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Cool Mars
Had Christopher Columbus hopped in a car in 1492 and tried to drive to Mars, he’d still be in space.

Farmer's Market

Habitat gets land for condos
Building momentum for its first “ground-up” project in Santa Barbara, Habitat for Humanity has secured federal funding to purchase property near La Cumbre Road and will soon break ground on three, three-bedroom condominiums.

No rest for those weary of the road
A Carpinterian’s odyssey takes a few turns for the worse during Cal Poly’s winter road trip to Idaho and Utah.

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