Free Sunday parking in downtown San Luis Obispo will be extended until January, following a San Luis Obispo City Council vote on raising funds for another downtown parking structure. This goes against the council’s July decision to have drivers pay from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The Sunday parking fees were to be enforced starting at […]
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Big musical comes to Little Theatre
Legendary Broadway musical “Oklahoma!” is returning to the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre for a 50th anniversary recreation of its previous performance at the venue. Last produced by the Little Theatre in 1961, “Oklahoma!,” a romantic musical based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play “Green Grow the Lilacs,” will reappear Oct. 7 to Nov. 6 at […]
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Being the newbie in the newsroom
Hello there. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jennifer Young, and I am this year’s news editor for the Mustang Daily. My job and goal is to give the readers of the Mustang Daily the news. Sounds simple right? Not when you know next to nothing about what happens at Cal Poly or […]
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SLO named bike-friendly community
The League of American Bicyclists awarded San Luis Obispo the Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community status for its efforts to welcome bicycle traffic. San Luis Obispo was one of 190 cities in the country to receive the Bicycle Friendly status out of the nearly 500 that applied, said San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx. The […]
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Turkeys take up residence in education building
Cal Poly has two new residents in the form of a mother turkey and her baby, who have made the Cotchett Education Building their new home. The turkeys, who were first spotted Monday morning, have been rotating their way through different locations around the building. Warren Watkins, Information Technology Services director of the School of […]
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Farmer's Market is a must for SLOcals
Let’s face it, San Luis Obispo is a pretty awesome place to live and go to school. For those of you who are new to the area, welcome. It won’t take long for you to see how special this place is, if you haven’t already. This column will look at places and events that make […]
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Cal Poly 'Cool Kids' take first in engineering design competition
A team of Cal Poly engineering students took first place in an international competition with their senior project, a design for a heating, refrigerating and air conditioning system for the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pa. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) holds the annual Student Design Competition to challenge […]
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San Luis Obispo City Council approves city budget
SLO City Council finalized 2011-2013 budget on June 21, leaving council members in disagreement over cuts to employee salaries and benefit packages, as well as water and sewer rate increases.
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Be ‘safe and sane’ this Fourth of July
Safety regulations prevent San Luis Obispo citizens from buying or launching fireworks, but are able to view shows at Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Santa Maria, Paso Robles, and the Meridian Winery Vineyards.
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Snapshots in time: San Luis Obispo then and now
Take a glance at the past with these photographs of various locations in San Luis Obispo, matched with their present-day equivalents. Click here >
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The ‘SLOprah’ effect
In November, San Luis Obispo was named the happiest town in America. Months later, on Jan. 26, Oprah Winfrey featured a segment on San Luis Obispo on her TV show. Now, students and San Luis Obispo residents can’t help but talk about their happy town.