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US EPA approves Price Canyon aquifer exemption

The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved an aquifer exemption for the Arroyo Grande oil field near San Luis Obispo. This enables Sentinel Peak Resources, the current owner of the oil field...

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The future of food recycling is up and running in San Luis Obispo

There's a new type of recycling facility in San Luis Obispo County that's turning food and green waste into power and compost. It's called an anaerobic digester, and it was built by global engineering...

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Issues & Ideas: Fracking, emergency preparedness and recycling

Fracking has been a hot topic on the Central Coast ever since the Trump administration released an environmental review about the possibility of expanding hydraulic fracturing on federal lands in...

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'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 -...

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Salinas 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.

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Judge 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...

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New 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.

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Coming 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...

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Central 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.

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Issues & 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...

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Issues and Ideas: Celebrating Juneteenth in San Luis Obispo

June 19 is 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 signified the...

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Compton keeps her SLO County District 4 seat by a narrow margin

UPDATE Friday, JUNE 22 6 P.M.: San Luis Obispo County certified its election results Friday. Lynn Compton successfully defended her district 4 seat on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors...

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10 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...

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KCBX Two-way: Groundwater in the Cuyama Valley

Where does the Central Coast get its water, our most fundamental of needs? Some comes in the form of rain filling up local reservoirs; some from the State Water Project , a long system of pipes and...

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Open portals: Cities like Salinas invite you to explore their data

This week, the city of Salinas joined other cities across the U.S. that have created open data portals. Such portals are web tools that let anyone have a closer look at data that have been collected by...

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Central Coast Curious: Are there hate groups on the Central Coast?

The KCBX Central Coast Curious project provides you the opportunity to ask the KCBX News team questions about the Central Coast. We posted a Central Coast Curious voting round this summer that included...

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Issues & Ideas: Meet Dr. Jill Stearns, Cuesta College's new president

The new school year is already underway at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo County. The community college went through a leadership change this summer when the school's former president, Dr. Gil...

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Issues & Ideas: A conference to help writers hone their craft

There's a conference taking place at the end of the month in San Luis Obispo designed for those studying the art of writing. Whether you are a writer in search of a publisher or have a great idea for a...

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Protest vote falls short in Morro Bay; water and sewer rates set to spike

Morro Bay water and sewer residential customers will be paying up to $41 dollars more a month for service, starting next summer. On Tuesday night, the Morro Bay city council voted to raise the rates,...

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E-scooters may be coming to San Luis Obispo, but not this week

Electric scooter rentals may be coming to San Luis Obispo, but not Thursday, as scooter company Bird had planned. City officials said they’ve been in contact with Bird , which deploys e-scooters and...

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