Coast, Abby (played by Fatima Ptacek,
Dora the Explorer,
Before I Disappear), is a 16-year-old who feels desperate to escape the trappings of her small, coastal farming town, as described in the film s official synopsis.
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Coast online at coastthefeature.com. For more info on the film s screenings as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, visit sbiff.org. I wrote this script 10 years ago. It s strange to have to talk about it now, since so much time has passed, Cindy Kitagawa said, referring to her screenplay for
Coast, a locally produced, feature-length film. It was the first script I ever wrote, and I did years of rewrites all while we worked to try and get it made.
Shut Diablo down now No, Mr. Henry, the increased maintenance activity at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is not a conspiracy by public officials and PG&E ( The year the music died, March 25). Unit 2 was offline 25 percent of the time during 2020 and has been offline most of 2021 so far because of problems with the stator. While a failed stator would not cause a radioactive release, it would pose dangers to plant workers, and no electricity can be produced without it. Recurring leaks of hydrogen gas caused shutdowns in July and October of 2020. The Dec. 2 closure was necessitated by excessive vibrations and lasted for several weeks. Unit 2 has only run a few days at a time in 2021, largely for purposes of testing whether PG&E has gotten the vibration problem under control.
A 22-acre, 600-megawatt battery plant could begin construction in Morro Bay as early as 2022. On March 29, Morro Bay City Councilmember Dawn Addis and Mayor John Headding members of the Morro Bay City Council power plant subcommittee hosted a virtual discussion with representatives of Texas-based retail electricity and power generation company Vistra Energy. click to enlarge Image Courtesy Of The City Of Morro Bay
POWER PROJECT Texas-based energy company Vistra is making its case for a 22-acre, 600-megawatt battery plant project in the City of Morro Bay. Vistra Energy initially applied for a permit in 2020 to build a 4-acre, 200-megawatt battery storage plant but withdrew the application. In January, the company submitted another application for a 600-megawatt battery plant with plans to f
The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney s Office filed a motion on March 26 seeking a gag order against Tianna Arata and three other Black Lives Matter protesters and their respective attorneys, citing a collective media campaign that s influencing the county s jury pool. On March 29, about 40 people gathered in front of the DA s Office holding signs that read Stop silencing Black voices and Dan, you already got disqualified, give it up. The group called SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow a racist and accused the office of witness tampering. click to enlarge Photo By Karen Garcia
CONTINUED SUPPORT About 40 people gathered in front of the Palm street entrance of the SLO County Courthouse in protest of the SLO County District Attorney’s Office’s recent motion to file a gag order against Tianna Arata and four