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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.
"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait till oil and coal run out before we tackle that." - Thomas Edison, 1931
 Yak Tityu Tityu, Northern Chumash, and the Chumash
This is part two of a presentation on the Chumash in general and Northern Chumash, Yak Tityu Tityu, specifically. Read part one to learn about the Chumash relationship with ocean, land and coast.
Part two focuses on the Chumash Ethnosphere in two sections: Section A covers some known weavings of their cosmology associated with their solstice sites. Next month's article, Section B, continues the Chumash Ethnosphere by briefly covering the Chumash language and the rise of the overriding dominant culture. Read More
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Art for Art's Sake
The Morro Bay Museum of Natural History is planning "Art for Art," an auction event at the museum set for the evening of November 3rd. Donated works of local artists will be auctioned to raise money for the repair of the sculpture, "Seasons Come / Seasons Go," located at the entrance of the museum. Vandals damaged the sculpture in 2009, forcefully removing the Peregrine Falcon. Read More
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Major Breakthrough: Statewide Network Forms to Close Nuclear Plants
Five months after the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown in Japan, more than 50 organizations held an anti-nuclear summit to organize a statewide network seeking closure of the Diablo Canyon and San Onofre nuclear plants by advocating programs to encourage conservation and expand the development of renewable energy as alternatives to nuclear power. Read More
Diablo Canyon Couldn't Withstand Worst Case Scenario Earthquake
It is abundantly clear that the Japanese power industry seriously underestimated the seismic risk to the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant in Japan, with catastrophic results to surrounding communities. Here at home, PG&E continues to assure us that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant (DCNPP) is safe and consistently minimizes earthquake hazards to the plant in its public statements. Yet the seismically active Shoreline Fault, located just 600 yards from the plant, was only discovered by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2010. Read More
Conservation Already at Work Here
Conservation of energy is starting to gain the spotlight as a potential alternative to reliance on nuclear and fossil-fuel power and the hazards they carry, but it is more than just rhetoric in San Luis Obispo where a natural foods store has installed a comprehensive energy management system that already is achieving large-scale savings of electricity — and money, too. Read More
Nitrates in Morro Bay Municipal Wells – New Facts Emerge
For several years, Morro Bay city staff and officials have claimed that the nitrates in the Morro Basin city wells come from fertilizer used by farmers in the Morro Valley. They allege that runoff from irrigation carries the nitrates into the Morro Basin aquifer, which is the source of the city well water. Read More |
Possible Sites for WWTP Being Released
The California Coastal Commission requested it and so did many residents in their comments following two public workshops on the proposed Morro Bay-Cayucos wastewater treatment plant, and now a list and evaluation of alternative sites for the plant are being released to the public. Read More |
Two Scenic Byway Grants for San Luis Obispo County Announced
San Luis Obispo, CA – Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) announced today that the Route 1 San Luis Obispo North Coast Scenic Byway, stretching 57 miles along the Central Coast from San Simeon in the north to San Luis Obispo in the south, has been selected to receive two grants, totaling $84,800, from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byway Program. Read More
WWTP Brine Disposal Concerns
A proposal to discharge brine waste from the operations of a local water treatment company has aroused the concerns of Morro Bay residents. The brine would be discharged into the Morro Bay-Cayucos wastewater treatment plant ocean outfall. Residents have raised issues including regarding permits, environmental impacts, and possible changes related to the new plant. Read More
Our Museum of Natural History in Morro Bay
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