Heidi Harmon won the race for San Luis Obispo Mayor by a landslide with about 52.34% of the vote.
How to reduce the spread of COVID-19 this Thanksgiving
The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to celebrate Thanksgiving at home with people from the same household, or celebrate virtually, County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein wrote in a Nov. 16 press release. “Californians are…
Heidi Harmon ahead in race for mayor, Pease and Marx lead race for city council
Incumbent Heidi Harmon leads the race for mayor with 11,619 votes, which is about 53% of city ballots counted so far. Local business owner Cherisse Sweeney follows with 7,317 votes — about 33% of the vote, the county released in…
Four Years of Heidi Harmon
Heidi Harmon was elected for mayor in 2016, and is running for a third term this election. In San Luis Obispo, the mayor has equal voting power as the rest of the city council, and they’ve worked together to manage the…
LIVE UPDATES: Protest in support of four Black Lives Matter activists before they appear in court
Update 11:00 a.m. The rally ended peacefully. Update 10:56 a.m. "For the DA's office to add three Black men to this case is racist bullshit," Tianna Arata said. Arata asked everyone to stick together, support one another and vote the…
SLO’s Congressman tests positive for COVID-19
Congressman Salud Carbajal tested positive for COVID-19, he announced in a press release today, Oct. 6. Carbajal announced he had been exposed to a person with COVID-19 on Monday, but tested negative for the virus that day. Even though he…
Barbers, salons reopen
Indoor operations for barbershops and hair salons are allowed as of today, Aug. 31. In San Luis Obispo County, 4.2 percent of COVID-19 tests come back positive, allowing hair services to reopen indoors under new guidelines from Gov. Gavin Newsom.…
Cal Poly expands testing requirements, shares plans for the fall
The purpose of doing baseline testing is to find out how many people have COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, and prevent them from spreading the virus, Medical Director of Dignity Health California Central Coast Laboratory Services Kevin Ferguson said in a town hall on Thursday.
LIVE UPDATES: Free Tianna Arata Press Conference and Rally
Update 11:40 A crowd of about 200 protestors remain in front of the courthouse after the press conference. The majority of protestors are college-aged, though some are older. Seven SLO PD officers and sheriff deputies sit on bikes at the…
Single rooms only in University Housing
University Housing will only offer single rooms in the fall, Vice President of Student Affairs Keith Humphrey wrote in a campus-wide email. Freshmen students can defer their housing to winter quarter in the housing portal before Wednesday, August 26 at…
Cal Poly awaits approval from CSU Chancellor for fall plans
San Luis Obispo County has been on the state monitoring list since July 17, but President Armstrong said he is “cautiously optimistic” that Cal Poly will be allowed to offer some in-person classes in the fall, according to a campus-wide…