On a Thursday spring morning in Paso Robles, Aurora William drives into a dirt lot by a hotel to a familiar sight: four other volunteers equipped with bags of supplies, from breakfast burritos to Fentanyl test strips. For the past four years, William and other community members from local churches have met here each week […]
Author Archives: Ari Lopez
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One Year Later: How one podcast shaped a murder trial
Mustang News interviewed Your Own Backyard podcast creator Chris Lambert and Flores family attorney Harold Mesick in a special feature documentary reflecting on the trial, one year after the verdict.
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MN Now: May 25, 2023
Mustang News reporter Ari Lopez brings you the top stories from this week…
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WATCH: Cal Poly Students and Alumni Plant Trees in Urban Areas
The Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo or ECOSLO has multiple programs looking to restore and increase greenery in the city of San Luis Obispo. One of these programs is Urban Tree Planting, which aims to plant trees in urban areas and combat climate change. Mustang News reporter Ari Lopez shows us how one of […]
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MN Now: January 19, 2023
Mustang News reporter Ari Lopez brings you the top stories from this week…
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Abroad: British public pays respect to Queen Elizabeth II at funeral
On Thursday September 8th, 2022 Queen Elizabeth II died. She was the longest reigning monarch in British history. MNTV Reporter Ari Lopez is abroad in London covering the funeral and the reaction of the public to the Queen’s death.
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“The Dating Game” brought this couple together. Now they are searching for the original tape
Two, 198 and 50 are all numbers that mean something to Calvin Stevens, a Cal Poly business professor. While the numbers all seem to be inconsequential, they all played a major role in his life. See, Cal didn’t meet the love of his life, Nancy Nylen, on September 14, 1971, in chemistry class, but on […]
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How the blood drive shortage is affecting San Luis Obispo
The American Red Cross said they are facing their worst blood shortage in over a decade. Mustang News Reporter Ari Lopez has more on how this is affecting San Luis Obispo and what students can do to help.
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Dave Amos: Cal Poly professor by day, Youtuber by night
Having people watch him is nothing new to Dave Amos. By day Amos is a planning professor at Cal Poly and by night they are a YouTuber with almost half a million subscribers. Amos arrived at Cal Poly in the Fall of 2021 and began their youtube channel City Beautiful in January of 2017, according […]
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Downtown SLO farmers’ market reopening over a year after it closed down
From Halloween costume contests to bike nights to first dates, many who have crossed paths with San Luis Obispo have a cherished Farmers’ Market story. The Downtown SLO Thursday Farmers’ Market, which has been closed since March 2020, will return in limited capacity beginning May 6. This first phase revives the certified farmers’ market with […]
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Cal Poly tests wastewater for COVID-19
Cal Poly will implement a new wastewater testing system by mid-January to test for COVID-19 in on-campus housing. University President Jeffrey Armstrong outlined the wastewater testing system in a campus-wide email on Sept. 24, 2020. Armstrong explained that the COVID-19 fragments in fecal matter can be detected earlier than in normal testing. Video by Matthew […]