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Mothers for Peace support a delay in seismic testing

Written on 17 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By MOTHERS FOR PEACE San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace supports gathering seismic information about the earthquake faults near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster and PG&E’s application to renew the licenses, seismic... (Continue reading)

What are the people of Paso Robles going to do?

Written on 15 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By GARY NEMETH The citizens of Paso Robles are the employers, the council are our employees, and it is all right to like them as individuals, but when they continue to prove they are not up to the job... (Continue reading)

PG&E’s pending assault on the sea and gray whales

Written on 12 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION By ROGER CLEARY Some say, short of thermonuclear war, PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, with its radioactive, spent fuel posing a toxic hazard lasting longer than we Homo sapiens have populated this planet presents the biggest threat to... (Continue reading)

Atascadero’s Sunken Gardens rife with crime

Written on 10 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 59 comments

OPINION By DR. JASON PAMBRUN I read “Atascadero police accused of illegal searches” and felt compelled to comment directly. It’s really a shame CalCoastNews didn’t find the time to interview some of us who work every day in the Sunken... (Continue reading)

Renters, no pets allowed

Written on 6 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 52 comments

OPINION By JUDITH BERNSTEIN I read the rental ad and thought, “At last, just the apartment I’ve been looking for!” It was a guest house on a private estate and had it’s own patio and garden, plenty of light in... (Continue reading)

The gory details of Diablo’s seismic testing

Written on 31 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 30 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Reading the Environmental Impact Report for the seismic testing proposed off our beautiful, so-called ‘protected’ coast, I do so with a box of tissues at my side and the tune of “Twelve Days of Christmas” dancing... (Continue reading)

Wanted: Justice Department memo analyzing strikes against suspected terrorists

Written on 29 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

In the world of secret information about powerful people, there are two sets of documents in especially high demand right now. First are Mitt Romney’s undisclosed tax returns. You already know about those. The other is a classified legal memorandum,... (Continue reading)

What will Paso Robles voters decide?

Written on 28 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION By GARY NEMETH The citizens of Paso Robles deserve a new beginning starting by following what the Tribune wrote about the only way to change the current mayor would be by the community deciding on a write in candidate... (Continue reading)

Huasna Valley and California’s war on oil and gas

Written on 27 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

OPINION By ALEX ALEXIEV And so the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to not allow drilling for oil on a private property in the Huasna Valley. While it was a given that the three environmental... (Continue reading)

OCSD misses election deadline

Written on 9 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER In January 2011, five Oceano residents, concerned about the Oceano Community Services District Board’s consideration of selling water to local developers or other cities, crafted an initiative petition.  In less than a week they gathered 577... (Continue reading)