18 Porter Drive is SOUTH of the Pajaro River, so La Alcachofa is in Pajaro, A Royal Oaks Community, Monterey County. (Royal Oaks is a union of little places in northern Monterey County. It sounds ritzier than Elkhorn Slough and Pajaro.) In which case the bar may still be standing because Pajaro hasn't had the "urban renewal" that Watsonville underwent.

Helpful advice from the warning sign a bit further south along the coast in Moss Landing at the Nuclear Power Plant: "When Siren Sounds, Leave Area Immediately!"