Surfers packed into the Field Day Coffee parking lot to check out some new boards at the Surfboard Buy, Trade and Swap event on Oct. 3. Surfers brought boards to sell, trade or buy. The swap was put on by local surfboard shaper and owner of Somma Special Designs, Shea Somma. Somma wanted to bring […]
Local surfer brings surfboard swap to San Luis Obispo
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More than 200 University Housing residents are quarantined-in-place
Three students living on-campus and ten students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated this afternoon. The students were tested by Campus Health and Wellbeing. The dashboard does not account for positive COVID-19 results identified at off-campus testing locations. Following potential coronavirus exposure in […]
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Falling in love while dancing the two-step: a local couple remembers The Grad
In 1995, Kristina stepped onto the wood floor of The Graduate with her dance partner Steve Gee. Already a seasoned line dancer, Gee taught Kristina the two-step and she picked up quickly. It was soon muscle memory. Twenty years later, Kristina bought a piece of The Graduate’s wood flooring — the very spot Steve taught […]
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Health officials say to get a flu shot to avoid a “twindemic”
Health officials are anticipating a difficult winter due to the overlap of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza. Your best defense: a flu shot. “Flu will hit our community soon, and in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, getting the flu vaccine will be more important than ever,” said Dr. Penny Borenstein, San Luis Obispo County Health […]
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Non-fatal car accident near Cal Poly
Three cars were involved in a non-fatal collision at the intersection of Highland Drive and Santa Rosa Street at 11:06 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Two people involved in the accident went to the hospital for non-fatal injuries, according to San Luis Obispo Police Department Captain Jeff Smith. One of the people who went to […]
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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 had tested negative, he began a 14-day quarantine on Monday, as directed by the House […]
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New COVID-19 testing locations in San Luis Obispo County
This week, San Luis Obispo County opened two new COVID-19 testing locations that offer free tests by appointment only. The Paso Robles Event Center in Paso Robles and the Veterans Memorial Building in Morro Bay opened for COVID-19 testing on Monday, Oct. 5 and Tuesday, Oct.6, respectively. Free COVID-19 testing is still offered at the […]
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Cal Poly Professors take on double role of parenting and teaching while kids are at home
After shelter-in-place orders went into effect last March, students and professors alike were forced to take classes to their homes. With the announcement of the majority of Fall courses operating remotely, the Cal Poly community prepared for another quarter of virtual classes. Cal Poly professors with young children faced the particular obstacle of instructing Cal […]
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Rest in power, King: Remembering Chadwick Boseman
Tessa Hughes is a journalism junior and a Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. On Aug. 28, 2020 actor Chadwick Boseman tragically died after a four-year-long battle with colon cancer. While most celebrity passings typically shock fans, Boseman’s stands out. Not because he kept his cancer a secret […]
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SLO Police Department lays out plan for police chief recruitment
With Sept. 30 marking Police Chief Deanna Cantrell’s last day in the San Luis Obispo Police Department, the city has begun the national recruitment process for a new chief. This recruitment is “critically important” for SLO, said City Manager Derek Johnson, who is responsible for hiring the next police chief. Amid the nationwide conversation on […]
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A review of the first presidential debate
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden each took the stage on Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio for the first of four debates before the election. Some viewers thought Trump won the debate, others thought Biden won. Some people said that the debate was “all-around […]