Cal Poly San Luis Obispo News

Butterfly Town USA may be losing its iconic Monarch butterflies, according to an annual count made Thanksgiving weekend.

BREAKING NEWS: San Luis Obispo Police say they found the body of 20-year-old Charles Tamae's near a bicycle believed to be his, at the foot of Mountain Road near Serrano Street.

Thousands of red, white, pink, orange-red and marbled poinsettias -- some 30 different varieties -- will be sold today and Saturday by the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo horticulture students who propagated and grew them.

Alcohol policy set for minors The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission on Wednesday announced a new policy prohibiting agents from citing minors for illegally possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages if they seek help in a medical emergency.

On the one year anniversary of the hazing death of California Polytechnic State University freshman Carson Starkey, Texas alcohol regulators announced an amnesty program aimed at helping to stop alcohol deaths.

Two Missouri Valley College men's wrestlers claimed Open Division medals Sunday at the Mizzou Open in Columbia.

In an effort to make its water delivery systems more efficient, the Walker River Irrigation District board of directors will consider a proposal from a team of engineers from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for a new digital measuring system.

Question: Who paid for the college educations of local legislators Dan Logue, Jim Nielsen and Sam Aanestad, along with their predecessors and would-be successors Rick Keene and Doug LaMalfa? Answer: We did, the taxpayers of California.

Two indicators of liver function, Gamma-glutamyl transferase and albumin have been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

Roger Barillas is back and open for appointments. By trade, Barillas is an advanced registered nurse practitioner at Mercy Services in West Liberty.

When you let monkeys run with scissors, the scene at the jungle barber shop should not be a surprise - a zebra with a mohawk, a giraffe with a beehive and a lion sporting rollers in its mane.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has chosen state Sen. Abel Maldonado to fill the post of lieutenant governor, which was vacated earlier this month by newly elected Congressman John Garamendi.

The Feather River Recreation and Park District has hired a new district manager who will take over in January.

In an effort to make its water delivery systems more efficient, the Walker River Irrigation District board of directors will consider a proposal from a team of engineers from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for a new digital measuring system.

Thomas Sanders, left, photographs World War II Air Forces veteran Edward Hubbell, 88, at Belmont Village in Houston on Wednesday.

The city's new Arts Commission aims to unify Santa Clarita's broad artistic community - from its local symphony orchestra to its ballet group and artists association, the board's first members said.

Nathalie Taylor of Fallbrook placed first in the 2009 Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Writing Contest with her short story, &#34Clue of the Scratched Stones.&#34 The contest accepts entries from throughout the nation.

November 12th, 2009 - Sidense, a leading developer of Logic Non-Volatile Memory IP cores, today announced the appointment of Todd Humes as the company's new Vice President of Product Engineering.

A controversial proposal to partner California Polytechnic State University with a Saudi Arabian university has been abandoned by Saudi officials, according to an article in the Mustang Daily.

Formerly overweight people who have maintained weight loss tend to spend more calories exercising and have greater dietary restraint than obese people seeking weight loss treatment, according to a study published online Oct.