Abalone Alliance Concert

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

June 30, 1979 It was San Luis Obispo County’s Woodstock only with less mud, sex, drugs or rock and roll but more politics. They estimated 20,000 would attend. Over 30,000 people jammed Highway 1 for a combination music festival and anti-nuclear rally. It was held on the Army airstrip behind Cuesta College almost ...

Gore Vidal for Senate 1982

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Gore Vidal looks pensive as he surveys San Luis Obispo County Airport after overcast delayed his landing. May 25, 1982 Gore Vidal is a journalist’s dream candidate because unreserved subjects make writing a story easy. Every time you look up from the notebook they say something more provoking than the last time. ...

Tony Hertz

Friday, June 13th, 2008

    Tony Hertz has been mentioned in this blog before. He was a staff photographer for the Tribune from 1977 – 1988 and is a freelance photographer and Cuesta College faculty member.   His work, "Centered," photographs of the Central Coast, will be on display from May 30 to July 6, 2008 at ...

Shell Beach 1964

Monday, January 14th, 2008

    June 26, 1964 Telegram-Tribune photo by Jack Wilson UPDATE Everyone who guessed Shell Beach was correct and now that I have learned to operate the microfilm reader, blog entries should have better information. The demonstration was a protest, though so mild by today’s standards I missed it on my first look. Shell Beach residents ...