Big Sur Kate
Today Big Sur Kate publishes one of the most reliable sources of online information about the rustic wilds of Monterey County’s southern coastline. Long before she launched her blog in 2008 as a way to update residents about the 40-day Basin Complex Fire, Kate Woods Novoa started her career as an attorney in 1981 in the Orange County Public Defender’s Office, where they probably used typewriters. But Big Sur beckoned, so in 1985 she joined the Monterey County Public Defender’s Office just so she could live in the community she loved. The OC’s loss was definitely our gain. Her site has become a go-to resource esepecially during disasters like fires and highway closures.