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The Global Gems of Robin’s of Cambria

Posted by on Apr 24, 2013 in Dining, Featured

At a magical intersection of the Pacific and the piney hills and dells just south of Hearst Castle, deep in the timeless, rustic heart of Cambria, thrives one of the finest international restaurants on the coast.

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The Smokin’ Deep Sea Adventures of Tognazzini’s Dockside 3

Posted by on Apr 15, 2013 in Dining, Featured

The surprise inside of a surprise for tourists and locals alike is what’s become of the historical boat-shaped building, and how it’s been reconnected it with its origins while setting a fresh course in Morro Bay fish dining.

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40 Years of Sunshine

Posted by on Apr 5, 2013 in Business, Dining, Featured

Texas-native Greg Barnard, 35, was only five years old when Sunshine Health Foods opened 40 years ago on Morro Bay Blvd. in Morro Bay. Mr. Barnard is the third owner. He bought it from the second owner for whom he worked about three years. He bought the store in 2006, and in six years he’s taken it to the next level – becoming the best health food store and restaurant on the coast.

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The Holy Smokes! of Ruddell’s Smokehouse

Posted by on Mar 28, 2013 in Dining, Featured

If you are fortunate to be motoring one of the most breathtaking stretches of scenic Highway 1 on the Central Coast, you must exit in Cayucos and drive through this quaint old beach town to the edge of the Pacific. Because right there, at the corner of D Street and Ocean Front in seaside, sun-drenched Cayucos, you will find one of the smallest but most sought-after food lover’s destinations in all California, Ruddell’s Smokehouse.

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Lois Capps Pushes for Diablo Seismic Test in Washington; Seismologist Disputes Claim

Posted by on Mar 24, 2013 in News

Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-24th District) emphatically restated her support for a PG&E offshore high-energy seismic survey in Estero Bay, near the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach, during a January 28 hearing in Washington of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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SEISMIC SHAKINGS: CPUC Won’t Pursue Testing This Year; Navy Tests Torpedoed

Posted by on Mar 16, 2013 in News

The 3D seismic-test bull’s-eye has been removed from Estero Bay for one to two years, according to the Independent Peer Review Panel (IPRP) advising the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on seismic risks to PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and SCE's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The CPUC regulates the state's two nuclear plants.

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Are Endangered Central Coast Sea Otters Lab ‘Rats’ Caught in PG&E’s Halted Seismic Test? A Special Report

Posted by on Jan 30, 2013 in Featured, News

With so many unanswered questions and a continuing refusal to release the relevant permit(s), except under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the public is entitled to ask whether the real facts are being deliberately withheld and if so, by whom? And more to the point, why?

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Tog at 95: Singing Along With Morro Bay’s ‘Living Legend’

Posted by on Jan 23, 2013 in News, People

When you are the patriarch of the Tognazzinis, one of the most well-known families on the Central Coast for half a century, the father of 10 children -- eight still living and thriving -- and have been married for 73 years to Henrietta, the love of your life, you don’t often hear a question like “What else have you done?”

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