As state lawmakers consider whether Diablo Canyon should stay open past its 2030 planned closure, residents of San Luis Obispo are increasingly supportive of keeping the facility open.

The document lists top priorities for the next three years, like better data tracking and growing access to native plants.

“Wildfire is a wicked problem,” Dr. Cat Fong told KCBX. “Everyone who lives in a fire-prone area, which is most of us in California, have a goal of building resilience, but what that means isn't always clear.”

A series of hearings are coming to the Central Coast this week over ocean protections. The California Fish and Game Commission will review proposed changes to Marine Protected Areas off San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission voted to approve a plan last week that would eventually phase out onshore oil and gas production. The first phase of the plan would only prohibit drilling for new wells.

This year’s Climate Action Plan Progress Report found that San Luis Obispo isn’t on track to meet the goal of carbon neutrality by 2035. Despite that, the SLO City Council chose to keep the goal in place.

The nuclear power plant is one step closer to continuing operations past the year 2030.

The petition urges the State Water Board to edit Diablo Canyon's water quality certificate so that it expires four years from now.

Oil production near the Santa Barbara coast is ramping back up. A Texas-based oil company announced it started selling oil through the same pipeline system tied to the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.

A new bill in the state legislature would renew funding paid by PG&E to communities and schools around Diablo Canyon, California’s only operational nuclear power plant.