Her family has lived on the mesa's west side for 14 years. A decade ago, two dozen families lived there. Ten years from now, roughly 600 new families will have settled in. But before that, a mean horsefly must be swatted away. Until this irksome case is resolved in court, a cloud hangs over the mesa's east end.
Traffic is another potential storm.
Eventually, cars could flee a completed Highway 56, head up to the mesa and connect with Carmel Mountain Road. To discourage auto assault, the mesa's roads will be narrow, about 28 feet. The hope is to calm traffic to the point it's comatose. Lowe Enterprises, which owns the Hotel del Coronado, may fill the big empty space by the golf course. Negotiations are ongoing.