Dear Readers,
Chip Rerig announced this week that he’ll be retiring at the end of the year. Mary Schley reports the what and why.
City officials are miffed that they only learned of the closure of Carmel Beach when notices popped up on the sand. The county health department never told anybody at city hall. Mary Schley has that story, as well.
Jimmy Panetta is expressing alarm at the possibility food stamps will be interrupted for thousands of people in his congressional district. Kelly Nix has the details.
Polls show that Prop 50 — the congressional redistricting measure — will probably pass next week. Could it line up congressional seats for some of the people who wrote the legislation? Caitlin Conrad has that one.
According to records at city hall, Parker Logan, the owner of Sade’s, was, indeed, the person who launched an inquiry into the permits for A.W. Shucks. The man accused of stabbing his wife to death at their Carmel-area home in July is seeking a delay in his trial. One of the Peninsula’s top fire fighters has announced his retirement — again.
A Monterey County sheriff’s deputy has filed a lawsuit claiming she wasn’t protected from an inmate who was stalking her. Affordable housing units at Rancho Cañada need more government review before they can be built. A flood control project at the Mouth of the Valley could begin construction in 2027. The latest step in trying to get Highway 1 reopened through Big Sur is installation of a metal curtain.
Pickleball will be back on the city council’s agenda at its next meeting. Fewer Carmel school district students are seeking instruction in English as their second language. A new gas station on Highway 68 at Corral de Tierra has been approved.
One of Pacific Grove’s most beloved citizens has died at 95. The Monterey Rec Trail has a new mural. The Tap Room at The Lodge has reopened after being remodeled.
Dennis Taylor says a championship could be in the future for a local high school’s girls golf team. Jerry Gervase wishes there was a Golden Pine Cone for him. And, speaking of the Golden Pine Cones, we have a special section announcing all this year’s winners — which makes it your guide to the best of the best in the Monterey Peninsula for everything from restaurants, wineries and coffee, to galleries and concert halls, to jewelry stores, clothing stores and gift shops, to real estate agents, doctors and lawyers. You picked the winners, so don’t miss it.
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