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1 Council approves state-mandated housing plan

April 12 — THE CITY of Carmel on Monday became the first city on the Monterey Peninsula and the third in a 16-city region to approve its affordable housing program in time to send it to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for certification by the April 15 deadline. The plan, known as the “housing element” gives the city some control over new housing in the city while complying with state mandates ... Read More

2 Convoys continue, viaduct planned at Highway 1 slide

April 12 — NEARLY TWO weeks after a rock slide undermined a critical section of Highway 1 just south of the Rocky Creek Bridge, a strategy is taking shape to stabilize the road and install a one-way traffic signal at the site while a contractor builds a viaduct ... Read More

3 Man is rescued, arrested after driving off wharf

April 11 — A FRESNO man fleeing from the police early Sunday drove his pickup truck off Municipal Wharf 2 in Monterey and into the Pacific Ocean before emergency responders rescued three passengers and the driver, who was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and other charges and taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries ... Read More

4 Wherefore art thou, street vendors?

April 11 — WHEN IT comes to much ado about nothing, it’s hard to beat the brief panic of the local citizenry following the state’s passage of a law in 2018 requiring cities to allow street vending. The Carmel City Council moved swiftly to pass a wide range of rules restricting the carts and capped the number of permits at 10 ... Read More