A land use measure designed to block a proposed battery storage plant in Morro Bay looks like it will pass. Nearly 60% of Morro Bay voters supported Measure A24, according to the latest ballot count.

A pair of Democratic Congressmembers from the Central Coast are cruising toward re-election. In southern San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County, Rep. Salud Carbajal is way ahead of his Republican opponent, Thomas Cole. In the north of SLO County, four-term Congressman Jimmy Panneta has a commanding lead over his rival, Republican Jason MIchael Anderson.

Special counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to end both federal cases against Trump before the president-elect takes office, according to a source familiar with the Justice Department deliberations.

Leaders from around the world congratulated Donald Trump on his presidential election victory, as governments prepare for his return to the White House and the potential impact that will have.

Despite Donald Trump’s focus on fossil fuels, his return to the White House won’t derail clean energy, analysts and activists say.

For months, Donald Trump and his campaign have been promising mass deportations. In a city that has received some 200,000 new migrants in the last two years, that promise has resonated among some.