Apr 30
San Luis Obispo High School students Drew Garrett and Lauren Willey have received a torrent of online ridicule for their brilliantly shallow song, “Hot Problems.” But if I had to wager, I’d bet the vast majority of their critics would trade places with them faster than you can say, “Hot girls we have problems too. …
Apr 20
For the past few weeks, I’ve been driving by highway signs warning any Sunday drivers who may think of straying off 101 and into town to think again. The inaugural San Luis Obispo Marathon is here, and 2,800 people have shelled out good money for the privilege of dragging their sweaty carcasses around 13 or …
Apr 09
When you’re in the business of writing and editing 20 or so newspaper pages a day, you’re bound to make a few typos now and then. And when we do, believe me, we hear about it. That’s not to say we don’t know our way around the English language. We do. Really. Quit laughing. We …
Mar 30
This week’s Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act have made two things crystal clear: First, most of the discussion actually propels the argument toward broader — not narrower — health care reform. And second, the conservative members of the court apparently can act like partisan fearmongers with the best of them. On the …
Mar 26
Why should the city of Atascadero pick up half the tab for road improvements around the proposed Walmart and Annex projects because the developers can’t reach an agreement on how to split the cost? The answer is, it shouldn’t. For seven years, Wal-Mart Inc. and the Rottman Group (developer of The Annex) have been working …
Mar 19
On Tuesday, Mr. Big Third-Grader entered baseball’s big leagues, and we’ve been giggling about it all week. By big leagues, I don’t mean he can suddenly hit a fastball, but rather he can now get hit by one, and emerge intact. The boy is playing AAA Little League this year, and you can’t take the …
Mar 09
I’ve got a soft spot for unabashed oldsters. They’ve been the subject of some debate lately, sparked by the observations of one of our guest writers, Suzanne Davis, who periodically drops in to offer her “greetings from old people camp.” Her last column a few a weeks ago was about the joy she now finds …
Mar 04
We are in the midst of a rather ambitious home construction project. Ostensibly, it’s just a chicken coop, but I’m beginning to think “detached avian guest quarters” might be a more suitable description. With a little flooring and insulation, we could move the kids’ bunk beds out there. Groundbreaking officially occurred last weekend, which is …
Feb 24
On Valentine’s Day, we published a letter from one Emma Miller of Mishawaka, Ind., who is working on a school report about California and requested that readers share with her what they love most about life in the Golden State. I imagine Emma got lots of responses, because if there’s one thing we love to …
Feb 17
Who do you think you are? That’s the question I’d ask the thoughtless driver of the red sedan, driving north on Highway 101 last week. It was during the evening commute home, and I was cruising through the darkness, trailing the taillights ahead of me as the radio chattered quietly in the background. Suddenly, a …
