Summer 2026

Y esterday was full of lessons on how important real people really are. AI and robots can’t do it all.The kind and skilled people I dealt with made a crappy day a lot better. The day started with driving my wife, Kelli (who volunteers for Our Neighborhood Pet Project) and a batch of foster kit- ties to the SPCA clinic for spay and neuter procedures. We returned home at 7:45 a.m. to drop my Tundra off at a local mechanic’s shop for a service before my upcoming printing trip. Mark, who is the owner of the shop, is fantastic and after going there for a few years he asked what I did. I told him, “I own a maga- zine called Carmel Magazine and am going to Las Vegas to print it,” which is why I needed the service. He thought the magazine was cool, as he sees value in the fact that you can, “hold it, feel it and smell the ink.” He thinks people are getting tired of the computer and cell phone and thinks there are refreshing and enjoyable aspects to reading a printed maga- zine. He also asked if I drive them back in my truck. That would not be possible as it is 20 pallets or so and easily fills a 52-foot semi. Yesterday was full of lessons in how essential skilled human beings really are. Thanks to the help of some very skilled individuals, a very frustrating day was made a lot better. I had an appointment scheduled for 9 a.m. with Xfinity to address an on-again, off-again issue we were experiencing with internet and television outages for multiple days.The repair guy was a nice man who knew what he was doing and, after a series of checks, determined he would need to use his ladder, as the signal problem was up the pole.While he was high up the lad- der, Kelli was in her office working on the magazine and she heard a loud pop and saw a flash from behind the computer go up the wall. The smell of burning electrical and charred power strips indicated more than an internet issue.The repair man pointed out this was not an issue with Xfinity but with PG&E, and a broken cable was evident. So, after letting the peo- ple at PG&E know that we had an “explosive situation,” they said they would send someone out to shut off all power to the house. When the PG&E repairman arrived and assessed the problem, he then proceeded to rewire our lines from high up the pole (dealing with incredibly high voltage) and at the house where the power comes in. He rewired everything with expertise and confidence. The awesome staff at the Monterey SPCA clinic, all the peo- ple at Valley Center Car Care, the repairmen from Xfinity and PG&E all did what we needed and made a rough day a better one by the time it was all done. Back to Mark’s comments at Valley Center Car Care. People do still want to read a printed piece. Books, magazines and newspapers still have a place. I hope you enjoy some of the more than 100 pages of editorial content featured in this issue, and the ads as well. CarWeek brings us a big boost for the local economy as well as charities, and some exciting visuals.The traffic and crowds are to be expected, of course. The fact that the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is 75 years old and kicked this all off is amazing and we pay tribute to that in this issue. In addition to the 14-page CarWeek events story detailing almost all the local car events, there is a fascinating article on Scott Henningsen who operates an incredible machine shop, upholstery shop and car restoration facility located in Spreckels. In addition to our car week-related stories and other com- pelling content, we have some great history pieces, including one about the Clint Eastwood Invitational Tennis Tournaments, which I personally never knew about. It features some great photography courtesy of the Pebble Beach Company. Also, an article on the influential early California artist Mary DeNeale Morgan and a feature on All Saints’ Church, a local institution which dates back 120 years and their “new” building which is celebrating 75 years since their first service. Enjoy the summer! 54 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 6 PUBLISHER’S NOTE S T E V E S N I D E R Keeping it Real The awesome staff at the Monterey SPCA clinic, all the people at Valley Center Car Care, the repairmen from Xfinity and PG&E all did what we needed and made a rough day a better one by the time it was all done.