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Full-time California students may get an extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits

by Sofia Clark and Tula Pitcher January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Unemployed full-time students in California are now eligible to receive an additional $300 weekly stimulus for COVID-19 impacts on unemployment.

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How Cal Poly students are voting

by Elliot Peters and Jordy Roth October 27, 2020August 29, 2022

As the SLO County Local Elections draw near, students are evaluating their options — and according to recent poll data collected by Mustang News, issues such as affordable housing, police funding and homlessness are at the top of many lists.

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Local baker delivers organic, fresh bread straight to campus — on his bike

by Alegra Zuchowicz December 3, 2019August 29, 2022

Sam Denicola bakes up to 60 loaves a week and sells them to community members through his mobile shop, SLO Bread Bike.

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My Mom’s granola finds success with local, Cal Poly ingredients

by Emma Kumagawa May 1, 2018August 29, 2022

On Tuesdays, Farb’s Bakery is alive with music, clattering trays and granola as it undergoes various baking and production processes. Here, Heather Segal works the magic behind her San Luis Obispo-based gourmet food company, My Mom’s, with the help of her three employees, or “villagers,” as she calls them. “[Working for Segal] is something different. […]

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Behind the scenes: How students are turning screenplays into short films

by Clara Knapp March 14, 2017August 29, 2022

The student films will be shown in the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival Wednesday afternoon.

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Say “I dough”: Former ASI president sells cookies for wedding fund

by Brendan Matsuyama December 1, 2016August 29, 2022

Owen Schwaegerle, agricultural business graduate and former ASI president, pulled a freshly baked batch of cookies from his oven, ready for packaging. In the spring of 2016, Schwaegerle and his fiancée, communication studies senior Camille Lethcoe, created a startup called San Luis Obispo Chocolate Chip Cookie Delivery, or SLO3CD. “My fiancée … was craving late […]