Dear Readers,
The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District voted Monday to ask the state water board to lift the water permit moratorium that’s been in effect here for 30 years. Kelly Nix reports.
Patrice Pastor’s development company can access county land while it makes major improvements to Rocky Point Restaurant and adjacent facilities, the county board of supervisors decided Tuesday. Mary Schley has the details.
License plate cameras in Pacific Grove should be deactivated because of fears ICE might gain access to their data. Kelly Nix has that story, as well.
A bill authored by State Sen. John Laird will exempt some affordable housing projects along the coast from coastal commission review, but he says probably none of those projects will happen on the Peninsula. Caitlin Conrad has the details.
A filmmaker from Carmel Valley whose work exposed a global child trafficking network that masquerades as orphanages was in Washington D.C. last month talking about his work with Congressional and international officials. Carmel’s code enforcers deal with a wide variety of zoning violations in town, including some which are humorously small. Two new special events will adorn the Carmel community calendar next year.
A sewage spill closed Carmel Beach Thursday afternoon. The Carmel sewer district has started charging fees for ADUs, even if nobody lives there. A former Cachagua resident has been convicted of causing the death of a Carmel man in a road rage accident on Highway 1 two years ago. A former teaching aide in P.G. is facing murder charges after a stabbing in Salinas.
A man who pursued an affordable housing project in Pacific Grove has been charged with mail fraud. Jimmy Panetta gave what has been described as a “fiery” speech at the No Kings protest in Monterey last weekend. A rare bee and a majestic bird face impacts from a habitat restoration project. The Monterey Bay Aquarium raised more than $2 million because Taylor Swift wore a sea otter T-shirt.
Dennis Taylor explains why it’s so hard to excel at cross-country running — especially in high school. Jerry Gervase says you can learn a lot about life by being a paperboy. Our “Healthy Lifestyles” special section explains the importance of personal care in your peace of mind. And my editorial says water is so plentiful, it shouldn’t be so hard to make it available.
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