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recent agreement between PG&E and SLO County means local entities will receive $16 million over the next two years due to continued Diablo Canyon Power Plant operations. However, that agreement doesn’t tackle funding for the SHORT-TERM PG&E’s to compensate remaining three years that the agreement local entities millions nuclear plant has been allowed doesn’t include funding through 2030. to operate for. Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal talks to local elected officials and parents about the deal and what comes next [7]. In addition, read about the local distilleries that will lose business thanks to an upcoming state rule change [8], a Los Osos author’s young adult novel inspired by the impacts of climate change [20], and what Big Mamas Bakery’s got cooking [27].

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TAAG chair resigns following felony conviction T empleton Area Advisory Group Chair David Leader formally resigned on Aug. 26, ending an eight-month tenure overshadowed by his felony conviction, restraining orders protecting eight neighbors, and growing pressure from fellow board members to step down. His resignation came one week after he was sentenced to jail for felony vandalism and violating court orders—and as a ninth person, a tenant living on his Templeton property, seeks a restraining order against him. Leader submitted his formal resignation to TAAG on Aug. 26. In an email to the board, Leader said he stepped down because his attorney “strongly advised” him to avoid TAAG meetings “for the time being” and because leaving would be “in TAAG’s best shortterm interest.” “It has been my privilege, honor, and joy serving as chair for the last eight months,” Leader wrote. “I wish the board the very best going forward.” The resignation followed several tumultuous days for the advisory group. At its Aug. 20 meeting, a San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy asked Leader to leave because neighbors protected by restraining orders against him were in attendance to read victim impact statements. TAAG board members later asked Leader to resign and were preparing to call a special meeting to remove him. The latest allegations against Leader come from a tenant on his property. The tenant, who rents an apartment attached to a barn about 200 feet from Leader’s residence, filed for a restraining order Aug. 14, alleging that Leader repeatedly monitored whether she was home, approached her apartment, and left her afraid to live there. “I no longer feel safe or private there,” the tenant wrote in a court filing. “I now deadbolt my doors at night because I am afraid [Leader] may approach my residence or enter the adjoining area while I am sleeping.” “Over time … [Leader] began repeatedly monitoring whether I was home or away and increasingly acted as though my ability to be present in my own home was something that had to be coordinated with or approved by him,” she wrote. According to the filing, the tenant’s security camera recorded Leader driving toward her apartment on an ATV on July 28 while she was away. She alleged that he looked into the camera before accelerating away, kicking dirt and dust toward the apartment. “He knew that I was recording his conduct, he knew I was afraid of his continued presence, and he was demonstrating that this would not stop him,” she wrote. On July 16, she asked a friend to be on “protective

notice in case something happens” to her. Trump has something like 32 felony convictions.” “I am not safe,” she wrote. He characterized the criminal cases as “smallThe request follows two criminal cases stemming neighborhood issues and not a community issue.” TAAG board member Murray Powell told from a nearly three-year conflict between Leader New Times that Leader remaining on the board and families living along a private dirt road in presented “a major community TAAG credibility Templeton. problem.” Prosecutors accused Leader of revving engines, San Luis Obispo County 1st District Supervisor shining bright lights toward homes, entering private property, vandalizing signs, and repeatedly violating John Peschong, whose district includes Templeton, also called for Leader to step down shortly before court orders. Leader denied many of the allegations his formal resignation. before reaching a negotiated plea agreement on July 22, telling New FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF SLO DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Times earlier this year that his neighbors’ claims were “simply not true.” Leader pleaded guilty to felony vandalism and seven misdemeanor counts of violating court orders. On Aug. 19, he was sentenced to two years of felony probation and 30 days in SLO County Jail beginning Oct. 31. He also received a suspended twoyear jail or prison sentence that could be imposed if he violates probation. Leader was still serving as TAAG’s chair on Aug. 20 when the neighbors protected by restraining orders read two victim impact statements at the meeting. “I love Templeton,” one neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “But I’ve lived next to this man for 10 years, and his behavior toward us and his other neighbors and tenants is not that of someone who should represent our sweet community.” Because the restraining orders require Leader to remain at least 100 feet from the neighbors, the sheriff’s deputy eventually asked RESIGNED David Leader resigned as chair of the Templeton Area him to leave. Leader waited in his Advisory Group amid fallout from his felony conviction and restraining vehicle until the meeting ended, orders as a ninth person seeks court protection from him. then returned to the building. On Aug. 24, according to emails obtained by New Times, TAAG board member Matt Peschong told New Times that county counsel Thomsen asked Leader to resign. advised him that advisory groups such as TAAG Leader initially resisted, pointing to TAAG’s April operate independently under their own bylaws, decision to delete a bylaw provision specifically meaning the county does not decide who serves on identifying a felony conviction as grounds for them. removing a board member. But given Leader’s guilty plea, sentence, and “As we removed the felony conviction clause active restraining orders, Peschong said, “I believe from our bylaws several months ago, why does this he should resign from his role in the Templeton even matter?” Leader wrote back. “It seems a bit Area Advisory Group.” ∆ —Chloë Hodge hypocritical doesn’t it? … Keep in mind President

Lucia Mar families struggle with after-school care waitlist, parent says

adequate attention after school. It’s a significant adjustment from her son’s time in first grade when he was in Bright Futures Before and After School Care. Cordero, who’s also running for the school district’s Trustee Area 3 seat, told the Lucia Mar school board at its Aug. 19 meeting that an increasing number of kids are on the Bright Futures waitlist because of staffing issues. “My baby there is just heartbroken because part

Lucia Mar Unified School District’s before- and after-school care program is at capacity, according to a local parent hoping her son gets off the waitlist for the 2026-27 school year. Oceano resident Anna Cordero is juggling her job as an online U.S. history teacher while making sure her Harloe Elementary second grader receives

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of the reason why he loves Bright Futures outside of the fact that mommy is very busy, is the fact that we do do a lot of those enrichment programs,” she said. “We need to be really intentional because parents are scrambling, … we need to keep the maintaining that ongoing dialogue.” The Bright Futures program is free for Lucia Mar students. Funded by part of the state’s After School NEWS continued page 6

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Enrichment and Safety Program and the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program, Bright Futures takes care of elementary and middle school students before and after school while their parents are busy. The academic enrichment program provides snacks, classes, time for homework, science programs, arts and crafts activities, free play, and structured play. Admission into the program is based on a tiered priority system. Homeless children, those in foster care, and students who are socio-economically disadvantaged get priority. The second priority group comprises kids of Lucia Mar staff. All other students fall into the third priority group. The district uses a lottery system within each of the priority groups. Parents and guardians must submit applications for each child. Limited spots are available for students entering transitional kindergarten. Lucia Mar spokesperson Amy Jacobs told New Times that enrollment numbers fluctuate daily. Bright Futures currently hosts about 1,925 students. “Our waitlist numbers are also dynamic and change daily,” she said. “We are working diligently with our partner agencies to manage the programs and add students whenever space becomes available.” Bright Futures’ partner agencies are the YMCA of Channel Islands, the Boys and Girls Club of South San Luis Obispo County, and the Nipomo Area Recreation Association. Jacobs didn’t say whether there’s a staffing shortage. “While Lucia Mar is not the hiring agency, our partners are working hard to ensure we have the necessary staff to support our students,” she said. “We create a waitlist every year as a standard part of our process. Our team collaborates closely with our partner agencies throughout the year to help place as many students as possible.” Cordero’s son qualified for the beforeschool program, but with her and her husband’s busy careers, it’s the after-school program that Cordero wants him to be admitted to. She told New Times that other parents are also struggling because their kids are on the Bright Futures waitlist. “This is a part of education,” Cordero said. “School days are not workdays.” She now wakes up early and goes to bed later than usual to balance work and time spent with her son. Cordero hopes for sustained communication from the school district.

“I wasn’t even thinking about my campaign. I’m a mother who needs this now,” she said. “It’s a lottery system. Are we on the waitlist for the whole year and there’s no hope?” —Bulbul Rajagopal

Paso school district is putting book vending machines on Title I campuses

Forget chips and candy, the newest vending machines headed to Paso Robles schools will be stocked with books. On Aug. 18, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District board unanimously approved spending up to $105,000 on book vending machines and a year’s supply of books for eight Title I schools. The machines are intended to promote literacy while doubling as a reward system: Students can earn golden tokens for positive behavior, good choices, or other accomplishments determined by their school, then feed the tokens into the machines to pick out a book to keep. “The concept of having a book vending machine is putting books in the hands of our students and also incentivizing [reading] joyfully,” Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Erin Haley told the board. The district will purchase machines for Glen Speck, Virginia Peterson, Pat Butler, Kermit King, and Georgia Brown elementary schools; Lewis Flamson Junior High; Paso Robles Independent Study Center; and Liberty High School. Winifred Pifer Elementary, also a Title I school, purchased a machine last year and will receive money to replenish its books. “Title I schools are those who have a particular threshold of low-income students or unhoused students,” Haley explained. “Our lowest percentage at this point is 61 percent at Kermit King. Our highest is 87 percent at Glen Speck. So, we have significant need across our schools.” The $105,000 will come from Title I carryover funds—federal money left unspent from the previous year that must go toward targeted efforts at Title I schools. The district has until Sept. 30 to spend the money or return it. Each campus will have some autonomy over how students earn tokens and distribute books. District librarian Catrina Hanna said the machines could become part of existing recognition programs, such as student-ofthe-month celebrations.

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“There is no legally required process, The machines will likely be kept in school libraries or front offices and stocked with so the suggested process would be to call high-interest, grade-appropriate books. for applications,” City Attorney Jennifer “We’re going to be putting things in them Thompson told council members. “The that they’re going to want to read instead of city clerk would vet those applications to things that they may have been given for free or determine whether or not each of those they’ve seen in their classroom,” Hanna said. individuals is qualified.” Board member Nathan Williams said the Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens, proposal reminded him of the excitement 18 years or older, who are registered to surrounding Scholastic book fairs. vote in Grover Beach and live in the 3rd “To have something like this is just … so District. City staff recommended accepting unique and different,” Williams said. “What applications through Oct. 2. better way to reward students but with books The City Council will interview and encourage reading.” applicants at a public meeting on Oct. 13 The district already has some evidence that before voting on a preferred applicant. the novelty works. Winifred Pifer has used The appointed council a book vending machine member will serve the for an entire school year, remainder of McCorryand when district officials Driscoll’s term until recently approached the Send any news December 2028. or story tips to school about the carryover McCorry-Driscoll won news@newtimesslo.com. funding, staff asked for her City Council seat on money to replenish its the back of a previous supply. appointment process. “They are also very excited about it because Her predecessor, Zach Zimmerman, was kids responded to it,” Haley said. appointed to the 3rd District seat in 2023 With the Title I carryover funds facing a after former City Councilmember Anna Sept. 30 spending deadline, Haley said the Miller resigned because of a change in district needed to move quickly. residency. Zimmerman chose not to run in “These are kind of, at this point, use them the 2024 election. or lose them,” she said. Fourth District Councilmember Clint —Chloë Hodge Weirick’s introduction to the City Council was also by appointment in 2023 when a Grover Beach wants vacancy opened after then Councilmember Karen Bright won the mayoral election. applications for vacant Weirick ran for the 4th District election in City Council seat 2024 and won. No stranger to resignations and Second District Councilmember Jules appointments, the Grover Beach City Tuggle was appointed to the City Council Council is calling for applications to fill its in 2025, replacing recalled Councilmember recently vacated 3rd District seat. Dan Rushing. Her appointment runs Third District Councilmember Kathy through December 2026, covering the rest McCorry-Driscoll resigned from the council on Aug. 14. McCorry-Driscoll, the owner of a of Rushing’s term. Tuggle is now attempting brand strategies company and HR director at to hold on to her seat in the November election against Grover Beach resident Allen nonprofit Restorative Partners, moved away Thompson. from Grover Beach to support her family. Grover Beach City Council members “I am proud of what we have accomplished receive a monthly stipend of $720. Council together and grateful for the trust you have members serving on specific boards, placed in me,” she wrote in her resignation commissions, and committees as the email to the city. “While this role has been incredibly fulfilling, I have come to recognize city representative receive additional that my family needs my full attention at this compensation. They also have the option of participating in the city employee medical time. Stepping away from my council duties insurance policy. is not an easy decision, but it is the right one The application will be posted on the city for me and my loved ones.” website. Interested applicants can call the At its Aug. 24 meeting, the City Council opted to fill the seat by appointment rather city management department at (805) 4734567 or email gbadmin@grover.org for more than through a special election in March details. ∆ 2027—avoiding a prolonged vacancy and —Bulbul Rajagopal election costs estimated at $330,000.

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acific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) agreed to a $16 million payment to San Luis Obispo County and its communities, months after the introduction of a Senate bill that would have kept it on the hook to pay local communities for extended Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operations. Authored by State Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) and Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay), SB 931 would have required the utility company to cover the essential services mitigation fund, set by the Community Impacts Mitigation Program, for fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28. On Aug. 17, Laird announced the new deal struck by PG&E, adding that its terms mirror SB 931’s requirements. “When the state extended operations at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant through 2030, it did not extend the community funding established to offset local impacts,” Laird said in a statement. “Today’s agreement is the first step to addressing the funding gap.” Details of the agreement aren’t publicly available yet. According to Laird, PG&E will pay SLO County the $16 million sum in two installments of $8.3 million, which would be redistributed to San Luis Coastal Unified School District and the cities of SLO, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, Atascadero, Morro Bay, and Paso Robles. “I don’t think they were particularly happy with the source of the funding in Senate Bill 931,” Laird told New Times. “So, this gets them to choose where it’s funded from, and we didn’t want it to be from ratepayers and have the rates go up even by a small amount.” PG&E referred New Times to a statement from Tom Jones, the company’s senior director of regulatory, environmental, and repurposing. “We appreciate the partnership of Sen. Laird, San Luis Obispo County, and local leaders in reaching this agreement,” Jones’ statement said. “It helps address near-term community needs while recognizing the vital role Diablo Canyon plays in delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy. We look forward to continuing conversations with state and local leaders, including Diablo

Canyon’s role beyond 2030, to ensure local communities and the state both benefit from this critical energy resource.” PG&E spokesperson Carina Corral told New Times that the $16 million payment is “100 percent shareholder funded.” Laird added that under SB 931, the money would have come from “volumetric funds” paid by ratepayers. “It would have dipped into that pot for $8.3 million each of the two years, and so I think this way, doing it from shareholder funds is more preferable for them,” he said. The money is supposed to support school district and city budgets, which lost unitary taxes from Diablo Canyon in 2025 when Diablo planned to shut down. The plant is now allowed to operate until 2030. PG&E’s last major financial agreement with SLO County about Diablo Canyon took place in 2016. Worth $85 million, it was divided among San Luis Coastal school district, the county, and its cities to ease the local economic impacts of the plant’s anticipated closure in 2025. When Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials—unwilling to give up a power source that consistently provided 9 percent of California’s total energy—lengthened Diablo Canyon’s life by another five years, SLO County and its agencies expected the mitigation funds to be extended too. But PG&E refused to pay, until now. For San Luis Coastal, its $8.3 million annual funding gap prompted $10 million in budget cuts over two years to prepare for the 2026-27 school year. Now, the school district is poised to receive more than $4 million from PG&E as onetime funding. Assistant Superintendent Ryan Pinkerton told New Times that staff hasn’t yet discussed with the school board how the money would be spent. The district is waiting to analyze its property taxes in November for a clearer budge picture. While PG&E’s decision is a “pleasant surprise,” according to Pinkerton, the district is still cautious. “Any time we receive one-time funding, it is concerning,” he said via email. “The expectation leads to people wanting to use

STILL ON THE HOOK Though state Sen. John Laird will do away with SB 931, since PG&E volunteered to compensate SLO County for Diablo Canyon impacts, the senator said that future legislation is still possible if the utility company doesn’t pay for the remaining three years of power plant extension.

“Now that they’ve established the those funds for ongoing expenditures, i.e. salary increases, increased staffing level, etc. precedent that they can do it voluntarily, they If those funds do not become ongoing, we can always choose to do it voluntarily for the would be making reductions remaining three years,” again in two years. No one Laird said of PG&E. “I think wants to do that.” it’s their intent to try to get Annie Aguiñiga Frew, a 15-year reauthorization Send any news the co-founder of San Luis next year for 2030 to 2045, or story tips to news@newtimesslo.com. Coastal Parent Information and if there is such a bill for Network, hopes that someday that, we would try to wrap all the programs and services, in the remaining three like full-time counselors and librarians, that have years. … If there is no extension legislation, had to be cut from the budget will be restored. then I would do legislation for the other three “My daughters absolutely love the library, years.” and they love reading. … I think it’s a really In April, the federal Nuclear Regulatory meaningful and important part of our Commission approved PG&E’s application children’s education,” she said. “Ensuring to further extend operating licenses for the that we can have full-time library staff, plant’s two pressurized water reactors until intervention programs, music programs, November 2044 and August 2045. programs that not just support foundational PG&E still needs approvals from the state learning … but also programs that create to finalize this extension, though Newsom well-rounded education [are important]. I declared that’s a decision he’ll leave up to his think this funding through the agreement successor. does help provide some real benefit. This is a The power company’s agreement with SLO great step forward.” County arrived at the same time it received PG&E’s funding agreement only covers a $271 million credit payment from the U.S. two of the five years that Diablo Canyon Department of Energy’s Civil Nuclear Credit operations have been extended for. Program. PG&E could receive up to $1.1 Stakeholders want to work on resolving its billion from the federal program to support funding plan for the remaining three years. continued operations at Diablo Canyon. ∆ Laird will not pursue SB 931 further since PG&E agreed to pay the county, but future Reach Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal at legislation is still an option. brajagopal@newtimesslo.com.

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Political manipulation surrounds offshore wind

ad to say, we are living in a time of incessant manipulation, subterfuge, and downright hype at the hands of our politicians and their favorite corporate donors and glad-hand buddies. Here, in the land of “energy opportunity,” the Central Coast of California, we have been the recipients and guinea pigs of political and corporate hype, and it’s time that someone pointed the obvious out and just said, “no”! As many of you know, three of the companies holding offshore wind leases for future floating offshore wind development in California have backed out of their leases and taken a partial repayment of their lease monies and promised to invest in other more immediate energy ventures. They have all voluntarily and logically opted to back away from a lease that obviously held little

opportunity for future investment return and have collectively realized their folly and divested from a highly speculative industry based on technologies that have not yet been developed and proven (floating offshore turbines and substations in 4,000 feet of water). Each and every one has been partially reimbursed for an unrealized project and have taken considerable losses in the process. One that has not yet taken the money and run, Equinor/Atlas Wind, has stated that it has no plans to pursue offshore wind projects in the U.S. Still, our local pro-offshore wind California politicians, Salud Carbajal, John Laird, and Alex Padilla, have gotten their shorts all wadded up over this “disappointing” turn of events. In an effort to garner public outrage and make green heroes of themselves, they have publicly and vociferously railed against this lease fund return and have attempted to manipulate the public by claiming that the Trump administration was taking billions of taxpayer dollars to buy off the lessees and to pressure them into capitulating. Nothing could be farther from the truth! The reality is this: Offshore wind in the U.S. is proving to be

expensive, too speculative, and fraught with all kinds of potential issues that no amount of public agency capitulation and state bias (yes, I am talking about the California Energy Commission and the California Coastal Commission) will mitigate. Additionally, even though offshore wind is finding fewer and fewer supporters in the upper echelon of our state political system, Padilla and his cronies, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild, have initiated a costly lawsuit claiming the feds don’t have the legal right to refund the lease money. They do, they have, and chances are the other two lessees in California will go by the wayside soon. A bad investment made on incomplete and faulty information and a dependence on subsidies is just that, a bad investment! Floating offshore wind has no future in this state. It’s high time we let our state know that continued support for an industry dying a slow and excruciatingly painful death that will not provide the energy our state needs in the near future is unacceptable. It’s time to tell our local politicians and state commissions to stop advocating for and issuing grants for ports to

support a nonexistent industry, as is the case with Port San Luis. As engaged and informed citizens, we can stop being manipulated by disingenuous politicians, exploitative labor leaders, clueless “environmental” nonprofits, and greedy corporations and call them on their hype and hubris. Floating offshore wind will not work in California, and it’s time they got a clue! Contact the REACT Alliance (reactalliance.org) for more information on this incredibly important issue. The future of our coastal communities, their pristine environment and beauty, and our thriving coastal economies are relying on your participation to stop offshore wind off our coast. Join us on Nov. 7 at the SLO Botanical Garden at 2 p.m. for our forum “It’s All Just Smoke and Mirrors ... exposing the offshore wind hype.” You have a voice. You have a choice! ∆ Mandy Davis is the president of REACT Alliance. Send a response for publication to letters@newtimesslo.com.

