Days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated parts of Haiti, Carmel real estate developer Erik Pilegaard visited a facility filled with injured victims. "Imagine a big open room, and the beds are all lined up next to each other. There are just tons of people in there. There's a person with a crushed leg on one bed, and a person with a crushed pelvis and broken … [Read more...] about Help from the Sky
Spring/Summer 2010
Pure Pebble
Neal Hotelling is director of licensing for Pebble Beach Company, but that doesn't begin to cover the many hats he wears. Editor of Pebble Beach: The Magazine, book author, and an expert in local history and photographs, he just completed his third book, "Pebble Beach, The Official Golf History." Current photographs are by noted golf course photographer Joann Dost. (See ICON … [Read more...] about Pure Pebble
Looking for a Champion
Mickel-slam? That's the big question heading into the U.S. Open, as Phil Mickelson looks to follow-up his commanding Masters victory by winning the one tournament he wants more than any other. Given Tiger Woods' record victory the last time the Open was at Pebble, in 2000, he has long been the default favorite, but Mickelson will ride into town with all the momentum and a … [Read more...] about Looking for a Champion
Earning His Stripes
When Tiger Woods jetted out of Pebble Beach 10 years ago, in the wake of his record-setting victory at the U.S. Open, he had just established himself as one of the world's most dominant athletes, and he was well on his way to becoming one of the most respected and venerated, to say nothing of the wealthiest. Now he returns to Pebble, having devolved into a pariah, a punch … [Read more...] about Earning His Stripes