A major offshore oil platform near Goleta could soon be removed and state officials are asking the public what environmental impacts should be studied first.

Tom Jones from PG&E said the state legislature will make the final decision on whether to keep Diablo Canyon running for an additional twenty years.

The Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee usually holds three public meetings a year about California’s only operational nuclear power plant, according to their website.

California wildlife officials granted new protections to mountain lions across California, including the Central Coast. The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to list six regional puma populations as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act.

Citing environmental harm and risk to marine life, the City of Santa Barbara updated its regulations on certain types of single-use plastics. The city council approved the ordinance revising municipal code on Tuesday.

A new draft study outlines possible drinking water options for residents whose private wells were contaminated with "forever chemicals” near the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport.

Mountain Lion sightings across the Central Coast continue with the Santa Barbara Animal Control now warning residents that several sightings were reported in the Oak Park and Mission Creek areas.

The City of San Luis Obispo decided not to join a county-wide letter in support of Diablo Canyon, and instead voted to write their own letter asking the legislature to reinstate a long-standing tax on the nuclear power plant.

California State Senator John Laird says he’s working to introduce a bill that would reinstate a tax on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

The migratory western monarch populations travel to Ellwood Mesa in the fall and leave by spring. Their population has declined 95% since the 1980s, according to the city of Goleta.