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Blogger about all things Big Sur, but particularly storms, fires, floods, road conditions, and events in Big Sur.
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Big Sur Byways Organization Meeting, 11/19 – BigSurKate
Hello, The Big Sur Byways Organization will be meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, from 10:00am-12:00pm. The meeting will be held at a new location, the Big Sur Lodge (47225 Highway 1, Big Sur, C...
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Ninth Circuit grants en banc hearing in Portland case
A glimmer of hope?
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October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Nepenthe Bal Masque – BigSurKate
for ticket purchase: https://www.nepenthe.com/bal-masque/bal-masque-tickets
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October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Found Dogs – BigSurKate
These two were found on Highway One near the Big Sur Station. Hillary Thurkow Evan took them up to their place on Pfeiffer Ridge. Contact me at kwnovoa@mac.com for Hillary’s phone number. They have Mo...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Photo Sunday, 10/5/25 – BigSurKate
The huge Oak tree that guards my house (which Jeff Norman said was a probably a hybrid between Coast and Canyon) is telling me something that I cannot quite understand. She has never spoken to me in t...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Regent’s Slide Timeline in Photos, Feb 2024-May 2026 – BigSurKate
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September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Updated Time Line for Regent’s Slide Opening – BigSurKate
Date: Monday, September 22, 2025 District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Celeste Morales or Kevin Drabinski Phone: (805) 549-3237 or (805)...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Happy Autumnal Equinox, 9/22/25 – BigSurKate
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September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Sunday Photo, 9/21/25 – BigSurKate
This time of year I let the dogs out at 7 am — mountain lions usually hunt between dusk and dawn, so I want dawn to be over before I let them out. This morning at exactly 7 am, Lady came and put her c...
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September 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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09.15.25 News Release (Monterey County): Full Overnight Closure of Hwy. 1 at Rocky Creek Bridge on September 21 at 10PM – BigSurKate
News Release Date: Monday, September 15, 2025 District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Celeste Morales or Kevin Drabinski Phone: (805) 549-...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Photo Sunday, 9/14/25 – BigSurKate
This is my favorite tree. It is a Quercus lobata (valley oak). According to the Oak Foundation, these don’t grow above 2K feet in elevation. This one is at 3200’. I did not plant it. It planted itself...
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September 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Photo Sunday, 9/14/25 – BigSurKate
This is my favorite tree. It is a Quercus lobata (valley oak). According to the Oak Foundation, these don’t grow above 2K feet in elevation. This one is at 3200’. I did not plant it. It planted itself...
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September 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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9/11 – BigSurKate
This is a story I first published two years ago. It is a feel-good story of hope, and lord knows we need that right now. May it bring you hope for the fight we have ahead of us. I like to imagine the ...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Regent’s Slide photos – BigSurKate
These were taken by Dave Nelson from the north end of Big Creek Bridge on Saturday, 8/30/25. This is from an angle not normally seen in the photos Caltrans provides. (When it provides.)
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September 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Regent’s Slide weekly update, 8/29/25 – BigSurKate
No new info from last week, but I will post what they sent anyway
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August 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Overnight Closure of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek on 8/24 – BigSurKate
News Release Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025 District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Celeste Morales or Kevin Drabinski Phone: (805) 549-3...
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August 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Workers over Billionaires March — Labor Day, 9/1 – BigSurKate
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August 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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August 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Photo Sunday, 8/17 – BigSurKate
From the Archives: I took this off my back deck during the Basin Fire (2008). Barbara Woyt and I had a front row seat to this sight. One rarely gets to see this point of view outside of from another f...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Gifford Fire Update, 8/11/25 – BigSurKate
Just an FYI, if conditions are favorable, the plan is to start a 36 hour firing operation tonight. (See paragraph 4 below.)
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August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Sunday Photo, 8/3/25 – BigSurKate
I usually post photos looking west, out over the ocean. Today, I thought I would post one looking east.
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August 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Illegal Campfires on South Coast – BigSurKate
Remember this announcement just two days ago? https://bigsurkate.blog/2025/07/31/no-campfires-on-south-coast-of-big-sur-warns-monterey-county/ This was taken last night by one of the members of the Bi...
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