Dear Readers,
The Carmel City Council says Car Week, which has grown immensely in the Monterey Peninsula over the last 25 years, should be curtailed in town. Mary Schley has the details.
After renting her Carmel Valley home to an exotic car company in August for a week-long series of promotional events, a prominent Silicon Valley CEO was hit with a quarter-million-dollar fine. Kelly Nix has that one.
The city’s precious allocation of new water can’t be used for new ADU’s that exceed a lot's maximum square footage, the council says. Mary Schley reports.
The big vote in favor of Prop 50 Tuesday means the GOP will be pretty much wiped out in the state’s congressional representation. Caitlin Conrad explains.
A massive, multi-layered seawall under construction next to the Rocky Creek Bridge will help protect Highway 1 in Big Sur from landslides. Jimmy Panetta has proposed a bill to make government shutdowns a thing of the past. Vandals hit a Pacific Grove building that was the subject of a preservation campaign.
The trial of accused murderer Donald Geisen has been delayed until Spring. A former P.G. teacher’s assistant has been formally charged with murder in a Salinas stabbing. A woman who lives in Greenfield has been accused of welfare and food stamp fraud.
Lengthy delays at the Carmel Valley roundabout are expected as construction moves to a new phase. A golden eagle injured by a passing car in the Salinas Valley had to be euthanized because its injuries were so serious. A miniature horse rescued before it was sent to a slaughterhouse in Mexico is the sheriff’s office’s new “ambassador.”
Carmel is sending a new version of its affordable housing plan to the state. An errant driver crashed her car through a front window of the Holman Building Wednesday. The sheriff’s office is closing the public lobbies at its substations in King City and Carmel Valley.
A controlled burn at Andrew Molera State Park aimed to reduce wildfire risk and protect native species. A public workshop on changes to Harrison Memorial Library is planned. Numerous Veterans Day observances will take place around the Peninsula Tuesday.
Dennis Taylor takes you along as water polo teams at local high schools strive for greatness. Jerry Gervase explains why you produce better work when you use quality tools. And my editorial says if you think Car Week is bad now, you should have seen it 6 years ago.
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