California issued a limited stay-at-home order mandating that all non-essential work, movement and gatherings cease between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for all counties in the widespread, purple tier – including San Luis Obispo County. People may still go to the grocery store, walk their dog or pick up takeout from a […]
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About one-quarter of Cal Poly on-campus students quarantined, County approaching “widespread” tier
About a quarter of the students currently living on campus are quarantined (947 of the nearly 4,500), up 509 students from last week. This week, 71 on-campus and 79 off-campus students tested positive for COVID-19, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard, while last week 38 on-campus and 43 off-campus students tested positive from Cal Poly’s […]
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Record number of positive tests for Cal Poly students, county sees “alarming spike” in cases
Over the past three days, Cal Poly saw the largest increase in on-campus and off-campus student COVID-19 cases recorded this quarter, with 25 on-campus and 27 off-campus students testing positive for COVID-19. This week, 38 on-campus and 43 off-campus students tested positive for COVID-19, after only seven on-campus and 24 off-campus students tested positive last […]
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Sweeney outraises Harmon; candidates split city’s business, political donors
Update Nov. 3: Mustang News removed the word “eccentric” as a descriptor for candidate Donald Hedrick This Tuesday, Nov. 3, San Luis Obispo residents will head to the polls to vote for mayor. Incumbent mayor Heidi Harmon has served since 2016 and is nearing the end of her second two-year term. Harmon’s main challenger in […]
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Record number of Cal Poly students enter quarantine, county case rate remains constant
Cal Poly saw a record of on-campus residents enter quarantine this week. On Oct. 28 alone, 28 students were told to quarantine, the highest single-day increase on record, resulting in 31 total students quarantined.
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Cal Poly cases continue to rise, San Luis Obispo case rate steady
Cal Poly saw six on-campus and 22 off-campus students test positive for the coronavirus this week, according to the Cal Poly coronavirus website. Eight on-campus and 15 off-campus students tested positive last week. There are 16 on-campus students in isolation, up eight from last week. Cal Poly began recording “quarantine in place” data two weeks […]
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County COVID-19 case rates rise
This week, Cal Poly saw eight on-campus and 15 off-campus students test positive for coronavirus, after 10 on-campus and 43 off-campus tested positive last week, according to the Cal Poly coronavirus website. There are currently 24 on-campus students in isolation, up eight from last week. Cal Poly recently began recording ‘quarantine in place’ data, which […]
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Cal Poly and county COVID-19 cases rise again this week
This week, Cal Poly saw 10 on-campus students test positive for coronavirus, according to the Cal Poly coronavirus website. There are currently 16 on-campus residents in isolation, and 234 students are in quarantine. Since Oct. 1, 40 off-campus residents tested positive for COVID-19. Cal Poly Daily Positive COVID-19 Cases San Luis Obispo County had 3,815 […]