Good morning. It’s Monday, and I’m reading about the historic Oakland creamery that’s giving figure skater Alysa Liu ice cream for life. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

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A Cal Poly employee was arrested on suspicion of contacting a minor for sex and arranging a meeting with a minor for sex. Kevin Coulombe, 38, worked as an Instructional Support Technician in the physics department. He previously taught at San Luis Obispo High School and a high school in Atherton. His arrest was a part of a county-wide investigation into the sexual exploitation of children. 

Grace Gillio / Mustang News

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State officials are moving forward with dismantling Platform Holly, a decommissioned offshore oil platform off the coast of Goleta. Along with the platform, the project involved ripping up five underwater pipelines, two power cables and two tents meant to catch oil and gas from falling onto the seafloor. Also, the platform’s legs have turned into a reef, housing invasive species that would now have their habitat destroyed.

Gabriela Fernandez / KCBX

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The city of Los Angeles will not be allowed to implement its program to take apart RVs it deems a nuisance, after a judge’s ruling. The city’s program meant to capitalize on a state law that authorized LA County to do this, and it would have expanded the city’s criteria for what RVs could be dismantled. Opponents, who now won the case, argued that the city’s actions were illegal and harmed vulnerable people living in their vehicles.

Makenna Sievertson / LAist

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Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to expand and subsidize early childcare to drive down costs for young parents, and he did, notably making transitional kindergarten free across the state. But it’s coming at a hidden cost: private preschools are struggling to stay open. Losing the more independent 4-year-olds that offset the high labor cost of caring for the younger kids means struggling to break even. From 2020-24, 167 preschools closed in Los Angeles County, and experts attribute it to expanding TK.

Jeanne Kuang / CalMatters

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California is home to many iconic cannabis strains, but perhaps none are as mythical as the Big Sur Holy Weed. The legend goes that surfers and hippies smuggled seeds back from Mexico and the Himalayas to a monk named Perry living in Big Sur who created a hybrid plant that’s bud energized smokers and gave a high that wasn’t your typical downer. But with no regulation or standardized definition of any cannabis strain, anyone can slap a label on today and call it anything. 

Lester Black / SFGate