Ivan Geronimo Gomez, 31, was found guilty on 15 felony counts related to his role in starting the Dolan Fire on Aug. 18, 2020, a blaze that bu…
Wearing a blue Oxford button-down shirt and dress pants and seated behind a pair of public defenders, Ivan Geronimo Gomez, 31, listens through…
The presence of wilderness areas in Monterey County complicates the region’s ability to benefit from new federal legislation written by the co…
The 2020 Dolan Fire scorched 125,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest, injured several firefighters, destroyed 20 structures, was presu…
With her 14-year-old chihuahua mix, Houdini, riding shotgun in her periwinkle pickup truck, Dee Heckman navigates Carmel Valley Road’s winding…
That the rugged, shape-shifting edge of North America is in motion is not surprising. What is more remarkable is that humans, beginning in 191…
As the Dolan Fire is winding down at 98 percent contained, a new fire on its eastern boundary near Fort Hunter Liggett is now burning with zer…
Hot, dry and breezy conditions expected in Big Sur over the next two days have prompted the National Weather Service to declare a red flag war…
With the Dolan Fire better contained near the coastline, the need to keep Highway 1 fully closed to thru-traffic has passed. Caltrans official…
After being ordered closed because of wildfire danger, three state parks south of Carmel along the coast have been reopened for daytime recrea…