For Agustin Garcia Badillo, a coordinator for the Pride Center, holding Cal Poly’s first ‘house ball’ was a time for BIPOC and queer communities in San Luis Obispo “to feel more than just tolerated.” The Pride Center Ball on March 16 marked a first for the Black and Brown, queer, trans and nonbinary communities on […]
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SLO County sees up to an inch of snow due to ongoing storm
For the first time since 2006, Atascadero resident Laurie Kershner woke up Thursday morning to snow in SLO County. Running out with her dog to catch the “giant snowflakes,” Kershner said she sent a video to her daughter, and reminisced about waking her up to see the snow all those years ago. This week’s winter […]
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Cafe in Downtown SLO gives the formerly incarcerated a support system
Jason Hunter has opened a new cafe downtown as head chef — less than a decade after facing a 12-year sentence in the San Luis Obispo County Jail. After leaving the military in 1998, a serious PTSD diagnosis led him down a “dark path” of drug and alcohol addiction, which resulted in his arrest and […]
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Cal Poly community celebrates Lunar New Year at SLO Asian Market
Editor’s note: This article was updated on Jan. 31 to add that the SLO Asian Market donates to the Lion Dance Team, which relies on donations for transportation and equipment. The San Luis Obispo community rang in the Lunar New Year last Saturday at the SLO Asian Market, with live performances from Cal Poly’s Lion […]
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Shelter in place, flash flood advisories issued in SLO amid ‘life-threatening’ rainstorm
Update, 2:35 p.m.: This article was updated to include information on Cal Poly campus road closures. The City of San Luis Obispo has issued a shelter-in-place order due to Monday’s severe rainstorm that has left major streets riddled with flooding, car accidents and road closures throughout the day. The National Weather Service released a flash […]