The birthday celebration took place on top of Cerro San Luis around 1976, Pearce said. Party guests loved the tree so much that the family was inspired to make the mountaintop ornament “their ...

The lighed Christmas Tree atop Cerro San Luis is framed by the cell towers on top of the South Street Hill in San Luis Obispo seen here on Dec. 3, 2023. The tree is a tradition that the Madonna ...