KCBX

03/01/2025

KCBX NEWS UPDATES!

⚡ Morro Bay city council extends battery plant ban for another two years
🌊 Split vote puts Refugio Oil Pipeline project in limbo
☁️ SLO County Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg becomes first local official on California air board
➡️ Federal employee labor union retaliates against Trump Administration's string of layoffs
🗑️ SLO City to hold informational session on proposed waste rate hike

Read, or listen to the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org (link in bio)

02/25/2025

Trotamundos plays live every Monday from 10pm - Midnight! Miss a show? Catch it on-demand, after-the-fact, and anytime at kcbx.org (link in bio)

David Figueroa is the host of Trotamundos, the show where you can expect to swoon, sing, dance, and ponder while wandering across the planet. Celebrate diversity, freedom, and the message in the music. Enjoy a variety of genres from alt Latino to reggae, Afro-beat to samba, and slide into the rhythms as you're taken across borders.

02/21/2025

KCBX NEWS UPDATES!

➡️ Santa Maria students participate in city-wide walkout; ask for legal protections against ICE agents
✅ Gov. Newsom adds 1.4 million acres of state land into highest fire risk categories
🔋 Emergency officials overlook Moss Landing battery storage facility after second fire breaks out
🏘️ New housing project planned for old Sears site in Santa Barbara
🐋 Scientists investigate a rare pygmy s***m whale stranding on Pismo Beach

Read or listen to the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org (link in bio)

02/20/2025

Tune into... Freedom Jazz Dance! You can catch the show on Mondays from 8-10pm, live at 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo or at kcbx.org. Or, if you missed an episode, listen to past shows on-demand and anytime at kcbx.org (link in bio)

Keep your Monday evenings energized with music that embodies the spirit of freedom and the joy of dance. Tune in for jazz tinged with world, funk, blues, R&B, and fusion.

Host Rick Mathews offers up the perfect Monday night blend, including tunes from Miles Davis and Cécile McLorin Salvant to Billie Holiday and Julian Lage.

02/15/2025

Now is the time to make your voice heard! A new Congress is in session, and renewed threats to public media put our local radio and TV stations at risk. Stand up and help protect them today. Join us: https://bit.ly/40SBiHn

This Valentine’s Day, show some love for your public media stations! 💌 Send a message of support to your lawmakers: https://bit.ly/40SBiHn

02/14/2025

KCBX NEWS UPDATES!

➡️ Santa Barbara Town Hall draws thousands concerned over Trump's policies
☑️ Goleta joins push to block Refugio pipeline restart before appeal hearing
✅ Fly deaths overtake Covid-19 in California. Here's what that means for the Central Coast
🏖️ A Buellton-based nonprofit is helping make California beaches more accessible
🌧️ Storm boosts SLO County reservoir levels, easing drought concerns

Read or listen to the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org (link in bio)

02/10/2025

KCBX NEWS UPDATES!

☑️ $6 million budget deficit causes local school board to make staff and program cuts
➡️ Congressman responds to DOGE's "read-only" access to government payment system
🏘️ New modular forms to bring 4,200 new beds to Cal Poly
⛈️ SLO, Santa Barbara Counties warn against ocean swimming after rain due to contaminated runoff
🏢 Santa Barbara tenants strike over alleged harassment and eviction threats

Read, or listen to, the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org (link in bio)

02/02/2025

KCBX NEWS UPDATES

🦋 Monarch butterflies face endangered status as Pismo Grove population declines
🛻 Santa Barbara to consider ordinance limiting food truck operations in city limits
☑️ SLO County school district picks up process to sell two of its campuses
➕ Local nonprofit seems to grow free math tutoring program for kids in need
🔋 Morro Bay approves ordinance banning battery energy storage systems within its city limits
🌊 Santa Barbara fishermen and UCSB team up to restore kelp forests

Read, or listen to, the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org (link in bio)

01/23/2025

Tune into Issues & Ideas every Monday from 1-2pm, at 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo, or on-demand and all the time at kcbx.org (link in bio)

Issues and Ideas is a show that features a wide variety of people sharing their thoughts and perspectives about local issues, initiatives and events on the Central Coast. You might hear a policy maker discussing new regulation, an artist sharing their creative process, an entrepreneur exploring sustainable business practices, or an author talking about her latest book.

Regular contributors and segments include: the KCBX News team; Carol Tangeman on a variety of local issues and people, travel correspondent Tom Wilmer's Journeys of Discovery; Father lan Delinger's Playing With Food; Literary Reviews by Brian Reynolds; Dr. Consuelo Meux's Nonprofit Story: Robin Coleman on animal welfare, Stu Soren on local issues; and Kim Bisheff on local government, along with many other occasional contributors from our Central Coast community. Meher Ali produces, edits, contributes interviews, and anchors the program.

01/23/2025

Tune into Issues and Ideas on Mondays from 1-2pm, at 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo, or on-demand at kcbx.org (link in bio)

Issues and Ideas is a show that features a wide variety of people sharing their thoughts and perspectives about local issues, initiatives and events on the Central Coast. You might hear a policy maker discussing new regulation, an artist sharing their creative process, an entrepreneur exploring sustainable business practices, or an author talking about her latest book.

Regular contributors and segments Include: the KCBX News team, Carol Tangeman on a variety of local issues and people, travel correspondent Tom Wilmer's Journeys of Discovery; Father lan Delinger's Playing With Food; Literary Reviews by Brian Reynolds; Dr. Consuelo Meux's Nonprofit Story, Robin Coleman on animal welfare; Stu Soren on local issues; and Kim Bisheff on local government, along with many other occasional contributors from our Central Coast community, Meher Ali produces, edits, contributes interviews, and anchors the program.

01/11/2025

KCBX News Updates!

➡️ SLO County revisits its own disaster plan as LA fires burn
🏗️ Grover Beach project unleashes tar-like smell on major street
🦭 Birthing season brings crowds to Elephant Seal Rookery
🐈 Central Coast animal shelters assist as LA wildfires displace pets

Check out the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org (link in bio)

01/04/2025

KCBX News Updates!

🗳️ Heather Moreno represents changing of the guard on SLO Board of Supervisors
🌤️ La Niña makes her presence felt on a dry Central Coast
➡️ Two cats died of bird flu in Santa Barbara County - here's what you need to know
🚌 With new bus route, Santa Maria Transit aims to speed up trip to SLO

Check out the full versions of these KCBX News stories at kcbx.org, where you can find many other local stories which represent you and your community (link in bio)

01/02/2025

Join a rotating cast of hosts on Ritmo y Sabor for a musical adventure into the world of Afro-Cuban music, Salsa and Latin jazz from around the globe every Friday, from 10pm - Midnight, PST. Hosts include Pedro Arroyo, David Figueroa, and guest hosts.

Tune into our music shows live at 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo, or listen to episodes on-demand at kcbx.org (link in bio)