Conan Nolan Luis Obispo where he served as the Assistant News Director. Two years later he moved to television, first as a weekday reporter and weekend sports anchor at KSBY-TV and then later moving to KSBW-TV in the Salinas/Monterey market. Among the stories he covered was actor Clint Eastwood's campaign for Mayor of Carmel, California. In July 1986 Nolan was hired by KNBC-TV News Director Tom Capra, the former executive producer of the Today Show and son of film director Frank Capra. Over the course of his career he has covered numerous fires, floods, earthquakes, police chases and riots. In 1989 he
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California the Sanctuary of the San Carlos Church, next to Crespí, who had passed the previous year. Serra was buried with full military honors. Carmel Mission has importance beyond the history of Serra, who is sometimes called the "Father of California". It also contains the state's first library. A welder, John Martin, acquired lands surrounding the Carmel mission in 1833, which he named Mission Ranch. Carmel became part of the United States in 1848, when Mexico ceded California as a result of the Mexican–American War. Known as "Rancho Las Manzanitas", the area that was to become Carmel-by-the-Sea was purchased by French