Category: Opinion

The proponents of Morro Bay Initiative A24 claim it is intended to stop construction of a battery storage facility on the old power plant property owned by energy company Vistra.  But, the Initiative makes no mention, as in...

This past week firefighters extinguished another lithium-ion battery storage fire, this time at the Gateway Energy Storage facility in the Otay Mesa area of San Deigo.  It took over a day to fight the fire that created toxic...

Thank you to Cherise Hansson and Travis Leage for the great children’s play area next to Harborwalk!  It’s filled with happy kids enjoying the beautiful mosaic sea mammal sculptures. I’d like to see a small plaque on the bench...

Viewpoint When it comes right down to it folks, we are living in a most confusing time. It’s next to impossible to discern the truth of a matter and get credible sources of info on anything you may be interested in. Media...

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...