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Dear Readers,
The Pfizer vaccine has been OK’d for kids 5 to 11 (at
one-third the adult dose), and a vaccination program for
them in Monterey County starts this weekend. Meanwhile,
based on dubious statistics from the CDC, an indoor
vaccine mandate goes into effect countywide on Friday.
Kelly Nix has those stories.
A Napa man who was caught red-handed on security cameras
vandalizing at least 15 buildings in downtown Carmel two
weekends ago was arrested at his home Saturday, thanks
to some clever police work. Mary Schley has that one.
A new state law that opens up single-family
neighborhoods for condos and apartment buildings is
being studied for its local impacts — especially in
Carmel Valley. And a ballot measure to overturn the law
has gotten to the signature-gathering stage. Chris
Counts has the details.
The city council decided parklets can stay put until at
least mid-January. County workers are under increasing
pressure to comply with a vaccine mandate. Gary
Tiscornia, former head of the SPCA, has died at 75.
After all the discussion about whose names should be
listed on a plaque at the Memorial Arch, the city
council decided the plaque shouldn’t even be there.
$12,000 worth of bullet-proof glass has been installed
at city hall and $420,000 worth of outside contractors
will be hired — but the money should be no problem,
because the city’s sales tax revenue has boomed. A woman
from Aromas has been charged with burglarizing numerous
local homes. The Pacific Grove teacher accused of
touching a student inappropriately has been fired.
Stephen Whyte is a finalist to create a new sculpture
for Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. The longtime head
of the P.G. chamber, Moe Ammar, is retiring. Dennis
Taylor says the competition is going to be extra tough
for the Stevenson water polo teams this year. Neal
Hotelling continues his story of the 300-year-old scroll
found in Pebble Beach by a former U.S. Army officer —
and you won’t believe what happened to the engraved
document later. Paul Brocchini and Mark Ryan have the
scoop on our still-booming real estate market. And my
editorial says everybody should stop and think before
they go around censoring history.
Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com
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