Good morning, Salinas.

Closter Park on Towt Street reopens today after nearly $10 million in upgrades, adding a new playground, bathrooms, skate park, renovated fields, basketball courts + an amphitheater to serve the community.

Monterey artist Kayla Yakub (with her husband) has painted 39 national parks and plans to complete all 63 on canvas; she spends up to 9 hours at each park painting on site to capture nature's beauty.

The Plaskett Fire nearly doubled its area since Sunday morning, burning 15,479 acres and prompting evacuations and a Highway 1 closure in Big Sur as crews faced steep terrain.

An air quality advisory is in effect for the Bay Area as smoke drifts into the region.