May 15 — KRISTI REIMERS’ bid to get her family’s San Carlos Street complex, Stonehouse Terrace, added to the National Register of Historic Places alongside Carmel Mission, Sunset Center and Flanders Mansion hit a roadblock last Thursday, when the California State Historical Resources Commission pulled the application from its agenda ... Read More
May 15 — ONCE THE bogeyman of marijuana enthusiasts, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is now approving medical cannabis dispensaries nationwide, and the first one in California to apply with the agency was Synchronicity Holistic, owner Valentia Piccinini told The Pine Cone. The business has operated in the Carmel Rancho shopping center since 2019 ... Read More
May 14 — THE CARMEL building department slapped a stop-work order on the door of the storefront formerly occupied by Sade’s Cocktails Monday after an official discovered unlawful construction occurring inside. According to the red tag, the violations include “demolition of a bathroom that requires a building permit” and approval from the Monterey Bay Air Resources District ... Read More
May 14 — A STATEWIDE initiative headed for the November ballot could thwart the Monterey County Board of Supervisors’ efforts to pass a Los Angeles-style mansion tax. In late April — just a week after supervisors voted to hire a consultant for “polling and strategic guidance” on a property transfer tax for luxury homes in Monterey County — the California Secretary of State’s Office said a ballot initiative to eliminate such a tax ... Read More
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