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.
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." . . . George Bernard Shaw
Waves – A Story of Commonality
by Michele Oksen
It's a show that must go on – day and night, all year long. No reservations needed. No tickets to purchase. No schedules to keep. This endless concert invites us to bring our own front row seat and sit awhile. It's a performance that may resonate to the core and change us forever. Where is this show? Read More
How Dogs and Cats Overcame Their Drinking Problem
by Malcolm Riordan, DVM
In having to drink from a standing position with their head down, our best friends had to have a method to overcome gravity — how to lift water when they drink. This drinking problem was overcome by necessity long ago — yet our understanding of their method of drinking was not accurate until 2010/2011. Read More
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PG&E Ready to Kill Many Fish with Nuclear Faults Studies
On August 14 PG&E may be authorized to launch seismic studies of faults along the ocean floor over a 530-nautical-mile region of the central coast of California from Cambria to Guadalupe, which the State Lands Commission says "could cause significant adverse impacts related to some marine biological resources," meaning many fish will likely be killed in the process. The studies are expected to begin next month, in September, and extend for 82 days. Read More
Coastal Commission Ready to Order New MB/CSD Sewer Plant
The California Coastal Commission staff has recommended that no new Morro Bay/Cayucos wastewater treatment plant can be built where the present one is located, has designated where the plant must be built and has outlined the capacity of such a plant to produce an abundant supply of cleansed water for a wide variety of valuable uses by the two communities. The Commission on August 9 is expected to approve those recommendations at its meeting in Santa Cruz, ending years of futile efforts by Morro Bay and Cayucos to avoid the clear and often-stated requirements of the Commission staff for development of a new plant. Read More
More With Less
Next year, there will be more students enrolled in primary, secondary and higher education than ever before in our nation's history. Next years' estimated student population will mark the 27th consecutive increase since 1985.* To meet the increasing and changing enrollment demands of local school districts, state education departments expect the number of public school teachers to increase by 45,000. Read More
State Rebuffs County, Environmentalists on Venue Change for PG&E Seismic Testing Hearing
The California State Lands Commission has rejected requests by a County Supervisor and four San Luis Obispo County-based environmental groups to change the location of its final hearing on PG&E's proposed offshore seismic survey project from Sacramento to San Luis Obispo. Read More
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Initiatives and the Budget
by Gerald Manata
I have done what few voters will do. I have read Propositions 30 and 38, the Brown and Munger tax hike initiatives, in their entirety — twice. They are long and comprehensive but well written, and I like them both. Their main goals are to rescue our K-12 school children from recent devastating cuts by imposing tax hikes on the rich. Read More |
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Shutterbugs - Featuring Marlin Harms
Photography defines me as much as anything does. From the amount of time spent with a camera, to computer time, planning the next shoot, how friends and acquaintances know me—it's what I do. It wasn't always that way. After all, until recently I had a full-time job that wasn't photography. Read More |
Black Oystercatcher Feeding Three Chicks - Taken by Cleve Nash
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