Weak holiday spending and a state- and national-level economic meltdown have hit home for some local businesses as consumer penny-pinching and purchasing of just the essentials continues to grow.
“There’s a lot less foot traffic out there,” said John Geisen, owner of the Koffee Klatsch on Higuera Street.
The man accused of hitting two security guards with his truck early Sunday morning remains in San Luis Obispo county jail as he awaits word of what will happen next.
Police arrested the 19-year-old man after he reportedly hit two security guards with his truck at the Mustang Village student housing complex before abandoning it nearby.
Constitutional law scholar Philip Muñoz will visit campus tonight to engage students in a discussion on the boundaries of religiuos freedom and the role faith plays in American politics.
Muñoz will present “In God We Don’t Trust: The Supreme Court and Religion,” a discussion on the role religion plays in shaping American public policy.
Marlize, you are absolutely right. The thesis became clear to me about halfway through the article (published yesterday): all politicians are corrupt, some more than others. Ultimately, all politicians are corrupt to some extent. The ones that were funded the least, however, have less favors to hand out upon reaching the White House.
One of the main criticisms of Israel is the myth that Jews stole the land from the Palestinians. Never mind that there was no official nation called Palestine before Israel declared independence in 1948. Never mind that there were Jews living in the region far before the great migration after the holocaust, or that much of the land was bought by Jews since 1880.
I wrote about the global warming (AGW) debate last week, evoking the predictable feedback and flack, some of it apt and intriguing, some of it silly and sophomoric.
I daresay that it seems to ruffle the feathers of many when a lowly, non-scientist half-wit commoner hazards an opinion on this issue.
It is Saturday night and I am seated in the exhibition space at the San Luis Obispo Art Center awaiting the start to a film titled, “Splendid Splinters: The Armand LaMontagne Story.” The low hum of small talk dies down as attendees get adjusted, sipping glasses of wine provided by the Art Center.
So I’m probably going to nerd out on you right now but I don’t care. You probably already know that I’m pretty into comics, and if you don’t, you do now. I’ve read quite a few of them in my day (probably an understatement) and I try to let people know which ones are good and which ones are crap.
It’s well known that some of the biggest deals of the year fall on the Friday after Thanksgiving. But for former Cal Poly head football coach Rich Ellerson, his deal came the Friday after Christmas.
So on the day after most families huddled around the Christmas tree to open presents, the United States Military Academy at West Point selected Ellerson to command the Black Knights football program, a move many of his associates and players at Cal Poly were not surprised by.
An unusually high number of bank robberies has struck the Central Coast over the past few months and authorities are seeking the public’s help in apprehending the suspects who remain at large.
Two robberies have occurred this month alone: at the First Bank in San Luis Obispo on Jan.
Thanks to the enterprising workers at the Cal Poly organic farm, patrons at the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter enjoy more than canned foods donated by the community. Recently, the community supported agriculture program at the organic farm teamed up with the shelter to provide a variety of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables for shelter users to dine on.
