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.

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.