Author: Karen Velie

2010 Surf Roots Tour boasts pretty faces and heavyweight talent

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 15, 2010 | Discovered | 0 |

Music lovers rejoice! Surf musicians from all over the world are headed to the Central Coast for Resin Music’s fifth annual West Coast Surf Roots Tour.

Ever since Jack Johnson went mainstream, surf music has made a huge comeback into the limelight. From the previously popular Beach Boys—who didn’t even surf, surf-influenced rock music has come to attract such a prevalent audience with Johnson paving the way.

Resin Music’s very name implies deep roots to the surf industry.

Concerts at the Cove, event photos

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncovered SLO | 0 |

By AIMEE VASQUEZ Both the electro and the ocean glittered in the sunny air at Concerts at the Cove this Sunday. Local band Tropo mixed macs with live music to create a tingling electric pulse reminiscent of clubs and late-night...

Police and fire attack new budget task force

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 11, 2010 | Featured, Uncovered SLO | 0 |

San Luis Obispo Firefighters Association and the San Luis Obispo Police Association are withdrawing their support for a new behind-closed-doors budget task force recently assembled by City Manager...

Opposition to marijuana legalization increases

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 10, 2010 | Daily Briefs, Featured | 0 |

More voters who intend to vote in November now oppose Proposition 19, the ballot measure that would legalize marijuana, by a slight margin. [LA Times] A new statewide survey now shows 48 percent of Californians oppose...

Poll: Newsom has 9-point lead over Maldonado

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 10, 2010 | Daily Briefs, Featured | 0 |

A new Field Poll shows that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom currently enjoys a 9-point lead over former state Senator Abel Maldonado in the race for lieutenant governor. [San Francisco Chronicle] The poll shows Newsom leading...

Arroyo Grande Chilis employees fired for toilet camera

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 9, 2010 | Daily Briefs | 0 |

A woman who had just used the restroom Chilies in Arroyo Grande discovered a cell phone camera hidden in a trash can by a restaurant employee and alleged video voyeur last weekend. The 41-year-old...

Spotlight: What’s happening this weekend

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 8, 2010 | Discovered, Featured | 0 |

After the all-day barbecues, fireworks and festivities of Fourth of July weekend, it’s time to relax a little bit and get back into the swing of a more relaxing weekend. The different events being held on the Central Coast in the coming week will offer more educational opportunities for the kiddies, raunchy humor for the daring adults and a nighttime concert at Downtown Brewing Company sure to keep your teenager from sitting in front of the television all night long.

Let your kids get down and dirty in compost during a gardening workshop hosted by the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum Friday, July 9. The event is from noon to 1 p.m. and is open to all children.

Fraternity members sentenced in hazing death

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 8, 2010 | Daily Briefs, Featured | 0 |

Two more Cal Poly fraternity members have been sentenced to jail for their part in the fatal hazing death of 18-year-old pledge Carson Starkey. [KSBY] Starkey died in December 2008 after drinking...

Mountain lion killed in San Luis Obispo

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 7, 2010 | Daily Briefs | 0 |

A mountain lion was shot and killed in the backyard of a San Luis Obispo residence on the city’s northeast side on Tuesday night. [KEYT] San Luis Obispo Police responded to a 911 call that reported...

Paso Robles woman shot by ex-boyfriend

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 7, 2010 | Daily Briefs | 0 |

An Atascadero man is in jail after he allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend in the back of the neck in front of their four-year old child on Tuesday night at around 11:45. [KSBY] Paso Robles police...

Sundays on the Sand Concert, event photos

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 7, 2010 | Featured | 0 |

The reggae was something like the hazy sunlight: bright, beachy and conducive to relaxation. Whirling hoolah hoops and bouncing beach balls completed the scene as a group of fans gathered to sway in front of the stage. Perhaps the perfect way to kick off the Fourth of July, this weekend’s Sundays on the Sand concert at the Avila Beach Resort featured nine-piece local band Resination, a laid-back blend of jazz, soul, reggae, funk and blues.

For more events at this venue and others as well as movie show times check out CalCoastNews Event Calendar.

If you would like to buy a high resolution print of any of these photos contact photographer Aimee Vasquez at (925) 323-0550 or aimeeaileen@mac.com.

Eyes on the Earth 3D

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 4, 2010 | Discovered | 0 |

By STEVE KLIEWER What a fantastic ride! Thursday night, Kevin Hussey, Manager of JPL’s Visualization Technology Group, introduced innovative technology to a fascinated group of science educators and...

Shell Beach residents battling sea birds

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 2, 2010 | Uncovered SLO | 0 |

A colony of Cormorants’ invasion into a Shell Beach neighborhood has left homes splattered with excrement and neighbors questioning why they were forced to allow the birds to nest in their neighborhood.

Cormorants are known to move into an area, cover the landscape in droppings, which kills the trees before the birds move on.

And while public officials debated the definition of an “active nest,” homeowners along Ocean Boulevard were required to allow the invasive birds to roost in their backyards at a cost to their financial and physical health.

Spotlight: What’s happening this weekend

Posted by Karen Velie | Jul 2, 2010 | Discovered | 0 |

Dancing, Fourth of July celebrations and politically charged comedy are just some of the highlights coming to the Central Coast in the next week.

Head on over to Mitchell Park in San Luis Obispo Friday at 6 p.m. to enjoy the visiting Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers. They’re a group of young dancers and fiddlers all the way from Lindsborg, Kansas. dressed in authentic costumes, and performing traditional Swedish circle dancing. The event is free and family-friendly.

The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum will be hosting Move and Groove at the Museum on the first Saturday of every month. A local dance instructor will be teaching basic dance lessons from 10 to 11 a.m. The lessons are free with paid admission into the museum.

Cal Poly department head accused of sexism

Posted by Karen Velie | Jun 30, 2010 | Uncovered SLO | 0 |

As the result of allegations of sexism and poor leadership, the chair of the journalism department’s job is on the line, CalCoastNews has learned.

The news has raised the hackles of some students, faculty and staff who take issue with the allegations.

Because of the nature of the complaint, department chair Bill Loving said he thinks his time as chair, after a little more than two years, is close to an end.