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Santa Barbara City Council capped the number of cruise ships that can visit Santa Barbara at 20 per year. Other environmental recommendations were also approved.
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A large housing development proposed for Nipomo comes before County Supervisors for a vote. The Dana Reserve project has garnered support and opposition from community members.
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The US Forest Service has canceled oil company Carbon California’s applications to drill and frack in the Sespe Oil Field, in Ventura County.
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The City of Arroyo Grande has backed out of a wastewater treatment center that was expected to insulate the five-cities area in San Luis Obispo County from future drought. The project is called Central Coast Blue.
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A bill that could combat homelessness in California passed unanimously in the State’s Senate Housing Committee.
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A local youth sports team is opening the door for LGBTQ+ youth in athletics, and they are doing it on wheels.
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Velella velella are small jelly-like creatures propelled by wind and ocean currents. And now they are showing up on Central Coast beaches.
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Kenneth Taylor, a Cal Poly SLO student, died earlier this week in Big Sur. An autopsy report Wednesday confirmed the death was accidental, caused by multiple blunt force injuries.
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The software was created to help agencies prevent collisions with whales.
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A new study out of UC Santa Barbara looked at how to reduce the amount of water used for agriculture. It finds that farming practices have a substantial impact.
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A Santa Maria activist is banding together local youth to inform fieldworkers and their children about their rights. As the son of farmworkers himself, he says it's personal.
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An environmental group filed a lawsuit last week against the federal government over safety concerns at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. It came after the Biden Administration allocated more than a billion dollars to Pacific Gas & Electric, which helped prolong the plant’s operation for another five years.