Central Coast November 2020

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Child Development ........ 2

Library Services .............. 4

Fun & Games .................. 8

Family Life ...................... 10

Local History .................. 12

Wordmonger .................. 14

Calendar ......................... 17

Local Resources ............ 21

Election Info .................. 22

Blended Families / Library Services / Prematurity Awareness / Easing Time Change

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Child Development
For most, it’s how the adults is shadowed by the knowledge
manage the situation that that they have left the “loser”
determines the health and safety alone. When both parents insist
of the heart part of the new on having the kids be part of
configuration of the family. Christmas Day or when kids are
expected to eat a huge meal at
However committed, enthusiastic,
two Thanksgiving dinners, the
and in love new partners may be,
kids often end up overwhelmed
the children who share heredity
and emotionally and physically
with only one member of the
exhausted.
couple have a different experience
and therefore different feelings Lighten up. Holidays are only 24
about the season than the adults. hours long. But the season lasts
It’s important to remember that a couple of months. Everyone

Blended Family Holidays

in the vast majority of cases, the can have a holi-DAY. Alternate
children of divorce didn’t want years for the actual holiday if you
it. They often worry that they’re must, but don’t make the day
at fault. They have competing with the other parent seem like
loyalties to both parents. They a second-rate event. It’s not. It’s
by Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
often wish there were a way to that parent’s special day with the
get their original family back to children.
“You hear a lot of dialogue on holidays highlight the departure
whatever they experienced as
the death of the American family. from what has been seen as the Be Flexible about Traditions
“normal.”
Families aren’t dying. They’re “traditional” family.
merging into big conglomerates.” However wonderful mom’s or The adults may want to start new
As with most things, this can traditions for the new family. But
~ Erma Bombeck dad’s new partner may be, they
be an affirmation of successful kids are stubborn little creatures
are prepared not to like them.
They are called blended families, reconfiguration of one’s family or who thrive on predictability
They often grieve their former
step families, reconstituted or a reminder of all the things that and sameness. Consider which
family quietly — or not so quietly
reconfigured. The modern family were, and perhaps still are, wrong. traditions can be transferred to
— for years. As a result, they
often includes multiple people For most, it’s a complicated mix the stepfamily scene. If there are
are often even more ambivalent
from multiple relationships. More of regrets, relief, anger, sorrow kids from both former marriages,
and conflicted about holiday
than at any other time of year, and joy. help the children from each side
traditions than the adults. While
the adults are enthusiastically introduce one or two special
trying to make the holidays bright traditions to the mix. Then add
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of the actual family that was or particular day.
the myth of how the family might
EDITOR Associate EDITORS A visit to Santa or a ride to view
Patrice Horspool Claire & Jack Vogel have been if only… neighborhood lights can happen
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FEATURE & CONTRIBUTING WRITERS help create new traditions that enjoyment of their other parent’s
Jennifer Best, John J. Cannell, Guy Crabb, Kerrin Edmonds, nurture the heart of the new celebration and can be part of
Stanley W. Horspool, Karyn Lutes, Rebecca Juretic, CS Perryess “conglomerate” called their defining the new family’s sense of
family in all its complexity. “us.”
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 Child Development
keep their children out of the abused the children, they can
middle and appreciate what the and should have a healthy, loving
other parent has to offer. Yes, it relationship with each other. No
does happen. matter how hurt and angry you
may be with your former spouse,
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For such families, it’s not a stretch no matter how much you hate
to create moments in the holiday
season where everyone can be
him or her for what was done that
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kids, her kids, her kids’ father and or if your former partner is
new partner and her kids, can get
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children are reassured that theyemotional, psychological, or
won’t lose anyone from their financial matters that were part
family. They are invited to add to
of your divorce. If you refrain
the list of people who love them,
from making negative comments necessary. They will love you for Making the holidays bright for
and can be loyal to each parent about their other parent and not making them into unwilling children means doing whatever it
without fearing loss of the other.
support the children in having a allies in your fight and for giving takes to keep the focus on their
them support in staying solidly needs. Not surprisingly, doing
Be Flexible even When it Hurts positive relationship with him or connected to their other parent. that also warms the family heart.
her, they will eventually figure out
Unless your former partner has on their own why the divorce was The holidays only underscore
the issues that go on all year. Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker is licensed as
Children of their parents’ divorce, a psychologist and marriage and family
separations, and re-partnering counselor. She specializes in couples and
family therapy and parent education and
are going along for a ride that is the author of Tending the Family Heart.
most would not choose. It’s up
to the grownups to be grown up. Reprinted with permission. © 2020 Psych Central.