LETTERS Roads should be county’s first priority

What if we could fix more roads, bring home more state and federal transportation dollars, and do it without raising the overall tax burden? The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) board and the county Board of Supervisors voted to remove Measure H from the November ballot after consultants concluded it did not have the support needed to pass. No one who has spent a day in this economy should be surprised by that. The rising cost of living is hitting everyone right between the eyes. Families and small businesses are paying more for housing, food, energy, insurance, and nearly everything else. County leaders framed the choice

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incorrectly. Rather than asking voters to burden themselves with another half-cent tax, the county should identify an existing locally controlled tax or levy that can be reduced by an equivalent amount and replaced with a dedicated transportation tax. The offset must be guaranteed, not promised, and it must take effect when the new tax begins. Taxpayers would pay no more overall, but the county would gain a dedicated source of local funding that could be used to fix roads and provide the matching funds needed to compete for additional state and federal money. That approach recognizes both realities. Our roads need serious attention, and the people expected to pay for them are already stretched. Any future measure should put roads first, identify the projects to be completed, require independent audits, prevent the money from

being diverted, and include a firm expiration date. I have said before that the shortest distance between the taxpayer and the result is local control. But local control must produce results and respect the taxpayer. The Board of Supervisors and SLOCOG should not abandon the problem. The board should place roads in the first tier of county priorities. Adam Verdin Arroyo Grande

Restore Laguna Lake

As a longtime San Luis Obispo resident (grade schools, Cal Poly grad, now retired), I have a great love of this town. I even used to fish Laguna Lake as a kid. Currently, I am a member of the Laguna Lake Model Yacht Club. For years, this club

has enjoyed sailing our model sailboats and hosted national regattas on the lake. I have been totally dismayed by the condition of the lake with weed clutter. I am ashamed that our city has allowed the lake to become a swamp instead of the beautiful lake of the past. There are many ecologically sound solutions to restore its beauty and usefulness, but nothing has been done. Spending money for a fenced in dog park did nothing to help the lake’s condition. Chemicals that kill the weeds but not the fish have been used in many lakes. Instead, SLO has allowed this problem to go on, resulting in recreational use being ruined. Taking action toward restoring this beautiful city asset would furnish joy to many SLO residents. It’s the right thing to do. Dale Thompson San Luis Obispo

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Culture wars meet WNBA

was a league of “women,” she declined to define the term, and declared that they had “no immediate eligibility issues.” She then declared their support of trans women, committed to “ensuring fair competition,” and denounced those who engaged in a “bad faith debate” on eligibility. The dispute got still livelier when two male former NBA players announced their intentions to participate in the WNBA draft next year, which would compel the WNBA to address eligibility issues sooner than it would have preferred. This will probably force the WNBA into the unenviable position of having to establish objective and precise gender criteria, instead of just offering soothing platitudes. It will be interesting to see what it does, and I foresee three possibilities. First, they can limit participation solely to biological women. This would generate a great outcry from transgender advocates and, from the tone of the discussion to date, would be personally offensive to many in the league. Being a feisty bunch who have committed to the cause and resent being pushed around, many would see it as surrender. Or, it could allow men to play. I suspect that this route would soon put to rest the claim that men do not have an unfair advantage in sports, as larger and stronger even has-been former NBA and college players decisively dominate the games. It would be a real gamble for the WNBA to assume that no owners would dare sign a male player, with the competitive advantage

t seems that the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has really gotten itself between a rock and a hard place and is becoming ground zero in the culture wars. While I have little interest in basketball, I am always fascinated by the culture wars. The WNBA finds itself as the focus of a lively donnybrook over the eligibility of trans women to play women’s sports. And here the dispute is entirely theoretical, since no trans players currently play in the WNBA. But it never takes much to get the culture warriors going. This particular brouhaha seems to have begun with a WNBA player, Sophie Cunningham, expressing the opinion that it is unfair for women athletes to have to compete against men or be forced to share locker room facilities with them. Ten or 20 years ago, these views were held by most folks, but times have changed. Predictably, there was an angry response to her opinions from many in the WNBA, including an unhinged tirade by a team owner against girls wearing a T-shirt supporting Cunningham. Things got uglier when another WNBA player was ejected from a game for a blatant foul on Cunningham. The ejected player took to social media to complain that the ejection reflected “white privilege,” adding race to the bitter slugfest. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert issued a meaningless statement that straddled the issue. After affirming that it

and money that it would give them. This would effectively be an institutional suicide, which most of the WNBA would regret. A tempting third approach would be to try and finesse the definition of “woman” to exclude “men” while admitting trans women. But the test might be a little more difficult than merely distinguishing between, say, Caitlin Clark and Shaquille O’Neal in a wig when it came to the inevitable legal challenges. The law is founded on objectively verifiable standards, while the current use of gender “identity” relies upon the subjective, self-reported, and unverifiable feelings of the individual. Visual tests, such as Justice Potter Stewart’s famous “I know it when I see it” test that he used to determine what is pornographic, wouldn’t work because it is just too subjective and arbitrary. Requiring medical transitioning would involve getting down in the weeds with medical details. Judicial scrutiny will probably force an objective, science-based standard that will either admit or exclude men and trans women together as one group. The question of trans eligibility illustrates one of the major philosophical differences between conservatives and liberals. Conservatives distrust the use of subjective “feelings” for consequential determinations, while liberals are far more inclined to accept them. For example, the use of speech codes, which rely upon the subjective reactions of an audience and whether speech “triggers” or makes any of them “feel unsafe.”

I sympathize with the WNBA. This wasn’t a fight it went looking for but one that it got dragged into when some of the extreme members of both tribes went ballistic over a player’s randomly expressed opinion. The WNBA then felt forced to support one tribe out of solidarity. Still, the WNBA is being bludgeoned with a cudgel of its own creation, and one which it just doesn’t seem able to put down. ∆ John Donegan is a retired attorney in Pismo Beach whose only dribbling these days is beer off of his chin. Send a response for publication to letters@newtimesslo.com.

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empleton just wrapped up eight months of its life that it will never get back. Despite David Leader’s involvement in several restraining order cases and a criminal case, the Templeton Area Advisory Group (TAAG) appointed him as its chair in January. Shortly thereafter, TAAG changed its policies so that someone with a felony could still serve on its board. The writing was on the wall, and most of TAAG’s board members ignored it. So, it’s really no surprise that the man had to be asked multiple times to leave a recent meeting—and a SLO County Sheriff’s Office deputy had to ensure that Leader left the room. And that the board had to low-key threaten him to resign … or else it would do it for him. “As we removed the felony conviction clause from our bylaws several months ago, why does this even matter?” Leader wrote in response to TAAG board member Matt Thomsen’s email asking him to resign. “It seems a bit hypocritical doesn’t it? … Keep in mind President Trump has something like 32 felony convictions.” Oof! It’s actually 34. I’m not sure Leader got the messaging exactly right. Someone with 34 felony convictions has no business being in office, especially one who was convicted of falsifying business records. Leader pleaded guilty to felony vandalism and misdemeanors for disobeying a court order.

One was a scheming liar and fraudster. That’s Trumpty-Dumpty. One is a serial harasser with no boundaries. That’s Leader. Both think there’s nothing wrong with their conduct, and both have no business being in office. That’s the right message. Leader told Thomsen that his issues were just between him and his neighbors (who he harassed to the point of restraining orders, which he broke multiple times). It’s not a community thing. He just sneaks around on his neighbor’s properties, shining lights in their windows, vandalizing their stuff, and yelling at them. He doesn’t do it to anyone else! Except, he does—allegedly. On Aug. 20, when his embattled neighbors showed up to a TAAG meeting to read statements about the “small-neighborhood issues,” Leader had to leave because he wasn’t allowed within 100 feet of them. I guess it became a community issue, then, right? And the creeper didn’t leave the premises; he just waited in the parking lot! The gall of this man! “I’ve lived next to this man for 10 years, and his behavior toward us and his other neighbors and tenants is not that of someone who should represent our sweet community,” one of his neighbors said at the meeting.

member makes “TAAG look like a circus.” Yes, Leader’s now heading back into court Leader must be a pleasure to work with, because a tenant on his property wants amirite? He is the circus. a restraining order against him: “I now You know what else is a circus? Grover deadbolt my doors at night because I am afraid [Leader] may approach my residence or Beach, the appointment capital of SLO enter the adjoining area while I am sleeping,” County. As we should have learned from this whole Leader situation, appointments don’t the tenant wrote in court filings. always put the right people on a dais. In Paso That totally tracks. I wonder if he’s tried the ghillie suit on his tenant yet. Fake yeti. Robles’ case, a council appointment cost the At least Leader’s getting 30 days in jail for city $870,000—Chris Bausch, who has the his “small-neighborhood issues,” which will gall to try to keep that seat! enable his tenant to get a much-needed break I don’t know whether you can blame the from his antics in October. Grover Beach City Council or its boisterous, He finally officially resigned from the “passionate” residents for the string of board on Aug. 26. This is, apparently, thanks appointments in recent years; either way to his attorney, who “strongly advised” him there’s been a lot of appointing happening and to avoid TAAG meetings “for the time being” the city’s going to do some more, thanks to a and because leaving would be “in TAAG’s newly vacant 3rd District seat. best short-term interest,” Leader wrote in his One of the sitting City Council members resignation letter. “Long-term interest” is the is still serving out the remainder of the term he should have used. term she was appointed to fill after Dan “It has been my privilege, honor, and joy Rushing was recalled by those passionate serving as chair for the last eight months,” Grover residents. The council could have two Leader wrote. “I wish the board the very best appointees on at the same time! going forward.” How great. “Joy” isn’t the right descriptor. I’m noticing You know what really is great? Paso Robles a pattern here! Joint Unified School District’s decision to put His short tenure was tumultuous. book vending machines on some of its school Later in the letter, Leader took the campuses! opportunity to call some of his former Kids will be able to win tokens and fellow board members “confrontive” and redeem them through the machines by “destructive,” saying one picking the book of their “craves the spotlight” and choice. I’m in! ∆ is “a bull in a china shop.” That’s one way to wish the The Shredder loves a good Send us your views and opinion to board the best! grade-appropriate book. letters@newtimesslo.com. In earlier emails with Send titles to shredder@ board members, he said one newtimesslo.com.

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Enjoy an evening at Cambria Pines Lodge and welcome Opolo Vineyards for a Winemaker’s Dinner event in the outdoor Pavilion Garden on Sunday, Aug. 30, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Taste a five-course dinner paired with Opolo Vineyards wines, guided by a winery expert who will share tasting notes and stories behind each pour. Tickets are $130 per person and can be purchased at cambriapineslodge.com. —Angie Stevens PHOTO COURTESY OF OPOLO VINEYARDS

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“PEACEFUL HARBOR” : A GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Nine gallery photographers explore Central Coast waterscapes and sunsets in “Peaceful Harbor,” a group show capturing the ocean’s calm and the wildlife along its shoreline. Through Aug. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (808) 772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay. ALCOHOL INK 101 WORKSHOP Join us for a fun way to learn Alcohol Inks. All materials provided, preregistration required. Sept. 6, 1-3 p.m. $95. (805) 286-8380. artwithjudyann.com. Art With Judy Ann Studio Gallery, 2024 Main Street, Cambria. ART IN THE PARK: MORRO BAY Visitors can expect a mix of painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, jewelry, and more, along with a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere in the heart of Morro Bay. Sept. 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sept. 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (805) 772-2504. artcentermorrobay. org/artinthepark. Morro Bay City Park, Corner of Morro Bay Blvd. and Harbor St., Morro Bay. CELEBRATE COSTA GALLERY’S 6TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THREE EXHIBITS Visit the 6th anniversary and artist reception, with musician Jill Knight and refreshments. View three new exhibits until Sept. 6, titled “Legends,” “Body,” and “Explosive.” Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Sept. 6 Free. (559) 7999632. facebook.com/events/s/celebrate-

COASTAL WINE AND PAINT PARTY Listen to music while enjoying an afternoon of creativity, sipping, and mingling. The party includes a complimentary glass of wine and canvas with materials. Saturdays, 12-2 p.m. $55. (805) 394-5560. coastalwineandpaint. com. Harmony Cafe at the Pewter Plough, 824 Main St., Cambria. FEATURED ARTIST VIRGINIA MACK Watercolorist Virginia Mack paints the Central Coast’s shifting light and color, drawing on decades of kayaking the bay and teaching studio art in the region. Through Aug. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (808) 772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare. com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero suite 10, Morro Bay. FOREVER STOKED PAINT PARTY Join us at the gallery, for a few hours to travel on a creative paint journey. You will receive as much or as little instruction as you prefer. No artistic experience is necessary. Saturdays, 7-9 p.m. $45. (805) 772-9095. foreverstoked.com. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay. IN THE SHADOW EXHIBIT Artists have woven together the visual and emotional richness of shadow, from intimate and introspective studies to bold, dramatic compositions that captivate and unsettle. Through Sept. 14, 12-4 p.m. Free. (805) 772-2504. artcentermorrobay. org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. MORRO BAY COMEDY NIGHT WITH THE TOMMY LAMA Morro Bay’s Nauti Anchor Bar presents comedian The Tommy Lama live and in-person! Tommy is a classic character comic with an edgy,

contemporary energy. Aug. 28, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. my805tix.com. The Nauti Anchor Bar, 2940 Main Street, Morro Bay. THE TAMING Enjoy a staged reading of Lauren Gunderson comedy, directed by Jean Miller. A beauty queen’s plan to rewrite the constitution with a conservative and a liberal contestant. Sept. 4, 7 p.m., Sept. 5, 7 p.m. and Sept. 6, 3 p.m. $20. (805) 776-3287. By The Sea Productions, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay, bytheseaproductions.org. THE REBOOT: STORYTELLING REIMAGINED Curated showcase of true personal stories about deception, assumptions and shifts in perception, along with a open-mic for audience 99-second bits around the theme. Aug. 28, 7-9:15 p.m. Free. facebook.com/ the.reboot4u. Red Barn at Los Osos Community Park, 2180 Palisades Ave., Los Osos. NORTH SLO COUNTY

BEGINNING GLASS BEAD MAKING CLASS In this two-hour class, you will learn how to melt glass rods using a propane canister with a hot head. For ages 18 and older. Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-noon $100. (805) 464-2633. glassheadstudio. com. Glasshead Studio, 8793 Plata Lane, Suite H, Atascadero. COWGIRL MAGIC See original hand pulled linocuts and photography at this very colorful Bovine inspired show. Saturdays, 2-5 p.m. through Oct. 3 (805) 440-7152. Pocket Gallery on Pine, 8491/2 13th Street, Paso Robles. DAILY POTTERY Walk in, pick your pottery project, and paint away. Something for all ages. Prices vary depending on what you choose and

New Times and the Sun now share their community listings for a complete Central Coast calendar running from SLO County through northern Santa Barbara County. Submit events online by logging in with your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account at newtimesslo.com. You may also email calendar@newtimesslo. com. Deadline is one week before the issue date on Thursdays. Submissions are subject to editing and approval. Contact Calendar Editor Angie Stevens directly at astevens@newtimesslo.com. 14 • New Times • August 27 - September 3, 2026 • www.newtimesslo.com

includes; paint, glaze, firing, and studio time. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Varies. (805) 400-9107. artsocial805. com. ArtSocial 805 Creative Campus, 631 Spring St., Paso Robles. DEPRISE BRESCIA ART GALLERY: ONGOING DISPLAYS Features a large selection of encaustic art, sculpted paintings, art installations, acrylic palette knife paintings, digital art, glass, jewelry, stones, fossils, and a butterfly sculpture garden. ongoing DepriseBrescia.com. Deprise Brescia Art Gallery, 829 10th St., Paso Robles, (310) 621-7543. FIGURE DRAWING - SATURDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AT FIELDWORK Join us for figure drawing every Saturday and Wednesday for ages 18 and over. All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own materials. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. $20 + model’s tip. fieldworkart.org. Fieldwork, 5880 Entrada Ave, Atascadero, (971) 645-2481. FIRST FRIDAYS COMEDY IN ATASCADERO Headliner Jeremiah Nation from The Comedy Store and The Well Comedy Club. Jeremiah is an American stand-up comedian and a prominent comedy veteran. He is recognized for his highly unpredictable, energetic, and storytelling-driven comedic style. His routines lean heavily on unscripted energy, raw crowd work, and wild personal anecdotes. He frequently shares unfiltered perspectives on relationships, handling conflict, body image, and the realities of aging. Sept. 4, 8-9:30 p.m. $7.20. my805tix.com. Decades Hifi Lounge, 5840 Traffic Way, Atascadero, (805) 460-6415. MONTHLY BIRTHDAY PLATE PAINTING AT ARTSOCIAL 805 Please join

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ArtSocial805 on the first Saturday of each month to paint a personalized “Birthday Plate,” for someone special or for yourself. The workshop is $35, which covers the plate, glaze, and firing. First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $35. (805) 400-9107. artsocial805. com. ArtSocial 805 Creative Campus, 631 Spring St., Paso Robles. STUDIOS ON THE PARK: CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS Check site for a variety of classes and workshops offered. ongoing studiosonthepark.org. Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, (805) 238-9800. SAN LUIS OBISPO

“ONE VISIT” POTTERY CLASS This is a great class if you are looking to try out pottery! Throw on the wheel or paint pre-made pottery. Get a student discount with a valid school ID. Fridays, 6-7:30 p.m. $75. (805) 896-6197. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, anamcre.com. ACRYLIC ADVENTURES WITH CAROLINA LUNA Join Carolina as she guides your little artist through a variety of fun and exciting acrylic painting projects. Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. through Sept. 23 $30. (805) 747-4200. artcentralslo.com. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. ARTIST RIKI SCHUMACHER AT ART CENTRAL GALLERY Schumacher’s work is pensive and introspective, inspiring one to take a solitary walk on a cloudy day. Wander in to reflect on her “delicious, wistful landscapes.” Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 12-4 p.m. Free. (805) 747-4200. artcentralslo.com/gallery-artists/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. CALL FOR ARTISTS SLO Gallery is now organizing small group exhibits for our central viewing area. One of the displayed artists will be a co-op member. The others can be local or visiting artists. Drop by the SLO Gallery to sign up and see which of our artists on display you

may be interested in doing a group show with. Fridays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. SLO Gallery, 1023 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, SLOgallery.com. CLAY BABY HANDPRINTS Offers a unique experience of pressing your baby’s hand/foot into clay so parents can cherish this time forever. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays $55. anamcre.com/baby-handprints. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. THE FATHER: A TRAGIC FARCE Awardwinning and darkly funny, The Father immerses audiences in an 80-year-old man’s disorienting struggle as dementia slowly erodes his grip on reality. Fridays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m., Sundays, 2-4 p.m. and Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. through Sept. 10 $28-$48. (805) 7862440. slorep.org/shows/the-father/. SLO Rep, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo. FIRST FRIDAYS Visit SLOMA on the first Friday of each month for exhibition openings, music, and wines provided by regional winery partners. Admission is free and open to the public. First Friday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Free. (805) 5438562. sloma.org/events/first-fridays/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. IMPROV EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE BUNKER SLO Get ready for a whirlwind of wit, chaos, and unscripted brilliance at Improv Extravaganza—the ultimate showcase of indie improv talent! Aug. 27, 6:15-8 p.m. $12.56. my805tix.com. SLO Public Market, 120 Tank Farm Road, San Luis Obispo. MAGICANS CLUB This is a non-profit club where magicians from the local areas meet, exchange, share magic ideas, and showoff. Last Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Free. (805) 720-1164. SLO Elks Club, 222 Elks Lane, San Luis Obispo. MARCIE BEGLEITER AT SLOMA See Marcie Begleiter’s solo exhibition “Chimera: the Future of Nature” at SLOMA. Animation, photography and ARTS continued page 15

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a large nature diorama. Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays. through Oct. 17 Free. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, (310) 920-1656, sloma.org/exhibition/marciebegleiter/. MOBILE CLAY CLASSES Offering handbuilding, throwing, and ceramic decorative arts. All ages and abilities are welcome. Call for more info. ongoing (805) 835-5893. hmcruceceramics. com/book-online. SLO County, Various locations countywide, San Luis Obispo. NEUROGRAPHIC ART WORKSHOP WITH THE JUNKGIRLS Come learn this accessible practice that requires no artistic skill, focusing on the process of creation rather than the final result. Aug. 29, 2-4:30 p.m. $65. (805) 439-0123. junkgirls.com. JunkGirls, 870 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo. NOT FOR SALE: BARTER EXCHANGE This is your chance to negotiate a sweet trade for art by a collection of established California artists! Intrigued? Come find out! Mondays, Fridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Aug. 28 Free. (805) 546-3201. cuesta.edu/about/calendars/index.html? trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventi d%3D1407112356. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo. SLO COMEDY UNDERGROUND OPEN MIC NIGHT Enjoy a night of laughs provided by the local SLO Comedy Community. It’s open mic night, so anyone can perform and “you never know what you’ll see.” Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Free. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, (805) 5482337, libertinebrewing.com. TEEN NIGHT POTTERY IS LIVE Join Teen Night Pottery, for ages 14 and over. Teens will be taught to throw on the potters wheel, sculpt, or paint a pot. Snacks will be provided. Fridays, 6-7:30 p.m. $35. (805) 896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

ACTOR’S EDGE: ACTING CLASSES Actor’s Edge offers film and television acting training in San Luis Obispo, plus exposure to Los Angeles talent agents. All ages and skill levels welcome. Classes available in SLO, LA, and on zoom. ongoing $210 per month. actorsedge.

com. Online, See website, Arroyo Grande. CERAMIC LESSONS AND MORE Now offering private one-on-one and group lessons in the ceramic arts. Both hand building and wheel throwing options. Beginners welcomed. ongoing (805) 8355893. hmcruceceramics.com/. Online, See website, Arroyo Grande. WORKSHOPS AND MORE AT THE LAVRA Check the venue’s calendar for storytelling workshops, lectures, movie nights, and discussions held on a periodic basis. ongoing thelavra.org/ home. The Lavra, 2070 E. Deer Canyon Road, Arroyo Grande.

