Since daylight savings time ended and we shifted an hour back, it’s dark out even when walking back from class at 5 p.m. Especially because I am a female student, I often feel more vigilant when walking around campus now that it gets dark earlier — and I’m not the only one.
Tag: emergency
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Fires break out across San Luis Obispo near SLO High School and Cal Poly
Update: At 10:34 a.m. CalFire updated the status of the Lizzie Fire to 95% contained, having burned 124 acres. Update: At 12:31 p.m. on Tuesday, the City of SLO shared an email update to clarify that the second and third fires are unrelated to the Lizzie fire, “but the cause of all fires remains under […]
Posted inWinter 2023 Storm Coverage
Cal Poly reopens Wednesday after severe rainstorm
Cal Poly announced late Tuesday afternoon that winter quarter classes will start Wednesday after a two-day delay caused by the rainstorm and its damage. “Many Cal Poly employees, including our custodial, trade shop, housing, dining, public safety and other teams, worked diligently over the past two days to respond to reports of flooding or damage […]
Posted inCrime
Suspicious person reported in Kennedy Library; no current state of emergency
UPD conducted a search of the library that yielded no suspects, and no arrests have been made.
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After 5 years, safety text alert system looking into new format
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net When an assault occurred in Poly Canyon Village parking structure late Sept. 27, computer engineering freshman Nestor Alvarez was in his dorm. He, like many other students, received a mass text a few hours after the incident informing him that a suspect with a knife was loose on campus. Alvarez’s phone number […]
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Amateur radio club hosts emergency communications demonstration
The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club hosted an emergency communications demonstration to showcase the importance of amateur radio in disaster situations.
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Children and drunks: Main users of emergency phones
Cal Poly University Chief of Police William Watton cannot remember a time when a Code Blue emergency phone prevented an emergency on campus.
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Student falls out of third-floor dorm, no details released
A female Cal Poly student was rushed to the hospital early Saturday morning after falling out of a window on the third floor of a dormitory, university police said.
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Fault found near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
In December, Assemblyman Blakeslee introduced a bill that would require that PG&E to use three-dimensional geophysical mapping in order to more accurately determine the risk. PG&E opposes the bill.