Feb 13
South county lost a patriarch of agriculture and community service on Feb. 11, 2013. Bill Morem is writing a story to be published in the Tribune tomorrow and soon on Sanluisobipso.com. Leslie E. Stevens wrote this biography published in the Tribune July 28, 2000. Rooted in community Arroyo Grande farmer recognized for lifetime of volunteerism …
Jan 22
Harold Guiton would be happy to see the depot in use today. He and other volunteers saved what is now the only remaining Southern Pacific Depot in the county. Paso Robles modernized and remodeled their depot after a fire so it is little like the original structure. San Luis Obispo bulldozed their wood frame depot. …
May 28
May, 24, 1969 40 years ago Lopez Lake was dedicated, but the dam had already saved the south county. In past flood years nothing slowed the raging waters of the grand arroyo. Old flood photos are spectacular, water smashing through the old town of Arroyo Grande. Sometimes dunites were isolated for days until the creek …
Jan 15
The following release is from Vivian Krug with the South County Historical Society. Local author Norm Hammond will open the South County Historical Society’s newest exhibit about Oceano in the early 1900s on Saturday, January 17th at 2 PM. Mr. Hammond will talk about the exhibit theme, “Oceano, Atlantic City of the West, Gateway …
Nov 19
Vivian Krug with the South County Historical Society sent this information. If you like old local photos this looks like a great exhibit. Carpenter on tower in Oceano. Photos by Virgil Hodges, Courtesy of the Bennett-Loomis Archives You may never have heard about Virgil Hodges, but you’ve probably seen his photographs. You may have old …
Oct 16
Pismo Beach still celebrates clams — consider its 62th annual Clam Festival last weekend, for example, which drew thousands. But the days are gone when clamming drew tens of thousands to the city’s fine beaches. Clamming was consistently good from 1949 until 1979, when state Fish and Game officials said the influx of sea otters …
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