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Light rain and cooler temperatures in Western North Carolina Friday morning, Nov. 10, are aiding in the continued effort to put out the Poplar Drive Fire in Hen

A tropical cyclone is expected to develop off Baja California on Sunday. Variable amounts of subtropical moisture will stream northward over the Central Coast from this storm.

Saturday will mark seven years since the Soberanes Fire burned more than 130,000 acres.

The fine for illegal camping along California's Big Sur coastline quintupled last month.

Extreme wildfire and rain are washing vast amounts of sediment to sea along the Big Sur...

A wildfire burning along the Big Sur coast on Friday night jumped Highway 1 and prompted...

A road like no other, in peril like never before Scott Wilson, The Washington Post Feb. 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GORDA, Calif. - Life here in this tiny town built on the continent-ending cliffs of the Pacific coast has always had an anxious "when," not "if," quality to it. And much of that uncertain fate, season to season and year to year, has been tied to the two-lane road that runs through it. Highway 1 is a California spectacle, a Depression-era monument to the states quixotic ambition...

Highway 1 through Big Sur will be repaired. How long that takes is unclear FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Caltrans and construction crews work on the collapsed Highway 1 near Rat Creek in Big Sur on Thursday.LiPo Ching / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Local residents Mark Readdie and daughter Fiona walk along Highway 1 and look at a Mill Creek debris flow on Thursday.Kodiak Greenwood / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of5 The washed-out segment of Highway 1 near Rat Creek...

  The Big Sur community finds itself in yet another hardship now that a southern coast section of Highway 1 is closed. This hardship comes after a major wildfire last summer, the storm and debris flows last week and the ongoing pandemic.  Kirk Gafill sits in his office at Nepenthe in Big Sur. He’s general manager of the restaurant, which is perched on a cliffside with spectacular views of the churning blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.    “It has a dining room that was designed by an arc...

Extraordinary photos of wildfires In 2020, we witnessed firsthand the effects of climate change, as seen in the devastating wildfires that swept through parts of the world. In California alone, 8,100 wildfires ravaged the landscape, killing more than 30 people this year. In areas of Australia, massive swaths of habitat were destroyed, killing more than 5,000 koalas and leading scientists to ...