The Sea Ranch News

To illustrate, let me pick up the thread of a story about the Sonoma Coast beaches from a column in last month's Green section.

At 70, the avid abalone hunter still free dives dozens of times a year, reaching lung-busting depths near 40 feet despite a left arm long ago limited by polio.

Storm repairs on a portion of Highway 1 just south of The Sea Ranch will cause delays through the area for two or three weeks, beginning Monday, a Caltrans spokesman said Thursday.