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New Monthly Column Northern Chumash Tribal Council
Local Chumash carry the torch, lighting the way for future generations.
The Northern Chumash Tribal Council recently attended and presented at the Keeping the Homefires Burning Gathering sponsored by the Seventh Generation Fund, which is an indigenous non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native peoples throughout the Americas. This year they celebrated the 11th Keeping the Homefires Burning Gathering on June 15 – 17, 2012 in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Read More
City of Morro Bay Wins National Award for Excellence in Coastal and Ocean Management
The City of Morro Bay is one of four local government groups nationwide to win the 2012 award for Excellence in Local Governance for coastal and ocean management from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Read More
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Special Bulletin — Upgrading the Existing MB Sewer Plant is Dead
by Jack McCurdy
July 11 - The years-long battle over the Morro Bay-Cayucos Sanitary District (MB/CSD) proposal to build a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at its present location is over!
There will NOT be a new plant built to replace the present plant on the shores of Estero Bay, resulting in a momentous defeat for MB/CSD, which has been pushing for it blindly at least since 2008 with misinformation (a new plant at the present site would be cheapest without a shred of evidence), deception and misleading statements by staffs as well as most of the elected representatives. The most bizarre reason for rebuilding the existing plant was stated by mayor Bill Yates, who said, "The plant has always been where it is, so that's what it belongs." Read More
Coastal Commission Ready to Define New Wastewater Treatment Plant
The new Morro Bay and Cayucos Sanitary District wastewater treatment plant, which elected representatives of the two communities have undoubtedly wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on over the past four or more years by failing to conform to what the Coastal Commission staff has made abundantly clear since 2008 must be done to build a new plant, is headed for Commission decision sometime at the Commission meeting on August 8-10 in Santa Cruz. Read More
Shoreline Seismic Studies Hearings This Month in SLO
Two public hearings are scheduled locally at 3 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, on PG&E's proposed seismic imaging project to conduct a high-energy offshore seismic survey to help map various fault zones around the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in Avila Beach. The hearings are scheduled at the San Luis Obispo City/County Library, Community Room, 995 Palm Street. Read More
Oh, the Irony
There's irony here. A site famous for making private information public is being sued for keeping public information private. After Mark Zuckerberg rang the NASDAQ opening bell, the dollar signs in the eyes of small investors quickly vanished as glitches abounded and anxiety spread. When the dust finally settled, optimism was nowhere to be found and pessimism once again stigmatized the financial market. Read More
Let's Clear Up a Few Things About National Marine Sanctuaries
SLO Coast Journal readers may remember the repeated efforts by the Bureau of Reclamation to run a pipeline out from the San Joaquin Valley to dump toxic, selenium-tainted ag waste water into Estero Bay. They may not remember that another proposed route for the pipeline about ten miles north would have dumped that toxic load in the waters off Cambria. This option was rejected in the environmental review process, for one reason: because that site would have been within the boundaries of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary – no toxic dumping allowed. Read More |
The Heart of Darkness Re-visited
The look on the patient's face, even weeks later, will haunt me. Her anguished eyes — avoiding contact with the men in the room — dart rapidly back and forth. She winces at every perceived movement. Her voice, barely audible, utters monosyllabic responses. Despite having worked in emergency medicine for over 20 years, I have never seen a patient display such unspoken suffering and torment.
I am in a medical clinic in the Congo (known as the DRC). The woman before me was held as a sexual hostage for the past year by Congolese rebels. Read More |
 Morro Bay Embarcadero
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Shutterbugs - Featuring Linda McDonald
The Central Coast and photography just seem to go hand and hand. This area is so beautiful, it just beckons to be photographed. We moved here just over 11 years ago and I am so grateful to be living where nature predominates. Nature has always been part of my soul and I am much more comfortable in a world that has more dirt than cement. Living here is a dream come true. Read More |
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