“What day is today?”

The boards of two community districts are to come together at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, to learn more about and discuss their options for consolidating some health care and safety services. No formal action is to be taken

A group of school-age children, above, appear to be nearly swept off the rocks on Moonstone Beach near Leffingwell Landing in Cambria shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, as the tide was coming in.

Hamlet buyer talks about eatery plans

Members and guests of the Cambria Historical Society will welcome Dr. Dan Krieger as the guest speaker at their Recognitions Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 25. Krieger is a professor emeritus at Cal Poly State University and the history columnist for The Tribune. He has a devoted following of readers of his fascinating weekly column about a wide range of local area and state history.

The county Board of Super visors is to consider plans to put a 4-mile long shaded fire break along much of Cambria’s northern and eastern boundaries with Cambria Pines by the Sea Ranch during its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7.

The imaginary town of “Almost, Maine” comes to life in a series of nine quirky short plays about the residents of the small, cold community on a winter Friday night as they deal with love and all its surprises. They find love, lose it, mourn it and celebrate it. Four actors play 19 roles in the loosely connected vignettes that are fueled by dry, straight-faced humor, a bit of pathos and a touch of magic. Like a good short story, each play builds to a swift conclusion, and after we get into the rhythm of the storytelling, becomes compelling as we anticipate each punch line.

On Dec. 15, I paraphrased a quote from an editorial written by Tom Siegfried, the editor of the Science News magazine. In one of the December magazines, he wrote: “Life is all about playing the odds. Making choices is seldom an exact science. Usually you can’t compute all the possible ramifications of deciding on one course of action or another. You have to guess which is best. It boils down to assessing the likelihood of various possible outcomes for a given decision, weighing current evidence in the light of previous experience.”

Juried art show deadline Tuesday

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The Coast Union High School boys basketball team is on a mission to repeat as champions in the Coast Valley League, and the justification for that assertion goes deeper than their streak of 11 straight victories — including a 57-31 win over Coastal Christian Tuesday, Jan. 31. to keep them tied for first place with 9-1 record.