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Grants to Feed Hungry Kids

The Food Bank Coalition of SLO County recently received two grants to support a summer program to help make sure county children don’t go hungry this summer.
Aimed at school-aged children who get free or reduced-cost school lunches, a total of $67,000 was granted from the Templeton-based “must! charities” and the nationwide Feeding America — $27,000 and $40,000 respectively — under the Hunger Free Summer program, that helps provide “more healthy food to kids when they need it most, when school is out for summer” to SLO County children. Continue reading Grants to Feed Hungry Kids

County Airport Expands Flights

SkyWest-Arlines-plane-jpegBy Camas Frank

San Luis Obispo Regional Airport’s officials were happy Friday, as they announced an expansion of their capacity.
In the works since SkyWest Airlines switched over from turbo prop planes to larger and more modern jets, a third daily round trip to San Francisco will start Sept. 1.
United Express, operated by SkyWest Airlines, cut the overall number of seats when it dropped from three trips a day with 28 seats per flight, to two flights with 50 each.
The new flight will boost the passenger count to 150 available each way. Continue reading County Airport Expands Flights