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Local wine maker in San Luis Obispo illustrates harvest season through sound. Reporter Aidan Dillon sits down with Brook Munro to learn more about his creative process.

Supporters of the California Faculty Association marched at three different entrances on Cal Poly's campus on Jan. 22, reporter Izzy Romero takes a deeper dive into what this looked like.

The family of Kristin Smart is accusing Cal Poly of negligence relating to Smart’s death, according to documents filed to the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on Thursday. The Smart family is suing the university for negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress and wrongful death, according to the lawsuit. 

Since last summer's shortage, college students are still struggling to get their ADHD medication. Reporter Sarina Grossi has more information on how this is affecting the San Luis Obispo community.

The sounds of diesel buses in San Luis Obispo may soon be a thing of the past. In August, the city of San Luis Obispo celebrated the addition of two all-electric buses to the SLO Transit fleet and announced its plan to introduce six more.

With the holidays coming up, student employees at the Cal Poly Creamery work to prepare and ship out their annual holiday cheese boxes. Though this year’s holiday cheese box sales have ended, Cal Poly cheese can be found at Market Poly Canyon, California Fresh Market and a few other local grocery stores.   

Cal Poly has a new culinary and sensory lab in the William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation. Reporter Natalie Levesque learns more about what it has to offer.

For over a decade, Cheap Thrills Records and Captain Nemo’s Toys and Games have offered a twenty-four hour game room. The combined business shares one large store in downtown San Luis Obispo on Higuera St. 

Located on a historic estate in San Simeon, Hearst Castle is a well-known destination on the central coast. Each year, the castle’s seasonal Holiday Twilight Tour gives guests a chance to see the castle lit up with lights, Christmas trees and other decor at night. 

What first started as a senior project is now a comprehensive and ever-evolving sex education Canvas course that students can anonymously self-enroll in at any time. 

Oceano’s Deltina Coffee Roasters officially opened their second location on Taft Street in San Luis Obispo. The store replaced the now shut down Kin Coffee Bar that was previously at that location. 

In the last month, Quickie Delivery Service has received several warnings from the Cal Poly Police Department (CPPD) about using electric scooters on campus.

Prove Labs is a student-run organization on Cal Poly’s campus and the club is working to break the world record for most miles driven on one charge. The car will be powered by a battery pack comprising over 7 thousand lithium-ion cells.

Bridge USA, a new club on campus, is working to bridge the partisan gap on college campuses to make a better democracy for the future.

Pismo clams were a staple of recreational fisheries for decades, but their population declined by the 1980s. The last clam of legal fishing size of four and a half inches was found in 1993, but since 2015, the Ruttenberg Lab at Cal Poly has been able to witness a rise in the clams’ population.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing the SLO location of Meathead Movers Inc., the largest independent moving company in California, for violating discrimination law.

Cal Poly students compete in a furniture design competition for a chance to attend the world’s largest trade fair in Italy

Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center on Oct. 14 hosted Max McClean’s performance of mystical music, the sound of a large crash and imagery of the solar system.

Fall 2023 graduates may not get the opportunity to walk on the stage of Spanos Stadium this year. In Jan. 2023, the Cal Poly Commencement Office announced that the only graduation hosted by the University will take place in the spring.

The Cal Poly Center for Coastal Marine Sciences hosted an open house at the Cal Poly pier on Oct. 28. 

Cal Poly physics students are researching marine heat waves and their effects on local coastlines and ecosystems.

Cal Poly celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day alongside the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini  Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region.

Pismo beach hosted their annual Pumpkins in the Park event at Dinosaur Caves Park on Oct. 28th.

At the start of the academic year, Cal Poly shut down the Kennedy Library for renovation. The university now has built library tents around campus as a substitute for the closed library.