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  1. Meet Morro Bay’s great landmark (not the Rock)

    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

  2. Is surf localism a good thing?

    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

  3. Newt Gingrich for President

    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

  4. Here’s the best of the film fest

    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

  5. How the gym annoys me

    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

  6. The recipe for a winning restaurant

    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

  7. Is it safe? Post-tsunami surf options

    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

  8. History of tsunamis in SLO County

    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

  9. Tsunami spectators — watching from a safe place

    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

  10. Head for the hills — tsunami hits the Central Coast

    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

  11. Tsunami warnings not always heeded

    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

  12. Today’s film festival picks

    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

  13. Should parents surf giant waves?

    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

  14. Local band doesn’t advance in Rolling Stone contest

    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

  15. Bring on the iodide pills!

    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