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1 Revised Pastor project headed for new hearings

March 21 — A SCALED-DOWN version of Patrice Pastor’s plans to build apartments and shops on three lots next to the Seventh & Dolores Steakhouse is set to be presented to the Carmel Planning Commission for review next month. In advance of that ... Read More

2 Trump hurting travel bookings, hotelier says

March 21 — REACTING TO President Donald Trump’s trade policies and his talk of making their country the 51st state, Canadian travelers are canceling plans to visit the United States, including Carmel and the rest of Monterey County, some hoteliers are reporting. Others, however, say ... Read More

3 Pickleball guidelines may be turned into law

March 20 — AMID THE many weighty issues Carmel city officials must deal with — unfunded pension liabilities in the tens of millions of dollars, a badly deteriorating police station that no one seems to know how to remedy, a large backlog of deferred maintenance on public facilities, and even the contentious issue of house numbers — one that can always be relied upon ... Read More

4 Coastal commission logic: Picnic area needed for road fix

March 20 — THE CONCEPT might make your head spin, but to compensate for the loss of “coastal resources” to the public when Caltrans cleared the largest rockslide in California’s recorded history, the road agency — which is to say, the taxpayers — will have to pay for the development of a recreation site nearby ... Read More