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Nature Shutterbug / flickr.comUC Santa Barbara students are dipping their toes into the filmmaking process. Every summer the university hosts a nine week course where students team up to create an original documentary about the coast. One team uncovered the story of a forgotten Chumash island called Quwa' in the Goleta Slough. It was destroyed by the federal government in the 1940s to build the Santa Barbara Airport. -
Gene / flickr.comStudents from two Lompoc Middle Schools will receive antiracism education this year. This comes after a local NAACP branch received a $30,000 grant.
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A local youth sports team is opening the door for LGBTQ+ youth in athletics, and they are doing it on wheels. -
A Santa Maria activist is banding together local youth to inform fieldworkers and their children about their rights. As the son of farmworkers himself, he says it's personal. -
More than 2,000 beer lovers gathered at the Madonna Inn this weekend for the SLO Craft Beer Festival. -
February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate the accomplishments and impact of Black Americans throughout history. KCBX’s Amanda Wernik spoke with a local professor about their experience teaching black studies at a predominantly white university. -
San Luis Obispo celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year on Saturday with a block party in the Historic Chinatown District on Palm Street. -
People gathered Tuesday night on Cal Poly’s campus to protest a speaker who advocates for banning gender affirming care for minors. The event was sponsored by the Cal Poly chapter of Turning Point USA, a group that focuses on educating students on conservative issues. -
Tomorrow, a new community event called the Mariposa Festival is honoring the migration of the Western Monarch Butterfly to the Central Coast. The festival is a collaboration between the Central Coast State Parks Association and the Latino Outreach Council to honor the Latino culture’s connection to the declining species. -
A local Chumash artist completed a new mural on Cambria’s post office. It’s meant to honor Chumash heritage and raise awareness about a proposed national marine sanctuary that would protect 150 miles of coastline in the San Luis Obispo County area. -
The Grover Beach Police Department said several city residents received what they call “inflammatory and hateful” flyers on their doorsteps and vehicles. The department said the fliers promoted a website upholding the “European race.” -
Local researchers are gathering data on San Luis Obispo County’s indigenous Latinx population. They say it’s meant to better understand and address this community’s healthcare challenges.