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Wellness
Prematurity Awareness
November is National Prematurity
Awareness Month. Nearly a
half million babies in the United
States—that’s 1 out of every 9—
are born premature each year. It
is a birth that occurs at least three
weeks before a baby’s due date. It
is also known as preterm birth (or
less than 37 weeks—full term is
40 weeks). Important growth and
development occur throughout
pregnancy—especially in the final
months and weeks.
The earlier a baby is born, the more
severe his or her health problems
are likely to be. Although babies
born very preterm are a small
percentage of all births, these very
preterm infants account for a large
proportion of infant deaths. More
infants die from preterm-related
problems than from any other single
cause. Some premature babies
require special care and spend
weeks or months hospitalized in a
neonatal intensive care unit. Those
who survive may face lifelong
problems such as: intellectual
disabilities; cerebral palsy; breathing
and respiratory problems; visual
problems (including retinopathy
of prematurity); hearing loss, and
digestive problems.
Risk Factors - Even if a woman
does everything “right” during
pregnancy, she still can have a
premature baby. There are some
known risk factors for premature
birth. For example, one risk factor
is having a previous preterm birth.
Additionally, although most black
women give birth at term, on
average, black women are about
50% more likely to have a premature
baby compared to white women.
The reasons for the difference are
an area of intense research.
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The other known risk factors are:
carrying more than one baby (twins,
triplets, or more); problems with
the uterus or cervix; chronic health
problems in the mother, such as
high blood pressure, diabetes,
and clotting disorders; certain
infections during pregnancy;
cigarette smoking; alcohol use, or
illicit drug use during pregnancy.
Premature Birth: What to Know -
Doctors sometimes need to deliver
a baby early because of concerns
for the health of the mother or
the baby. An early delivery should
only be considered when there
is a medical reason to do so. If a
pregnant woman is healthy and the
pregnancy is progressing well, it is
best to let the baby come naturally,
in its own time.
Although most babies born just a
few weeks early do well and have
no unusual issues, some do have
more health problems than full
term babies. For example, a baby
born at 35 weeks is more likely to
have jaundice, breathing problems,
and a longer hospital stay.
What Can I Do? There are things
that women can do to improve
their health, lower the risk of having
a premature baby, and help their
baby stay healthy. These include:
Avoid smoking, alcohol, and drugs.
See your health care provider for a
medical checkup before pregnancy.
Get prenatal care as soon as you
think you may be pregnant, and
throughout your pregnancy. Talk
to your health care provider about:
how to control diseases such as
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high blood pressure or diabetes; a menstrual period, and abdominal
healthy diet and prenatal vitamins cramps with or without diarrhea.
(taking 400 micrograms of folic
acid daily before and during early Birth is a complex and wonderful
pregnancy); concerns about process. Fortunately, the outcome
pregnancy and warning signs or for most women is a full term,
symptoms of preterm labor; use healthy baby. More research still
of 17 alpha hydroxyprogesterone is needed to understand the risk
caproate if you had a previous factors for premature birth, such
preterm birth, and breastfeeding as how family history, genetics,
(breast milk is the best food for infections, race and ethnicity,
babies, whether they are born early nutrition, and environment may
or at term). work together to put some women
at greater risk for a premature
Warning Signs of Preterm Labor - In delivery.
most cases, preterm labor begins
unexpectedly and with no known For more Information on premature
cause. It’s important to seek care birth, go to:
if you think you might be having
preterm labor, because your doctor www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/
may be able to help. maternalinfanthealth/Preterm
Birth.htm
The warning signs are: contractions
(the abdomen tightens like a fist) www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/
Preterm_Labor_and_Birth.cfm
every 10 minutes or more often;
change in vaginal discharge (leaking www.marchofdimes.com/
fluid or bleeding from the vagina); prematurity
pelvic pressure—the feeling that
the baby is pushing down; low, dull Excerpted with permission. © 2019 Centers for
backache; cramps that feel like a Disease Control and Prevention.
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Fun & Games Jack’s Jokes
Why do turkeys “gobble gobble?” They have bad table manners!
How do you keep a turkey in suspense? I’ll let you know next week!
Can you find all of the
Thanksgiving hidden treats? If pilgrims were alive now, what would they be famous for? Their age!

Hidden 1 fork
3 pumpkins

Treats 1 milk carton

3 corncobs
2 apples
Thanksgiving
1 spoon Word Search
2 pilgrim hats
3 turkeys
2 loaves of
bread

Sudoku begins with some of the grid cells filled with numbers. The object is to fill
the other empty cells with numbers between 1 and 9 (1 number only in each cell).
A number should appear only once in each row, column, and region.

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Family Life
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by Kerrin Edmonds
slowly shifting your child’s nap more adjustment time. Switch
times and bedtimes. Start with 15 cold turkey! This rule also goes
November 1st is the big day! The have a little one that normally or 30 minute increments. If your for those who don’t get around
first Sunday in November means wakes at 6:00 am, they will now child normally takes a nap at 1:00 to readjusting a child’s schedule
that we change from Daylight be waking at 5:00 am! That is no pm, two or three days before the (I have done this many times
Saving Time back to Standard fun. time change, put him down at 1:15 myself). It might take a few days,
Time. It’s time to fall back (adjust
So, what can parents do to ease or 1:30 pm. If your child normally but your child will adjust!
clocks from 1:59 am to 1:00 am), their child’s transition to a new goes to bed at 7:00 pm, make
On Sunday evening, try your best
and enjoy more daylight in the sleep schedule? “Fall back” tends bedtime 7:15 or 7:30 pm. Then, by
to help your child make it to their
morning. to be a little tougher to manage the time Sunday comes around, it
normal bedtime. If he is utterly
than “spring forward,” but it will won’t be a huge change.
Before you had children, the time exhausted, it’s okay to let him fall
all come together. Your child will probably wake asleep 15-20 minutes early. Use
change wasn’t that big of a deal.
In fact, you probably loved the A couple of days before the time early on that Sunday morning, so your best judgment.
extra hour of sleep. But, if you change, you may want to start try and keep her in dim lighting Please remember that every child
for the first hour after waking, to
help her body clock reset. is different. Some kids take the
time change in stride, and others
We all have a circadian rhythm or take a few days to fully adjust.
body clock. The word circadian Just be patient, and it will all fall
means approximately 24 hours. back into place.
Our bodies go through a series
of changes each day at certain If you have a toddler, a sleep clock
times, including hormone (such as My Tot Clock) with time-
releases, temperature and heart set colored lights can be very
rate fluctuations, etc. We also helpful in letting her know when
have “sleepy awake” and “alert it is okay to get up for the day.
awake” stages. That is why Human bodies love routine, so if
parents concentrate on the timing you are consistent, your child’s
of naps and bedtime. When a internal sleep clock will ease
baby naps in tune with his body through the transition. Happy
clock, it allows him to fall asleep fall!
easier and benefit from a better
quality of sleep. A Safety Reminder

