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The intersectionality of solar, oil and housing

Written on 18 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | No comments

OPINION BY ANDY CALDWELL If you had to pick out one issue in California that best represents the affordability crises, it would have to be the cost of housing.  Housing everywhere is, of course, affected by the law of supply... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach candidate says she did not know she owed money

Written on 18 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by CLARE MALONE PRICHARD Regarding a recent opinion piece about me, my husband and I were unaware until this week that the author had not received payment. To be clear, we never refused to pay. We believed in good... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach candidate’s misinformation campaign continues

Written on 16 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by MEL STAHLMAN My opinion in the letter to the editor of the CalCoastNews on Sept. 1, stands correct. I feel a candidate’s honesty and credibility is paramount when running for Pismo Beach City Council and do not feel... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach candidate says neighbor threatened her husband

Written on 14 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by CLARE MALONE PRICHARD My husband and I did initiate a spite-fence complaint concerning the Stahlmans’ property, with the goal of requiring a reduction in the height of their hedge along our shared property line—not to obtain monetary compensation.... (Continue reading)

Neighbor questions Pismo Beach City Council candidate’s integrity

Written on 13 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by MEL STAHLMAN As our community prepares to vote on members of the Pismo Beach City Council, I feel a deep obligation to share my personal experiences with candidate Clare Malone Prichard. Candidates must possess fairness, ethics, integrity, and... (Continue reading)

The kissing cousins of the affordability crises

Written on 1 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL There is no denying the fact that the affordability crisis is real. Our housing costs are beyond the reach of most citizens, especially young adults, and food, fuel, electricity, and even water, are more expensive than... (Continue reading)

Socialism? Let’s not

Written on 27 Aug, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN Three months ago, I was traveling the state running for California Insurance Commissioner. I finished a near third out of eleven candidates and first among Republicans. I lost the primary, but I will never stop caring... (Continue reading)

Manipulation, hype and floating offshore windmills

Written on 24 Aug, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS Sad to say, we are living in a time of incessant manipulation, subterfuge and downright hype at the hands of our politicians and their favorite corporate donors and glad-hand buddies. Here, in the land of “energy... (Continue reading)

Tears in the darkness: The Battling Bastards of Bataan

Written on 18 Aug, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor at the beginning of World War 2, they set their sights on the Philippines because of its strategic location. The Battle of Bataan began on Jan. 6, 1942, and almost... (Continue reading)

When policy puts firefighters at risk

Written on 15 Aug, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION by SHANNON KESSLER The Timber Fire is burning in the steep, rugged country of the Los Padres National Forest and the Ventana Wilderness. Hotshot crews are hiking miles into exceptionally steep terrain with almost no fire roads to support... (Continue reading)