By BEN DIGUGLIELMO With COVID-19 surging through the campus community, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo administrators have packed groups of eight infected students in small isolation apartments normally occupied by four, leaving some students feeling discarded. During the past seven... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An early morning fire scorched a single-family home in San Luis Obispo on Sunday. Shortly before 1 a.m., a caller reported the blaze burning at a home on Helena Street, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo city staffers on Friday ordered homeless living along the Bob Jones Trail to leave the area to allow the city to improve portions of the trail. Homeless, some in tears, worked on packing up... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson is holding office hours in Debbie Arnold’s district in a county building after canceling constituent meetings in his own district because of the pandemic. This action spurred allegations Gibson violated... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested two men Friday morning after finding them in a creek with drugs and a sawed-off shotgun. A 911 caller reported seeing two males with a shotgun near Murray Avenue and Santa... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The current surge in COVID-19 cases is straining San Luis Obispo County hospital emergency rooms and staffing. There are currently 38 residents hospitalized with the virus, seven in intensive care units, according to the county health department.... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A student mistaking an umbrella for a gun led to Paso Robles High School locking down briefly Friday morning. One student saw another student with a large umbrella and reported that it was a gun, according to... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Isolation beds for Cal Poly students who tested positive for COVID-19 filled rapidly this week, prompting university officials to move additional students with the coronavirus into off-campus hotels. [LA Times] Cal Poly has 62 isolation beds on... (Continue reading)
OPINION by KODY CAVA The open letter that got me fired, and why “anti-hunger” organizations have become part of the problem. The following is an open letter I wrote to my (now previous) employer, the SLO Food Bank. Four hours... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Department of Health and Human Services has extended the state’s indoor mask mandate by one month. After taking effect on Dec. 15, 2021, the mandate was set to expire on Jan. 15, 2022. But, the... (Continue reading)