Photo by Kevin Cole:        Big, Bad & Ugly Surf Contest 2009

Photo by Dennis Young:        Morro Rock

Photo by Malcolm Riordan:        USCG Surf Boats

Peregrine Falcon image on banner by Cleve Nash

Art Talk by Jayne Behman

Of all the twentieth century artifacts, none is more typically Americanthan our older model automobiles. Because "Crusin Morro Bay" begins April 30th, I thought it would be appropriate that my column focus on how the automobile has been used as subject d'arte. Read More

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

Ardade Night

Some parental pundit plays pinball
in my brain at night, shooting balls
into memory pockets looking for a hit.  Read More

Great Shots by Jerry Kirkhart & Steve Corey

Our photo editors bring you some of their favorite coastal images for the month. This month's featured photographers include Carol DiNolfo, Don Quintana, Beth Sargent, Elizabeth Haslam, Anita Ritenour, Steve Corey, Jerry Kirkhart, Bill Bouton, Matt Beechan, Linda Tanner, Cheryl Strahl, Teddy Llovet, Mike Baird, Cleve Nash, Maggie Smith, Larry Raio, Greg Smith, Ken Bondy, and Howard Ignatius. See More

Stories From My Heart by Richard Hannibal

It was a moonless night, a couple days before Christmas. The uniform was parked in a closed gas station, completing the paperwork from a previous injury traffic collision. The adrenaline of the last Code-3 run was just subsiding when the radio came to life.

"Tom-3, major injury accident, Highway 71, one mile south of Ninth Street!" Read More

Wildheart by Mandy Davis

Footprints

Imbedded in the soft template
reaching to the horizon
indentations fill in
with oceanic plasma
through infinitesimal cracks
between crystalline structures
worn by time
and relentless elements

Read More

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