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Courtesy of @sychumashmuseum Instagram page.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. -
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.
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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. -
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.”
