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Cal Poly float wins Rose Parade Extraordinaire Award

Written on 1 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cal Poly universities’ float, featuring a pair of astronauts and a handful of animated extraterrestrials on an alien planet communicating through music, received the Extraordinaire Award for the most extraordinary float at the 130th Rose Parade held New Year’s Day.... (Continue reading)

Teen killed in crash on Highway 1 near Cal Poly

Written on 4 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A teen died in a single car crash along Highway 1 by Stenner Creek Road near Cal Poly Monday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. [Cal Coast Times] KSBY reports the victim was a man in his late teens. At about... (Continue reading)

Robe belt shaped like noose sparks latest Cal Poly campus concerns

Written on 16 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

While acknowledging the object found might not have any meaning or significance, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong penned a letter to the campus community discussing racism and mental health after a student in a dormitory found a bathrobe belt that... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly staffer in critical condition after intoxicated driver hit her

Written on 13 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The woman who was knocked unconscious on a San Luis Obispo street by an alleged DUI driver on Friday is a Cal Poly staff member. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 7 a.m. Friday, Lilianne Tang, 26, was crossing the street... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly SLO fraternity suspended over violent hazing

Written on 20 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo administrators suspended the campus chapter of the Lambda Phi Epsilon Asian Interest fraternity for a minimum of two academic years on Thursday because of a hazing ritual that left some pledges bloodied. [Mustang News] After... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man allegedly punches political canvasser, video

Written on 14 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Screening Room, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

A Paso Robles man allegedly assaulted a Cal Poly student who was going door-to-door canvasing for Congressional candidate Justin Fareed. [Cal Coast Times] Late last month, Isaac Schick, 21, knocked on the home of Bart Charles on Bel Air Place... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student identified as motorcyclist killed in weekend crash

Written on 10 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Authorities have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Highway 101 in Arroyo Grande on Sunday evening as 18-year-old Cal Poly student Jordan Grant. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 5 p.m. on Sunday, Grant’s motorcycle collided with a car... (Continue reading)

AG finds no laws broken in ‘racist’ incidents at Cal Poly

Written on 3 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An investigation conducted by the California Attorney General’s Office found Cal Poly students involved in allegedly racist incidents earlier this year broke no laws, and their speech was protected by the First Amendment, university President Jeffrey Armstrong announced in a... (Continue reading)

Is crime increasing near and at Cal Poly?

Written on 12 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An annual security report released by Cal Poly suggests some crimes are on the rise on campus and in nearby areas, while other offenses are declining and some criminal acts are remaining close to static or swinging up and down.... (Continue reading)

DA notifies SLO County lawyers of employee’s false testimony

Written on 15 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Defense attorneys around San Luis Obispo County have now received notification that a longtime district attorney’s office staffer who previously testified in court as an expert witness with a college degree, never graduated. [Cal Coast Times] Tracy Nix, an 18-year... (Continue reading)