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The Cambria Christmas Market is a big December tourist draw for the North Coast town.

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Celebrate the season in Cambria. Your guide to all of this month’s events

Celebrating the season is in full swing on the North Coast. From Cambria’s Christmas Market to holiday tours at Hearst Castle, celebrating the season on the North Coast is in full swing. Here’s a list of events.

Minerva, a female juvenile California Condor, was released from the mountains above San Simeon on November 13. She is part of a growing flock of Condors flying free in San Luis Obispo County.

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Two more California condors were released to the wild above San Simeon

Two juvenile California condors were released to the wild in the mountains above San Simeon on Nov. 13, increasing the number of birds released by Ventana Wildlife Society since 2015 to 18.

Coast Unified School District has announced household income eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price meals. The guidelines are effective through June 30.

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Organization that has raised $700,000 for Coast Unified School District disbands

The Cambria Education Foundation is no longer active and is in the process of transitioning its funds and functions to the Cambria Community Council after 15 years of raising money for local schools.

The Paul’s Slide area of Highway 1 in Big Sur was closed last week due to winter storms.

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Caltrans assesses Hwy. 1 near Big Sur as another rain storm takes aim at Cambria

Caltrans officials have been continually assessing conditions on Highway 1 over the past few days to determine if another preemptive closure would be prudent at two landslide-prone locations south of Big Sur.

Camp Ocean Pines Executive Director Chris Cameron (right) and CFO Rosemay Cameron are honored at a celebration Sunday at the camp.

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Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria celebrates change in leadership, outgoing executives

Camp Ocean Pines honored outgoing Executive Director Chris Cameron and CFO Rosemary Cameron at a ceremony Sunday, Dec. 2. New execuitive director Andrew Boyd-Goodrich takes over Dec. 31.

The Cambrian

Cambrian Mercantile — offering everyday needs to North Coast residents — opens

Cambria Mercantile, the most recent addition to the Cambria Hardware and Lumber complex at 2345 Village Lane, behind the fence at the bottom of the hill, has opened offering everyday needs to North Coast residents.

The Tanner family Christmas tree is decked out, Central Coast style.

Cambrian: Slice of Life

Getting the family Christmas tree up this year nothing short of a miracle. Here’s why

Getting the family Christmas tree up and decorated this year was nothing short of a miracle, writes Cambrian columnist Kathe Tanner. This year, its Central Coast-style decorations were all about convenience.

Ellie Kennedy, pictured here against Newbury Park Adventist in a CIF playoff game last year, had eight points and 10 rebounds against Tranquility on Nov. 27.

Cambrian: Sports

Coast Union High girls basketball on track after slow start to the season

After losing its first two games in a preseason tournament in Fresno — to Coalinga and Fresno Christian — the Coast Union High School girls basketball team got on track after another long road trip.

Mario Mendoza celebrates finishing sixth out of 263 runners in the 55-mile IAU

Cambrian: Sports

Cambria native has been named USA Track & Field ‘Ultra Trail Runner of the Year’

Cambria native Mario Mendoza has been named USA Track & Field Mountain Ultra Trail Running Council’s “Ultra Runner of the Year” for 2018. Mendoza has previously won the “Sub-Ultra” category three times.

Cambrian: Opinion

Cambrian letters to the editor: December 6, 2018

A letter to the editor for The Cambrian for Dec. 6, 2018, is a message from outgoing Cambria Community Heathcare District board president Jerry Wood to the newly elected board.

Keeping the holiday traditions alive in historic east village, Santa and Mrs Claus will come by fire truck on Hospitality Night to light the historic Port Orford Cypress on Center Street.

Cambrian: Opinion

Cambria Historical Society paying tribute to volunteers this holiday season

As a small sign of the Cambria Historical Society’s recognition and appreciation to those who keep the organization alive, it will be serving cake Sunday, Dec. 9, as appreciation.

Hikers enjoy rejuvenated flora from recent rains at the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve.

Cambrian: Opinion

Recent rains have brought about a fresh look at Fiscalini Ranch Preserve

Wildflowers have been rejuvenated and the bright green of new plants sprouting through the golds and browns of the dry summer by the recent rains at Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, writes executive director Joe Ellen Butler.

An elephant seal bull announces its arrival at the rookery at Piedras Blancas.

Cambrian: Opinion

The big ‘beachmaster’ bulls are returning to elephant seal rookery at Piedras Blancas

The big, blubbery elephant seal bulls have started arriving at Piedras Blancas since late November. Their deep trumpeting will echo across the beach, writes Cambrian elephant seal columnist Christine Heinrichs.

At right, Dan Turner of the county Fire Safe Council and Greg Alex, Cal Fire’s North Coast battalion chief, address a crowd of about 50 Cambria neighbors concerned about fire safety and the agency’s practice of burning piles of collected forest flammables on site. The street-side meeting was held Nov. 17.

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Cambria has 400 piles of forest debris waiting to be burned. That has residents worried

With images of Paradise and the Camp Fire on their minds, some Cambria, California, residents are worried about Cal Fire’s plans to burn 400 piles of forest debris around town.

An angler braves the rainy conditions Wednesday, Nov. 21, along the Cambria coastline during a storm that drenched the Central Coast and much of California.

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North Coast readies for major winter storm, potential Hwy. 1 slides

A substantial storm is forecast to hit the Central Coast on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing heavy rainfall and the potential for mudslides along Highway 1 near Big Sur. Road closures have been implemented in advance.

Shirley Bianchi, 88, has stepped down from her seat on the Cambria Community Healthcare District Board of Trustees.

Local

Former SLO County Supervisor Shirley Bianchi ends her career in public service

Former San Luis Obispo County supervisor Shirley Bianchi, 88, of Cambria is ending her public-service career, having resigned effective Monday from the Cambria Community Healthcare District Board of Trustees.

Jeremy Ian Preston, 41, was arrested Sunday and booked into County Jail on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on a child.

Crime

Man who crashed into Cambria bakery arrested again — for alleged child abuse

The Cambria, California, man who crashed his truck into the French Corner Bakery, injuring two people, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of child abuse. He is awaiting trial in the reckless driving case.

Cubby Cashen, here at Hearst State Beach, “Everested” the Hearst Castle hill by riding up the hill more than 22 times in less than 18 hours on Thanksgiving Day.

Sports

This super cyclist just ‘Everested’ the Hearst Castle hill — what does that even mean?

At Hearst Castle in California, bike rider Cubby Cashen cycled 1,300 feet from Highway 1 to a spot near Hearst Castle in California 22 and a third times. It’s called “Everesting” because it totals the height of Mt. Everest.

Cambrian: Opinion

Cambrian letters to the editor: November 29, 2018

Letters to the editor for The Cambrian for Nov. 29, 2018, include a thank you to Cambria from Cambria Connection, a recollection of a memorable jazz show and a rebuke of the the passage of Proposition 5 and 6 in the general election.

The first cars drive along the newly opened section of Hwy. 1 across the Mud Creek Slide earlier this year. Highway 1 will likely be closed at both Mud Creek and Paul’s Slide as a storm with heavy rain approaches.

Local

Hwy. 1 to close in Big Sur as major rain storm approaches

Highway 1 to Big Sur, California, will likely be closed Wednesday morning at Mud Creek and Paul’s Slide as a storm system with heavy rain approaches the Central Coast, Caltrans said.

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