The growing popularity of free overnight camping on a rugged beach at the edge of the Big Sur coast has forced the U.S. Forest Service to consider at least temporarily prohibiting the activity ...

The longest sand beach in the area is the Garrapata State Beach, which has been hailed as the finest secluded beach on the whole expanse of Big Sur. Access it via paths that lead down from ...

Obituaries SUBSCRIBER ONLY Jerry Van Megert: ‘considered the quintessential painter of iconic Pebble Beach, Point Lobos, and the Big Sur coastline.’ Jerry van Megert in his studio.