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How are you planning to submit your votes this election year?
62%By mail/drop-off
33%In person
5%Not sure yet
0%There's an election?
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San Luis Coastal Unified School District voters living in the zone containing Los Ranchos and Sinsheimer elementary schools must choose between the different versions of equity touted by two candidates battling for the Trustee Area 6 seat.
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Both Atascadero and Paso Robles are using beaver engineering to help reintroduce the amphibious rodents to the area and allow the animals to maintain a lush Salinas Riverbed by doing what they do best—being beavers.
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Should cities along the Salinas River build man-made beaver dams?
7%Prevents fires and floods
13%Don't mess with nature
67%More beavers needed
13%None of my dam business
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Should Sentinel Peak be allowed to truck oil through the county?
36%Yes, it needs to restart!
7%It's too dangerous!
21%With stricter safeguards
36%Maybe, I need more info
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What do you think of the Cambria Christmas Market's 15-year permit?
65%I'm glad it's continuing!
18%it should be scaled back
6%Why 15 years?
12%I haven't visited yet
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Christmas spirit arrived early this summer season as the SLO County Board of Supervisors approved a permit for the Cambria Christmas Market to run for the next 15 years—despite a resident appeal calling the popular market unsustainable for the town.
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We wanted to know what SLO County residents thought about the historic election we're living through, so we spread out across the county to ask people.
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What's the most shocking part of the election lately?
25%Biden dropping out
61%The shooting of Trump
4%Harris' presidential bid
11%I'm not up to date
28 votes • Final results 2
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A hallmark of the 55 Fiction stories submitted to our annual short story contest is the “surprise” at the end that ties the preceding sentences together. We’re here to publish the best ones annually.
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What do you like about 55 Fiction?
50%The creativity
0%Global submissions
25%All the different genres
25%I don't like 55 Fiction
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Since 2020, city councils have grappled with the phenomenon of Zoombombing as virtual trolls disrupt public comment with hate speech.
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How should city councils handle Zoombombers?
44%Ban live virtual comments
12%Give clear guidelines
12%Don't cut anyone off
31%What's a Zoombomber?
16 votes • Final resultsDespite public concern and an ongoing lawsuit, the California Coastal Commission recently approved construction of a connector trail from Morro Bay to Cayucos.
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Would you approve the connecting trail from Morro Bay to Cayucos?
80%Yes! More coastal access
11%Need more impact reports
3%Too many bikes/hazards
6%What's the coastal trail?
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After suffering from water contamination for nearly seven years, a disadvantaged apartment community in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County could find respite under the city of SLO's wing.
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As California State University Maritime has been facing both a financial and enrollment crisis over the past decade, the California State University System (CSU) is hoping Cal Poly SLO can save it.
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Should Cal Maritime merge with Cal Poly?
17%Save and strengthen both!
28%Maybe, we need more info
28%No, don't burden SLO
28%What's Cal Maritime?
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Amateur photographers from across the Central Coast entered our annual Winning Images photo contest, sharing their carefully crafted view of the world with us.
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