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Courtesy of: Felidae Conservation Fund and the Bay Area Puma ProjectMountain Lion sightings across the Central Coast continue with the Santa Barbara Animal Control now warning residents that several sightings were reported in the Oak Park and Mission Creek areas. -
City of Santa Maria/YouTubeAt a Santa Maria City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilmember Gloria Soto opened her comment with disappointment. “ I was extremely underwhelmed by what I read,” Soto said in response to a new resolution expressing support for the city’s immigrant community. -
Kendra Hanna/KCBX NewsSeveral local businesses stayed closed, including Thrifty Beaches, Corazón Cafe and SLO Cider, but for the businesses that were open, many said they didn’t notice fewer customers on Friday. -
Gabriela FernandezA candlelight vigil in San Luis Obispo brought together local nurses, lawmakers and community members on Saturday to remember Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse from Minneapolis who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents last month. -
Kendra Hanna/KCBX NewsOn Friday, hundreds of students at San Luis Obispo High School walked out in the middle of their classes to protest federal immigration enforcement, waving signs and chanting “ICE out!” -
805 UndocufundFederal immigration agents pepper-sprayed a woman in Santa Barbara's Eastside Wednesday morning, while in the process of detaining a woman near Carpinteria and Salinas Streets. -
Bunker King/KCBX NewsAt a crowded public meeting last night, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson defended his office’s policy of releasing certain county jail inmates into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
San Luis Obispo CountyThe biennial Point-in-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness took place in San Luis Obispo County on January 27, 2026.
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An installation at Cal Poly celebrates a new oral history project that captures the voices of San Luis Obispo’s Arab American community. -
The immigrant rights group 805 Undocufund is hosting volunteer training sessions across the Central Coast, covering topics like what to say if questioned by ICE agents and how to recognize them by their car. -
The City of San Luis Obispo decided not to join a county-wide letter in support of Diablo Canyon, and instead voted to write their own letter asking the legislature to reinstate a long-standing tax on the nuclear power plant. -
The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the 1983 murder of Dorothy Tate, who went by the nickname Toby, has been solved. -
California State Senator John Laird says he’s working to introduce a bill that would reinstate a tax on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. -
US Representative Salud Carbajal toured a Los Osos coffee roaster on Friday to hear how federal tariffs are affecting small businesses on the Central Coast. The visit comes as Carbajal pushes legislation aimed at limiting the president’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval. -
Bird enthusiasts from across California and beyond came to the Central Coast this week for the annual Morro Bay Bird Festival. It's a chance for birders to enjoy the coastal scenery and spot rare, migrating species. -
San Luis Coastal Unified School District students say they generally feel safe and supported at school, but survey data shows mixed feelings about the pressures they face in the classroom. -
A letter from the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in support of the power plant also asks the California State Legislature to restore a unitary tax on PG&E. -
The migratory western monarch populations travel to Ellwood Mesa in the fall and leave by spring. Their population has declined 95% since the 1980s, according to the city of Goleta.
