Hill, Mecham ahead in supervisor races

Tuesday night’s election went smoothly as voters in San Luis Obispo county elected many new faces to public office.

Cal Poly English professor Adam Hill beat incumbent Jerry Lenthall for 5th District county supervisor with 58 percent of the vote.

Hill – whose platform stressed smart growth, public safety and increasing alternate forms of transportation – thinks that voters were ready for a change.

Football adds a running back

The Cal Poly football team announced Wednesday the signing of the 20th member of this year’s recruiting class — Kenny Jackson, a running back and linebacker of San Jose’s Archbishop Mitty High who signed a national letter of intent. According…

LAES department goes international

While U.S. News & World Report named Cal Poly’s College of Engineering the nation’s top public, non-doctoral engineering

Diaz' sentence to include jail time

The computer engineering freshman accused of sending threatening e-mails to Cal Poly students and faculty in October was sentenced Monday.

Poly, San Luis Obispo hard on skateboarders

While skateboarding isn’t nearly as prevalent at Cal Poly as it is at other, less hilly California colleges, there are a select few who prefer boards to bikes.

Kinesiology professors assess student health

It all started with strategically positioned, high-calorie processed goodies in The Avenue on campus, which made a light bulb go on

Hill and Lenthall vie for 3rd District supervisor position

The college lecturer versus the retired police sergeant: Cal Poly English lecturer Adam Hill will take on incumbent Jerry Lenthall in

A voter's guide to Props. 98 and 99

As the June 3 election approaches, it may be somewhat cumbersome to read about the propositions in the secretary of

Home opener hype already in full swing

Already excited for the Cal Poly football team’s home opener, Sept. 6? Montana is. And Mustangs head coach Rich Ellerson told the Missoulian it ought to be “one of the great ones in school history.” Although they return just four…

Patterson, Arnold vie for supervisor

Two able and qualified people – incumbent Jim Patterson and candidate Debbie Arnold – are vying for the 5th District seat on the County Board of Supervisors.

Patterson and Arnold both have specific areas of concern they would like to pursue to better the community.

1st District seat faces competition

After 19 years at the helm of San Luis Obispo County’s 1st District seat, incumbent Harry Ovitt faces stiff competition from Paso Robles Mayor Frank Mecham. With two years of experience as a Paso Robles planning commissioner, another two years as a city council member and 16 years as Paso Robles mayor, Mecham may be ready to move on to the county level.