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Bridge railings loom as statewide issue

June 28 — TAKING ON a topic that has been debated for eight years and stirred up a hornets nest of opinions, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to again reject a request by Caltrans to replace the aging railings along Garrapata Bridge in Big Sur ... Read More

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After two-month wait, post office lobby reopens

June 28 — NINE WEEKS after an elderly Pebble Beach woman crashed her car into the front of the Fifth Avenue post office — causing so much damage that that part of the building was declared unsafe — it reopened with a temporary fix Wednesday morning ... Read More

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City studies crackdown on ‘ugly’ granny units

June 27 — THE RECENT construction of a large granny unit on a corner lot at Monte Verde and 13th has evoked enough outcry that it’s now publicly known, at least in some circles, as “the worst ADU in the city.” That title formerly belonged to the accessory dwelling unit built at Guadalupe and Fourth ... Read More

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Big response keeps Cachagua grass fire small

June 27 — AFTER A person who claimed to be hiking at 11:45 p.m. Sunday reported seeing a grass fire deep in Carmel Valley, volunteer firefighters from Cachagua and crews from Cal Fire managed to find it and confine it to a 5-acre area in just a couple of hours, according to Cachagua Fire ... Read More

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