Good morning. It’s Thursday, and I’m reading about Cal Poly’s third consecutive win in a presale competition to bring a music festival to SLO. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

Aubrey Murray, a senior electrical engineering major, died this Sunday — the fourth student death in the past four months and the sixth in less than a year. No cause of death has been released, but a university spokesperson said her death was unrelated to St. Fratty’s activities. “She was a brilliant student, always active and engaged, and particularly enjoyed the hands-on learning opportunities at Cal Poly,” the announcement of her death read.

Joan Lynch / The Tribune

2.

All of Cal Poly’s majors are impacted for admission. Cal Poly is one of five CSUs in which every major is impacted, and no UC campus has total impaction. This means that your major is taken into account in admissions due to high competition for limited spots. The other CSUs are San Diego, Long Beach, Fullerton and San Jose. However, individual UCs tend to have more impacted majors than CSUs overall, as over half of Cal States have little or no impaction at all. 

Nanette Asimov / San Francisco Chronicle

3.

SLO’s restaurant scene is more diverse than ever. With immense turnover, downtown and other business hubs have consistently received more restaurants than they have lost. Last year, 10 restaurants closed, but 21 opened and eight more are slated to come soon. SLO overall has a 3% retail vacancy rate, the best it’s been since 2015 and a little over 1% below the national average. “You can see an opportunity for the area, for new places, for new type of cuisine,” one local owner said.

Dylan Foreman / KSBY

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Cal Poly’s provost is stepping down to take on a role in coordinating the Cal Maritime integration. She will focus on accreditation preparation along other initiatives, then, after the integration is complete, serve as a tenured political science professor at Cal Poly. The provost serves to guide academic priorities and policies. Her temporary replacement will be a retired president of CSU Bakersfield until April, when a long-time Cal Poly Administrator will take over.

Krithi Sankar / Mustang News

5.

Sleek white cones line a public road, blocking parking. ‘This is not legal,’ you rightfully think to yourself. You remove the cones and park your car. Immediately, four men in suits and sunglasses descend upon you and your car, telling you to leave, taking pictures of you and following you for two blocks after you walk away. Hence is the reality of Billionaire’s Row in San Francisco, where a cohort of the uber-rich pretend they own public property. “We cannot allow the soul of San Francisco to be killed by hyper-entitled billionaires,” a nearby (non-billionaire) neighbor said. 

Ariana Bindman / SFGate