With Campus Dining’s multiple renovation plans this summer, students can expect better food, more jobs and the availability of late-night coffee in the library in the fall.
“I’m incredibly excited,” Campus Dining Director Tom Welton said. “I really think people are going to be happy with the changes.
After receiving a formal warning letter from the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) in January, Cuesta College has erased concerns that it may be on the verge of losing its accreditation.
The commission sent a team to visit the Cuesta campus late last year and officially put the school on warning status.
Cal Poly’s civil engineering students may not be able to make water into wine, but they can make concrete float. They can also mold it into a mean, lean racing machine, or in this case, a canoe. They did just that at this year’s American Society of Civil Engineers’ National Concrete Canoe Competition, placing fourth out of 22 student teams.
San Luis Obispo County was recently awarded a $55,000 grant from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and will be putting forth an increased effort to crack down on liquor stores that sell to minors, as well adults purchasing liquor for underage consumption in unincorporated areas.
San Luis Obispo County law enforcement agencies are sweeping the area for individuals who have outstanding warrants for their arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The warrant sweep is part of a grant that was issued to the county under the AVOID the 14 project, during which officers physically go to the homes of DUI offenders, arrest them, and force them to adhere to the consequence of their violation.
The Cal Poly University Police and San Luis Obispo Police Department are facing a lawsuit by a local man alleging they assaulted him, violated his civil rights and placed him under false arrest last July. According to the lawsuit filed June 13 in San Luis Obispo Superior Court, Jeffrey Mark Milne, 53, arrived at his home on Christina Way after a hike on July 15, 2007 around 8:30 p.
Tourists coming to San Luis Obispo will soon help pay for the city’s tourism promotion thanks to a unanimous vote by the city council for the new 2 percent assessment known as a ‘bed tax’ on hotel rooms. The city already has a 10 percent transient occupancy tax on the lodging industry, but hoteliers championed the new ordinance, known as the Business Improvement District (BID), to control where the money is spent.
A typical day in the life of an Associated Students Inc. officer usually starts around 9 a.m. and ends after 5 p.m. – but that’s not including classes, campus involvement or personal time.
“We have a lot of meetings. A lot of meetings. A lot,” ASI president Angela Kramer said.
With gas prices on the rise and more people turning to alternative modes of transportation, San Luis Obispo’s transit systems are struggling to adapt.
The county’s public transportation system may not be able to accommodate everyone because there simply aren’t enough buses, or seats, to go around.
Summer on the Central Coast may be warmer than usual and local farmers are feeling the heat.
There is cause for alarm among farmers and ranchers on the Central Coast as the Climate Prediction Center predicts a 33.6 percent chance that the median temperature will be eclipsed and an 8.
As early Big West Conference men’s basketball schedules get released, Long Beach State’s looks the toughest so far. The 49ers, who went 6-25 last season under first-year head coach Dan Monson, have assembled what the Long Beach Press-Telegram calls one…