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Oceano Community Services District rejects Flock camera amid surveillance concerns
The Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) turned down the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office request to install a license plate reader at its local substation, much to the relief of several county residents. “I understand that they want to use it as part of their equipment to solve crimes, but they already have body cameras, they have cameras on their patrol cars,” Oceano resident Cathy Gonzales said at the OCSD’s July 8 meeting.…
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Delayed Cal Poly housing project forces temporary overcrowding
Some Cal Poly students will begin the fall quarter in temporary campus housing after the opening of the university’s new residential community was delayed, forcing students who expected new suite-style housing to relocate into existing Poly Canyon Village apartments. The students, including transfer and continuing students, will temporarily live in Poly Canyon Village until the new residential community is ready for occupancy. Cal Poly anticipates the building will open mid-year. “While the university had hoped…

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If you’re looking to buy an election, maybe it’s time to move to Cambria. The coastal elites who live there think that money is what it takes to win, and they…
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White Buffalo Land Trust’s food products win a nationwide Good Food Award
Biting into a piece of Figure Ate’s biltong for the first time was unlike any other kind of meat stick Kyle Sullivan had ever tasted. “The tenderness of the beef really blew me away,” Sullivan told New Times. “It just has almost like a melt-in-your-mouth texture…
Chef Tret Toussaint is ramping up culinary offerings at SLO’s Dairy Creek Golf Course
With a year at Marcerro under his belt, Executive Chef and Beverage Director Tret Toussaint is excited to embark on phase 2 of an ambitious hospitality project nearing completion at Dairy Creek Golf Course in San Luis Obispo. The county-owned nine-hole golf course and Swing Time…
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