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33RD ANNUAL CUHS PINEDORADO 5K FUN RUN Join this family friendly fun run. Proceeds will support the CUHS Girls’ Soccer and Cross Country Teams. Race follows parade route. Sept. 5, 7-9 a.m. $30. (805) 801-1132. coastusd.org. Coast Union High School, 2950 Santa Rosa Creek Rd., Cambria. BREATH CONNECTION: WHEN YOUR MIND WON’T SLOW DOWN Join this 90-minute beach experience for women with practical breath tools, gentle movement, and ocean-inspired practices to slow down, reconnect, and find more balance. Aug. 29, 10:30 a.m.-noon $15. (805) 235-7978. Tami Cruz-Charvet, Morro Strand Beach, Morro Bay, charvetgratefulbody.com. CENTRAL COAST SLIM DOWN Take control of food without suffering. Learn a step-by-step process to take control of overeating, cravings, and feel peace with food. Build the habits, mindset, and your unique path with results that stick. Hosted byTami Cruz (Certified Health/Life Coach) and Dana Charvet (Coach/Fitness Trainer). ongoing Call for pricing info. (805) 235-7978. gratefulbodyhealthcoaching.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. CENTRAL COAST UECHI-RYU KARATEDO Uechi-Ryu Karate-do is a traditional form of karate originating from Okinawa, Japan. Focus is on fitness, flexibility, and self-defense with emphasis on

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self -growth, humility, and respect. Open to ages 13 to adult. Beginners and experienced welcome. Instructor with 50 years experience. For info, call 805-215-8806. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay, 772-6278, morro-bay.ca.us. CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEETING Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a Twelve Step recovery program for anyone who desires to have healthy and loving relationships with themselves and others. Meeting is hybrid (both in person and on Zoom). For information, call 805-900-5237. Saturdays, 1-2:15 p.m. Free. thecambriaconnection.org/. Cambria Connection, 1069 Main St., Cambria, (805) 927-1654. EMBODIED YOGA ON THE CENTRAL COAST Join this semi-private, all levels nourishing vinasya inspired asana (yoga) practice. Join us outdoors for a nourishing and grounding yoga practice. The class is breath centered to help you connect to your pranic life force. This is a complete class with meditation, connection to your energy centers, vital movement and a nourishing cool down. Sept. 5, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free. my805tix. com. Aurora Sacred Events, 21 24th St, Cayucos. LOS OSOS SUNDAY MEDITATION CLASS Sitting with a supportive group strengthens one’s meditation practice. Join us for a weekly talk on topics related to meditation and consciousness plus silent and guided meditation. Facilitated by Devin Wallace. Beginners welcome. Email devinwalla@gmail.com for more information. Sundays, 10:15 a.m.-11:15 p.m. By donation. (805) 709-2227. inner-workings.com. Central Coast Body Therapy Center, 2005 9th St., Los Osos. MORRO BAY METAPHYSICIANS DISCUSSION GROUP A group of metaphysically minded individuals that have been meeting for many years now in the Coalesce Chapel. Club offers a supportive metaphysical based community. Members discuss a different topic each week. All are welcome to join. Fridays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Suggested donation of $10-$15. Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay, coalescebookstore.com/. MORRO BAY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Disciplines include advanced athletic performance fitness training, Thai

kickboxing, and more. Beginners to advanced students welcome. Day and evening classes offered. MondaysSaturdays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Call for more info. (805) 701-7397. charvetmartialarts. com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. SOCRATES DISCUSSION GROUP Have a topic, book, or article you wish to discuss with interested and interesting people? Join this weekly meeting to discuss it, or simply contribute your experiences and knowledge. Contact Mark Plater for instructions on entering the Chapel area. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon (805) 528-7111. Coalesce Garden Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. STRETCH, BREATHE, AND BALANCE Ideal for seniors, and open to everyone. Instructor Randal Bodlak takes you through specific moves to promote mobility, internal strength, and stability. Mondays, 9-10 a.m. $10 per session. (805) 528-4880. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos. TAI CHI AND QI GONG: ZEN IN MOTION Small group classes with 2019 Tai Chi Instructor of the Year. Call for time and days. Learn the Shaolin Water Style and 5 Animals Qi Gong. Beginners welcomed. Mondays, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Call for price details. (805) 701-7397. charvetmartialarts.com. Morro Bay Martial Arts, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay.

CHILDREN Enjoy a Yoga Animals Children’s Yoga Class and Storytime for ages three to six. Space is limited. RSVP at the email provided. Aug. 29, 10-11 a.m. Free. (805) 440-8597. allonefamilyyoga. com. Morro Bay Public Library Community Room, 625 Harbor Street, Morro Bay. YOGA PLUS A hybrid of yoga and “stretching” techniques that yield a body that moves and feels amazing. Mondays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10 per session. (415) 516-5214. Bayside Martial Arts, 1200 2nd St., Los Osos. ZEN IN MOTION Learn the Shaolin Water Style and other deep breathing and moving meditation techniques with the 2019 Taijiquan Instructor of the Year. Beginners Welcome.Instructor Certification Courses available. Mondays, Wednesdays Call for details. (805) 7017397. charvetmartialarts.com. Grateful Body, 850 Shasta, Morro Bay. NORTH SLO COUNTY

BALANCE FLOW Suitable for all levels. This class is meant to benefit the mindbody connection while emphasizing safe and effective alignment as well as breath awareness and relaxation. Please call to register in advance. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $16-$22; $50 membership. (805) 434-9605. ttrtennis.com/fitness/ yoga/. Templeton Tennis Ranch, 345 Championship Lane, Templeton.

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Send event information to events@newtimesslo.com or submit online. Owner/Intuitive Medium, Tiffany Klemz, for this twice monthly, Goddess Group. The intention of this group is to curate connection, inspiration, unity, and empowerment. Every other Tuesday, 6:30-8 p.m. $11. (805) 464-2838. oracleatascaderoca.com. Oracle, 6280 Palma Ave., Atascadero. GUIDED FARM EXPERIENCE | FIELD TO BOTTLE Enjoy a one-hour guided walk with the farmer. Get insight into lavender varieties and growing practices, make a hand-harvested lavender bouquet, and spend time in the fields and picnic areas. Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-noon through Sept. 7 $30. (805) 975-0056. hamblyfarms.com. Hambly Farms, 1390 Grana Place, San Miguel. HAMBLY LAVENDER FARM GUIDED EXPERIENCE This one-hour walk about the farm immerses you in the processes of growing, harvesting, and drying this fragrant herb. Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m. my805tix.com. Hambly Farms, 1390 Grana Place, San Miguel.

BOOK BUDDIES Bookworms, assemble! Woods is welcoming animal lovers age 7 to 17 to join us in reading to our furry friends. Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $5. (805) 543-9316. woodshumanesociety. org/youth-programs/. Woods Humane Society (North County), 2300 Ramona Road, Atascadero.

PET TALES Get ready for the cutest, coziest, and cuddliest hour in your week! Pet Tales welcomes young children and their grownups for a pet-themed story time. Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-noon $5. (805) 543-9316. woodshumanesociety. org/youth-programs/. Woods Humane Society (North County), 2300 Ramona Road, Atascadero.

WEEKLY QIGONG PRACTICE AT FITNESSWORKS MORRO BAY Calm your mind and nourish your joints with a weekly Qigong practice led by Mike Raynor of Tai Chi Rejuvenation. The practice is rooted in Qigong fundamentals, and standing and moving meditations. Forms include Eight Brocades, Five Elements, Shibashi 18, and Tai Chi 24. Visit the Fitness Works website for current prices. Saturdays, 10:45-11:45 a.m. and Thursdays, 12:15-1 p.m. (805) 7727466. fitnessworksmb.com. FitnessWorks, 500 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEETING Co-Dependents Anonymous is a 12-step fellowship of men and women. The only requirement for membership is a desire for healthy and loving relationships. Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. Free. (805) 221-5755. Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a Twelve Step recovery program for anyone who desires to have healthy and loving relationships with themselves and others. Tuesdays, noon-1 a.m. Free. (760) 846-1443. North County Connection, 8600 Atascadero Ave., Atascadero.

PLANT BINGO WITH PEACEFUL PLANTS Join us for an elevated Plant Bingo experience—an interactive, plantfilled afternoon designed for a relaxed and social atmosphere. Your ticket includes a drink and reserved seating, along with access to a fully hosted afternoon of plant-themed gameplay. Throughout the afternoon, enjoy multiple rounds with opportunities to take home a curated selection of houseplants. Aug. 30, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $39.34. my805tix.com. McPrice Myers Wine Company, 3525 Adelaida Rd., Paso Robles, (805) 237-1245.

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WATERFRONT MARKET MORRO BAY The Waterfront Market returns for its 9th summer season in Morro Bay. This openair market features over 30 local vendors from SLO County. Through Sept. 7, 10 a.m.5 p.m. Free. (805) 402-9437. facebook. com/waterfrontmarketmorrobayca. Giovanni’s Fish Market, 1001 Front St., Morro Bay.

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The Charities with Mestizo Beat

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SLO Brew Rock, SLO

By the Sea Productions, Morro Bay

Live at the Lighthouse Concert Series

Pops by the Sea: Symphony Remix

13th Annual Brew at the Zoo

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Avila Beach Golf Course

Central Coast Zoo, Atascadero

Improv Extravaganza

Bight Presents: One Ocean Film Festival

Talie & The Troublemakers

Morro Bay Comedy Night w/Tommy Lama

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 Bay Theatre, Morro Bay

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 The Pour House, Paso Robles

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 The Nauti Anchor, Morro Bay

Nada Rasta Live

Beer Yoga at Naughty Oak

Rockin’ the Ranch: Spanky Paul Band

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 The Bunker, SLO

Experiencia Bamboo: Intimate Fine Dining

Texas Voodoo: Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn & Hendrix SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 The Stockyard, Orcutt

The Art of Conversation

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Oak Folk Studio, Santa Maria

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 Naughty Oak Brewing Co, Orcutt

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Serenity Sound Journey

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 SLO Brew Rock, SLO

Brass Mash First Friday

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 SLO Brew Rock, SLO

First Fridays Comedy in Atascadero

That’s So Drag: A Late Night Dance Party

CheeHoo Foundation Luau Party

Rockin’ the Ranch: Jack Milstead Band

Otter 501 Film Screening

2026 Central Coast Cooking Show

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Paso Bamboo, Paso Robles

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 McPrice Myers, Paso Robles

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Decades HiFi Lounge, Atascadero

Hail The Sun - A Lot Like Birds Blight Town - Murals TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 The Rock, SLO

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Libertine Brewing Co, SLO

The Elder Quest: Choosing Conscious Aging THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Odd Fellows Hall, SLO

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TOPS SUPPORT GROUP: WEIGHT LOSS AND MAINTENANCE A self-help support group focusing on weight loss and maintenance. Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. (805) 242-2421. tops.org. Santa Margarita Senior Center, 2210 H St., Santa Margarita. TOPS TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY Join for affordable and effective weightloss support. Sundays, 10-11 a.m. through Oct. 31 First visit is free. (805) 234-1026. Rancho Del Bordo Clubhouse, 10025 El Camino Real, Atascadero, tops.org. TRIVIA NIGHT AT TEMPLETON MERCANTILE Join every Tuesday night for all-ages trivia. Prizes are awarded to top teams. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. Templeton Mercantile, 508 S Main St, Templeton. YANG STYLE TAI CHI The course’s instructor won many Tai Chi and other internal martial arts tournaments. Both experienced martial artists and new learners are welcome to the class. Mondays, Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. $62. (805) 470-3360. Colony Park Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

30-DAY BREATH AND RESET JOURNEY FOR WOMEN Wired at night, drained all day? Reset your body in 30 days. Focus on breath practices to calm stress, sleep deeply, and restore lasting energy. Registration is required. Tuesdays, 6:307:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10-11 a.m. (805) 235-7978. charvetgratefulbody.com. Live Webinar, online, SLO County. ASTRONOMY NIGHT AND STARGAZING Explore the night sky with telescopes and guided viewing hosted by the Central Coast Astronomy Society. Sept. 5, 7-9 p.m. $10. (805) 541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Gardens, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd, San Luis Obispo. BOARD GAME NIGHT AT CAPTAIN NEMO GAMES Game night is on! Join us Tuesdays at 5 p.m. at Captain Nemo Games for fun, friendly board gaming. All skill levels welcome! Tuesdays, 5-9 p.m. Free. (805) 544-6366. facebook. com/events/2047427899121921/204742 7949121916?acontext=%7B%22event_ action_history%22%3A[]%7D. Captain Nemo Games, 565 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo. CENTRAL COAST DIALYSIS ORGAN TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP Not faith based. All are welcome. Please wear a mask. First Saturday of every month, 9:30-11:30 a.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church SLO, 650 Pismo St., San Luis Obispo. DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT BBQ AND ESTATE SALE END CHILD EXPLOITATION Gift bags, hundreds of prizes for kids activities while parents listen to law enforcement from front lines of rescues. Food, fun, family, love, and comrade. Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $15.

AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 (805) 769-5675. San Luis Obispo Grange Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. FOUNDER’S Join founder Eve Vigil for a behind-the-scenes garden tour highlighting history, blooms, unique plants, and water-wise tips—plus plenty of time for questions and connection. First Wednesday of every month $10. (805) 541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Gardens, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd, San Luis Obispo. FREE TOURS OF THE MISSION Tour San Luis Obispo’s Spanish Mission, founded in 1772. Come learn its history and importance to the development of this area. Tours are led by docents and meet in front of the church Sundays, 2:30 p.m. and Mondays-Saturdays, 1:15 p.m. Free. (805) 550-7713. missionslodocents.org. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. GARDEN FOUNDER WALK AND TALK Walk and talk with Eve Vigil in the Botanical Garden each month on the first Wednesday. Free garden tour with paid admission to the Garden. Free for members. No need to RSVP, just show up and enjoy. First Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free with $5 Garden Entry. (805) 541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo. GATHER ON THE GREEN AT CHAMISAL VINEYARDS Gather on the Green brings live local music, food vendors, lawn games, and Chamisal wines to the Edna Valley. No reservations are required, there is communal seating. First Friday of every month, 5-7 p.m. through Oct. 2 Free. (805) 541-9463. chamisalvineyards.com. Chamisal Vineyards, 7525 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo. INTERMEDIATE AND BEGINNING BIRDING WORKSHOP AND GUIDED WALK Join birding experts Robbie Revel and Karen Watts for an engaging session designed to sharpen your birdwatching skills as we get ready for fall! Sept. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $20. (805) 541-1400. slobg.org. San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo. LEARN BEFORE YOU LEAP: REALITIES OF STARTING A NONPROFIT Learn what’s involved in forming and maintaining a nonprofit and whether there’s a better way to serve your passion. Admission is free for spokes members. Aug. 27, 10:30 a.m.-noon $45. (805) 547-2244. SLO Rep/ACT Headquarters, 3533 Empleo Street, San Luis Obispo. LUNCHTIME IN THE GARDEN UC Master Gardeners of SLO County extend an invitation to the public to visit our demonstration garden. See what’s in bloom and learn something new. First Wednesday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. through Sept. 2 Free. (805) 781-5939. ucanr.edu. Garden of the Seven Sisters Demonstration Garden, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo.

MELLOW YOGA FOR EVERYONE Stretch into yourself under the beautiful oaks and fresh air of this idyllic country setting. Suitable for all levels, these classes emphasize the gentler side of yoga and adapt to participants’ needs. Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. $14 per class or $55 for five-class card with no expiration. (805) 440-4561. balancedlivingayurveda. com. Tiber Canyon Ranch, 280 W Ormonde Rd, San Luis Obispo. MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION (ONLINE MEETING) Zoom series hosted by TMHA. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Transitions Mental Health Warehouse, 784 High Street, San Luis Obispo, (805) 270-3346. MONTHLY DEATH CAFE (EVERY FIRST TUESDAY AT 11 A.M.) Join this relaxed, group-directed conversation about death and dying with no agenda—just open, respectful dialogue to increase awareness and help us live more fully. First Tuesday of every month, 11 a.m.noon Free. (805) 544-2266. hospiceslo. org/services/death-cafe. Hospice SLO County, 1305 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo. REPLACING A LAWN WITH CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS Hear step-by-step instructions for replacing a lawn, including native plant recommendations. There is an optional 9:30 a.m. tour of the local wholesale nursery to see possible options. More details are on the website. Aug. 29, 2-4 p.m. Free. (805) 459-2103. cnpsslo.org. San Luis Obispo Library Community Room, 995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. SERENITY SOUND JOURNEY AT LA LOMITA RANCH Within the pavilion, where the exceptional acoustics allow sound to become something felt as much as heard, each tone radiates, layering and lingering until it washes over and through you in quiet waves. Let your breath merge with the sounds to take you on a journey within. Sept. 1, 6-7:15 p.m. $20-$30. my805tix.com. La Lomita Ranch, 1985 La Lomita Way, San Luis Obispo. SLO OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY Head to this free event with naloxone (Narcan) . Enjoy a resource fair, presentations, activities, and food for purchase. Bring photos and art to share. Aug. 29, 12-3 p.m. Free. sloendoverdose.org/. Mitchell Park, 1445 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo. SLO PHILATELIC SOCIETY The SLO Philatelic Society (SLOPS) meets at the SLO Senior Center on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Visitors are welcome. First Tuesday of every month, 1-3 p.m. SLO Senior Center, 1445 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, (805) 5409484, slocity.org/seniors.

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monthly meetings. A social hour is at 5:30 p.m. with food and drinks. Annual memberships are $65. First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. through Jan. 5 Free. sloskiers.org. Milestone Tavern, 972 Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, (805) 439-4316. TEEN MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP Learn more about mental health and coping skills to help you through your journey towards wellness and recovery. Thursdays, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. (805) 540-6576. t-mha.org. Hope House Wellness Center, 1306 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo. THAT’S SO DRAG: A LATE NIGHT DANCE PARTY That’s So Drag is bringing the heat, the hair, and the high-energy vibes you’ve been waiting for. Make sure you’re ready to dance and see some amazing performannces from our hosts Nala Diamond, Juicy C.W., and more of San Luis Obispo’s favorite Queens. Sept. 5, 8-11:55 p.m. $12.56. my805tix.com. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, (805) 548-2337. TRANS* TUESDAY A safe space providing peer-to-peer support for trans, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and questioning people. In-person and Zoom meetings held. Contact tranzcentralcoast@gmail.com for more details. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. GALA Pride and Diversity Center, 1060 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, (805) 541-4252. YOUR CITY, YOUR VOICE: GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT COUNTS This event will help community members understand how to access public meeting information, practice giving public comment, stay informed, and feel more confident participating. Aug. 27, 5:30-8 p.m. (805) 781-7073. slocity.org. San Luis Obispo City Hall, 990 Palm St, San Luis Obispo. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

2ND FREE LEGAL CLINIC REGISTRATION (LEGAL TEAM: FREDERICK & TINDULA LAW FIRM) Part of our Health Wellness and You Program, seniors 50 years and older can call the number provided after 2 p.m., leave a message for Dave, and mention the free legal clinic. Mondays-Fridays, 2-7 p.m. through Sept. 28 Free. (805) 9291615. nipomoseniorcenter.org/. Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo. BEGINNING BALLET FOR ADULTS Enjoy the grace and flow of ballet. No previous experience needed. Wednesdays, 5:156:15 p.m. $12 drop-in; $40 for four classes. (510) 362-3739. grover.org. Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave., Grover Beach. BIG DITCH MARKET Enjoy fantastic homemade items from local vendors, amazing food, and live music! First Friday of every month, 4-8 p.m. through Oct. 2 Free. (714) 390-9142. arroyogrande.org.

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BODY FUSION/EXERCISE AND FITNESS CLASS Do something good for yourself and stay fit for outdoor sports, while enhancing flexibility, strengthening your core to prevent lower back issues, improving your posture through yoga, and more. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. (970) 710-1412. Avila Beach Community Center, 191 San Miguel St., Avila Beach, avilabeachcc.com.

SIP AND UNWIND: WINE AND CHAIR MASSAGE EXPERIENCE Unwind with a soothing fifteen-minute chair massage by a professional masseuse in a cozy, private corner of tasting room paired perfectly our award winning wine. Sept. 5, 12-5 p.m. $35. (805) 270-3327. dracaenawines.com. Dracaena Wines, 1244 Pine Street, suite 101 B, Paso Robles.

COMMUNITY NATIVE GARDEN MONTHLY VOLUNTEER WORKDAY Volunteers accomplish a variety of tasks including pathways maintenance, litter patrol of the garden perimeter, weeding, irrigation system expansion/repairs, pruning, and plantings. Volunteers should bring work gloves, a hat, drinking water, and tools related to the above activities. First Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.-noon Free. (805) 710-3073. Nipomo Native Garden, Camino Caballo at Osage, Nipomo. DAILY QIGONG PRACTICE For the early riser or commuter, every weekday morning. Maintain or improve concentration, balance, and flexibility. Includes weekly Friday 3 p.m. class with more practices. Led by certified Awareness Through Movement teacher. Mondays-Saturdays, 6:10 a.m. and Fridays, 3 p.m. $35/week or $125/month. (646) 280-5800. margotschaal.com/ qigong. Online, See website, Arroyo Grande. DANCE FITNESS ART AND CULTURE FOR ADULTS Discover dance as a form of artistic expression and exercise, using a wide range of styles and genres of music (including modern, jazz, Broadway, ethnic). Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m. $10 drop-in; $30 for four classes. (510) 362-3739. grover.org. Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave., Grover Beach. EPIC DJ TRIVIA Don’t miss DJ Trivia. It’s free to play, and prizes for the top three teams will be awarded. Bring your family and friends! Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Free. Grover Station Grill, 170 W Grand Ave #101, Grover Beach, (805) 489-3030, EpicDJTrivia.com. LA CONVERSACIÓN Join La Conversación, a group for practicing spoken Spanish. There is no homework or lessons, just conversation. Thursdays, 9-11:30 a.m. Free. Greenhouse Coffee Company, 1064 E Grand Av, Arroyo Grande, (805) 825-1345. La Conversación is a group for practicing Spanish. There’s no homework or lessons, just conversation. Beginners to native speakers, all levels are welcome! Thursdays, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. (805) 748-9123. Coffee Bean, 354 Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach. LGBTQ+ FED THERAPIST LEAD SUPPORT GROUP (VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM) A pro-recovery group offering space to those seeking peer support, all

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A docent-led hike to Black Lake in Arroyo Grande in collaboration with The Land Conservancy will take place on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon. Explore the local wildlife and rare plant species of the Black Lake Ecological Area, which The Land Conservancy has owned and restored since 2000. Event registration is $5 for Dunes Center members and $10 for nonmembers. Additional information can be found at dunescenter.org. —A.S. stages of ED recovery. We understand recovery isn’t linear and judgment-free support is crucial. Share, listen, and be part of a community building up each other. First Wednesday of every month, 7-8 p.m. Free. galacc.org/events/. Online, See website, Arroyo Grande.

