Cal Poly has the highest percentage of white students and the lowest percentage of black students of all California public universities.

Cal Poly is the whitest public university in California — by a lot

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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced that the Theta Tau fraternity was suspended over videos with racist, sexist content. Syverud, described the video involving members of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, as racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities. He said the videos were turned over to the school's Department of Public Safety for possible disciplinary or legal action.

It's not just Cal Poly — racist frat video outrages NY campus, prompts suspension

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Paso faces an 'illegal alien invasion,' must fight 'sanctuary state' law, residents say

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Bill Monning, Jordan Cunningham announce Diablo Canyon bill ensuring $85 million settlement

$85 million Diablo Canyon settlement bill passes key Senate hurdles

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Cuesta College's agriculture program continues to grow

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St. Patrick School students learn with Google AR

Giraffes in the classroom? Google helps SLO County kids go on safari with virtual reality

St. Patrick Catholic School students in Arroyo Grande, California experienced augmented reality in the classroom Wednesday, April 18, 2019 thanks to Google Expedition. The app lets students get up close and personal with science concepts they are studying in class.

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A sales-tax increase isn't coming to SLO this year — but it's not gone for good

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$FILE - In this April 22, 2017, file photo, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, left, talks with San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard during the second half of Game 4 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, in Memphis, Tenn. The absolute unwillingness to answer certain questions is part of the San Antonio Spurs' mystique. The Spurs just don't share much. So there is some unmistakable irony here that when it comes to the obviously fractured relationship between San Antonio and Kawhi Leonard, it's the Spurs who are the ones frustrated by the lack of answers.$

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Wife of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich dies at 67, and tributes echo across NBA.

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Cal Poly students are demanding the administration do more to address racism. Many have called for the expulsion of the student who appeared in blackface at a fraternity event.

Words alone aren't enough, Cal Poly. It's time to act to end racism

A white fraternity member appearing in blackface is just the latest racist incident at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, says R.A.C.E. Matters, a grassroot organizations in SLO County. It tells Cal Poly to stop issuing statements of concern and start acting.

Cal Poly president is right to lay the hammer down on Greeks

SLO City Council backtracks on Anholm Bikeway. Bad move

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Some California state workers are disciplined or fired for sexually harassing colleagues, but other accused harassers remain employed – receiving raises and promotions as they move through departments in the state bureaucracy.

Giving gropers a break? How California state workers stay employed after big payouts

Some California state workers are disciplined or fired for sexually harassing colleagues, but other accused harassers remain employed amid such accusations, according to a Sacramento Bee examination of sexual harassment settlements in the past three years.

Stevante Clark arrested on suspicion of threats

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They gathered in San Diego to honor a fallen Marine. The city ticketed them for it

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Norm Macdonald will perform at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez in May 11, 2018.

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You've seen him on 'Saturday Night Live.' Now Norm Macdonald is coming to the Central Coast

Take a tour of this relaxing, Victorian-era garden in Cayucos

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Victorian garden in SLO County has space for everything, from entertaining to pets

Good soil is vital to the success of any garden.

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You've seen him on 'Saturday Night Live.' Now Norm Macdonald is coming to the Central Coast

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Victorian garden in SLO County has space for everything, from entertaining to pets

Good soil is vital to the success of any garden.

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