By WILL HARRIS True objectivity is an ideal, a peak never quite summited. But with relevant information and science, the baggage of bias and ignorance can be shed to achieve a high and rightful perch from which consequential decisions can... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The State’s Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission is meeting today in Arroyo Grande where they will discuss attempts to phase out off-road vehicle usage at the Oceano Dunes based on controversial allegations dust from the dunes... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Officials have identified the 31-year-old Atascadero man killed in an off-roading crash at the Oceano Dunes on Sunday afternoon as Taylor Brard as the person. At about 2 p.m., Brard crashed his vehicle near Post 22 at... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN One person was killed and another suffered injuries during an off-roading crash at the Ocean Dunes on Sunday afternoon. At about 2 p.m., a side-by-side off-road vehicle crashed near Post 22 on the Sand Highway at the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE As giant waves pounded the coast on Dec. 28, metal fencing trapped dozens of campers at the Oceano Dunes. One woman, who was smashed between a vehicle and the fencing, sustained bruising over much of her body.... (Continue reading)
Opinion by Will Harris, geologist An open letter to State Parks: Dear Director Armando Quintero, We initially met at Oceano Dunes. I was just up from the shoreline, tending air sampling equipment. That was Oct. 2020 and you, newly appointed... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Despite objections from supervisors Bruce Gibson and Jimmy Paulding, a scientist with the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography is scheduled on Wednesday to present findings from a study that refutes previous assumptions made by the San Luis... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A helicopter airlifted a man to the hospital after he crashed his ATV at the Oceano Dunes on Sunday. [Tribune] Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, the man, who is in his late 20s, was driving... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE In response to the California Coastal Commissions appeal of a trial court ruling that it does not have the authority to ban off-road vehicle recreation on the Oceano Dunes, Friends of Oceano Dunes filed a cross appeal... (Continue reading)
OPINION by ADAM VERDIN For years, the public discussion regarding the Oceano Dunes and vehicle access has been binary: four wheelers versus environmentalists. But it’s not as simple as one would think. Not every person who accesses and recreates on... (Continue reading)