Big, Bad & Ugly Surf Contest 2009 by Kevin Cole

Morro Rock by Dennis Young

USCG Surf Boats by Malcolm Riordan

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Art Talk by Jayne Behman

What long ago was a hobby or began simply for its tax shelter benefits for the wealthy, being a Central Coast winemaker has developed into a prestigious and very serious business.  Today, our wines receive worldwide recognition. In its 29th year, the Paso Robles Wine Festival saw thousands of wine connoisseurs over this festival's annual May celebration. Read More

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

Community Adventure

Nestled in the nook of a cedar tree
a Great Horned Owl and her owlets
spy me spying them—
the parent alert and wary,
the babies curious and cute,
and suddenly I’m
Jane Goodall in Gombe National Park. Read More

Great Shots by Jerry Kirkhart & Steve Corey

Our photo editors bring you some of their favorite coastal images for the month. This month's featured local photographers are James Crawford, Steve Corey, Teddy Llovet, Donald Quintana, Bill Bouton, Ken Bondy, Nan Calora, Pam Link, Linda Tanner, Anita Ritenhaur, Beth Sargent, Dagmar Collins, Devra Cooper, Dave Johnson, Elizabeth Haslam, Ashala Tylor, Jim Radford, Cheryl Strahl, Mike Baird, Jerry Kirkhart, Howard Ignatius, Michelle Maani, Mimi Ditchie, Jan O'Connell, and Sandy Harris. See More

One Poet's Perspective by Jane Elsdon

If poems are word paintings, we live in a region abounding with paradisiacal pictures to be painted.  In the eighties I was privileged to housesit for friends while they traveled the world.  Their home clung like a barnacle to a cliff side on Highway One between Ragged Point and Gorda.  It seemed to hang there, suspended halfway between the highway and the vast Pacific. Talk about paradise.   Read More

Opera SLO by Kathryn Bumpass

Girl Scouts Camp, sports camp, church camp, opera camp . . . Opera Camp??!! Yes, OperaSLO holds a summer camp for kids ages 8-16. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to be involved. The camp will run for two weeks, July 18-29, Monday through Friday, 9am until 3pm daily. During that time children will learn singing and acting techniques, build their own sets and get acquainted with the arts of costume design and make-up.

This year's opera camp will perform the familiar fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, in the setting by Russian composer César Cui. Read More

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Valencia Peak Panorama by Howard Ignatius