Mardi Gras in San Luis Obispo remained a nonevent for another year, thanks to the efforts of city government, law enforcement
A procrastinator's guide to the propositions
With so much attention given to the upcoming presidential primary, it’s easy to forget about the other things on the ballot:
A local band's tribute to a reggae icon
The spirit of Bob Marley Day was out in full force Saturday as San Luis Obispo County-based reggae band Resination paid homage to the great reggae artist with its own versions of Marley’s classic reggae jams.
Resination, accompanied by fellow reggae artists The Kicks, and openers Ras Danny and the Reggae Allstars, revisited many of Marley’s more well-known jams while flavoring its own spin to make the music unique.
Woe is the San Francisco 49ers fan
When rebutting the assertions of John Middlekauff after he wrote the Chargers have no class, et cetera, the last thing I intended to do was engage in a war of words over something that’s largely opinion-based, such as preference of sports teams.
I simply wanted to serve as a mouthpiece for so many who aren’t fortunate enough to be able to refute such claims in the fashion that I am able to.
Do American ideals mesh with Middle Eastern culture?
The ambivalent American stance toward some governments in the Middle East continued with
'Lost in the Middle' finds SLO success
With a line that stretched almost the entire block of Garden Street between Marsh and Higuera streets, filmmaker Trevor Povah could never have imagined that the premiere of his latest film would produce such a turnout.
He and the staff at Downtown Brewing Co.
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band is Big Damn-Tastic!
A guitar, a washboard, a small two-piece guitar kit with a five-gallon bucket, and the occasional harmonica – these are the instruments used by Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band to produce their grassroots and wholly unique throwback sound.
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, ironically consisting of only three people, defines itself as prewar, rural country blues – the kind of blues that is more about rawness than anything else.
Sports: All in a Day's work
Sharon Day could be on her way to compete at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
All she has to do is jump 6 feet, 4 _ inches (or 1.95 meters) and place well at the Olympic trials in the summer. (That’s about a half-foot higher than most people, in case a visual is needed.
Suspects arrested for attempted robbery
Two suspects were arrested by the San Luis Obispo Police Department for the alleged attempted robbery of a San Luis Obispo resident in the early morning hours of Jan. 12.
Aaron Tedesco and Michael Robertson, both 18 and of Prunedale, Calif., were arrested by a SLOPD officer around 4:30 a.
Commentary: Chargers not guilty of charges
It is very seldom that an article I’ve read in the Mustang Daily irks me to the point that I feel I need to write a rebuttal.
Most of the time I shrug it off as either na’ve or poor writing not justifying a response.
But not this time.
After reading in Jan.