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Carmel-by-the-Sea vote to continue private courier service

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January 14, 2025 6:53 PM
Published 4:17 PM

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION) -- Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council voted to continue private courier service that delivers mail to those unable to pick up their own mail.

In the new resolution, the city is creating a contract with MoGo Express after years for working with Peninsula Messenger Services. The resolution would allow an extension to June 30 of this year with the option to extend after.

Those living in Carmel-by-the-Sea rely on P.O. boxes for their mail delivery as no homes in the city have home addresses. Yet, some residents cannot pick up their mail either due to age or disability.

The service has also been provided for free with those eligible filling out an application and providing a doctor's note. This also made it so that the overall cost of the service would be reduced.

Currently, approximately 90 people in Carmel-by-the-Sea use the service on a day-to-day basis. This cost the city about $7,500 a month, or $90,000 a year, to run.

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Sergio Berrueta

Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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