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What a relief Santana was
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Skimming over Monterey County planning issues
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The Soledad Children
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Salinas pot pioneer’s coke conviction stands
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Janis does one for the crowd, one for the ages
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Giving Unchained
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Finding Private Cardinalli
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A Mystic Takes the Stage
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Environmental Resolutions
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Light to Heavy Reading
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Settling in to a New Life
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The Wolf Survives
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New FPPC complaint filed over Laguna Seca deal
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Royal’s silly holiday poem, yet again
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Locals rally to support impeachment
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Worth the Weight?
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Going behind the CBD hype
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Preparing for the ‘Senior Jail’
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Transplanted, the flower grows
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Beach Boys a No-Show at Monterey Pop
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About Kate Woods Novoa

Since 1985, Kate Woods Novoa has lived in Big Sur, working as a public defender for Monterey County. She started the bigsurkate blog (https://bigsurkate.blog) during the 2008 Basin Complex fire and kept at it when she didn’t intend to.

January 2, 2020

They look out for us The lonely life on remote towers

November 21, 2019

The Natural Barriers Remote terrain limits potential for traffic improvement in Big Sur

October 3, 2019

The Story of a Redwood Tree Five hundred years of Big Sur history for sale

September 11, 2019

Slice of Life on the South Coast The challenges of simple errands and illegal campfires

August 22, 2019

The spirit of wild places

August 8, 2019

Big Sur Kate: A day in the life Chasing down reports of wildfires and craziness

July 18, 2019

Living with Wildfire Waging war on the campfire tradition in Big Sur