The Light That Never Went Dark: The Keepers of Point Pinos

The Point Pinos Lighthouse at the tip of the Monterey Peninsula, its stone tower rising above coastal scrub.

On the tip of the Monterey Peninsula, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast has burned since 1855. Meet the volunteers, docents, and historians who keep its door open — heirs to keepers like Emily Fish, the celebrated “Socialite Keeper” of Point Pinos.