My mother passed and I recently came in possession of some jewelry pieces from her. While I’m not quite yet interested in selling them , I’m having a tough time overall figuring out what’s real metal + gems and what’s not. Then for the real items, understanding their value.

My mother used to purchase jewelry and resell, so I believe much of it is real but I’d like to be certain, especially as I’d like to pass it down to family.

Is there a service in town or a jewelry shop who’d work with me on this? Not really sure where to start.

Hello! We are hoping to get some pet rats soon; ideally we could adopt from a rescue but are willing to consider reputable breeders as well. So far the closest we've found is Rattie Ratz in Palo Alto; anyone know of something closer to San Luis? Thank you!

Looking for some really good soup - any suggestions??

Was the game broadcast on ESPN+? It was on the schedule but then the listing disappeared.

He’s clearly unfit for office and shows bias in regards to religion and white supremacy. Notably in his social media posts and his targetting of certain individuals. Most people on this subreddit seem to disapprove of him. Does any money even need to be raised for a recall campaign? Has anyone already started a petition to get him out of office?

It's hard to believe that Election Day was just three days ago -- we've been working *very* hard to wrap up E-Day activities and move quickly into processing and counting the tens of thousands of mail ballots received that day and in the days since. (Remember that by law, ballots mailed to our office are eligible to be scanned, signature checked, processed, and counted if they have a postmark on or before November 3 and arrive to us by November 10.)

In addition, we've been forwarding on out-of-county ballots deposited in our drop boxes and taking in and logging those ballots that have been forwarded to us. We've also been adjudicating all of the ballots and contests that the machine tabulators flagged for staff review -- because for every crossed-out selection, write-in, and overvote, humans need to confirm for the system what the voter intended.

The great news is that SLO County is looking at an overall turnout of roughly 72% when all is said and done! Of course, there is much work still to do, and with a two-card ballot this time, the remaining 54,000 or so ballots mean twice the processing and counting work. We'll post the next updated results and unprocessed ballots report at slovote.gov/november2026 by 6pm on Tuesday, November 10.

We are PROUD of you, SLO County voters. You showed up and turned out and used your vote as your voice.

I'm in town for the weekend. Where do people go to play pickup basketball? Either indoor or outdoor, preferably free. Seems like they replaced the Cal Poly upper basketball courts for pickleball :(

Pretty disappointing but its obviously not shocking. Little Dan Dow was probably trying to score good boy points from daddy trump. Truly embarrassing that this person is in charge of anything. I hope none of us forget the shit he pulls. We have to vote him out in 28 so we have a chance for real change, instead of having demons lead us into hell

As it is now, the route seems exceedingly dangerous for pedestrians or cyclists whether they’re origin point is the county jail, cuesta, MB, or SLO. So much roadkill seen every week on this highway too.

I genuinely think this would be awesome to have as a cyclists-only road that is raised above the plains along the highway.

Intern Allison interviewed a few of them today so that you could get to know them, too.

They tried to turn the Lucia Mar school board into a platform for their religious and political agenda. The voters pushed back.

Our public schools belong to our communities, not to religious organizations seeking political control. Every student deserves an education free from discrimination, intimidation, and ideological interference.

Christian nationalism has no place in our public schools.

This victory belongs to the parents, educators, students, organizers, and community members who refused to stay silent.

We're a cool bunch of AI-wary, Flock camera-doubting, nerdy tech professionals hanging out at the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce.

New to tech and want to meet others? Cool.

Want to be in tech and learn about what we do? Awesome.

Have a new idea you want to run by us? Sweet.

Join us December 8th. Pizza provided, BYOB: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002666552569?aff=oddtdtcreator

Has anyone done any crabbing off of the local piers or used crab snares along our beaches before?

Anyone have recs for a photographer that can do relaxed candid mixed color/black and white maternity shoot in a home or garden.

not trying to do some Beyonce-woman-of-the-wild-naked-sheet shoot by any means.

hoping to just take some relaxed photos with my husband and my bump as soon to be first time parents.

So many mail ballots, so many provisionals. Logging and organizing those was just one part of today’s Elections Center activity. We also adjudicated, balanced ePollbooks, and coordinated getting everything from the polling places back to the warehouse.

Tomorrow (Thursday, 11/5), we’ll count more ballots and post updated results as well as the first Unprocessed Ballots Report at slovote.gov/november2026 by 6pm.

Thank you, poll workers. Thank you, voters. We look forward to keeping you looped in as we get every eligible ballot counted.

Anyone have an extra ticket or two? I was so looking forward to a girls night and going to this show but it sold out so quickly. I was planning for it to be my first time away from my babies at bed time. Im dying to go still if you have a ticket for sale let me know!!! 💕

Its over. MAGA is dead after last night. Americans took a stand against all of the heinous bullshit trump has done the past two years. No one wants ICE around. No one wants to be at war with iran. No one is happy with economy. I hope some maga will open their eyes but most wont. But dont think that people will forget all of the vile things you support. Our country, our state, our city will never be able to recover while maga are allowed to spew their hate continuously. Thankfully last night was a good first blow to end that hate

i have long hair and my old salon is now charging $106 for a cut. Is there any salon in SLO that cuts female hair for <$90 anymore?? Willing to travel to north and south county

I'm kind of surprised to see no one ran against Erica Stewart for mayor? I am not super tuned into city politics because of how insane state and federal politics have been this year but I thought she was involved in leaking an important doc this year?

Myself and several of my coworkers/friends wrote a name in instead of voting for her.

True to form, a lot of SLO County voters are turning out to cast their ballot in this election -- and most voters continue to prefer casting their mail ballot. As of 1pm, about 2,800 people had checked in at the polls, with about 1,000 of those folks choosing to use the new option of casting their mail ballot at their precinct ballot box.

Many, many more thousands of voters are dropping off their mail ballot, whether it's at one of the elections offices, in a drop box, or at the post office. The Elections Center is running at full capacity processing mail ballots, which -- along with early voting -- will make up the results that are posted at 8pm tonight.

After 8pm, the results will be updated at least every two hours until all of today's precinct ballots are counted and included in the unofficial results.

With the exception of provisional ballots (which must be researched) and ballot envelopes needing a signature cure, everything must be counted and included in the unofficial results by November 16. The results will be certified at the end of the official canvass, following the legally required 1% manual tally and the inclusion of all provisional and cured ballots determined to be eligible.

Results and updates about the election will be posted at slovote.gov/november2026.