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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 restrictions and conditions before traveling. Los Padres National Forest officials said closure of the 2020...

and last updated 2021-01-30 01:21:49-05 If you were planning on traveling along the Big Sur coast, you're out of luck. That's 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 Fire," said Jim Shivers, Caltrans District 5 Spokesperson. The road completely gave way at Rat Cre...

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 Monterey County to Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County. The road didn’t wash away all at once. ...

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 trapped under five feet of snow for five hours after a roof avalanche dumped approximately 5 feet of sno...

@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 orders for the areas surrounding the Carmel, River and Dolan fire burn scars remain in place. Helpf...