The campus community and yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe came together Thursday, Nov. 8 to celebrate the grand opening of the residence halls on campus. Students, staff and members of the tribe gathered on the central lawn in yakʔitʸutʸu to take part in the celebration. The event was hosted by University Housing, […]
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Borderline Bar & Grill shooting hits close to home for some Cal Poly students
“You think [a shooting is] never going to happen to your hometown, it’s never going to happen so close to you, and then someone that I practically grew up with is now no longer with us.”
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Eight days, three candlelight vigils
The San Luis Obispo community comes together following recent tragedies.
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Ten years of helping hands with QL+
Currently, the club works to create prosthetic hands for a local nine-year-old boy who lost parts of nine of his fingers in a car accident last April.
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Three new parking structures, weekend permits proposed in Master Plan
Parking structures at Via Carta, Highland Drive and Mt. Bishop Road have been proposed.
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Measure F passes, allowing cities to tax marijuana at up to 10 percent
San Luis Obispo will enact Measure F with 79.57 percent of votes, which means the city will tax commercial cannabis businesses up to 10 percent of gross receipts for retail business and up to $10 per square foot for cultivation. The money from the tax will go to the General Fund and can be used […]
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Measure G defeated, allowing for future oil expansion
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure G was struck down by 55.73 percent of San Luis Obispo County voters. Measure G proposed eliminating oil expansion, but still allowing existing oil extraction and oil field maintenance to continue. The measure faces heavy opposition, and the No on Measure G Coalition has received over $5 million in […]
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Carlyn Christianson and Erica Stewart elected to SLO City Council
Carlyn Christianson (incumbent) took first in the San Luis Obispo City Council race Nov. 6 with 26.96 percent of votes. Christianson was the only candidate running with prior experience on the council; she has been a member for the past five years. Christianson first moved to San Luis Obispo in 1989 with her husband and […]
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Heidi Harmon wins second term as San Luis Obispo mayor
Heidi Harmon will be the mayor of San Luis Obispo for a second term, beating out challengers Keith Gurnee and Donald Hedrick.
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All the results from the 2018 midterm elections
Here is what you need to know about the 2018 midterm election results.
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Midterm election update
San Luis Obispo Mayor According to mail-in ballots, which represent roughly 32 percent of voters in San Luis Obispo County, Heidi Harmon is in the lead with 4,717 votes. T. Keith Gurnee is in second place with 3,208 votes and Donald E. Hedrick is in third place with 219 votes, according to the San Luis […]