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Obituary of Alan Shimko, 58

– It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Alan Christopher Shimko, who left us on April 1, 2023. Born in November Full Article

Zoo’s tiger turns 15 this Saturday

Public invited to join in birthday celebration – The Charles Paddock Zoo will celebrate Menderu, the zoo’s Malayan tiger, this Saturday, April 29 from 11 Full Article

Poetry reading to honor the late Chris Weygandt Alba

Chris Weygandt Alba’s legacy to be celebrated at special event May 4 – A public reading of poems from The Last Honesty by the late Full Article

Spring events & fundraisers for the Atascadero Printery Foundation

-A message from the Atascadero Printery Foundation- – The Atascadero Printery Foundation is blooming with events for everyone to help fundraise for The Remove the Full Article

Obituary of Merle Virginia Brinkley, 94

Merle Virginia Brinkley April 5, 1928 – March 13, 2023 Atascadero, California – Merle Virginia Brinkley, of Atascadero, went to be with her Lord and Full Article

Cuesta invites new students to Cougar Welcome Days

Events slated at both campuses May 3-12 – New and incoming first-time college students are invited to attend Cuesta College’s Cougar Welcome Days from May Full Article

Ecologistics to host Salinas River Symposium in Atascadero

Public invited to join key stakeholders to share ideas and concerns – The “upside-down river” as the Salinas is known, will be the focus of Full Article

Panel to discuss affordable housing shortage in SLO County

Webinar slated for Monday May 8 at noon – At a League of Women Voters, “Lunch with the League” webinar on Monday, May 8 at Full Article

County libraries host mental wellness, substance use ‘awareness galleries’

Galleries on display at Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande locations – The County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Department will be partnering with Full Article

‘Disrupted Realism’ author John Seed to give lecture in Morro Bay

‘Disrupted Realism’ the first book to survey the works of 38 artists whose paintings ‘respond to the subjectivity and disruptions of modern experience’ – Morro Full Article