A late-season blaze that started on Friday grew to 1,000 acres in the scenic region of California. By Sophie Kasakove Over 500 residents in the Big Sur area ... of up to 50 miles per hour blew ...

Thousands of firefighters continued hacking away Monday at a wildfire near Big Sur that grew to more than 63 square miles ... said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

A rock slide over the weekend left a two-mile stretch of California ... about 40 miles of the highway had been closed from Ragged Point to just south of Big Sur, according to Caltrans, though ...