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Frank Urrutia
It was the middle of September 2011, and Paul Urrutia was preparing to head out of town to watch his son play football. It was nearing the end of a long, hot and dry summer.
Sandy Taylor fashions jewelry at Middleton Brewing. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
As the musicians play — the lights turned down low — off to the side at the bar sits a small desk lamp illuminating a workspace where Sandy Taylor focuses
Davy and Alex Pasternak next to one of their massive 900-gallon oak foudres, which are visible to guests from the second story loft in their barn-turned Roughhouse Brewing. Their official opening is Saturday. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
Brewer Davy Pasternak decided he’d waited long enough to “tap” into the trendy world of craft beer making.
Tracey Wilson holds a cocoa bean, the origin of all the magic. The company’s cocoa comes exclusively from a farm in Ecuador. Daily Record photos by lance Winter
There’s no Willy Wonka on the premises — and you won’t find Oompa Loompas working on the family’s modest factory floor. But what you will find at the Dripping Springs
What began as a fist-sized glob of glass is fashioned into a platter in the masterful hands of Wimberley Glassworks owner Tim de Jong. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
It’s said art enables us to lose ourselves and find ourselves all at the same time.
Blue Santa (aka Laray Taylor) and a band of helpers took a moment out of their Sights & Sounds celebrations to pose with some of the toys people have donated to their effort. Blue Santa delivers toys annually to San Marcos families who need a helping hand. Blue Santa will be on hand each night of Sights & Sounds accepting donations. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter
Day one of this year's Sights & Sounds of Christmas was one for the books. Santa Claus arrived on Ol' Betsy, a vintage 1926 fire engine that was restored by The Leadership San Marcos Class of 2015. Santa will keep to tradition and make his entrance in a different vehicle each night. In previous years, these entrances have included arrival by helicopter, firetrucks and even a canoe. Sights & Sounds continues this weekend through Dec. 1 and then resumes next week from Dec. 5 through Dec. 8. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the existence and human toll of what amounts to modern day slavery.
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on the existence and human toll of what amounts to modern day slavery.
Bert Lumbreras
Making sure the city’s heading in the right direction. That’s the mission San Marcos City Manager Bert Lumbreras has been on for the past 12 months. During a one-year anniversary
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