ZOOM) This is a social support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning youth between the ages of 11-18. Each week the group explores personal, cultural, and social identity. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Free. galacc. org/events/. Online, See website, Arroyo Grande.

MAKERS MARKET: STONE SOUP Discovery Center is having a Makers Market, where kids sell what they have created. Shop food, drinks, arts, and crafts. Aug. 30, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. (805) 698-7351. Exploration Discovery Center, 867 Ramona Ave., Grover Beach.

QI GONG FOR LESS STRESS AND MORE ENERGY Experience the energy of Qi Gong through simple standing movements promoting flexibility, strength, relaxation, and increased energy. Suitable for all ages and fitness levels, Qi Gong revitalizes and enriches your life. An outdoor class overlooking the ocean. Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. and Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. $15 per class or $60 for five-class card. (805) 440-4561. pismobeach.org. Margo Dodd Gazebo, Ocean Park Blvd., Shell Beach.

MEDICARE MADE SIMPLE Our popular Empowerment Series is for older adults or their families seeking more knowledge to get equipped and be empowered as they or their loved ones age. Sept. 2, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. my805tix.com. Hilton Garden Inn, 601 James Way, Pismo Beach. MULTICULTURAL DANCE CLASS FOR ADULTS Experience dance from continents around the earth, including from Africa, Europe, and more. Described as “a wonderful in-depth look at the context and history of cultures of the world.” Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $10 drop-in; $30 for four classes. (510) 362-3739. grover.org. Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave., Grover Beach. POINT SAN LUIS LIGHTHOUSE TOURS A docent-led tour of the buildings and grounds of the historic Point San Luis Light Station. Check website for more details. Wednesdays, Saturdays pointsanluislighthouse.org/. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach. Q YOUTH GROUP (VIRTUALLY VIA

WEEKLY WATER SAFETY LESSONS Facility advertised as open and safe. Give the office a call to register over the phone. Mondays-Fridays $160$190. (805) 481-6399. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, 5citiesswimschool.com. DOCENT-LED HIKE AT BLACK LAKE In collaboration with The Land Conservancy, explore the breathtaking Black Lake Ecological Area in celebration of Kathleen Goddard Jones’ birthday. The Land Conservancy has owned this area since 2000 and has continuously worked to restore its natural beauty and allowed The Dunes Center to bring our community to explore the local wildlife, as well as rare and endemic plant species. Aug. 29, 9 a.m.-noon $5-$10. dunescenter.org/. Black Lake, 1156 Mesa View Dr, Arroyo Grande.

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MORRO BAY MAIN STREET FARMERS MARKET Get fresh and veggies, fruit, baked goods, sweets, and handmade artisan crafts. Come have some fun with your local farmers and artisans and enjoy delicious eats while enjoying the fresh breeze of Morro Bay. Saturdays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Varies. (805) 824-7383. morrobayfarmersmarket.com. Morro Bay Main Street Farmers Market, Main Street and Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay. WINEMAKER’S DINNER FEATURING OPOLO VINEYARDS Join for an unforgettable evening at Cambria Pines Lodge as we welcome Opolo Vineyards for a signature Winemaker’s Dinner in our outdoor Pavilion Garden. Aug. 30, 5:30-8 p.m. $130. (805) 927-4200. cambriapineslodge.com. Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr., Cambria. NORTH SLO COUNTY

CLUB CAR BAR TRIVIA WITH DR. RICKY Teams of one to six people welcome. Visit site for more info. Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m. my805tix.com. Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton. PLANT BINGO WITH PEACEFUL PLANTS Your ticket includes a drink and reserved seating, along with access to a fully hosted afternoon of plant-themed gameplay. Throughout the afternoon, enjoy multiple rounds. Aug. 30, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $40. (805) 237-1245. my805tix.com.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Head over to Hubba Wines in Tin City for sun-setting good vibes. Food and Wine available for purchase. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. through Aug. 28 $5 donation. (805) 550-8190. hubbawines.com/events/. Hubba Wines, 2929 Limestone Way, Paso Robles. TACO TUESDAYS La Parilla Taqueria will be in the courtyard serving up their delicious tacos and tostadas. Menu typically includes barbacoa, chicken, and pastor tacos, as well as shrimp ceviche tostadas. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. (805) 460-6042. ancientowlbeergarden. com. Ancient Owl Beer Garden, 6090 El Camino Real, suite C, Atascadero. SAN LUIS OBISPO

DOWNTOWN SLO FARMERS MARKET Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. Downtown SLO, Multiple locations, San Luis Obispo. PIÑATAS ON THE PATIO What is more festive than a piñata? Join for some brunch drinks and a couple of good hits to a piñata (or two). Good times and goofy prices promised. Turns will be determined on a first come, first served basis. First Sunday of every month Free. SLO Public Market, South Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo. SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts more than 60 vendors. Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, 325 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo. THAT’S SO DRAG BRUNCH We’ve got the glitter, we’ve got the mimosas, and we’ve got the most fabulous queens in San Luis Obispo ready to leave it all on the floor for you. Hosts Nala Diamond and Juicy C.W. will bring the energy along with performances from Shekinah Manly, Cleo Van Scarlett, and Vivian Storm. Sept. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $21.13. my805tix.com. Libertine Brewing Company, 1234 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, (805) 548-2337. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY

TRIVIA NIGHT Join BrainStew Trivia for a hilariously witty evening of trivia in Pismo. Teams of 1 to 4 people. Prizes awarded to the first and second place teams. Kitchen is open until 7:30 p.m. for brain fuel. Beer, cider, wine, and non-alcoholic options available. First Thursday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Free to play. (805) 295-6171. kulturhausbrewing.com. Kulturhaus Brewing Company, 779 Price St., Pismo Beach. ∆

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Calling all surfers, skaters, and filmmakers! Salty, an awardwinning, locally produced short film, is stoked to announce the Stay Salty Surf and Skate Short Film Festival at the Bay Theatre, on Monday, Nov. 2 (5:30 p.m.; $10). “For one night only, let’s celebrate surf and skate culture, our community, and independent film, while raising funds for the Morro Bay High School Surf Team,” organizer Josh Martin announced. “If you’ve created an amateur surf or skate film, submit your film for a chance to be screened.” Or get busy making a film. You have seven weeks. The submission deadline is Monday, Oct. 19. Direct message @saltythemovie or email saltythemovie@gmail.com for a submission form. “This event will also kick off the Kickstarter campaign for Salty, the feature-length movie,” Martin added. “Official selections will screen after an encore of Salty followed by award and prize announcements. Here’s the best part. Our official sponsors will be judging the films. They are Azhiaziam, Forever Stoked, Cayucos Collective, Shane Stoneman Surfboards, Wavelengths, The Craft Surf Supply, and CCS.” The award categories include best surf film, best skate film, best trick, best cinematography, judges’ favorite, and an audience “Core Lord” award. There’ll also be merch booths at the event.

Brain insights

Have you ever wondered why humans engage in sometimes counterproductive or puzzling behavior? There’s a podcast for you. NPR’s popular show Hidden Brain is coming to SLO live and in person with show host, veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam, thanks to KCBX Public Radio and Cal Poly Arts. This event is part of Hidden Brain’s national Perceptions tour, and SLO is its only West Coast stop at the Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Sept. 20 (3 to 4:30 p.m.; $39 to $95 at calpolyarts.org). To celebrate the show’s 10-year anniversary, Vedantam will share “seven powerful insights learned over the past decade helping millions of listeners better understand themselves and the world around them,” organizers announced. “He explores the unconscious patterns that shape human behavior through a unique blend of science, storytelling, and psychology. “The award-winning podcast tackles some of life’s most compelling questions, like, why do we feel stuck? How can we become more creative? What strengthens our relationships? And what hidden forces influence the choices we make every day?” organizers added. KCBX Public Radio broadcasts Hidden Brain on-air and via online stream every Friday from 2 to 3 p.m., but also available on demand at KCBX.org. Δ —Glen Starkey

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Hope from tragedy Lady of the Waves follows a protagonist on her journey of recovery

entral Coast author Sharon Sheltzer’s new young adult romance and adventure novel, Lady of the Waves: Love in the Time of Climate Change, opens with a bang. Twelveyear-old protagonist Aallotar, on vacation with her Finnish family in Thailand, heads to the beach with her mother. “We only have another week in paradise,” her mom says. Suddenly, the sea begins to recede as a tsunami forms. What follows is a gripping disaster sequence written with cinematic intensity as the massive wall of water sweeps over Aallotar and her mother, separating them and destroying the resort and village. The backdrop is based on a real event. On Dec. 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami killed 227,989 people in 14 countries—the single deadliest natural disaster in history. It’s a traumatic event that begins a decade-long story as Aallotar processes her loss, embarks on a science career focused on mitigating natural disasters, and strikes up a slow burning romance with 14-year-old Daniel, who she meets in the aftermath of the tsunami when he arrives in Thailand with his parents—therapists there to help kids process trauma. In adulthood, Daniel becomes a climate activist, and he and Aallotar rediscover one another at a global climate summit. Sheltzer’s novel focuses on worthy themes: “Resilience, that would probably be No. 1,” she said. “The importance of family, that power comes from education. Also, redemption versus revenge. Empathy is the key to developing passion. Aallotar eventually gets there.” Aallotar is angry at what happened to her family, but through the course of the story, she learns to channel her anger into something positive and hopeful. It’s a great read, and the climate angle is right in Sheltzer’s wheelhouse. She’s a member of The League of Climate Fiction Writers, and she’s had a lifelong interest in environmentalism. “When I was in architecture school, I immediately decided that that’s where my interest was,” she said. After graduating, Sheltzer lived and worked in San Francisco before moving to the small town of

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Los Osos author Sharon Sheltzer’s young adult romance and adventure novel, Lady of the Waves: Love in the Time of Climate Change, is available in Morro Bay’s Coalesce Bookstore and Los Osos’ Volumes of Pleasure, and online through the publisher, 12 Willows Press (12willowspress.com), or other online retailers. Learn more about the author at sharondsheltzer.com.

Three Rivers, where she “had the opportunity to open my own business, and people there were environmentally leaning, and so I had an opportunity to specialize in construction types, like off-the-grid solar, rammed earth, straw bale, and SIP [structural insulated panel] blocks. My career was very much oriented in that direction, and I felt the responsibility to make sure that my buildings were energy efficient.” It took a local writers conference to inspire her to transition from writing articles and a Substack about environmental concerns to taking on novels. “I recently retired when I moved here, and honestly, I just thought, whatever I do in the next phase of my life, it has to be creative because that’s where I get my energy from. I love being creative, so I sat with it for a little while, trying to figure out where I wanted to put my creativity, and I gave myself a birthday present to go to the Cuesta College Central Coast Writers Conference, and that LADY OF THE WAVES When 12-year-old protagonist cemented it for me. Aallotar survives a devastating tsunami, she dedicates her “It was just a natural that I would life to the science of battling storms in this YA romance write about environmental subjects,” she and adventure novel. continued. “And it makes me feel like it can still make a difference, you know? If I can “I [hosted] a foreign exchange student from reach out and tell stories and have people connect Finland, and a foreign exchange student from with the narratives and see themselves in that Thailand, and we spent quite a bit of time in narrative and find agency, that’s my goal.” Finland in a non-touristy kind of way, so the places While living with her husband in Visalia, I describe are real,” Sheltzer noted. “I also knew Sheltzer discovered Los Osos and the Central about the tsunami and had seen some scenes from Coast through a friend. it, and it impacted me. I thought, ‘What would “It had everything that we dreamed of. It was happen if I was in there, and what would have laid-back, very dog centered, very water centered. happened if this woman’s [catchment] design had We’re both water people, dog people, and it was a been implemented? Would it have helped?’” little bit more liberal than the valley with a lot of She wanted a coming-of-age story for Daniel and outdoor activities. People were super active here Aallotar, but also the climate change coming-ofand interested in the environment, birding and age story. hiking, and boating, things like that. It was just an “For me personally, I became aware of climate absolute no-brainer for us.” change from Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in Lady of the Waves was also 2006,” she noted. PHOTO COURTESY OF SHARON SHELTZER informed by experiences from Sheltzer hopes her novel will spark an interest in Sheltzer’s past. climate science, and despite a renewal of climate “When I was in architecture change denial and the gutting of environmental school, I did a semester at the protections by the Trump University of administration, she remains Maryland and hopeful. was inspired “There’re lots of studies Send gallery, stage, by the designer that continue that are finding and cultrual festivities to of the Vietnam remarkable solutions. Just last arts@newtimesslo.com. Memorial, [Maya night, I saw a special on how Lin]. She was a China has discovered how to 21-year-old girl, manufacture an alternate plastic and she had an impact on me. made of 100 percent bamboo plus a couple of Then I was listening to an NPR chemicals that are natural, and they’re starting to special, and it featured another do it,” she said. award-winning young lady who had “There’s bad, plenty of bad out there, and then designed an underwater catchment there’s good. We’re retrograde right now because system in Thailand to help in case of of our politics. But in other countries, they’re proceeding, and there’s a lot of smart people all tsunamis. I filed that away.” over the world working to make things better.” ∆ These remarkable real-life women helped inform Aallotar, but NATURE LOVER Los Osos author Sharon Sheltzer’s writing Contact Arts Editor Glen Starkey at gstarkey@ personal experiences also played a focuses on environmental and climate change concerns. newtimesslo.com. part in the story.

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but also an openness to new experiences. He was pure arrogance masking insecurity. I only watched a smattering of Anthony Bourdain’s various food shows and travelogues, so Glen The film begins with a quote from I think you have a better Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the handle on who he was Culinary Underbelly, Anthony Bourdain’s in real life. I thought as a a raw confessional published in 2000 about coming-of-age story, Tony his rocky, drug-fueled, grueling road to presented a tale that felt becoming a chef: “I was—to be frank—a like a real depiction of the spoiled, miserable, narcissistic, selfpainful ups and downs of destructive, and thoughtless young lout, late adolescence as you’re badly in need of a good ass-kicking.” Indeed, struggling to be seen when we meet Tony, he’s a real prick—a and respected. I highly cocky, self-aggrandizing recommend it. liar, unappreciative of Anna I just wasn’t feeling TONY others. The world owes an hour and a half or so What’s it rated? R him, see? He’s also clearly with a moody 19-year-old What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee intelligent—he gets his dude who was very woe-isWhat’s it worth, Glen? Full price smarts from his mother, me. Look, if you’ve worked Where’s it showing? Bay who he deeply resents. in a kitchen or fancy (beginning Sept. 25), Colony, Yet, he’s also earnest yourself a chef, you’ve likely Downtown Centre, Fair Oaks, and wants to make his become very familiar with Palm, Park, Stadium 10 mark. To impress and Bourdain and his oeuvre, intimidate others, he and maybe I’m being too drops big words like bildungsroman, which picky about it. There was a TRIAL BY FIRE A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic is pure foreshadowing, for this story is great documentary called Sessa) lies his way into his first kitchen experience, in Tony, Bourdain’s coming-of-age as he evolves from Roadrunner in 2021, which screening in local theaters. shitty little asshole into decent human being, I totally recommend. This in part because of the guidance of his first film is worth the price before he spent time in Provincetown, and chef, José Vatel (Antonio Banderas). I cringed the film seems to smoosh many summers of a theater ticket, but you might feel a bit at Tony’s assholery but found the story very into one. If you don’t treat this as a tried-and- heavy after it—which is fine! Bourdain was a touching. notoriously depressed and isolated man, and true account of Bourdain’s early years, you’ll Anna Bourdain himself admits that this doesn’t shy away from that. It just isn’t probably have more fun with it. I was always Kitchen Confidential is a blend of reality necessarily very fun to visit that headspace. interested and entertained by the real guy, and hyperbole, and this film decides to The story’s ultimately sweet though, and more so than by this version of him. There run with that spirit. I loved the book, and I like I said, Banderas was fun. Sessa was were fun elements—Banderas is particularly great as an actor—but you have to admit have to say I found the author’s voice more good and a joy to watch as he dumps water charming than I did Sessa’s on-screen his character was kind of a bummer. I’m on Tony’s head each morning as an alarm portrayal. While Bourdain freely admitted interested to find out what those who knew clock, but I think I’ll stick with watching to his shortcomings, his pompousness, his Bourdain around this time in his life think of reruns of the real Bourdain travel the world. tendency toward drugs and drink, the man the film. ∆ Glen I guess I liked it a lot more than you. himself was I think far less maudlin and I thought Sessa was terrific. I felt like his lovelorn than the film version. Sure, Nancy Arts Editor Glen Starkey and freelancer Tony was learning every lesson the hard way, Anna Starkey write Split Screen. Comment at was his first and longtime wife, but from all accounts, the two were already involved gstarkey@newtimesslo.com. and he played Bourdain with real tenacity

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why these four were targeted, and while the killer’s now appealing, he pled guilty before having to stand trial, leaving family and friends of the victims without answers. Netflix has found a true crime niche, and I’m as guilty as any of consuming more than my fair share. I do think that the awareness on how to avoid sensationalizing violent crimes has grown as more shows are created. I hope being a part of this series was a cathartic and healing process for those suffering the loss of these bright-futured young men and women who were robbed of the chance to see those futures through. (three 45-min. episodes) —Anna

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deputies want Ulysses dead, and the yakuza are on their way to protect their interests. If you’ve enjoyed Odenkirk’s other forays into roles as an unlikely action hero—Nobody (2021) and Nobody 2 (2025), both penned by Kolstad, who also wrote the John Wick franchise—you’ll know what to expect. Ulysses is just trying to do his job, keep his head down, and not ruffle any feathers, but instead he’s forced into combat mayhem as he struggles to survive. It’s certainly not as surprising or satisfying as Nobody, but Odenkirk is likeable with a hangdog everyman vibe and commendable moral core. Plus, he’s funny. (91 min.) ∆ —Glen

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Feel the swagger Public Image Ltd plays the Fremont

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ven though I could tell at the time that the Sex Pistols were not great musicians, their energy appealed to teenage me in an undeniable way. Frontman Johnny Rotten (then the stage name for John Lydon) had crazy swagger, and the band’s sound was abrasive enough to annoy my parents, so—you know—bonus points. After they broke up, Lydon formed Public Image Ltd (PiL), and I was happily onboard, and I’ve periodically checked in on his career over the years. The now 70-year-old has retained a lot of his youthful swagger, and he’s embarking on his first extensive U.S. tour in eight years. He’s been through a lot. In April of 2023, his wife of 44 years, Nora Forster, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. A few months later, PiL’s longtime manager, John “Rambo” Stevens, died suddenly. According to press materials, Lydon questioned whether he’d ever take the stage again. Now, he says it’s time to bring his band across the Atlantic for a new tour. “It’s vital, absolutely vital,” he said. “I’m not someone who sits around waiting for approval, but there’s an undeniable bond with the audiences over there. When we get up onstage, it isn’t some corporate exercise or nostalgic routine. It’s real human emotion, raw and exposed. “After everything that’s happened over the past few years, I thought for a moment that might be it for me. After losing Nora, and then losing Rambo, I couldn’t see a clear way through. But the support from fans was overwhelming. With so many people asking for us to return and with the band meaning so much to them, I couldn’t just stay on my sofa and not tour—tempting though that obviously is at times! You have to face the world.” Good Vibez presents Public Image Ltd at the Fremont Theater on Friday, Sept. 4 (doors at 7, show at 8 p.m.; all ages; $39.11 at prekindle.com). What to expect? “Expect the unexpected, as always!” he said. “We cover a vast terrain because PiL’s catalogue isn’t stuck in one decade or one genre. We’ll be performing songs from right

POST PUNKS Good Vibez presents Public Image Ltd at the Fremont Theater on Sept. 4.

across the spectrum—tracks from the early days like First Issue and Metal Box, straight through to our newest material. “Every song feels brand new when we play it live because we put everything into it. We don’t perform to satisfy purists or posers. We play because music is a cleansing process. It’s a shared space where we can all leave our daily problems at the door for two hours and feel something authentic together.” Plague Vendor opens. Also this week from Good Vibez, see Molchat Doma at the Fremont Theater on Saturday, Aug. 29 (doors at 7, show at 8 p.m.; all ages; $50.96 at prekindle.com). Founded in Minsk, Belarus, in 2017, Molchat Doma is translated as “Houses Are Silent.” According to their bio, the band “stands at the intersection of post-punk, new wave, and synth-pop. Dark yet danceable, and with a heavy dose of goth ethos.” English noise-rock and post-punk band DITZ opens.

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Tori Amos is an artist unafraid to create music with a message. From her first album, Little Earthquakes (1992) to her newest, In Times of Dragons (2026), her ethereal piano-

DRAGONS Nederlander Concerts presents Tori Amos on her In Times of Dragons Tour at Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Aug. 28.

driven songs have delivered messages of feminism and social justice. “In Times of Dragons is a metaphorical story about the fight for democracy over tyranny, reflecting the current abhorrent non accidental burning down of democracy in real time by the ‘Dictator believing Lizard Demons’ in their usurpation of America,” Amos wrote of her newest album. The multiple Grammy nominee and multiplatinum singer-songwriter is supporting her 18th album with a 35-date tour. Nederlander Concerts presents Tori Amos on her In Times of Dragons Tour at Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Friday, Aug. 28 (doors at 6:30, show at 8 p.m.; all ages; $77.35 to $136 at ticketmaster.com).

