February 2008. Four years after my first trip to Cuba I enrolled in the same dance program, with the same teachers, and was soon retracing my...
READ MOREThe Tank Farm fire
by Joe Carotenuti | Feb 1, 2019 | Avila Beach, Community, History, San Luis Obispo
The stories–both published and told around the small town—could easily claim the unparalleled event was “History in the Making.” It is...
READ MORESan Luis Obispo ordinances: Dogs
by Heather Young | Jan 1, 2019 | Community, History, San Luis Obispo
The date: September 9, 1850 The event: You live in a settlement now officially within the 31st state of the Union. The dilemma: You need to...
READ MORESecret Societies: Knights of Pythias
by Joe Carotenuti | Dec 1, 2018 | Arroyo Grande, Community, History, Nipomo, Paso Robles, People, San Luis Obispo
They were dark days. The necessity of organization, of intimate relationship, of mutual knowledge and confidence with associates, for...
READ MOREDana gets new director and long-awaited cultural center opens
by Aprll Charlton | Nov 1, 2018 | Community, History, Nipomo, Nonprofit, People
Robin Bogue was destined to become involved with the newly opened Dana Cultural Center, so it only makes sense she now heads the nonprofit Dana...
READ MORESecret Societies: Freemasons
by Joe Carotenuti | Nov 1, 2018 | Community, History, San Luis Obispo
Just what makes a community? There must be people, structures, various elements of governance and–unfortunately–the less virtuous of humans....
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