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1 Supes pass ADU rules for county

November 28 — TO MAKE it easier for property owners to add housing in Big Sur and other unincorporated parts of the county, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Nov. 18 to approve a set of policies and regulations allowing accessory dwelling units in the Coastal Zone ... Read More

2 Harigae sets Spanish Bay record, takes TaylorMade

November 28 — A HOMETOWN star won the TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational held Nov. 20-23, making history not just as the second woman to land the trophy since the tournament’s founding in 1972, but as a record-setter at the Spanish Bay Golf Links ... Read More

3 DLI student is latest victim of deadly surf

November 27 — JUST DAYS after heavy surf at Garrapata Beach in Big Sur took two lives, a U.S. Army soldier who was a student at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey drowned Saturday after he was swept out to sea by powerful waves. The incident happened about 2 miles to north of Garrapata, near Soberanes Point ... Read More

4 What are your kids up to on those school laptops?

November 27 — THE CHROMEBOOK has replaced the textbook in California classrooms, and teachers are reporting that the move to laptop-based learning has become a major problem — so big it has some returning to pen and paper ... Read More