Incredible Americana singer-songwriter Mason Jennings returns to The Siren on Saturday, Aug. 29 (doors at 7 p.m.; 21-andolder; $30.08 at goodmedicinepresents.com). He’s touring in support of his 18th studio album, Dark Wings. “I love songcraft,” Jennings said in press materials. “A song is like a boat on the water, and you’re trying to make it float with as few pieces as possible. If you do it right, a song can be very healing.” Get ready for The Queers at The Siren on STARKEY continued page 26 PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOD MEDICINE PRESENTS

Country, folk, and punk

Good Medicine and Numbskull present country singer-songwriter Casey Anglin at Club Car Bar on Saturday, Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $18.23 at goodmedicinepresents.com). This Paso Robles performer’s music is “rooted in straightforward storytelling, shaped by small-town life on the Central Coast and a sound that leans honest rather than flashy,” his bio reads.

MASON RETURNS Good Medicine and Numbskull also present singer-songwriter Mason Jennings at The Siren on Aug. 29.

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BLUES AGENDA JAM AND SHOWCASE A rockin’ blues dance party at Niffy’s Merrimaker every first, third, and now fifth Wednesdays. The Blues Asylum house band welcomes local, visiting, and newcomers to the blues groove. Spirits, beer, and wine, with outside food welcome. Every other Wednesday, 7-10 p.m. Free. (805) 235-5223. The Merrimaker Tavern, 1301 2nd Street, Los Osos. EASTON EVERETT Enjoy guitar-woven neo-folk pop, noteworthy singing, and writing. Aug. 29, 6-8 p.m. The Clubhouse Grill at Sea Pines, 250 Howard Ave., Los Osos, (805) 528-2333. MUSIC AT THE ROCK With conductor Keith Waibel, join the Morro Bay White Caps for a delightful concert including pops, jazz, and classical tunes on the South T-Pier. Aug. 29, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. (805) 459-9543.

morrobaywhitecaps.com. Embarcadero Morro Bay, The corner of Embarcadero and Front Street, Morro Bay. OPEN MIC NIGHT Each Wednesday, enjoy this Open Mic Night in the downstairs dining area. Grab some friends and show off your talents. Food and drink service will be available. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Free. (805) 995-3883. schoonerscayucos.com. Schooners, 171 North Ocean Ave, Cayucos. NORTH SLO COUNTY

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SERIES Enjoy music by Josh Rosenblum Band, with food by Buenos Diaz Mexican Grill. Sept. 3, 4-7 p.m. Free. (805) 2262034. jdusiwines.com. J Dusi Wines, 1401 Hwy. 46 West, Paso Robles.

KARAOKE NIGHT Food and drink available for purchase. Last Saturday of every month, 8 p.m. Free admission. my805tix.com. Club Car Bar, 508 S. Main St., Templeton.

FRIDAY NIGHT DJ Weekly DJ series, with a different DJ every Friday. Presented by friends at Traffic Record store in Atascadero. Come listen, dance, drink, and unwind every Friday. All ages event; no cover charge. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. (805) 460-6042. ancientowlbeergarden.com. Ancient Owl Beer Garden, 6090 El Camino Real, suite C, Atascadero.

LIVE MUSIC WITH LYNDA TYMCHECK Lynda Tymcheck is a Paso Roblan and performs with Marty Townsend. She will remind you of the greats, from Patsy Cline to Miranda Lambert. Aug. 30, 2:30-5:30 p.m. (805) 237-1245. exploretock.com. McPrice Myers Wine Company, 3525 Adelaida Rd., Paso Robles.

FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC SERIES Join us weekly for the Friday Night Music Series, complete with rotating food trucks! Wine and food will be available for purchase. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. through Aug. 28 Free. (805) 238-6300. derbywineestates. com/events/. Derby Wine Estates, 525 Riverside Ave, Paso Robles.

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LIVE MUSIC: JOSH ROSENBLUM With musical roots in jazz, Rosenblum’s sound today is a unique blend of pop, rock, soul and blues to create original, mass appeal music. Aug. 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (805) 270-3327. dracaenawines.com. Dracaena Wines, 1244 Pine Street, suite 101 B, Paso Robles. MYSTIFIED: THE NUMBER ONE

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A unique performing arts group that performs across the state for deaf festivals, service organizations, churches, fairs, and other outlets. New members always welcome. Registration open weekly. Mondays, 5-6:30 p.m. $45 tuition per month. singinghandschildrenschoir. com/. Singing Hands Children’s Choir and Performing Arts, 1413 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles. TALIE & THE TROUBLEMAKERS LIVE AT THE POUR HOUSE Talie & The Troublemakers, aka TNT, are back this August for another high-energy dance party at the Pour House! This band plays a variety of pop hits from as early as the ‘70s along with today’s top 40 tunes. Aug. 28, 7-10 p.m. $12.56. my805tix.com. The Pour House, 525 Pine St., Paso Robles. SAN LUIS OBISPO LIVE MUSIC continued page 26

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Sunday, Aug. 30 (doors at 7 p.m.; 21-andolder; $21.32 at goodmedicinepresents. com). Formed in New Hamshire in 1981, they didn’t start putting out recordings until 1990. They weren’t on my radar until 1993’s Love Songs for the Retarded, which included the track “You’re Tripping,” a rebuke of white supremacy with the lyrics “You suck/ Motherfucker/ I hate white power/ I hate your band/ Can’t you see/ This ain’t Nazi Germany/ Bring on the beers/ ’Cause we are The Queers.” Local punk act Bunker Club opens.

GOD BLESS THE CHILD Stella Heath & The Billie Holiday Project perform at the Clark Center on Sept. 4.

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SLO Brew Live at Rod & Hammer Rock kicks off its week with The Charities on Saturday, Aug. 29 (doors at 7 p.m.; all ages; $29.27 at ticketweb.com). This West Coast ensemble blends soul, funk, and jazz. Their new recording, Fatal Attraction, examines love’s dangers. LA-based Afro-Latin soul act Mestizo Beat opens. Nirvana tribute band Smells Like Nirvana plays on Sunday, Aug. 30 (doors at 7 p.m.; all ages; $27.21 at ticketweb.com). You can make a song request at smellslikenirvanatribute. com, but expect to hear many of the band’s hits such as “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Come Also at The Siren … as You Are,” “Heart-Shaped Box,” “Lithium,” LA hipster band The Darbies play on and “All Apologies.” Chicago-based rock trio Friday, Aug. 28 (7:30 p.m.; 21-and-older; Dead Original opens. free). They’ve got a real old-school Sunset Rehash plays on Wednesday, Sept. 2 Strip vibe. As their bio explains, they’re “an (doors at 7 p.m.; all ages; $32.36 at ticketweb. even mix of bubblegum and grit.” com). This rising indie rock outfit from South Local roots rock, jump Florida blends “elements blues, R&B, and rockabilly of alternative rock, grunge, act The QuadraTones play and shoegaze into a sound on Saturday, Aug. 29 (2 to that feels both nostalgic Send music and 5 p.m.; 21-and-older; free). and distinctly modern,” club information to The band is packed with gstarkey@newtimesslo.com. their bio explains. They’re great players including Ted touring in support of their Waterhouse (vocals and third album, mock (2025). guitar), Phil Wimer, (guitar LA-based indie alternative act Makeout Reef and vocals), David Block (bass and vocals), opens. Kevin McCracken (harmonica vocals), and Wes Starr (drums). Is that you, Lady Day? Garden Groove (a tribute to Bradley Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday was a true Nowell and Sublime) plays on Wednesday, original with an incredible, immediately Sept. 2 (doors at 7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $18.48 recognizable voice. She tragically died at tixr.com). Expect Sublime’s iconic sound young at 44, but not before leaving an that blends ska, reggae, punk, and rock and enduring legacy and hit songs such as “What hits such as “What I Got,” “Santeria,” “Doin’ Time,” “Wrong Way,” “Date Rape,” “Badfish,” a Little Moonlight Can Do,” “Lover Man and more. (Oh Where Can You Be?),” “God Bless the

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BRASS MASH FIRST FRIDAY AT SLO BREW ROCK! (SEPTEMBER) First Fridays are magical nights filled with the vibrant energy of our all-horn band. Join the festivities at Rod and Hammer Rock and immerse yourself in the unique fusion of your favorite rock and pop songs. It’s a musical journey that promises to be unforgettable, so make sure to wear sensible shoes for the dance-worthy beats. Sept. 4, 6-10 p.m. $25.41. my805tix.com. Rod & Hammer Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, (805) 543-1843. INGESTED LIVE Sept. 2, 6-10:30 p.m. $28.62. my805tix.com. Humdinger Brewing (SLO), 855 Capitolio Way, suite 1, San Luis Obispo, (805) 781-9974.

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ROCKIN’ THE RANCH: JACK MILSTEAD BAND Sept. 6, 1-4 p.m. $7.20. my805tix. com. Filipponi Ranch, 1850 Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo. ROCKIN’ THE RANCH: SPANKY PAUL BAND Aug. 30, 1-4 p.m. $7.20. my805tix. com. Filipponi Ranch, 1850 Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo. SAXOPHONE SUMMIT: CELEBRATING CHARLIE PARKER Join us for the inaugural concert of the Central Coast Saxophone Coalition, celebrating Charlie Parker’s 106th birthday! Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m. $10-$40. (805) 546-3198. Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo. TMHA PRESENTS: ROOTS & RHYTHM LIVE MUSIC & STORYTELLING AT GROWING GROUNDS DOWNTOWN,

Child,” “Strange Fruit,” and many stunning interpretations of jazz standards. Stella Heath & The Billie Holiday Project performs at the Clark Center on Friday, Sept. 4 (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $34 to $59 at clarkcenter.org), and she’s an amazing singer with a stunning backing band. “Blending live performance with historical storytelling, the project invites audiences into the world of Billie Holiday—illuminating not only her music, but the cultural landscape that shaped it,” organizers explained.

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French pop and folk artist Sami Rouissi opens Concerts in the Plaza in front of the SLO Mission on Friday, Aug. 28, at 5 p.m., followed by soul and R&B powerhouse IMVA at 6 p.m. As always, this one’s free and open to the public, and it’s also the second to last concert of the summer season, so if you haven’t been to one yet, your time is running out.

SAXY The Central Coast Saxophone Coalition presents Saxophone Summit: Celebrating Charlie Parker at the Cuesta CPAC on Aug. 29.

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HOSTED BY YNANA ROSE This new SLO music series aims to raise awareness and invite conversations around mental health and wellness with live music in a beautiful downtown setting Every other Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. through Sept. 23 Free. (805) 544-4967. facebook.com/ events/2159625194608460/. Growing Grounds Downtown, 956 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo.

BLONDE AMBITION: THE MADONNA TRIBUTE Don’t miss Blonde Ambition: The Madonna Tribute at the Stone Soup Music Festival & Street Fair in Grover Beach. Aug. 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. (805) 489-9444. clarkcenter.org/. Ramona Garden Park, 933 W. Ramona Ave., Grover Beach.

If you love bebop jazz, saxophone, and the music of Charlie “Bird” Parker, get ready to strap in for an epic concert when the Central Coast Saxophone Coalition, Cuesta College Community Programs, the SLO County Jazz Federation, and the SLO County Office of Education Foundation team up to present Saxophone Summit: Celebrating Charlie Parker at the Cuesta CPAC on Saturday, Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m.; $40 general admission at cuesta.universitytickets.com, $30 for Jazz Fed members and $10 for students). “The concert will celebrate the music of the legendary saxophonist, featuring selections from his acclaimed Charlie Parker with Strings recordings as well as arrangements from Med Flory’s Supersax library,” organizers announced. “Seven professional saxophone soloists, an all-star rhythm section, and a 22-piece orchestra will share the stage in a tribute presented on what would have been Charlie Parker’s 106th birthday.” Hear Bird’s classic solos from saxophonists Dave Becker, Ron McCarley, Ana Nelson, Michael Mull, Andrew Conrad, Wes Smith, and Jake Hammer. The Central Coast Dance Community presents “Saturday Swing Dance” with the Full Swing Band on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Morro Bay Vets Hall (5:30 to 8 p.m.; $10). Start with a 5:30 p.m. East Coast swing dance lesson from Linda Drake followed by live music from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Famous Jazz Artist Series at Cambria’s Woodlands Concert Hall features saxophonist Les Rose on Sunday, Aug. 30 (5 to 7 p.m.; $35 tickets by calling (805) 9359007 or emailing charlie@talsanmusic.com). The show is a tribute to Sonny Rollins, and Rose will be joined by Dylan Johnson (bass) and Darrell Voss (drums) as well as series producers Charlie and Sandi Shoemake. ∆

THE LOUNGE AT BESO An upscale after-hours nightclub experience. With limited capacity and a dress code. For ages 21 and over. Fridays, 10 p.m. my805tix.com. Beso Cocina, 1050 Willow Road, Nipomo.

Beach Golf Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Rd., Avila Beach. SATCHVANHAGAR: VAN HALEN, SAMMY HAGAR, AND JOE SATRIANI TRIBUTE SVH celebrates the electrifying music and legacy of Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, and Joe Satriani, bringing the music to life! Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m. $39.50$65.50. (805) 489-9444. clarkcenter.org/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. STELLA HEATH AND THE BILLIE HOLIDAY PROJECT The Billie Holiday Project presents Stella Heath and The Billie Holiday Project, celebrating the life, legacy, and music of Lady Day. Sept. 4, 7:30-9 p.m. $34-$59. (805) 489-9444. clarkcenter.org/. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande.

STONE SOUP MUSIC FESTIVAL & STREET FAIR Enjoy music, food, booths, and more at the Stone Soup Music Festival & Street Fair, a Grover Beach tradition! Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. and Aug. 30, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. (805) 489-9444. clarkcenter.org/. Ramona Garden Park, 933 W. Ramona Ave., Grover Beach. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS

TEXAS VOODOO: TRIBUTE TO STEVIE RAY VAUGHN AND JIMI HENDRIX For one night only see the incredible Texas Voodoo, a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix live at the Stockyard! Aug. 29, 1 p.m. $23.27. my805tix.com. The Stockyard, 241 S Broadway St, Orcutt. ∆

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Big Mamas bakes cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, and cheesecakes to perfection in Guadalupe and beyond

laying in the kitchen always kept young Alicia Rubio happy. An only child for 15 years, some of her early memories are of bonding with her grandmother while baking. “I don’t know Spanish, but my grandma’s more of a Spanish speaker, so we had to figure out a way to understand each other more. Baking was what helped us,” Rubio told New Times. They made conchas together, laying a foundation for Rubio’s career working in bakeries. “We couldn’t figure out the sugar part on top when I was younger. … Grandma used to talk crap because she couldn’t get the sugar to stick, but we figured it out,” Rubio remembered with a laugh. Today, Rubio connects with her wife, Rose Angulo, over baking and cooking, too. The Guadalupe couple started their cottage business, Big Mamas Bakery, almost two years ago. They make deliveries nearly every day between Pismo Beach and Lompoc with common stops in Santa Maria, Nipomo, and Guadalupe. “Shockingly I’ve actually gotten an order out in Santa Barbara because I have family that lives out there,” Rubio added. A few months ago, she quit her job to pursue their small business full time because she wanted to be her own boss. Rubio drives her wife and their son to school in Nipomo, where Angulo works as a teacher, and then Rubio spends the whole day baking. After picking them up in the late afternoon, Rubio makes deliveries at pickup spots up and down the Central Coast until as late as 9:30 p.m. Then, she wakes up and does it all over again. Big Mamas Bakery has a different theme for each day of the week. It helps Rubio stick to a schedule because otherwise she’d get carried away making all types of sweets in one sitting. Munchie Mondays are reserved for brownies and cookies. Rubio is known to whip up classic brownies as well as Oreo and peanut butter flavors. She has a “really good” chocolate chip cookie recipe that can be made into normal size snacks or mini two-biters.

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Message @bigmamasbakery8055 to place an order for shipping or for pickup at locations between Pismo Beach and Lompoc. The owners regularly stock goods at VP Racing Fuels (3705 Constellation Road) in Lompoc, too.

“I try to do both sets, so whatever cookies I could do, I could do minis as well so that we can have a party pack,” she said of the small ones, which remind her of cookies she used to eat at the mall. Tone it Down Tuesdays are for resting, but the business picks up again with cheesecakes on Whip It Wednesdays. Dulce de leche is always a crowd favorite, and also popular right now are Oreo and pumpkin. The business owner said she’ll make between 20 and 25 cheesecakes on an average Wednesday. Sticky Icky Thursdays are reserved for what Rubio is best known for: cinnamon rolls. She’s found that she can experiment the most with the sticky breakfast treats. For a while, Rubio was the creative baker at Old West Cinnamon Rolls in Pismo Beach, crafting the special variations there. She takes pride in changing the dough’s ingredients rather than just adding toppings or special frosting. “I actually change the insides, so like my pumpkin spice is actually pumpkin spice throughout the whole cinnamon roll instead of just natural cinnamon,” Rubio explained. “I also do an Oreo roll. That one comes out in October. That one is actually just pure Oreos throughout it, there’s no cinnamon in it.” Another combo from her repertoire, which has yet to drop at Big Mamas, is an apple pie roll with pie filling and a crumble topping. The possibilities are endless. Foodie Friday is the baker’s choice. Rubio typically revisits popular items from the week, so more customers have a chance to purchase them. Cherry cheesecake sold out one week in August, but Rubio brought it back on Foodie Friday. That rhythm helps the couple cut down on food waste, too. FLAVOR continued page 28

FINELY FROSTED Big Mamas Bakery sells cupcakes, cheesecakes, cinnamon rolls, brownies, and other sweet treats. The founders generally make daily deliveries between Pismo Beach and Lompoc. PHOTO BY PIETER SAAYMAN

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‘STICKY ICKY THURSDAY’ Rose Angulo is one half of Big Mamas Bakery, based in Guadalupe. Her early memories in the kitchen are with her grandparents.