Circadian rhythm is first and San Luis Obispo Fire Department

foremost set by light, and encourages people to replace the
secondarily set by routine batteries in their home smoke
activities during the day, such as detectors when they change
eating. If you do not adjust your their clocks because Daylight
child’s clock, the rhythms of the Saving Time changes provide a
sun and your daily activities (such convenient reminder.
as meals) will eventually reset her
A working smoke detector more
clock. than doubles your family’s chance
Before November 1st, do what of surviving a home fire.
you can to ease your child into
the new schedule. But as soon
as the time change has occurred Kerrin Edmonds is a Certified Infant & Child
Sleep Consultant, and the Founder of Meet you
and you change those clocks, no in Dreamland.

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Spirit of Thanksgiving Family Life
by Kristen Barnhart
Bullying and bullies seem to be gestate into a book, a movement,
on everyone’s mind. October 15th or a theorem, if even a baby’s
was Spirit Day, a day dedicated gestation is challenged?
to honoring the suicide victims
get better” requires patience. For Wildlife in Distress
Having faith that “it’s going to
who have been bullied by their
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patience is more of an art-form
be. Wearing purple was an easy
way to remind those around us
of a journey, and an all around
that bullying is never OK. Never.
bother to most. The fate of a
The overriding theme to come
movie lies in its first weekend’s
from this was “It’s going to get
profit. Even the most wonderful
better.”
of films could be gone before
It really does get better, and by people can discover it. The
believing that, we are able to chance of friendships developing
stand up to bullying and take is fleeting, especially for our over
positive action; even pack up our scheduled or homebound kids. Barbara Cohen’s endearing and “Someone who came here from
lives and sail away to a whole
Walking home from school once insightful book Molly’s Pilgrim the other side to find freedom.”
new world. We are a nation of
allowed kids the luxury of time is a perfect story for families to She declares “That’s me, Molly.
immigrants. Even when we move
for some private conversation read together and talk about over I’m a Pilgrim!”
from childhood into adolescence
and discovery between children their holiday table. Molly’s family
and then adulthood, we can all At school, the cruel laughter of
without the oversight of their moved from New York City to a
feel like pilgrims as we learn Molly’s peers is so disrupting that
well meaning car-pool drivers. small town, where she is the new
to navigate through personal, their teacher steps in. In what we
Entire relationships can now girl in third grade. She is also the
yet still foreign, landscapes. now call a “teaching moment,”
begin and end as text messages. first Jewish child in the school,
It will get better, but it won’t she explains that there are indeed
The name-calling neighborhood becoming an easy target for the
happen overnight.
bully has become a cyberbully class mean girl to pick on with a many modern Pilgrims, like
We have all gotten used to with words and images that can playground taunt: Molly’s mother. Not only that,
overnight as the norm, and never be taken back and can but the teacher reveals that the
young people have grown up in instantly become global. Jol-ly Mol-ly, idea for the original Thanksgiving
a world where even that seems feast was derived from the Jewish
Thanksgiving offers a chance to Your eyes are awf’ly small.
a little slow. I’m not longing for Feast of Tabernacles known as
slow down and take a gratitude
some mythical “olden days.” I’ve Sukkos, translated to “Festival of
inventory. It’s an opportunity to Jol-ly Mol-ly,
read enough history, and even Ingathering” or “Harvest Festival.”
see how far we’ve come, what
lived through enough history, to
we’ve lost along the way, and Your nose is awf’ly tall.
know I don’t want to go back. This Thanksgiving, as you go
where we want to go. It’s also a
Prometheus Unbound and all that; around your family table or zoom
time to be aware of the pilgrims in Crying to her immigrant mother
but some things just take time. call sharing what you’re most
our country, and why we not only is Molly’s only release, but even
thankful for, stop and share
Parents no longer wait until they maintain freedom of religion, but her mother’s story of escaping
the Pilgrims in your family tree.
meet their babies to discover a firm separation between church the Cossacks for a better life in
gender; they have names picked and state. Turn off the TV (TiVo the game!)
the USA can’t lessen the sting.
out, rooms decorated, and status and smell the feast cooking.
As Thanksgiving approaches, the
posted on Facebook even before Include the whole family in the
children in Molly’s class are told
the mother’s body “shows” the preparation, as even the smallest
to dress clothes-pin dolls for a
pregnancy. In some areas doctors child can help with something.
village they have created in the
ask, on the first prenatal visit, And let’s all reclaim the word
classroom: the boys splitting up
when to schedule the caesarean ‘bully’ in true Teddy Roosevelt
the Pilgrim and Indian men, with
delivery, so that they can enter fashion and say “Bully for you and
the girls taking the women.
it into their cellphone calendar. the wonderful things you do!”
If women who want a non- Molly’s mother is delighted to
induced, but still high-tech birth make an outfit for her doll but, to Hey, it’s getting better already.
with anesthesia have to speak Molly’s dismay, her Pilgrim ends
out, imagine the obstacles that up dressed as a traditional Polish Kristen Barnhart retired from 39 years telling
are facing parents who want a woman. Her mother took to heart stories, recommending books, and stamping little
hands throughout SLO County as a Youth Services
natural birth. How can an idea Molly’s definition of a pilgrim as Librarian at the San Luis Obispo Libraries.

