Central Coast

Most of the workplace raids took place in Oxnard on Tuesday with one happening in Santa Maria.In those raids, a total of 40 people were taken to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Oxnard, according to the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, or CAUSE.

Dozens of people have been detained due to immigration enforcement along the Central Coast since yesterday.

Unionized healthcare staff, including medical assistants and clinicians, will walk off the job next Monday and Tuesday at clinics across the Central Coast– unless the union and management reach an agreement.

Every two years, United Ways of California conducts a Real Cost Measure Report by using census bureau information to tell the true cost of living in California.

Unionized staff voted unanimously to walk out over what they call unfair labor practices and severe understaffing.

A grassroots campaign to protect Californians’ rights to public beach access is stopping in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara this week. It comes as the Trump administration considers defunding the California Coastal Commission.

The animals appearing on Central Coast shores are called velella velella, and they are related to jellyfish.

According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the goal is to keep humpbacks from getting entangled in crab gear as they return to feed along the coast.

Nature Track was originally created to take K-12 students to local trails and beaches at no cost. But now, people with wheelchairs can rent "Freedom Tracks" from the organization which helps the mobility-impaired person travel over the sand with no effort.

President Donald Trump has vowed to end the burgeoning off-shore wind power industry in the United States. That has major implications for the Central Coast, where three multi-billion-dollar wind farm projects are currently in the works.