There is a third-rail topic in Carmel-by-the-Sea, meaning a topic so contentious it's as dangerous as touching the electrified third rail of a…

Monterey Peninsula Engineering will pay more than $50,000 in investigative costs and penalties, plus an additional $25,000 for a groundwater m…

California American Water is considering whether to withdraw a request to build seawater pumps in Marina to supply its proposed desalination p…

It’s an offer from the California Coastal Commission we can’t refuse—that was the reasoning behind a 5-2 vote by the Pacific Grove City Counci…

Del Rey Oaks City Council found itself caught between a state deadline and the threat of a lawsuit when it considered adopting a revised housi…

A decision by a Monterey County Superior Court judge has pushed back the construction schedule of California American Water's desalination pro…

After more than four years of study, public input and political wrangling, Pacific Grove is almost near the finish line it has worked hard for…

The players in what is Carmel’s long-running debate over beach fires were back on the field at the City Council meeting on Aug. 6 for another …

The water utility for the Monterey Peninsula has overcome widespread opposition among ratepayers’ to its proposed desalination plant, securing…

Carmel’s decade-long debate over wood-burning fires is going into overtime. Again.