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1 Pastor mum as council kicks project back to planning commission

September 12 — AS EXPECTED, the Carmel City Council on Monday voted 3-0 to send Patrice Pastor’s plans for a mixed-use complex on Dolores south of Seventh back to the planning commission for a redo, demanding that plans be changed to include more parking and move the landscaping to ground level ... Read More

2 Long-awaited foundation work begins in The Pit

September 12 — EFFORTS TO shore up the land supporting an apartment complex at Lincoln and Fifth began this week, when Ausonio Construction, on behalf of the nonprofit Carmel Foundation, got to work preparing the site at Dolores and Fifth that’s come to be known as The Pit ... Read More

3 District, agency heads are raking in the dough

September 11 — THE PAYCHECKS and benefits of local government agency management and employees have climbed significantly in the past decade — with two top officials making nearly $500,000 per year — according to newly released data by the California Controller ... Read More

4 Reps on opposite sides of child sex abuse bill

September 11 — STATE SEN. John Laird pulled a centerpiece of his legislative agenda this week, thanks in no small part to an unlikely opponent, Assemblymember Dawn Addis. Both Democratic lawmakers represent the Monterey Peninsula in Sacramento, but in an unusual turn of events, the two found themselves at odds ... Read More