Dear Readers,

After hearing impassioned comments on both sides of the no-home-addresses debate, the city council decided to put the topic off and refer it to a subcommittee for more discussion. Mary Schley reports.

Monterey Peninsula College has appointed a director of “Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism and Accessibility,” but did not say what problems at the campus made the department necessary. Kelly Nix has the story.

Highway 68 between Monterey and Salinas is beset with regular traffic jams, but relief may be on the way in the form of 9 roundabouts. Chris Counts has the details.

A Carmel Valley artist’s shell lamp has been added to the décor at Disneyland’s Adventureland Tree House. The Carmel Foundation has acquired the former Red Cross building on Dolores Street. $27 million in upgrades make the sewage treatment plant near the Carmel River safer and more reliable, its general manager says. County supervisors are trying to decide whether the sheriff’s office needs more public oversight. Three men are under arrest for staging an armed robbery of Macy’s at Del Monte shopping center. The county health department is making public a list of licensed tattoo, body piercing and “branding” establishments. The planning department is developing rules to manage the city’s proliferating ADU’s. Questions are being asked about why the Pacific Grove Youth Center isn’t being used more. Additional protection is being urged for the Great Tide Pool. With Veterans Day in the offing, the county board of supervisors took time to honor local vets. A Salinas Church will host a fundraiser for victims of the Lahaina wildfire. The CHS football team is unbeaten heading into the playoffs, where some tough competition awaits. Neal Hotelling delves into a new book about an obscure era in the history of the Monterey Peninsula. Our special section, “Peninsula Businesses,” profiles local success stories, including a realtor who tells how having a world famous grandmother affected his career, a senior citizens complex that tackled its own old age, and how wine in a can came to be. Jerry Gervase says Thanksgiving would be more meaningful — and more fun — if it wasn’t at Thanksgiving. And my editorial says it’s time for the no-home-addresses controversy to be put to bed.

Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com

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