Carmel Pine Cone, August 10, 2007 (Main News Web)
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PEBBLE BEACH • CARMEL • MONTEREY •C PACIFIC GROVEONCOURSONCOURS • SEASIDE • CARMEL VALLEY • PEBBLE BEACH • CARMEL • MONTEREY • PACIFIC GROVE • SEASIDE • CARMEL VALLEY • PEBBLE BEACH • CARMEL • MONTEREY • PACIFIC GROVE C BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID CARMEL, CA Permit No. 149 Volume 93 No. 32 On the Internet: www.carmelpinecone.com August 10-16, 2007 Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 Convicted CEO paid record price for P.B. home Dry year By PAUL MILLER hits river hard HE MAY be facing 20 years in prison and millions of By CHRIS COUNTS dollars in fines after being convicted on all counts Tuesday in the government’s first prosecution for backdating stock WITH RUNOFF last winter at only 17 percent of nor- options. mal, the Carmel River has dried out more quickly, and far- But seven years ago, Gregory Reyes, then just 37 years ther upstream, than it has in at least 15 years, according to old, was flying high — so high that he paid $23.5 million for local water officials. Large numbers of juvenile trout may a home overlooking Stillwater Cove in Pebble Beach. At the have been stranded as time, it was the highest price ever paid for a home in the river receded, they Monterey County. Courthouse records indicate Reyes — said. who purchased the home in July 2000 through a company he About 12 miles controlled, Gregpenn Realty — did not take out a mortgage upstream from the for even a portion of the purchase price. Pacific Ocean, a 56- According to Forbes Magazine’s list of the 400 richest foot wooden boardwalk people in the country for that year, he certainly didn’t need was installed across the to. At the time, Reyes was worth $1 billion, the magazine river in May, providing said — a fortune amassed as CEO of Brocade Carmel Valley Village Communications, a manufacturer of hardware for computer residents with easy networks. The company, and Reyes, rode the tidal wave of access to Garland wealth that swept through Silicon Valley in the late 1990s. Ranch Regional Park. But all that ended for Reyes two years ago, when he was The bridge now spans forced to resign after backdating allegations were raised nothing more than a dusty riverbed. See CEO page 14A For valley residents accustomed to taking a When golfers play the 5th Hole at summertime dip in a PHOTO/CHRIS COUNTS Pebble Beach, their backdrop is popular swimming hole The receding river has left a Stillwater Cove and a low-lying stuc- just downstream from coed mansion (arrow) which, with popular mid-valley swimming an assessed value of more than $26 hole high and dry and a foot- million, is the county’s most expen- See DRY page 28A bridge without a purpose. sive single-family property. The home is owned by Greg Reyes (left), who was convicted this week on 10 counts of backdating stock Appeal filed to options in his company, Brocade Communications, without disclosing PHOTOS/PAUL MILLER (ABOVE), GETTY IMAGES (RIGHT) the practice to stockholders. stop desal plant By KELLY NIX TWO WATER activists are asking an appeals court to Gordo immigrates to UC Berkeley halt installation of a test desal plant in Moss Landing after their lawsuit demanding public ownership of the pilot plant By MARY BROWNFIELD was thrown out by Monterey County Superior Court Judge Susan Dauphiné two months ago. AFTER DECADES of living in Gus and Frances Arriola’s home on The suit, filed in January by George Riley and Manuel the outskirts of Carmel, Gordo has finally moved out. The couple’s vast collection of “Gordo” — the award-winning comic See APPEAL page 31A strip Gus Arriola drew daily for more than four decades — now belongs to the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley. Arriola’s strip, for decades the most widely distributed comic depicting Mexican life, was not only expertly drawn and cleverly written, but helped inform Americans about life south of the border. Some credit Gordo with New face at city hall helping to curb racism, and many fellow cartoonists praised Arriola’s skills as an artist and story teller. The transfer of thousands of original daily drawings, notes, correspon- The vacancy dence from readers, magazines, framed Sunday