Dear Readers,
With the election of Dale Byrne as mayor and Hans Buder and Bob Delves as council members, things are going to look very different at Carmel City Hall for the next two years. Mary Schley reports.
Bodycam footage from the Oct. 25 fatal shooting on Monte Verde Street shows how Carmel police officers tried to get James Marshall to cooperate before he charged one of them with a crowbar, causing another officer to open fire. Mary Schley has that one, too.
A roundabout proposed for Carmel Valley Road and Laureles Grade drew almost no opposition at a public hearing conducted by county supervisor Mary Adams — something that practically never happens. Chris Counts has the details.
Rita Patel, Jake Odello and Matt Glazer will be newcomers on the Carmel school board. Nick Smith has been elected mayor of Pacific Grove, where voters also authorized a big school bond but rejected the idea of cutting the city council to five members.
A Jacks Peak resident who had to make an emergency landing of his light plane Monday on Highway 85 in Cupertino says it happened because he ran out of gas. The man who stole almost $1 million in jewelry from Fourtane’s three years ago has been released from jail. A group of robbers took a camera from a photographer at Asilomar State Beach Friday while he was using it.
California voters expressed a lot of support for the progressive agenda at the ballot box Tuesday, but didn’t go whole hog. Much of the storm damage at Limekiln State Park has been repaired and the park has reopened. Plans for a new home in the Carmel Highlands were rejected by the county planning commission. The biggest restaurant space on Fisherman’s Wharf needs major upgrades.
Marina voters failed to give two-thirds support to a $50 million bond measure for a new city hall and fire station. A spectacular Big Sur ranch has sold for $18 million. Rep. Jimmy Panetta was re-elected by a big margin and says he’s going to be watching out for any threats to “our democracy.” Gov. Gavin Newsom is convening a special legislative session to plan how to resist the Trump agenda.
Dennis Taylor has a preview of the Shoe Game and the outlook for a host of high school playoffs. Great Lives profiles a former member of the Navy WAVES who became a beloved Carmelite. Jerry Gervase bemoans the cracks in the integrity of one of our nation’s most important institutions. Our special section, “Peninsula Businesses,” shows how accessibility can be beautiful, explains why dogs don’t have to smell like dogs, and tells how to pick furniture that lasts. And my editorial says the people of California understand very well why rent control is a terrible idea.
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