I live in England and have never been to the U.S, the only thing I know about San Louis Obispo is that Ernie Ball Musicman guitars are made there :)
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If you ever get over to Visalia, there is a show July 1-30 at Arts Visalia with some nice B&W work (as well as digital):
California Edge
California Photography in the Twentyfirst Century
http://artsvisalia.org/
Jon