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Local History Monterey Street is getting a makeover.
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Education

CS Perryess
writes
about words
THANKS written record suggests that the
modern meaning of dream took a
Gratitude is a fine thing, and in several-century snooze.
honor of the one holiday that of your dreams, or the other way Irving, Robertson Davies and
focuses on gratitude, let’s dip The word dream occurs with around? Do any of the alternate their devotees really take the “to
our toes into the etymology of both meanings in Middle English, meanings appeal? compound or to mix” definition
the word thanks. It came to Old which suggests that both of the seriously, getting some of their
English through a heap of loosely meanings were present in Old joy from weaving unlikely themes
related languages including English, but one of them somehow COMPOSE
and topics and together. There
Old Saxon, German, Old Norse, avoided the printed page till the
Danish, and Old Frisian. We can darn-close-to-contemporary year The OED offers one full page on are days when any of us feel as
still see the relationship with the of 1179. the word compose and over two though all we’re doing is forming
modern German word danke. pages on its forms (composition, “words and blocks of words” that
Along the way, there are some composed, compose, composer, we pray will have some value the
All these terms shared the simple great tweaky meanings for dream composedness…). Surprisingly, following day.
meaning, “to thank.” What I find and its cognates, which include the word compose was used to
refer to putting words on paper On a bit more twisted note, a
fascinating is that the Proto- but aren’t limited to: quick visit to Brendan’s On-Line
Indo-European grandmother of • joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, as early as the 1480s, yet wasn’t
applied to writing music until the Anagram Generator produces
all these gratitude-expressing rejoicing six anagrams for compose, my
words instead meant “to think 1590s.
favorite three being:
or to feel.” This might suggest • music
that one must be thinkful in • merriment Compose comes to English from • cop some
order to be thankful. The flipside • a cherished desire Latin through French. It’s made • spec moo
being that thinklessness causes up of com- which means together
• deception, illusion, phantasm and -posere, which means to • scoop me
thanklessness.
• a train of thoughts, images or place or put down. This basic idea
makes lots of sense. What I find What kind of light does that throw
I’m hoping that you’ll take fancies passing through the on the subject? Which shades of
some time to indulge yourself in mind during sleep most intriguing are the varied
meanings of compose over the meanings appeal to you and your
thinkfulness and thankfulness, • a fancy voluntarily indulged in composing process?
and expressions of gratitude. years. I love how they tweak
while awake
my thinking about what it is to
• a state of abstraction or trance compose. Here are a few from a My thanks to sources: etymonline.com, the
DREAM OED, carl-jung.net, Brendan’s On-Line Anagram
• a wild fancy or hope very long list: Generator, and wordnik.com.
Quite often, we authors can be • a reverie to invent and put into proper form
perceived as dreamers. A look into to arrange artistically
etymology, though, finds that And those are only the nouns.
to tranquilize
we artsy writerly types aren’t the Dream’s verb forms deserve an
only ones who take an occasional entry of their own. to form words and blocks of words
snooze. So do words. (to set type)
Naturally, there are steaming to compound or to mix
When it comes down to the word heaps of quotes having to do with to settle, adjust or arrange
dream, some form of the meaning dreams, dreamers and dreaming.
we know today existed in most I like the dreamlike nature of this to make seemly and orderly
the languages that led into Old one from Carl Jung: to lay out a dead body
English, but the written record
of Old English only employs a “Who looks outside, dreams; who Modern mystery writers take that CS Perryess writes for teens, narrates audio
meaning of the word dream that looks inside, awakes.” last definition so seriously, they books, and ponders the wonder of words in a
we don’t acknowledge at all foggy little town on California’s central coast.
try to “lay out a dead body” in the Find more at http://csperryess.blogspot.com,
today: make a joyful noise. The Are your works manifestations first chapter of every novel. John or reach him at csperryess@gmail.com.

