Good morning. It’s Friday, and I’m reading about when Californians are able to buy three-day Disneyland park hopper passes for 50% off. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

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Cal Poly now has four medical vending machines in the University Union, library and dorm mailing rooms. The machines dispense over the counter medications 24/7 as well as staples for preventing sickness like Emergen-C. The university is hoping to combat complaints over the Health Center’s hours and lack of accessibility for off campus pharmacies.

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Cal Poly was the top masters level university for study abroad in the country, sending 1,200 graduate students abroad during the 2023-24 year. Institute of International Education also ranked the school as second in the nation for long-term study abroad, first for mid-term and third for short term study abroad. Spain and Italy were the top destinations for Cal Poly students, and the press release said the programs “bring Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing philosophy to life in a global context.”

Sadie Dittenber / The Tribune

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Proposition 50 will remain in effect despite a court ruling that challenges Texas’s redrawn congressional maps. Prop 50 redrew California’s maps in response from those in Texas, but the court ruled that Texas racially gerrymandered the maps, whereas California’s didn’t group minorities illegally. Before putting Prop 50 to vote, lawmakers removed a clause that would have made California’s decision contingent on Texas following through with theirs. They didn’t, so it still stands.

Archana Pisupati / Mustang News

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Vallejo, the East Bay city which Cal Poly Maritime is based, has the worst roads in the Bay Area for the second year in a row, according to a report. It’s the only city to score “very poor” on its roadways in a region that averaged “fair” and had major cities like San Francisco and San Jose rank as “good.” The city has consistently underfunded infrastructure, leading to the Vallejo Potholes Vigilantes group to form in 2022 to fill in stray potholes. They’ve now disbanded, and “significant deterioration” remains, the report said. 

Gillian Mohney / SFGate

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A musical road in Los Angeles was a major flop. Probably because it played “William Tell Overture” at the wrong pitch and wrong pace every time someone drove over the stretch of road. Nearby residents in Lancaster said “just went nuts” the city’s tourism rep said, with drivers looping on the road in the middle of the night, playing the inaccurate rendition. Then, 15 minutes away, another city installed the same exact road with the same tune and the same problems.

Tessa McLean / SFGate