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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Volume: 31, Issue: 46 Home News Opinion Arts & Events Film Food & Wine Community Classifieds Multi-Media Outside Special Issues Archives About Us Advertising NEXT 7 DAYS This week's events SEARCH Select a date February S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 More search tools click here SUBMIT AN EVENT Add your event yourself Featured Slideshow BarrelHouse Speakeasy and Barbershop in SLO View All Slideshows Weekly Poll Do you think the Carrizo Plain should stay a national monument? Absolutely. The Carrizo is one of the last undeveloped areas of the San Joaquin Valley, a protected habitat for endangered species, and a natural wonder for the public. Yes, but I don't think it's as clear cut as some think. The Trump Administration should take a look at its status. The feds should consider reducing the size of the monument. No. The Carrizo should be privatized. 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Hovering on that branch? A massive swarm of boisterous, buzzing wild bees. A few feet away lies the husk of their old ... [ Read More ] Top 5 Articles Cover Story: Life, death,and honey: Local wild bees are important to your food supply News: Cayucos decides to dissolve its fire department News: System overload: SLO mulls ordinance to drive property owners to fix sewer laterals News: John Wallace faces new criminal charges News: SLO to hike parking rates News Cayucos decides to dissolve its fire department By KAREN GARCIA After a four-year struggle to keep the Cayucos Fire Department afloat, the Cayucos Fire Protection District is handing its department over to San Luis Obispo County. Steve Be... Murder suspect was previously deported, ICE officials say By CHRIS MCGUINNESS A 24-year-old Nipomo man arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death had been deported from the United States nine months before the murder, according to Federal i... SLO Supervisors talk homelessness By PETER JOHNSON Is homelessness getting better in SLO County? That was the question debated at the SLO County Board of Supervisors meeting on June 6, when supervisors took a look at the stat... John Wallace faces new criminal charges By CHRIS MCGUINNESS Former South SLO County Sanitation District Administrator John Wallace is once again facing felony charges after the SLO County District Attorney’s Office announced it filed... Cowan re-arrested as SLO DA preps for re-trial By CHRIS MCGUINNESS After a brief period of freedom, Cambria resident Ronald Cowan is back behind bars as SLO County prosecutors take a second run at convicting him of multiple charges of child m... SLO to hike parking rates By PETER JOHNSON Your visit to downtown San Luis Obispo is about to get even pricier, especially if you bring your car. The SLO City Council approved a new parking rate structure on June 6, w... System overload: SLO mulls ordinance to drive property owners to fix sewer laterals By PETER JOHNSON San Luis Obispo’s sewage system is old. How old? Thirteen percent of SLO’s 137 miles of wastewater pipeline dates back to before World War II, and some pipes can be trace... Commentary The real Christianity By REUEL CZACH My heart hurt after I read the words written by Al Fonzi recently, in an opinion piece called “Neither bigots nor haters” (May 25). I feel sad that while I sense that he h... Hypocrisy and climate hysteria By AL FONZI “The sky is falling” should begin each and every future news story regarding the Paris Climate Accord. The leftist media are acting with the zealotry of new converts in ... Letters One view of California Valley cannabis production By Ryan Lovejoy - California Valley Cannabis is currently bringing immense value in many forms to all of the people residing in the California Valley. Whether a landowner grows cannabis or not, his or her proper... Kudos to Trump By Gary Wechter - Arroyo Grande I couldn’t be happier or more pleased with President Trump’s decision to remove us from the Paris climate accord, an agreement that was bad for America and another campaig... A place to be yourself By Ethel 'Tink' Landers - GALA Volunteer Art Curator, San Luis Obispo When I read about the rainbow flag burned at Mayor Heidi Harmon’s home I reflected on times past. I’m 67 years old and have been a participant at GALA (Gay and Lesbian All... Trust the scientists By Mike Sassard - Paso Robles I am not a politician, I do not have a Ph.D., but I put my faith in those who have put in a lot of study and are telling and warning us about our climate changing. They also d... The blame game gone awry By Jeannette Watson - Arroyo Grande With Hillary Clinton’s recent reappearance and Kathy Griffin’s bizarre stunt, we are witnessing a new phenomenon: the art of blaming others for self-inflicted wounds. Sad... Shredder Raising red flags It’s been well documented that since his Orange Unholiness Dicknold Jerkface Trumplethinskin has risen to power, hate crimes have broken out across the nation. Apparently ... Street Talk What is your favorite locally produced food item? Strokes and Plugs Stickin' on imagination By KAREN GARCIA Walking down Monterey Street, you’ll stumble upon the clear windows of a new shop with a teal colored sign. Entering Pipsticks induces what owner and founder Maureen Vázque... Arts The family behind Good Medicine Presents brings their talents to 2017's Live Oak Music Festival By GLEN STARKEY Three years ago, Todd and Korie Newman loaded up their recreational vehicle, “Marvey the RV,” and drove their kids, Rohn and Acacia, to the Live Oak Music Festival for the... E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One exhibit explores the immigrant's story at Studios on the Park By RYAH COOLEY While the list of hot-button topics bound to start WWIII at your family dinner table are ever changing in the current political landscape, on any given day the wall President ... The Siren's call: Morro Bay's newest nightclub puts the city on the live-music map with the Alvin Bros By GLEN STARKEY It’s Saturday, June 3, and the line to get into The Siren stretches way around the block. All these people are waiting to get into the sold-out Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin and... On a good note By RYAH COOLEY Mark the start of summer by catching the final concert of the season for the Cal Poly Symphony on June 10. The show starts at 8 p.m. in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Cen... Selfie spots galore By RYAH COOLEY One of the best things about life in SLO is the abundance of hiking trails. To get everyone hitting the dirt road, the city of SLO is throwing down a social media challenge: t... Break for art By RYAH COOLEY Send young Picassos with too much time on their hands to the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art’s first session of summer art classes for kids from June 19 to 23. Kids ages 7 an... Underrated: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters By KATRINA BORGES When? 2013 | What’s it rated? R | Where’s it available? Amazon Video, DVD. I was first introduced to Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters by one of my college ...