Bingeable: Westworld
WestworldâHBO's new series based on novelist and filmmaker Michael Crichton's 1973 movie of the same nameâpulls off a nifty little trick: It aligns
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One bad hombre
I'm not sure if I should cry, throw up, scream, or tell myself it's just a dream. This is not about the presidential election, by the way. This is about the fact
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Pease, Gomez, Marx on SLO City Council
During the election season in San Luis Obispo, residents often expressed their choices for City Council in pairs. âAndy Pease for City Councilâ signs
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We're all mad here
Sometimes the process of creating art makes people a little crazy, but what if you're already on the edge? In the play Cosi (at the Spanos Theatre
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Misogyny needs to change
We are a nation of hypocrites! What Trump said about âgrabbing women by the pussyâ is indeed horrible, but it is âpar for the courseââthere isn't a
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Sustainable water: The public weighs in on Cambria's emergency water supply facility
State agencies and the Cambria community are questioning the long-term sustainability of an emergency water supply facility that's pumped out water
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Geneses unknown
Sometimes the joy of creation is matched only by making something that truly isn't a replica of anything else. That's how artist Kathryn Bay operates.
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Fossil fuel is unsafe for our children
UNICEF reported that 2 billion kids are exposed to unhealthy air pollution, most of it from burning fossil fuel; 300 million kids live in areas with the
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Arroyo Grande: United or divided?
If you were hoping that the Nov. 8 election would provide an answer to whether the recent tension and division between the Arroyo Grande mayor and
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Recreational marijuana legalized
After months of anticipation, California voters passed Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), opening the doors to a commercial
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Protected trees: West Cuesta Ridge has the coast's largest grove of Sargent cypress
Fog gathers along the horizon, billowing above SLO County's peaks like cotton balls piled on top of one another. I'm watching the pile build from
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Hill, Peschong win races for supervisor seats
The SLO County Board of Supervisors will resume its post-election business with one newcomer and one familiar face. Third District Supervisor Adam
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DIY revolution: Local musicians take the controls
Virginia Woolf famously noted that to be a writer, one needed money and âa room of one's own,â a place for creativity and contemplation. Musicians
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What happened, Arroyo Grande?
My first memory of local politics dates to when I was 10 years old. It was a crisp, early November night in Arroyo Grande and my cheeks were rosy from
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An awakening: Local musician Erin Inglish seeks donations in support of the Standing Rock Sioux …
Regardless of what you've heard, the fight between the Dakota Access Pipeline and the gathering of hundreds of tribes, individuals, and activists
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Measure J narrowly failing as final votes are counted
SLO County's sales taxâand road conditionsâwill likely stay the same for the time being as county voters appear to have narrowly rejected Measure
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Religious roots
The implicit sexism lamented by the editor in âReality checkâ (New Times, Oct. 27) is deeply rooted in our culture in a paradoxical source: the Bible.
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Always a Salieri, never a Mozart
âMozart, Mozart, Mozart!â It's tough being second best, but its even worse when el numero uno is miles more talented. Set in the court of the Austrian
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Fareed not yet conceding race
Democratic candidate and outgoing Santa Barbara County 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal was leading Republican candidate and
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Flesh and metal: Pump exhibit examines energy sources
For a while, every few months it was the same story, then it slowed to every few years. Juan Granados' parents would pack him and his siblings into
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