Sand City News

Judi Lehman is a community activist who has served on the regional parks board and the city of Monterey's Historic Preservation Commission.

With around 100 art galleries, Carmel-by-the-Sea has a variety of creations for art collectors.

Monterey, Calif- The SPCA rescued an owl from the Save Mart in Sand City on Tuesday afternoon.

Anyone interested in the fate of the Ol' Factory Cafe in Sand City is invited to join a potluck and brainstorming session this evening to discuss why it's closed and how it might reopen.

The Ol' Factory Cafe, 1725 Contra Costa St., Sand City is holding a pot luck and brainstorming session at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

It's hard to imagine Sand City without the Ol' Factory Cafe, but for a while, at least, its many fans will have to do just that.

In some ways, the race between water board veteran Judi Lehman and challenger Andrew Clarke puts faces on the competing camps in the long-running debate about how the Peninsula should solve its water problems, which show every sign of becoming much worse before getting better.

Climbers of all ages got a grip at American Bouldering Series competition hosted locally at Sanctuary Rock Gym in Sand City.

It's been a time of bad news locally, punctuated by good news globally. The surprise announcement that Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize is a welcome reminder of the progress we've been making in the world, and the historic difference a change in leadership can make.

The attorney for the Monterey County chapter of the ACLU brought up a good point when she "argued that any reasonable person seeing the cross while driving by on Highway 1 would interpret it as a religious symbol and it didn't belong on public property." Before you know it, she'll argue that any reasonable person driving to San Francisco would ...

Like "legally drunk," "airline food" and "good grief," "Sand City nightlife" was long an entertaining oxymoron.

Follow the money, see the pattern. When the Pebble Beach Co. wanted to develop new subdivisions, add a golf course, expand hotels and cut thousands of pine trees, they used the slogan "Save Pebble Beach Trees" to dupe county voters into passing their corporation-sponsored ballot initiative.

CHOMP was ready to buy Sand City's foreclosed Design Center, but the hospital says it recently dropped its offer due to the city's use restrictions.

David Sweet's, "Think local" op-ed in Sunday's Sentinel Sept. 20 deserves a rebuke.

0832 10851 VC VEHICLE THEFT/ELMWOOD DR RP REPORTED HIS 1990 HONDA ACCORD AS STOLEN FROM THE 0-50 BLOCK OF ELMWOOD CIRCLE.

Monterey County transportation officials will decide next week whether a long-planned transit line between Castroville and Monterey will feature rapid bus or light rail service.

If you've gone to the Monterey Jazz Festival in the last 16 years, chances are you have seen them - abstract and angled, wild and imaginary.

Geoffrey Rutledge's early years read like the quintessential memoir of a folk musician: At 9 years old, he scored his first guitar then rode his bike to a local music shop in Pontiac, Mich., to sign up for lessons.

Firefighters spray water on a Ford Mustang that was rear-ended on Highway 1 near Sand City on Monday.

Seaside fire officials are discussing a possible merger with the Monterey Peninsula Airport Fire Department, a move that could prevent layoffs of airport firefighters and preserve federal money destined for Seaside.