For 51 years, Gardiner's Resort served as a tennis school and weekend getaway spot, a place to dine and unwind for locals, celebrities and leaders of industry alike. On Sunday, the Carmel Valley property closed its doors.
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SACRAMENTO—A state senator is proposing legislation in reaction to last month's California Supreme Court ruling that leaves some Good Samaritans vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Your nemesis is coming to your house — an opponent who has knocked you off six straight times. And you haven't had a basketball practice with your team intact in 14 days. Not by choice, mind you. "In the past, it's been 21 days,'' Santa Catalina coach Leigh White said.
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The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.
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WASHINGTON—Republicans, who lost control of the White House and Congress in the past two elections, must decide whether to give party chairman Mike Duncan a chance to reverse the losing streak or select one of his five challengers to chart a new path.
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CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuela's government is expelling the Israeli ambassador and all embassy personnel in response to Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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Call us local yokels, but we'll admit that our first thoughts were shamelessly provincial when we learned that Leon Panetta would be named CIA director. Until now, we had never known a CIA director on any basis, much less the first-name kind.
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Dear Dr. Gott: I am 84 years old and suffered from sciatic pain for more than two years nearly 25 years ago. When I first developed the pain, I was incredibly busy. I was taking care of my husband, who was dying of lung cancer, and working with kindergartners and first-graders.
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After two strokes, he was completely blind, dependent on his cane and his wife's arm to safely walk down the street. But researchers had a hunch: They suspected that, unconsciously, the man might be sensing the world around him through his eyes better than anyone realized.
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A shooting that killed two men and left four others injured Sunday in Greenfield likely was a deliberate attack, police said. Investigators believe at least one of the men killed was the intended target of the assailants, Police Chief Joe Grebmeier said Monday.
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Share pictures and videos of your family and friends celebrating holidays past and present for The Herald's "Holiday Happenings" photo contest! (Rules)
Amid a recent flurry of worrisome reports about plastic, a simple question came up: Could we live without it? Could my typical family — a mom, a dad, a 3-year-old girl and a 7-month-old boy — put aside the very material of American lives, the products that greet us after birth in the diapers we wea
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This year, our experiences ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime, and we ended our tour satisfied that the county dining scene stands on firm footing. And so we present our picks for the Best in Dining 2008.
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The Beat
Marc Cabrera writes about all aspects of popular culture from a hip-hop perspective in his blog, The Beat.
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You've watched him on his weekly "PrepNation" video. Now read what Herald sports writer John Devine has to say in his blog.
Community Calendar
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Abeloved Monterey County company is back, providing festive, fizzy drinks for special events. Seltzer Sisters Monterey Bay is now being headed by Keri McGovern, daughter of the previous owner, Leon "Mat" Matassarin, who began the company in 1982.
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ST. PAUL, Minn.—A scorned 21-year-old told her ex-boyfriend that he couldn't prove she was the one who vandalized his apartment on three occasions—but then, police said, she posted a picture of the damage on MySpace.
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Estranged from his father for 23 years, Joe Livernois recently joined his siblings for a reunion on the occasion of his father's 80th birthday in the heart of Mexico.
