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Drivers in Big Sur Inch Past Highway 1 Collapse
Stretch of Highway 1 Collapses
Apr 1, 2024 4:05 PM CDT

Stretch of Highway 1 Collapses

Damage after heavy rain in Big Sur leaves 1.6K stranded

(Newser) - Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California's iconic Highway 1 on Monday after a giant chunk of it collapsed into the ocean following heavy weekend rains, stranding as many as 1,600 people in the coastal community of Big Sur. Convoys of vehicles resumed at...

People Keep Getting Killed Along California's Pacific Coast Highway

Survivors, authorities are calling for changes to PCH

(Newser) - The deaths of four Pepperdine University students killed as they walked along California's Pacific Coast Highway in October were tragic, but not exactly rare: A new memorial along the coastal Route 1 features 58 white tires—one for each person killed since 2010 on the 21-mile stretch of the...

Malibu Driver Who Killed Students Charged With Murder

Fraser Michael Bohm, who's in custody, pleads not guilty

(Newser) - The driver whose car struck four college students last week in Malibu, killing them, has been charged with murder. Fraser Michael Bohm faces four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter as well as four counts of murder, CBS News reports. He appeared in court on Wednesday, pleading not guilty. District Attorney...

A Motorist Was Filming the View. Then a Gasp

Police searching for SUV seen driving off oceanside cliff in California

(Newser) - An SUV speeds toward the oceanside cliff, then goes airborne. It's a shocking moment captured on video by a passing motorist in California, where authorities are trying to determine who was in the SUV and where it ended up. California Highway Patrol Officer Bert Diaz says that after the...

Woman Missing a Week Found Alive Down a Cliff

Angela Hernandez apparently went off the road near California's Big Sur

(Newser) - An Oregon woman survived nearly a week after her vehicle reportedly plunged some 200 feet off a seaside California cliff. Per SFGate , Angela Hernandez was found Friday by beachgoers south of Big Sur. Hernandez was injured but able to walk and talk, according to Monterey County Sheriff’s Cmdr. John...

One Letter on 2 Road Signs Causes Grief for Calif. Officials

Misspelling of 'Del Rey Oaks' on Highway One signage will be expensive to fix

(Newser) - Grammar gurus may well know "i before e except after c," but "a instead of e" is what has California Department of Transportation officials smacking their heads. Two new road signs were erected along Highway One in Sand City earlier this month, both alerting drivers to Exit...

Massive Landslide Buries Iconic California Highway
New California Mudslide
Is Enormous
May 24, 2017 6:55 AM CDT

New California Mudslide Is Enormous

Part of Highway 1 in Big Sur is buried under 40 feet of rock, dirt

(Newser) - A massive landslide is the latest natural disaster to hit California's Big Sur, which relies heavily on an iconic coastal highway and tourism. Plus, it adds to a record $1 billion in highway damage from one of the state's wettest winters in decades. The weekend slide in Big...

Part of Highway 1 Collapses Toward Sea

Pacific Coast Highway closed for at least a month during busy tourist season

(Newser) - Huge quantities of rock and dirt tumbled from a Big Sur cliff on Wednesday, collapsing a 40-foot stretch of California's Highway 1 toward the ocean. A 2-mile section of the Pacific Coast Highway will likely be impassable for at least a month, the Monterey Herald reports. “We don't want...

Woman Shaving Privates Causes Florida Car Crash

Hot date in Key West leads to collision on 'scary road'

(Newser) - Florida revoked Megan Mariah Barnes' driver's license last week, and less than a day later she proved the wisdom of that decision, causing a car accident on US Highway 1 in the Florida Keys as she shaved her private parts while driving. " About 10 years ago I stopped a...

Afghanistan's Insurgency Endures

Attacks highlight security decline

(Newser) - The insurgency in Afghanistan is mushrooming, and targeting the refurbished highway that provides a weak connection between the country's ethnic halves, the New York Times reports. A series of deadly attacks in June has exposed the tribulations of the United States' 6-year-old effort to defeat the Taliban.

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