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…
County reported a total of 253 COVID-19 cases this week
San Luis Obispo County has 2,093 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Friday, August 7 — up 46 cases from yesterday. Of the total cases, 1,716 people have recovered, 340 are ill and recovering at home, and 20 are hospitalized. Seven…
San Luis Obispo County reports 43 new confirmed cases of COVID-19
This is the fourth time in the past seven days that the county reported more than 40 new COVID-19 cases.
The county reports 24 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
San Luis Obispo County has 1,393 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday, June 22 — up 24 cases from yesterday, according to County Public Health. Of the total cases, 457 patients are at home in isolation and 917 patients have…
San Luis Obispo County has 1,306 confirmed COVID-19 cases
San Luis Obispo County has 1,306 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday, June 20 — up 93 cases from Friday, according to County Public Health. Of the total cases, 418 patients are at home in isolation and 872 patients have…
County reports 34 new COVID-19 cases and one death
San Luis Obispo County has 1,112 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday, July 15 — up 34 cases from yesterday, according to County Public Health.
San Luis Obispo County passes 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
San Luis Obispo County has 1,006 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday, July 13 — up 101 cases from Friday, according to County Public Health. Of the total cases, 299 patients are at home in isolation and 688 patients have…