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| BRIEFS TOP 25 “That’s America’s Top 25” favorite pizza joints from New York to California according to Yelp reviewers—and Petra Mediterranean Pizza & Grill in SLO made the cut this year. How’d they do it? The website 24/7 Tempo says it’s the restaurant’s unique pizza selection that wows customers, including a gyro pizza and a Greek feta pizza. Owner Todd Aburashed says, “You have to have a lot of love and care; you have to be generous.” MISO A soon-to-be-patented device small enough to hold in one hand, yet a potential source of light for the more than 1.6 billion people in the world living off the grid. The impact of the MISO, short for “Multiple Input Single Output DC-DC Converter with Equal Load Sharing on Multiple Inputs,” could be profound, according to Cal Poly professor Taufik who developed it with former student Owen Jong. MISO combines the input of multiple low-power electricity sources into one stronger output source. “In the developing world,” Taufik says, “a little electricity goes a long way.” 45% The percentage of incoming Cal Poly students who identify as members of a minority, making this the most diverse class in the university’s history. That’s 2,609 out of 5,769 transfers and firsttime freshmen enrolling for Fall 2019, including Hispanic/Latino, African American, Asian American, Native American, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, multi-racial, and undocumented students. 24 | SLO LIFE MAGAZINE | AUG/SEP 2019 “We want peace and joy to be given a chance.” Northern Chumash Tribal Council Chairman Fred Collins speaking in support of the California Coastal Commission staff ’s recommendation to phase out off-highway vehicle access to Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. $284,300 The newly-reduced price of a piece of California history: Nitt Witt Ridge in Cambria, also known as the “Anti Hearst Castle.” Still on the market in July, six months after being listed for sale at the original asking price of $425,000. The eccentric structure (considered by some a remarkable piece of folk art) is California State Landmark 939. BB Guns, Batons, & Brass Knuckles Among the many items event-goers could not bring into the California Mid-State Fair that opened for 12 days beginning July 17th. All visitors (except law enforcement) who hoped to attend the mutton-bustin’ or vinegar competitions, see the Fabulous Thunderbirds in concert, or enjoy the carnival rides for free on opening day (a first in the 73-year history of the fair) also were screened for ammunition, knives, Mace, and handcuff keys among multiple other no-nos. 6 The number of deaths at the Oceano Dunes year-to-date, making it the most lethal on record. $2.8 million The value of clothing, jewelry, and home goods made by artisans from around the world that HumanKind has sold during the decade it has been open in downtown San Luis Obispo. The shop on Monterey Street, which operates as a nonprofit, celebrated ten years of “fair trade” shopping and inspiring change in July. “Frank’s imprint is evident in every facet of this great institution.” And now it’s on a two-story, 32,000-square-foot instructional building, too. Cuesta College’s seventh president, Dr. Jill Stearns, honored its second president, Dr. Frank R. Martinez, during a recent naming ceremony for the first structure to be built on campus with Measure-L bond funds passed in 2014. The 96-year-old Martinez joined the college as vice president in 1964, became president in 1977, and retired in 1988. 65,820 Registered borrowers in the County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries database, a number that has grown from around 1,400 when the system was founded 100 years ago. The number of branches also has grown from one in 1919 to fourteen in 2019 covering 3,000 square miles from Cambria to Nipomo. SLO LIFE
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