Mustang News reporter Sydney Brandt brings you this week’s top stories: New Kristin Smart billboard installed in Oceano A legacy to hang your hat on: Swimming & diving head coach Tom Milich’s impact Student sells custom leather goods crafted by hand
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New Kristin Smart billboard installed in Oceano
A second billboard asking for information about Kristin Smart was installed this week. The billboard is located directly behind the “Welcome to Oceano” sign on the intersection of Halcyon Road and Highway 1. The ongoing Kristin Smart case has garnered recent attention with new developments in the investigation and podcast “Your Own Backyard.” “I think it’s […]
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MN Now: Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020
Mustang News reporter Sydney Brandt brings you this week’s top stories: Smart family says there is no timeline for an announcement on their daughter’s case Montaña de Oro is now open for fracking, and the State of California is suing Council votes to ban all e-cigarette sales in San Luis Obispo
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Smart family says there is no timeline for an announcement on their daughter’s case
The family of Kristin Smart is clarifying comments made to the Stockton Record about potential recent developments in the long-unsolved case. According to Family Spokesperson John Segale, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is not putting a timetable on the completion of the ongoing investigation. “We sincerely appreciate the amazing support we’ve received and […]
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MN Now: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020
Mustang News reporter Sydney Brandt brings you this week’s top stories: Two decades later, Supreme Court upholds death sentence for the sexual assault and murder of two college students Storm forecasted to bring heavy rain and wind to San Luis Obispo What is fintech? New club helps prepare students for digitizing business workforce
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MN Now: Friday, Nov. 22, 2019
Mustang News reporter Sydney Brandt brings you this week’s top stories: Administration and faculty union spar over UPD racial profiling accusations Low income students can now pay for groceries at Campus Market using food stamps SLO Breakers host first break dancing battle in nearly six years
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University searching for a reproductive specialist to fill vacancy at Campus Health and Wellbeing
Cal Poly is looking to add a physician to the team at Campus Health and Wellbeing with an emphasis on reproductive health. Campus Health and Wellbeing previously had a doctor with specialization in gynecology, but the position has been vacant since this summer. The health center’s nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants are able to provide […]
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‘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 P right now, we have to go,’” business sophomore Milburn said. Nichols was so excited […]
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San Luis Obispo faces heat advisory with critical fire weather watch this week
A heat advisory was in place in San Luis Obispo Tuesday until 5 p.m. with temperatures having reached a high of 97 degrees, according to the National Weather Service (NSW). Although the heat advisory ended Tuesday evening, temperatures are expected to remain in the high 80s to mid-90s for the rest of the week. San […]
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MN Now: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
Mustang News Reporter Sydney Brandt brings you this week’s top stories.
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Inside the unsolved case: Kristin Smart podcast released
She has been missing for longer than she has been alive. The story of Kristin Smart, a Cal Poly student who has been missing for 23 years, is documented in a new podcast series “Your Own Backyard,” which made its debut Sept. 30, 2019. Podcast creator Chris Lambert, a central coast native, grew up hearing […]