San Luis Obispo now has 204 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Tuesday, May 5 – up two cases from yesterday, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Of the total cases, 41 patients are at home in isolation and 157 patients have recovered. Five patients are hospitalized, three of which are […]
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Free COVID-19 testing now available in San Luis Obispo
Free COVID-19 testing is available in Grover Beach and Paso Robles for California residents, according to county health officials. Patients do not need to have insurance to receive a test. In order to be eligible for a test, residents must belong to one of the following groups of people, according to the county: Healthcare workers […]
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San Luis Obispo County now has 202 confirmed cases of COVID-19
San Luis Obispo now has 202 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday, May 4 – up one case from yesterday, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Of the total cases, 40 patients are at home in isolation, 156 patients have recovered, and five are currently in the hospital. Three of […]
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San Luis Obispo County has over 200 coronavirus cases with 5 more confirmed today
San Luis Obispo now has 201 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Sunday, May 3 – up five cases from yesterday, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Of the total cases, 44 patients are at home in isolation, 149 patients have recovered, and seven are currently in the hospital. Three of […]
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San Luis Obispo County adds eight more coronavirus cases with 196 total
San Luis Obispo now has 196 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Saturday, May 2 – up eight cases from yesterday, according to the County Public Health. Of the total cases, 39 patients are at home in isolation, 149 patients have recovered, seven are currently in the hospital. Three of the hospitalized patients are in […]
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Netflix Party, Houseparty and more: How students are staying connected virtually
Miles of distance have not stopped students from finding creative ways to stay connected beyond Zoom and FaceTime.
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Expanded COVID-19 testing available starting May 4
Healthcare workers, first responders and those with an essential job such as utilities, grocery, food supply and public employees are eligible for tests.
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SLO County releases phased reopening guidelines — stopping short of when students can return to campus
San Luis Obispo County released a draft of the Steps to Adapt and Reopen Together (START) Guide, which includes the phased reopening of the county. However, the guidelines stopped short of when Cal Poly could reopen and what students returning to campus would look like. Reopening is broken down into three phases and will not […]
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Scout Coffee adapts during coronavirus
When the shelter-in-place order took effect, Scout Coffee began taking online orders for customers to pick up at their second location, 880 Foothill Blvd.
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Here’s what the housing market looks like in SLO County amid COVID-19
On March 25, Cal Poly announced via email that Spring quarter will be taught virtually, leaving students to reevaluate whether to stay in San Luis Obispo or return to their hometowns. “Right when the virus started to hit, I realized [we’d] be online the rest of the quarter,” business administration junior Ryan Blaser said. When […]
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Coronavirus does discriminate
The virus may not discriminate itself; however, our healthcare system does.