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Hungry weekend customers can enjoy the newest addition, Sabroso Saturday, which has featured green chicken pozole so far. Shifting away from sweets, Sabroso Saturday could be the precursor to the next phase of business. Rubio dreams of opening a food truck one day and has started baking her own bread to make sandwiches. “I really want to have a food truck. I don’t just want a bakery,” Rubio said. “I’ve always been in restaurants as well.” To wrap up the weekend, the bakers present Sweet Tooth Sunday. It’s the wives’ original themed day from when they started Big Mamas Bakery. With an entrepreneurial spirit, they set out to prove themselves. Anyone can put a box mix in the oven, but Rubio is a “real baker,” Angulo said of her wife. Customers compliment their goods, saying MINI OR REGULAR? Chocolate chip it tastes just like their grandma’s treats. The cookies are popular at Big Mamas Bakery. business owners want people to take a bite Mini versions can be baked to arrange a party and feel comforted. pack, too. Angulo gives a lot of credit to her wife. homeless shelter, running a separate dessert She’s seen Rubio build herself back up amid personal struggles, inspiring others business named Rositas Manzanitas. to write their own success stories. They “We’ve been told we can’t do it,” Angulo also want to show their son that he comes said. “I want everybody to know that we did from a line of strong, it. That Alicia did it.” ∆ capable women. “We’re proud that we’re Reach Sun Staff Writer brown and we’re gay,” Madison White, from Angulo said. New Times’ sister paper, She’s had her own fair Send tidbits on everything enjoying a ‘sticky icky’ share of struggles. Angulo food and drink to cinnamon roll at mwhite@ started this chapter of her bites@newtimesslo.com. life when she was living in a santamariasun.com.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEME NO. 2025-2466 NT (01/01/202 FILE NO. 2026-0097 1) New Filing (01/01/201 1) The following New Filing person is doing business as The following person is doing AND DAY SPA,LEGENDS SALON business 4855 El Camino BAKERY, as SANDY’S Real, Atascadero DELI & 604 San Luis Obispo , CA 93422. bria, CA 93428.Main Street, CamCounty. Kather- County. San Luis Obispo ine Ann McNamara MLV, Inc. , Joel Martin Street, Cambria, (2214 Main Dunbar (4855 CA El 93428). This Camino business Atascadero, Real, is conducted by A CA business is CA 93422). This Corporation /s/ MLV, Inc., Miguel Married Coupleconducted by A Viveros, President. This statement /s/ Joel Martin was filed with Dunbar. This the County Clerk statement was of with the County filed San Luis Obispo on 01-14-2026 Clerk of San hereby certify .I Obispo on 12-22-2025 Luis correct copy that this copy is a .I certify that of the statement this copy is hereby file in my on office. a correct copy of the statement on County Clerk, (Seal) Elaina Cano, my office. M. Maltby, Deputy. (Seal) Elaina file in Exp. 01-14-2031 County Clerk, Cano, . M. Katz, Deputy. 19, & 26, 2026 February 5, 12, Exp. 12-22-2030 . February 12, 19, & 26, 5, FICTITIOUS 2026 BUSINESS NAME STATEME FICTITIOUS NT BUSINESS FILE NO. 2026-0129 NAME STATEME (01/01/202 NT 6) FILE NO. 2026-0031 New Filing (07/01/202 The following 0) person is doing business as New Filing CASINO KNIGHTS, The following 541 Woodland Drive, Arroyo business as person is doing Grande, CA LANDSCAPES, RISING PHOENIX Obispo County.93420. San Luis Menno Ventures Street, Oceano, 2140 Ocean LLC (541 Woodland CA 93445. Drive, Grande, CA Luis Obispo 93420). This Arroyo County. Reo San is conducted business Cordes (2140 Curtis by A CA Limited Ocean Street, ability Company Oceano, CA /s/ Menno Li93445). Venness is conducted This busi- tures LLC, James by An Indi- ing Member. This Menno, Managvidual /s/ statement was Reo This statement Curtis Cordes. filed with the County Clerk of County Clerk was filed with the San Luis Obispo on 01-15-2026 of San Luis .I on 01-06-2026 Obispo hereby certify that this copy correct copy that this copy . I hereby certify of the statementis a file in my office. is a correct on of the statement (Seal) Elaina copy County Cano, on file in Clerk, fice. (Seal) Elaina Cano, my of- Exp. 01-15-2031M. Katz, Deputy. Clerk, A. Trujillo, County 19, . & 26, 2026 February 5, 12, Deputy. 01-06-2031. February 5, Exp. & 26, 2026 12, 19, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEME FICTITIOUS NT BUSINESS FILE NO. 2026-0135 NAME STATEME (01/01/202 NT 6) FILE NO. 2026-0072 New Filing The following (N/A) person is doing business as New Filing SIGNS, 2570 INTERACTIVE DEThe following Paul Place, Arroyo business as person is doing Grande, CA 93420-3104. KT AVILA ALS, 756 Brighton RENT- Luis Obispo County. San Adam Hain Beach, CA 93433. Ave., Grover (2570 Paul Place, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obis- CA 93420). po County. This business Kristin is conAvila (756 BrightonAvila, Anthony ducted by An Individual Beach, CA 93433). Ave., Grover Hain. This statement /s/ Adam was filed This business with the County is conducted Clerk of by A Married /s/ Anthony Couple Obispo on 01-16-2026 San Luis . I Avila, Kristin certify This statement Avila. copy that this copy is a hereby correct of the statement County Clerk was filed with the on file office. of San Luis on 01-09-2026 Obispo Clerk, (Seal) Elaina Cano, in my M. Maltby, Deputy. County that this copy . I hereby certify 16-2031. February 19, Exp. 01the statement is a correct copy of 5, & 26, March 12, 2026 (Seal) Elaina on file in my office. Cano, County A. Trujillo, FICTITIOUS Deputy. Exp. Clerk, BUSINESS 2031. February 01-09NAME STATEME 19, 26, March & 12, 2026 5, NT FILE NO. 2026-0146 (01/15/202 FICTITIOUS 5) BUSINESS New Filing NAME STATEME The following NT person is doing FILE NO. 2026-0088 business as HONEY-DO MAN, 575 White HANDY(10/01/202 5) CA 93226. Kern Mill Rd. Glennville, New Filing County. Nathaniel Ross Taylor The following (PO Box 478, person is doing nville, CA 93226). Glenbusiness as This business CAMBRIA CLEAN- is conducted ING SERVICES, Nathaniel Rossby An Individual /s/ Road, Cambria, 2575 Wilcombe ment Taylor. CA 93428. was filed with This stateLuis Obispo the County County. NatalieSan Clerk of San Luis Crosby (2575 Obispo M 21-2026. Wilcombe I hereby certify on 01Cambria, that this CA 93428). Road, copy is a correct copy business is of the stateThis ment on file conducted Individual /s/ by An Elaina Cano, in my office. (Seal) Natalie M. Crosby. This statement Trujillo, Deputy.County Clerk, A. County Clerk was filed with the February 5, 12, Exp. 01-21-2031. 19, & 26, 2026 of on 01-13-2026 San Luis Obispo FICTITIOUS that this copy . I hereby certify BUSINESS is a correct of the statement copy NAME STATEME on file in NT fice. (Seal) FILE NO. 2026-0146 Elaina Cano, my ofCounty Clerk, M. Katz, (12/12/200 Deputy. Exp. 7) 13-2031. 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FILE NO. 2026-1614 (07/29/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as SALTY AND SHINE DESIGN, 655 Cayucos Ave., Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Frances Johnson (655 Cayucos Ave., Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by An Individual / Frances Johnson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-29-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 0729-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1636 (01/01/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as FOOTHILL FARRIER SERVICE, 1235 N Dana Foothill Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Garett James Dana (1235 N Dana Foothill Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual / Garett James Dana. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-31-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-31-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1377 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as MINUTEMAN PRESS, 8831 Palomar Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Echo6 Business Solutions LLC (1401 21st St. Ste R, Sacramento, CA 95811). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Echo6 Business Solutions LLC, Sammy Villarreal, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-26-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 06-26-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1390 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as SLO SQUEEZE, 865 Chata St., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Ashley Danielle Baugh, Nicole Renee Baugh (865 Chata St., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple / Ashley Danielle Baugh. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 06-29-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0629-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1447 (06/30/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as JEWELL RANCH RANGE AND GRAZING, 6060 Deer Creek Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Joshua Benjamin Jewell, Bailey Nicole Matthews Jewell (6060 Deer Creek Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A Married Couple / Bailey Nicole Matthews Jewell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-07-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-07-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1480 (02/24/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as REACH, REACH CENTRAL COAST, 1134 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Hourglass Project (893 Marsh Street #13201, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Hourglass Project, Russell Levanway, Chief Financial Officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-09-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0709-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1509 (07/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as DAILEY HOME MAINTENANCE, 3700 Ardilla Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Daniel Adam Dailey (5555 Robles Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual / Daniel Adam Dailey. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-13-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-13-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1529 (07/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as ELLIOTT CAPABILITY PARTNERS, 3940 Broad St. Ste 7-193, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Blake Falkenberg (3940 Broad St. Ste 7-193, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Blake Falkenberg. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-16-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 07-16-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1538 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as BLAST 825 TAPROOM, CENTRAL COAST KITCHEN & DISTILLERY, 106 E Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Atascadero Taps LLC (241 S Broadway St., Ste 101, Orcutt, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Atascadero Taps LLC, Phuong T Tu, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-17-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 0717-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1561 (01/01/2025) New Filing The following person is doing business as PACIFICO MOBILE HOME PARK, 1477 Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Pacifico Del Amo MHP 101, LLC (6653 Embarcadero Dr., Suite C, Stockton, CA 95219). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Pacifico Del Amo MHP 101, LLC, Esther Ubaldi - Hanging Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-21-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0721-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1562 (06/08/2021) New Filing The following person is doing business as MAIN STREET SMALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL, 80 South Main Street, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. United Veterinary Care CA, Inc. (4360 Northlake Boulevard, Suite 210, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410). This business is conducted by A DE Corporation / United Veterinary Care CA, Inc., Joseph Garcia, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-21-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0721-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1577 (05/01/2008) New Filing The following person is doing business as SALEM COMPANY, SALEM CABINETRY, 778 Francis Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Salem Cabinetry, Inc. (778 Francis Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Salem Cabinetry, Inc., Jan Grznar, Treasurer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-23-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0723-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1581 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as ALLEY CAT BOOTIQUE, 570 Higuera St., Suite 175, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Joyce A Romero, Roger A Romero (1045 Buchon Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A Married Couple / Joyce A Romero. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-23-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 07-23-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1597 (05/27/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as P&C PLASTERING INC., 2210 Idyllwild Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. P&C Plastering Incorporated (2210 Idyllwild Place, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / P&C Plastering Incorporated, Anna Maria Curzi, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-28-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, MA Nelson, Deputy. Exp. 07-28-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1599 (02/15/1981) New Filing The following person is doing business as SHORELINE INN… ON THE BEACH, 1 North Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Shoreline Inn, Inc. (1 North Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Shoreline Inn, Inc., Laila Fiege-Kollmann, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-28-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 07-28-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1606 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as TURNER’S OUTDOORSMAN, 1319 Spring Street, Suite 102, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Turner’s Operations Inc. (1336 Alder Ave., Rialto, CA 92376). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Turner’s Operations Inc., Michelle Bellaver, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-29-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-29-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1609 (10/05/1999) New Filing The following person is doing business as BARCELLOS CONSTRUCTION, 142 Pearwood Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Matthew Norman Barcellos (142 Pearwood Ave., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual / Matthew Norman Barcellos. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-29-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-29-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1610 (07/29/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as ALL ONE FAMILY YOGA, 2240 Emerald Circle, Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Jill Falcone (2240 Emerald Circle, Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual / Jill Falcone. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-29-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 07-29-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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The following person is doing business as CROSBY COMPANY, 1457 Marsh St. Ste 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. David James Crosby (1457 Marsh St. Ste 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / David James Crosby. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-29-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 07-29-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1627 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as TRIPPIN’ ON THE COAST, 1053 Trail View Place, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Denai Antoinette La Luz, William Miguel La Luz (1053 Trail View Place, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A Married Couple / Denai Antoinette La Luz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-30-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 07-30-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1628 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as COASTAL STANDARD PROPERTIES, 630 Quintana Road #156, Morro Bay, CA 93443. San Luis Obispo County. Leah Cowley (PO Box 37, Morro Bay, CA 93443). This business is conducted by An Individual / Leah Cowley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-302026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 07-30-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1630 (07/31/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as SHIFTING STRIDES, 784 High St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Hannah Wright (PO Box 3131, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403). This business is conducted by An Individual / Hannah Wright. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-31-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-31-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1635 (01/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as THISTLE BRAND MEDIA, 1235 N Dana Foothill Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Jenna Rae Dana (1235 N Dana Foothill Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual / Jenna Rae Dana. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-31-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-31-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1637 (09/25/2025) New Filing The following person is doing business as COASTAL MYO, 1428 Phillips Lane, Suite 101, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Wellness Solutions LLC (1428 Phillips Lane, Suite 101, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Central Coast Wellness Solutions LLC, Theresa M Pena, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-31-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-31-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1648 (08/03/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as KNUT’S DETAILING, 1739 Eastview Pl., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Chris Forrest Knudson (1739 Eastview Pl., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual / Chris Forrest Knudson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-03-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-03-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1641 (07/31/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as CENTRAL COAST DIRECTORY, 911 Citrus Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Flowstate Systems, LLC (2108 N St., Ste N, Sacramento, CA 95816). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Flowstate Systems, LLC, Cory Williams, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 07-31-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 07-31-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1642 (08/03/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as RM STUDIO, 1800 E Grand Avenue, Suite 0, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Moises Medel (1711 Longbranch Avenue, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual / Moises Medel. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-03-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-03-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1644 (07/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as WINE COUNTRY MEDIATION, 2985 Anderson Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Michael Emling (2985 Anderson Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual / Michael Emling. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-03-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-03-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1645 (07/17/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as VISTA DEL REY WINERY, TRIBUTUM WINES, 7340 Drake Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. VDR Winery Holdings, LLC (5255 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 934223351). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / VDR Winery Holdings, LLC, Gregory R Chatham, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-03-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-032031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1651 (09/01/2011) New Filing The following person is doing business as GRAND TERRACE TOWNHOMES, 846 Higuera St. #8, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Grand Terrace Townhomes, LLC (846 Higuera St. #8, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Grand Terrace Townhomes, LLC, Richard H Porter, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-03-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-03-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1653 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as SLO DIPPED, 17175 Walnut Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Denae Rose Varela (17175 Walnut Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual / Denae Rose Varela. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-04-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-042031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1657 (08/03/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE WASH HOUSE LAUNDRY CO., 360 W Grand Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Operations LLC (1245 Dawn Road, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Central Coast Operations LLC, Danica Spicer, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-04-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-042031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1663 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as KEEP GROVER GROOVY, 1173 Clevenger Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Clifford Neil Keith (1173 Clevenger Dr., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual / Clifford Neil Keith. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-04-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-04-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1664 (08/04/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as COOPER AG TECH SERVICES, 748 S Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Tyler Ross Cooper (748 S Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by An Individual / Tyler Ross Cooper. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-04-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-042031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1665 (06/24/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as STUDIO COOLS, 3482 Sacramento Dr. Unit C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Colton Cools (333 Castaic Ave., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual / Colton Cools. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-04-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-04-2031. August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1674 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as ADVENTURE FIRST PRESS, 528 Paseo Bella Montana, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. John Dalbey (PO Box 15032, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406). This business is conducted by An Individual / John Dalbey. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 0805-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1675 (01/11/2022) New Filing The following person is doing business as M & M FUMIGATION, 9605 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. M & M Fumigation (1611 14th Street, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / M & M Fumigation, Marcelino Medina, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-052031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1678 (07/30/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as SUSHI SHIRAZ, LLC, 4850 Allene Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Sushi Shiraz, LLC (660 Mondella St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Sushi Shiraz, LLC, Saeed Keshtgar, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0805-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1682 (07/10/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as PISMO DETAILING, CERAMIC PRO SAN LUIS OBISPO, CERAMIC PRO, CENTRAL COAST DRIVERS CLUB, 1030 Huston Street, Suite A, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Hawkins-Prosperity LLC (1030 Huston Street, Suite A, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Hawkins-Prosperity LLC, Kevin L Hawkins, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-05-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1684 (10/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as NUCKLHDZ GARAGE, 273 Cheyenne Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Jose L. Rodriguez, Jr. (PO Box 4626, Paso Robles, CA 93447). This business is conducted by An Individual / Jose L. Rodriguez, Jr. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-052031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1685 (11/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as CAYUCOS SWEAT HOUSE, 72 S. Ocean Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Glo Infrared Sauna Studio LLC (3168 Ocean Blvd, Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Glo Infrared Sauna Studio LLC, Rusty Roquet, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-052031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1686 (10/13/2008) New Filing The following person is doing business as SILICONE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, 177 Paso Robles Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Kerim Yacoub (177 Paso Robles Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual / Kerim Yacoub. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-05-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1687 (08/05/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as BARROW MOBILE LIVE SCAN, 8900 Curbaril Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. William Barrow (8900 Curbaril Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual / William Barrow. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-05-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-05-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1688 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as PAW SAFE TURF CLEANING, 477 Saturn Ct., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Refugio Sergio Olivas (477 Saturn Ct., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual / Refugio Sergio Olivas. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-06-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-062031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1722 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as BUTTER BARBER CO., 705 Golden Hill Rd. #104, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Wesley Arthur Butterwick (2303 Apion Ct., Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by An Individual / Wesley Arthur Butterwick. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-11-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-112031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1744 (01/01/2021) New Filing The following person is doing business as DRIFT BOUTIQUE, 178 Pomeroy Ave., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Shelly St Peter (1316 Costa Brava, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual / Shelly St Peter. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0813-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-13-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1745 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as DRIFT COASTAL BOUTIQUE, 14 N Ocean Ave, Ste 135, Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Shelly St Peter (1316 Costa Brava, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual / Shelly St Peter. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-13-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0813-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1691 (08/06/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as COASTAL REFERRALS, NEXTHOME COASTAL REFERRALS, 350 James Way, Unit 130, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Bach Holdings, Inc. (350 James Way, Unit 130, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Bach Holdings, Inc., Ashlea Scott Meggers, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-06-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Webster, Deputy. Exp. 08-062031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1693 (03/29/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as REALTY SOLUTIONS, MARIANI REALTY, 3938 Hayfield Loop, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Robert Mariani (3938 Hayfield Loop, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Robert Mariani. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-06-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-06-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1707 (08/01/2013) New Filing The following person is doing business as LEWI LAW, 979 Osos St., #C1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Christopher C. Lewi (979 Osos St., #C1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Christopher C. Lewi. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-07-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-072031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1711 (08/04/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as SANTO DIABLO WINE CO, 434 Polaris Drive, Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Vino Cali Services Inc (434 Polaris Drive, Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Vino Cali Services Inc, Junio Vargas Ojeda, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-07-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-07-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1725 (05/05/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as ZERO G MOTO, 823 Via Esteban, Suite C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Matthew Brunstein (1195 George St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Matthew Brunstein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-11-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-11-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1726 (08/11/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as GIGSLINGER, 1223 George St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Forrest Alexander Williams (1223 George St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Forrest Alexander Williams. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-11-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, L. Maceri, Deputy. Exp. 08-11-2031. August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1731 (07/20/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as JRD FRAMING, 850 Lincoln Ave., Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. JRD Framing LLC (850 Lincoln Ave., Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / JRD Framing LLC, Jesus Constantino Robles Diaz, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-12-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-122031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1739 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as OLIVE & OAK EVENTS, 1292 Sawleaf St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Olive & Oak Events LLC (1292 Sawleaf St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Olive & Oak Events LLC, Genevieve Lewis, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-12-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0812-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1746 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as CENTRAL COAST CRAFTS, 285 Ranchito Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Melissa Jame Cummins (285 Ranchito Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Melissa Jane Cummins. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-13-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0813-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1747 (01/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as SHOVEL TIME, 2300 Clark Valley Rd., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Aaron Adams (893 Marsh St. #GD, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Aaron Adams. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-13-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-13-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1748 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as SHINDIG CIDER, 4915 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. MPBS Operations LLC (4915 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / MPBS Operations LLC, Josh Baker, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-13-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-132031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

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LEGAL NOTICES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KELLY MAUREEN BLACK DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 26PR-0209

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KELLY MAUREEN BLACK A AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RENEE A. ELLIS in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE AMENDED PETITION OF PROBATE requests that RENEE A. ELLIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Shannon M. Bio (CSB 275401) Toews Bio & Abram, Inc. 1212 Marsh Street, Suite 3 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-781-3645 August 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1756 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as BALAM VINYL BAR, 1817 Osos St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Balam Vinyl Bar LLC (1817 Osos St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Balam Vinyl Bar LLC, Pedro Arias Lopez, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-13-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-13-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PATRICIA L. MCGINNIS DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 25PR-0312 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PATRICIA L. MCGINNIS AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KEITH BROWN in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE AMENDED PETITION OF PROBATE requests that KEITH BROWN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 1, 2026, at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 4 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, Room 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Mary Ann Tardiff, Esq. 127063 Law Office of Mary Ann Cardiff 8965 El Camino Real Atascadero, CA 93422 805-451-6683 August 13, 20, & 27, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1760 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as SEACRESTIES GECKOS, 1801 Gathe Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Dayna Kornet (1801 Gathe Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual / Dayna Kornet. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0814-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-14-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CAROLE D. KING DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 26PR-0272 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CAROLE D. KING A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOHN E. KING in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION OF PROBATE requests that JOHN E. KING be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 22, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: John A. Ronca Jr. (State Bar #84699) Ronca & Associates, a Law Corporation 755 Santa Rosa St., Suite 310 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-544-7551 August 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1766 (08/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as CALIFORNIA STEAM AND DRY, 1224 12th St., Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Kevin Bruce Ayers (1224 12th St., Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by An Individual / Kevin Bruce Ayers. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0817-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-17-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN M. RICE DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 26PR-0284

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN RICE, JOHN M. RICE, JOHN MOWER RICE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JAMES RICE in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION OF PROBATE requests that JAMES RICE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Benjamin Bourgault, esq. SBN 332867 Bourgault Law Corporation 225 Posada Lane, Suite 120 Templeton, CA 93465 805-392-3302

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KATJA LUCKOW DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 26PR-0270 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KATJA LUCKOW A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARINA LUCKOW in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION OF PROBATE requests that MARINA LUCKOW be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, Room 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PAUL RICHARD SCHERER DECEDENT CASE NUMBER: 26PR-0283 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PAUL RICHARD SCHERER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SHANE SCHERER in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE PETITION OF PROBATE requests that SHANE SCHERER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 22, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 4 at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, located at 1050 Monterey Street, Room 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

August 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

Attorney for Petitioner: Bruce A. Pence III, SBN: 306305 P.O. Box 6570 Los Osos, CA 93412 805-214-8292 August 13, 20, & 27, 2026

Attorney for Petitioner: Edward E Attala 206640 Attala Law, APC 1363 Marsh St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-543-1212 August 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1768 (08/01/2005) New Filing The following person is doing business as GRAND CENTRAL MUSIC AND CONSERVATORY, 3195 McMillan Ave. Ste E, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Daniel Ernst (3195 McMillan Ave. Ste E, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Daniel Ernst. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-17-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 0817-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1778 (08/18/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as SYNERGY WHOLENESS, 4239 Wall St., Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. Nancy A. Rae (4239 Wall St., Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by An Individual / Nancy A. Rae. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-18-2031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1780 (08/18/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as COASTAL CONCIERGE, 1340 Scott Lee Drive, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Kim M Rose (1340 Scott Lee Drive, Oceano, CA 93445). This business is conducted by An Individual / Kim M Rose. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-182031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) CODY HUNSTAD, an individual; and DOES 1to 5, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, a National Banking Association CASE NUMBER (Número de caso): 25LC-0693 Notice! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una repuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted puede usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formuleriors de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su repuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte la podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requistas legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar ias cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ao una consesion de artitraje en un caso dce derecho civll. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

LEGAL NOTICES CASE NUMBER: (Número de caso): 25LC-0693 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte son) SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 1035 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y número de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): THE DUNNING LAW FIRM APC California DFPI Debt Collector License # 10059-99 James MacLeod (249145) Christina C. MacLeod (283945) 9619 Chesapeake Dr., Suite 210 San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 974-7600 Date: (Fecha) 06/16/2025 By: /s/ Michael Powell, Clerk (Secretario); Matthew Zepeda Money, Deputy (Adjunto) August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1781 (01/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as CORTEZ CLEANING, 1680 Brighton Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Antonio J Castaneda Jimenez (1680 Brighton Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual / Antonio J Castaneda Jimenez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-182031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1782 (03/01/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE DISCIPLESHIP HOME, 1359 21st Court, Oceano, CA 93445. San Luis Obispo County. Leaire W.D Griffin (237 N. 11th St., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual / Leaire W.D Griffin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-18-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Paredes, Deputy. Exp. 08-182031. August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1784 (08/19/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as TANNER RENTALS, DUNE SIDE STAYS, 949 Huber Street, Grover Beach, CA 93443. San Luis Obispo County. Chad Paul Tanner (949 Huber Street, Grover Beach, CA 93443). This business is conducted by An Individual / Chad Paul Tanner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1787 (08/19/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as FIVE CITIES PLUMBING, 5 CITIES PLUMBING, SLO PLUMBING, SAN LUIS OBISPO PLUMBING, MORRO BAY PLUMBING, MORRO PLUMBING, 949 Huber Street, Grover Beach, CA 93443. San Luis Obispo County. Five Cities Plumbing, Inc. (949 Huber Street, Grover Beach, CA 93443). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Five Cities Plumbing, Inc., Chad Paul Tanner, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1789 (08/19/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE MUSIC COMPANIE SLO, 2980 Beachcomber Dr., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Rebecca Rasmussen (PO Box 1584, Morro Bay, CA 93443). This business is conducted by An Individual / Rebecca Rasmussen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-192031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1792 (08/19/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as FAIR HAVEN AVOCADO PRODUCTS, 1271 Little Morro Creek Rd., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Andrew Wilkie, Hilary Wilkie (1271 Little Morro Creek Rd., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A Married Couple / Andrew Wilkie. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 0819-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1796 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as WELLNES CAYUCOS, 126 Birch Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Wellnes Cayucos Ventures, LLC (126 Birch Ave., Cayucos, CA 93430). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Wellnes Cayucos Ventures, LLC, Shay Ennis, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-20-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-202031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1798 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as SLO SANDBAG CO., 650 Sandydale Dr., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Temporary Superintendent Services LLC (650 Sandydale Dr., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Temporary Superintendent Services LLC, Dale M. Mendez, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-20-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-202031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CV-0387

