Dear Readers,
If you’ve visited the City of Marina lately, you know that hundreds of new homes and apartments have been built. And last week, a $60 million piece of property was sold that will soon be developed with 1,300 additional homes. Chris Counts reports. .
A longtime surfer rescued an 11-year-old girl from the waves off Carmel Beach over the weekend. According to eyewitness accounts, without his intervention, she would have drowned. Mary Schley has the details.
People in Big Sur have lots of things to worry about, and the latest is that traditional campgrounds that offer affordable vacations will be replaced with upscale “glamping” sites. Chris Counts has that one, too.
Wild condors are being vaccinated against a deadly avian flu virus. A federal lawsuit has been filed by a homeowner who wants to cut down a tree. An electric car’s onboard camera captured a rollover crash near Pt. Lobos Monday. The question of assigning numbers to houses will again be on the city council agenda next week. The fall elections for mayor and council are shaping up to be really good ones, with lots of candidates. The City of Monterey has been sending threatening letters to people to get them to sign up for the city’s rental registry — but some of the recipients are just people living in their own homes. An online fundraiser has been organized to help a veteran Tularcitos teacher with major health problems. Pfeiffer park in Big Sur has new trail signs made by youngsters. A leadership group is getting plaudits for rehabbing a degraded part of the Scenic Road footpath. New rules have been announced to keep campfires from getting out of control. A former CHS baseball standout has high hopes for the July 14 MLB draft. Neal Hotelling tells the story of two women whose days in early Carmel included a search for buried treasure. Jerry Gervase explains everything you need to know about the history of child-rearing. Our Financial and Legal Services special section offers invaluable insights into planning your financial future and introduces you to some of the people who can help. And my editorial revisits the history of political candidates being asked if they’re too old.
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