Oil companies sue Monterey County over Measure Z
Aera Energy and Chevron have filed separate lawsuits against Monterey County, alleging the passage of Measure Z will shut down oil production in the county.
View ArticleTuesday ceremonies for Central Coast politicans
County officials took an oath of office this week as the latest members of the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara boards of supervisors. Three supervisors were sworn in to serve on the San Luis Obispo...
View ArticleSanta Barbara grand jury says Laguna sewer fee hike justified
A Santa Barbara County grand jury determined a recent fee hike by the Laguna County Sanitation District was justified. The district provides sewer service to about 12,000 residential and business...
View ArticleCentral Coast to join global event in rallying for science
The March for Science is taking place on Saturday, April 22. In what is now a global event, scientists and those who support science-based evidence will be hitting the streets in mass marches, similar...
View ArticleThe price of safe drinking water in farmworker communties
Horacio Amezquita has lived at the San Jerardo Cooperative, just southeast of Salinas, since 1979, when he was 18 years old. He had immigrated to the United States from Mexico about five years earlier....
View ArticleAmericans asked to weigh in on national monument status
In late April, the Trump administration announced a new executive order that directs the Interior Department to review the designations of certain national monuments, like the Carrizo Plain National...
View Article'805' symbolizes the Central Coast - soon, so will '820'
In late May the California Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved an “area code overlay,” meaning phone companies will start issuing numbers with a new area code on the Central Coast - and beyond -...
View ArticleSalinas Valley workers and residents rally against chlorpyrifos
Salinas Valley farmworkers and advocacy groups made a trip to Sacramento this week to rally for a ban on a pesticide called chlorpyrifos.
View ArticleJudge denies PG&E plan for ratepayers to fund Diablo Canyon community support...
A judge’s decision issued Wednesday paves the way for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant to close in 2025, if that decision is ratified by the full California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Seven...
View ArticleAn interview with SLO County Deputy District Attorney Lee Cunningham
KCBX News Director Greta Mart speaks with San Luis Obispo County Deputy District Attorney Lee Cunningham on the occasion of his retirement after over 32 years of service.
View ArticleNew legislation aims to compel insurance coverage for fire-caused mudslides
Besides having to rebuild their homes and community, survivors of the January 9 Montecito debris flows are now wrangling with their insurance companies.
View ArticleComing rainstorm prompts Santa Barbara County officials to issue warning
Santa Barbara County officials sent out a warning Tuesday evening of a coming storm that could bring more debris flows to areas scarred by recent fires. But late Wednesday afternoon, the county said it...
View ArticleCentral Coast students take part in national school walkouts calling for gun...
Central Coast high school students joined their cohorts around the nation Wednesday in organizing walkouts to support gun control and protest gun violence.
View ArticleIssues & Ideas: An anti-fracking initiative in San Luis Obispo County
In November of 2016, Monterey County voters passed Measure Z. That's a citizen's initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing and limit new oil drilling within the county's borders. Seven other California...
View ArticleCompton in the lead for SLO County District 4
Incumbent Lynn Compton continues her lead over challenger Jimmy Paulding by a narrow margin of 55 votes in the race for San Luis Obispo County District 4 supervisor. New counts were released Wednesday...
View ArticleIssues and Ideas: Celebrating Juneteenth in San Luis Obispo
Tuesday June 19 was Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day. It's a holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and...
View Article10 homes destroyed in weekend Goleta fire
Firefighters have gotten a handle on a wildfire that whipped up late Friday night in the hills above Goleta in Santa Barbara County, and CalFire reports crews held the Holiday Fire at 100 acres. As of...
View ArticleOil companies sue Monterey County over Measure Z
Aera Energy and Chevron have filed separate lawsuits against Monterey County, alleging the passage of Measure Z will shut down oil production in the county.
View ArticleTuesday ceremonies for Central Coast politicans
County officials took an oath of office this week as the latest members of the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara boards of supervisors. Three supervisors were sworn in to serve on the San Luis Obispo...
View ArticleSanta Barbara grand jury says Laguna sewer fee hike justified
A Santa Barbara County grand jury determined a recent fee hike by the Laguna County Sanitation District was justified. The district provides sewer service to about 12,000 residential and business...
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