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Elephant seals are resting at San Simeon beach this time of year. Here’s how to stay safe

The Cambrian

With Hwy. 1 reopened, here’s how Hearst Castle and Cambria businesses did last year

Hearst Castle saw an increase in visitors in 2018 with the reopening of Highway 1 at Big Sur, California, following landslides in 2017. Cambria businesses also saw an uptick in numbers.

The historic Santa Rosa Schoolhouse, foreground, and the Palmer Building sit on the property sold by the Lions Club to Poly Pro in Cambria’s West Village.

The Cambrian

Relocation site of historic schoolhouse in Cambria called into question

The historic Old Santa Rosa Schoolhouse won’t be relocated to the Cambria Community Services District’s small pocket park at the creek end of Bridge Street at Center Street.

A rockslide on Santa Rosa Creek Road closed the road between Highway 46 and near Cambria in March.

Some Cambria, California, roads, including an embattled section of Santa Rosa Creek Road, will be getting extensive attention and repairs in the next few years, thanks to some recently awarded grants.

Jon Scott (middle), the author of “Tom Petty and Me,” with Tom Petty and “D.J. Redbeard,” the program director of ROCK 103 radio station in Memphis in 1977.

Books

This Cambria resident launched Tom Petty’s rock career. His new book tells the story

Longtime music promoter Jon Scott, who lives part-time in Cambria, California, wrote about his relationship with legendary rocker Tom Petty and how he helped launch his career in new book “Tom Petty and Me.”

Cambrian: Opinion

In Cambria’s backcountry, dealing with bears has become a year-round challenge

Black bears continue to ransack cabins, outbuildings, vehicles, trash cans and anything else that interests them year-round rather than just during the summer months, writes Cambrian columnist Michele Oksen.

A woman takes cover under an umbrella as she looks out at the cloud covered waters of Pismo Beach.

Weather

Wet weather returns (again) this week, along with ... sun?

The weather forecast for San Luis Obispo County, California shows sun, rain, chilly temperatures and possibly snow on the mountains during this week, according to PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey.

The Cambria Farmer’s Market provides ingredients for a number of great recipes.

Cambrian: Opinion

Meet Me at The Market: Cambria’s Farmer’s Market offers ingredients aplenty

Resolving to eat more healthily in 2019? Walk that talk at Cambria’s Friday Farmer’s Market in the Vets Hall parking lot from 2:30 to 5 p.m. and discover the bounty of fresh produce, food products and flowers.

On the final leg of his 98-mile run, behind Coast Union High School, Mario Mendoza (front right) is joined by Cambria youths, including Ryan Kasper (front left) and Gabriela Cisneros (behind Kasper).

Cambrian: Sports

Free screening of film documenting Cambrian native’s 100-mile run scheduled

A viewing of the film that chronicled Cambria native Mario Mendoza’s 100-mile run from Montana de Oro to his hometown last November will be held at the Old Grammar School at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24.

Local

Check out the stormy weather and high surf in Cayucos

Driftwood fills the Cayucos, California, beach as weather watchers take advantage of a break in the rain in stormy weather to check out the high surf.

A tree fell on a house on Warren Road in Cambria at approximately 5:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Cambria Fire Captain Dan McCrain, who said the tree went through the living room roof.

The Cambrian

North Coast braces for another round of windy, wet weather

Residents of Cambria, California, were preparing for another round of rainy and windy weather as the latest storm was expected to hit Wednesday, producing rain through next week, meteorologist John Lindsey says.

Cambrian: Opinion

Concerned about Alzheimer’s or dementia? Attend this seminar in Cambria

The Alzheimer’s Association of SLO County, California, will hold a forum on the disease Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Joslyn Center in Cambria.

“Ce n’est pas une feuille” by artist Cathy Killion.

Cambrian: Arts & Events

Aspiring Cambrian artist captures mental imagery

A successful artist excels in embedding symbolism into two a dimensional composition to produce astounding and unexpected results. Cambria artist Cathy Killion succeeds in doing that, writes Cambrian columnist Patrick Dennis.

Cambrian: Slice of Life

Happy Valentine’s Day: The celebration of life’s greatest crapshoot

What brings us together in love? Whether it’s chance, shared interests, matchmaking or location, location, location, love is life’s greatest crapshoot, writes Cambrian columnist Kathe Tanner on Valentine’s Day.

Senior members of the Coast Union High School girls basketball team, which finished 10-0 in Coast Valley League, include
(from left) Bella Raethke, Kaylee Ferguson, Karis Lawson and Ailyn Casas.

Cambrian: Sports

Season for Coast Union High girls hoops comes to an end in ‘poorest officiated game’

The Coast Union High School girls basketball team lost to Montclair 65-35 in a second-round game of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5AA playoffs Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.

Coast Union High School junior Nate Markham leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.3 points per game through Dec. 28 and has a team-leading 112 rebounds. Here he controls the ball against Orcutt Academy earlier this season.

Cambrian: Sports

Coast Union boys basketball’s season comes to an end with loss to Yeshiva University

The Coast Union High School boys basketball team’s season came to an end Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, with a 63-28 loss to Yeshiva University in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5AA playoffs.

The Cambrian

Rain, wind and... snow? Mother Nature throws just about everything at Cambria

Band after band of rain, strong winds and even snow or hail hit Cambria, California, over the past couple of days, causing fallen trees and power outages along the North Coast.

Ken James, 54, a part-time Cambria resident and Kern County firefighter helped rescue this malnourished sea lion near San Simeon.

The Cambrian

‘Was he going to die?’ Firefighter leads rescue of malnourished sea lion in Cambria

A malnourished California sea lion was transported to a marine hospital thanks to wildlife rescuers and a Kern County firefighter walking along the Hearst San Simeon State Park shoreline north of Cambria.

The Cambria Center for the Arts will host several events during the inaugural Cambria Film Festival.

Cambrian: Arts & Events

Here’s your guide to the second annual Cambria Film Festival

At the Cambria “Love is in the Air” Film Festival (Thursday, Feb. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 10), nearly 50 feature and short films will be shown in four different venues.

Robert Schwemmer is seen with an artifact from the S.S. Montebello; the only other is an oar on display at the Cambria Historical Society Museum.

Cambrian: Arts & Events

Noted shipwreck explorer to speak at Cambria Historical Society event

Robert Schwemmer, the West Coast Regional Maritime Heritage Coordinator for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries based in Santa Barbara, will be the keynote speaker at a Cambria HIstorical Society event.

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