Best Friends by Malcolm Riordan, DVM
A 2009 study by The Coalition for Living Safely with Dogs reviewed over 2,000 incidents in which dogs had bitten people. It made for some interesting reading and conclusions. Read More
Body, Mind, Spirit by Nancy Ballinger
With years of putting around the bay, my husband Ron and I decided a few weeks ago to take to the seas. After exploring various options, launching at Moonstone beach seemed a wise choice for the maiden ocean voyage in our fairly new tandem kayak. Read More
Critter Care by Elizabeth Henderson
Chinchillas, commonly called "chins," are cute, furry rodents hailing from the Andes Mountains in South America. They make excellent, out-of-the-ordinary pets. Read More
Fausto & Julia's Food For Thought
Welcome to our first column. We hope that, by visiting and reviewing local restaurants, we can give you recommendations about where and what to eat here on the Central Coast. Fausto and I dine together, swapping tastes, talk, and notes, and then I, Julia, write the review. We try to visit an establishment twice to get a good sample of the menu, personnel, and action at different times of the day and week. We happen to agree on our assessment of this month's relatively new café, Frankie & Lola's Front Street Café, at 1154 Front Street in Morro Bay. Read More
Just for Fun
Take a break - work a quick crossword puzzle, test your level of competency with Sudoku, and smile. Play
Marketplace
Our classified section - buy, sell, trade, give away just about anything legal. Read More
Medical Myth Busting by Dr. Steven Sainsbury
The millions of lives saved since the advent and worldwide utilization of immunizations is nothing short of miraculous. Whether administered to a Masai warrior roaming the Serengeti Plain or the golden child of a Hollywood mogul, vaccines protect us all from an expanding list of life-threatening and disabling illnesses. Read More
Morro Musings by Janice Peters
As I mentioned last month, asking people how they discovered Morro Bay brought some fascinating responses. This month's column features some couples who moved here and how they happened to do so. Read More
Sports Spot by Terry Betterton
Football teams are just that – teams – and that is one of the realities that makes the game so appealing.
The nature of the game is that one person can not do it by himself. One person can make a play, but he is dependant on someone else to throw the ball, catch the ball, make a block or don't make a block. That is the way things are at even football's highest level. Read More
Upcoming Events
Want to get out and have some fun? Find out what's going on. Read More
Views From the Lineup by Charles Loe
A friend approached me recently and asked if I would be interested in writing about surfing. In particular, surfing here on the central coast of California. I was somewhat taken aback by the question as I have never written so much as a "letter to the editor" - or anything else for that matter. Read More
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