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Canvas visitors from Cuesta College and others around the globe are receiving error messages due to the AWS outage on Oct. 20. Screenshot by The Cuestonian.

Canvas down due to global internet outage

Casey Lieberman, Features Editor October 20, 2025

Due to an Amazon Web Service (AWS) shutdown that began Monday around midnight, systems around the world are at a halt. Flights are delayed, workers stalled, and for Cuesta College faculty and students,...

Protesters gather waving flags and signs on the corner of Monterey Street and Los Osos Street in downtown San Luis Obispo for the nationwide “No Kings” protest on Oct. 18.

PHOTOS: San Luis Obispo ‘No Kings’ rally draws thousands of people

Michaela Mastache, Arts + Entertainment Editor October 20, 2025

An estimated 5,000 people showed up to the ‘No Kings’ rally in downtown San Luis Obispo on Saturday. The rally was one of 2,700 events across the country that drew over 7 million people nationwide...

Cuesta community members lined up to order on Tiny Cafe’s opening day on campus on Oct. 15, 2025.

New locally owned coffee service now open on Cuesta campus

Casey Lieberman, Features Editor October 15, 2025

Tiny Café, a local pop-up mobile coffee shop, began service on Wednesday in Cuesta College’s SLO campus cafeteria located in building 5100. The café offers everything from classic drip coffee, cappuccinos,...

Cuestonian (left to right) Features Editor Casey Lieberman, Faculty Adviser Jeremy Shermak and Reporter Vivian Morgan attended the Journalism Association of Community College Southern California Regional Conference on Oct. 11 at California State University, Northridge. Photo courtesy of The Cuestonian.

The Cuestonian receives regional recognition

Cuestonian Staff October 12, 2025

The Cuestonian, the official student newspaper of Cuesta College, traveled to the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) Southern Regional Conference on Oct. 11 at California State University,...

The current state of the building at 1650 E. Grand Ave in Arroyo Grande that was acquired for Cuesta College's South County Center.

Cuesta South County Center expected to open in 2028

Casey Lieberman, Features Editor October 6, 2025

After more than a decade of searching, the Cuesta College Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the purchase of a property in Arroyo Grande for a new South County Cuesta Center.  “The property...

Drip Coffee’s Cabrillo College location. Photo courtesy of Drip Coffee

Cuesta Board of Trustees approves contract to open new cafe on campus

Casey Lieberman, Features Editor October 3, 2025

The Cuesta College Board of Trustees has approved a contract with Northern California coffee provider Drip Coffee to open a café in Cuesta’s newest building, which is expected to be finished by January...

Cuestonian File Photo

Club Day coming to Cuesta College

Vivian Morgan, Reporter September 29, 2025

Club Day is coming to Cuesta College on Oct. 1. As a part of Cuesta’s Cougar Social Hour, Club Day is going to be in the ASCC Courtyard by the bookstore.  Club Day is a way for students to interact...

Photo by Cuestonian Staff

Cuesta among colleges affected by Trump Administration canceling MSI funding

John C. King, Multimedia Editor September 18, 2025

The Trump Administration on Sept. 7 canceled Title 5 grants for minority-serving institutions, including Cuesta College.  “Discrimination based upon race or ethnicity has no place in the United States,”...

Students passing through the Humanities Forum during the fall 2024 semester.

Cuesta College Foundation awards historic amount to students

Michaela Mastache, Arts + Entertainment Editor September 15, 2025

The Cuesta College Foundation celebrated the largest scholarship total in the foundation's history for the 2025-2026 school year after rewarding $777,640 in scholarships as well as another $400,000 in...

Cuesta College Police Chief Jesse Herring sits aboard his campus cruising golf cart.

Riding with the chief

John C. King, Multimedia Editor September 11, 2025

Chief Jesse Herring has been with the Cuesta College Police Department for a little over a year.  He started working as a sergeant in July 2024, and the department appointed him interim chief in February...

California Congressmen Salud Carbajal (left) and Jimmy Panetta (right) engage in discussion with panelists at Cuesta College’s SLO Campus on Friday.

Congressmen Carbajal, Panetta hold forum on Medicare at Cuesta

Michaela Mastache, Arts + Entertainment Editor August 25, 2025

California State Congressmen Salud Carbajal, who represents the 24th district, and Jimmy Panetta, who represents the 19th district, held a public discussion and panel with local medical leaders to discuss...

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