CambriaCA, the online public service announcement newsletter, has begun the process of dissolution according to an email sent by publisher Kristine Fox.
Fox had been researching the means to pass the publication on to local community media consultants when her non-profit provider, Ecologistics, disclosed the options were too limited to make it happen. The final edition posted was February 19.
Begun during the challenging Covid 19 pandemic in 2020, Fox’s partner John Rohrbaugh laid the foundation for an “experiment in community journalism” for the year prior, before the first edition came to fruition. He died two years later, and Fox continued the project guided by a five-member non-profit board.
The publication had more than fifty contributors working through non-profit organizations and the Cambria Chamber of Commerce. The online publication focused on providing a voice for fund-raising and events for the Cambria/San Simeon area.
Former Estero Bay News contributor Connie Pendleton wrote articles for CambriaCA as well until a Covid 19-generated heart failure limited her physical and medical ability to continue.
