Dear Readers,
We have great news for anybody
in Carmel or Carmel Valley who needs a little more
water: Last week, the plan to free up some of the
water from the former Odello artichoke fields for
things like bathroom additions to private homes and
new seats in restaurants was OK'd by the state water
board. Chris Counts reports.
A bizarre scene unfolded on Santa Lucia Tuesday
afternoon while police staked out a possible
drug-dealing operation. A fight broke out among
suspects while police were watching, and then it was
discovered that one of them had a live U.S. army
mortar in the back of his pickup truck. Mary Schley
has that one.
Cal Am's desal test well won't be restarted until at
least August over concerns that it's impacting
freshwater aquifers, and that the company monitoring
the well has a private financial interest in seeing
it succeed. Kelly Nix has that one.
On Tuesday night, the city council formally called
for the paid-parking kiosks on Ocean Avenue to be
removed by August 1. But what sort of parking
restrictions will replace them? Mary has that story,
too.
Taxpayers bought Point Lobos Ranch for $13 million
almost a decade ago, and there's finally a little
progress being made toward letting them use it. A
moratorium has been declared to stop anybody from
installing fake grass inside the city limits.
Speaking of moratoriums: Monterey County has also
declared one on new pot businesses. After great
effort and a journey from Big Sur to the Farallones,
rescuers finally freed a whale from marine cables.
Plans to house a convicted rapist in Prunedale have
been halted because of public opposition. And my
editorial wonders why PG&E seems to be pinching
pennies when it comes to preventing disasters like
the one that destroyed a house on Guadalupe Street
last year.
Thank you for your interest in The Pine Cone. As
always, I am available to respond to your questions,
comments or concerns, and to offer advice about how
best to read it on your computer, smartphone or
iPad.
Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com
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