January 23 — IN A rare meeting of the Carmel Building Code Board of Appeals Friday, the panel stopped short of forcing Mad Dogs & Englishmen owner Jennifer Blevins to bring her Ocean Avenue coffee shop into compliance with codes requiring an accessible restroom and fire sprinklers. Instead, they voted to put off a decision while she tries to find a solution ... Read More

January 23 — PG&E OFFICIALS said last week that the company is close to completing a “modernization” of its Monterey substation, which the utility maintained would increase electrical capacity and cut power outages on the Peninsula by an impressive 50 percent. On Jan. 14, representatives with PG&E told journalists that the upgrades to the substation on Del Monte Avenue, which began last fall, should be completed ... Read More

January 22 — IN CARMEL Valley — where major housing projects are few and far between, but where state mandates have opened the door for previously unheard-of levels of development — a plan to build 90 homes at the site of the former Carmel Valley Airport has been submitted to Monterey County for review ... Read More