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Latest Stories from KCBX News
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NOAAOn Thursday, the board unanimously voted to refer Sable Offshore Corp. to the California Attorney General for allegedly violating state water laws by polluting waterways. -
Bree Zender/KCBXA local chapter of Moms for Liberty is pressuring San Luis Obispo County schools to follow four executive orders issued by President Donald Trump, including measures that target transgender students. -
NOAAA Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge Thursday denied a request to stop Sable Offshore Corp. from working on a pipeline tied to the Refugio oil spill. -
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.
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KCBX's Out of Reach is an in-depth series on Santa Barbara County's housing crisis, reported by Beth Thornton. Senior editor Marisa Waddell and editor Benjamin Purper contributed to this project. This special report is made possible by a grant from the Sunflower Foundation. -
"Beyond the Furrows" is a 12-part series about farmworkers in Santa Barbara County. Through feature reporting, KCBX's Francisco Martinez explores a variety of issues this population faces, including wage theft, labor trafficking, access to health care, problems with immigration status and more. Journalism combined with intimate profiles of individual farmworkers provide a comprehensive, in-depth look at the people who make the food we enjoy possible. -
KCBX News aims to provide our audience with the latest local and regional information and updates on the coronavirus and COVID-19. We will update this post as new information becomes available.Click on the link in the county name to find important public health resources in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Monterey counties.Click HERE to view a COVID-19 case map of San Luis Obispo County.CLICK HERE TO SEE A TIMELINE ARCHIVE OF EARLIER CORONAVIRUS-RELATED INFORMATION. -
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More Local News
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More Californians are now dying from the flu than from COVID-19, marking the first time since 2020. -
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. -
School officials say budget cuts are imminent as San Luis Coastal Unified School District faces a $6 million budget deficit. -
A Central Coast representative is reacting to the Trump Administration's latest move—allowing tech executives to have “read-only” access to the government’s payment system. -
Cal Poly is adding more than 4,000 new on-campus beds through a partnership with manufacturing company FullStack Modular. The university plans to build nine new dorms over the next five years on the current K1, K2 and R1 parking lots. -
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties have issued public health advisories warning residents to stay out of the ocean during and after rainstorms. -
Tenants at a Santa Barbara apartment complex are going on strike by refusing to pay rent until the property owners meet their demands. -
San Luis Obispo County is fighting a court ruling to discharge more water from Lopez Lake to protect steelhead trout. -
Monarch butterfly numbers at Pismo Grove have dropped significantly this year, according to the nonprofit Xerces Society’s annual count. 556 western monarchs were counted in Pismo this season—thousands fewer than usual.