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11:30-2:30pm Nipomo: Monarch Club 2-4:30pm Los Osos: 2nd & Santa Maria 3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG FARMERS MARKETS: 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
DOC BURNSTEIN’S READING LAB 3:00-6:00pm Pismo Beach Pier 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
Birthstone: 3:30-4:15pm AG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB, LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
Citrine/Topaz 10:30 AG, 11:00 NI AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG 2:30-6:00pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
daylight LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
saving SLO CO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
1st SAT 12:30am IOOF Hall SLO
time ends sandwich day
(Fall Back 1 Hour) 1st
Flower: (Birthday of J. Montague)
wagon train hug
Chrysanthemum a BOOK LOVERS
in california
daniel Boone’s (in 1841)
bear DAY
birthday (Born in 1734) day

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3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk
X-Ray day November is:
(Discovered in 1895) Aviation Month
Child Safety Month
Good Nutrition Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Adoption Month
National Epilepsy Month
Latin American Month
Peanut Butter Lover’s Month
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3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
DOC BURNSTEIN’S READING LAB 3:00-6:00pm Pismo Beach Pier 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
3:30-4:15pm AG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB,
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
10:30 AG, 11:00 NI AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG 2:30-6:00pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
veteran’s
day Elizabeth cady national
stanton day pickle day
fantasia
US MARINE released
CORPS EST. (by Disney in 1940)
(1775)

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11:30-2:30pm Nipomo: Monarch Club 2-4:30pm Los Osos: 2nd & Santa Maria 3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
DOC BURNSTEIN’S READING LAB 3:00-6:00pm Pismo Beach Pier 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
3:30-4:15pm AG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB,
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
10:30 AG, 11:00 NI AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG 2:30-6:00pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
button day world prematurity
national awareness day
clean out national
your homemade gettysburg adoption day
bread day
mickey mouse’
refrigerator birthday address
day national young (Created in 1928) delivered
reader’s day (by Lincoln in 1863)
NEW MOON
william tell day universal
take a hike day (Forced to shoot an apple
off his son’s head in 1315) children’s day

