Dear Readers,
The Monterey County District Attorney says no charges will be filed in the police shooting of a disturbed young man on Monte Verde Street last October. Mary Schley reports.
Carmel officials are realizing that some of the city's strict zoning policies — especially the rules protecting the “urban forest” — are making the city more vulnerable to fire. Mary Schley has that one, too.
Claiming “catastrophic impacts” on nearby communities, a Los Angeles law firm has filed suit over the Moss Landing battery disaster. Kelly Nix has the details.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has dialed back his criticism of some of the policies of the new Trump administration. “Students” who say they’re “against Nazis” are threatening to vandalize Teslas, including in Seaside. Carmel is having doubts about its license plate reading surveillance cameras.
A driver who injured a teenager in Pacific Grove in January has been charged with hit and run. A Highway 68 resident who carried out a one-man crusade against roundabouts on the busy road has been recognized by TAMC. A renewed ban on artificial turf may be on the way. Are sound fences the answer to complaints about noise from pickleball?
One of the Monterey Peninsula’s most beloved restaurant owners has passed away at the age of 83. A Bob Dylan biopic recreates the 1963 Monterey Folk Festival. Dennis Taylor surveys the success Peninsula alums are having in collegiate sports. Great Lives profiles former city clerk Heidi Mozingo.
Our Weddings special section is packed with great suggestions for making your Big Day perfect. Jerry Gervase explains the importance of choosing the right words to express love. And my editorial says that when it comes to cliches, no subject is more fertile than climate change.
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