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Patrick W PriceAfter decades of planning, the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is scheduled to open to the public this month in Santa Barbara County. -
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.
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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. -
A San Luis Obispo art gallery is displaying photos of eight LGBTQ+ families that live on the Central Coast. The exhibit was created in response to the sudden rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that has swept across the country. -
A new documentary tells the story of an indigenous man based in Ventura who's been working to save a traditional Chumash craft. He builds tomols — canoes that local tribes used for thousands of years in coastal waters. -
The Central Coast Queer Archive Project is co-hosting an event on May 12 ahead of Pride Month in June. They describe it as a “re-queering” of a San Luis Obispo business which used to be one of the few gay bars in the city’s history. -
In this final episode of In Between, we explore the thriving drag scene in SLO County. What was once an underground subculture has now gone mainstream — not just here, but across the nation. -
After public outcry, last week the Solvang City Council partially reversed their denial of a proposal to hang banners and paint crosswalks in celebration of pride month. KCBX’s Amanda Wernik speaks with Santa Maria Sun Reporter Taylor O’Connor about her two-part series on the controversy. -
Each year, Cal Poly students put their tractors to the test at the Cal Poly Cotton Rosser rodeo complex. Students bring their modified trucks and tractors to a dirt path to test whose vehicle can pull a heavy platform the farthest. -
The Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness has launched a campaign to address mental health and substance misuse among local youth. -
All are welcome at Let There Be Lesbians, but it's an intentionally sapphic space — one meant for queer, feminine energy.
