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National Park Service/National Park ServiceCalifornia 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. -
Jeff Kuyper / Los Padres Forest WatchA new analysis found thousands of idle oil and gas wells in California are located close to schools, hospitals and parks, including dozens on the Central Coast. -
Courtesy of: NOAA Marine Debris ProgramCiting 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. -
Gabriela FernandezA 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. -
Courtesy of: ALF Food PantryALF Food Pantry supplies groceries to people living in Atascadero, Templeton, Santa Margarita, Creston and California Valley. Board President Tim Eckles says they frequently serve more than 200 people a day. -
Sarah Stierch/FlikrSanta Barbara County is considering new regulations on street vendors who sell things like prepared food and beverages. The Board of Supervisors will consider the issue at their next meeting on February 10. -
Tony Webster/Creative CommonsThe California Labor Commissioner’s Office just settled a lawsuit with the Santa Maria-based company Alco Harvesting, also known as Bonipak Produce, and some farmworkers will receive back pay and damages for wage-and-hour violations. -
Gabriela FernandezThe Santa Barbara International Film Festival is officially underway bringing filmmakers, celebrities and movie fans to the Central Coast.
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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. -
At a Santa Maria City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilmember Gloria Soto opened her comment with disappointment. “ I was extremely underwhelmed by what I read,” Soto said in response to a new resolution expressing support for the city’s immigrant community. -
Several local businesses stayed closed, including Thrifty Beaches, Corazón Cafe and SLO Cider, but for the businesses that were open, many said they didn’t notice fewer customers on Friday. -
A candlelight vigil in San Luis Obispo brought together local nurses, lawmakers and community members on Saturday to remember Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse from Minneapolis who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents last month. -
On Friday, hundreds of students at San Luis Obispo High School walked out in the middle of their classes to protest federal immigration enforcement, waving signs and chanting “ICE out!” -
Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed a woman in Santa Barbara's Eastside Wednesday morning, while in the process of detaining a woman near Carpinteria and Salinas Streets. -
At a crowded public meeting last night, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson defended his office’s policy of releasing certain county jail inmates into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
The biennial Point-in-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness took place in San Luis Obispo County on January 27, 2026. -
An installation at Cal Poly celebrates a new oral history project that captures the voices of San Luis Obispo’s Arab American community. -
The immigrant rights group 805 Undocufund is hosting volunteer training sessions across the Central Coast, covering topics like what to say if questioned by ICE agents and how to recognize them by their car.
