“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.”
San Luis Obispo faces heat advisory with critical fire weather watch this week
A heat advisory was in place in San Luis Obispo Tuesday until 5 p.m. with temperatures having reached a high of 97 degrees, according to the National Weather Service (NSW). Although the heat advisory ended Tuesday evening, temperatures are expected…
Latest PG&E power outages not expected to impact Cal Poly
Nearly 800,000 PG&E customers will lose power starting just after midnight Wednesday, but the coastal regions of San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties are not expected to have their power shutoff, according to PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey. PG&E…
Update: Lopez Fire 70 percent contained, residents allowed to return to homes
Update Tuesday evening, September 22 The Lopez fire that began Saturday afternoon is now 70 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. As of Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm, there have been four minor injuries from the Lopez fire, but no…
Forestry senior wants to save SLO County’s oak trees
About fifty million trees are estimated to have been killed by Sudden Oak Death on the West Coast alone. That number is rising every day.
Update: Sheriff’s Office identifies one dead in fatal car accident just north of Cal Poly
The driver killed in the accident has been identified as 18-year-old Zachary Andrew Harris of South Lake Tahoe.
Prepare yourself for annual Fire Prevention Week
Cal Fire spokesperson shared fire prevention and safety tips to kick of Fire Prevention Week.
Several arrested as activists protest slaughtering of cow at Meat Processing Center
University Police arrested 31-year-old Julianne Perry and 15-year-old activist Zoe Rosenberg on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest.
97-acre fire breaks out in hills behind residence halls
This article will be continuously updated as the fire develops.
Hiker falls 15 feet off Bishop Peak
Update 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 Industrial technologies and packaging freshman Cynthia Lee has been discharged from the emergency room at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and is recovering in her San Jose home, according to her mother Lydia Lee. Cynthia…
Hearst Castle reopens, no longer threatened by Chimney Fire
Hearst Castle will reopen to the public Monday August 29 and continue normal operations.