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Creative CommonsFederal officials are celebrating the restart of an oil platform off California’s Central Coast. But, local advocates are pushing back saying that hasn’t quite happened yet. -
Adam SolorzanoThe Santa Barbara City Council voted to give $500,000 to local immigrant organizations in response to recent ICE enforcement activities.Local advocates packed a Special Council Meeting urging lawmakers to support families impacted by raids and educate the immigrant communities on their rights. -
Santa Barbara Parks and RecreationPlans are moving forward to redevelop part of Santa Barbara’s waterfront with the goal of honoring the area’s indigenous roots. The city approved more than $240,000 in grant funding this week to support the project. -
NOAAAuthorities have upgraded the alert level for California and the Central Coast from a tsunami watch to a tsunami advisory following the magnitude 8.7 earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, July 29. -
Aidan Dillon/Aidan DillonA new executive order from President Donald Trump aims at changing how the federal government plans to address homelessness, addiction and mental illness. The order says “endemic vagrancy” and hundreds of thousands of people living on U.S. streets are a threat to public safety. -
carpinteriaca.govThe City of Carpinteria voted this week to create an ad-hoc committee to advise on the city's response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.Vice Mayor Monica Solorzano and Council Member Julia Mayer will lead the ad hoc committee. -
geogroup.comRep. Jimmy Panetta toured the privately run Adelanto facility days after ICE blocked other members of Congress from making surprise inspection visits. -
pasoschools.orgStudents at the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District will follow new rules for student smartphone usage this school year.
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A decades-old San Luis Obispo theater is getting a major upgrade thanks to a six figure donation from a local nonprofit organization. -
Paso Robles police are investigating a wave of vandalism involving caltrops – small metal spikes designed to puncture tires – that have been deliberately placed on public roads. The department says it has documented more than 40 incidents since April, and a new wave of reports began this week. -
The City of Greenfield is hitting pause on most new building permits as it faces mounting problems with its wastewater system. -
The City of Goleta passed a resolution urging federal lawmakers to advocate for immigrants who live and work in the city. The move follows recent immigration raids that shook nearby communities on the Central Coast. -
A new statewide report highlights how hate incidents are affecting Asian American and Pacific Islander communities across California, including here on the Central Coast. -
Sheriff Bill Brown told the Board of Supervisors earlier this week that overtime expenses were the main reason for its shortfall. -
Central Coast Congressman Salud Cabajal has re-introduced a bill that allows DACA recipients to enroll in the military.DACA is a program that allows undocumented children who were brought to the U.S. at a young age to temporarily stay and work here. -
Four San Luis Obispo North County juveniles have been identified in connection with the Fourth of July fire at Templeton Feed and Grain. -
The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors are dedicating more money to support immigrants affected by the ICE raids and demanding more answers from the Department of Homeland Security. -
New details are emerging from last week’s immigration raid on the Central Coast. A U.S. Army veteran says he was wrongfully detained and violently arrested by federal immigration agents, even though he is a U.S. citizen.
