The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Train will offer a third daily round trip from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo beginning May 4, providing more convenient travel options for Cal Poly students and other travelers.
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How Cal Poly is exploring wildfires and their prevention
Ashley Branum was just a couple days away from giving birth to her first child on a clear October day in 2023, when she sat alone inside her San Luis Obispo home. Branum heard some commotion outside and went to check it out. After clearing her doorway, she was greeted with a plume of smoke […]
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Former Cal Poly administrator to face trial for alleged lewd act on child
Richard Ellison, a former Cal Poly administrator and Bike SLO County executive director, is facing trial for allegedly committing a lewd act on his 6-year-old step-granddaughter.
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Riding in their footsteps: family legacies live on in Cal Poly Rodeo
Several Cal Poly Rodeo athletes said that being immersed in the world of rodeo was something that happened before they could even remember. To them, rodeo has always been second-nature, something they were raised with, passed down through their family. Vince Nino, a team roping and tie-down roping athlete for Cal Poly Rodeo, is continuing […]
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Inside the California court system: How the courts represent San Luis Obispo
The California court system represents San Luis Obispo through its Superior Court and its District Attorney. The Supreme Court may intervene in specific scenarios.
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Club sports athletes report minimal field damage after Morning on the Green festival
Women’s Ultimate Frisbee and Rugby Team athletes reported minimal damage to the Lower Sports Complex fields after the Morning on The Green Festival, and suggested the university transition the event to the turf fields to protect the grass fields.
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Volunteers transform Morro Bay streets with vibrant flowers
It’s a foggy day at the Morro Bay traffic circle, and a handful of Morro Bay In Bloom volunteers arrived with gardening gloves in hand, ready to work. Founder and president of Morro Bay in Bloom Walter Heath drives to a new location each week to facilitate an organized gardening plan out of his trailer […]
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Feeding students or starving innovation? The political debate over the Billionaire Tax Act
The proposed Billionaire Tax Act in California would tax 5% of the wealth of the state’s 200 billionaires to generate $100 billion in tax revenue, which would be used to support healthcare, education and nutrition programs, but critics warn that it could harm the state’s economy and innovation.
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Cal Poly’s annual Tomato Spectacular will feature 90 varieties for sale
Cal Poly’s Horticulture Unit is hosting the annual Tomato Spectacular sale on April 4, offering over 5,000 tomato plants of 90+ varieties, as well as basils, peppers and tomatillos, for $7 each, with proceeds going back into the horticultural and plant science unit.
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Cal Poly sued over Greek Life addresses
Kathie Walker has filed a lawsuit against Cal Poly and the California State University Board of Trustees to release public records listing fraternity and sorority sanctioned events addresses, citing the need for transparency and access to the same information the city relies on for enforcement.
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Cal Poly alum to pilot NASA’s mission to the moon, launching April 1
NASA’s Artemis II mission, set to launch on April 1, will be piloted by Cal Poly alumnus Victor Glover and three other crew members, and will be the first human-crewed test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft in a mission circling the moon.