After experiencing a revolving door of city administrators over several years, things stabilized for Carmel when longtime police chief Mike Ca…
FREE SPEECHThe Monterey County Civil Grand Jury took the city of Carmel to task in 2015, reporting, among other findings, that city officials …
After speculation ran high that the city of Carmel was about to promote a new police chief from within, the news is now official: Cmdr. Paul T…
In September 1956, the Monterey Peninsula Herald published a four-part series by journalist Fred Sorri titled, “A Peninsula Problem.”
WATER TORTURE… Among Squid’s favorite things about a rainy winter is curling up on the beanbag chair, listening to the drops on the roof, then…
After a long period of tumult in its leadership at City Hall, Carmel is set to appoint a new, permanent city administrator who started out as …
One: Doug Schmitz was never going to be Carmel’s forever guy. He made that clear 13 months ago, when with one day’s notice…
About three weeks ago, 18 deputies were taken away from patrolling unincorporated county areas to meet mandatory staffing requirements at Mont…
HATERS GONNA HATE… Squid may not have the most sophisticated nervous system, but Squid is a sensitive creature. It hurts Squid’s three-chamber…
Doug Schmitz, who came out of retirement 13 months ago to lead a Carmel City Hall that had been beset by firings, multiple lawsuits and a Mont…