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On immigration, two viewpoints can both be valid

Written on 11 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

By Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown Last week at the U. S. Capitol, in one of my final duties as president of the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA), I presented Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota with our organization’s Legislator of... (Continue reading)

Help stop the proposed California tax on driving

Written on 9 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL If California legislators have their way, in effect, every road in our state will become a toll road, including your own driveway! That is because all those democrats clamoring about the affordability crisis are simultaneously planning... (Continue reading)

Apparently, safety is now a political statement

Written on 4 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 30 comments

By ERIK GORHAM According to the Tribune, the real danger downtown last week was not a large public gathering, traffic congestion, or heightened emotions around a controversial issue. It was an internal San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Office memo... (Continue reading)

Never let a manufactured crisis go to waste

Written on 2 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL There are two burning questions having to do with the chaos and violence happening in Minneapolis. First, how did so much fraud occur and nobody in the government caught it, unless the government was intentionally ignoring... (Continue reading)

Deception, law breaking, dodging by California State Parks

Written on 31 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by WILL HARRIS Previous articles in CalCoastNews have detailed the fraud perpetrated by the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District. A particularly noteworthy piece revealed that the APCD claimed without proof that the air above the Nipomo... (Continue reading)

Korsgaden polling in first place for California insurance commissioner

Written on 28 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN California’s insurance system is at a breaking point and the stakes in this election could not be higher. If I lose this race, California could be turning its insurance market over to extreme, government run experiments... (Continue reading)

With open borders, there can be no welfare

Written on 27 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by GARY KIRKLAND History has demonstrated that many countries have had problems with immigration. I am briefly describing one example. In about 376 Common Era, when The Roman Empire was divided into the Western and Eastern Empires, Goths (Germans)... (Continue reading)

Rhetoric has no place in San Luis Obispo County politics

Written on 26 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION by ERIK GORHAM As the national debate over immigration and customs enforcement intensifies, that tension has now spilled into San Luis Obispo County, this time fueled not by policy disagreements, but by reckless rhetoric from a local political leader.... (Continue reading)

Will financial troubles at the SLO County waste agency ever end?

Written on 21 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER As a long-time county-wide watchdog, I have spent the last year watching the embattled San Luis Obispo County waste agency with great interest as it deals with allegations of financial failures. In July, I shared with... (Continue reading)

No anti-ICE zones, Paso Robles mayor agrees

Written on 20 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

Opinion by Paso Robles Mayor John Hamon As mayor of Paso Robles, I want to reaffirm my support for the constitutional rights of all individuals to peacefully assemble, speak freely, and express their views. Peaceful civic engagement is a vital... (Continue reading)