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Hwy 1 Big Sur closure boundaries moved Road crews working on clean up and repair at approximately 60 locations and last updated 2021-02-02 00:37:10-05 While road crews continue to assess the damage to Highway 1 at Rat Creek in the Big Sur area, Caltrans is modifying the highways closure boundaries. Initially closed last Tuesday from Ragged Point in the south to Fullers Point in the north, the southern closure is being moved up to Willow Creek Road and the northern closure is being moved down to...

Campfires and charcoal barbeques will be allowed in all areas of the forest. A California Campfire Permit is required to build a campfire outside of a designated campfire use site. –Snow and rain across Los Padres National Forest has provided sufficient moisture to reduce fire restrictions on the forest effective immediately. Under the reduced fire restrictions, campfires and charcoal barbecues will be allowed in all areas of the forest. A California Campfire Permit is required to build a cam...

A highway patrol officer was in the area when he noticed a massive section of road had just disappeared.

Important! For Dead Doctors Dont Lie Use: 888-379-2552 2 of 3 MC0 Evacs Lifted 01-31-21 06:23 S.S. The evacuation orders for both the River and Carmel Fire burn scar areas have been lifted, but the one for the Dolan Fire still remains in place. About 79-hundred people were evacuated from those 3 areas, due to concerns about debris and mudflows....and some of those did occur in both the River and Dolan Fire burn scar areas.  

2:24 A section of State Route 1 just south of Big Sur was washed away by a debris flow following heavy rains; the roadway remains closed as Caltrans assesses the damage.  A hillside at Rat Creek near mile marker 30 on Highway 1 gave way Thursday, spilling onto the highway and causing a portion of the road to erode into the ocean, after heavy rains drenched much of the region.  “This particular slide or slip out is within the Dolan Fire burn scar," said Jim Shivers with CalTrans. "So much li...

Visitors are advised to check restrictions and conditions before traveling to recreation areas Most campgrounds at Channel Islands National Park reopened Friday. (Tim Hauf / Channel Islands National Park photo via Twitter) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT_Holland January 30, 2021 | 9:17 p.m. Several campgrounds have reopened in California after state officials lifted the regional coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders, and officials have urged visitors to check restric...

and last updated 2021-01-30 01:21:49-05 If you were planning on traveling along the Big Sur coast, youre out of luck. Thats because a portion of Highway 1 is no longer driveable after being washed away in the storm. The closure could mean another blow to businesses already dealing with revenue loss from COVID. Meanwhile, crews are on scene assessing the damage, trying to determine how to rebuild the iconic stretch of highway. "This was basically a debris flow within the burn scar of the Dolan ...

1:40 The powerful storm that caused outages, flooding and mudflows also washed out part of Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast. Caltrans crews and emergency contractors are now assessing the damage. The highway washed out near Rat Creek, about 15 miles south of the town of Big Sur. This particular area is within the burn scar of the Dolan Fire, making it vulnerable to debris flows. So, ahead of this week’s storm, the highway was closed for safety from just south of Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn in M...

California residents reeled from a powerful storm dumping enormous amounts of precipitation from the coasts to the mountains that caused evacuations, mudslides and other problems, but brought much needed drought relief to the region.  Amy Lilly talks with neighbor Eric Rose as they look over her home damaged by a tree limb that crashed into her house and into Rose’s backyard during a storm in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (CN) — A 14-year-old boy was found trap...

@mcrfd on Twitter (Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District). Monterey County issued an evacuation order Thursday morning for the Carmel River Lagoon area. That order was lifted later in the day. On Tuesday, an evacuation order was annouced for those living within and two miles down slope of the Dolan Fire burn scar. Late Tuesday, an evacuation order was issued for those living within and two miles down slope of the Carmel and River fire burn scars. As of Friday morning, evacuation o...