An annual celebration of Oaxacan culture on the Central Coast has been canceled this year. Organizers say immigration raids have left local indigenous communities feeling unsafe.

The Gala Pride and Diversity Center is teaming up with Central Coast Pride to host events all across the county through May and June for Pridefest.

A longtime nonprofit serving the Latino and immigrant communities on California’s Central Coast is fighting to reclaim its historic headquarters. The group lost its building in 2021 after filing for bankruptcy.

After decades of planning, the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is scheduled to open to the public this month in Santa Barbara County.

At some museums and universities, the remains of indigenous people are sitting in boxes for researchers to study or to be viewed by the public. Indigenous tribes across the nation, including Chumash tribes on the Central Coast, have been advocating for decades to get the remains back. Some feel the process is taking too long.

UC 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.

Students from two Lompoc Middle Schools will receive antiracism education this year. This comes after a local NAACP branch received a $30,000 grant.

San Luis Obispo police are investigating a series of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes that targeted downtown businesses this week.

An Indigenous women's group, Medicine Wheel Ride, is coming to the Central Coast on Thursday to raise awareness about missing and murdered Native American women nationwide.

SLO’s Gala Pride & Diversity Center alleges Atascadero City Council members and the city manager allowed hate speech – through inaction – at a recent council meeting.