Welcome to the Slo Coast Journal. Published online monthly, the Journal brings you information specific to California's Central Coast.
"It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper."
Errol Flynn
by Michele Oksen
Would you like to be that person who is so strong, so balanced, and so
flexible you could grab some mane and swing up gracefully onto a horse
without the aid of a rock, a bench, a tree stump, or someone to give
you a boost? I know I would. However, the fact is, I never have been
able to get up on my horse and into the saddle without some kind of
assistance. That's where a stirrup came in handy. Read More
Morro Bay Seeks Pictures
of the Past
As the city's 50th anniversary approaches, Morro Bay residents are taking a look back at the people, places and events that helped make the community what it is today. Anyone with ties to the area is being asked to leaf through family photo albums and find pictures that could be used during a citywide celebration next year to mark 50 years since Morro Bay became a city on July 17, 1964. Read More
What The Heck Is This?
Here we go again. Can you tell us where and what this is? Next month we'll tell you all about it.
If you send the correct answer, you will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Vicki Leon's fun new book, The Joy of Sexus: Lust Love & Longing In The Ancient World.
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Cayucos May Seek to Remain at Existing WWTP
— To the Detriment of Morro Bay
By Richard E.T. Sadowski
The City of Morro Bay and the Cayucos Sanitary District (CSD) currently share a wastewater treatment facility located on Atascadero Road in Morro Bay under their Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). The two entities had been working together to develop a new, modern facility to replace the current one. However, a technical memorandum might be considering backing out of the partnership and might attempt to continue treatment of its sewage at the existing Atascadero Road Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Morro Bay. Read More
Sierra Club Sues Pismo Beach to Halt Spanish Springs
Development Would Increase Carbon Pollution Emissions, Deplete Water Supply
and Threaten Wildlife
The Sierra Club has filed suit against the City of Pismo Beach
over the controversial proposed Spanish Springs project, citing deficiencies
in the projects Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Spanish Springs, if approved, would significantly expand the size of the
city and bring more than 400 homes, 150 hotel rooms, a conference center,
condos, vineyards and a golf course into the rural Price Canyon area north
of Pismo Beach. Read More
The Wounding of the American Psyche
By John Bullaro
The George Zimmerman's trial was about a non-black volunteer vigilante killing an unarmed, seventeen-year-old African American boy named Trayvon Martin. The trial has brought racism to the front pages on America's newspapers and as the lead story on most television news.
Martin was walking down the street, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, and carrying a small package on his way home from the store. He was not breaking any laws nor was he armed. Read More
Biographer of Herman Melville, Cited in Three National Publications
Morro Bay resident Hershel Parker, biographer of literature giant Herman Melville, was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Biography and twice, in 1997 and 2003, won the highest award for biography from the Association of American Publishers. This year he has been cited in three national publications for his new book, Melville Biography: An Inside Narrative. Read More
Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Imagine a Nuclear-Free Future
On the 68th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace will host a peace walker from Japan and an evening with three distinguished speakers, each offering visions for a nuclear-free future. Read More
On the eve of his return to Earth after nearly five months on board the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has recorded his own version of David Bowie's Space Oddity. |
