People gathered Tuesday night on Cal Poly’s campus to protest a speaker who advocates for banning gender affirming care for minors. The event was sponsored by the Cal Poly chapter of Turning Point USA, a group that focuses on educating students on conservative issues.

Tomorrow, a new community event called the Mariposa Festival is honoring the migration of the Western Monarch Butterfly to the Central Coast. The festival is a collaboration between the Central Coast State Parks Association and the Latino Outreach Council to honor the Latino culture’s connection to the declining species.

A local Chumash artist completed a new mural on Cambria’s post office. It’s meant to honor Chumash heritage and raise awareness about a proposed national marine sanctuary that would protect 150 miles of coastline in the San Luis Obispo County area.

The Grover Beach Police Department said several city residents received what they call “inflammatory and hateful” flyers on their doorsteps and vehicles. The department said the fliers promoted a website upholding the “European race.”

Local researchers are gathering data on San Luis Obispo County’s indigenous Latinx population. They say it’s meant to better understand and address this community’s healthcare challenges.

A San Luis Obispo art gallery is displaying photos of eight LGBTQ+ families that live on the Central Coast. The exhibit was created in response to the sudden rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that has swept across the country.

A new documentary tells the story of an indigenous man based in Ventura who's been working to save a traditional Chumash craft. He builds tomols — canoes that local tribes used for thousands of years in coastal waters.

The Central Coast Queer Archive Project is co-hosting an event on May 12 ahead of Pride Month in June. They describe it as a “re-queering” of a San Luis Obispo business which used to be one of the few gay bars in the city’s history.

In this final episode of In Between, we explore the thriving drag scene in SLO County. What was once an underground subculture has now gone mainstream — not just here, but across the nation.

After public outcry, last week the Solvang City Council partially reversed their denial of a proposal to hang banners and paint crosswalks in celebration of pride month. KCBX’s Amanda Wernik speaks with Santa Maria Sun Reporter Taylor O’Connor about her two-part series on the controversy.