Welcome to the Slo Coast Journal. Published online monthly, the Journal brings you information specific to California's Central Coast.
"After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.' "
Anna Quindlen
by Shana Ogren Lourey
A current movie called The Purge imagines a future America that holds an annual evening of punishment-free anarchy. Citizens have the ability to commit crimes that day with pardon.
I'm not really interested in being part of a society that promotes a penalty-less crime. But instead of a Purge Day, perhaps we could . . . Read More
New Monthly Column -
The Elements of Life
by Lucille M. Bosco
Let's begin with the Sun in Cancer. For the first three weeks of July, the glorious summer Sun is in the Water element of Cancer until July 22th, when it transitions into the fire element of Leo. While the energies are affected by the element of Water, our emotions will be heightened. Our concerns will be directed toward our homes, families, security and the global home of our planet Earth. Read More
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Will Diablo Follow SONGS?
by Jack McCurdy
One of the two reactors at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has been closed or its operation reduced for the second time in two years. When unit one will have its capability for generating electrical power restored is not being speculated by PG&E, the owner of the plant located alongside the Pacific Ocean in Avila Beach. The corporation says the plant poses no threat to people or the environment while undergoing repairs to unit one. Read More
Morro Bay, Cayucos Keep 'em Guessing
If you attended the joint meeting of the Morro Bay City Council and the board of the Cayucos Sanitary District on June 13, you may have witnessed history. Unfortunately, none of the members of those two bodies let any one in the audience know it was or might have been a landmark meeting. It could be because none of them knows either. Or has an opinion about it. Read More
A Fairer, More Open Morro Bay City Government
by Nancy Bast
For a couple decades waterfront lease sites — state-owned public property entrusted to our city to be managed for the good of all the people — have been negotiated outside the visibility of the public, creating a potential for favoring some leaseholders. The City's tourist promotional funds benefit primarily waterfront businesses, motels and hotels, making those the most successful in town. Read More
Birding in Berlin
by Mike Stiles
Guten tag. I'm writing this from a sixth floor flat overlooking the Kreuzberg region of Berlin. I can see at least six church steeples, some with clock faces and one with a copper dome, rising over the sea of red roofs. The large, dark Common Swifts dive quickly through my field of view. The Fernsehturm, a TV tower just over 1200 feet tall, is Berlin's tallest structure and seems very much out of place. Read More
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Shutterbugs
featuring Mimi Ditchie
In the 80's I got my first really great 35mm camera. It was a Canon AE-1 Program and I just loved it. I took a correspondence course by mail through the infamous "New York Institute of Photography." It helped me to learn the basics of photography and every weekend I was off to photograph something new. Read More |
Open Letter to Mr. Adam Hill and the SLO County Board of Supervisors
by Rouvaishyana
Much has been written about water use by the burgeoning wine industry and vineyards, and about the growing trend of rural homeowners having to deepen their wells, drill new ones, or bring in water by truck. The latter are expensive solutions for those with limited resources (except for those homeowners who are independently wealthy), and/or should not be seen as sustainable. Read More
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