“This isn’t your standard power outage where a couple buildings go down,” Cal Poly Director of Emergency Management Anthony Knight said. “This is where an entire region goes down and the support structure we all rely on is potentially impacted.”
Natural Healing Center awarded permit to open storefront in San Luis Obispo
Natural Healing Center will receive San Luis Obispo’s third commercial cannabis permit and is now the city’s second retail storefront to be approved for business, according to a news release. Natural Healing Center will be located at 2600 Broad Street…
Cal Poly officials meet with NCAA over textbook sanctions, appeal decision expected in coming months
Cal Poly is nearing the end of the NCAA appeals process after being forced to vacate records broken by student-athletes who were given extra scholarship money. President Jeffery Armstrong, Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey and Athletics Director Don…
Latest PG&E power shutoff not expected to hit San Luis Obispo
The lights should stay on at Cal Poly and in San Luis Obispo as sweeping power shutoffs are expected this weekend, according to PG&E. The power company announced Friday approximately 850,000 customers will have their power proactively turned off —…
Blue-Green rivalry Men’s Soccer student tickets may run out Wednesday
Update: Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 9:30 p.m. The student ticket allotment for the Saturday, Nov. 2 Cal Poly-UC Santa Barbara game may run out by Wednesday morning, according to Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Chris Giovannetti. Tickets are available at…
Visiting San Luis Obispo soon? You may qualify for $100 in Uber credits to go wine tasting
People traveling to San Luis Obispo before December have the chance to receive $100 in Uber credits to explore the local wine region — simply for visiting. Those staying for at least two consecutive nights in San Luis Obispo between…
Students protest pro-life speaker Seth Gruber, who calls abortion “genocide”
As Seth Gruber kicked off his “Abortion is Genocide” speaking tour at Cal Poly Wednesday night, students gathered outside the University Union (UU) in protest for reproductive rights.
Mayor Heidi Harmon endorses Bernie Sanders for president
San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) for president Tuesday, Oct. 22. Harmon joined more than 40 elected and previously elected officials across California, according to a news release from the Sanders campaign. Other mayors who…
City Council allows Taqueria Santa Cruz to stay open 30 minutes later after noise violations
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted Tuesday night that the downtown Taqueria Santa Cruz Express location can stay open until 9:30 p.m. Earlier this year, the restaurant was mandated to close at 9 p.m. because of noise complaints from…
Cal Poly says Beta Theta Pi leaders not aware of waterboarding, incident not considered hazing
Cal Poly confirmed that a video shot in September 2018 showing a student being waterboarded at a Beta Theta Pi satellite house does not depict hazing, according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier. Fraternity recruits were not involved, Lazier said, and…
Cal Poly Rose Float moves to Pomona ahead of parade
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Pomona float will dip below the waves with an underwater-themed float for the 2020 Tournament of Roses Parade.