Dear Readers,
School board candidate Anne-Marie Rosen has been formally charged with four felonies for allegedly filing a false declaration about where she lives. Mary Schley reports.
Candidates for mayor and city council stake out their positions on architectural styles, vacancy taxes, street addresses and other hot-button issues. Mary Schley asked the questions, and she has their answers.
Caltrans says the state needs 113 bridges and other corridors to help wildlife to stay safe crossing highways. But just one is recommended for Monterey County. Chris Counts has the details.
The Salinas City Council voted unanimously to impose strict rules for rent control and eviction protection. A federal judge wasted no time blocking the state’s new law limiting the online dissemination of “deepfakes.” A Southern California businessman will be tried for beating up a Carmel restaurant owner and one of his employees.
Clint Eastwood’s former home on San Antonio Avenue sold for $18.5 million. Repaving on Carmel Valley Road will cause traffic delays at least until Thanksgiving. Two decades after it bought the property with the taxpayers’ money, state parks is nowhere near opening a park at Point Lobos Ranch.
A Carmel Valley wildfire Tuesday was confined to 221 acres. After a previous ban backfired, California is trying again to get rid of plastic bags at grocery stores. Steve Vagnini is no longer head of Sand City’s West End Celebration. This weekend’s Monterey Bay bird festival promises to be a delight. A Corral de Tierra resident has been having fun photographing barn owls.
Dennis Taylor says experienced veterans and talented freshman are making this an exciting year for local cross country teams. Great Lives profiles the founding director of First Night. Jerry Gervase explains why the martini is such an important cultural phenomenon. Our special section, “In Your Dreams,” takes you inside some of the Peninsula’s most important and interesting homes.
And my editorial explains why even Kamala Harris thought Tim Walz was wrong about the Electoral College.
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