Phil Bailey has seen many things happen during his 53-year tenure at Cal Poly: the changing of Cal Poly’s name as California Polytechnic State University, the opening of the Robert E. Kennedy Library and the 1990 Poly Royal riots. But one aspect of Cal Poly’s history that has been on his mind for the past […]
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Horsing Around: Animal science students aid in birth of new foals on campus
On the night of Jan. 21, Tseten Wangyal didn’t get a second of sleep. Wangyal is the student manager who oversees the foaling process, and anticipating the first foal to be born this year, she was constantly awakened by calls from students reporting signs of Stylish, the mother horse, possibly going into labor. But Stylish’s […]
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“What is going on? Why does it smell like smoke?”: fire in Yosemite tower 6 forces students to evacuate
Rory Bruton was fast asleep when he was awoken by a blaring loud noise around 3 a.m. Thursday morning. It was the fire alarm. “Nobody was expecting it. Everybody was just sound asleep and just enjoying their dreams and then,” Bruton said, imitating a crash-like sound. “Blasted lights blaring, smoke coming up our noses. It […]
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Paul Flores’ attorney to request change of venue in Kristin Smart trial
Paul and Ruben Flores’ council are planning to propose a motion for a change of venue, requesting the trial of the Flores’ at a court not in San Luis Obispo County. Presiding Judge Craig van Rooyen discussed the planning for the motion at a pre-trial conference on Wednesday. The court will reconvene on March 30 […]
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San Luis Obispo approves financial plan after a week of local campaigns to decrease police funding
After a week-long campaign advocating for San Luis Obispo to decrease its future police budget, Cal Poly Students for Quality Education (SQE), along with 25 other local organizations, were unsuccessful as the city council unanimously voted June 1 to approve their 2021-2023 financial plan. The two year financial plan allocates approximately 25% of the city’s […]
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SLO Bangers accepting donations for people displaced from Morro Bay encampment
The local SLO Bangers group is hosting a clothing and supply drive starting today, May 29, for houseless community members in Morro Bay who were recently displaced. SLO Bangers is a syringe exchange and overdose prevention program that helps individuals with substance addiction, aims to decrease the transmission of blood diseases and prevent drug overdoses […]
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Hundreds gather at Cal Poly to honor the death of Detective Luca Benedetti
Law enforcement from across California and other states gathered at Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center on the morning of May 20 to honor the death of Detective Luca Benedetti of the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Benedetti, a Cal Poly alumnus, was shot and killed while serving a search warrant near South Higuera Street on […]
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Residents 12 years and older can now vaccinate against COVID-19
San Luis Obispo County residents ages 12 years and older can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a May 12 County press release. This expanded availability follows the recent CDC recommendation to offer the Pfizer vaccine to those 12 to 15 years old after the FDA expanded its emergency authorization. A clinical trial with […]
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No justice, no peas: How a network of gardens is fighting food injustice
A handful of young adults are dancing, some even moshing, to rap music and classic sing-along songs. There’s nothing unusual about this scene except there is no vinyl dance floor under their feet, just paths of dirt winding between garden beds. People are thrown off by this image as they pass by the community gardens, […]
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San Luis Obispo police officer killed in shooting
While serving a search warrant at an apartment on Camellia Court Monday, May 10, a San Luis Obispo Police Department officer was shot and killed. Another officer was injured and is in stable condition at an area hospital, a police press release said. “This is a tragedy beyond measure for all of those who serve […]
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A Central Coast May Day: activists demand justice for workers, BIPOC communities
On May Day, Princess Nokia’s song “Brown Girl Blues” echoed throughout Mission Plaza, her spoken-word-like lyrics filling the plaza with graphic imagery of the adversary and abuse people of color experience in the United States. “You think it’s been a long time since Civil Rights?” the lyrics read. “No, still our people have to go […]