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Important Big Sur updates: tasty pastry pop-ups, helicopters and more.
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Important Big Sur updates: tasty pastry pop-ups, helicopters and more.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 9, 2017

The other day some opportunistic Big Sur locals took the occasion of ongoing Highway 1 closures to pour Champagne on each others heads—in the …

Many in Big Sur remain cut off from the outside world.
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Many in Big Sur remain cut off from the outside world.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 2, 2017

Martha Karstens, chief of the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade, has lived in Big Sur since 1971, and has seen her share of fire – and storm-rela…

The Soberanes Fire claims a life as it grows and threatens more homes.
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The Soberanes Fire claims a life as it grows and threatens more homes.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Jul 27, 2016

As crews progressed in containing the Soberanes Fire on Tuesday night, a bulldozer operator who was called to help battle the fire was killed …

State water board goes easiest on Monterey Peninsula, hardest on Salinas/South County, with mandatory cutbacks.
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State water board goes easiest on Monterey Peninsula, hardest on Salinas/South County, with mandatory cutbacks.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Apr 20, 2015

In justice parlance, the punishment should fit the crime. Except in this case, the reasoning goes, the water cutback should fit the consumption.

Court ruling strikes down tiered water rates, upsetting plans for conservation.
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Court ruling strikes down tiered water rates, upsetting plans for conservation.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Apr 20, 2015

In a ruling that sent ripples through California today, an appeals court struck down a water utility's tiered rate structure, which encourages…

State water board flags potable water use on Peninsula golf courses.
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State water board flags potable water use on Peninsula golf courses.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Apr 10, 2015

A news story in this week’s print edition looks at local golf course water use, especially in light of Gov. Jerry Brown’s order to force 25-pe…

Cal Am’s Monterey district ranks high for water conservation, but can’t claim firsties.
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Cal Am’s Monterey district ranks high for water conservation, but can’t claim firsties.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Dec 25, 2014

Here’s a line that may sound familiar: Residents of California American Water’s Monterey District are among the state’s best at conserving water.

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