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Gonzalo Curiel appears in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas for opening statements in his murder trial in 2018. Curiel was sentenced on Wednesday to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of two children. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald file)

Gonzalo Curiel sentenced to life in prison for the murder of two children found in a Redding storage unit

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Salinas >> Judge Pamela Butler sentenced Gonzalo Curiel on Wednesday to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of two children whose...

A wildland fire burns along South Boundary Road in Fort Ord near Ryan Ranch in Monterey on Sunday. - David Royal — Herald Correspondent

York Fire sparked by cigarette butt, official says

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Monterey >> A lit cigarette butt sparked the blaze along South Boundary Road near Ryan Ranch that led to residents near York School being evacuated Sunday.“Careless smoking, it happens a...

David Galarza of Caltrans walks on recently poured cement on the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Highway 1 Monday. - Vern Fisher — Monterey Herald

Big Sur bridge to reopen Oct. 13

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Big Sur >> Caltrans says the new Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge will open Oct. 13, eight months after the transportation agency shut down the bridge along Highway 1 just south of...

Members of the media view the southern end of the Mud Creek slide as it covers Highway 1 in southern Monterey County on the Big Sur coast on May 25. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)

Highway 1 to reopen summer 2018 at massive Big Sur slide with $40 million price tag

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Big Sur >> Rebuilding Highway 1 over the massive landslide at Mud Creek will cost $40 million and should reopen to traffic by late summer 2018.Caltrans says the timeline for...

The third and final span of the condemned Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge came down Wednesday. - Caltrans

Final span of Highway 1 bridge comes down

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BIG SUR >> Nine days after the demolition began, crews brought down the final span of the condemned Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Wednesday afternoon.Contractors and Caltrans engineers used a hoe...

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