Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I’m reading about the couple who took their newborn daughter home from the hospital in a robotaxi. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

Update: Law enforcement released the final Deltopia numbers. Citations doubled this year at 485 citations and arrests nearly quadrupled with 84 people taken in.

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Cal Poly is establishing a task force to address antisemitism on campus. The university announced the change amidst a push from the federal government to look into discrimination against Jewish students nationwide and an “F” rating from the Campus Antisemitism Report Card on handling of antisemitism (later changed to a “D”). Less than 10% of schools reviewed got an “F.” In addition to the task force, Cal Poly will coordinate with SLO Hillel to establish an Interfaith Center on-campus and administer antisemitism training.

Krithi Sankar and Madison White / Mustang News

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A former candidate for SLO County supervisor was sentenced to three months in jail for election fraud. She ran her campaign in the county’s 3rd district under a false address while living in the 4th district, a felony; she previously pleaded no contest to this charge and fraudulent attempts to vote in that district as well. Her write-in candidacy crashed and burned anyways, losing in a landslide. Prosecutors said she led a “purposeful scheme to defraud voters.”

Chloe Shrager and Chloe Jones / The Tribune

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California might just ignore the Trump administration’s demands to eliminate DEI in schools. Last Thursday, the Department of Education demanded that states collect certifications that all diversity programs had ended within 10 days — or risk severe cuts in federal funding. But New York has already said it will defy the order and California is looking likely too after state officials questioned the authority of the federal government to do this. California sent out a letter to school districts, but it did not instruct them to eliminate programs or send any certification of doing so. 

Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times

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Avocado production is booming in California this year. Experts predict that California will end the season having grown 375 million pounds of the fruit, compared to 350 million last year. In the past decade, 3 million new avocado trees have been planted, spread from San Diego to Morro Bay. And the demand isn’t going away any time soon. While the rock hard pile of avocados at Trader Joe’s might seem like an indicator of that, growers say the best way to get “quality fruit” is to let them ripen at home.

Juliet Lemar / KSBY

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At 70 years old, the owner of one cannabis store in Carmel-by-the-Sea has never smoked a joint before, nor does she want to. Why? “Because the delivery is so much better with a beverage,” she said. Cannabis drinks are on the come-up in a legalized market that tanked in recent years. From January 2024 to January 2025, the overall weed market dropped 10% while the THC beverages grew 6%, the only product to see an increase. Parents and retirees are the biggest group of consumers. “We love it, it’s subtle and gentle,” the owner said.

Lester Black / SFGate