Going to Cambria for Pinedorado Days over Lador Day weekend was a tradition which had to include the Sea Chest.

No new info from last week, but I will post what they sent anyway

From the Archives …

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) 549-3237

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FULL OVERNIGHT CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 1 AT

ROCKY CREEK BRIDGE FOR EMERGENCY SEAWALL REPAIRS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 | 10:00 PM

MONTEREY COUNTY — Caltrans will implement a full overnight closure of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek, located approximately 12 miles south of Carmel, on Sunday, August 24, to perform emergency repairs to a seawall beneath the highway.

Caption: Graphic of road closure information for Highway 1 at Rocky Creek Bridge.

Closure Details:

The full closure will begin at 10:00 pm on Sunday, August 24, and the highway is scheduled to reopen by 6:00 am on Monday, August 25.

Caption: Graphic of road closure information for Highway 1 at Rocky Creek Bridge.

This work is part of an ongoing emergency project aimed at reinforcing the seawall that protects the south end of the Rocky Creek Bridge and the slope beneath the recently constructed viaduct. The repairs will enhance the seawall’s resilience against wave action and prevent further erosion, ensuring the long-term stability of this vital coastal route.

During the closure, crews will use a crane that spans both lanes, meaning no through traffic will be allowed during the work window. Travelers are advised to plan accordingly.

As Caltrans continues the emergency project in the coming months, additional lane and road closures will also be expected along Highway 1 in the Rocky Creek area. These closures are necessary to ensure that the work is completed safely and effectively. Advance notice will be provided to the public prior to each closure.

Caltrans appreciates the patience of the traveling public and local community as crews work to maintain the integrity of Highway 1.

Big Sur Remains Accessible and Open:

Travelers are reminded that over 100 miles of Highway 1 on the Big Sur coast remain open and accessible. Travelers from northern California will find easy access to historic bridges, waterfalls, restaurants, and lodging amenities.

Travelers from southern California will find that the highway brings them directly within reach of the unparalleled views, lodging amenities, and natural wonders of Lucia, the Camaldoli Hermitage, 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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Celeste MoralesPublic Information Officer Caltrans District 5 50 Higuera St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401(805) 549-3237 | celeste.morales@dot.ca.gov

The Grange Presents:
BIG SUR: THE WAY IT WAS
Saturday August 23rd
Potluck 4pm, Film 6pm

Join us for a Potluck and viewing of the 1972 documentary Big Sur: The Way It Was. This film is the first documentary made of Big Sur, its natural beauty, artistic community, and counterculture ways. It includes interviews with writers, artists and intellectuals, such as Henry Miller, Eric Barker, Emil White, Harry Dick Ross, Emile Norman, as well as hippies, musicians, bikers, hitchhikers, tourists and your every-day rugged individualists who call Big Sur home. It was filmed and produced by Robert Blaisdell, a native filmmaker of the Monterey Peninsula, who shot the footage of Big Sur and its inhabitants throughout the 1960s.
https://www.bigsurstories.com/big-sur-the-way-it-was-1

The Way It Was was first released in 1995 on VHS and later on DVD before it disappeared from view. Now thirty years after its debut, the 55 year old film is available again thanks to the efforts of Bob Franco, a Pacific Grove filmmaker who assisted in the restoration of the 1972 documentary. Bob will join us to share the film, and will be available afterwards to discuss his current project. Bob’s is collecting stories from and about local artists and residents regarding their work and life experience in Big Sur as part of his Big Sur Stories project:
https://www.bigsurstories.com/

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 flying machine.

Date:	Friday, August 15, 2025
District:	05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact:	Celeste Morales or Kevin Drabinski
Phone:	(805) 549-3237 or (805) 549-3138

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UPDATE #6

REPAIRS AT REGENT’S SLIDE ADVANCE AS

SLOPE STABILIZATION EFFORTS PROVE EFFECTIVE

MONTEREY COUNTY – Repairs at Regent’s Slide, which closed Highway 1 on February 9, 2024, continue to advance with slope stabilization efforts contributing to sustained excavation activity.

Full scale excavation work has continued at Regent’s Slide since mid-July with crews able to sustain production in part due to the effectiveness of the installation of thousands of shear dowels. Averaging 60 ft. in length, these steel bars are being drilled and grouted into the cut slope above the active work area. 

Data from an array of monitoring equipment has confirmed that the shear dowels are having the intended effect of mitigating further slide activity which has been a characteristic feature of repairs at Regent’s Slide. As the top-down excavation advances, crews will continue to install shear dowels in the cut slope behind them, providing immediate and long-term reinforcement of the slope. Since mid-July, crews have installed an additional 1,500 dowels, bringing the overall total number of installed shear dowels to 3,500.

Excavation work is advancing with the combined use of both conventional and remote-controlled equipment. The remote-controlled equipment, including two large bulldozers and one excavator, remain an integral component to the advancement of excavation and removal of slide material. Even as seasonal patchy coastal fog has intermittently cut into full production, crews continue to work seven days a week and extended hours on these repair efforts.

Caltrans remains in a position to announce a refreshed date for the full reopening of Highway 1 at Regent’s Slide in mid-September.

Big Sur Coast Remains Accessible and Open

Visitors can access more than 100 miles of Highway 1 between Cambria and Carmel, except for the 6.8-mile segment one mile south of the Esalen Institute to two miles north of Lucia.

Travelers from Northern California can still access historic bridges, waterfalls, restaurants, and lodging amenities along the Big Sur coast. Travelers from Southern California can reach the endearing communities of Lucia, Gorda, Treebones, Ragged Point, San Simeon, and Cambria via Highway 1.

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.

For more information about transportation projects and funding, visit: Build.ca.gov.

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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Thousands of shear dowels have been grouted and drilled into the cut slope above the excavation work area providing immediate and long-term reinforcement of the slope.

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Kevin Drabinski

Public Information Officer

Caltrans District 5

Just an FYI, if conditions are favorable, the plan is to start a 36 hour firing operation tonight. (See paragraph 4 below.)