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Volunteers 2026
Never worked with wildlife before? No problem. You can start out in the baby bird room at Pacific Wildlife Care, volunteer coordinator Brook Segall said. New volunteers can sign up for four-hour shifts to help clean cages and feed the little guys. Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal writes about the organization, its mission, and its big move as part of our annual Volunteers issue. We’ve got more stories for you, too. Staff Writer Chloë Hodge…
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Advocates concerned about what the recent surge in ICE arrests on the Central Coast means for 2026
The last few days of 2025 were very different than the rest of the year when it came to immigration enforcement on the Central Coast. An estimated 147 arrests were made in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties over a four-day period at the end of December, according to 805 UndocuFund Executive Director Primitiva Hernandez, including at least 87 in the city of Santa Maria, 12 in Paso Robles, 10 in San Miguel, and…
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This place in time is so depressing. A bad dream that’s hard to understand. And it’s all because of national politics. This administration. Its tactics. Its bad attitude. The rhetoric it…
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Kula Hawaiian Kitchen in Atascadero delivers elevated island comfort
When Chris and Ayako Williams set their sights on San Luis Obispo County, they were living in Las Vegas and looking for a small town to move to where they could buy a winery and set themselves up for retirement. Find your comfortKula Hawaiian Kitchen is…
An Orcutt baker is on a mission to deliver top-tier goods, minus the gluten
Melissa Bagley tries not to start her workdays before 6 a.m. If everything goes to plan, nine hours later she’ll be heading out the door to deliver dozens of freshly baked cookies, decadent cakes, and soft loaves of bread that customers ordered from her business, La…
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