There’s a certain kind of quiet thrill that comes from rounding a curve on California’s Highway 1 and seeing the Pacific stretch endlessly beside you. That moment, when the wind-whipped cliffs, the ...

This sprawling California beach is one of the best spots in Big Sur for surfing, tide pooling, and hiking, and takes just a ...

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Sometimes, the best place you can go is a dead end. Especially when that dead end is surrounded by crashing surf on empty beaches, dramatic cliffs and lonely trails through forests thick with ...

Big Sur might get all the attention, but keep driving south and you’ll hit Highway 1’s best-kept secret, San Luis Obispo County. Here, road-trippers can ride Clydesdales through rolling hills, tour ...

A massive landslide that has blocked Highway 1 through Big Sur for the past 19 months — the longest the roadway has been closed in its history — should finally be cleared and the famed route reopened ...

The major storm that brought widespread rain and heavy amounts of snow across the state washed out part of Highway 1 on the Central California coast. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- The major storm that ...

Another year, another summer of the same closure on Highway 1 near Big Sur, meaning you still can’t drive all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles along this iconic stretch of California coast.

Sometimes, the best place you can go is a dead end. Especially when that dead end is surrounded by crashing surf on empty beaches, dramatic cliffs and lonely trails through forests thick with redwoods ...