Lauren Walike
News ManagerLauren Walike joined KCBX as its news manager in February 2021. In addition to her KCBX work, Lauren also serves as news director for KCPR-FM, Cal Poly’s student-run radio station, and digital director of Mustang Media Group, Cal Poly’s student-run news organization. She will graduate from Cal Poly’s Honors Program in June 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in journalism with minors in Integrated Marketing Communications and Media Arts, Society and Technology.
During her tenure as KCPR News Director, Lauren oversaw more than 20 reporters in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, assisting the news team in reporting remotely from home. She was part of a broadcasting team that won first place at the 2020 Pinnacle College Media Awards for its special audio coverage of California’s March 2020 primaries. In addition, Lauren’s reporting for Mustang Media Group on Kristin Smart’s disappearance has been nationally recognized by college media organizations.
Lauren is a Sacramento area native. In her free time, Lauren enjoys painting, baking, and enjoying the Central Coast’s many natural offerings.
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RISE and Stand Strong, two local nonprofits providing services for sexual and intimate partner violence, have merged.Jennifer Adams, the former executive…
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The Alma Rosa Winery in Santa Barbara is hosting its second annual fundraising event on July 24 to raise funds for two mental health nonprofits: Mental…
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San Luis Obispo County Public Health announced June 29 that the County Public Health laboratory identified the first local case of the Delta variant of…
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California is in peak wildfire season and with higher temperatures, vegetation gets drier and is more prone to burning. Weather conditions, especially…
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During a pre-preliminary hearing for the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart on June 21, Judge Craig van Rooyen confirmed a 12-day…
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San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (SLO REP) is opening its doors June 18 for the first time since it closed for the pandemic in March 2020. The theater…
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Issues & Ideas: Hidden art gallery, Fort Hunter Liggett, changes in healthcare on the Central Coast.In this edition of Issues & Ideas, researchers at UCSB have made a breakthrough in using gene-editing technology to create sterile male mosquitoes. We’ll…
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Even if you’re familiar with downtown San Luis Obispo, there’s an art gallery you might have missed on a stroll down Higuera Street.Sheryl Daane Chesnut…
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San Luis Obispo County announced it is moving into the least restrictive yellow tier of the state’s color-coded reopening system June 9 at 8 a.m.Moving to…
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The Central Coast celebrated virtual Pride from May 16-23 and included some of the stories from Central Coast Queer Archive Project. The Central Coast…