On California Street in Petra, at the head of the street named after Father Francesc Palou, the day has begun long before sunrise every morning for over a century. This custom may change starting in August. Can Jaume des Forn, the last bakery in Petra, will close its doors forever if nothing is done to stop it. Lita Torrens Font (Petra, 1961), who has worked in the family business for over forty years, is now ready to retire. For the last ten years, she has run the business alone, inherited from her husband Jaume's godparents, who had to relinquish it due to illness. The daily ritual of buying bread amidst the warmth and aromas of a traditional bakery to put on the table is in danger. This often imperceptible custom, sometimes undervalued precisely because it has always existed, could disappear from Petra's urban landscape, as has already happened in other municipalities of the Pla de Mallorca region.

The municipal secretary of Petra, Francisco González, has filed a complaint against the town's mayor, Salvador Femenias, for alleged workplace harassment. The secretary, who has been on sick leave since June, filed the complaint with the Civil Guard in Manacor, who have opened a preliminary investigation. In fact, several town councilors have already been called to give statements as witnesses. When consulted by All PlansFemenias denied knowing about the secretary's complaint to the Civil Guard. However, he confirmed that just yesterday, Rafel Font, a councilor from his governing team and third deputy mayor, had been summoned and went to give a statement to the Civil Guard. He added, "I suppose they'll call me soon." Femenias appeared calm and surprised that the secretary had filed the complaint with the Civil Guard. The reason: "He already reported us to the company that handles our occupational risk prevention, and a psychologist from that company came and wrote a report concluding that there was nothing to what he was alleging, no harassment." The trigger for this situation seems to be an informational committee meeting on June 19, 2025, shortly before the secretary went on sick leave. At this meeting of councilors from all parties, prior to the municipal plenary session, information was to be provided regarding the agreement between civil servants and contract staff.

A 49-year-old man and his two dogs died this Thursday at their home in the town of Petra, possibly from gas inhalation. The Civil Guard received a report of the deaths from a friend of the victim and dispatched a patrol to the residence. The Civil Guard indicated that upon arrival, both officers and paramedics detected a strong smell of gas inside the house. Finally, at 4:00 PM, the body was removed and taken to the Forensic Institute for an autopsy, although the likely cause of death is gas poisoning.

From the town square to the council chamber, from local festivals to municipal debates, the Pla de Mallorca is built day by day, town by town. Throughout 2025, the events in the 14 municipalities and the Commonwealth have painted a diverse yet shared picture of a region facing structural challenges while keeping its identity alive.

The process of expropriations, temporary occupations, and the creation of the necessary easements for the construction of the new main water pipeline connecting Maria de la Salut and Sineu has already begun. This announcement was made last Saturday by the Director General of Water Resources, Joan Calafat, during the Water Debate in the Pla region, organized by Pla de Mallorca XXI and the Climate Academy, with the collaboration of the Pla Commonwealth, held in Lloret. This project, considered strategic for guaranteeing the water supply to the center of the island, aims to carry water from Maria de la Salut to the plot of land purchased by the Commonwealth in the Dama area, on the road between Sineu and Petra. This process comes at a particularly critical time for the Pla de Mallorca, which, according to Calafat, is "in a state of emergency" after water availability fell to 44% in October 2025. Calafat warned that "we cannot be complacent" and argued that the next Plan demands measures to reduce pollution and enhance water regeneration. The new pipeline, about which the affected residents, almost all of them from the municipality of Sineu, have already been notified, is part of the Program of Measures of the Hydrological Plan for the Balearic Islands Hydrographic Demarcation, approved by Royal Decree 49/2023. It is listed in Annex 9 as an action.High-speed network connection to SineuAnd it is one of the priority projects to resolve the water scarcity that affects numerous municipalities in the Plan, many of which do not comply with current regulations due to excess nitrates or salinity problems, as is the case of Costitx, Lloret de Vistalegre, Sineu, Vilafranca de Bonany and Montuïri, the latter with daily contributions from tanker trucks.

An unfavorable report from the Historical Heritage Service of the Consell de Mallorca, issued on October 2nd, halted the construction of the parking facilities that the Petra Town Council awarded in early July. The construction contract, worth €527,308, was awarded to the company Melchor Mascaró, and in fact, work has not yet begun. This mandatory report from the Heritage Service, issued in early October, which ultimately rejected the project, had not yet been issued when the project was put out to tender. The parking facility is planned for a municipal plot of land located behind the Petra parish church. It includes a total of 60 spaces, 44 of which will be underground. The concession for these spaces will be public property, and in fact, they have already been acquired with an initial payment of €10,000 each. The other 16 parking spaces will be above ground and open to the public. There will be three accessible parking spaces and two for electric vehicles. The construction of the parking spaces is the first phase, as the plan for the future included a one-story municipal building, "yet to be determined," according to the Petra Town Council, to be built in a large available space above the underground parking garage. However, the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council of Mallorca) has now halted everything because the municipal subsidiary regulations do not permit a building used solely as a parking garage in this area, which is classified as low-density residential. In other words, a parking garage can only be built if it is complementary to a primary use. In this regard, the report mentions that the Town Council's submitted documentation states that another building of unknown use, not included in the project, will be constructed above the existing structure in the future. The document is clear: "The reality is that the project now being presented is for an underground building for the exclusive use of parking. From an urban planning perspective, it's backwards: a subsidiary use cannot be implemented exclusively without the implementation of one of the permitted uses."

The municipalities of Llubí and Petra have taken an important step in protecting and providing controlled access to their prehistoric and natural heritage with the purchase of the Racons and the Cueva del Buitre (Vulture Cave), respectively. With the support of the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council of Mallorca) and corresponding municipal investments, two plots of land of significant heritage value have recently been acquired, and work will begin on their restoration, accessibility, and management. In fact, aside from being able to carry out maintenance, one of the most important aspects is managing access and consequently keeping the sites in optimal condition. These two acquisitions follow the purchase of the Cueva del Camp del Obispo (Bishop's Cave) by the Sencelles Town Council, as this online publication recently reported. It is an important archaeological site within the municipality. The acquisition was for €36,000, financed by a grant from the Consell de Mallorca.

The Petra City Council will impose a financial penalty on two councilors from the El Pi governing team who, on Monday, followed part of an extraordinary plenary session held remotely while driving their vehicles. This was confirmed by the mayor of Petra, Salvador Femenias, who announced that "the local police will open a report and they will receive the corresponding sanction because it was poorly conducted and they should receive the corresponding fine." Femenias warned that, in addition to the fine, "we will reprimand them and, of course, tell them not to do it again, but perhaps the best solution would be to stop holding extraordinary plenary sessions remotely and that's it."

A 70-year-old man and woman were seriously injured in a serious traffic accident that occurred just after 8:00 a.m. at kilometer 3 of the Ma-3310 road, which runs from the Es Cruce roundabout to Petra, near the Cova road.

The Capitol in Washington is the seat of the United States Congress. Since 1931, the Petrero friar Junípero Serra (known as Miquel Josep Fuentes) is the only non-American figure to have a statue. He is part of a collection dedicated to the hundred Founding Fathers of the Nation. Along with politician Ronald Reagan, the Majorcan represents the state of California. He arrived in 1769, at the age of 56, after two decades evangelizing in Mexico in the service of King Charles III. He found himself in an almost unexplored territory, where he would eventually found nine missions. Some missions were the embryonic development of cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento.

Two people, one aged 38 and the other 39, were seriously injured after a car and a motorcycle collided early Sunday morning in Petra.