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Grand theft avocado

Two men are going to jail after taking a guac on the wild side when they attempted to steal avocados from a Cal Poly orchard.

Braulio Franco and Alejandro Sanchez of Santa Maria were sentenced to 60 and 45 days in the San Luis Obispo County jail, police said.

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Commentary: Vogue cover offensive to some

LeBron James = King Kong?

I saw the cover of the “shape” issue of Vogue magazine, which features model Gisele Bündchen and LeBron James as examples for the story “Secrets of the Best Bodies.”

Initially confused after seeing the cover, I had to read an article by Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock to grasp how one could consider the cover racist.

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Silva striving to reach Olympic trials standard

Need inspiration? Meet Christine Silva, who has overcome a broken wrist from a year ago to become one of the top pole vaulters not only in the Big West Conference, but in the entire country.

The 5-foot-5 Silva won the UCLA Invitational on March 8 with a clearance of 12 feet, 9 « inches – an improvement from her 12-8 ¬ mark at the Husky Invitational in Seattle on Feb.

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