Good morning, San Luis Obispo.

Sixty-five Central Coast residents graduated on Thursday from reentry programs led by Community Solutions Incorporated in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, where they learned accountability, job readiness, and life skills (tools for a fresh start) to rebuild their lives.

Tickets are on sale for the All for the Kidz gala fundraiser on Sept.

19 at 5 p.m. at Embassy Suites, 333 Madonna Road, where Central Coast Funds for Children will host dinner, music, and auctions (with choices of wild salmon or filet mignon) to support 42 nonprofits for kids.

Local couple Kara Barker and Lee Ibarra opened Little Spoon Creamery on July 11 in the SLO Public Market (Higuera Street) to offer small-batch ice cream flavors.

The shop is open Tuesday–Thursday from 1 to 7:30 p.m. and Friday–Sunday from noon to 8 p.m.

San Luis Obispo sees a restaurant boom as eight new spots including Uma's Restaurant (offering Central Asian and Eastern European dishes) at Broad and Higuera and Frankie's on Garden Street open while eight more such as SLO Fish Co. will debut soon.

Food Truck Weekends is happening at Atascadero Lake Park through Sept.

27, offering local vendors food on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. In August, the schedule features Quesadilla Gorilla on Aug. 1-2 and a car show on Aug. 22 with extra food options.

This weekend, family-friendly events light up the Central Coast.

The Rock & Gem Show runs through Aug. 2 at Nipomo High School, while today Cuesta College hosts a Back-to-School Extravaganza and a local church holds its Obon Festival; Cambria plans wine tastings and Santa Barbara offers a Spider-Man party.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Hanna Higuera, a native of Creston, is serving aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt as it participates in the Rim of the Pacific exercise near the Hawaiian Islands.

Higuera, who joined the Navy after graduating from Atascadero High School, credits her upbringing for service.

Today, Woods Humane Society celebrates National Shelter Dogs' Birthday by featuring Muffin (a playful one-year-old husky, terrier, pitt mix who arrived from SLO County Animal Services Center in June).

Fee-waived adoptions for adult pets are offered today and tomorrow.