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11:30-2:30pm Nipomo: Monarch Club 2-4:30pm Los Osos: 2nd & Santa Maria 3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
DOC BURNSTEIN’S READING LAB 3:00-6:00pm Pismo Beach Pier 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
3:30-4:15pm AG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB,
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
10:30 AG, 11:00 NI AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG 2:30-6:00pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
go for a LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
ride day national stop the national
cashew day native
violence day thanksgiving
american
day day
John F Kennedy
Jr’s birthday
(Born in 1960)
pins &
zachary taylor’s
needles day mark twain’S
birthday (Born in 1784) birthDAY
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LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
DOC BURNSTEIN’S READING LAB 3:00-6:00pm Pismo Beach Pier 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
3:30-4:15pm AG \ LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB,
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
10:30 AG, 11:00 NI AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG 2:30-6:00pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
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Safety
Coronavirus in Babies & Kids
by Aaron Milstone, M.D., M.H.S.
With all of the sobering news about
the new coronavirus and COVID-19,
the disease the virus causes, worried
moms and dads can generally feel
better about one detail: At present,
the disease seems to be much milder
in babies and children. However,
it’s important to understand recent
reports about pediatric inflammatory
multisystem syndrome, or PIMS,
a very rare condition that might
be related to exposure to the
coronavirus.
Generally, COVID-19 symptoms are
milder in children than in adults. In a
recent study published in Pediatrics
of COVID-19, 90% of those who
tested positive for the disease had
mild symptoms, or none at all.
Fever and cough are common
COVID-19 symptoms among both
adults and children; shortness of
Central Coast Family
especially with cough or fever. when parents set an example by
washing their own hands well and
Doctors in the U.S. and the U.K. frequently.
have noted that a small number
of children between ages 2 and 15 If your child refuses to wash their
have experienced a condition called hands, it may help to motivate them
pediatric inflammatory multisystem with a small reward, such as a sticker.
breath is more likely to be seen in syndrome, or PIMS. Some, but not In any case, recognize all efforts in
adults. Children can have pneumonia, all, of the children with PIMS had washing their hands.
with or without obvious symptoms. tests showing they had exposure
They can also experience sore throat, to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus If soap and water are not available,
excessive fatigue or diarrhea. that causes COVID-19. Doctors are the next best option is approved
urgently trying to determine if and hand sanitizer containing at least 60%
However, serious illness in children
how PIMS and COVID-19 are related. alcohol.
with COVID-19 is possible, and
parents should stay alert if their child Other Prevention Tips for Families
PIMS can cause inflammation of the
is diagnosed with, or shows signs
blood vessels throughout the body.
of, the disease. In the study, 10% Cough and sneeze with care.
The inflammation can limit blood
of infants with a positive COVID-19 Encourage everyone in the family
flow, damaging the heart and other
test became critically ill. Severe to cough and sneeze into tissues,
organs. PIMS has features in common
illness rates were lower in older instead of hands. Throw away used
with toxic shock syndrome and
children, but there were rare cases of tissues and wash hands after each
Kawasaki disease. Certain symptoms
children in each age group requiring time.
may mean an inflammatory problem.
hospitalization, and one 14-year-old
Look out for: abdominal (belly) pain,
who died. Keep hands off faces. Parents should
vomiting and diarrhea, a red rash,
remind children to avoid touching
red, cracked lips, red eyes, high fever,
It’s important to follow guidelines their face as much as possible. It can
swollen glands on one or both sides
if you think your child is sick with help if kids carry a toy that will keep
of neck, and swollen hands or feet.
COVID-19. Caretakers should their hands busy, but parents should
trust their instincts and contact wash those toys regularly.
PIMS, like Kawasaki disease, is very
a pediatrician if a child seems ill,
rare. But if your child has these
symptoms, call your doctor. PIMS may Keep things clean. Wipe down toys
be treated with a plasma transfusion and surfaces your child touches
to reduce the inflammation and regularly, especially when traveling
protect the heart and other organs or when near a person who is sick.
from possibly lasting damage. Clean surfaces at home and store
cleaners in cabinets that are either
Immediately contact urgent care too high for your child to reach or
if you notice these symptoms in a are secured with childproof cabinet
child: difficulty breathing or catching locks.
breath, inability to keep down
liquids,
new confusion or inability to Address anxiety and stress. Talking
awaken, or bluish lips. things over as a family can help
identify specific fears and clarify
Children are exposed to COVID-19 facts. It also helps for families to
when virus contacts their eyes, discuss a plan in case someone gets
nose, mouth or lungs. The best way sick, or if something else happens
to prevent children from getting that interrupts the normal routine.
COVID-19 is to avoid exposure; avoid
people outside of your isolation pod. Children will look to you when
deciding how to feel about COVID-19.
Teach kids to wash their hands If you feel calm and prepared, they
regularly, with soap and warm water, are likely to feel similarly.
for at least 20 seconds. Help them
keep track of time by singing the ABC
Aaron Milstone is an Associate Hospital
song, which takes about 20 seconds Epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital
to finish. Kids should wash their and professor of pediatrics at the Johns
hands after using the bathroom, Hopkins University School of Medicine.
sneezing, coughing, or blowing their
nose, before eating (even snacks), Reprinted with permission. © 2020
and immediately after coming inside The Johns Hopkins University, www.
from outdoors. It is most influential hopkinsmedicine.org/health.
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2nd FRI every month at 3:00 pm: PAWS TO
READ at Los Osos Library, 2075 Palisades
Ave. Come share your stories with an adoring
listener. Cost: free. Contact: 528-1862.
Feeling hopeless, desperate, or alone?
Every WED 3:00-4:00 pm: PAWS TO READ at
Concerned for someone you care about?
Los Osos Library, 2075 Palisades Ave. Read to
a dog who loves to listen to children. Cost:
free. Contact: 528-1862.
Every SUN 12:00-4:00 pm: Family Funday at
Bang the Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Rd, San
Suicide Prevention Luis Obispo. Enjoy the patio to play family-
Mental Health and friendly games and drums! Cost: free. Food
Emotional Support and craft beer available for sale. Contact:
Free bangthedrumbrewery.com or 242-8372.
Confidential
24 hours of every day
Every FRI 6:00 am-4:00 pm: Early Bird Flea
Market at Santa Maria Fairpark, 937 S
A program of Transitions Mental Health Association
Thornburg St. Browse vendors with antiques,
fruits, vegetables, new and used items, and
2nd & 4th SAT every month 12:00-4:00 more! Cost: free. Contact: 258-1765.
pm: Railway Historical Museum at Santa
Every FRI 10:00 am-12:00 pm: Zen Doodle
Maria Transit Center, 400 E Boone St, Santa
Adult Coloring Book Group at Art Center
Maria. This bimonthly opening features
Morro Bay, 835 Main St.   Relax and unwind
a locomotive, boxcar, caboose, railroad
with the new adult coloring books. Cost: free.
artifacts, interpretive exhibits, vintage rolling
Contact: artcentermorrobay.org or 772-2504.
stock, and a diorama to explore. Cost: free.
Contact: 714-4927. Every MON 2:00-5:00 pm: Historic Tour of
Architecture at Monday Club, 1815 Monterey
Every TUE & THU: Youth Aikido Classes at
St, SLO. Cost: free. Contact: themondayclub
Budo Ryu, 3536 S Higuera St, San Luis Obispo.
slo.wildapricot.org or 541-0594.
Kids have fun, stay fit, make friends, gain life
skills, and learn to deal with bullies without Every THU at 10:15 am: Tiny Tunes Music &
becoming one. Aiki-Mites (age 4-6) class Movement at Music Motive, 3440 S Higuera
is 3:00 pm TUE. Aiki-Kids (age 7-12) TUE & St #130, SLO. This parent participation
THU at 4:00 pm. Pre-registration only. Cost: program for ages 1-5 includes activities based
$50-75/mo. Contact: 544-8866 or www. on music psychology and child development.
aikidosanluisobispo.com. Cost: $80 per mo. Contact: 543-0377.
Every WED 10:00-11:00 am: Growing With 2nd FRI every month at 1:00 pm: Book Group
Baby Class at 1230 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo. at Cayucos Library, 310 B St. Join other
