Gregg Musgrove, a 56-year-old former California Highway Patrol officer, unexpectedly came across the trove of Jackson's tapes when he purchased an abandoned storage unit in the San Fernando Valley.

The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved the permanent closure of San Francisco's Upper Great Highway following Proposition K's passage in November.

I scrambled out of the way. I was very fortunate. Something bigger than me was watching out," said Ralph Macia, who narrowly ...