Wing leadership recently participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the modernization of Pillar Point Air Force Station, a remote monitoring station located four hours north of here Sept.

A small parking lot (it fills fast on weekends) lies at the foot of Pillar Point, below an Air Force radar station. It provides access to a beautiful beach, hidden below a bluff to the west.

The Pillar Point Air Force Station has a long history of military uses, some of which may have contributed to its present contamination problems. U.S. Army purchases 48.96 acres from a private ...