Dear Readers,
City councilmember Jeff Baron says he’ll run for mayor in the fall election, joining Dave Potter and Dale Byrne in the race. Mary Schley reports.
Overtourism in Big Sur isn’t just a problem for State Parks. The U.S. Forest Service, which manages vast areas, is also wrestling with things like overcrowding and illegal campfires, and it’s considering prohibiting some things and requiring reservations for others. Chris Counts has that story.
Privacy concerns were one of the doubts raised at a committee meeting this week on the City of Carmel’s expanded traffic surveillance camera program. Mary Schley has the details.
The Carmel police department has acquired two new electric vehicles — including a Ford Mustang. Cal Am will soon install a new water main beneath Dolores Street. Reopening of the Golden Bough theater has been delayed. Two men stand convicted of committing a bloody murder in a Salinas Valley prison. The Carmel City Council approved a very big budget for next year. There’s been very little progress getting the front door of the post office repaired. Rep. Jimmy Panetta is sponsoring a bill in Congress to fight mail theft. A pair of local eating establishments were mentioned on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” last week. The Big Sur River Inn commissioned a monumental sand sculpture to commemorate its 90th birthday. A Pacific Grove man wants the record corrected about him supposedly divulging “private” email addresses. A World War II veteran from Carmel Valley was in Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. If you were preparing a culturally diverse calendar of local events and holidays, would you leave off Christmas? P.G.’s police chief remains on leave — and may not come back until a year after she suffered an undisclosed injury. The outgoing CEO of Montage Health, Steve Packer, is being lauded by soon-to-be former colleagues. Dennis Taylor profiles two brothers who are inseparable in life and in the water polo pool. Jerry Gervase says he’s decided to be a mother for Father’s Day. Our “In Your Dreams” special section gives you an inside look at some of the Carmel area’s most amazing homes. And my editorial says the crime-fighting advantages of traffic surveillance cameras far outweigh their privacy drawbacks.
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