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  • Sep 25, 2025

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A wind-driven grass fire in Greenfield could burn 1,000 acres.
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A wind-driven grass fire in Greenfield could burn 1,000 acres.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Jul 23, 2024

A grass fire that ignited in Greenfield the afternoon of Tuesday, July 23 shut down a portion of Metz Road and is forcing some evacuations.

Firefighters are working on containment for the Coast Fire in Big Sur.
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Firefighters are working on containment for the Coast Fire in Big Sur.

  • Sloan Campi
  • Jun 18, 2024

The forward rate of spread in the latest fire to hit Monterey County has been stopped as of June 17, according to a Los Padres National Forest…

A wildfire in winter is just one of many contradictions in these times. Making sense of it in a poem.
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A wildfire in winter is just one of many contradictions in these times. Making sense of it in a poem.

  • Marie Butcher
  • Jan 27, 2022

How does the world get flipped on its head?

SLIDESHOW: Firefighters perform a controlled burn on the southeastern edge of the Dolan Fire
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SLIDESHOW: Firefighters perform a controlled burn on the southeastern edge of the Dolan Fire

  • Parker Seibold
  • Sep 10, 2020

At high noon on Wednesday, Sept. 9, the skies to the west of Highway 101 in Monterey County were dark, filled with smoke from the growing Dola…

Local assistance center for wildfire help extended to Sept. 12.
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Local assistance center for wildfire help extended to Sept. 12.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 4, 2020

The local assistance center operating out of the Monterey Conference Center to help people and businesses impacted by wildfires will remain op…

GALLERY: The Dolan Fire
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GALLERY: The Dolan Fire

  • Aug 23, 2020

Photos from the Dolan Fire which started due to suspected arson, on Aug. 18.

New evacuation orders in Big Sur as the Dolan Fire continues to grow.
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New evacuation orders in Big Sur as the Dolan Fire continues to grow.

  • PARKER SEIBOLD - MCW
  • Aug 21, 2020

Evacuations from Partington Ridge in the north down to Lucia in the south have been ordered as the Dolan Fire continues to grow. The area went…

Evacuations underway for Pine Canyon, as fast-moving River Fire rolls toward River Road.
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Evacuations underway for Pine Canyon, as fast-moving River Fire rolls toward River Road.

  • Mary Duan
  • Aug 16, 2020

At the Monterey Zoo, located at Vision Quest Ranch on River Road, more than 30 volunteers and the entire staff are standing by. They've brough…

The Soberanes Fire is contained, but its aftermath has just begun.
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The Soberanes Fire is contained, but its aftermath has just begun.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Nov 3, 2016

Day 83 of the Soberanes Fire: Dark gray clouds loom over Big Sur’s jagged hills and windy trails. The clouds billow above terrain that has bur…

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