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Paso Robles councilman describes Tribune, city settlement

Written on 11 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by CHRIS BAUSCH With regards to requests to respond to my co-respondent the City of Paso Robles’ attorney’s statement released on Sept. 8 and multiple stories published since by the petitioner the SLO Tribune, I am pleased to confirm... (Continue reading)

The sour grapes of socialists

Written on 9 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL John Steinbeck’s classic “The Grapes of Wrath,” published in 1939, got its title from the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The hymn’s line is, “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:... (Continue reading)

Senate Bill 577 ends protections for child sexual assault victims

Written on 8 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

Opinion by San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow I must respectfully oppose Senate Bill 577. If signed into law, it will result in a significant rollback of victim protections established by the Justice for Survivors Act just two... (Continue reading)

Mainstream media absent on plans to gerrymander California

Written on 5 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments
San Luis Obispo County Colab Greg Haskin

OPINION by GREG HASKIN An enormously important issue is before California voters and will be decided in just two months, yet it is unlikely that you will read or hear much about it, or at least any significant details about... (Continue reading)

California’s offshore wind plans are terminally ill

Written on 1 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS The Department of Transportation’s Aug. 29 crucial decision and action will have more than significant impacts on the future of offshore wind in California. You could say that the minimally heralded action not only threw a... (Continue reading)

Is Oceano Community Services District acting recklessly?

Written on 22 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

By JULIE TACKER Oceano is designated as a disadvantaged community. And while the Oceano Community Services District recently increases its sewer rates by 274% and its water rates by 50% over the next five years to tackle millions of dollars... (Continue reading)

Gone with the offshore wind farms

Written on 19 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION by BOB SMITH As I sat with my wife’s family for my birthday dinner this past weekend at Goleta Beach, everyone marveled at the view of the ocean from our table. I couldn’t help but say, “Now imagine it... (Continue reading)

California’s crime spree and Gov. Gavin Newsom

Written on 14 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL While Gov. Gavin Newsom is closing one prison after another in California, criminal activity has not abated in our state for a myriad of reasons. In the City of Santa Barbara, at their recent annual Old... (Continue reading)

Is the United States becoming more like Russia under Trump?

Written on 8 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER I and others here in the United States are looking into a future where the similarities between our country and Russia are becoming more and more resoundingly clear. The following are a dozen ways that the United... (Continue reading)

A long list of undesirables – elected, blind and otherwise

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at... (Continue reading)