Ask the Doc by Dr. Robert Swain
You don't know what you don't know until you know what you didn't know. I hope to give you information so that you will know what you didn't know. Read More
Behind the Badge by Richard Hannibal
Retirement has always been a four-letter word to me. My dad did not retire until he was 86-years-old. I am certain that his continued involvement with work, friends, and community gave him many additional, healthy years. So, when I recently left my beloved police officer position with the Morro Bay Police Department, I was not very thrilled — to say the least. Read More
Best Friends by Malcolm Riordan, DVM
Earlier this year, Virbac Animal Health asked veterinarians to submit ‘The funniest question you've ever been asked by a client.' It is just about daily where we have to hide incredulity behind a serious and respecting manner. Read More
Coast Senior Watch
A visit to Jesse Arnold's winter garden in Cambria seems no less lavish than what one would expect with a summer planting. The rows of blossoming, bee-laden fava beans which enrich the soil with the nitrogen they draw from the air swayed in the sunny afternoon breeze. Read More
California State Parks
Events from California State Parks Foundation — Read More — and Curatorial Committee Report Read More
Then - Sometimes, good things happen, like filmmakers David Vassar and Sally Kaplan wanting to premiere and screen their new movie, California Forever as a benefit for CCSPA at the Hearst Castle IMAX theatre. Read More
Double Vision by By Shana Ogren
Grandpa Buddy collected junk. I would take these walks around the neighborhood with him in San Luis Obispo, and Buddy would silently pick up random items — a rusty screwdriver, a comb, a bent nail — from the street or the sidewalk and deposit them into his pocket. Read More
Feel Better Forever by Brian Dorfman
My son Avery jammed his thumb when he was about two years old. I'm embarrassed to admit that it took a while for my wife, Nicole, and I to notice, and then wonder if he was actually born with a crooked thumb – (photos attest to the fact that he did once have a perfect thumb). Read More
Go Green by Lawson Schaller
Like many, I have been interested in resource conservation for a long time. I have also been writing about it here for since the Journal began in July of 2009. It is very uplifting to see and hear an increased level of interest and participation in resource conservation. Read More
The Human Condition by John Bullaro
The 2012 Republican presidential nominee race has become a blood sport. Three of the four candidates hurdle lies, distortions, and phony interpretations of their rivals accomplishments at each other. They slam their rivals' positions on issues, and on their past service history. Why? To confuse voters. Read More
Medical Myth Busting by Dr. Steven Sainsbury
Here on the Central Coast, poison oak is rampant. It grows like a weed, and can be found along stream beds and hiking paths, on hillsides, and even in your own backyard. Poison oak's cousins, found farther east, are poison ivy and poison summac—few of us have escaped its wrath. Read More
Observations of a Country Squire by George Zidbeck
Even if I didn't formally study anthropology beyond a Bachelor's Degree at UCLA, and worked as a deputy probation officer after graduation, I kept my mind 'wet' the past fifty years by following anthropological studies in a mix of journals and catching updates as presented via TV — i.e. the Discovery, Learning, and National Geographic channels. Read More
One Cool Earth by Greg Ellis (New Column)
To really understand hedgerows, let's look at their humble origin. Hedgerows date back thousands of years to the dawn of agriculture. Like many amazing and useful things, early hedgerows were more the product of accident than human ingenuity. Read More
Slo Coast Cooking by Elise Griffith
Back in the day, food co-ops were commonplace. We were all juggling babies, budgets, careers, and households. A night of entertaining meant getting together for potluck dinner parties.Read More
Surfing Out Of The Box by Paul Finley
This article is my opinions and comparisons of the two most commonly used board construction types on the market. Since I work with both types and see advantages of both, I have tried my best to give a non biased evaluation. Read More
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