The 805 A clean sweep of riverside homeless encampments in Lompoc Hosted by Jonathan Bastian Aug. 31, 2018 Central Coast Listen 30 min MORE A fire at a homeless encampment by the Santa Ynez River in June. Photo credit: Lompoc Fire Department. From this Episode: Lompoc fires trigger large-scale homeless encampment cleanup For years, homeless people have built encampments along the Santa Ynez River in Lompoc. Some are tents, but others are full wooden houses. 8 min Do shark bracelets really reduce the risk of shark attacks? There has been a lot of talk lately about shark activity off California’s Coast. In fact, there’s a juvenile shark nesting spot within a mile of Padaro Beach in Carpinteria. 9 min The first immigrant woman to head up a U.S. union will lead United Farm Workers Since the 1960s, the United Farm Workers has fought on behalf of farmworkers for better pay, more rights, and dignity. A lot of that organizing started in Oxnard, where the... 6 min From hemp to dispensaries, cannabis wars along the Central Coast Earlier this summer, officials in Santa Barbara selected three pot shops to operate legally within city limits. Now, the owners of a shop that didn’t make the cut is... 7 min Credits Host: Jonathan Bastian Producer: Kathryn Barnes