morro Rock, as you might expect, these shirts featured the familiar... read entire article
When big wave Darryl “Flea” Virostko had his car vandalized in Cayucos a while back, it must’ve felt a little like home. After all, his hometown, Santa Cruz, is perhaps the most... read entire article
Big ideas, big controversy. For a guy named Newt, he likes a big fishbowl. According to Babynamer.com the name originates in Old English, "neowe tun" meaning new town, an abbreviation of Newton. Ne... read entire article
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival begins today For some, the words “March Madness” conjure up images of collegiate basketball players, cute cheerleaders and screaming coac... read entire article
For the first time in close to ten years, I’ve been working out at a gym as of late. And so far, the benefits have been great: I can see where I’m slowly but surely getting back into s... read entire article
News of the Native Lounge going belly up got me thinking again about the restaurant industry. Specifically, why do so many restaurants fail and what is the magic recipe for success? I’m not i... read entire article
Attempting to surf during today’s tsunami would probably have been a bad idea, given all the messy things that can happen during a tsunami. (Read this Slate article on why trying to surf a bi... read entire article
Word on the street is that we experienced some pretty good tsunami surges out there today. There was no major damage, but this alert was clearly more than the usual tsunami false alarm. While ev... read entire article
You can only hear about a tsunami for so long. As I was writing my lost blog entry on today’s tsunami, I decided I might as well just take a look for myself. So I headed south, toward Avila B... read entire article
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to the radio when one of those emergency warnings came on that wasn’t just a test. But this morning it happened, as we were warned to evacuate low... read entire article
To some the tsunami watch called for the West Coast might have seemed like overkill, but residents of Crescent City in Northern California know otherwise. About 580 miles north of San Luis Obispo o... read entire article
Highlights include “The People Speak,” “Polish Bar” and “The Searchers” The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival continues today with another round of gre... read entire article
Reading about the death of big wave surfer Sion Milosky, one thought quickly came to mind: Why would a father of two young girls choose to surf giant waves? Milosky was surfing Mavericks at Half Mo... read entire article
Local band PK won’t be on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, but they did get a nice bump from the magazine’s first ever cover contest. The North County-based indie band was chosen as... read entire article
I had to hold my breath while watching coverage of the Japan nuclear crisis last night. The host had asked a nuclear expert how a potential nuclear meltdown there would impact the United States. ... read entire article