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Coastal agency calls oceanfront resort ‘exciting’

July 31 — ANALYSTS WITH the California Coastal Commission are recommending approval of an oceanfront condominium-hotel resort complex in Sand City proposed by the same company that sought to build a much larger project on the property more than a decade ago. At an Aug. 12 commission meeting in Santa Cruz ... Read More

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City board declares Stonehouse historic

July 31 — IT’S NOT yet 50 years old, but the Stonehouse Terrace complex designed by late architect Olof Dahlstrand is significant enough to be on Carmel’s list of buildings that must be preserved, the historic resources board decided last week. Further, the state historical resources commission should nominate it for the National Register of Historic Places ... Read More

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Whale takes rescuers on ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’

July 30 — AFTER WEEKS of sightings confirmed it was tangled in fishing gear, a humpback whale was freed July 11 when rescuers removed ropes and buoys that came from a crab fishing operation, the Marine Life Studies Whale Entanglement Team reported Friday. The group noted it was the year’s first successful whale disentanglement ... Read More

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UC professors want admissions tests back

July 30 — STUDENT PERFORMANCE across the nation has been lackluster in recent years — math and reading scores on standardized tests hit record lows in 2024 after a decade of declines — so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when these kids reach college, they only have a rudimentary understanding of math, English and other subjects ... Read More

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