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Carmel city administrator is leaving at the end of 2025 after nearly 10 years in the job.
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Carmel city administrator is leaving at the end of 2025 after nearly 10 years in the job.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 31, 2025

Chip Rerig is leaving his post as Carmel's city administrator at the end of December, he told his staff by email on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Rerig …

Carmel City Council contemplating what steps to take after city administrator is in altercation with a gallery owner.
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Carmel City Council contemplating what steps to take after city administrator is in altercation with a gallery owner.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 2, 2023

An argument that for a moment turned physical between Carmel City Administrator Chip Rerig and the owner of the Nematic and Daisy Rose Galleri…

Carmel Police chief is on leave after seven months in the job.
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Carmel Police chief is on leave after seven months in the job.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 13, 2023

In the midst of the emergency for the Monterey Peninsula created by rising flood waters on the Salinas River, Carmel Mayor Dave Potter and Cit…

Carmel allows some wine tasting rooms to take service back outside after parklets shutdown.
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Carmel allows some wine tasting rooms to take service back outside after parklets shutdown.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 5, 2021

Earlier this spring, the city of Carmel told all wine tasting rooms in the village they had to dismantle their outdoor parklets by July 15. Th…

Monterey Bay communities coordinate joint beach closures for Labor Day weekend.
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Monterey Bay communities coordinate joint beach closures for Labor Day weekend.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 20, 2020

Fires. Heatwave. Pandemic. With that triple threat happening in California, it might be tempting for people living inland to think that a bree…

Monterey shuts down beaches for Fourth of July weekend and implements emergency mask order with fines.
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Monterey shuts down beaches for Fourth of July weekend and implements emergency mask order with fines.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 1, 2020

The city of Monterey is shutting down its beaches to all activities except water sports and imposing a mandatory facial covering order that co…

Carmel removes Jo Mora's statue of Father Junipero Serra for safekeeping.
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Carmel removes Jo Mora's statue of Father Junipero Serra for safekeeping.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 23, 2020

The removal and marring of symbols of racism and colonialism in other parts of the country recently prompted Catholic dioceses around Californ…

UPDATED: More demonstrations for racial justice planned around the region.
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UPDATED: More demonstrations for racial justice planned around the region.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 5, 2020

Sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, demonstrations and marches protesting years of systemic racism and injustice …

Carmel City Council opens a discussion on closing downtown blocks to traffic for open-air dining.
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Carmel City Council opens a discussion on closing downtown blocks to traffic for open-air dining.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 13, 2020

When the day comes that dine-in eating is allowed to resume in Monterey County, some large restaurants might be able to make the economics wor…

Carmel Police investigate after a woman is violently assaulted in her driveway.
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Carmel Police investigate after a woman is violently assaulted in her driveway.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 5, 2020

A 61-year-old Carmel woman was violently assaulted in her driveway around 7am on Monday, May 4, Carmel Police Chief Paul Tomasi reported on Tu…

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