Dear Readers,

Big changes are coming to the way Monterey Peninsula home buyers and sellers negotiate commissions with the realtors who represent them. Mary Schley has the story.

A dramatic fire destroyed one of Big Sur’s most popular restaurants. Chris Counts has the details.

Carmel says it can’t find him, but the owner of a disused lot on Casanova Street paid his property taxes just a few weeks ago — with a check. Mary Schley has that one, too.

The Carmel city council decided not to increase its hotel tax rate, even as the county board of supervisors is considering an increase in theirs. More than 80 sick and injured pelicans are being cared for at the SPCA. The Cypress Inn got approval for a Mills Act historic preservation contract with the city — and with none of the bad feelings associated with an almost identical discussion about the Frank Lloyd Wright house. The Carmel post office still has a smashed front door and a closed public service counter. A frustrating search for a missing package highlights other problems the post office is having. More post office news: A councilmember says assigning numbers to houses won’t trigger home mail delivery. A woman is asking the public for help finding a kidney donor for her son. A local baseball league employed a registered sex offender as a youth baseball umpire. A sewage spill in the Salinas Valley did major damage to a broccoli field, a lawsuit says. P.G.’s police chief is no longer working from home — she’s on leave. Pacific Grove's high school has a new principal. A historic Carmel Valley building, soon to be the property of the county, has an uncertain future. A large sum of money awarded to Monterey County to fight opioid abuse has gone unspent. A scary rollover collision on Carmel Valley Road Tuesday resulted in only minor injuries. Doris Day may have been one of the world’s biggest movie stars, but her coverage in The Pine Cone over the years highlights numerous other aspects of her colorful and interesting life. Dennis Taylor says the Stevenson girls lacrosse team has exciting prospects for the postseason. Jerry Gervase reminisces about the things that made his Mom special. And my editorial says it’s really starting to sink in with the national media that drought isn’t the new normal.

Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com

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