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The Cuesta Beach Volleyball team just completed its inaugural season. Photo by Cuesta Athletics

Cuesta College debuts Women’s Beach Volleyball

Eva Genkinger May 20, 2024

Beach volleyball continues growing in popularity on California's Central Coast, and Cuesta College has been getting in on the action. The college has introduced a new women's beach volleyball team, led...

The natural beauty of California native plants.

Absorbing the benefits of native plants on college campuses

Sarah Harvey May 18, 2024

Cuesta College and other college campuses across the country are incorporating native plants into their landscapes, which is delivering tangible benefits. According to the National Wildlife Federation,...

Ellsworth Urban Dog Park in Silver Spring, Md., is one of many providing canines health benefits like exercise, social development and more.

Laguna Lake Dog Park is getting a makeover

Makenna Ward May 17, 2024

A San Luis Obispo City Council meeting on April 2 resulted in decisions made for city improvements, including allocating funds and taking steps towards a revitalization project of the Laguna Lake Dog Park. The...

Close-up of a sea otter in Morro Bay, Calif., in 2016. Photo by Marshal Hedin

Lethal parasite from cats is infecting sea otters

Sarah Harvey May 1, 2024

Southern sea otters in San Luis Obispo County are dying from a rare and aggressive strain of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite originates from a host seemingly removed from the sea otters’...

Campers at San Carpoforo Creek Beach. Photo by Sarah Harvey

Popular local beach faces camping ban

Sarah Harvey April 4, 2024

College students in SLO are about to lose overnight access to one of their favorite free camping spots due to environmental concerns. The proposal, initiated by the United States Forest Service, recommends...

The night sky at Carrizo Plain National Monument, with Jupiter shining bright in the top right corner. Photo by Cullen Arroyo

Taurid meteor shower in SLO’s night skies

Nick Mireles April 2, 2024

Light pollution prevents most people from witnessing the marvels of the universe. Whether it’s stars, galaxies or the Taurid meteor shower, San Luis Obispo County offers its residents and visitors the...

The view from the top of Black Hill trail located in Morro Bay

Different ways students can get active in SLO

Caitie Flanagan December 14, 2023

SLO County is full of numerous possibilities for staying mentally and physically active, including both indoor and outdoor options that can be done by oneself or with others.  The CDC states that staying...

Two surfers near Morro Rock, This area will be excluded from the sanctuary to make room for offshore wind turbines. Photo by Kathleen Mireles

Morro Bay excluded from Chumash marine sanctuary

Nick Mireles November 16, 2023

In a turn of events, boundary lines for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary proposal, which would have closed the gap between the Monterey Bay and Channel Islands sanctuaries, revealed a gap...

Bike paths in Downtown San Luis Obispo. Photo by Dustin Gil

Is SLO as bicycle friendly as the city claims?

Dustin Gil November 15, 2023

Most residents of SLO seem to know someone who's been hit while riding, or involved in, a bicycle related accident. On April 21, Cal Poly architecture engineering student Sean Hillman collided with...

Spillway flows on Lake Lopez. Photo by Dustin Gil

San Luis Obispo County lakes are full

Dustin Gil October 26, 2023

Cracked dry creek beds, lakes so low they could rival ponds in size, and roadside signage urging passersby to conserve water were common fixtures in the California landscape.  Feeling right at home,...

Shea Somma inside his shaping bay. Photo by Nico Mireles

Meet the Central Coast shaper behind Shea Somma Designs

Nick Mireles October 17, 2023

Shea Somma is an award winning surfboard shaper based out of San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he operates his business, Somma Special Designs. Before Somma ever reached for a hand planer, a tool used by...

Young elephant seals on the beach in San Simeon. Photo by Dustin Gil

Baby elephant seals died off from winter storms

Dustin Gil September 1, 2023

In the early months of 2023, California experienced historic highs in rainfall, causing floods and mudslides, widening streams and rivers, collapsing cliffs and reshaping portions of the coastline.  With...

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