Apr 11
Technically you wouldn’t be nuts if you referred to almonds as a fruit. Almonds are the edible seeds of drupe fruits. The genus prunus includes plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. In fact where they are irrigated many almond trees grow on peach rootstock. You wouldn’t be nuts if you referred to Paso Robles as …
Feb 08
I had a request a few weeks back from Taylor Peterson asking if there were any photos in the files of old SLO PD police cars. This is the best I could find as of now, and the story indicates that the problems police face are similar today, almost 40 years later. Photos were by …
Nov 13
June 10, 1971 This just in from the Appearances Can Be Deceiving Desk: Don’t pick on your baker. She may be able shoot more than butter cream icing. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the Focus story by Jim Hayes and the photos by Larry Jamison. Little lady packs a big bang Dee Adamson …
Sep 21
October 10, 1970 Chalk it up to poor planning. Both Arroyo Grande’s Harvest festival and Paso Robles’ Pioneer Day fell on the same date to start off the 1970′s. Since today’s organizers plan better Photos from the Vault can run the photos on different days. The 33rd grand marshal was someone who had traveled in …
Aug 05
October 30, 1968 Richard Nixon was in the home stretch, about to win the race for president. He ran an ad that could be read with approval no matter where you stood on the Vietnam War issue. Against the war? “Every American wants peace…How can you make this peace a lasting peace? Elect Richard Nixon.” …
Jul 27
August 9, 1971 How often do world class musicians come to your neighborhood? As it turns out, every year since 1971. It began when Cal Poly professor Clifton Swanson put together a 3 day classical music festival. From the beginning he was able to drew in musicians of stature, from the New Age String Quartet …
Jul 22
August 14, 1974 Summer is Fair season with the Santa Barbara County Fair finishing up and the Mid-State Fair opening. The front page of the then Telegram-Tribune shows that 1974 President Richard Nixon had just resigned (five days earlier) and now President Gerald Ford was beginning to face his first challenges. Also on the front …
Jun 15
October 14, 1973 This story marked two trends bringing deep changes to the landscape of San Luis Obispo County. The first was drip irrigation, the second the explosion of the wine industry. It is not far fetched to argue that without drip irrigation wine would not be the number one cash crop in the county …
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