Cal Poly finally wants feedback on year-round operations

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Carly Heltzel
April 29, 2026

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and I’m reading about an invasive rodent species infiltrating California's waterways. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

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Cal Poly is seeking input from students on year-round operations for the first time in its planning process. University President Jeffrey Armstrong said the details of the operations are not yet finalized and that administration will send them when complete. Students have already expressed serious concern about the shift and its impact on internships, housing and student life. Year round operations are scheduled to begin in the 2027-28 school year. 

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Armenian Students Association hosted a vigil on Dexter lawn honoring the 111th anniversary of the Armenian genocide on its national remembrance day Friday. With a prototype of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex and a map of old Armenia, students lit candles and gathered in a circle. City Councilmember and faculty member Mike Boswell spoke, declaring April 24 as “Armenian Remembrance Day” for the city of San Luis Obispo. 

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One of the three offshore wind companies with leases off the coast of Morro Bay took a deal with the Trump administration to give up its lease, invest in oil, natural gas or other energy infrastructure and get reimbursed for the money it invested. The same company also terminated a lease in New York, which would have combined powered 2.1 million homes. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Central Coast Rep. Salud Carbajal — who worked to get the leases approved in Congress — are furious. 

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Hundreds of registered hospice providers in California are frauds. Some sign up patients in need, receive Medicare payment and receive little or no care as they die. Others sign up unknowing elderly people who don’t need hospice care to receive insurance payments, but when the “patients” are listed as on hospice, they aren’t eligible for other legitimate medical care like surgeries and medication. A few even steal the identities of healthcare personnel in order to register as a provider for hospice.

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SLO County wineries without tasting rooms can host pop-up events on their estates to gain traction in the local market. Those without tasting rooms were only permitted to host people for tastings six weekends a year, set to rapidly increase during this 20-week pilot program which started April 21. One winery alliance director said the permits were a “common sense solution” and being on the property watching the vines grow shows the character of the wines. “It really just tells the story,” he said.