US Representative Salud Carbajal toured a Los Osos coffee roaster on Friday to hear how federal tariffs are affecting small businesses on the Central Coast. The visit comes as Carbajal pushes legislation aimed at limiting the president’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval.

A letter from the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in support of the power plant also asks the California State Legislature to restore a unitary tax on PG&E.

San Luis Obispo is preparing to change how city council elections are run, following a voting rights settlement approved in 2024.

Across the Central Coast, people took to the streets and held vigils last weekend in reaction to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7.

According to the press release, the proposed ordinance would “bar federal immigration agents from entering non-public areas of SLO County property without a judicial warrant..."

The members of Congress representing California’s Central Coast were briefed on President Trump’s military actions in Venezuela on Wednesday.

On the fifth anniversary of the January 6 attack, protestors stood on the sidewalk looking over Highway 101, holding signs that read “No blood for oil” and “Hands off Venezuela.”

California’s new laws requiring immigration officers to show identification and limit the use of masks are meant to increase transparency during the enforcement process. But questions remain about how those laws will be enforced.

Central Coast leaders and immigration advocates gathered outside the Santa Maria ICE facility Friday calling attention to what they describe as a sharp surge in immigration enforcement during the holiday week.

An immigrant rights group is reporting an unprecedented level of daily arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Central Coast region.