Couple ordered to stop blocking access to CA trail

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — State coastal regulators have voted unanimously to issue a cease-and-desist order to a couple who installed fences, gates and signs that blocked access to a popular hiking trail on the Central Coast.

The California Coastal Commission ordered Robert and Judith McCarthy to remove the barriers at its meeting on Friday, and called their actions “outrageous” and “a flagrant violation of the law.”