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The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office announced changes to evacuation zones and the reopening of a portion of Highway 1 as crews continue fighting the Timber and Plaskett fires in Big Sur. Beginning at ...

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Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. A new fire that ...

Five days after the CHP and Caltrans reopened Highway 1 in Big Sur as fire crews made progress battling the Timber Fire, they closed it again Thursday, this time as part of a new strategy to slow the ...

UPDATE (August 27, 2026): Google’s spokesperson reached out with a statement. Here’s the statement in full: “Android Pulse is a Google system service. It was intended to appear in Google system ...

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It’s no secret that ESPN host Stephen A. Smith and NBA star LeBron James don’t get along. On Monday, Smith defended James after President Donald Trump called James “racist” last week when taking ...