Monterey County

The Dolan Fire south of Big Sur in Monterey County has, as of Monday night, burned almost 29,550 acres of vegetation.

Firefighters continue to battle at least two large wildfires in Monterey County that have triggered evacuation orders.

A fire caused by a lightning strike early Sunday morning near the unincorporated Monterey County community of Pine Canyon had burned about 2,000 acres by 9 p.m. Sunday, and was 10% contained, Cal Fire reported.

Several complaints have been lodged against venues planning to host wedding receptions in Monterey County, according to the Monterey County District Attorney’s office.

The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office has received complaints about owners of short-term rental facilities — homes or accessory dwelling units rented out via Airbnb and Vrbo, for example — who may be advertising those units and encouraging non-essential travel, in violation of the county’s shelter-in-place order. Travel in and out of Monterey County is only allowed to perform “essential…

Four people from the Grand Princess cruise ship — where more than a dozen people tested positive for the novel coronavirus – will be quarantined in Pacific Grove, state officials said Tuesday. The former cruise ship passengers will be housed in a cluster of buildings at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds. The people will be in buildings that are…

The city of Monterey announced Monday that it has asked cruise ship companies to cancel planned stops in Monterey Bay for the foreseeable future due to fears of the novel coronavirus spreading. Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess ship has canceled planned stops in the bay March 31, April 14 and April 28, according to city officials. Holland America’s Maasdam cruise ship…

Officials in Monterey County on Wednesday gave the green light on a massive clean-energy battery farm project in Moss Landing spearheaded by Tesla and PG&E that officials say would the largest of its kind in the world, according to a report from KSBW-TV.

The Big Sur Foragers Festival gets underway Thursday in the coastal community of Big Sur ahead of one of the festival’s most popular events on Saturday.

A father died trying to save his daughter Tuesday afternoon from the water off the coast of Monterey County, according to preliminary information from Cal Fire officials.

Yet another driver on Highway 101 in Prunedale was hit by a projectile Friday, after more than 40 other similar incidents this year—including family vehicles, and, last month, a school bus carrying high school football players to a game in San Jose. A reward offered for the arrest of whomever is responsible for these incidents has grown to $14,000. The…

Two associates of the Nuestra Familia prison gang pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose Tuesday to taking part in a racketeering conspiracy that included the attempted murder of a disobedient gang member when they were in Monterey County Jail in 2013.

Southbound Highway 101 north of Chualar is closed due to flooding, officials confirm.

Portions of state Highway 1 in the Big Sur area of Monterey County may preemptively close Saturday ahead of heavy rains forecast for this weekend, Caltrans announced.

A horse trapped in a chilly pool overnight in Monterey County, where temperatures dipped into the 30s, was rescued Thanksgiving morning by a team of firefighters, the SPCA, veterinary staff and neighbors.

A new round of stormy weather will be heading into the Bay Area this weekend after a relatively dry Thanksgiving Day, according to the National Weather Service.

Two regions of the Bay Area will be under weather watches as the fall season’s first major storm season approaches the Bay Area on Tuesday.

A vegetation fire near Big Sur, a short distance north of the small community of Posts near state Highway 1 in unincorporated Monterey County, is prompting evacuations in the area Sunday night, a Monterey California Highway Patrol officer said.

Bay Area beach goers should be wary of dangerous surf conditions starting Thursday at noon due to a large storm in the Gulf of Alaska, according to the National Weather Service.

A man posing as a technician stole an ATM from the lobby of the Children’s Discovery Museum in downtown San Jose last month, and the machine was found Wednesday in Monterey County, according to the San Jose Police Department.