How Many Lawsuits and Legal Threats Must Cal Coast News Get to Report Reality?

Aaron Ochs
4 min readApr 28, 2022
Legal threats and lawsuits against Cal Coast News cost lots of money.

It’s a valid question.

Almost a year ago, I was informed about a retraction demand sent to Cal Coast News from two women who co-organized a vigil for a Kristin Smart vigil. The website accused them of attempting to eject the online tabloid’s photographer from the event. They even accused one of the women of reportedly assaulting…

Aaron Ochs

Author, artist, advocate and entrepreneur from Morro Bay, California.