Dear Readers,

The scene is as terrifying as it is unexpected: A group of tourists, out for a day of winetasting in the back of a farm trailer on Carmel Valley Road, are suddenly rammed by an irate driver who apparently thought they were going too slow. Mary Schley has our report.

Congressman-elect Jimmy Panetta is getting oriented toward his new job, and among the issues he's confronting is how to spend his million-dollar-per-year budget for staff and travel. Kelly Nix has the story.

The Carmel High School mock trial team won a prestigious international competition Monday in New York City. Chris Counts has that one.

If a jury summons has ever frightened you when it came in the mail, Kelly Nix has the story of what actually happens to you if you ignore it.

The Rancho Cañada housing project is headed to the board of supervisors after being OK'd by the planning commission. The expansion of the MPCC clubhouse has a greenlight now that a handful of neighbors have apparently decided not to fight it any longer. A Carmel Valley couple is off the hook -- at least as far as county penalties are concerned -- for doing a real ugly pruning job on some of their trees. Several houses that will be built using Eastwood water have been approved. The kitty that went missing after the house fire on San Carlos Street has been spotted several times, although not yet reunited with its family. And my editorial explains what was going on election night as broadcasters went from assuredly predicting that Hillary Clinton would be the winner, to declaring Donald Trump the president-elect.

As always, I am available to respond to questions, comments or concerns, and to offer advice about how best to read our newspaper on your computer, smartphone or iPad.

Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com

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