Welcome to the Slo Coast Journal. Published online monthly, the Journal is here to bring you information specific to our part of California's Central Coast.
"The notion of a free press, of an institution that monitors those in power and those who wish to be in power, that ferrets out truth from lies, that draws public attention to the pressing issues of our times, is a cornerstone of a liberal democratic theory."
Robert McChesney in the Political Economy of the Media
Local High School Student Wins $500 Scholarship
from Morro Photo Expo
Morro Bay High School senior, Sue-Lyn Dorrough was awarded a $500 scholarship on June 14 by Morro Photo Expo. Sue-Lyn, a Los Osos resident, will use the scholarship to further her studies in photography and graphic design at Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois. Read More
Benefit Concert to Support Disaster Relief Efforts in Japan and Non-nuclear Groups Worldwide
Attend the concert and see Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Jason Mraz, the Doobie Brothers, Tom Morello, John Hall, Kitaro, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Jonathan Wilson, and special guests. August 7 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco.
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Our Jack McCurdy will be appearing on the Dave Congalton talk-radio program on Thursday, July 7, from 4:30 - 5:30 to discuss the recent Associated Press stories on nuclear energy. Be sure and tune in - KVEC Talk Radio 920. Caller line is 805 543-8830.
Independent Probes Expose Nuclear Plants Menace
Nuclear plants in the U.S. are getting very old, hard to repair and keep running safely, allowed to put off fixes and upgrades by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, by all accounts, are acutely dangerous for the millions of Americans who live close to them, two investigations by independent news agencies have documented in landmark studies that send a dire warning throughout the country. Read More
EPA Proposes Lax Power Plant Rules
Power plants like the one in Morro Bay may be able to go on indefinitely using water from bays, estuaries and the ocean to cool their generators—and kill untold billions of fish and larvae in the process—under new regulations of that water use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency despite federal court decisions ordering sharp restrictions. Read More
Questions Still Mark Proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant
Morro Bay and Cayucos have a new consultant hired to develop a new wastewater treatment plant plan after the previous one was rejected by the California Coastal Commission earlier this year because it failed to meet local and state requirements. Whether the new plan will win approval is still far from uncertain, but two public workshops on the consultant's work plan indicated a faltering start. Read More
—— WWTP Delays: Were They A Sham? ——
The Morro Bay-Cayucos wastewater treatment plant saga has been marked by one thing: the unexplained and bewildering delays in getting the project built over the past several years and more. But now the real reason has been revealed: Cayucos has been refusing to pay some of the costs, Morro Bay's city attorney says. Read More
