A funeral for deceased student Edgar Viernes will take place tomorrow in Santa Clarita.
Viernes, an electrical engineering junior, died in a car accident of which he was the passenger on Oct. 12 when the driver swerved to avoid hitting a dog on Foothill Boulevard.
The Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross country teams will have a distinct advantage at Saturday’s Big West Cross Country Championships.
The meet will be held at Fairbanks Memorial Cross Country Course near Cuesta College at 10 a.m.
Mark Conover, the head coach of both teams, appreciates the benefit of having the meet so close to campus.
He stood at the side of the bench, hand on his chin, like a person deep in thought. Players were on the sidelines chatting with friends and parents, assistant coaches were packing up and he stood there with a straight face, a look that could be interpreted many ways.
The Cal Poly softball team has been skipped over for the College World Series the past couple of years from what many critics considered a weak schedule.
But head coach Jenny Condon is determined to come back strong this year. “We have an even tougher schedule this year.we’re excited to see how we play,” Condon said.
Before he became a filmmaker, Greg Schell was a kid and a surfer. Like many young surfers, he was inspired by the plethora of great surf movies of the late ’60s and early ’70s. One of them was “Endless Summer,” the timeless surf odyssey made by renowned filmmaker Bruce Brown.
Haven Kimmel didn’t say her first words until she was almost 3 years old. When she finally spoke, the first words out of her mouth were “I’ll make a deal with you.” Fortunately for her readers, she “had saved up a fair amount of words as a result,” she said.
In society, opera is viewed as a high-class activity, complete with orchestras, highly-trained singers, actors and elaborate sets. This Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., students have the chance to go see the famous opera “Hansel and Gretel” for only $10, put on by the Pacific Repertory Opera at the Performing Arts Center.
He is enigmatic, enchanted and envied. He is known as a bootlegger, a murderer and an Oxford man. Rumors swirl about his background, yet socialites flock to his glittering soirees. “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
Markers have recently been set up adjacent to Cal Poly’s storm drains to remind people that whatever goes down the channels ends up in San Luis Creek.
“Most people don’t realize those storm drains don’t have treatment, that they go straight to (San Luis) creek.
Pet owners and electronics buffs alike will soon have more shopping choices in San Luis Obispo. A Circuit City and PetSmart, among others, are slated for construction as part of the Irish Hills Plaza, a 140,000-square-foot shopping center on Los Osos Valley Road, near The Home Depot and Costco.
Halloween is a week away, but I’m already spooked.
It’s not a soul-gripping fear, not an absolute terror instilled in my heart (but for some, the idea may be that frightening). It sends a chill down my spine, a shudder that makes my shoulders tense and teeth clench – and it has something to do with a figure in a white dress.