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Erica Lynne Inderlied filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Erica Lynne Inderlied to PROPOSED NAME: Erica Lynne Kirkwood THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: October 7, 2026, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 4, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: August 12, 2026 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CV-0457

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Joseph Peter Rice Jr filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Joseph Peter Rice Jr to PROPOSED NAME: Joseph Utrup THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 9, 2026, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. 4, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1050 Monterey St., Room 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: July 16, 2026 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court August 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CV-0507

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Lorraine Arleen Frances Brzezinski filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lorraine Arleen Frances Brzezinski to PROPOSED NAME: Lorraine Arleen Frances Menifee THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 17, 2026, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. D2, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: August 5, 2026 /s/: Craig B. Van Rooyen, Judge of the Superior Court August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1799 (05/01/2025) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE STOCKYARDS ON MAIN, 221 N Main St., Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Steven Paul Carroll (PO Box 4925, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403). This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership / Steven Paul Carroll, General Partner of Charlotte Gilbert LP. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-20-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-202031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FILE NO. 2026-1812 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as MX CLEANING SERVICE, 1654 Seabright Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Carmen Cristina Dominguez Salazar (1654 Seabright Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual / Carmen Cristina Dominguez Salazar. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1807 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as CANTARITOS CALIFORNIA, 251 S Oak Park Blvd. Apt 12, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Romario Diaz Diaz (251 S Oak Park Blvd. Apt 12, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual / Romario Diaz Diaz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-20-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-202031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1808 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as THRIVE SAN LUIS OBISPO, 1530 Monterey St., Suite A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Sarah Joy Park (1530 Monterey St., Suite A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Sarah Joy Park. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-20-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-20-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1809 (01/01/2025) New Filing The following person is doing business as URBAN FORM IMAGES, 1735 Welsh Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Debra Rudd (1735 Welsh Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by An Individual / Debra Rudd. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-20-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 0820-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2026-1811 (08/14/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as DAVENPORT PEDIATRICS, 230 Station Way, Ste B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Jillian Davenport, MD, FAAP, Inc. (230 Station Way, Ste B, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Jillian Davenport, MD, FAAP, Inc., Jillian Davenport, MD, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

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FILE NO. 2026-1814 (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as STUDENT SOCIAL CAPITAL, 1237 1/2 Mill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Felix Lugo (1237 1/2 Mill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Felix Lugo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, L. Maceri, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1815 (06/01/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as THE SLO COUNTY LIFE SHOW, SLO COUNTY LIFE, THE SLO COUNTY LIFE PODCAST, SLO COUNTY LIFE SHOW, SLO COUNTY LIFE PODCAST, 340 Pomeroy Avenue, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Reena O’Hara (340 Pomeroy Avenue, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by An Individual / Reena O’Hara. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Schultz, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1818 (08/21/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as LONGVIEW, 956 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Aaron Adams (956 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by An Individual / Aaron Adams. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1820 (03/01/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as VANNON, 4675 Thread Lane, Unit H, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Vannon, Inc. (4675 Thread Lane, Unit H, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Vannon, Inc., Taylor Congdon, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-21-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-21-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1827 (06/15/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as ROCIO VARELA PHOTOGRAPHY, 490 La Jolla St., Morro Bay, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Rocio Varela Bootello (490 La Jolla St., Morro Bay, CA 93442). This business is conducted by An Individual / Rocio Varela Bootello. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1828 (02/09/1999) New Filing The following person is doing business as FIRST CALL PLUMBING, FIRST CALL REMODEL AND HOME REPAIR, 8415 Morro Rd., Atascadero, CA 93442. San Luis Obispo County. Central Coast Casualty Restoration, Inc. (8415 Morro Rd., Atascadero, CA 93442). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation / Central Coast Casualty Restoration, Inc., Ruth M Snyder, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1830 (08/24/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as LAVARINI PRIVATE CHEF, 822 Experimental Station Rd #101, Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo County. Lavr Holding LLC (822 Experimental Station Rd #101, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Lavr Holding LLC, Lavarini Roberto, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1832 (11/07/2022) New Filing The following person is doing business as PISMO YOGURT, 187 Pomeroy Ave., Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Pismo Yogurt LLC (187 Pomeroy Ave., Pismo Beach, CA 93449). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company / Pismo Yogurt LLC, James Tanouye, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CV0512

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Christopher Angel Ruiz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Christopher Angel Ruiz to PROPOSED NAME: Christopher Angel Kaye THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: October 7, 2026, Time: 9:00 am, Dept. P2, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St. Rm. 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: August 7, 2026 /s/: Tana L. Coates, Judge of the Superior Court August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 2026-1833 (06/09/2016) New Filing The following person is doing business as SIGDESIGN, 1656 John Way, Templeton, CA 93465. San Luis Obispo County. Sigourney Juliet Fletcher (1656 John Way, Templeton, CA 93465). This business is conducted by An Individual / Sigourney Juliet Fletcher. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-24-026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, A. Trujillo, Deputy. Exp. 08-24-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

Notice of Lien Sale

Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et.seq.), the undersigned will sell at public auction; Miscellaneous household items Christoper Herrera - Unit #60 Auction to be held at 8:00 am on September 10, 2026 at Grand Avenue Self Storage 1166 E Grand Ave Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. August 27 & September 3, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CVP0294

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Craig Warren Macmillan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Craig Warren Macmillan to PROPOSED NAME: Craig Dublin Macmillan THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 23, 2026, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: August 10, 2026 /s/: Michael C. Kelley, Judge of the Superior Court August 13, 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CVP0303

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Paul Bouchard and Elizabeth Bouchard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Adrian Michael Ross-Sorenson to PROPOSED NAME: Adrian Ross Bouchard THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 9, 2026, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: July 31, 2026 /s/: Michael C. Kelley, Judge of the Superior Court August 20, 27, September 3, & 10, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 26CVP0338 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Valerie Chapman filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Marlee Mae Elizabeth Chapman to PROPOSED NAME: Marlee Mae Elizabeth Loewen THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 30, 2026, Time: 9:30 am, Dept. P2, in person or via zoom at the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446. A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: New Times Date: August 14, 2026 /s/: Michael C. Kelley, Judge of the Superior Court

Classifieds

FILE NO. 2026-1788 (08/19/2026) New Filing The following person is doing business as BASEBALL153, 967 Brighton Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Thomas Barket (967 Brighton Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by An Individual / Thomas Barket. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 08-19-2026. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Elaina Cano, County Clerk, M. Maltby, Deputy. Exp. 08-19-2031. August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

LEGAL NOTICES

August 27, September 3, 10, & 17, 2026

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING SUBDIVISION REVIEW BOARD WHO County of San Luis Obispo Subdivision Review Board WHEN Monday, September 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM: All items are advertised for 9:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT Hearing to consider a request by Greg Moore for an amendment (AMEND2024-00007) to the previously approved SUB201500059/CO 16-0126, a four-lot subdivision Parcel Map, Condition of Approval #12.c.5, Improvement Plans, requiring all overhead electric power lines to be relocated underground and poles removed to instead allow the existing onsite electric power lines and poles to remain overhead and underground only the electric power lines dedicated to serve the future development of the four lots of this Parcel Map. The site is located at 1320 Machado Lane, near Hacienda Avenue, comprising 7.9 gross acres and subdivided into four parcels ranging from 1.82 to 2.07 acres via SUB2015-00059/CO 16-0126 Parcel Map. The site is adjacent to the northwest corner of the San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club, within the Residential Suburban Land Use Category, in the San Luis Obispo Sub Area North of the San Luis Obispo Planning Area, in the Los Ranchos-Edna Village Specific Plan area, and within Supervisorial District 3. Also to be considered is the determination that this project has been found consistent with a previous Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) (ED21-032) (State Clearinghouse Number [SCH#] 2022090356) for SUB2015-00059/CO16-0126 under CEQA Guidelines § 15162. County File Number: AMEND2024-00007 Supervisorial District: District 3 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 044-082-052 Date Accepted: 5/22/2026 WHERE The hearing will be held in the Katcho Achadjian Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers,1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Eric Tolle, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600. Ysabel Eighmy Secretary Subdivision Review Board August 27, 2026

PUBLISHED DELINQUENT LIST

INVITATION TO BID (SUB BIDS ONLY) GENERAL CONTRACTOR: PROJECT NAME: PROJECT LOCATION: PROJECT OWNER: ARCHITECT: BID DATE & TIME: PRE-BID SITE REVIEW: ESTIMATE/BUDGET: ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: START DATE: COMPLETION:

MAINO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO BUILDING 26 GRAPHIC ARTS RENOVATION BLDG. 26 - CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY, SLO, CA 93407 TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY HARRIS ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 AT 12:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 AT 9:00 AM $5,500,000 7 MONTHS NOVEMBER 2, 2026 JUNE 4, 2026 (CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERTIME AND WEEKEND WORK ANTICIPATED TO MEET PROJECT SCHEDULE)

SCOPE OF WORK: Work consists of construction of a new fire rated corridor, classrooms, storage and restrooms. Modernization of existing restrooms to comply with 2025 chapter 11B requirements. Existing mechanical system to be modified to accommodate new floor plan layout and Siemens controls. Trades required include, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, miscellaneous metals, metal stud framing, drywall, flooring, painting, ceramic tile, toilet partitions & accessories, doors and hardware, demolition & abatement, fire alarm, acoustical ceilings, white boards and accessories. Also included is new exterior concrete ramps, stairs and ADA accessible parking space. The University will be performing the following trades: NONE BIDS SHALL BE EMAILED TO: sonnys@mainoslo.com BID REQUIREMENTS: 1. Subcontractors must be bondable and may be required to provide Payment and Performance Bonds. 2. Bid Bond is not required. 3. Safety Record is of the utmost importance. Subcontractors with an aggregate EMR Rate of 1.5 over the past three years may be disqualified. 4. Prevailing Wage TO VIEW PLANS/SPEC: Plans and specs may be downloaded from ASAP Reprographics at www.projectsasap.com Plans and specs may also be viewed at the following Builders Exchanges: - SLO County Builders Exchange – www.slocbe.com - Santa Maria Valley Contractors Association – www.smvca.org - Central California Builders Exchange – www.cencalbx.com Maino Construction Company, Incorporated is an equal opportunity Contractor. It is the responsibility of each Subcontractor to view all pertinent information and documents prior to submitting a proposal. August 27, 2026

NOTICE AND SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1173 Notice is hereby given that at its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 6:00 PM, the City Council of the City of El Paso de Robles will be considering ORDINANCE NO. 1173 AMENDING TABLE 21.32-1 AND CHAPTER 21.60 OF THE EL PASO DE ROBLES MUNICIPAL CODE AND TABLE 5.3-1 OF THE UPTOWN /TOWN CENTRE SPECIFIC PLAN, AND ADDING CHAPTER 5.55 TO THE EL PASO DE ROBLES MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CANNABIS REGULATION AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA The following is a summary of the Ordinance: Updates and simplifies definitions for consistency with state law and other chapters of the municipal code, clarifies and consolidates regulations for non-storefront (delivery-only) retail serving both medicinal and adult-use customers, extend the 600-foot separation requirement to include public parks and City-owned parks, establishes the requirement for a cannabis regulatory permit, strengthens operational and enforcement provisions, and makes technical and organizational improvements. Clarifies and maintains City’s existing prohibitions on storefront retail, cultivation, manufacturing, testing laboratories, distribution, microbusinesses, and temporary cannabis events. The above summary is a brief description of the subject matter contained in the text of the Ordinance, which has been prepared pursuant to Government Code Section 36933. This summary does not include or describe every provision of the Ordinance and should not be relied upon as a substitute for the full text of the Ordinance. Copies of the full text of the Ordinance are posted in the City Clerk’s office at 1000 Spring Street, Paso Robles, California or on the City’s website at www.prcity.com. Date: August 27, 2026 Melissa Martin City Clerk

NOTICE AND SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1172 Notice is hereby given that at its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 6:00 PM, the City Council of the City of El Paso de Robles will be considering ORDINANCE NO. 1172 AMENDING CHAPTER 14.02 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF EL PASO DE ROBLES TO IMPLEMENT STATE REQUIREMENTS PROHIBITING THE USE OF POTABLE WATER TO IRRIGATE NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF; AND FINDING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) OR IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW The following is a summary of the Ordinance: • Amends Chapter 14.02 of the Municipal Code to implement regulations and restrictions on certain irrigation-related activities by • Incorporating Water Code section 10608.14’s requirements regarding the phased prohibition on the use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf into the City’s water use regulations. • Prohibiting the use of potable water for irrigation of non-functional turf will reduce water use and promote more efficient water use for landscape irrigation. The above summary is a brief description of the subject matter contained in the text of the Ordinance, which has been prepared pursuant to Government Code Section 36933. This summary does not include or describe every provision of the Ordinance and should not be relied upon as a substitute for the full text of the Ordinance. Copies of the full text of the Ordinance are posted in the City Clerk’s office at 1000 Spring Street, Paso Robles, California or on the City’s website at www.prcity.com. Date: August 27, 2026 Melissa Martin City Clerk

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CLAIM EXCESS PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF TAX DEFAULTED PROPERTY (PARTIES OF INTEREST) Excess proceeds have resulted from the May 27, 2026, sale of tax defaulted properties listed in this notice. Parties of interest, as defined by California Revenue and Taxation Code section 4675, are entitled to claim the excess proceeds. The Tax Collector has been unable to obtain a valid mailing address for the Parties of Interest listed below. All claims must be in writing and must contain sufficient information and proof to establish a claimant’s right to all or any part of the excess proceeds. Claims filed with the county more than one year after recordation of the tax collector’s deed to the purchaser on June 4, 2026, cannot be considered. Claim forms and information regarding filing procedures may be obtained at the San Luis Obispo County Tax Collector’s Office, 1055 Monterey St., Rm. D290, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, or by calling (805) 781-5836 between 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Assessor’s Parcel No. 083,191,053 083,331,045 083,361,033 083,391,022

Property Address Chualar TI, California Valley Corcoran Rd. California Valley CAL VLY U 24 LT 185 Choctaw Trail, California Valley

Parties of Interest Future Estates Land Holdings LLC Land of Freedom LLC Roquero Lourdes Tre Etal Yang Chang

Amount of Exess Proceeds $581.21 $200.31 $1,539.06 $2,281.95

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, on August 20, 2026. /s/ James W. Hamilton, CPA, San Luis Obispo County Tax Collector Published in the New Times on August 20, August 27, and September 3, 2026

GROUNDWATER WELL AND TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PACKET 3), SPEC. NO. 2091506‑03 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City of San Luis Obispo will receive bids by mail for the “Groundwater Well and Treatment Improvement Project (Packet 3), Spec. No. 2091506‑03” at the Public Works Administration Office located at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 until, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, at 11:00 AM, when they will be publicly opened. Bids received after said time will not be considered. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the project title, contractor name, address, and specification number. The Contractor must possess a valid Class A Contractor’s License at the time of the bid opening. Every bid must be accompanied by a certified check/cashier’s check or bidder’s bond for 10% of the bid amount, payable to the City of San Luis Obispo. Two MANDATORY pre-bid job walks will be held at the City’s Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) located at 35 Prado Road, San Luis Obispo starting at 8:30 AM on Thursday, September 3rd, 2026 and 8:30 AM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 (only one job walk is required for bid). After the office presentation, a drive to the job site will be performed. Prospective Bidders must wear proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the pre-bid job walk. Download FREE at the City’s website: www.SloCity.org - Bid packages under Bids & Proposals. Questions may be addressed to Miguel Barcenas, Deputy Director, through www.bidnetdirect.com. August 27 & September 3, 2026

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING PLANNING COMMISSION

(Revenue and Taxation Code Section 3371) I, James W. Hamilton, CPA, San Luis Obispo County AuditorController-Treasurer-Tax Collector, State of California, certify that: The real properties listed below were declared to be in taxdefault at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2023, by operation of law. The listed real property assessments are only those for which a copy of the latest delinquent reminder letter was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service. The declaration of default was due to non-payment of the total amount due for the taxes, assessments and other charges levied in 2022/23 which were a lien on the listed real property. The name of the assessee, the assessment number, which describes the property, and the total that is due on or before September 30, 2026, is listed. Tax-defaulted real property may be redeemed by payment of all unpaid taxes and assessments, together with additional penalties and fees as prescribed by law, or it may be redeemed under an installment plan. On July 1, 2028, if the taxes remain unpaid, or there is not an active Annual Installment Plan of Redemption, the property will become subject to tax sale. All information concerning redemption of tax-defaulted property, including the initiation of an installment plan, will be furnished upon request by the office of James W. Hamilton, CPA, San Luis Obispo County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector, at 1055 Monterey St., Rm. D-290, San Luis Obispo, California, 93408. Telephone inquiries may be directed to (805) 781-5836. Information on prior year tax amounts can also be found on the Tax Collector’s website at: www.slocountytax.org. ASSESSMENT NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION The assessment number refers to the Assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map (if applicable), and to the individual parcel number on the map page or in the block. Assessment numbers beginning with “902” indicate a timeshare property. The Assessor’s parcel maps and further explanation of the assessment numbering system are available in the Assessor’s Office, 1055 Monterey St., Rm. D-360, San Luis Obispo, California, 93408. Assessee

Assessment Number

Redemption Amount

Cuara Jose B Etux Bejar Rico LLC Stein Gordon B & Diane M Adams Charles L & Guyla D Brown David A Heirs of Brown David A Heirs of Land Title LLC Land Title LLC Kleinhammer Leslie K Heirs of Akey Richard E Etal Makat Investments LLC Makat Investments LLC Mckennan David Heirs of Bartholomew John J & EA Salamanca Stewart & Pamela Bostwick Steven M Bostwick Steven M Delgado Nasareno M Ljutich John V Heirs of Vongchan Coney Kennedy RE & J Theplakhone Daovieng Chang Sybil KN Tre Odena FE Delgado Nasareno M Harris Adrinne P Heirs of Etal Xiong Lee Delgado Nasareno M Delgado Nasareno M Delgado Nasareno M Yang Nou Bramon Paul Heirs of Guide Sal Keeney Pat A Her Tulip Her Tulip Murillo Raymond Schmitt Barbara S Heirs of Etal Mora Refugio S Lee Yee Her John Her John Stoffer Gail A & Sandra J Moore Jerry L Jr Lowell Mary K Heirs of Etal Morlan Delia C Shepherd Buell S Heirs of Blake Ulysses Etal Flores Angel M Etux Aldea Stephen K Chandler Thomas Zuelow Norma J Dewoody Clifford & Betty

009-511-011 009-641-048 012-251-024 015-282-042 022-271-043 022-271-044 023-341-078 024-312-029 024-321-039 050-081-001 060-282-006 060-288-016 064-354-009 064-382-021 076-032-010 082-111-025 082-111-032 082-131-029 083-021-012 083-051-010 083-051-023 083-081-030 083-091-003 083-301-031 083-361-021 083-361-031 083-371-021 083-391-051 083-391-052 083-431-029 083-471-058 084-021-003 084-081-062 084-151-032 084-181-015 084-181-018 084-221-033 084-221-063 084-231-014 084-291-039 084-301-007 084-301-016 084-321-065 084-331-058 084-361-004 084-431-043 084-441-035 084-461-001 091-193-052 096-061-001 096-151-013 902-001-905 902-002-967

$24,277.68 $9,177.49 $1,254.26 $1,440.72 $1,938.92 $1,322.37 $1,229.17 $3,401.19 $5,501.11 $20,929.85 $38,650.08 $34,007.43 $330.58 $492.07 $627.03 $11,302.21 $684.42 $570.88 $707.69 $518.53 $536.20 $566.79 $593.19 $355.17 $562.56 $593.19 $562.56 $570.88 $570.88 $562.56 $1,192.13 $665.47 $757.29 $688.99 $589.60 $3,267.07 $582.84 $583.60 $593.19 $570.88 $444.90 $444.90 $476.90 $666.32 $676.82 $588.69 $611.84 $593.19 $45,092.91 $276.69 $560.30 $392.21 $463.19

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ JAMES W. HAMILTON, CPA San Luis Obispo County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector Executed at San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, on August 27, 2026. Published in New Times on August 27, September 3, and September 10, 2026.

