Very interesting. I found post about "Carlos" a bartender who sent a text saying the restaurant was catching fire.

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/...?topic=43869.0


Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> A friend who knows some of the people that work and live at Newcombs
> sent this. I forgot that some people live there so it's a bit more
> serious than we lose a place to eat.
>
>
> I got a text message from Carlos last night at 11:30 saying that
> Newcombs had caught fire. I called this morning and he said that
> Victor was the last man standing and that he called to say he was
> evacuated as the flames over-took the building. He said they tried
> to save Chilao but lost that battle in addition to Fish Camp,
> Pacifico, the Cal Trans yard, and pretty much everything else on the
> mountain.


Found the same post at numerous other motorcyle sites.

could all be a hoax too...