Cal Poly Food Pantry's inside scoop

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Carly Heltzel
October 29, 2025

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and I’m reading about which Hollywood celebrities stuck it out at the 18-inning World Series game on Monday. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

Cal Poly’s food pantry is rapidly growing in popularity, with a 25% increase in visits this year. With the pantry’s rising profile comes more students to fight off getting that last carton of Cal Poly Strawberries, so here’s the rundown of weekly deliveries to give you an edge (times are 9:30 a.m. unless specified):

Mondays get Grocery Outlet; Tuesdays get Food 4 Less and at 11:30 a.m. Smart & Final; Wednesdays at 11 a.m. are some of the busiest when SLO Food Bank delivers; Thursdays are Sprouts Food Rescue and at 10:30 a.m Cal Poly Crops; Fridays receive Food 4 Less and Grocery Outlet.

2.

ASI is hosting viral TikTok comedian Connor Wood in Chumash Auditorium next Tuesday, Nov. 4. He’s performing a half hour comedy set before 30 minutes of a Q&A. Tickets are free for students and will be made available tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 a.m. The recent Sal Vulcano comedy show at the Performing Arts Center sold out in less than a minute. 

3.

After a storm took out several pilings at the end of the Cayucos pier over a year ago, the dangling deck sat roped off. Until now. Crews will now remove roughly 15 feet of unsupported deck off the pier in a $120,000 project before officials hire a contractor to restore the pier to its full length. Federal emergency money will fund the restoration to bring back full access.

4.

Huntington Beach appealed a judge’s decision to block the city from banning children from accessing books with “sexual content” from its public library without parental permission. But some interpreted “sexual content” as anything relating to gender and sexuality, including many children’s books with LGBTQ+ themes or those that explain reproduction to kids. Many saw it as an anti-queer campaign in disguise.

5.

If you’ve ever been stuck at a red light for an absurdly long time or forced a friend to jump out of the car to hit the pedestrian signal button so it would turn, I’m sure you’ve wondered whether or not it’s legal to run the light after a significant amount of time. In tragic news for all you impatient drivers, a short-lived investigation into California law says that you still gotta wait “until an indication to proceed is shown.” Bummer.