San Luis Obispo is preparing to change how city council elections are run, following a voting rights settlement approved in 2024.

Across the Central Coast, people took to the streets and held vigils last weekend in reaction to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7.

According to the press release, the proposed ordinance would “bar federal immigration agents from entering non-public areas of SLO County property without a judicial warrant..."

The Santa Barbara City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to temporarily freeze rent increases. The proposal includes two ordinances.

A vigil was held in San Luis Obispo Thursday night to honor Renee Good who was shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Dozens gathered downtown to mourn her death and to voice fear and anger over immigration enforcement nationwide.

The members of Congress representing California’s Central Coast were briefed on President Trump’s military actions in Venezuela on Wednesday.

California’s new laws requiring immigration officers to show identification and limit the use of masks are meant to increase transparency during the enforcement process. But questions remain about how those laws will be enforced.

California’s new laws requiring immigration officers to show identification and limit the use of masks are meant to increase transparency during the enforcement process. But questions remain about how those laws will be enforced.

California’s new laws requiring immigration officers to show identification and limit the use of masks are meant to increase transparency during the enforcement process. But questions remain about how those laws will be enforced.

Elephant seal birthing and mating season is underway along the Central Coast. Wildlife officials say beaches near San Simeon are already busy.