South County Beat

Kelli Howard of Pismo Beach has been the organizer and director of the South County production of “The Vagina Monologues” for the past three years.

The morning that Akash Salam left his ancestral village, his beloved grandfather pulled him aside. “Akash, babba, study as hard as you can,” Akash recalled his grandfather saying. “But never forget us. We will always be with you.”