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 …
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…
As crews progressed in containing the Soberanes Fire on Tuesday night, a bulldozer operator who was called to help battle the fire was killed …
In justice parlance, the punishment should fit the crime. Except in this case, the reasoning goes, the water cutback should fit the consumption.
In a ruling that sent ripples through California today, an appeals court struck down a water utility's tiered rate structure, which encourages…
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…
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.