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Kendra Hanna/KCBX NewsOn Friday, hundreds of students at San Luis Obispo High School walked out in the middle of their classes to protest federal immigration enforcement, waving signs and chanting “ICE out!” -
805 UndocufundFederal immigration agents pepper-sprayed a woman in Santa Barbara's Eastside Wednesday morning, while in the process of detaining a woman near Carpinteria and Salinas Streets. -
Bunker King/KCBX NewsAt a crowded public meeting last night, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson defended his office’s policy of releasing certain county jail inmates into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
San Luis Obispo CountyThe biennial Point-in-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness took place in San Luis Obispo County on January 27, 2026. -
Kendra Hanna/KCBX NewsThe “Mawtini” exhibit at the Cal Poly Kennedy Library Gallery features the portraits of the 14 narrators included in the project. -
Kendra Hanna/KCBX NewsThe immigrant rights group 805 Undocufund is hosting volunteer training sessions across the Central Coast, covering topics like what to say if questioned by ICE agents and how to recognize them by their car. -
Courtesy of: City of San Luis Obispo's YouTube accountThe City of San Luis Obispo decided not to join a county-wide letter in support of Diablo Canyon, and instead voted to write their own letter asking the legislature to reinstate a long-standing tax on the nuclear power plant. -
Courtesy of: The SLO County Sheriff's OfficeThe San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the 1983 murder of Dorothy Tate, who went by the nickname Toby, has been solved.
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California State Senator John Laird says he’s working to introduce a bill that would reinstate a tax on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. -
US Representative Salud Carbajal toured a Los Osos coffee roaster on Friday to hear how federal tariffs are affecting small businesses on the Central Coast. The visit comes as Carbajal pushes legislation aimed at limiting the president’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval. -
Bird enthusiasts from across California and beyond came to the Central Coast this week for the annual Morro Bay Bird Festival. It's a chance for birders to enjoy the coastal scenery and spot rare, migrating species. -
San Luis Coastal Unified School District students say they generally feel safe and supported at school, but survey data shows mixed feelings about the pressures they face in the classroom. -
A letter from the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in support of the power plant also asks the California State Legislature to restore a unitary tax on PG&E. -
The migratory western monarch populations travel to Ellwood Mesa in the fall and leave by spring. Their population has declined 95% since the 1980s, according to the city of Goleta. -
San Luis Obispo is preparing to change how city council elections are run, following a voting rights settlement approved in 2024. -
Across the Central Coast, people took to the streets and held vigils last weekend in reaction to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7. -
The Santa Barbara City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to temporarily freeze rent increases. The proposal includes two ordinances. -
According to the press release, the proposed ordinance would “bar federal immigration agents from entering non-public areas of SLO County property without a judicial warrant..."