WHO County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission WHEN Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM: All items are advertised for 9:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT A request by Steven and Susan Drake for a second oneyear time extension for a Vesting Tentative Tract Map (N-SUB2020-00019 / TRACT3146) to subdivide an existing 1.78-acre parcel into six parcels or the purpose of sale and/ or development. The project also includes requests for modification to standards in Title 21 Real Property Division. The subject property is within the Residential Single-Family land use category and is located at 96 Old County Road at Las Tablas Road, in the community of Templeton. The site is in the Salinas River Sub Area of the North County Planning Area. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on August 25, 2021, for this project. County File Number: N-EXT2026-00012 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 041-031-006 Date Accepted: 7/9/2026 WHERE The hearing will be held in the Katcho Achadjian Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers,1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Samantha Kinney, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600. Ysabel Eighmy Secretary Planning Commission August 27, 2026

COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING PLANNING COMMISSION WHO County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission WHEN Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM: All items are advertised for 9:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600. WHAT Hearing to consider a request by Mike Avila for a Variance (N-DRC2025-00045) to allow for grading on slopes over 30% to allow the development of a proposed four-bedroom 4,812 square foot single family residence plus 1,108 square feet of garages, and 1,627 square feet of deck, driveway, and site improvements. The project includes 6970 square feet of site disturbance on a 0.33-acre lot. The proposed project is located between 2846 Lands end Road and 2852 Lands End Road in the Village of Oak Shores Village Reserve line within the Nacimiento Planning Sub Area in the North County Planning Area. This project is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this project may have a significant effect on the environment; therefore, this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the provisions of CEQA Guidelines sec. 15061(b)(3). County File Number: N-DRC2025-00045 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 012-254-038 Date Accepted: 7/9/2026 WHERE The hearing will be held in the Katcho Achadjian Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey Street, Room #D170, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the meeting all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Samantha Kinney, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at 805-781-5600. Ysabel Eighmy Secretary Planning Commission August 27, 2026

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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO NOTICE OF NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices designated to be filled at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Names are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot, as determined by the Secretary of State per Elections Code Section 13112(b)(1)(C)(i). Mayor (Vote for one) Erica A. Stewart Incumbent Member of City Council (Vote for one) Brett Cross Neighborhood Advocate Michelle Shoresman Incumbent

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 13.12.040 OF THE SAN LUIS MUNICIPAL CODETO ESTABLISH A NEW UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT 17 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, at its Regular Meeting of August 4, 2026, introduced the above-titled ordinance upon a motion by Council Member Marx, second by Council Member Shoresman, and on the following roll call vote: AYES:

Emily Francis Incumbent The polls will be open on Election Day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. For more information on where to vote or drop off Vote-By-Mail Ballots, call the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s Office at (805) 781-5080 or visit the Secretary of State’s website at the following address: https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/ Additional information regarding the election is available on the City’s website at www.slocity.org/government/municipal-elections or by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (805) 781-7114 or cityclerk@slocity.org. August 27, 2026

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City of Atascadero ON INTENTION TO ANNEX TERRITORY TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 (PUBLIC SERVICES) DATE: TIME: PLACE:

ORDINANCE NO. 1758 (2026 SERIES)

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 6:00 p.m. City of Atascadero Council Chambers 6500 Palma Avenue Atascadero, CA 93422

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 14, 2026, the City Council of the City of Atascadero adopted Resolution No. 2026-0055 declaring its intention to annex territory to existing Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (Public Services) (the “CFD No. 2005-1” Annexation No. 27, 6010, 6020, 6030 Del Rio Rd and 1505, and 1855 San Ramon Rd (APNs 049-133-008, 049-133-009, 049-133-010, 049-133013, 049-133-014) for the Barrel Creek Project: Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3177, and to levy a special tax to pay for certain police, fire, and park services, all pursuant to the provisions of the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, Chapter 2.5, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code. The Resolution describes the territory to be annexed, specifies the type of services to be financed, and describes the rates and method of apportionment of the proposed special tax. No change in the tax levied in the existing CFD No. 2005-1 is proposed. The Resolution is available at the Office of the City Clerk, 6500 Palma Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council has fixed 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, in the City Council Chambers located at 6500 Palma Avenue, Atascadero, California 93422, as the time and place when and where the City Council will conduct an in person public hearing on the proposed annexation of said territory to CFD No. 2005-01. (ASD26-0042). NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if a challenge to the above action is made in court, persons may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend inperson and will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of, or opposition to, the above-proposed project. Written comments are also accepted by the City Clerk, prior to the hearing at 6500 Palma Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422 or cityclerk@atascadero.org and will be distributed to the City Council. At the hearing, all testimony for or against the annexation of the territory or the levying of the special taxes will be heard. Any protests may be made orally or in writing, except that any protests pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of such proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the irregularities and defects to which the objection is made. All written protests shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the time fixed for such public hearing, and any written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of such public hearing. Written public comments must be received by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and must identify the Agenda Item Number in the subject line of the email. Written comments will not be read into the record. If written protests against the proposed annexation are filed by owners of one-half (1/2) or more of the area of land proposed to be annexed to the District, the proceedings shall be abandoned as to those matters receiving a majority protest. Information regarding the hearing is filed in the Community Development Department. If you have any questions, please call Planning Services or visit the office at 6500 Palma Ave., by appointment only, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. all documents related to the project will be available for review on the City’s website 72 hours prior to the public hearing at www.atascadero.org. DATED: August 25, 2026

NOES: ABSENT:

Council Member Boswell, Marx, Shoresman, Vice Mayor Francis, and Mayor Stewart None None

Ordinance No. 1758 (2026 Series): This is a City Ordinance amending Municipal Code Chapter 13 (Public Services) Section 13.12.040 (Underground Utility District) to establish a new Underground Utility District, District 17, near the intersection of Prado Road and Elks Lane. The City’s Municipal Code Chapter 13 requires passage of an Ordinance to create a new Underground Utility District and notification to affected property owners and utilities 30 days prior to the public hearing. Undergrounding facilities at this location creates a more resilient utility corridor, decreasing the risk of an interruption in services from a vehicular collision and inclement weather. Undergrounding is planned to be completed by the Prado Interchange Project which provides cost and time savings. The Prado Interchange Project will construct a new overcrossing of US 101 connecting Prado Road to Dalidio Drive, reconfigure the northbound freeway ramps, add a northbound auxiliary lane between Prado Road and Madonna Road on US 101, realign Elks Lane, and provide multimodal improvements to improve circulation, connectivity, safety, and congestion relief in southern San Luis Obispo. A full and complete copy of the aforementioned Ordinance is available for inspection as part of the published agenda packet for the September 1, 2026 Council Meeting, upon request from the City Clerk, and you may call (805) 781-7114 for more information. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo will consider adopting the Ordinance at its Regular Meeting of September 1, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. The City Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and live streaming on the City’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/ CityofSanLuisObispo. Teresa Purrington City Clerk August 27, 2026

AUGUST 18, 2026 COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF ITEMS 1-25: Consent Agenda & Resolution (Res.) Nos. 2026-191 thru 2026-197 - APPROVED. ITEM 26: Public Comment Period - Items not on the agenda: (no name provided); G. Kirkland; W. Lewis; and R.J.: spoke - NO ACTION TAKEN. ITEM 27: Request to provide a $25,000 contribution to the Co. of Santa Cruz to support coordination of efforts to oppose offshore drilling and seabed mining; authorize the CEO to execute related necessary agreements & direction to staff to coordinate w/ the Co. of Santa Cruz regarding reporting on how funds were spent & fiscal responsibility - APPROVED W/ DIRECTION TO STAFF. ITEM 28: Res. 2026-198, authorizing the issuance & sale of the SLO Co. Financing Authority Nacimiento Water Project Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2026 Series A & approval of related financing documents/actions necessary to complete the refunding - ADOPTED. ITEM 29: Title 29 Affordable Housing Fund Annual Report FY 2025-26 - REC’D & FILED. ITEM 30: Board Member Comments/Reports: By Board consensus, directed staff to coordinate w/ Creeklands & local resource conservation districts re: storm-season proposals. Supervisors Moreno & Ortiz-Legg reported on ECHO’s new family wing in Atascadero; Chairperson Paulding suggested additional storm season public outreach & adding KPMG reports to the county webpage. Director of Social Services D. Drake & Board members spoke in remembrance of G. Salting. ITEM 31: Closed Session: Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure - potential case: 1; Initiation of litigation - potential case: 1. Existing Litigation: SLO Coastkeeper, et al. v. Co. of SLO, U.S. District Court, Central District of CA, Western Division, Case No. 2:24-CV-06854-SPG-ASx. Conference w/ Labor Negotiator re: DCCA; DSA; DAIA; SLOCEA-PSSC; SLOCEA-T&C; SLOCSMA; SLOCPPOA; SLOPA; SDSA; UDWA; Unrepresented Mgmt & Confidential Employees. Conference w/ Real Property Negotiator re: APNs 065-022-009, 073-075-017; The Land Conservancy of SLO County / Daniel Bohlman. Open Session: Report out NONE. Meeting adjourned in memory of Gemma Salting. For meeting details, view meeting videos at: https://www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Administrative-Office/ Clerk-of-the-Board/Clerk-of-the-Board-Services/Board-ofSupervisors-Meetings-and-Agendas.aspx. Matthew P. Pontes, Chief Executive Officer & Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Annette Ramirez, Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors August 27, 2026

ORDINANCE NO. 1759 (2026 SERIES) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.44, MOBILE HOME PARK RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE, TO APPLY RESTRICTIONS ON SPACE RENT INCREASE UPON TRANSFER (5.44.060(C)) TO CERTAIN EXISTING LONG-TERM LEASES AND TO REQUIRE PARK OWNERS/OPERATORS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO TENANTS (5.44.143) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, at its Regular Meeting of August 18, 2026, introduced the above-titled ordinance upon a motion by Council Member Marx, second by Vice Mayor Francis, and on the following roll call vote: AYES:

NOES: ABSENT:

Council Member Boswell, Marx, Shoresman, Vice Mayor Francis, and Mayor Stewart None None

Ordinance No. 1759 (2026 Series): This is a City Ordinance amending Chapter 5.44 of the Municipal Code, the Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance, regarding space rent increase upon transfer (Municipal Code Section 5.44.060(C)) of mobile homes subject to long-term leases in existence before July 2, 2026, space rent increase upon removal of a mobile home and termination of a lease (Municipal Code Section 5.44.060(C)), and required notice to tenants by park owners (new proposed Municipal Code Section 5.44.143). The recommended action is not a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act, as it does not have any foreseeable impact on the environment, and it is therefore exempt from environmental review. A full and complete copy of the aforementioned Ordinance is available for inspection as part of the published agenda packet for the September 1, 2026 Council Meeting, upon request from the City Clerk, and you may call (805) 781-7114 for more information. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo will consider adopting the Ordinance at its Regular Meeting of September 1, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. The City Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and live streaming on the City’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/CityofSanLuisObispo. Teresa Purrington City Clerk August 27, 2026

NOTICE: SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF NONJUDICIAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS PER HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4(J) TO:

ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: $2,065.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY

THE URBAN COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 2025-2026 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT This notice is to announce the start of a 15-day public review and comment period for the Urban County of San Luis Obispo Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Program Year 2025-2026. This review period begins today, August 27, 2026, and the last day to submit public comments is September 13, 2026. The CAPER is an annual report required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It details the County’s use of federal grant funds, including: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) These funds were used to carry out activities aligned with the goals and priorities outlined in the 2025–2029 Consolidated Plan, which addresses housing, community development, and economic needs.

Notice is hereby given that on June 4, 2026, the abovedescribed property was seized at or near 1585 Kansas Ave., San Luis Obispo CA , by San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, in connection with, to wit, violations of sections 11370 & 11378 of the California Health and Safety Code. The estimated/appraised value of the property is $2,520.00. Pursuant to section 11488.4(j) of the California Health and Safety Code, you must file a verified claim stating your interest in the property with the Superior Court’s Civil Division, Room 385, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Claim forms are available from the Clerk of the above court and also online at https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/mc200.pdf. Furthermore, an endorsed copy of the verified claim must also be served on the District Attorney, Asset Forfeiture Unit, County Courthouse Annex, 1035 Palm Street, 4th Floor, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, within 30 days of filing the claim with the Superior Court’s Civil Division. Both the District Attorney’s Office and the Interested Party filing the claim are entitled to conduct reciprocal requests for discovery in preparation for a hearing. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings unless inconsistent with the provisions or procedures set forth in the Health and Safety Code (Section 11488.5(c)(3)). The Interested Party in entitled to legal representation at a hearing, although not one appointed at public expense, and has the right to present evidence and witnesses, and to cross-examine plaintiff’s witnesses, but there is no right to avoid testifying at a civil hearing.

2025-2029 Consolidated Plan.

The failure to timely file and secure a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court will result in the property being declared or ordered forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing.

• View the Draft CAPER: slohomeless.com

DATED: July 13, 2026

• Submit Comments or Questions:

DAN DOW District Attorney

Members of the public are encouraged to review the draft CAPER and provide feedback on how well the Urban County has met its objectives as outlined by the

Email SS_HSDinfo@co.slo.ca.us

S/ K Gleason, Planning Manager

• Deadline for Public Comments: September 13, 2026

Kenneth Jorgensen Deputy District Attorney

PUBLISH: August 27, 2026

August 27, 2026

August 20, 27, & September 3, 2026

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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Arroyo Grande City Council will conduct a public hearing in the Arroyo Grande City Council Chambers located at 215 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA, 93420 on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, to consider the following item: Consideration Of Plot Plan Review 26-008 And Finding That This Action Is Exempt From Review Under The California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant To State Guidelines Section 15305; Modification of an Open Space Agreement; Location – 420 Canyon Way; Applicant – Andrew and Jeannett Gibson; Representative – Jennifer Martin The City Council will consider an application to modify an existing building envelope and corresponding public open space easement for a property located at 420 Canyon Way. In compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Community Development Department has determined that the proposed project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15305 of the CEQA Guidelines regarding minor alterations to land use limitations which do not result in any changes to land use or density. This City Council meeting is being conducted in a hybrid in-person/virtual format. During the public hearing, public comment will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker, pursuant to current meeting procedure. The City Council may also discuss other hearings or business items before or after the item listed above. If you challenge the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. Failure of any person to receive the notice shall not constitute grounds for any court to invalidate the action of the legislative body for which the notice was given. Documents related to the project are available in the Community Development Department located at 300 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande. The Agenda and reports are posted online at www.arroyogrande.org 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please call (805) 473-5420 for more information. The Planning Commission meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed live on the City’s YouTube Channel. Jessica Matson, City Clerk August 27, 2026

FOR THE WEEK OF AUG. 27

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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WHO:

San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission

WHO:

San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission

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WHEN:

Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. (All items are advertised for 9:00 a.m. To find out the agenda placement call the Planning Department at 781-5600.)

WHEN:

Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. (All items are advertised for 9:00 a.m. To find out the agenda placement call the Planning Department at 781-5600.)

ARIES

Hearing to consider a request by the COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO to amend the County Title 22 Land Use Code for minor technical clean-up and the implementation of a one-mile commercial cannabis prohibition buffer around the Village Reserve Line of the community of Creston, including those areas contained within.

WHAT:

County File Number: LRP2026-00008

Hearing to consider a request by the COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO to amend the County Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinances, Local Coastal Program, and Real Property Division Ordinance to update regulations relating to urban dwellings and urban lot splits for consistency with State law. County File Number: LRP2026-00001

Assessor Parcel Number: Not applicable

Supervisorial District: 5

Supervisorial District: 2, 3, & 4 (Coastal Zone)

Date Authorized: May 19, 2026 Project Manager: Nicholas Burgnon Recommendation: BOS Approval WHERE: The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey St., Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be available on the Planning Department website, www. sloplanning.org. You may contact Nicholas Burgnon, Planner, in the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s-Coroner Department, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, (805) 781-4525 or at nburgnon@co.slo.ca.us. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is exempt under CEQA via the common sense exemption under CEQA, pursuant to California Government Code Section 15061(b)(3). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062 (ED26-0106). **If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. ** DATED: August 19, 2026 YSABEL EIGHMY, SECRETARY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION August 27, 2026

Date Authorized: March 12, 2024 Project Manager: Dominic Dal Porto Recommendation: BOS Approval WHERE: The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey St., Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers are located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: A copy of the staff report will be available on the Planning Department website, www.sloplanning. org. You may contact Dominic Dal Porto, Planner, in the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, (805) 781-5710 or at ddalporto@co.slo.ca.us. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is exempt via statutory exemption under CEQA, pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65852.21.(j) and 66411.7.(m). A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062 (ED26-0078). **If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. ** DATED: August 19, 2026 YSABEL EIGHMY, SECRETARY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

(March 21-April 19): On the sci-fi TV show Stargate SG‑1, benevolent aliens known as the Asgard visit Earth to seek assistance from a secret U.S. government team. The ultraadvanced, hyper-intelligent Asgard have been unable to defeat their great nemesis, another alien species called the Replicators. Their hope is that their primitive partners, the humans, might stumble onto some basic, straightforward answer that their own sophisticated minds can’t see. The gamble pays off. One of Earth’s leading physicists, who’s a naive amateur by Asgard standards, devises a rough, unsophisticated strategy that works wonderfully. Treat this as your parable, Aries: Put your faith in simple, uncluttered approaches, and don’t underestimate “beginner-level” fixes.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): During one of my visits to the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, I encountered a prankster named Mother Very Superior. This nonbinary performer was dressed like a nun and wore a prominent chastity belt. Wielding a toy whip, they gently lashed me on my shoulders and prayed over me, saying, “I absolve you of all your sins. Therefore, you are now free to commit a raucous slew of new sins.” I hope you get a similar dispensation, Taurus. To be fully available for the rollicking delights you’re eligible for, it would be wise to reduce your karmic debt.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Archaeologists studying ancient Roman shipwrecks found that sailors deliberately made their vessels heavier by stowing rocks in the hull. This reduced the profitability of their voyages, since it reduced their cargo capacity. On the other hand, it meant they wouldn’t capsize during storms. An excellent trade-off! Let’s use this scenario as a metaphor for your life right now, Gemini. I’m going to suggest that you will benefit from adding more ballast. Seemingly burdensome elements could keep you steady if conditions become unruly. Consider this: Not everything heavy is holding you back. Some of it’s keeping you strong and stable.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): During the Baroque era, Cancerian artist Artemisia Gentileschi painted powerful biblical and historical women who killed tyrants and delivered their people from violent domination. By channeling her creative passion into figures of righteous fury, she transformed her personal trauma into psychological power. I invite you to be inspired by Gentileschi as you reconfigure your own story in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Wouldn’t it be fun and potent to transform the way you imagine both the past and future plot threads of your destiny?

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): In traditional sourdough baking, a small portion of fermented dough called a starter is saved and refreshed regularly. Some bakeries maintain the same lineage for years. The starter is a living culture of wild yeasts and lactic acid bacteria that feed on flour and water, producing acids and gases that leaven the dough and create bread with complex flavor, aroma, and texture. Let’s use this as a metaphor for your life, Leo. What long-running resource can you use to help create situations that will empower you to thrive in interesting ways during the coming months?

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming months could be a legendary turning point you will celebrate in the future: a pivotal time when you finally outsmart an old adversary and untangle a knotted inheritance, clearing the way to pursue your true calling with undiluted devotion. Or, on the other hand, the days ahead could be another round in the long saga of “almost”: a decisive phase when you avoid a challenge that has been begging for your full brilliance, leaving your future without shining clues for how to further decode the ancient riddle. Which destiny will you accomplish, dear Virgo? Will you answer the call to adventure? Or ignore it until it fades away?

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Some of my most useful revelations arrive in the dark. Once, while hiking in a wooded canyon at dusk, I lost the trail and had to feel my way forward by the sound of the creek. In that blind descent, an insight about a personal riddle I’d been pondering for months appeared unbidden, as if it had been waiting in the shadows for me. As I followed the stream bank to safety, I celebrated by singing Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah.” The moral of the story is that some lessons can be best learned by going down: into the body, into confusing feelings, into the rich compost of mysteries we may be hesitant to explore. How about you, Libra? In my professional opinion, your next pivotal breakthroughs are lurking in the fertile darkness rather than the brilliant heights. I hope you’re brave enough to descend. The treasure is buried, as treasure often is.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1912, Scorpio meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift. It’s the idea that Earth’s continents were once joined in a single supercontinent and have gradually drifted apart to their present positions over millions of years. Most scientists initially rejected his hypothesis because he couldn’t explain how the movement occurred. He didn’t live long enough to receive vindication, but decades later, his novel hypothesis was fully accepted. I’m pleased to report that your wait will be far shorter, Scorpio. Please keep your faith in the novel ideas and perceptions that others don’t understand yet. The world’s almost ready for your innovations.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There is a kind of lightning called a “sprite.” It’s a ghostly red discharge that blossoms high above thunderstorms. I suspect you may soon experience your own personal versions of this wonder. Fleeting insights may appear in unexpected places. Emotionally rich revelations could arrive out of nowhere. Because the moments could pass quickly, it will be crucial to notice them when they arrive. They could stimulate major shifts in your understanding. Keep your perceptive powers highly attuned.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Fertility clinics store frozen human embryos. Numbering in the hundreds of thousands, they are suspended in a long, chilly pause, awaiting instructions from the people who created them. This accumulation of potential life on hold makes me think of you. If you would thaw and reclaim the neglected, untouched regions of your own imagination, you would become an even more formidable generator of focused creative power. The encouraging news is that the coming weeks will be an unusually favorable phase to expedite this process.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some earthquakes unleash energy in violent bursts, but others are incremental commotions that unfold gradually over days or even weeks. The way they reorganize the Earth’s crust is kinder and gentler. Let’s regard these slow quakes as an apt metaphor for the initially disruptive but ultimately constructive transformations underway in your beautiful life, Aquarius. You may not see spectacular evidence that change is percolating, but I guarantee that it is. Old structures are in a transitional phase of subtle disarray, creating conditions for new dispensations you can’t imagine yet. My prediction: The rearrangement of your landscape will be healing.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): The Sargasso Sea is the only sea on Earth without a land boundary. It’s defined entirely by four strong Atlantic Ocean currents that circle it. Its edges aren’t solid walls but slowly shifting rivers of water. I think this anomalous body of water is always a vivid symbol of your world, Pisces, and even more so these days. Your boundaries are currents, not coastlines. You hold your shape through movement, not through rigid definition. This is more challenging to maintain than solid borders, but it’s also a great potential strength. Use it with aplomb! ∆

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