31-05-2025
Landslides Leave Big Sur's Beloved Landmarks Fighting for Survival
BIG SUR, Calif.—Hillary Lipman looked out from a gas station at the nearly empty California Highway 1 and shook his head in frustration over a road closure that has dragged into a third year. Business at his Shell station has dropped as much as 80% since the first of a series of landslides shut off the southern access to Big Sur in January 2023. The current closure is the longest anyone here can remember, and state officials offer no hope for reopening until at least the fall.
