Category: Opinion

Unequal enforcement is alive and well in San Luis Obispo County, especially now with the ongoing influx of corporations and big money into the Paso Robles and Templeton areas.  My family has a small farm and farm stand on...

I want to thank Susan and Mark Garman for calling attention to the spread of misinformation regarding offshore wind energy projects. (“The Monster Among Us” Vol. 6, issue 6) Before addressing that matter, however, I need to...

Recently KSBY reported on REACT Alliance’s very successful Save Our Seas event in Morro Bay.  In response to an inquiry on the story from KSBY, Equinor, one of the three offshore wind lease holders, was quoted as saying, “We...

Grizzly bears are going to be reintroduced back into Los Osos. During early California, Grizzly bears were common in Los Osos. Spanish soldiers were very cruel to them and they are all gone now. The bears that are coming are...

BY Gail Johnson, Morro Bay I would like to point out some fundamental inaccuracies in Mr. Farrell’s article in the March 14 issue: “BESS EIR Draft Released”. Mr. Farrell states: “The BESS, at 600 MW would be the largest in...

There is a monster loose on our Central Coast. Yes, there is a very real monster lurking in the shadows of our coastal community. It feeds on fear. It enters the brain through the eyes and ears. It infects unsuspecting people...

(Written in San Ignacio Lagoon on February 18th, 2024.) We headed further out into the lagoon. The Pacific gently breaking across the shallows, showing them the entrance to their place of maternal refuge and ecstatic Cetacean...

For two years I worked in SLO, providing life-saving assistance to the homeless population and intravenous drug users. I would dispose of their used syringes and provide them with safe injection supplies. Working with this...

This is to alert the good people of Cayucos that a dreadful plan to build an imposing, multi-story hotel on a fragile beach bluff in the heart of our town is making a comeback. In 2021 this woefully ill-advised project was...

Thank you, Gail Johnson, for your letter to the Estero Bay News (Estero Bay News Vol. 6, Issue 2), regarding any danger of Morro Bay being “industrialized.” Opponents of the proposed offshore wind farm as well as the BESS- the...

It’s interesting to note (at least to me) that if there is a scale of priorities when moving to a new city or place, the neighbors you get is, well, rather a crapshoot and pretty much down on the list.   You no doubt first...

Greetings California Coastal Commissioner Heidi Harmon and SLO County Supervisor Bruce Gibson, My name is Paul Andreano and I am a resident of Cayucos in SLO County. I am writing today to ask both the Commission and the County...