Big Sur News

The Monterey County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team aided a 20-year-old man who broke a leg Friday evening at Big Sur Pfeiffer Burns State Park, investigators said.

Giant wooden mile-marker signs with inspirational and humorous sayings such as "hitting the wall" at mile 20 and "hallelujah" at mile 26 will help runners keep pace at the 2010 Big Sur International Marathon.

In the mid '90s, the Mother Hips were poised to become the next big thing in the world of rock and roll.

Two documentaries summoning the magic of Big Sur music festivals, spanning decades, were shown in Los Angeles last week.

The Beach Boys' Al Jardine spoke out on his favorite new group at last month's Songwriter's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Not Man Apart: Lines from Robinson Jeffers, photographs of the Big Sur Coast ; David Brower, editor Reading lines from the poetry of Robinson Jeffers while looking at the stunning photographs of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Philip Hyde, Steve Crouch, and others, pulls you into the Big Sur landscape, amazing you with its beauty, while inspiring you ...

SACRAMENTO a " California officials say they're trying to avert a threat from the federal government to seize six state parks that could close to help balance the state budget.The National Park Service warned in a letter to Gov.

Inspirational, motivational and humorous mile markers will line the26.2 miles of the Big Sur International Marathon route for the 25th annual race in April 2010.

After two days of record-breaking heat -- with temperatures as much as 21 degrees above normal -- Fresno will swelter through one more hot day before an expected cool-down by Friday.

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Mary Kenney was set to be grand marshal in the upcoming Mayor's 4th of July Parade.

Chace Crawford has admitted that he would like to go speed-dating. The 23-year-old, who plays Gossip Girl heartthrob Nate Archibald, hasn't been on a speed-dating event, but is up for giving it a go.

The beat is an important part of the critically acclaimed Brooklyn group TV on the Radio's songs.

There are several kinds of fear when it comes to road trips. Routes that are physically frightening, like those that run along cliffs or over high bridges, and roads that are more of a psychological thriller-like U.S. Highway 50 across Nevada's super-desolate mid section.

A "Save Our State Parks" rally at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park on Sunday asked participants to tell their state legislators to pass a $15 vehicle registration fee increase they say would prevent 80 percent of California's state parks from closing.

GOLETA, Calif., - A new set of rules went into place for those of you heading to the Los Padres National Forest.

Big Sur, the dramatic Californian coast that inspired Beat poets, 60s freethinkers and musicians, has barely changed since their day.

The Monterey Jazz Festival will honor its own in 2009 by renaming a street and establishing an internship fund honoring of the life and accomplishments of Paul Vieregge, the 86-year-old Stage Manager Emeritus who passed away on March 30, 2009 after a battle with cancer.

On Tuesday evening, an overdue hiker, 25-year-old Nora Brereton of San Francisco, was reported at Big Sur Pfeiffer State Park.

The new Discovery Center is located at Andrew Molera State Park and researchers hope parks don't close before visitors have a chance to utilize the new facility.