Pacific Grove News

Organizers of a counter petition in the battle over land on Fort Ord turned in more than 20,000 signatures Thursday morning at the Ford Ord Reuse Authority.

Wings of Freedom World War II bombers the B17 and B24 and a shiny silver P-51 have arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and not only open the planes on the tarmac to the public but take visitors into the air.

Sasha Irving, programs director of Studios on the Park, first heard "The Summer Day" read during Mass, she said.

Nearly a century ago, Samuel Morse started the development company, Del Monte Properties.

In Pacific Grove, California a Trader Joe's parking lot reminds people why there should always be a spell check.

Monterey Peninsula residents may hear more about a roundabout over the next several months than college kids ever did in the 1970s wearing out their Yes albums with the 8½-minute song "Roundabout." A long-planned improvement plan for the traffic bottleneck at the main entrance to Pebble Beach, where southbound Highway 1 meets the Holman ... (more)

Where does our American reverence for nature come from? What sparked the creation of our national and state parks? Who started our natural history museums, and what inspired our current concern about preserving open space? According to historian Don Kohrs, a lot of it can be traced back to the early days of the popular Chautauqua movement in ... (more)

Monterey Peninsula residents may hear more about a roundabout over the next several months than college kids ever did in the 1970s wearing out their Yes albums with the 8½-minute song "Roundabout." A long-planned improvement plan for the traffic bottleneck at the main entrance to Pebble Beach, where southbound Highway 1 meets the Holman ... (more)

"Its extremely popular in the past we would be able to order baby chicks on a weekly basis, now we're at the mercy of the hatchery and what they have to send us," said Chris Olow, of Hacienda Hay and Feed.

A number of great guitarists have graced local stages in the past several months - B.B. King, Steve Howe of Yes, Pat Metheny, Leo Kottke and Lindsey Buckingham, to name a few.

Fort Ord National Monument's first year and efforts to restore the Carmel River watershed will be the topics of presentations at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Pacific Grove Natural History Museum, Forest and Central avenues.

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue is holding an open house for its Patricia J. Bauer Center, 615 Forest Ave.

Calvert Victim reported to have lost her purse and contents in the 600 block of Del Monte Ave.

John Steinbeck gazed out at the level valley floor. The sun slanted in, creating summer shadows as the light pooled then spread across the adjacent foothills.

MONTEREY, Calif.- Since Josh Claypole stabbed yellow cab driver, Daniel Heurta, little has been known about who he really is.

Pacific Grove's proposed 2013-14 budget contains "very small" steps toward restoring services trimmed in recent years.

Whether in a pasture, a downtown neighborhood, a resort community or a bar on the waterfront, "home," as it applied to John Steinbeck, is being explored at this year's 33rd annual Steinbeck Festival.

Net income for the quarter was $263,000, or 8 cents diluted earnings per share, down from $310,000 or 9 cents a share for the first quarter of 2012.

Kampe and his wife, Cheryl, grace the cover of the recently released edition of Where to Retire magazine for a feature on California "coastal gems." The Houston-based magazine, which publishes nationally six times a year, has a circulation of 200,000 and a readership with an average household net worth of $1,053,758, said the magazine.

A group of 17 students from Trinity Christian High School volunteered during their spring break to assist victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Isaac in New Orleans.