strips and other memora- on the city bilia from Arriola’s cartooning career marked the end of a process that council created began more than a decade ago when the library’s director, Charles by the resigna- Faulhaber, asked Arriola if he would hand over custody of Gordo. tion of Mike “I met the director at an exhibit at the Carmel Art Association, and he Cunningham said they’d like to have Gordo reside at the library,” recalled Arriola, a has been filled. To find CAA member. out whether In a December 1995 letter following that meeting, Faulhaber told Sandy (left) or See GORDO page 27A Karen (right) got the appointment, see page 2A. PHOTO/MARY BROWNFIELD ■ While the Labrador that killed her Maltese awaits its fate, a TV anchorwoman provides new details PHOTO/MARY Gus Arriola gathers a stack of original daily BROWNFIELD “Gordo” comic strips in preparation for their move. about the gruesome incident. See page 6A. Get your complete Carmel Pine Cone every Friday morning in convenient pdf format as an email attachment. Free subscriptions available at www.carmelpinecone.com. 2A The Carmel Pine Cone August 10, 2007 GRAND OPENING SPECIAL Sharp named new city council member By MARY BROWNFIELD trader Amber Archangel. McCloud and Talmage nominated Sharp, who was the BY UNANIMOUS vote, Karen Sharp, a planning com- only applicant with experience on other city boards. missioner and former nurse who now manages her family “I have voluntarily served the community and am com- trust, was appointed to the Carmel City Council Tuesday. mitted to preserving the beauty and charm of Carmel-by-the- $7.95 Sharp replaced Mike Cunningham, who resigned in July, Sea,” Sharp wrote in her application. “As a former member FOR PANT HEMMING and will serve for the remainder of his term, which expires of the design review board and as a current member of the next April. city planning commission, I have endeavored to understand Mayor Sue McCloud and Mayor Pro Tempore Ken codes as well as be fair and reasonable to all involved. I have Talmage interviewed three candidates for the council vacan- conscientiously evaluated what is in the best interest for the cy — Sharp, CHS swim coach Conrad Kohrs and options present and the future of the city and its citizens.” - COUTURE/ ALTERATIONS And as the former director of surgical services for a major hospital, Sharp said she obtained the experience and fiscal - WEDDING DRESSES responsibility necessary for preparing multi-million-dollar khaki’s . the budgets. She has also started and operated businesses, and -YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FASHION been involved in real estate projects. best in men’s “I respectfully listen and fully review options presented - ONE DAY SERVICE with an unbiased and rational view before making a deci- clothing sion,” Sharp wrote. “I believe I can be an asset to the city council and to the community of Carmel-by-the-Sea.” leather jackets There was no opposition to her appointment. 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In Aug. 14 Concours on the Avenue, with Ocean between Junipero and Monte Verde, and the side streets between Sixth fact, the front page read more like a khaki’s ferrari event and Seventh, off-limits starting at 3 a.m. Additionally, no Randi Greene brochure from the Chamber of parking will be allowed on Sixth and Monte Verde, and San Commerce than a newspaper. On the august 18th Carlos between Seventh and Eighth will be closed from 8 left, a story headlined, “Carmel — How It Was Named,” a.m. to noon. The streets likely won’t reopen until 11:30 p.m. told how the first explorers of the coast of California in The same closures will occur Thursday for the Pebble 1602 were impressed with the local scenery and climate. Beach Concours d’Elegance Tour, which is set to arrive Next to it was an effusive story about the Monterey around 11 a.m. and leave at 2:15 p.m. And Friday evening’s Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally will have more than 200 Peninsula’s history and geography. The third story had a cars stage in the beach parking lot and drive up Ocean. headline, “Many Pleasures for a Vacation,” that recog- On those days, police Cpl. Steve Rana advised people to nized the vital role tourism played in the local economy.