Big Sur News

Jayanti Addleman, director of Monterey County Free Libraries, rides Clementine, a mule from Happy Trails Wagon Tour of Carmel Valley, to a reception celebrating 100 years of Monterey County Free Libraries at Marina Library on Saturday.

This January, the South African government passed a law that would imprison weather forecasters for up to 10 years — or a fine up to about $100,000 — if they issue incorrect severe weather warnings without official permission.

Children who got a dangerous ocean dunking on Jan. 26 were participating in a marine-studies program at Camp KEEP in Cambria.

Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA: The most dramatically situated and architecturally ambitious of the Big Sur inns, Post Ranch Inn has rooms set along the bluffs and others tucked away in the forest.

Unless indicated, all meetings are open to the public. Some are available for later viewing on Charter Cable channel 21.

A front-and-center issue at some recent Cambria meetings has been how local citizens can raise $450,000 in 11 months to complete a deal with the county for the town’s new library and community hub.

The most dramatically situated and architecturally ambitious of the Big Sur inns, Post Ranch Inn has rooms set along the bluffs and others tucked away in the forest.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. It's no accident that oysters are identified by the specific tidal region in which they are grown.

More than three decades after the Henry Miller Library founder donated his home to the Big Sur Land Trust, which helped him transform it into a memorial to his friend and literary icon, the trust is donating the property to the library foundation.

Standing at the edge of a 100-foot cliff, Drew Arnold optimistically stares out at the blue ocean as the morning sun casts golden light across his face.

In apparent prank originally taken seriously by aumore than 70 small, heart-shaped signs along Cambria’s Main Street were removed Saturday night, which could have left many young artist-creators heartbroken.

Best Ocean-front value on the market with unbeatable ocean views from just about every room in the house.

Motorists should expect various road closures in Atascadero until summertime while Caltrans installs landscaping and irrigation systems at the Highway 101/41 interchange.

The following article was posted on February 2nd, 2012, in the New Times - Volume 26, Issue 27 [ Submit a Story ] Unable to photosynthesize, the albino coast redwood has to leach off of its parent tree, sucking sugars and fiber in order to survive.

The most dramatically situated and architecturally ambitious of the Big Sur inns, Post Ranch Inn has rooms set along the bluffs and others tucked away in the forest.

After a day of surfing in the Monterey Bay a few years ago, Kirkland and some friends emerged from the water, salt sticking to their wetsuits.

UPDATE 3:45 p.m. Monday: Caltrans estimates that Highway 1 would reopen by midweek at the rock slide site about 48 miles north of Cambria and 25 miles south of Big Sur.

UPDATE 4:30 p.m. Friday: Work is continuing over the weekend to clear the landslide in the Rain Rocks area north of Gorda and reconstruct protective netting, according to Caltrans.

Santa Rosa Creek Road is closed about seven miles east of Cambria because of damage caused by weekend rains, San Luis Obispo County Public Works announced this morning.

Rain Friday and Saturday nights shut off through traffic on Highway 1 on Sunday, Jan.