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Authorities urged motorists to avoid California's Highway 1 along the central coast after a section of the scenic route collapsed during an Easter weekend storm, forcing closures and stranding ...
The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The zones highlighted in red are areas under evacuation orders due to the Eaton Fire as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 12.
PHOTO: An airtanker drops water over the Palisades Fire, near Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades, California on January 8, 2025. (Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)
California State Parks is the state park system for the U.S. state of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [5]
The first Europeans to use the pass were members of the Spanish Portolà expedition (1769–1770), the first European land entry and exploration of the present-day state of California. The expedition traversed the pass on January 15, 1770, heading east to a campground that later became part of Mission San Fernando Rey de España. [6]
The state parks department acquired the motel in 2001 and had plans to restore about 20 cabins for public use. The department confirmed in a news release that the Palisades Fire had destroyed the ...
It remained open to vehicle traffic until 1954. Construction of the Oroville Dam flooded the canyon where the Feather River ran as well as the town of Bidwell's Bar, and preservationists arranged for the relocation of the bridge in 1966 to the south side of the lake, where it is still open to foot traffic. Its original site is now inundated by ...