We planned to hike the Pine Ridge Trail up to the Sykes Hot Springs near Big Sur. It is approximately 20 miles round trip. Gary and I had been dating a few months.

Highway 1 on the Big Sur coast is still closed to through traffic because of Paul’s Slide, pictured here, near Limekiln State Park. Caltrans recently reopened 21 miles of roadway south of this ...

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors on July 26 passed an emergency ordinance quintupling the fine for illegal camping in the Big Sur area from $200 to $1,000 per day, effective immediately.

Too much poop, trash and trampling of habitats shut down Big Sur’s only free camping site. Campers walk along the shore as a fire glows next to a tent at San Carpoforo Beach in Big Sur.