On the importance of music, instrumental, and choral programs at the middle and high schools, people should realize the multitude of benefits to a happy, stable, prosperous life the arts do teach us.

Erik Steinkamp and Keri Joy Waxer eat dandelions. Steinkamp, the chef in their relationship, prepares the flowers like he does most vegetables that he buys from the store or farmers market. Feeling a ...

The long-running tug-of-war between Bayshore Village residents and the Western gulls that flock to their rooftops returned to ...

It’s time for our culture to dial down our obsession with sports and expand opportunities for personal development for students who have strong interests in other pursuits. It’s well known that, like ...

Cayucos provided the background for this year’s Wedding Photographer of the Year Lit! category winner. The dramatic image features a couple at dusk gazing into the Pacific as they each hold glowing ...

SPEARHEAD Fourth District Supervisor Jimmy Paulding announced in his newsletter that he requested the SLO County Board of Supervisors to consider a resolution to reaffirm opposition to new offshore ...

Delving into Sean Combs’ past is not what the world needs right now; any attention is ill-deserved. Despite that, it’s nothing less than fascinating to see how the once big-time music mogul snaked his ...

The international equivalent of the S&P 500 Index is the ACWI Index, which tracks large and mid-cap stocks in almost 50 developed countries and emerging markets. It usually performs similar to the S&P ...

When a city tree comes down, most of it disappears into a chipper—mulched, discarded, and forgotten. But at Deadwood Revival Design in Paso Robles, that fate becomes a new beginning.  For nearly a ...

The idea of building new houses, creating new jobs isn’t all that great if this offshore wind thing unfortunately unfolds. There will come a time when the construction jobs are done and the people who ...

There is a lot of talk these days about gerrymandering, both in the context of Proposition 50 and in a pending challenge to a part of the Voters Rights Act of 1965 that requires that race be ...