[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Cambria, CA radar station

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cursed 34-acre coastal Calif. property goes up for sale for $3.2M
Can anyone make this prime real estate into something?

By Tessa McLean
SFGate (CA)
October 15, 2025

Along the Central Coast of California, just miles from the historic Hearst Castle, sits a long-decommissioned Cold War-era Air Force station. With panoramic views above the rocky ocean shoreline in Cambria, the 32-building complex built on a hilltop has sat mostly vacant for more than 40 years. Several owners, including some Hollywood-adjacent dreamers, have had grand plans for the site, but something has always gotten in the way. Now, years after alleged illegal asbestos cleanups, an FBI raid, and many, many lawsuits, the property is once again for sale.

Just south of the small beachfront town of Cambria, the more than 34 acres of former military land is undergoing a bankruptcy sale, priced at $3.2 million. There’s one primary residence at 202 Monte Cristo Place, with five bedrooms and two bathrooms. The listing claims the kitchen has “granite countertops and double ovens, offering modern comfort amidst historic charm,” though no photos back up the “modern” claim. Dick Keenan, the listing agent for the property, said he’s not authorized to speak with the media about the property.

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Among those significant issues is an unknown amount of asbestos, a once-common building material that is known to cause long-term adverse health effects if inhaled. “There’s quite a bit of remediation that needs to happen if the buildings are to be used,” Neal told the paper. “Some of the buildings have been remediated already, but not all of them.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/former-coastal-calif-air-force-station-for-sale-21099181.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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