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Toto falls flat at the Chumash

Written on 20 Sep, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments

By Colin Jones Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Those are appropriate adages for many aspects of life and can certainly be applied to aging pop/rock acts as well.... (Continue reading)

Zombie Healthcare

Written on 22 Aug, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 19 comments

CalCoastNews is now including work by San Luis Obispo cartoonist Joseph Rankin. Check out his work at the Kranky Cartoonist.... (Continue reading)

Music and wine: Earth, Wind and Fire

Written on 3 Aug, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By COLIN JONES So what do you get when you mix wine, boogie rock and the pungent smell of farm animals? An alignment of cultural planets that can only be one thing: music and wine night at the California Mid-State Fair. Fast becoming... (Continue reading)

Classic rock on full display at the Mid-State Fair

Written on 31 Jul, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By COLIN JONES Like most of the tail end boomer generation, I grew up on and love album-oriented rock, or AOR as they used to say in the radio biz. But there comes a point when you gotta turn the dial when ‘Freebird’... (Continue reading)

Photos of the Mid-State Fair annual cattle drive

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

Tradition lived on in Paso Robles Wednesday as the annual cattle drive through city streets signaled the start of the California Mid-State Fair. A riderless horse was led along the route in memory of the late George Randolph Hearst Jr.,... (Continue reading)

An American tradition lives on in Atascadero

Written on 5 Jul, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

Kids from The Learning Tree Preschool in Atascadero and their parents patrolled El Camino Real on the 4th of July, waving the American flag and shouting to passing motorists, “Happy Birthday, America!”... (Continue reading)

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Written on 14 Jun, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

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Paso citizen group plans meet

Written on 18 May, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 18 comments

The inaugural public meeting of a newly-formed Paso Robles citizen action group, Change Paso Robles Now, or CPRN2012, is set for Saturday at La Quinta Inn and Suites, 2615 Buena Vista Drive in Paso Robles, from 2-4 p.m. Chair Karen... (Continue reading)

Special Olympics events set

Written on 8 May, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

A county-wide fundraising effort for Special Olympics San Luis Obispo County begins today with local law enforcement officers acting as “celebrity waiters” at a series of dinner and raffle events. Proceeds will go to local Special Olympics athletes for their... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College presents family-friendly “Three Musketeers”

Written on 28 Apr, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

The Cuesta College Drama Department presents the dazzling swordplay of d’Artagnan and “The Three Musketeers” in a family-friendly performance with video projections, live music, singing, dancing, and lavish costumes. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, this rollicking tale set... (Continue reading)