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Listen every weekday for KCBX News reports about Central Coast issues, people and happenings during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Local newscasts are at the top and bottom of each hour from 6:04 a.m. to 8:31 a.m. and from 4:32 p.m. to 6:04 p.m. You can also hear longer feature stories at 6:45 a.m., 8:45 a.m., and 5:45 p.m. on some weekdays.
Latest Stories from KCBX News
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Monica LopezA $2.3 million storm drain project in Grover Beach has been put on hold due to aging sewer infrastructure that city officials say must be addressed before construction can move forward. City council members this week discussed a proposed sewage rate increase that would help fund the necessary upgrades. -
Gabriela FernandezA Downtown SLO liquor store is claiming to have sold a lucky lottery ticket to a local unhoused person. The store manager said the loyal customer won a million dollars from a triple red 7 ticket. -
Santa Barbara CountyThe Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors are looking at the upcoming budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year by holding a series of budget workshops this week. -
Photo courtesy of Global Residence Index via UnsplashA Cal Poly student has had their student visa revoked and three recent graduates have had their employment authorizations revoked, according to a Cal Poly spokesperson. -
Flickr.com/youngthousandsCal Poly San Luis Obispo president, Jeffrey Armstrong, is scheduled to testify before the congressional Subcommittee on Education and Workforce. The hearing, set for May 7, is called, Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses. -
James Weston/flickr.comCentral Coast environmentalists are reacting to one of President Donald Trump's recent Executive Orders that make it easier for commercial loggers to expand business nationwide. -
Simon Tunbridge/flickr.comThe California Coastal Commission voted Thursday to impose fines up to $18.2 million dollars on Sable Offshore Corporation. The penalty is for unauthorized work along the Gaviota Coast, including repairs on the pipeline that spilled more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil near Santa Barbara. -
The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project./Library of CongressCal Poly San Luis Obispo is partnering with a nonprofit organization that helps farms across the country to improve their soil health. The effort aims to support partnerships between San Luis Obispo County farmers and restaurant owners.
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Features
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In this three part series, Beth Thornton examines the healthcare challenges facing the Central Coast as its population ages. It uses in-depth storytelling and data analysis to explore topics including nurse shortages, memory care and possible solutions. Beth reported this series as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2021 Data Fellowship, who contributed funding, training and mentorship. -
In Between: Stories of Queer and Trans People of Color in SLO County is an eight-part series from KCBX Public Radio. Through in-depth feature reporting reporter Erick Gabriel shares stories and experiences from queer and trans people of color in San Luis Obispo County. The series explores the systemic barriers they face in education, healthcare, the workplace and more — and also how they’re making change and building community. -
In the Vines is a five-part series exploring wine in Paso Robles. Through sound-rich feature reporting, KCBX's Benjamin Purper examines the positives and negatives of the city's transformation into a wine town, and what the future might hold for this emerging wine country. -
Supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, KCBX's Rachel Showalter uses in-depth feature reporting to tell stories about the communities impacted by air pollution on the Nipomo Mesa in San Luis Obispo County.
More Local News
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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. -
The governor has appointed San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg to the California Air Resources Board. -
The Trump Administration continues to lay-off federal employees whose work doesn’t align with the President’s priorities as outlined in a string of executive orders. This week, the President is directing agencies to cut career positions in addition to the probationary workers who’ve been laid off over recent weeks. Meanwhile, a union representing federal employees filed a lawsuit last week against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. -
The Board vote was split 2-2 on an appeal by environmental groups that challenged the transfer of permits to Sable Offshore, the company seeking to restart the pipeline. -
San Luis Obispo residents can learn more about a proposed garbage rate hike at an informational session Wednesday. -
Roughly the size of a subcompact car, the SPHEREx telescope will orbit Earth, capturing images in over 100 colors to create a 3D map of the entire sky. -
California State Parks spotted the 10.5-foot whale on early Valentine's Day morning and alerted the Marine Mammal Center. -
A major redevelopment project is in the works for La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara to replace the old Sears with a 443-unit housing complex. -
Emergency officials in Monterey County are recommending that residents living near the Moss Landing Battery Storage Facility continue to take precautionary measures after smoke and fire appeared at the building this week. -
After wildfires scorched parts of Los Angeles County, Governor Gavin Newsom is tightening fire safety rules.
