BY SOPHIA BURAGLIO Following in the footsteps of his immediate and extended family, including both parents, an older brother, two uncles, a grandfather and two great-grandfathers, who combined have served…

BY PETER ELLISON In late January, Roberta “Bertie” Bialek Elliott made a generous contribution of $105.8 million to build a youth mental health center in Monterey, marking only one example…

BY PASCALE MONTGOMERY It is a beautiful Monday afternoon and the breeze gently rustles the trees outside the Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop. A donor is greeted by a volunteer…

BY SCOTT MCMAHON By the time Mike Palshaw was 8 years old, he was taking lessons from a private pitching coach. By the summer before his senior year of high…

BY QUINN SPOONER Having won the Mission Trail Athletic League for the past two years, the Carmel High softball team is focused on winning the MTAL for the third year…

  BY ALEX POLETTI On a late January morning, senior varsity letterman Katie Godon sat surrounded by her teammates, signing an agreement to play basketball for the next four years…

BY LUKE FRANKLIN Approximately 3 million gallons of sewage water leaked into central coast waters due to a series of failures from Monterey One Water’s plant on Jan. 19.   This…

BY ASHA JOHNSTON It’s nearly the end of the third quarter, and while many thoughts of graduation, summer and moving out bounce around the minds of upperclassmen, one thought that…

BY KYLIE YEATMAN Surrounded by a serene landscape, a tight-knit community and a slew of easily accessible corner shops, the aspects of Carmel that are often taken for granted by…

BY PRISCILLA CABALLERO Within Carmel Valley lies the familiar intersection at Carmel Valley Road and Laureles Grade, which sees dangerous traffic from all angles.   For as long as community…