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Lower housing costs, vote for change in the November election

Written on 4 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Some people vote with their feet; others don’t vote at all. Speaking of California, more than ten million people have left in the last sixteen years. Yes, you read that right, ten million! Why did so... (Continue reading)

Settlements aren’t verdicts, name calling isn’t evidence, facts matter

Written on 2 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by ERIK GORHAM I’ll explain this mess so you don’t have to suffer through it. The San Luis Obispo Tribune’s latest editorial tells District 2 voters Chris Bausch is “disgraced,” “reckless” and “unfit” for office. It says he put... (Continue reading)

A $6.46 million solution to an air-conditioning problem?

Written on 25 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by DORIAN BAKER Paso Robles Joint Unified School District says students deserve an air-conditioned gym. Yet the district says demolishing the existing high school gym and building a new one on the tennis courts may cost less than adding... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County’s housing credibility gap

Written on 23 Sep, 2026 in Literary Corner, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I asked the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors a simple question: Why would you rezone 16,000 acres of ag land for solar panels, when California has an excess of the same, but you won’t rezone... (Continue reading)

Offshore wind proponents offer smoke and mirrors

Written on 21 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS Did you know that hype can be used as a verb or a noun? Here are a couple of definitions and examples of appropriate use. Hype as a verb – “To publicize or promote especially by... (Continue reading)

Why Paso Robles schools should adopt a one flag policy

Written on 19 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

By KENNEY ENNEY On the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, and in the year of America’s 250th birthday, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (PRJUSD) should do something simple and overdue: fly only the United States flag and the California... (Continue reading)

The intersectionality of solar, oil and housing

Written on 18 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 2 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 | 4 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)