Dear Readers,
Patrice Pastor bought two more buildings in downtown Carmel last week. Where are they, and what does he plan to do with them? Mary Schley has the answers.
The city has a plan to move parking spaces away from crosswalks, as required by state law, without losing more than a handful of spots. Mary Schley has that story, as well.
Fast-growing Marina says it needs a new city hall, police station and fire station, and Caitlin Conrad took a tour to find out why.
Three candidates for the school board have formed a slate, even as the other people running lay out their platforms. A missing hiker had to be helicoptered out after being found, injured, on a Big Sur beach. Caltrans says Highway 1 won’t reopen all the way to San Luis Obispo County until sometime next year. A June meeting is scheduled to gather public opinion on Carmel’s license plate reading cameras. The San Antonio footpath between Second and Fourth will get some pricey repairs. A new state law has given Monterey County more tools to limit oil production. Another new law prohibits cities and counties from requiring voters to show IDs. Residents of Pacific Grove heard from candidates for city council at a recent forum, and they’ll soon be asked what qualities they’d like to see in the new police chief. The transient accused of trespassing at P.G. high school and making threats says he’s not guilty. A Kaiser medical facility in Salinas is almost ready to open. The business that rents handcars for the old railroad tracks along Highway 1 has been told to shut down. Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” presented by PacRep, opens this weekend at the Forest Theater. The Big Sur River Inn is celebrating its 90th birthday, and did you know it was founded because of apple pie? Dennis Taylor says the girls on local high school golf teams are expecting great years. Great Lives profiles the family behind Alvarado Street Brewery. Jerry Gervase mentions the unmentionables. And my editorial says free speech is already limited in many ways, but is also protected for important reasons.
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