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Highway 1 closure has cost Big Sur economy millions, Amah Mutsun Land Trust will acquire 50-acre property

A slide in the middle of a highway next to the ocean.
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Highway 1 at Regent’s Slide is expected to reopen to through traffic by the end of March 2026.

In today's newscast, the closure of Highway 1 in Big Sur has cost Central Coast communities hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism spending. And, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band will regain full access rights to land in their ancestral territory for the first time since their forced removal over 225 years ago.

Elena is an Emmy award-winning researcher, reporter, and producer. Before joining KAZU, they worked as a podcast producer at The Oregonian. Their reporting and research has been featured on NPR, KQED, Netflix, Reveal, CalMatters, and more. Elena is an alum of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UC Santa Cruz. You can reach them at elena@kazu.org.