Pediatric nurse practitioner and lactation readers to discuss whatever you’re reading
consultant Andrea Herron answers questions and to discover, ponder, and share insights
about feeding, crying, and sleep for babies about what others are reading. Cost: free.
0-10 months. Dads are always welcome! Call Contact: 995-3846.
to reserve a spot. Contact: 543-6988. Every THU 6:30-9:30 pm: SLO Chess Club
Every TUE 7:00-9:00 pm & SAT 2:00-4:00 pm: meets at Carl’s Jr on Santa Rosa St, 1 block
Basic Safety Class at SLO MakerSpace, 81 S W of Foothill, across from Cal-Poly. All ages.
Higuera St, Ste 160 & 180, San Luis Obispo. Get Cost: free. Contact: 441-7210 or slochess.com.
acquainted with the space and equipment Every SAT 10:00 am-2:00 pm: SLO Chess
before using the facility. See website for
Club meets at the big board on Morro Bay
dates and classes. Cost: free for Members
Embarcadero at west end of Morro Bay Blvd
and all SLO County Library cardholders.
(down the stairs). Cost: free. Contact: 441-
Contact: 439-2727 or slomakerspace.com. 7210 or slochess.com.
Every THU 10:00-11:00 am: La Leche League
3rd WED of every month at 6:30 pm:
Mother Support Meetings in North Co, SLO,
Prepared & Natural Childbirth Classes at Twin
AG and SM. Breastfeeding and parenting
Cities Community Hospital, 1220 Las Tablas
support and information offered. Cost: free.
Rd, Templeton. This six-series class includes
Contact: 242-2294 or Facebook.com/lllofslo. lecture, hands-on demos, and technique
MON-THU 8:30-11:30 am: Walk-In Legal Clinic practice. Cost: free. Contact: 434-4654.
in 3rd Floor Atrium of Courthouse Annex,
2nd THU of every month at 6:30 pm:
1035 Palm St, San Luis Obispo and Paso
Breastfeeding Basics at Twin Cities
Robles Courthouse, 901 Park St, Rm 112. Get
Community Hospital, 1100 Las Tablas Rd,
help with divorce, child and spousal support, Templeton. Learn about practical aspects
domestic violence, guardianship, civil
of feeding your newborn from a Lactation
harassment, and name or gender change.
Consultant. Cost: free. Contact: 239-4443.
Every TUE & THU at 1:30 pm: Divorce & Child
Every THU-FRI 12:00-5:00 pm & SAT 11:00
Support Workshops at SLO Court Support am-5:00 pm: Exploration Station Interactive
Services, 1120 Mill St, Ste A, San Luis Obispo Science Center welcomes families at 867
and Paso Robles Courthouse, 901 Park St, Ramona Ave, Grover Beach. Cost: $2-3.
Paso Robles. Help for divorce, child support, Contact: 473-1421 or explorationstation.org.
custody and visitation orders. Overview of
legal process followed by form prep and 2nd THU of every month 6:00-7:00 pm: Grief
questions. Cost: free. Contact: 788-3418. Support Group at Central Coast Hospice, 253
Granada Dr, Ste D, San Luis Obispo. Free for
1st & 3rd SAT every month at 2:00 pm: FAMILY
anyone suffering the loss of a loved one who
MOVIE at Los Osos Library, 2075 Palisades is in need of support. Contact: 540-6020.
Ave. Enjoy popcorn and a G/PG movie. Call for
2nd SAT of every month FEB-NOV at 9:00
title. Cost: free. Contact: 528-1862.
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Local Resources
am: Santa Maria Parks & Rec Dept offers free
docent-led nature walks in Los Flores Ranch,
6271 Dominion Rd, Santa Maria. Cost: free.
Contact: 925-0951.
2nd MON every month 6:30-8:00 pm:
Caregiver Support Group at Cayucos
Community Church, Ocean Ave & S 3rd St.
Free support for caregivers helping with
long-term illness, memory loss, dementia,
and Alzheimer’s. Contact: 458-7484.
Every MON 10:00 am-2:00 pm: Remain
Independent Despite Vision Loss at Santa
Maria Terrace, 1405 E Main St. New ways of
doing daily tasks are taught by the Braille
Institute, such as home management,
traveling, and using talking library books.
Contact: 462-1225.
2nd & 4th MON every month at 6:30 pm: MOPS
(Mothers of Preschoolers) meet at Pacific
Christian Church, 3435 Santa Maria Way,
Santa Maria. Childcare is provided.  Contact:
934-3491 or www.pacificchristian.net.
Every TUE 3:00-6:00 pm & FRI 3:00-5:30 pm:
Teen Wellness Program at Arroyo Grande
EOC Health Services Clinic, 1152 E Grand
Ave. Health services, including reproductive
health, in a safe environment to screen,
assess, and provide intervention. Appts
preferred. Contact: 489-4026.
1st WED every month at 9:00 am: Senior
Health Screening at First United Methodist
Church, 275 N Halcyon Rd, Arroyo Grande.
Free and low-cost services for ages 50
and older: blood pressure, pulse, weight,
cholesterol, screening for anemia and
diabetes, nutritional counseling, and medical
referrals. Contact: 481-2692 or 788-0827.
1st WED every month at 12:00 pm: Disabled
American Veterans luncheon at Veterans
Memorial Bldg, 313 W Tunnell St, Santa Maria.
Contact: 345-0402.
Every WED 5:30-7:00 pm: Widowed Support
Group at New Life Church, 990 James Way,
Rm 14, Pismo Beach. Offered by Hospice of
SLO Co. Contact: 544-2266 or hospiceslo.org.
Every TUE at 7:00 pm: Al-Anon Family
Support Group at Luis OASIS Senior Center,
420 Soares Ave, Orcutt. Contact: 937-9750.
3rd WED every month at 7:00 pm: How to
Survive Divorce seminar at SLO Women’s
Community Center, 1124 Nipomo St #D, SLO.
Tips for handling family law issues. Cost: $10.
Contact: 544-9313 to register.
RISE offers: weekly drop-In support groups
for sexual assault survivors; 24 hour crisis
line; advocacy; peer counseling; prevention,
empowerment and education. Contact: 545-
8888 or www.sarpcenter.org.
Every SAT 11:00 am-3:00 pm: ADOPT A PET at
Petco, 2051 Theater Dr, in Paso Robles. Cats
from NCHS and dogs from Short n’ Sweet
Dog Rescue. Contact: 466-5403.
Every MON 2:00-4:00 pm & WED 3:00-5:00 pm:
Jacks’ Adaptive Toy Lending Library-Jack’s
Helping Hand at Central Coast Gymnastics, 21
Zaca Lane, #100, San Luis Obispo. Traditional
and adaptive toys for children with all types
of disabilities to check out. In-home appts
available. Cost: free! Contact: 547-1914 or
www.jackshelpinghand.org.
Every TUE 2:00-5:00 pm & FRI 4:00-7:00 pm:
Jacks’ Adaptive Toy Lending Library - Jack’s
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Helping Hand at Pat’s Place in Nipomo
Recreation Community Rm, 671 W Tefft St,
Ste 2, Nipomo.  Toys for kids with all types
of disabilities to check out. In-home appts
avail. Cost-free! Contact: 547-1914 or www.
jackshelpinghand.org.
Every TUE 5:30-6:30 pm: Citizenship Classes
at SLO County Library, 995 Palm St, SLO.
All classes are bilingual, with all materials
covered in 8 classes. No registration required.
Cost: free. Contact: slolibrary.org or 781-4187.
Every FRI at 7:00 pm: Senior Ballroom
Dancing at Madonna Inn. Look left of the
bandstand for sign: Dancers. Dance, chat and
listen to good music. No fees; no dues; just
fun! Contact: 489-5481 or dg17@juno.com.
Literacy Council for San Luis Obispo County
has an ongoing and urgent need for volunteer
tutors and offers free training in SLO. Contact:
541-4219 or www.sloliteracy.org.
1st THU every month at 6:15 pm: Commission
on the Status of Women meets at Coast
National Bank, 500 Marsh St, SLO. This
advisory group to SLO County Board of
Supervisors identifies issues of concern to
women not the focus of other advocacy or
advisory organizations. Contact: 788-3406.
Morro Bay Museum of Natural History
Adventures With Nature & Mind Walks
schedule is at: ccnha.org/naturewalks.html.
Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens
offers free services: Senior Connection to
connect callers with local resources; one on
one Medicare help, referrals for long term
care, and help with billing and appeals; Vial
of Life kits with medical info for emergency
responders; a Senior Resource Directory for
SLO and SB counties, and more. Contact: 925-
9554 or www.centralcoastseniors.org.
Hospice of SLO County provides free grief
counseling, individual and family support,
counseling, crisis intervention, and wellness
education to those with a life-limiting illness,
their families, and the bereaved in SLO and
Paso. Contact: 544-2266.
Volunteer as a Good Neighbor!  Make a
difference in the life of an older or disabled
adult. Training is monthly at Wilshire
Community Services, 285 South St, Ste J, SLO.
Contact: 547-7025 x 17.
Volunteer at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art!
Stop by at 1010 Broad St (Mission Plaza) or
email volunteer@sloma.org for information
about multiple volunteer opportunities.
San Luis Obispo Senior Center offers health
screening, legal services, meals, exercise,
bridge, and bingo at 1445 Santa Rosa St.
Contact: 781-7306.
Central Coast Astronomical Society sponsors
a Dark Sky Star Party every month at sunset.
CCAS sponsors guest speakers and public
education programs. Find the CCAS event
calendar, location and weather condition
updates, and local resources at: www.
centralcoastastronomy.org.
San Luis Coastal Adult School’s Parent
Participation Program offers Core Parenting
and Enrichment classes at centers in San Luis
Obispo, Morro Bay, and Los Osos. Parent and
child activity classes, individual peer support,
and education for parents and caregivers.
Contact: 549-1222 or parentparticipation.org.
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Central Coast families
Central Coast families?
with the resources
they need to thrive!

