Our October issue has everything to keep your fall fashionable … and even frightening. In October we come face to face with Charles Manson, highlight 13 Ghosts of the Coast, help you to better “Grasp the Grape,” and once again dish up the CCM® Reader Recipe Contest.

FEATURES:

CCM® Reader Recipe Contest
Four readers take the cake with their award-winning homemade recipes featured at Corner View Restaurant this month.

Hauntings of the Central Coast
CCM® works with ghost hunter Richard Senate to dig up 13 of the region’s most ghastly tales of the underworld.
Experience the thrill…Ghost Tours

The Manson Mystique
Journalist and Cal Poly professor Teresa Allen gives a first-hand account of her experience with the nation’s most infamous serial killer.

Front & Center

Editor's Take
Publisher's Perspective
The Goods
Coastal Seen

Life & Style

Community: Get Your Hands Wet
The Avila Beach Marine Institute’s recently remodeled Discovery Lab reopens this month and offers eager ocean lovers the opportunity
to become apprentice marine biologists.

Seasonal Foods: Sensational Squash
Discover why winter squash is the perfect addition to your dishes and your diet this season.

Crush: Mentors & Students
Protégés of winemakers Ken Volk and Ken Brown go on to make their own wines, and you can too.

CC Geographic: Soaring to New Heights
Chuck Graham makes the trek up Condor Ridge to get a glimpse of the endangered California condor.

Go Sip: Fresh Blood
We worked with Epiphany restaurant in Santa Barbara to create a spooky new spirit—the CCM® Bloody Martini.

Getaway: The Vine Street Inn
After a day of Paso Robles wine tasting, nothing beats settling in for conversation and relaxation at a nearby B&B— innkeeper Margot Van Horn offers guests the best of both.

Rider: Helmets Required
Brave souls beware: Island Packers in Ventura offers kayaking adventures with big risks and big waves through the Channel Islands.

Mack!atcha: Mack 5.0
Mackey’s milestone birthday coincides with a milestone of legendary musical performances that you won’t want to miss this month.

Spotlight
We’ve searched up and down the coast to illuminate October’s most intriguing upcoming events.

Exhibit A: Oil Paintings from Svelata
Artist and humanitarian Mia Tavonatti brings her provocative exhibit to Cal Lutheran University’s Kwan Fong Gallery in Thousand Oaks.