More than 7 million Californians live within 1 mile of an oil or gas well.
Living near oil and gas wells is linked with an increased risk of cancer, asthma, and high-risk pregnancies.
Senate Bill 467, the dangerous drilling bill, was introduced into the California Legislature by Sens. Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). SB 467 bans fracking, acid well stimulation, cyclic steam injection, steam flooding, and other extreme, highly polluting forms of extraction. These methods are currently used in Cat Canyon, endangering the Santa Maria Valley water basin on which more than 100,000 residents rely for drinking water.
California is one of the largest oil-producing states in the U.S., yet we have no regulations to protect us from drilling. SB 467 includes a 2,500-foot setback between operations and schools, churches, and community centers. The bill also provides a path for oil workers to transition into oil and gas well remediation jobs.
On Saturday, April 10, the Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre will present a virtual compilation of 17 students performing duets from various musicals. The event will start streaming at 7:30 p.m. and is part of Cal Poly s 28th annual Open House programming (which takes place virtually, Thursday, April 8, through Saturday, April 10). The participating students of this duet collection collaborated with one another remotely, through extensive virtual rehearsals online. Viewers can expect to enjoy iterations of Anything You Can Do (from
Annie Get Your Gun), The Rain In Spain (from
My Fair Lady), If I Loved You (from
Carousel), and All er Nuthin (from
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.
Show times Find out more about
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