San Luis Obispo – California Globe

California Supreme Court Unanimously Reins in Coastal Commission’s Overreach in Major Property Rights Victory

April 24, 2026 9:31 amApril 24, 2026 9:39 am

In a unanimous decision hailed as one of the most significant checks on the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) power in nearly 40 years, the California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the agency unlawfully overrode a county-approved building permit for a...

Super Bowl Sunday: Avocados Grow, Where Water Flows

February 8, 2026 6:00 amFebruary 8, 2026 8:38 am

President Donald Trump’s immigration and tariff policies were met with speculation and fearmongering that both would increase the price of avocados and all agriculture. Meanwhile, others countered with their opposition to Mexican imports and cartel “blood avocados.” Here’s the gospel truth about...

Tunneling to Nowhere: Del Mar Train Proposals Raise Eyebrows

January 2, 2024 6:56 amJanuary 2, 2024 6:57 am

The train tracks along the ocean in Del Mar are slipping and they have been for years. The tracks in the San Clemente area of the same route – which carries freight and the Coaster and AMTRAK Surfliner trains –...

Los Angeles Restaurant Plastic Utensil Ban Ordinance Takes Effect

November 16, 2021 3:24 pmNovember 19, 2021 6:25 am

A new Los Angeles ordinance that bans automatically giving out plastic eating utensils unless the customer specifically asks for them went into effect on Monday, with the city becoming the largest city in the world to have such a law...

Interstate Highway Billboards for Cannabis Ruled Illegal Statewide By SLO County Judge

November 25, 2020 5:48 amNovember 27, 2020 7:53 am

Last weekend San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Ginger Garrett ruled that all billboards advertising for marijuana and cannabis products in California are now illegal due to the wording in Proposition 64. Proposition 64, which California voters passed in 2016,...

How Many California Counties Use ‘Glitchy’ Dominion Voting System?

November 16, 2020 7:20 amNovember 17, 2020 12:27 pm

Across the country, recounts and legal challenges to vote results from November 3, 2020 Presidential Election are taking place in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. At issue in several states is the “glitchy” computer program in Michigan which...

FBI Raid on San Luis Obispo County Government Center

March 12, 2020 6:38 amMarch 12, 2020 7:15 am

UPDATE below: The FBI served a search warrant on San Luis Obispo County officials Wednesday morning at the County Government Center. California Globe spoke to County Supervisor Lynn Compton, but Compton was in Sacramento at the time, and did not...