Pebble-Beach News

It's been a grim old year for the car industry, as the continuing fog of uncertainty over the future of Vauxhall demonstrates.

Story and Photos: By Bob Stokstad If you're thinking this means you can now take your bike on 17-Mile Drive, think again.

Federal prosecutors netted another former SK Foods LP executive Wednesday in the ongoing corruption probe of the U.S. processed tomato industry.

Styling tools donated Eighteen hair styling tools were collected and donated to area nonprofits after a "Party at the Tool Bar" that was recently sponsored by Cherisse's Hair Salon in Morgan Hill.

"Roadside Crosses," by Jeffery Deaver . Local connection: Jeffery Deaver divides his time between the Monterey Peninsula and a home on the East Coast.

Monterey County Film Commision Executive Director Greg Robinson is off the job as of Oct.

Despite heavy lobbying by California American Water Co., chambers of commerce, the local realtor and hospitality associations, and a bus-load of Monterey Peninsula residents fearing the loss of their daily showers , on Oct.

Power outages caused by Tuesday's storm that swept through the Central Coast are still causing problems for thousands of residents.

One week after he stepped down as Mayor of Mandeville, Eddie Price has pleaded guilty to federal charges of tax evasion and mail fraud.

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.

Two home tours are coming up in the Monterey area, on the same weekend. Homes in Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach will be part of the Architecture and Design Home Tour, featuring the work of Jeanne Byrne, Ed Bredthauer and Eddie Hurt, held Oct.

More questions are surfacing about the two Boston men suspected of stealing their own art in California.

It's a story out of "Ocean's 11." A house in a wealthy, gated and guarded community is hit by thieves in the middle of the day.

Like an Impressionist painting, the outlines of a massive art theft in Pebble Beach have blurred over the last week as the victims offered varying accounts of just what was stolen and how much it was worth.

What was reported as the second largest art heist in U.S. history may not be what it seems.

The two victims, Dr. Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo Amadio, who reported the theft at their Pebble Beach home more than a week ago, are now suspects.

Monterey County sheriff's investigators say the reported theft of high-end art objects reported last week in Pebble Beach may be a hoax.

Eleven days ago, two Pebble Beach men reported an extraordinary art theft that has become more extraordinary as the news has dribbled out.

Pfeiffer State Park. Bixby Bridge. Salmon Creek Falls. Dungeness crab-stuffed Monterey Bay squid.

The victims in last week's big Pebble Beach art heist and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office both said Thursday they were done talking about the case - for the time being.