Date:	Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 5:40 p.m.
District:	05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact:	Kevin Drabinski or Alexa Bertola
Phone:	(805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UPDATE #26

HIGHWAY 1 CLOSED DUE TO RAIN AND ROCKFALL 

BETWEEN RAGGED POINT AND DEETJEN’S INN

MONTEREY / SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES – Due to multiple reports of rockfall and at the request of the California Highway Patrol, Highway 1 is now closed from Ragged Point Inn in San Luis Obispo County to just south of Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn in Monterey County.

Updates will be provided tomorrow as crews are able to assess road conditions during daylight hours.

Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: Twitter at: @CaltransD5, Facebook at: Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) and Instagram at: Caltrans_D5.

Our crews deserve to get home safely too.

Drive slowly and carefully in work zones.

CHP Traffic Incident Information Page: http://cad.chp.ca.gov

Traveler information at: https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov

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Kevin Drabinski

Public Information Officer

Unless Caltrans and the chp close highway 1 down tonight, I probably won’t be trying to keep up with all the highway issues, but for now:

 0 Sr1 Loc Desc:

 NB 1 IF MONASTERY BEACH Lat/Lon:

 36.521836 -121.928174 

Detail Information
4:15 PM	2	[6] 1039 CALTRANS DISPATCH
4:12 PM	1	[2] TREE DOWN 1125 NB LN AND PARTIAL SB LN

Here is the county’s interactive map on evacuations:

https://montereyco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=905a9458324b4868804d96b5593eb978

Two more just added:

Big Sur Community

Arroyo Seco River area

Evacuation Warnings for the following four areas effective immediately.

Evacuation Warning for Pajaro Community

areas of Carmel River

Carmel River Lagoon

areas of Bolsa Knolls

We are reminding residents to take any needed precautions as the storm approaches, including securing their homes or property with sandbags and signing up for emergency notifications.

If you live near any of the county’s burn scars, rivers, or other flood-prone areas, Monterey County has sandbags and sand stockpiles to help you protect your property during stormy weather.

Here is a list of sandbag pick-up locations:

https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/106154/637964278693600000?fbclid=IwAR2z_y5RJdFZTY3nQErXW3TzaC-o8vMS7zl0hHD_p01DBd7oRWt7bZZvdsc

Here is a list of sand stockpile locations:

https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/106222/638022234123930000?fbclid=IwAR15RW0091S1dzQy5XwagIUfQDqBxCq_4GbupR97KX-riIugxV-2NkjhGEI

Residents can sign up for emergency notifications by text or email. Options are here:

https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/departments-a-h/administrative-office/office-of-emergency-services/ready-monterey-county/sign-up-for-alerts

Maia CarrollCommunications CoordinatorCounty of Montereycarrollm@co.monterey.ca.us(831) 796-3092