San Simeon News

Despite wind and occasional sprinkles of rain, yesterday was a good day for viewing at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery.

Unless indicated, all meetings are open to the public. Some are available for later viewing on Charter Cable channel 21.

A Muslim convert from Brooklyn who ran a website that posted threats against the creators of the television show 'South Park' has entered a guilty plea.

Authorities want to upgrade one of the charges against a former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

California State Parks plans to burn piles of slash at Hearst San Simeon, Montaña de Oro and Morro Bay state parks sometime between now and May 1, according to information released to the media Monday.

Casa Del Herrero , one of four National Historic Landmarks in Santa Barbara, has been referred to as a "small Hearst Castle" as many of its furnishings, including medieval ceilings, doors and artwork, were purchased at the same time and locations as the San Simeon estate of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst .

One in a series of pictures taken on a visit to Hearst Castle during a trip to California in March 1994 to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

On Dec. 15, I paraphrased a quote from an editorial written by Tom Siegfried, the editor of the Science News magazine.

Turn off radio and avoid using phone. Buckle up and make sure your passengers are buckled up, too.

UPDATE 2:09 p.m. Tuesday: Highway 1 reopened to through traffic at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, nine days after a slide blocked the road Jan.

Former Reeders United Methodist Church pastor Arthur Schirmer is awaiting trial in the July 2008 killing of his second wife, Betty Jean.

Monday Kuwait Times Saleh leaves Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will head to the United States for medical treatment and asked his people for forgiveness "for any shortcomings during my 33-year-long rule" in a farewell speech delivered as he left Sanaa Sunday.

UPDATE 4:30 p.m. Friday: Work is continuing over the weekend to clear the landslide in the Rain Rocks area north of Gorda and reconstruct protective netting, according to Caltrans.

Dozens of people had gathered for a family reunion at a modest home in this small farm town last September, when a gang member walked down the sidewalk and fired a shot into the air.

Santa Rosa Creek Road is closed about seven miles east of Cambria because of damage caused by weekend rains, San Luis Obispo County Public Works announced this morning.

Rain Friday and Saturday nights shut off through traffic on Highway 1 on Sunday, Jan.

The Nissan Quest, which had been dropped for a couple years and re-emerged as a fourth-generation 2011 model, is back for 2012 with unique touches.

A small number of elephant seals were sighted along a Pacific Grove Beach last week, a clear indication that species' breeding season has begun.

"I'm still reeling from the shock of it," Felicity Aston said of her two-month trek across Antarctica by herself.

It took 71 years, but "Citizen Kane" is finally coming to Hearst Castle. The San Luis Obispo film fest has skedded a Hollywood to Hearst Castle event for March 9 including two screenings of Orson Welles' landmark pic inspired by the erstwhile owner of San Simeon.