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Vehicles drive around a corner on Highway 1 earlier this year near the newly opened section across the Mud Creek Slide. Work at the Paul’s Slide site farther north will bring overnight closures to the highway next week.

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Hwy. 1 will be closed again for more work at Big Sur slide site

Highway 1 to Big Sur, California, will be fully closed just north of Limekiln State Park for two nights next week as Caltrans repairs a damaged retaining wall at the Paul’s Slide site.

Hearst Castle Neptune Pool celebrates opening

Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, celebrated the completed renovation of the Neptune Pool on Sunday, October 22, 2018, with a 1920s themed party at the state park that featured synchronized swimmers.

The Cambria Old Farts Bicycle Club aka COFBC in its heyday in 2000.

Cambrian: Opinion

The Cambria ‘Old Farts’ bicycle club has been going strong for years. Here’s how you can join

Longtime Cambrian residents have organized the Cambria “Old Farts” Bicycle Club, which frequently gathers to ride the oceanfront roads of the North Coast, writes Cambrian columnist Michele Oksen.

Gehrig Kniffen, who was first-team all-league and Coast Union High School MVP his senior season, has been named the team’s new head coach.

Cambrian: Sports

He starred at Coast Union three years ago. Now he’s the new boys hoops head coach

Former Coast Union High School basketball standout Gehrig Kniffen, who graduated in 2015, has been hired as the team’s new head coach. He replaces Tim May, who led the team for the past 13 seasons.

Coast Union High School’s volleyball team. Pictured are, left to right, back row: Ailyn Casas, Ellie Kennedy, Hayley Zinn, Angelique Gutierrez, Serina Valenzuela, Lisi Happel. Front row, left to right: Riley Volz, Holly McHaffie.

Cambrian: Sports

Coast Union volleyball finishes season in dramatic fashion in CIF playoffs

The Coast Union High School volleyball team advanced to the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 7 playoffs after beating Carpinteria in a first-round match. The Broncos then fell to Coachella Valley to end their season.

The California Highway Patrol Coastal Division released dramatic footage Friday of a helicopter rescue along the Big Sur coast from earlier this week.

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Video shows dramatic helicopter cliff rescue along Big Sur coast

The California Highway Patrol Coastal Division released dramatic footage Friday of a helicopter rescue along the Big Sur coast from earlier this week. A man was plucked from a rocky embankment after he was swept into the ocean.

Junior Rigo Mejia handled kickoff return duties for Coast Union High School in the game against Desert High School on Friday, Oct. 19. Here he returns a kickoff in the second half of Coast’s 62-49 loss.

Cambrian: Sports

Coast Union football drops non-conference game to Desert High

The Coast Union High School football team was defeated 62-49 in a non-league game Friday night, Oct. 19, at the hands of the visiting Desert High School Scorpions from Edwards Air Force Base.

Europe is home to more than 4,000 offshore wind turbines, and international companies are now showing an interest in the waters off California.

Environment

Could concerns over SLO County’s iconic ocean views sink offshore wind farms?

Hearst Corporation vice president Stephen Hearst said he’s “not so sold” on a proposed wind energy project offshore of San Luis Obispo County because of what it could do to the Castle’s ocean views.

Two of the five recently released condors are pictured near a feeding site close to their fly pen in the mountains above San Simeon.

The Cambrian

Biologist to share new images, news on local California Condor flock in Cambria talk

Come join Ventana Wildlife Society’s Condor Project coordinator and senior biologist Joe Burnett for a presentation on California Condors at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21, at the UU Church, 786 Arlington St.

A California sea lion at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito displays signs of abdominal discomfort due to leptospirosis.

Environment

SLO County sea lions hit with potentially deadly infection

Since January 1, 2018, 16 SLO County sea lions have tested positive for leptospirosis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection. Across California, 220 sea lions have been infected, The Marine Mammal Center said.

Mario Mendoza is cooled off with water at the Forest Hill aid station (mile 62) during the “Western States 100” endurance race that ran from Squaw Valley, California, to Auburn, Oregon, on June 24, 2018. He finished 16th out of 299 runners.

The Cambrian

This Cambria native is running 100 miles to ‘bridge cultures.’ And he wants you to join him

Cambria, California, native Mario Mendoza is challenging San Luis Obispo County athletes to accompany him as he attempts a fundraising 100-mile run Nov. 10 from Montana de Oro to Cambria in less than 24 hours.

Cambrian: Sports

The postseason is here for the champion Coast Union High volleyball team

The Coast Union High School volleyball team will host a CIF-Southern Section Division 7 playoff game Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, after the team locked up a Coast Valley League championship with a 12-0 record.

Coast Union High School junior quarterback Emany Plasencia ran for four touchdowns and threw for another in the Broncos loss Friday to Laguna Blanca in Santa Barbara.

Cambrian: Sports

Coast Union High quarterback leads the way in Broncos’ 2nd league win of the season

The Coast Union High School football team won its second Coast Valley League game Friday night, Oct. 12, beating the Cuyama Valley Bears 43-12 at Coast Union.

The new San Simeon gateway monument welcomes motorists arriving from the south on Highway 1.

The Cambrian

San Simeon CSD withdraws Coastal Commission permit on wastewater plant improvements

The San Simeon Community Services District withdrew its after-the-fact permit application for work to correct decades of alleged Coastal Act violations at the tiny town’s wastewater treatment plant.

Jason Melendy, the Cambria Community Healthcare District’s operations director/paramedic, has been named temporary district administrator.

The Cambrian

Meet the temporary administrator of the Cambria Community Healthcare District

Jason Melendy, the Cambria Community Healthcare District’s operations director/paramedic, has been named the temporary district administrator in a unanimous vote by district trustees.

Community Columns & Blogs

Elephant seals returning to Piedras Blancas this fall after annual migration

Elephant seals are returning to the beach at Piedras Blancas in San Luis Obispo, California, this fall after their annual northern migration. The seals will have traveled as far north as Alaska.

Hundreds of scarecrows return to the streets of Cambria for 2018’s festival

The Cambrian

Events this weekend are the highlight of Cambria’s Scarecrow Festival

Events for the weekend of Oct. 20-21, 2018, as part of the Cambria Scarecrow Festival include an Oktoberfest celebration and 5K run and walk.

Cambrian: Opinion

Cambrian letters to the editor: October 18, 2018

Letters to the editor for The Cambrian for Oct. 11, 2018, include support for Community Services District and Community Healthcare District candidates in the November election.

Homemade chili sauce is a perfect fall treat, writes Cambrian Culinary Corner columnist Nancy Allen.

Cambrian: Opinion

Homemade chili sauce the perfect combination for the end of summer, beginning of fall

The recipe for chili sauce combines ingredients from the end of the summer growing season with fall classics like apple and can be enjoyed all winter long and into next summer, writes Culinary Corner columnist Nancy Allen.

Judy Butler, left, and Barbara Gray Bronson share a laugh at the used bookstore at the Cambria Public Library.

Cambrian: Opinion

Volunteers created a bestseller: The gently used bookstore at Cambria Public Library

The used bookstore at the Cambria Public Library is a great resource for local residents and is a testement to the volunteers that make it “a happy place,” writes Cambrian columnist Charmaine Coimbra.

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