Almost back to normal.

Now that Caltrans is allowing foot traffic on the damaged section of Highway 1, Captain Cooper teachers are able to go home every night and so are Carmel High and Carmel Middle students.
For almost three weeks -- since a 40-foot section of the road fell into the Pacific Ocean, Principal Paula Terui and six teachers stayed at Ripplewood Resort, while the bus drivers stayed at the River Inn -- the drive south on Highway 1 through San Luis Obispo made it practically impossible for teachers to go back home every day. Now they board a district bus that takes them to one end of the slide and they walk across where another district bus is waiting for them.
The district originally believed 100 students would be affected by the slide, but that included 25 who live in the Palo Colorado area who were not affected. About 12 students went to school Wednesday, taking advantage of the new Caltrans opening, and 42 returned home the same day.
For the three weeks the town was practically incommunicado, three to eight students a day used Captain Cooper as a help center, said Paul Behan, director of communications for the district. Now that students can cross, the service will not longer be available, Behan said.
In the photo, provided by Behan, Captain Cooper teachers are about to cross the road to board the bus at the other side of the slide.