Author: bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

Found Dog

UPDATE: Polar and her owner, Derek Waters were reunited this afternoon. Thanks everyone for all the help!

Know this dog and who her owner is?

”I’m a ranger with State Parks here in Big Sur.  This morning, someone dropped a big white dog named Polar at the Pfeiffer Big Sur kiosk.  She weighs about 100 pounds and has a rabies vaccine tag from Grass Valley and 707 and 831 phone numbers, neither of which were answered. The good samaritan said he found her walking on Hwy. 1 near the Henry Miller Library.”

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Several spot fires on 101 in Salinas

4 pm – Sounds like a chain dragger.
Incident:  00310   Type:    Report of Fire   Location:   Us101 S / Market St  Loc Desc:  SB 101 AT MARKET ST    Lat/Lon:  36.677778 -121.641389   
Detail Information
4:07 PM 16 [43] ,NUMBER 2 SHUT DOWN FOR FIRE SB AT JOHN
3:58 PM 15 [40] [Appended, 15:58:29] [2] PER DUPE 1 FIRE SB 101 JSO AIRPORT THEN SEVERAL SMALL FIRES NB 101 JSO AIRPORT
3:54 PM 14 [38] PER DUPE CHP IS 1097 AT 1 OF THE FIRES
3:53 PM 13 [35] 2 FIRES ON RHS NB 101 AND LARGER ONE NEAR ABBOTT ST ON SB 101 SIDE [Shared]
3:51 PM 12 [28] [Appended, 15:51:56] [2] RP ADV APPROX 20 YARDS THERE IS ANOTHER FIRE
3:50 PM 11 [27] [Appended, 15:51:56] [1] 1 FIRE AT ABBOTT, SEVERAL FIRES
3:49 PM 10 [21] [Appended, 15:50:21] [6] 4TH SPOT OF FIRE ON JOHN ST PER RP // MTRY COM COPIED
3:48 PM 9 [15] PER RP TO MTYCOM POSS FM VEH DRAGGING A CHAIN
3:48 PM 8 [19] [Appended, 15:50:21] [4] FLAMES AND SMOKE SEEN
3:48 PM 7 [17] [Appended, 15:50:21] [2] BRUSH FIRE SEEN ON RHS
3:48 PM 6 [13] B27-073 N20 ADV FIRE WILL BE SB AT JOHN UNDER OPASS
3:44 PM 5 [3] FIRE ENRT
3:44 PM 4 [6] [Appended, 15:45:07] [3] TRANS MTY COMM FOR FIRE
3:44 PM 3 [2] TRANS TO MONT COM
3:44 PM 2 [1] GRASS FIRE / RS
3:44 PM 1 [4] [Appended, 15:45:07] [1] SB 101 JSO JOHN / FIRE ON BOTH SIDES

 

Wildfire near Las Ventana Development – SLO Co. CAMINO FIRE

4:15 pm – Fire holding at 50 acres. Forward progress stopped.

3:30 PM – Reported at 25 acres on a ridge top.

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3 pm – a friend just told me AA 340 was sent from Paso Airport to check it out and report back.

Incident:  00123   Type:    Report of Fire   Location:   Camino Purisima / Camino Las Ventanas  Loc Desc:       Lat/Lon:  35.174098 -120.521937   
Detail Information
2:49 PM 5 [23] [Notification] [CHP]-CDF ADV VEH TC’D/ROLLED WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE – LAS VENTANAS DEVELOPMENT – 4800 CAMINO PURISIMA IS I/C – CDF WILL HAVE THE DRIVER – REQ CHP [Shared]
2:43 PM 4 [19] PER CALFIRE I/C BEING SET UP 4800 BLOCK OF CAMINO PURISIMA
2:17 PM 3 [12] [Appended, 14:17:31] [1] RP HAS VIS OF FIRE FM FWY AT LB,TO THE EAST OF AG
2:15 PM 2 [10] [Appended, 14:16:26] [2] SUBJS TRESSPASSING WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE
2:10 PM 1 [1] RP SEES FIRE TO THE EAST

From the CHP website:

Valley Fire, 10/17/18

UPDATE; The fire  is out. One garage/barn and 2 cars destroyed, but the house was saved, and all residents were fine. Here are the before and after shots:
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From Sandra Silvestri:

“Kate – The fire is at the property next door to our vineyard. My brother is there taking video and it seems the firemen have it under control. They’ve been taking water from our vineyard pond in the helicopter.

Just thought you’d like to know. Ill let you know if I hear anything different.

Sandra”

Here are a few photos:

 

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Cal Fire BEU reports 5 acres and 1 structure involved. CVR & Country Rd
Incident:  00222   Type:    Report of Fire   Location:   33757 Crg16  Loc Desc:  E Carmel Valley Rd    Lat/Lon:  36.444417 -121.668606   
Detail Information
3:04 PM 8 [25] [Notification] [CHP]-22M VIA LL WILL TURN VEHS AROUND AT 33754 CVR (FOX CREEK RANCH RD), HE IS 97
2:53 PM 7 [18] [Notification] [CHP]-TO CLOSE OFF RDWY
2:48 PM 6 [12] [Notification] [CHP]-TANKER IS DROPPING WATER//NEED BOTH SIDES OF CVR CLOSED
2:36 PM 5 [9] 1039 SGT HOLSCHULTE
2:35 PM 4 [7] REQ CHP POSS CLOSE RDWY
2:34 PM 3 [5] SMOKE IS BAD / COVERYING CVR
2:34 PM 2 [4] SO AND FIRE ON SCENE
2:33 PM 1 [1] FIRE NOW HAS TAKEN OFF

 

Overnight Closures at Paul’s Slide Oct 28th and Oct 29th

Today’s Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018

District:   05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa  Cruz Counties

Contact:                  Susana Z Cruz (bilingual) or Colin Jones

Phone:                             (805) 549-3138 or 549-3189

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMERGENCY RETAINING WALL REPAIR AT PAUL’S SLIDE REQUIRES TWO FULL OVERNIGHT CLOSURES IN BIG SUR STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT, OCT. 28

MONTEREY COUNTY – Construction work on the existing retaining wall will requires both directions of State Route 1 at Paul’s Slide (PM 21.6) to fully close overnight for two nights, starting on Sunday, Oct. 28.

The highway will be closed from 10 pm to 6 am the next morning. Motorists/cyclists are advised to plan around these two emergency overnight full closures. This roadwork should be completed by Tuesday morning, Oct. 30 at 6 am.

Note: Emergency services will be allowed passage through road closure.

Paul’s Slide suffered major storm damage in January, 2017, losing part of its embankment including the southbound lane and closing for several months. Paul’s Slide near Limekiln State Park remains active and continues to be monitored. It has currently been operating under a temporary traffic signal for over a year and the signal will remain in place.

John Madonna Construction of San Luis Obispo is the contractor for this project. Construction work on the existing retaining wall at Paul’s Slide will ensure a safer environment for all travelers. 

Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through Highway work zones.

For more information on this project and for traffic updates on other Caltrans projects in Monterey County, residents can call the District 5 toll free number at 1-831-372-0862 or can visit our website at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/paffairs/release.htm#mon

 Susana Z. Cruz, Caltrans District 5

Public Information Officer 

Gray Slip, 1981 – a look back through photos

Today,  I am continuing with the historical perspective I started Monday on Gray Slip. One of these photos from 1981 I know I have published before, but I don’t think I have some of the others. It helps to understand where we are currently by looking back at where we have been. These are the oldest photos I have in my collection of this area, so we will start there.

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