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Framed: March 5–18, 2015

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Built by Henri LaFranchi a Swiss immigrant along with John Damaso an Azorean immigrant and a third unnamed man in 1906 sits a historic gem of the central coast, the Pereira Octagon Barn.
It was built on a Mexican land grant known as the Ranchita de Santa Fe. Now on South Higuera Street it was once the path of the Camino Real and the original route of CA Hwy. 1. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of only two Octagon Barns in California. Continue reading Framed: March 5–18, 2015

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On Feb. 12 groundbreaking ceremonies were held at the historic Long-Street Farm – (F. Bonetti) property that sits at the corner of Tank Farm Road and S. Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo. Before Tank Farm Road existed, the streets surrounding the land were Pismo Road, Ocean Blvd., Avila Road, Hwy. 101 and now, South Higuera Street. The buildings on the property which are on the city’s list of historic places including a farm house, barn, granary and water tower, will be incorporated into a Marketplace that will have a Continue reading Framed

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CC-Life framed a sea stars anenomes on piling waves come in VIV_0873-X2Over the past 20 months, Sea Stars commonly referred to as starfish have suffered their largest die off in recorded history, in some areas as much as 99 percent. The Sea Stars have been disintegrating literally before our eyes. The disease referred to as wasting disease, has hit over 20 species of Sea Stars, which were once found in abundance in our local caves, tide pools and on pier pilings. Wasting disease has been recorded along the entire California coastline, as far South as Mexico and North up the entire West Coast to Alaska. Continue reading Framed

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Spring Tides in the Fall Give Access to Pismo Beach Caves

By PhotoByVivian.com

CC- LifeFramed negative low tide cave DSC_0276-X2Often full of water or accessible only by boat, kayak or swimming, low and negative low tides between high tide bulges, give beach access to the sea caves in Pismo Beach. Although often referred to as Spring Tides they have nothing to do with the season and occur every month year round. Under the cliffs of Pismo, the hotels and Dinosaur Caves Park are several caves that are accessible by foot during extreme low or negative tides. Low and negative low tides usually happen twice a month and many times in the middle of the night. This month gave us several unusually low and negative low tides in the late afternoon allowing beach goers a rare glimpse of the usually hidden caves.