Good morning, San Luis Obispo.

Lauren Bandari, executive director of Hillel of San Luis Obispo, will receive the inaugural Jewish Heritage Award on May 18 at the State Assembly.

Assemblywoman Dawn Addis selected her for her work building Jewish community at Cal Poly and in the area.

Authorities identified 78-year-old Ralph Sutter as the man who drowned while kayaking off the coast of Montana de Oro State Park on Saturday morning (his life vest reportedly slipped off his body).

First responders performed CPR but were unable to revive him.

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 tonight at 7 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to deliver 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit; the reused booster will land on a droneship in the Pacific without a sonic boom.

Paso Robles Joint Unified School District will use a $30,000 grant from the CSU Chancellor’s Office to run a five-week Summer Algebra Institute for 60 middle and high school students at Lewis Flamson Junior High School (June 10–July 10), offering math instruction and STEM activities like coding.

Central Coast donations have fueled new pediatric cancer research by End Kids Cancer (a community foundation) that supports trials testing vaccines and the role of gut bacteria at Memorial Sloan Kettering to improve treatments for children with neuroblastoma.

San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department, CenCal Health and the Tobacco Control Coalition report that over 1,000 residents have connected to quit support services since last summer as prescriptions for nicotine replacement therapy doubled — health officials say medications like patches, gum, and lozenges can boost quitting success.

Ryan Tayman builds on Cal Poly Baseball's legacy by leading the Big West with 14 home runs as the season continues.

The Grover Beach native transferred from Golden Bears and is praised for his improved defense and timely offensive growth.

Former Bearcat Carson Turnquist pitched 104 pitches over five innings Saturday as Cal Poly beat UCI 11-2 in Irvine and later won an 8-6 game Sunday, boosting his season record to 5-1 with a 3.00 ERA.