Dear Readers,

The man who created a security scare when he walked unchallenged into Pacific Grove high school and middle school earlier this month has a lengthy criminal record, court records show. And now he’s been charged with threatening a school official, too. Kelly Nix and Mary Schley report.

A group of poachers were caught in a nighttime abalone harvest near the Highlands last week. Chris Counts has that one.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office got a unanimous approval from the board of supervisors for its military-type hardware shopping list. Chris Counts has that story, as well.

A stained-glass repair project at All Saints’ church uncovered some very interesting history. A former inn has been sold for $11 million after being converted to a private home. The man arrested in a double homicide at a bar in Pajaro last week was acting in self-defense, the D.A. says. Big Sur’s Pico Blanco Boy Scout camp has been sold to a leadership group. A woman who was arrested for defying a closure order on Carmel Beach during the pandemic is pursuing what she hopes will be a big-money lawsuit, and there’s another suit over profits from one of the Ocean Avenue skincare shops. Plans for a new sewer line in portions of the Carmel Highlands are drawing heated opposition. Residents say delivery drivers are using city streets when they’re not supposed to. There’s a big new mural at the MIIS campus in downtown Monterey. This year’s Christmas Tree and Menorah lightings in downtown Carmel are Friday night. Neal Hotelling has the fascinating history of the line between two ranchos and the role it played in the development of local cities. Dennis Taylor says this year’s CHS basketball team could be the best ever. Jerry Gervase explains why he envies people who’ve lived in the same town their whole lives. And my editorial asks, why fiddle over a 250-square-foot garage while the city burns?

Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com

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