More residential areas near campus and downtown will now require parking permits for street parking. San Luis Obispo City Council unanimously voted to expand the Monterey Heights Residential Parking District and to create the Dana Street Residential Parking District Tuesday…
San Luis Obispo “flipped the switch” to Monterey Community Power, a renewable and carbon-free energy provider
Their new primary energy provider — Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP) — is a not-for-profit organization that provides only renewable and carbon free energy to their customers, including Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties.
Immigration attorneys to serve Cal Poly students, faculty & staff for free
The future of the DACA program is uncertain, but immigration lawyers will come to campus twice a month until 2021 to offer free services to students, faculty and staff.
Campus Starbucks locations will serve straws only by request
Starbucks was the last on-campus dining facility to still give out plastic straws.
‘A light in his friends lives’: Cal Poly community remembers Brenden Nichols
On a Tuesday during Winter 2019, Brenden Nichols invited his friend, Megan Milburn, to hike the ‘P,’ a popular landmark on campus just beyond the South Mountain residence halls. “He was just saying, ‘Megs, we have to go hike the…
New parking garage and theatre coming to downtown SLO
A theatre and parking garage will be built downtown as the SLO City Council approved the project with a 3-0 vote Tuesday night. The 50-foot tall parking structure will sit on the corner of Nipomo and Palm Street, and contain…
With nearly 3,000 plants, the Cal Poly Poinsettia Project is in full bloom
Two students, two teachers and a few horticulture unit employees are growing 2,500 to 3,000 poinsettias to sell in mid-December.
Air quality returns to normal levels in SLO after wildfires ravage California
The air quality in San Luis Obispo County has been affected by wildfires burning up and down the state.
Styrofoam ban to affect SLO County businesses starting this spring
In six months, businesses in San Luis Obispo County will be banned from distributing styrofoam products, including to-go containers and styrofoam cups.
Here are the restaurants opening in the new Vista Grande dining complex
Students will find six dining venues, including Balance Café, Hearth, Streets, Noodles, Brunch and a dessert location.
ASI now officially recognizes October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) unanimously voted to dedicate the month of October as domestic violence awareness month, in a board meeting Oct. 30. The proposal came from Safer, an on-campus confidential advocacy, education and support program for addressing sexual assault,…