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Mark and Kathy Berry of Cambria caught a mountain lion stalking in their backyard on their motion-activated camera Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018.

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Mountain lion stalking Cambria backyard is caught on camera

A mountain lion was caught on camera in a Cambria family’s backyard. While sightings may be rare, state Fish and Wildlife Department officials say much of SLO County, California, is cougar territory.

From left, during an Aug. 7 rehearsal for the 2018 Pinedorado Follies show, Darien Jewel (who portrays Hero in show-in-a-show melodrama) reacts to the sudden reappearance of ‘Villain’, played by Kirk Henning, as the still-tied-up heroine Praline (MaryAnn Grau) waits for a kiss from the Hero who had saved her from the evil Villain. Meanwhile, some other members of the cast share Hero’s dismay at the latest twist and turn in the script. The show runs Aug. 29 through Sept. 2.

Cambria’s Pinedorado Follies is returning to its zany roots as a lively, local musical comedy after several years of widely varying formats. Only this time, the good-versus-evil plot includes a show-within-a-show melodrama.

Pam Jump, left, and Maira Arellanos joined forces to open a new shop, Cambria Flowers and Inspirations, at 719 Main St., Suite A.

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Growing Cambria floral business opens new shop that offers more than flowers

Pam Jump and Maira Arellanos joined forces to open a new shop, Cambria Flowers and Inspirations, at 719 Main St., Suite A, which had for 18 years been the home of Flying Fuzzies needlepoint and needlework boutique.

Cannabis will be on the agenda — or, more specifically, San Luis Obispo County’s marijuana ordinance — for the Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, meeting of the North Coast Advisory Council in Cambria, California.

The Cambrian

Want to know more about cannabis regulations on the North Coast? NCAC has it on the agenda

Cannabis will be on the agenda — or, more specifically, San Luis Obispo County’s marijuana ordinance — for the Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, meeting of the North Coast Advisory Council in Cambria, California.

Several Cambria businesses have reported receiving counterfeit bills, most commonly in $100 and $20 denominations.

Crime

Someone tried to pass off counterfeit $100 bills at a bank; Cambria businesses warned

The Cambria Chamber of Commerce is warning businesses after a local bank confiscated several counterfeit bills from North Coast businesses this week. The fake bills have been in both $100 and $20 denominations.

Coast Union High School FFA leader (left) Darcy Wetzel poses with students and their goats: Alyssa Drew, Alondra Mercado, Angelique Gutierrez and agriculture teacher Yvonne Staffler.

The Cambrian

Coast Union High FFA students have excellent showing at California Mid-State Fair

Coast Union High School’s 14 FFA students sold their pigs, goats and heifers for a total of $56,900 — eclipsing 2017’s $44,868 livestock sales at the fair by 15 FFA students.

Allied Arts Association has an art gallery, live performance theater and space for talks and workshops at the Old Grammar School on Main Street.

Cambrian: Opinion

Cambrian letters to the editor: August 9, 2018

Letters to the editor for The Cambrian for August 9, 2018 include a call to support the Allied Arts Association and a thank you from the management team of the Community Presbyterian Church of Cambria Thrift Shop.

“Phantom Project” offers a series of events that offers a curated collection of artworks temporarily in underused spaces on the Central Coast.

Cambrian: Arts & Events

Innovating thinking by these Central Coasts groups offer artists new ways to receive exposure

SLO County artists are finding new ways to put on exhibitions in the form of pop-up shops. The Phantom Project spearheads this effort on the Central Coast, writes Cambrian columnist Patrick Dennis.

These fully mature bulls show the scars of past encounters in the deep as last year’s skin peels off in the annual molt.

The Cambrian

Elephant seals aren’t affected by ‘Red Tide’ — but for sea lions, it’s a different story

Elephant seals come every year to the Central Coast, California, at Piedras Blancas along Highway 1 in great numbers. Here’s what you need to know about them.

Cambrian Mountain Musings columnist Marcia Rhoades opens a backcountry gate near her home in the mountains above Cambria.

Cambrian: Opinion

Growing old isn’t easy — especially when you live in the backcountry

Cambrian Mountain Musings columnist Marcia Rhoades writes about the challenges of being elderly in the backcountry of the Central Coast, California.

The Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle, seen here in 2010, has been empty and undergoing repairs for much of the last few years.

Local

Hearst Castle’s famed Neptune Pool — mostly empty for 5 years — will be refilled

Hearst Castle along Highway 1 in California will begin refilling the famed Neptune Pool on Tuesday after years of drought and work repairing leaks. The pool is one of the most iconic features of the landmark.

Jim Voge, pictured here in 2011, will take over as San Luis Obispo County undersheriff when current Undersheriff Tim Olivas retires at the end of the year.

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SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson names a new right-hand man

Jim Voge, a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office commander, will be appointed undersheriff when Tim Olivas retires at the end of the year. Voge was a longtime Los Angeles area law enforcement officer.

The Cambrian

Cambria CSD acknowledges problems with protest ballots for proposed rate hike

Issues with the Cambria Community Services District’s Proposition 218 process to raise rates has pushed back the hearing date to give ratepayers more time to decide whether they will protest the proposed rate increases to pay for wastewater and other services.

Humpback whales put on a show at San Simeon Bay Sept. 1, 2014.

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