I know I have been MIA for a few weeks now, life has thrown me some curves so I wanted to share a photo I took tonight…also cuz I missed Photo Sunday AGAIN!!! BTW this sepiai created by nature, not me.

Date:	Friday, February 7, 2025
District:	05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact:	Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers
Phone:	(805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HIGHWAY 1 REOPENED BETWEEN RAGGED POINT AND GORDA

AFTER SLIDE REMOVAL

MONTEREY COUNTY – Highway 1 has reopened between Ragged Point in northern San Luis Obispo County and Gorda in southern Monterey County after a small slide was removed from the travel lanes. The slide was located in Monterey County two miles north the county line.

Crews were on scene at first light and cleared debris from the roadway which included a 5 ft. diameter boulder. Crews then inspected and assessed the remainder of the closure area before reopening the roadway.

With this reopening, travelers on Highway 1 will continue to have access to the communities of Lucia, Gorda, Ragged Point, San Simeon, and Cambria. 

Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: X/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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Crews were on site in the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 7, to clear debris from lanes.

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Kevin Drabinski

Public Information Officer

Caltrans District 5

50 Higuera St.

San Luis Obispo CA 93401

Office: 805.549.3138

Cell: 805.748.1858

TTY 711

And this would be why we have a road closure on the South Coast of Big Sur. Let’s see what the light discloses and hope that it can be cleared and opened today, Friday Feb. 7. Update: It indeed opened up at this spot on Friday. It is still closed due to Regent’s Slide at Big Creek, and between Regent’s and Paul’s, the highway has now been closed for a total of two years, the longest since it originally opened.

Date:	Thursday, February 6, 2025, 8:50 p.m.
District:	05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact:	Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers
Phone:	(805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TWELVE MILES OF HIGHWAY 1 CLOSED OVERNIGHT

BETWEEN RAGGED POINT AND GORDA DUE TO SLIDE

MONTEREY COUNTY – Highway 1 is closed between Ragged Point in northern San Luis Obispo County and Gorda in southern Monterey County due to a small slide covering the northbound lane on a blind curve. The slide is located in Monterey County two miles north the county line.

Crews will be out at first light Friday morning to conduct assessments and clear debris from lanes. Updates and an estimated time for reopening will be provided once crews complete their assessments.

Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: X/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.

How can I explain a couple weeks, based on decades of love and care and community in a blog post? I don’t know if I can. Here is today’s story.

I moved to the South Coast of Big Sur in 1989 and turned 40 here. I am now quite a bit older — who am I kidding — a lot older. I moved here from the North Coast — Palo Colorado to be specific. So many friends. Now we are spread out over the Central Coast. Today, a South Coaster who lives in Pacific Grove came to visit Ralph, and it was so good to see her and hug. Haven’t’ seen her in years. We share history, like community does. It was the Wild Fire of 2000 and she was one of the first to come to my aid. She had lost her house a year or two before, but she was like a disciplined drill sergeant, getting up on my roof to take down the tarp while simultaneously shouting down instructions to me as to what to pack. She came to visit Rock Knocker today, and he called her “Mountain Woman” and boy is she. She might be gray, and live in town, but who she is down deep is a Mountain Woman — a South Coast Mountain Woman, and we are the strongest and finest of the current Big Sur.

Thank you, my friend, from Ralph and me.