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The southbound Linden Avenue off-ramp on Highway 101 in Carpinteria will be closed Monday, Sept. 23, through Friday, Sept. 27 ...

Highway 166 west of New Cuyama was closed for a time Wednesday evening by flooding and a mudslide that left numerous vehicles stuck.

Highway 101 will be closed in both directions this weekend to repair the Necarney Creek Bridge. A section of the sidewalk and railing fell off when it was apparently hit by a ...

Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101) in ...

A project to replace the San Jose Creek Bridge on State Route 217 will result in a full closure of the highway in both ...

After months of uncertainty following its sudden closure, Pea Soup Andersen’s, the legendary Central Coast destination in ...

Monterey Jazz Festival, the longest continuously running jazz festival in the world, is gearing up to play a full weekend of music at the Monterey County Fairgrounds on Friday-Sunday, Sept. 27-29.

Rayne Beau, a lost cat, managed to travel 800 miles back home after vanishing during a camping trip in Yellowstone National Park. Found exhausted in Roseville, California, he was reunited with his ...

TIME's senior sports correspondent Sean Gregory tries his hand at several Olympic sports while learning from Olympians. Subscribe now to get unlimited access to TIME.com and more! Tidal action ...

The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, did not say how his group would respond to attacks on hand-held devices, which killed dozens when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded. By Aaron Boxerman ...

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