Editor’s note: El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Edgar Bustillos Morales. En los últimos años, la legislatura estatal de California ha incrementado los fondos para la prevención de incendios forestales y la mitigación. Esto incluye al gobernador Gavin Newsom firmando nuevas leyes tales como el SB332 en 2021, enfocándose […]
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Fighting fire with fire: The preventative nature of prescribed burns in SLO County
Editor’s note: This article is available in Spanish here. In the past few years, the California state legislature increased funding for wildfire prevention and mitigation. This includes Governor Gavin Newsom signing bills such as SB 332 in 2021, focusing on conducting prescribed burns. According to the U.S. Forest Service, a prescribed burn is a fire that […]
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Opinion: El Niño 2023, decoded
Caroline Kelleher is an anthropology and geography freshman and Mustang News Opinion Columnist. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. June marks the beginning of what is usually a hot California summer, which should be a welcome break from the gloom we’ve had for the first half of […]
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‘It’s coming out of the shadows’: Cal Poly has among the highest reports of sexual assault in the CSU system
The first of three articles in an investigative series on sexual assault at Cal Poly and the university’s response. To view the full series, go here. It was May 2011. Three rapes on or near campus had been reported in the span of just nine days. The university responded with condemnation, with President Jeffrey Armstrong […]
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Prop 1 Passing is a win for California, but we can’t forget our neighbors
Soon after the Supreme Court overturned the right to privacy when it comes to women’s health, state politicians began arguing for and against abortion rights, birth control access and sex education for the citizens residing under their control. With abortion rights being included on some ballots, citizens could decide whether or not they wanted to […]
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National Weather Service issues red flag fire warning, Ventura and LA counties
Ventura and Los Angeles counties were issued a red flag fire warning from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday by National Weather Service Los Angeles. According to NWSLA, northeast wind gusts are predicted to get up to 60 to 70 mph in the foothills. Humidity in the area will lower between 8 and 15%. […]
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WOTS: Students express their thoughts on the 2022 midterm election
Mustang News reporters Gabrielle Downey and Avery Elowitt got the Word on The Street by asking students about their thoughts on the 2022 midterm elections.
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Gavin Newsom wins re-election in race for California Governor
Gavin Newsom received 271,888 votes, which amounts to 56.4% of the total cast as of 8:10 p.m. PST. All California counties have reported. Newsom was up for reelection for the first time since he was first elected governor in 2018. Pillars of his campaign are tackling the state’s affordability crisis, creating “inclusive economic growth” through […]
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Gov. Gavin Newsom to end COVID-19 State of Emergency in February
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that California’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on Feb. 28, 2023 — almost three years after it was first declared in March 2020. Newsom said in a news release from the Governor’s Office that other safety measures will continue moving forward, but “California is ready to phase out” […]
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Legislation sponsored by Governor Newsom to hold gun industry accountable moves forward
On April 5, the California State Judiciary Committee passed SB 1327, a piece of ‘private right of action’ legislation that enables private citizens to hold the gun industry accountable through civil litigation for the proliferation of illegal firearms. Modeled after Texas’s abortion law, SB 1327 allows private citizens to bring civil action against any person […]
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California Schools Still Will Require Masks Even After Mandate is Lifted
California Health and Human Services (HSS) announced Monday via a press conference that, despite the change in masking requirements for vaccinated individuals indoors, students and teachers in California schools are required to continue wearing masks regardless of vaccination status. Although we are “getting to a place where we can relax state-wide masking requirements,” Secretary Mark […]