Dear Readers,
Some parents in the P.G. school system are raising serious concerns about a Planned Parenthood-provided sex education course. Kelly Nix reports.
A critical component for increasing the Peninsula’s water supply is in its construction phase. Kelly Nix has that one, too.
Patrice Pastor has donated $1 million to help complete the renovation of PacRep’s Golden Bough theater, which is set to reopen in July. Chris Counts has the details.
A bronze statue of sportscaster John Madden was unveiled Friday outside Bruno’s market. The city council trimmed $37,000 from next year’s $43.9 million budget. A Carmel resident has been arrested for downloading child porn, and a San Jose man has been sentenced to 10 years for “forced prostitution” in Salinas. The sale of a Pacific Grove mansion will help fund treatment for drug addicts. A statue formerly owned by Doris Day has been stolen. The historic resources board turned down a request from a resident to declare his home historic. Synchronization of traffic lights could obviate the need for roundabouts on Highway 68 between Monterey and Salinas. Volunteers have been installing primitive toilets in the Big Sur backcountry. Businesses hard-hit because of the closure of Highway 1 will have a convenient place to apply for SBA emergency loans. Carmel Valley resident Walter Hussman launched the Center for Integrity in News Reporting with a banquet last week at the Library of Congress. A county EIR is recommending a ban on “commercial” short-term rentals in Carmel Valley, Big Sur and the Highlands. Dennis Taylor reports that a Stevenson junior sank a 40-foot putt to bring home a championship for the school. Jerry Gervase shows how innocuous emails can lead in unexpected directions. Our “Peninsula Businesses” special section introduces you to some colorful and exciting local enterprises. And my editorial asks whether the state’s new Racial Justice Act will really make California safer and more just.
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