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Dirty details on the 48% Santa Barbara County Supervisor raises

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL On Tuesday, Santa Barbara County Supervisors Steve Lavagnino, Bob Nelson, Joan Hartmann, Laura Capps, and Roy Lee will consider giving themselves a 48% raise worth $56,000 per year, for an annual salary of $171,000. The justification... (Continue reading)

State Parks’s Oceano Dunes public records: Suppress the science

Written on 11 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

By WILL HARRIS Oceano Dunes, a unique shoreline park south of Pismo Beach, offers coastal access, affordable camping, and exceptional off-road recreational opportunities. Or it did. Now, after an expense of more than $25 million, nearly half the park has... (Continue reading)

Moss Landing fire: Where does California go from here?

Written on 7 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

Opinion by California State Sen. John Laird The people of Moss Landing are experiencing what the people of Pajaro and Capitola have experienced before them. Three weeks after the catastrophic fire, news cameras and reporters are slipping away, they must... (Continue reading)

California needs to critically evaluate and reform policies

Written on 4 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN Insurance is the foundation of a robust financial strategy and is vital to securing a prosperous future for California. However, recent events, notably the wildfires in Los Angeles, have exposed severe systemic issues plaguing our state’s... (Continue reading)

What blows up in Nipomo doesn’t stay in Nipomo

Written on 3 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL There are many more facilities like the one that blew up at Moss Landing planned for the Central Coast! We need to act now to ensure public safety is tantamount, as it affects these sites which present the potential for toxic... (Continue reading)

Youth coaching: where heroes inspire heroes

Written on 2 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by ANNIE BRAFF In youth sports, the scoreboard looms large over every game, its numbers seeming to define success or failure. But for truly exceptional coaches, victories are not tallied in points—they are measured in moments that echo across... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Paulding has failed Nipomo

Written on 31 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by ADAM VERDIN San Luis Obispo County residents deserve consistent and transparent leadership. Yet, when it comes to the controversial Caballero Battery Storage Project in Nipomo, the response from 4th District Supervisor Jimmy Paulding tells a different story. If... (Continue reading)

Offshore wind energy is another problem, not the solution

Written on 27 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS Okay folks, after over two years of listening to virtue signaling NGO’s, climate apocalypse shaming hipsters, politically driven energy opportunists and just plain ignorant-of-the-facts state and local political dignitaries, I’ve just about had it up to... (Continue reading)

Locals thank Trump for halting costly, destructive offshore wind energy

Written on 24 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

Statement of REACT Alliance REACT Alliance would like to thank President Trump for taking such a decisive stance on stopping the proliferation of offshore wind in the United States. The halting of all new offshore wind permits will have a... (Continue reading)

Trump halts offshore wind: Will California pay the price?

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

Statement from the Sierra Club On the first day of his presidency, Donald Trump announced he is halting development of all offshore wind projects across the United States. Right now, there are enough offshore wind projects in development in the... (Continue reading)