Dear Readers,
With more details being filled in all the time, Carmel’s plan to assign house numbers is getting close to becoming reality. Mary Schley reports.
The developer of the proposed 90-unit housing project in Carmel Valley Village has provided major new details about what he plans to build. Chris Counts has that one.
The Carmel City Council will ask voters to increase the city’s TOT from 10 percent to 12 percent. Mary Schley has that story, as well.
In a rare point of agreement, Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom both want to limit corporate purchases of single-family homes. Caitlin Conrad explains.
A hearing on Verizon’s latest plan for a cellphone tower in town has been delayed. A car ended up on its roof in Monterey harbor, but there’s been no sign of the driver. Nurses at Community Hospital have voted to unionize.
Carmel and Monterey are mentioned in the Epstein files released by the DOJ. A former P.G. High girls’ basketball coach has been arrested for alleged sexual misconduct. A Salinas man who used his daughter as a human shield is set to receive more than 20 years in state prison.
Carmel students are among the nation’s top performers. Legal documents add plenty of new details to the dispute between Portola Hotel and its spa. A former council member wants Pacific Grove voters to decide when raises are merited.
A plan to build an arch along Alisal Street is dividing Salinas. PacRep says its 2026 season features some wonderful new productions. Our food and wine column highlights an important fundraiser for aspiring hospitality workers.
Dennis Taylor profiles a high school athlete who’s not giving up despite multiple knee surgeries. Jerry Gervase dishes on the power of the perfect lie. Our AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am special section has everything you need to know to attend the big golf tournament or watch it on TV, profiles the top players, shows how volunteers keep everything going, and explains how the money raised by the tournament helps rescue abused animals. And my editorial says not all tax rates are created equal.
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