Bill Morem
Documentary project explores local residents' passion and purpose
It’s an old chestnut dealing with the legal profession: Question: What do you call 400 lawyers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? Answer: A great start.
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About Bill Morem
Bill Morem writes for The Tribune. Reach him at 805-781-7852 or bmorem@thetribunenews.com .
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BILL MOREM
More stories of coyote sightings at Elfin Forest
Readers of last week’s column dealing with urban coyotes specifically a large male coyote who chased a Los Osos woman and her dog from the community’s Elfin Forest have offered some thoughtful responses.
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BILL MOREM
Coyote encounter in Los Osos is too close for comfort
Repeated sightings of mountain lions in the canyons of Cal Poly? A black bear found climbing the craggy flanks of Morro Rock? Goodness, Toto, can tigers be far behind? Maybe, maybe not, but coyotes sure are.
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BILL MOREM
A chance to give back to our vets
Between 130,000 and 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night nationwide; 16,500 of those unfortunates live in California; it’s believed that of the 4,000 homeless in San Luis Obispo County, 10 percent are veterans.
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BILL MOREM
Helping veterans heal from post-traumatic stress
This is the last in a series of columns dealing with men and women who have gone to war and returned with the never-ending nightmare of post-traumatic stress.
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BILL MOREM
In struggle with post-traumatic stress, vets reach for their pens
A report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs last fall found that since Sept. 11, 2001, almost 30 percent of the 834,463 vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.
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BILL MOREM
Help is slow in coming as echoes of war linger
The 2010 census found that 22,514 veterans live in San Luis Obispo County, nearly a tenth of the total population. No doubt that number has grown with troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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BILL MOREM
Distant battles still haunt these soldiers
‘I stood looking at a man I didn’t recognize: Eyes sunken, hair disheveled, face left unshaven for weeks. There was a hollow, disconnected look in his eye; something scary and uncertain lay in that look. I stood looking in the mirror at what I’d become.” Former...
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BILL MOREM
For these SLO County World War II vets, a special trip to honor them
Honor Flight flies WWII veterans to Washington D.C. where they spend time at that warâs memorial, reuniting, honoring and remembering the courage of those with whom they served.
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BILL MOREM
The story of Officer Honey
As a journalist, and all-around curious being, I’ve come to the point of discounting nothing; anything is possible.
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BILL MOREM
New 'Monster of Piedras Blancas' movie emerges at San Luis Obispo film festival
New 'Monster of Piedras Blancas' movie emerges at San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.


