Big Sur News

Fans of Big Sur are praising legislation introduced by Rep. Sam Farr on Friday that would provide more money and protections to the vast Central Coast wilderness.

A federal bill seeking to make the Big Sur portion of Los Padres National Forrest a separately funded unit and expand protected wilderness areas in Monterey County was introduced Friday.

Plans to pay for the Big Sur portion of Los Padres National Forest separately, add more than 2,000 acres to the Ventana Wilderness and prevent dams on some local rivers are all part of legislation submitted to Congress Friday.

A T THE FESTIVAL in the Forest in Big Sur two years ago, the Oakland-based folk outfit Port O'Brien distributed a barrage of pots and pans to audience members to encourage rhythm participation in their highly contagious anthemic singalong, "I Woke Up Today." Today, such rambunctiousness seems an eon away.

Monterey-Salinas Transit will provide free bus service for the Big Sur Food and Wine Festival on Nov.

La Selva Beach resident Tracy Hagen might start listening more to her mother-in-law. Hagen, a periodontist's hygienist who loves to capture a perfect sunset or flower, has always looked at picture-taking as something fun to do in her free time.

Monterey County Free Libraries gives you the gift of fine free months during November and December.

Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard October 26th, 2009 at Lincoln Hall By Marcie Garcia The Lincoln Hall stage presented an unlikely duo Monday night.

There was only one man to call. The mission was this: to give the worldwide environmental awareness exercise called International Day of Climate Action our own local flavor.

Five confirmed but unexplained blue whale deaths in the last six weeks. blue_whale.jpg, image/jpeg, 2560x1920 On August 31, 2009 an appeals judge lifted an existing ban on Navy sonar, and ruled against a lawsuit that would have prevented the U.S. Navy from resuming sonar training exercises off Southern California.

Rebroadcast 08:30 AM Passport to Adventure Trekking In Nepal Kathmandu in Nepal, probably the world's first real adventure travel destination, offers a wealth of exotic culture, spectacular landscapes, and miles of terrain for trekking.

He holed up in a cabin along this vast stretch of California coast for over a month in 1960, desperate to find some inner peace while struggling with fame and alcohol addiction.

The most crucial bit of information in this news story from the Sacramento Bee is the reminder of the fact that the American River Watershed is one of the most flood-prone in the nation, due to the prevalence of rain storms that can flow in from the Pacific.

Tonight only, Houston's Studio Movie Grill will screen the movie One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur , a documentary chronicling Kerouac's pilgrimage to Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in the north California hills following the immense and sudden success of his book On The Road .

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When "On the Road" author Jack Kerouac died in 1969, his 4-year-old nephew, Jim Sampas , marked the occasion by sketching a portrait of Allen Ginsberg .

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur Synopsis: He was called the vibrant new voice of his generation -- the avatar of the Beat movement.

After the success of On the Road made his mind all goopy with fame, celebrity, Beat wannabe kids yakking, hangovers ringin' his head like an empty bell, Jack Kerouac decided to dry out in Big Sur - He got a ride down Highway 1 past swishing seashores splish splashing and past redwood trees quietly meditating to Bixby Canyon where a bridge was ...

Okay, I'll be out there in time for July 22 What I need now is a rest, is sleeping in my bag under the stars again, is quiet meditative cookings of supper, reading by oil lamp, singing, sitting by beach with note book and occasional wine I wd.

An earlier-than-expected winter-like storm packing a punch powerful enough to cause mudslides and other rain-related havoc will move into Monterey County today, forecasters said.