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Central Coast tribes push to reclaim ancestors’ remains and belongings

Salinan Tribal Councilmember Robert Piatti remembers when he realized that what was sitting beneath a university campus wasn’t just archival material—it could also be people.  “I was a reporter at Cal State Long Beach,” he said. “In the humanities building, down in the basement, there were boxes and boxes of bodies. And it was awful, really awful.” Those boxes held Native American ancestors—human remains taken from their graves and stored in university collections. That…

Second District supervisor candidates discuss campaign differences

San Luis Obispo County’s 2nd District voters will elect a brand-new supervisor to represent them for the first time in 20 years come June 2. Thanks to long-serving 2nd District Supervisor Bruce Gibson stepping down, constituents will choose between Morro Bay civil engineer and former Fresno City Councilmember Michael Erin Woody, and Gibson’s freshly picked chief of staff, former SLO Chamber of Commerce CEO Jim Dantona. Some voters in District 2—scattered across the Monterey County…


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Up until a year ago, Cal Poly had the remains of 10 Indigenous people in their “collection,” Native Americans who had been dug up from their graves and taken for “study.”…

Try something new with the Central Coast Meatless Meetup crew

Thirteen years ago, Steve Key decided to stop eating animal products. Before he flipped the switch, he’d call himself a “wannabe vegetarian,” refraining from meat most of the time but not going against the grain while out to eat with his buddies. Don’t kale their vibeJoin…

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