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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Fully vaccinated students no longer required to particpate in ongoing testing program
Students and employees fully vaccinated will no longer have to participate in Cal Poly’s ongoing testing program starting May 6, according to a campus-wide email. Cal Poly’s ongoing testing program required that all students who accessed campus for school or…
Paul and Ruben Flores to appear in court again Monday
After being arrested and charged for their involvement in Kristin Smart’s disappearance and death, Paul and Ruben Flores appeared in court for their arraignment today, April 15. District Attorney Dan Dow charged Paul with first-degree murder and Ruben with accessory…
Prime suspect in Kristin Smart case charged with first-degree murder
Paul Flores, the prime suspect in the disappearance and death of Kristin Smart, has been charged with first-degree murder. At an April 14 press conference, San Luis Obispo District Attorney (DA) Dan Dow said they would be charging Paul with…
First day of classes for fall quarter pushed back to Sept. 20
The first day of classes for fall quarter will be Monday, Sept. 20, five days later than the originally scheduled start date, according to a campus-wide email from the Office of the Provost. Freshmen move-in will be Sept.14 through 15…