A Central Coast state lawmaker is urging US Senators to reject a major federal spending bill for Homeland Security, citing concerns about immigration enforcement and cuts to healthcare.

The biennial Point-in-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness took place in San Luis Obispo County on January 27, 2026.

The biennial Point-in-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness took place in San Luis Obispo County on January 27, 2026.

The biennial Point-in-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness took place in San Luis Obispo County on January 27, 2026.

An installation at Cal Poly celebrates a new oral history project that captures the voices of San Luis Obispo’s Arab American community.

The immigrant rights group 805 Undocufund is hosting volunteer training sessions across the Central Coast, covering topics like what to say if questioned by ICE agents and how to recognize them by their car.

The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the 1983 murder of Dorothy Tate, who went by the nickname Toby, has been solved.

The City of San Luis Obispo decided not to join a county-wide letter in support of Diablo Canyon, and instead voted to write their own letter asking the legislature to reinstate a long-standing tax on the nuclear power plant.

California State Senator John Laird says he’s working to introduce a bill that would reinstate a tax on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

US Representative Salud Carbajal toured a Los Osos coffee roaster on Friday to hear how federal tariffs are affecting small businesses on the Central Coast. The visit comes as Carbajal pushes legislation aimed at limiting the president’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval.