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A plan to develop Cal Poly’s west campus puts agricultural land at risk
For generations of Cal Poly agriculture students, some of the university’s most important classrooms haven’t had walls. Their classrooms are the lemon groves and crop fields stretching along the western edge of campus, where students can walk out of a lecture and, within minutes, find themselves laying irrigation pipe, planting crops, driving tractors, studying pests, or harvesting what they grew. Now, some of that land could become something very different. Cal Poly is exploring…
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Jan Marx’s censure attempt against Mayor Erica Stewart fails
San Luis Obispo City Councilmember Jan Marx’s efforts to censure Mayor Erica Stewart failed to garner support from her peers. Following a final advisory opinion from the SLO Personnel Board that recommended against censuring the mayor for sharing a confidential SLO County grand jury report with a Cal Poly official, Marx tried to agendize a City Council discussion about a possible censure during the Aug. 18 City Council meeting. Fellow City Councilmembers Michelle Shoresman, Emily…
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“Attention, students. Today’s lesson is about how to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. Lemons are currently $2.13 per pound. The average San Luis Obispo hotel room is $247…
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Visit Grover Beach’s only tasting room as the owners take to the skies for a new chapter
Millions of orange and black butterflies have taken flight from the designated grove of eucalyptus trees off Highway 1 in Pismo Beach. A hair south of the sanctuary, one Shell Beach couple realized it was time for a new adventure of their own. Partners Julie Garcia…
Paso Robles’ Yes Cocktail Co. pens the ultimate mixology manual
“Whenever we teach a mixology class at the Yes Cocktail Co. tasting room (in Paso Robles), we start by talking about what makes a cocktail or mocktail truly great,” write proprietors Brandon Alpert and Lauren Butler in The Happy Hour Book. “The answer is simple: balance.…
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