Display advertising in Central Coast Family offers an

extraordinary value. Our loyal readers are relatively
mature, prosperous, and educated family members
in two of California’s most affluent counties. They
take an active role in all aspects of householding and
purchasing.
Every issue includes original feature articles and
information about local resources and family events.
Your ad can be viewed the whole month through; not
discarded after a day or a week.
We offer the lowest rates in our region (and discounts
for non-profits or ads running 3 months or more).
All of our advertisers also enjoy FREE: full color;
basic graphic design; preferred placement options;
monthly edits; and social media and website exposure!

Advertiser Comments
“Thank you for providing the single best source of
useful information and encouragement for families in
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this area. Our whole family enjoys reading CCF and to spread the word:
we refer to your event pages often. Our customers
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seem to love it too!” - Henry and Mary Ellen Eisemann ccfamilyad@gmail.com
“I have received more phone calls from being in (805) 528-0440
Central Coast Family than any other place I have
advertised (including the Yellow Pages and Internet
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Central Coast Family ™

is published monthly with a readership over 40,000!

Our readers live and visit throughout San Luis Obispo and North Santa Barbara Counties in California.

Distribution (population 400,000+) : Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Grover
Beach, Guadalupe, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Orcutt, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Margarita, Santa Maria, Shell Beach, and Templeton.