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Morro Bay’s historic theater for sale

Written on 19 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE The iconic Bay Theatre is for sale with an asking price of $1.625 million. The Morro Bay landmark includes a 314 single-screen theater. Originally built by the Army Corp of Engineers in 1942, the theater has been... (Continue reading)

Time to cast away stones

Written on 13 Jul, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SADOWSKI These words are the title of Stephen Kaltenbach’s fountain sculpture outside the Sacramento Convention Center where the Pacific Wind Farm Summit was held in May 2023. Carved in the water fountain stones are these three questions; What... (Continue reading)

2001 Morro Bay murder sentenced to life in prison

Written on 11 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than two decades after a double-murder at Morro Strand State Campground, a San Luis Obispo County judge on Monday sentenced the gunman to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Stephen Arthur Deflaun, now 64,... (Continue reading)

Will Morro Bay wind farms be the demise of Port San Luis?

Written on 25 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 49 comments

OPINION by ROBERT SIDENBERG I heard about the proposed Morro Bay Offshore Wind Farm awhile back but didn’t really think too much about it. It would supposedly be out of sight and didn’t seem to have any affect on my... (Continue reading)

Who will benefit from Morro Bay wind energy job creation?

Written on 7 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE A proposed wind energy project in Morro Bay will create 24,000 jobs during construction, primarily for people who do not live on the Central Coast, according to a new report by two professors at Cal Poly’s Orfalea... (Continue reading)

Reconstruction of bridge north of Morro Bay nears completion

Written on 30 May, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Drivers on Highway 1 are now traversing a new Toro Creek Bridge north of Morro Bay. On Tuesday morning, Caltrans announced the demolishing and replacing of the Toro Creek Bridge is nearing completion. The rebuild of the... (Continue reading)

Economic reality of Ironman Morro Bay

Written on 28 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by MARK TOGNAZZINI Open letter to Morro Bay Mayor Wixom and City Council members, The sting of the financial impacts of this past weekend have eased however, my fiduciary duty to Dockside and my personal responsibility to my 60... (Continue reading)

Judge rules man was sane when he committed 2001 Morro Bay double-murder

Written on 29 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County Judge ruled on Friday that a defendant was legally sane when he shot and killed a 37-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy at Morro Strand State Campground in 2001. Stephen Arthur Deflaun,... (Continue reading)

Territorialism in Morro Bay

Written on 30 Mar, 2023 in Discovered, Featured | 5 comments

Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  Franklin’s memoir, “Life On The Mississippi, 1969,” is currently... (Continue reading)

Nearly 10,000 gallons of sewage spill into creek in Morro Bay

Written on 11 Jan, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Nearly 10,000 gallons of sewage spilled into a creek in Morro Bay amid the storm on Monday, according to San Luis Obispo Public Health Department. At about 11 a.m., sewage began spilling into Morro Creek at 160... (Continue reading)