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The end of “Cal Poly time” creates disarray for students taking the bus

This fall, Cal Poly students who rely on San Luis Obispo’s buses are learning the difference 10 minutes can make when it comes to getting to class on time. For master’s student Esther Duong, the end of “Cal Poly time”—classes and meetings starting 10 or 40 minutes after the hour—means frequent races for buses that get her to campus a little too early. “It definitely does eat into all of my other schedules. I…

BLM moves forward with oil leases near Carrizo Plain

For the first time in six years, federal land in California could be auctioned for oil and gas development, including thousands of acres along the edge of Carrizo Plain National Monument. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to offer 43 parcels totaling approximately 35,000 acres across San Luis Obispo, Kern, Kings, and Fresno counties at a Dec. 1 lease sale. Nearly 13,000 of those acres are federal land and mineral rights in the Temblor…


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