Closing of bridge cuts off, isolates Big Sur community along Highway 1

“We as a community simply will not survive in any way that is recognizable without a timely rebuild of that bridge,” said Big Sur Chamber of Commerce President Kirk Gafill, owner of the historic Nepenthe Restaurant, which has been serving Big Sur since 1949. The area also is without law enforcement and public services.

Coin-eating turtle dies of blood poisoning

A 25-year-old sea turtle in Thailand who swallowed nearly a thousand coins tossed by tourists seeking good luck died Tuesday, two weeks after having surgery to remove the coins from its stomach.

Martin McGuinness, IRA commander who turned peacemaker, dies at 66

Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who led his underground, paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain, and was Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister for a decade in a power-sharing government, died Tuesday, his Sinn Fein party announced.

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