A controversial affordable housing project in San Luis Obispo survived the most recent effort to halt the project's current design plan. In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the San Luis Obispo City Council denied an appeal submitted by neighbors that could have blocked the project before the council casts its final vote.

A San Luis Obispo County park is one step closer to fruition. In the second phase of a three part plan, The Land Conservancy of SLO County acquired 750-acres stretching from Del Mar Park in Morro Bay through Alva Paul Canyon.

In an effort to block the building of three Costco-sized battery storage facilities in Morro Bay, council members voted to pause the city’s ability to process permits for the plants. The ordinance will be in effect the next two years.

A new ecology project aims to reduce fire hazards in Cambria’s pine forest.

Nearly a thousand people packed a Santa Barbara town hall at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara over the weekend. Crowds filled the main room, spilling into the courtyard and around the block. Residents pressed local lawmakers on how they would respond to President Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders and billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE activities.

Opposition to restarting the Refugio pipeline is growing ahead of a hearing this month challenging the transfer of permits needed to restart operations.

A Central Coast school district is seeking to sell two of its campuses. The sites were shut down in 2002 due to budget reductions and declining enrollment.

In a sweeping decision, the Morro Bay City Council voted to block any proposals that involve building a battery storage facility in its city limits. The decision comes after a power generation company warned the city it’s seeking state approval to build one.

A community effort to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel is kicking off this spring.

A media nonprofit is breathing new life into a 150-year-old Central Coast newspaper.