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Homelessness increased 3% in California in 2024, according to a CalMatters analysis of new federal data. Along the Central Coast, local counties report a mixed bag.
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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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The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce held its annual “State of the State” meeting this week.
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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.
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There’s growing concern locally and statewide about the health of incarcerated people. New reporting from CalMatters looks at the record number of people who have died in California jails.
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As Gov. Gavin Newsom wraps up a month of high-stakes decisions about what should become law in California, he’s also making calls that impact many of the…
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Fifteen years ago, Kenny Butler was at a low point. He had just been sentenced to life in prison. Now Butler, 47, is on track to earn his bachelor’s…
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At the end of an arcing sweep of shoreline tracing the pocket coves and steep cliffs of the Central Coast lies Oceano Dunes and its rippling sea of…
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Are robots coming for California’s jobs?In today’s increasingly automated economy, that’s certainly the fear. Technology has always generated economic…
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The Trump administration finalized a rule Wednesday that will cut off food stamps to roughly 688,000 American adults by requiring states to enforce work…