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Carmel Unified School District gets three new board members in first-ever district elections.
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Carmel Unified School District gets three new board members in first-ever district elections.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 10, 2024

Carmel Unified School District will have a new board of trustees after the Nov. 5 election, with three new candidates who won open seats as th…

Deetjen's foundation leaders formally announce the historic inn's closure.
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Deetjen's foundation leaders formally announce the historic inn's closure.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 29, 2020

The historic and iconic Deetjen's Big Sur Inn is officially closing for an indefinite period of time, the leaders of its preservation foundati…

EDIBLE: Big news at EcoFarm centers around mushrooms and bees.
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EDIBLE: Big news at EcoFarm centers around mushrooms and bees.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jan 26, 2017

It would be understandable to love mushrooms purely for their flavor. The evidence – hello porcini and cremini, enoki and oyster, morel and ma…

Some familiar winners take Fungus Faceoff trophies home.
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Some familiar winners take Fungus Faceoff trophies home.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jan 16, 2017

The best mushroom party of the year clearly benefited from a surge in rains this winter, with a range of forest-friendly chefs piling as many …

The very best handful of new restaurants for Monterey County in 2016.
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The very best handful of new restaurants for Monterey County in 2016.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 29, 2016

It was an omen, a hint, a harbinger. At our booth sat Giuseppe Panzuto, author of arguably 2015’s best new Monterey County restaurant, il Tega…

Quick Bites: Foragers Fest, chowder fries and $500K wine theft verdict.
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Quick Bites: Foragers Fest, chowder fries and $500K wine theft verdict.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 27, 2016

The annual Big Sur Foragers Festival, happening Jan. 13-15, will not happen in iconic Big Sur.

Monterey County’s biggest food-and-drink stories of 2016.
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Monterey County’s biggest food-and-drink stories of 2016.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Oct 20, 2016

If you were to consult Facebook, it would tell you one of the most important stories of the year in Monterey County food and drink was the fac…

PHOTOS: Cultura launches in Carmel with a Soberanes Fire fundraiser.
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PHOTOS: Cultura launches in Carmel with a Soberanes Fire fundraiser.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Aug 1, 2016

The super group of chefs and sommeliers assembled to debut Cultura Comida y Bebida in Carmel this week has been enjoying the anticipation as m…

Wild king salmon season is here, as is the best recipe to make it that I've ever tried.
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Wild king salmon season is here, as is the best recipe to make it that I've ever tried.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • May 11, 2015

A reader wrote in on a mission.

The biggest cheers at Big Sur Marathon came in a surprising place. Plus: an incredible mustache.
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The biggest cheers at Big Sur Marathon came in a surprising place. Plus: an incredible mustache.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Apr 27, 2015

After the 30th running of the bucket-list Big Sur International Marathon, the biggest roar did not come with the coronation of Monterey's Adam…

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