Dear Readers,
The first meeting of the new Carmel City Council was an eventful one, including the elimination of all 10 of the council’s special-purpose committees, such as the ones on house numbers, the police station and license plate monitoring cameras. Mary Schley reports.
Monterey County is spending $350,000 to buy a beast of a truck capable of rescuing up to 21 people at a time from floods. Kelly Nix has that one.
Maybe you thought art galleries were a threat to Carmel’s community character. But no, says a gallery owner — it’s real estate offices that are the problem. Mary Schley has the details.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta voted “No” on the Laken Riley Act because he says it doesn’t contain enough protections for legal immigrants. Carmel sculptor Steve Whyte’s bust of former president Jimmy Carter is getting plenty of attention in the wake of Carter’s death. Hotels report slower bookings for this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Monterey P.D. said an attempted murder suspect was caught thanks to a license-plate camera. Three people became seriously ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they bought from a parking lot seller. Highway 1 from Carmel to San Luis Obispo County has been closed two years and there’s a lot more work to do before it can be reopened.
Carmel’s public works director, Bob Harary, has retired. The city is looking for a consultant to help it write design standards for ADUs. Monterey-Salinas Transit is giving 3 buses to the sheriff’s department. A new children’s health center is opening in King City. Jessica Hartzell has been appointed to the county planning commission. Monterey County is advising the county’s immigrants how to avoid being caught in the immigration crackdown promised by President-elect Donald Trump.
Jerry Gervase outlines his goals for 2025 — and some of them he even intends to fulfill. Dennis Taylor reports on the maturing process that’s been going on with the Stevenson basketball team. And my editorial says environmentalists have been caught telling some tall fish tales.
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