Big Sur residents met with the fire chief to address wildfire prevention, funding challenges, and readiness for the upcoming El Niño storms.

Travelers heading to the Big Sur coast for the Columbus Day weekend will find Highway 1 fully open, though motorists should expect intermittent delays from ongoing road and bridge work. Long-term ...

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 ...

The Plaskett Fire in Big Sur has grown to nearly 27,000 acres, surpassing the size of the Timber Fire burning about 35 miles to the north. BIG SUR, Calif. (KGO) -- The Plaskett Fire in Big Sur has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Current map of the Timber Fire. (Screenshot via Cal Fire) The U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett has issued an evacuation ...

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 are beginning to return to ...

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 ...

The Timber Fire has burned 4,245 acres in Big Sur and is 7% contained, with rugged terrain and dry conditions making the firefight difficult. Highway 1 is closed at Andrew Molera State Park, and ...