Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Renderings of the redesigned Rocky Point Restaurant in Big Sur. (Esperanza Carmel) A historic restaurant perched on the cliffs of ...

Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, Nepenthe has been a fixture along Big Sur's Highway 1 for more than seven decades. The restaurant opened in 1949, two years after Kirk Gafill's grandparents ...

Hundreds of firefighters are battling the Timber Fire and the growing Plaskett Fire off the Big Sur coast. Highway 1 is closed in two sections, leaving some residents with no access in or out and ...

BIG SUR — The Plaskett Fire had grown to over 15,000 acres as of Monday morning, while the Timber Fire has remained active, burning just under 25,000 acres. The Timber Fire is at 21% containment while ...

Highway 1 is closed from, on the northern end, Little Sur River (PM 56) to just south of the Big Sur Post Office (PM 45), and on the southern end from Pacific Valley (PM 16) to Gorda (PM 10.2). The ...

Two weeks after a wildfire exploded in Big Sur, closing Highway 1 and shuttering dozens of famous hotels and other landmarks in the middle of tourist season, conditions began to return to normal ...

Crews conduct a nighttime firing operation along Highway 1 while working the Timber Fire in Big Sur on Aug. 16, 2026. Cal Fire The Timber Fire that has burned more than 5,000 acres in Big Sur grew ...

BIG SUR — With the Timber Fire burning nearby, Kurt Mayer, owner of the Big Sur Taphouse and Deli, labored round-the-clock with a crew of workers, some his own, some borrowed, to prepare for the worst ...

Volatile weather and cloud-to-ground lightning strikes across the region forced firefighting crews tackling the expansive Timber Fire in Big Sur to retreat to safety The raging blaze has resulted in ...

The Timber fire has burned more than 4,000 acres and was 7 percent contained on Thursday. By Maia Spoto A wildfire is forcing evacuations and threatening landmarks in the famed Big Sur region along ...

The Timber Fire in the Big Sur region of Monterey County has grown to over 3,000 acres. Now in its fourth day, the wildfire has triggered evacuations of residents and visitors, closed state parks and ...