Dear Readers,
All of a sudden, dozens of homes and cars in Carmel
Valley are being burglarized, bringing hundreds of
worried residents to a community meeting Wednesday night
to hear what Sheriff Scott Miller is doing to stop the
onslaught and catch the perps. Mary Schley has that
story.
So far, this year has had the least rainfall on record
in much of California, including here on the Monterey
Peninsula, but the news isn't all bad, because our water
use has also been remarkably low. Kelly Nix has that
one.
When Carmel Valley entrepreneur Scot McKay died in July,
he left behind an impressive portfolio of businesses and
real estate, which his heirs says they will continue to
manage just the way he would have wanted them to. Chris
Counts has the details.
The P.G. city council is siding with residents of one
neighborhood who oppose the P.B. Co.'s plan for
affordable housing. But will 25 percent of the city's
population really be harmed by the 24-unit project? A
popular Mexican restaurant is closed after a kitchen
fire quickly spread up a flue. In Big Sur, yet another
heavily used trail is in terrible shape because of
overuse and lack of funding to maintain it. Sand City is
working on plans to build a second hotel on its
oceanfront dunes, eliciting the usual objections. And my
editorial exposes another media-fed myth about President
John Kennedy who, as you know, was tragically
assassinated 50 years ago Friday.
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thank you for supporting it. As always, I am available
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