Gabriela Fernandez
News DirectorGabriela Fernandez came to KCBX in May of 2022 as a general assignment reporter, and became news director in December of 2023. She graduated from Sacramento State with a BA in Political Science. During her senior year, she interned at CapRadio in their podcast department, and later worked for them as an associate producer on the TahoeLand podcast. When she's not writing or editing news stories, she loves to travel, play tennis and take her 140-lbs dog, Atlas, on long walks by the coast.
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High tide is expected to be unusually high Thursday, and the California Coastal Commission is asking people to capture the event with a photo. It’s to help scientists visualize and study sea level rise around the world.
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El Nino conditions have arrived on the central coast causing 15-25 foot waves to pummel local beaches at the start of the new year. Local marine scientists said the giant waves may cause erosion in some areas.
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King City and a Los Angeles-based developer teamed up to get a grant that would allow them to build affordable housing for the city’s unhoused population. Now, the state housing department is investigating the developer because it has defaulted on some loans. KCBX’s Gabriela Fernandez spoke with CalMatters’ reporter Jeanne Kuang who’s been reporting on the investigation.
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This week the Santa Maria City council hit a snag as it continued to explore future growth of the region. The city is building out its land-use plan for the next two decades.
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California is currently drought-free, as declared by the US Drought Monitor. But what does that mean for San Luis Obispo County?
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Spotify dropped their annual list of users’ music habits yesterday. It’s called Spotify wrapped and it caused the City of San Luis Obispo to trend on social media Wednesday evening.
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A project that aims to help revitalize the Santa Maria Valley Water Basin and reduce flooding has kicked off in Oceano this month.
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Central Coast scientists marched with picket signs in San Luis Obispo today. They are state employees participating in a 3-day ‘Defiance for Science’ strike.
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Walking around Downtown San Luis Obispo, you may have seen a lone, colorful piano sitting in Mission Plaza. It’s part of a city wide campaign to bring people together through music this October, which is National Arts and Humanities Month.
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California sees wind energy as essential to helping the state reach its ambitious climate goals. Critics say the development could industrialize our local waters. To harness this resource, energy companies are geared up to install huge floating wind farms off the state’s coast. Some of the first of these farms will be off the shores of Morro Bay and Santa Barbara. KCBX's Gabriela Fernandez spoke with CalMatters environment reporter, Julie Cart, who has been looking into how these efforts might affect our communities here on the Central Coast.