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Web site targets downtown crowd

For people who wake up after a late night of drinking at their favorite bar and are unable to recall exactly what happened, NiiTES.com can help.

The Web site specializes in documenting San Luis Obispo’s bustling nightlife. Those who frequent the local bar or club scene have probably already been approached by one of NiiTES.

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Lenthall makes presence felt at Poly

A day after debating with Adam Hill, Jerry Lenthall reached out to Hill’s workplace.

Hill, an English lecturer at Cal Poly, is running for supervisor of San Luis Obispo County’s third district against the incumbent Lenthall, who’s trying to earn a second term at the June 3 primary.

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Museum gets new fountain

Children will be able to get a hands-on lesson in solar energy and radiation when visiting the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum once it reopens, thanks to a giant solar-powered sunflower fountain that was the design of a Cal Poly senior project.

The sunflower, which adorns the Nipomo Street side of the museum, features a solar panel in the face of the flower and is connected to a nearby water fountain.

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Supermileage car gets 2,752 MPG

In the day and age in which car dealers exclaim over the efficiency of an automobile that gets 40 miles per gallon, the Cal Poly Supermileage Team will sit back and laugh at their enthusiasm.

After all, the team just built a car that gets 2,752.3 miles per gallon.