"Fire sale" was never a more appropriate descriptor.
A natural disaster calls for a natural blast.
For days the community and wider world have watched numbers closely in an attempt to understand the toll exacted by December's Pfeiffer Fire—n…
As I approach a crew of firefighters on the edge of smoldering redwoods, just west of the Big Sur River, it struck me that their uniforms were…
Big Sur residents are no strangers to fire. What feels different as the Pfeiffer Fire smolders, compared to the Basin Complex Fire in 2008, is…
As Monterey County officials were roaming the ashy remains of Pfeiffer Ridge, Big Sur community members gathered for a daily 4pm briefing outs…
In the hours after the Pfeiffer Fire broke out on Dec. 15, Conrad Schwarm, a battalion chief with the Forest Service’s Monterey Ranger Distric…
There’s a picture that ran on the cover of the Weekly’s 2013-2014 Senior Resource Guide that (in my studied opinion) is one of the most perfec…
The confirmed number of structures burned in the Pfeiffer Fire was revised upward today, to 34 residences and 4 outbuildings, according to an …
In donated warehouse space in a back corner of Sand City, an inspiring thing is happening.
It’s the time of year for giving, and no one in Monterey County needs help more than the people of Big Sur.
When Denise Gant and her husband awakened at 1:30am in the middle of the night to flames and smoke as the Pfeiffer Fire roared to life early M…
As of this morning, encouraging reports announce the Pfeiffer Fire is 93 percent contained.
The new, barren, burned landscape of Pfeiffer Ridge has to be seen to be understood.
One thing I'll never forget from a conversation with Post Ranch Inn's late patriarch, Billy Post, is when he told me that if you see clouds co…
The number of firefighters battling the Pfeiffer Fire almost doubled over the past 24 hours, rising to 1,007 as of 6am Thursday.
Something unwelcome awoke Celia Sanborn just before midnight.
A crew of Tahoe National Forest firefighters had just rolled into Big Sur Wednesday afternoon, and their biggest complaint was boredom.
A meteorologist today joined the ranks of the growing team in Big Sur addressing the Pfeiffer Fire.
For most people fleeing flames and smoke, there's barely time to gather their thoughts and some belongings.
• KION News incorrectly and irresponsibly reported an arrest of a suspect involved in the start of the fire. As Weekly Editor Mary Duan tweete…
Carmel Valley's Elayne Fitzpatrick sent out a poem through Big Sur's Pelican Network list serve to inspire artists pummeled by the fire drama …
The terrain at the top of Pfeiffer Ridge on Tuesday night was eerily quiet.
Nearing the end of the second day of the Pfeiffer Fire in Big Sur, crews have contained the 769-acre blaze 20 percent, according to the U.S. F…
A crowd of more than 100 people gathered in front of the Big Sur Station (or Multi Agency Facility) at 4pm to discuss fire related issues conc…
The end of the Pfeiffer Fire is nigh.
Monterey County's Office of Emergency Services has released the first 911 calls that came in Monday morning in the early minutes of the Pfeiff…
The devastation of the Pfeiffer Fire is yet to be known, but the County Board of Supervisors today declared a state of emergency.
The smoky haze is thick even on the Monterey Peninsula, and worse in Big Sur as firefighters continue battling the blaze that started on Sunda…
Started the morning waking up after a restless night of sleep to see the trees standing still in the distance.
Big Sur
A few years ago, Big Sur Food & Wine founder Toby Rowland Jones would have been on the fire lines as a member of the Big Sur Volunteer Fir…
The air quality reading at Fernwood Resort on Highway 1, which was taken between 1-2pm with an E-BAM air quality monitor, was at 158 microgram…
Los Padres National Forest spokesman Andrew Madsen reports that the firefighters battling the Pfeiffer Ridge fire had a “successful night on t…
A 500-acre fire burned many homes and landscapes on Pfeiffer Ridge starting late Sunday night.
The vegetation fire that broke out in Big Sur last night has already spread to at least 300 acres. The fire was first reported to Cal Fire 11…
As of 7am Tuesday, news is quiet from Big Sur, which is a good thing.
An evacuation center has been set up by the Red Cross at the Big Sur Grange, but as of 1:30pm Monday, no one has showed.
The fire came violently and unforgivingly, in the middle of the night.
In 2008 I drove away from Post Ranch employee housing fearing I wouldn't see my apartment again.
Inside the Big Sur Roadhouse, as ashes rain down outside, Celia and Ray Sanborn are taking shelter with their family after losing their Pfeiff…
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