Judy Salamacha

Jerry May will continue to serve the Cayucos Lions, Cayucos Art Association and Cayucos Seniors after he celebrates his 90th Valentine’s Day birthday this weekend. But he and wife Paula weren’t sure he’d make it to 2012.

Most careers build step-by-step. Author and blogger Anne R. Allen writes in Los Osos. In 2011, her career was like an oil gusher, percolating, even surface bubbling, until her drilling launched the boom spewing black gold.