Nuggets From the Los Osos Sewer Story In La Vista!

The article that I wrote for the History Center of San Luis Obispo County's journal, La Vista, is out!! Yes, it is on our infamous, tragic, and, sometimes inadvertently hilarious Los Osos sewer story. I was shocked that they accepted my proposal, and I hope that they do not have any regrets!

At a modest 7,554 words, the story covers only the tippy top highlights of course. This story deserves an Encyclopedia Britannica version. I was only supposed to give them 5,000 words but they did not make me cut anything much to my surprise and much more to my relief.

They had quite a sense of humor about this. The cover is an aerial view of Hearst Castle, the back cover is an aerial of the Los Osos sewer. 

My article is at the end, Chapter 8. There are seven prior chapters that will likely interest you a whole lot more, so please don't be scared away by the sewage!

Naturally, anyone purchasing this will be supporting the work of our County's History Center, so I urge you to help them out as generously as you can. This journal, and the prior ones too, are very full with great stories about where we live!

My story would not have been possible without the History Center, and I have spend countless hours in the library basement with the super helpful researchers Alan and Bill, who dug up all sorts of interesting stuff for me. (I also wrote the Arcadia book for Los Osos/Baywood Park which has a small, very small, chapter on the sewer.)

You might want to visit the History Center to look around and buy a copy or two, or 27. Here is the address and the hours:

History Center Museum

Carnegie Library Building

696 Monterey Street

San Luis Obispo

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Closed Tuesdays

Or you can make your purchase off of this link:

https://squareup.com/store/historycenterslo/

For those of you bold enough to venture into the fraught bowels of Sewerville, I thank you, and I hope that you enjoy the read!

Poop Emoji Magnets!

Yes, you too can have a set of poop emoji magnets for your refrigerator just like I have!

(Click image to see it larger.) 

Family was visiting from out of state (to honor their privacy as most do not want their name appearing online on a sewer blog, I will not name who). We went to a favorite gallery we often visit because they carry both great jewelry and art, plus hilarious stuff. I think I screamed quietly when I saw these magnets!

Anyway, if you need WANT these as much as I did - here is the card from the gallery!

The Poop Project!

Have a look - this is just so cool!!!

https://thepoopproject.org/

Awesome Poop Shirt!

Helloooo from LA dear readers! Saturday, April13, I had the great luck to be in LA to attend the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-fob-festival-of-books-schedule-map-info-20190411-story.html Took an Uber to the Metro Rail at Bergamot Station, and got off right at USC. Was wandering in the huge venue for hours.

I did not find any sewer books - not that there weren't any at a venue this huge, but one has only so much time to look. But what I did find was a handsome young man in a sewer T-shirt, who was kind enough to let me photograph his incredible shirt! (I was kind enough to not ask his name as maybe he would not want to be featured on a sewer blog.) Thank you anonymous young person for letting me capture your amazing shirt!

USC is a pretty old campus. It was founded in 1880. But at that time there were no streets, so I don't think this sewer manhole cover was from that era. But it looks quite old.

If you get the chance to do the book festival Sunday, April 14, lucky you - if not, it is super, super fun, so I hope you can go next year!

C-SPAN's Filming Of My Take On The Los Osos Sewer Story!

Have a look!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?459200-1/los-osos-baywood-park-sewer-saga

Student Teams Tackling Water Issues Using EPA Grant Funding

Something for Cal Poly students to think about next year:
https://www.tpomag.com/online_exclusives/2019/04/student-teams-tackling-water-issues-using-epa-grant-funding?utm_source=campaigner&utm_campaign=TPO190408&utm_content=newsletter&cmp=1&utm_medium=email

C-Span Book Tour!

Check out some Los Osos Sewer history on
C-SPAN! Saturday, April 6, 2:00 p.m. West Coast time - Spectrum channels 91 and 882.

The Los Osos Sewer On C-SPAN!

Yours truly will be on C-SPAN April 6! I will be 

speaking on the last chapter of my book - 

Los Osos/Baywood Park (Arcadia Publishing),

the SEWER Chapter! 

San Luis Obispo Weekend on C-SPAN2's Book TV and C-SPAN3's American History TV April 6-7 With the support of our Spectrum cable partner, the C-SPAN Cities Tour explores the American story - this weekend taking Book TV (on C-SPAN2) and American History TV (on C-SPAN3) to San Luis Obispo, California as we highlight the history and literary life of this city. Mayor Heidi Harmon's segment will kick off San Luis Obispo Weekend, this Friday, April 5th - airing on C-SPAN’sWashington Journal program between 4am-7am PT.  C-SPAN is available in San Luis Obispo on Spectrum channels 93 & HD 881.

On Saturday, April 6th, all of our Book TV (C-SPAN2) non-fiction literary offerings from the city will air together in one block beginning at 2 pm PT (on Spectrum channels 91 & HD 882), among the programs… Coalesce Book Store with owner, Linda Thomas Jim Gregory, author of "San Luis Obispo County Outlaws: Desperados, Vigilantes and Bootleggers" Kathleen Cairns, author of "At Home in the World: California Women and the Creation of Modern Environmentalism" San Luis Obispo Carnegie Library with Victoria Brien Marilyn Darnell, author of "Anything but Dull: The Personal Letters of R.E. Jack" Lynette Tornatzky, author of "Los Osos/Baywood Park" San Luis Obispo historical photo collection with Pierre Rademaker Intellectual Movement in San Luis Obispo County with Pete Kelly, History Center of San Luis Obispo County. Native Americans in San Luis Obispo with Wendy Lucas and Mona Olivas History of San Luis Obispo with Joe Carotenuti

And on Sunday, April 7th, all of our history programming from the city will air on American History TV (C-SPAN3) beginning at 11 am PT (on Spectrum channels 92 & HD 883), among the programs… Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa with Michael La Freniere and Dan Krieger Point San Luis Lighthouse with Jack San Filippo Dallidet Adobe and the Dallidet family with Kaylee Scoggins Herring Marilyn Darnell, author of "Anything but Dull: The Personal Letters of R.E. Jack" Intellectual Movement in San Luis Obispo County with Pete Kelly, History Center of San Luis Obispo County. San Luis Obipo Railroad History with Brad LaRose History of San Luis Obispo with Joe Carotenuti Jim Gregory, author of "San Luis Obispo County Outlaws: Desperados, Vigilantes and Bootleggers" San Luis Obispo historical photo collection with Pierre Rademaker Native Americans in San Luis Obispo with Wendy Lucas and Mona Olivas San Luis Obispo Carnegie Library with Victoria Brien

In addition to the individual segments airing on their respective networks, they will also air together during the following dates and times: ·     Book TV (on C-SPAN2) block: Saturday, April 6th, 2 pm PT (Spectrum channels 91 & HD 992) ·     American History TV (on C-SPAN3) block: Sunday, April 7th, 11 am PT (Spectrum channels 92 & HD 883)

Visit our special San Luis Obispo page, where each segment will be available to view after it airs! In addition, all video segments will be available indefinitely in our C-SPAN Video Library. For more information about the C-SPAN Cities Tour and programming, visitwww.c-span.org/citiestour and @CSPANCities on Twitter.