Caltrans will keep Highway 1 closed longer than anticipated to clear rock slides near Big Sur.
Caltrans closed a 44-mile section of the coastal highway...
Seven days of helicopter operations by ARIS Helicopters from Hollister cost about $90,000, Caltrans reported a week ago, bringing the total bill for work on the Alder Creek slide area to nearly $2.5 million since the April landslide.