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Spotify dropped their annual list of users’ music habits yesterday. It’s called Spotify wrapped and it caused the City of San Luis Obispo to trend on social media Wednesday evening.
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Violinist Brynn Albanese is bringing live music to hospital patients across the Central Coast. It marks a new beginning for her as a Certified Music Practitioner.
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California sees wind energy as essential to helping the state reach its ambitious climate goals. Critics say the development could industrialize our local waters. To harness this resource, energy companies are geared up to install huge floating wind farms off the state’s coast. Some of the first of these farms will be off the shores of Morro Bay and Santa Barbara. KCBX's Gabriela Fernandez spoke with CalMatters environment reporter, Julie Cart, who has been looking into how these efforts might affect our communities here on the Central Coast.
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Award-winning Mexican-American writer and director, Alyssa Toledo, was born and raised in the Central Coast. She has written and directed three short films of her own, two of them are based in her hometown — Oceano. She expects her latest, Toledo, to be released next year in 2024.
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The Congressman, who represents parts of the Central Coast, joined in a historic vote in the US House of Representatives to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday. KCBX's Amanda Wernik spoke with Congressman Salud Carbajal, who has been critical of the former Speaker.
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A Santa Maria farm labor company has been fined over $1 million for violating farmworkers’ rights.
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KCBX’s Amanda Wernik spoke with Oceanographer and Professor at the UC Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute Libe Washburn about how climate change is affecting waves here on the Central Coast.
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Parts of Hwy 1 in Big Sur are planned to reopen soon, but a major slide is delaying a full reopeningThis year’s heavy storms caused landslides in Big Sur, closing most of Highway 1 in the area. Now, parts of the highway are expected to partially reopen in July — but Caltrans says there’s still one major slide delaying a full reopening.
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It’s been a tough year for California farmers, with heavy storms causing flooding and crop damage. Local advocates and elected officials are asking Congress to pass a disaster relief package for affected farmers.
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Central Coast farmers are dealing with the fallout from last week’s winter storm. Heavy rain caused the Salinas and Pajaro rivers to spill into nearby strawberry fields.