Reflections and Resilience: The State of the Sheriff’s Office in 2025
By Ian Parkinson Before I begin this column, I want to first wish everyone a very happy, safe, and prosperous 2025! That’s how I typically start my first column of the new year. And I see no reason to change that now. Especially since I...
Business Spotlight: Cuesta Concord Chorus
The Cuesta Concord Chorus (C3), a community of singers directed by Cassandra Tarantino, invites you to join their celebration of two decades of music-making. Since its founding in 2005, C3 has shared its joy of singing through diverse choral performances and...
Business Spotlight: Hedges Insurance Services
Founded in 1989 in Atascadero, Hedges Insurance Services began as a one-man operation after Mike Hedges and his family relocated from Orange County seeking a slower pace of life. Initially, the business offered individual health plans from a single insurer to small...
Career and Technical Education Participation Growing
As we begin the new year, the question we should ask is, “How do we best prepare students for life after high school graduation? Nearly ten years ago, I was invited to present some of my research at symposiums hosted by Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the United...
Art pop-up activates vacant commercial property in Downtown Atascadero
Art will be rotated by the artists every month until the property is leased ATASCADERO — Zoya Lopata Dixon and Sam Lopata, siblings and visual artists, have temporarily placed their art in a vacant commercial property located at 6090 El...
Atascadero Community Band makes donation to Applause Children’s Theater
Over $800 donated to nonprofit raised from holiday concert ATASCADERO — The Atascadero Community Band (ACB) made a donation of $807 to Applause Children’s Theater (ACT), raised from the generous audience at their 2024...
Kathleen M. Malloy 1955-2025
Kathleen Marie Malloy was born the oldest of six children to Charles Lee Stimmel and Adelaide Dolores Stimmel on February 3, 1955, in Berkeley, CA, and raised in Bakersfield, CA. In the summer of 1969, the Stimmels moved to Paso Robles, where Kathie entered as a...
North County Sports Briefs
ATASCADERO HIGH SCHOOL On Friday, Jan. 17, the Atascadero boys basketball team faced Arroyo Grande in a hard-fought game. Despite leading for most of the match, the Greyhounds struggled in the final five minutes, ultimately falling to the Eagles 65-61....
Andrew J. Twisselman 1967-2025
Andrew John Twisselman passed away at the age of 58 on January 14, 2025, in Atascadero, California. Andrew was born to Darrell L. Twisselman and Nola C. Twisselman on June 19, 1967, in San Luis Obispo, California. He was raised on the Carrisa Plains in...
Woods Humane Society celebrates 70 years of saving lives
Local nonprofit looks back on decades of animal welfare in SLO County SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — Woods Humane Society celebrates 70 years of saving local dogs and cats in need this year. It will kick off its anniversary celebrations with a free Coffee...
