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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Cal Poly Partners expands Technology Park with new collaborative facility
Cal Poly Technology Park has completed the second phase of its $12.2 million expansion with the opening of a new 16,200-square-foot building, which is intended to foster collaboration between students and industry partners and provide opportunities for job experience.
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Cal Poly students conduct prescribed burn with state and federal agencies
Cal Poly students, in collaboration with California State Parks, CAL FIRE and U.S. Forest Service, conducted a 26-acre prescribed burn at the university’s Escuela Ranch to learn about and experience the benefits of prescribed burns.
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SLO residents express concerns over vegetation removal costs under new fire enforcement
Residents of San Luis Obispo expressed their concerns about the cost and complexity of the SLO Fire Department’s plan to implement Wildfire-Urban Interface codes, which includes complaint and voluntary enforcement, fee-based inspections, and potential insurance rate increases.
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Gifford Fire is now biggest blaze this year
Update August 16, 7:50 p.m.: The Gifford Fire has grown to 132,605 acres and is at 77% containment, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Fire crews will be reassigned to other incidents, whilst sufficient crews will ensure full containment. Cool temperatures and higher humidity levels will aid firefighters in achieving additional containment over the weekend. […]
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Fires on Cal Poly’s campus reported to be arson
The two small fires on Cal Poly agricultural lands on Monday were reported to be arson, according to the campus-wide Clery alert sent out this morning.
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The damage dilemma: how a team of Cal Poly professors and students are helping wildfire victims with AI
A group of Cal Poly professors and students have created an artificial intelligence (AI) technology used to assess damaged buildings and homes after wildfires. The team hopes that their technology can be used to swiftly assess damaged buildings and aid thousands of California residents in receiving insurance benefits. The technology, Damage Map, uses aerial images […]
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Cal Fire: 10-acre Cuesta Grade fire is 60% contained
A brush fire that broke out Sunday evening near the Cuesta Grade is 60% contained, Cal Fire San Luis Obispo reported Monday morning. The fire has burned 10 acres of grass and brush since about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. At the time, the Cuesta Air Attack crew said the fire had a potential to spread across […]
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Newsom’s revised budget and preparation for fire season: A look at SLO County
The revision provides updates of the revenues, expenditures and reserve estimates based on the latest economic changes.
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With little rain, Cal Fire uncertain about what fire season will hold
As of March 1, 2020 there have already been 381 fires, according to Cal Fire. This is more than triple the number of fires at this time in 2019.
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Nearly 1 million PG&E customers are experiencing public safety power shutoffs. Here’s what would happen if SLO goes dark
“This isn’t your standard power outage where a couple buildings go down,” Cal Poly Director of Emergency Management Anthony Knight said. “This is where an entire region goes down and the support structure we all rely on is potentially impacted.”