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ROCKY CREEK IS OPEN TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC WITH A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, BUT ONLY TO AND FROM CARMEL

There is one other slide to the south of Big Sur Valley, thus thru traffic between Carmel and Cambria is not possible. Regent’s slide has been stabilized and work resumed. As of 9/22/25, Caltrans is now predicting the road will be opened by the end of March 2026, subject to winter rains and subsequent reactivation of movement in the slide. See the video I posted on 7/20/2024, to understand why HERE: https://bigsurkate.blog/2024/07/20/regents-slide-non-official-update/

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Links for phone users who can’t see the links to the right without scrolling through two years of posts. I’ll start with just a few, but if you have others you wish to see here, let me know.

Big Sur Maps (3) with slide names, locations, etc.: https://bigsurkate.blog/big-sur-interactive-highway-maps-with-slide-names-mile-markers/

Caltrans Interactive Map: https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/

CHP dispatch: https://cad.chp.ca.gov/Traffic.aspx

 

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Interactive Highway Map with Mile Markers and slide names is to the right, under “Pages” first one *Big Sur Interactive Maps... if the following link doesn’t work. *Big Sur Interactive Slide Maps will answer any questions you may have about where something is in relation to something else.

MY DIRECT EMAIL IS: kwnovoa(AT)mac(dot)com

 

Big Sur Multi Agency Advisory Council Meeting Friday

The Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council (BSMAAC) will be meeting on Friday, February 6, at 10:00 am.  Please note that this meeting will be held in person only at the Big Sur Lodge (47225 CA-1, Big Sur, CA 93920).

Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council Meeting

Friday, February 06, 2026

10:00 a.m.

Big Sur Lodge, 47225 Highway One, Big Sur, CA 93920

Congressman Jimmy Panetta and Supervisor Kate Daniels, Co-Chairs

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call and Introductions

III. Approval of the October 24, 2025 Draft Minutes

IV. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items – limited to 3 minutes

V. New Business

a. None.

VI. Old Business

a. Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council Bylaws

i. Consider amending the Bylaws to remove “coastal owners” and replace

with “community association” for the Community Association of Big Sur

ii. Consider amending the Bylaws to add Carmel Unified School District as a

full voting member to the BSMAAC

VII. Reports from Member Agencies

a. Big Sur Resident, North Coast

b. Big Sur Resident, South Coast

c. Big Sur Chamber of Commerce

d. Community Association of Big Sur

e. County of Monterey Planning Department

f. Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

g. California Coastal Commission

h. Caltrans

i. California State Parks and Recreation

j. NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

k. United States Forest Service

l. 5th District, Monterey County Board of Supervisors

m. 30th District, California State Assembly

n. 17th District, California State Senate

o. 19th District, United States Congress

VIII. Report from Non-Member Agencies on Issues Pertinent to Big Sur

a. United States Forest Service, Law Enforcement Officer

b. California Highway Patrol

c. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office

d. Big Sur Fire

e. Big Sur Byway Organization

f. Big Sur Health Center

g. California State Parks, Law Enforcement Officer

IX. Adjournment

Next Meeting –May 29, 2026

VOMB article on FHL and ICE

https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/01/29/immigration-detentions-on-fort-hunter-liggett-raise-questions-about-military-involvement/

Photo Sunday, January 25th, 2026

The Photo this Sunday is to honor the memory of Alex Pretti, an RN in the ICU at a VA hospital. Federal agents (Border Patrol) murdered him by shooting him in the back four times and then 6 in his chest, neck, and torso while he was surrounded by seven armed and out ofc control Border Agents yesterday,This is the photo of him in his scrubs circulating on the internet. Fair warning, I will take down any comments that are not respectful in every respect. I am a vet.

I honor you, sir. Rest easy knowing you are a part of history now and on the good side…the winning side.

Screenshot

Leave no trace ethos

Need to be taught and retaught every day. To each new generation of campers. How hard is it to pick up your own tp? This was yesterday.

Next Big Sur Multi Agency Meeting, 2/6

The Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council (BSMAAC) will be meeting on Friday, February 6th, at 10:00 am. We will be meeting in-person in the conference room at the Big Sur Lodge at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. The address is 47225 CA-1, Big Sur, CA 93920. The BSMAAC is also scheduled to meet on the following dates: July 17th and December 18th. Staff is working on finalizing dates for the second quarter of the calendar year, and that date will be made available soon.

In light of the reopening of Highway 1, the Big Sur Multi Agency Advisory Council (BSMAAC) meetings will return to being in-person only meetings.

I will publish the agenda as soon as it is released. Kate

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Today we celebrate the man who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Tomorrow is one year since the abomination some call our president was inaugurated. What a juxtaposition of opposites. It is so hard to stay positive and continue to fight and get into “good trouble.”I am going to share with you what I do in these times. I try to give myself some breaks each day. I have two ways I do that: The first way I reenergize myself is by playing with or caring for my dogs. The second way I do this is by communing with nature. Wherever you live — country or city, find a slice of nature to recharge yourself, or recharge in whatever way works for you.