Editor’s note: This is part 1 of a 2-part series on medical aid-in-dying in SLO County, focusing on the story of a terminal cancer patient from San Luis Obispo. Read Part 2 here. Christine Whaley knew ...

Christine and her husband, Tom Whaley, hit wall after wall searching for a doctor to prescribe end-of-life medication — or even have conversations about the medical aid-in-dying process. “Even as a ...

Christine Whaley and her then-boyfriend, Tom, pose beside a limousine in 2011, before she was diagnosed with melanoma. The photo was taken on Tom’s birthday — he’d never ridden in a limousine before, ...