Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Nurses and other staff at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz are protesting proposed layoffs. California State Parks is offering free downloads of their annual Historian Passport and new penalties for no-shows at California state parks are now in effect.

Monterey County hosts a special meeting to discuss how local Medi-Cal patients could be impacted by H.R. 1. And, three parks across Monterey Bay win in the “Best of California’s State Parks” poll.

The man shot and killed by park rangers in Big Sur last weekend was wanted for murder in the Bay Area.Kevin Anthony Alaniz, 26, was camping at the summit…