Category: Opinion

I’m visiting Cayucos again from Fort Wayne IN. When we travel, my search for a newspaper is increasingly challenging. Fortunately, my efforts to secure a read were successful at the Cayucos grocery store where I found the Estero...

We’ve all heard that expression, “Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water.” There is nowhere this might better be applied than to the issue of the designation of a marine sanctuary off our Central California Coast. Many...

The “Voter Initiative Filed on Battery Plant” article focuses on the most recent voter initiated legislation in the City of Morro Bay. I allowed myself to be distracted from the topic by reflecting on the number of successful...

Morro Bay 4-H has been busy gathering and donating non-perishable food to the Estero Bay Kindness collation. We also made and donated Valentine’s Day cards to the residents of Casa De Flores.   Due to the recent storms our 4-H...

A sincere thank you to Cathy Novak from the members of Central Coast Women for Fisheries for her help with our projects thru the years. She was instrumental in getting us through the permitting process with the City and...

I visited Cayucos for the first time yesterday. We’ve always driven by on PCH but never stopped until now.  We had a lovely lunch at, I think it was Luna’s, and I found a copy of your paper. Just wanted to say I thoroughly...

Morro Bayans … listen up.  Our little town is grappling with enormous generational challenges.  We need you to get involved, get educated, and work together to find our best solutions.  Our harbor’s infrastructure, much of it...

The California Central Coast Region of the Porsche Club of America wants to publicly thank Ali Kahn and Jonathan Crabtree of San Luis Mercedes/Chevrolet for allowing our region members to meet at their dealerships on select...

The County Giveth and the County Taketh Away It was dismaying news recently when hearing that the safe parking community on Oklahoma Avenue near the Sheriff’s office in SLO County was going to close. Wasn’t it just a short time...

I am confused about the article [Garbage Rates Set to Jump. Vol. 5, Issue 4] you posted on 2/23/23 regarding the proposed increase in garbage rates in Los Osos. The article states that the increase would be 41%. The notice we...

The initial public tour of the new Water Resources Facility in Morro Bay was amazing.  On this hillside setting, geologists, hydrologists and construction professionals have built a water-purifying factory that will provide...

If you haven’t been in to see the brand new San Luis Obispo County Animal Services adoption facility yet, then you don’t realize what you’re missing out on! Not only is the new facility itself amazing, but so are all the...