Billowing smoke from the older, one-story stucco building at 786 Pine St. could be seen from several blocks away along Lighthouse Avenue.
Monterey Fire Division Chief Paul Goodwin said four engine companies responded to the scene from Monterey and Pacific Grove. He said there was “major damage” to the structure.
Did it lower or raise the property values in the area?
I see that Arkwright Court is still the same as it always has been. Also known as “Felony Flats”.
Pacific Grove police said they arrested a 21-year-old resident on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and for possessing drug paraphernalia.
Officers said they located the vehicle, which was reported stolen from Seaside, traveling down the Arkwright Court. They arrested Carlos Granados and, during a search of the car, found drug paraphernalia.
Letters From The Editor
When will our courts and government tell these people to stop inflicting their views on the rest of us? Their Chicken Little approach to life will make the general public indifferent to such protests, and then someone with a truly evil intent will slide something very bad by us, and as we will be so tired of sweating the small stuff, we will OK it and pay dearly.
Project HOPE should stand for Humans Ought to Protest Everything.
Last known as Bossos. Torn down when the Dream Theater, DeSmets, etc block was razed,
Letters From The Editor
We moved to Pacific Grove less than a year ago to enjoy the small-town atmosphere and great schools and to start a business. What we didn’t expect was an epidemic of off-leash dogs. In June, our dog and family was attacked by a German shepherd in a public space less than a block from our home. It resulted in our dog being put to sleep.
This letter is for the woman in the tan Prius who let two Dobermans off the leash Oct. 1 at the lower Presidio park. You know your dogs chased the deer across the park. What you may not know is that the deer jumped the fence near the Private Bolio Gate and was hit by a car.
What are they thinking? Dogs by nature are predatory, territorial and unpredictable. None of the cutesy-wutesy talk is going to change them. They say hello by sniffing butts and if they do not immediately agree which one is “Top Dog” they settle it with fangs.
Haven’t you heard – Dog owners – keep your canines at HOME.
Another wistful rant against all things fun.
Now, as you consider being lured into the new big-box catastrophe growing along Highway 1, think instead about buying locally from independent retailers. Celebrate “Independents Day” every day and join the nationwide unchained movement.
The new shopping center next to the freeway looks much better than the blight of the former Army base buildings that sat empty for decades with broken windows and covered in graffiti. So blind she is that she never mentions the one building worth preserving – a brick depot-like building that is still standing.
One of the walls in the center memorializes the Seventh Infantry – the brave soldiers that once occupied Fort Ord and kept the population of the peninsula more toward a working class. The view of the Target store with the original Army barracks’ in the background is a sight to see.
Anyway, it’s too late shop local – there’s nothing left in local land for a typical working family. If I had to live only on local independent stores for life’s needs life would be very, very boring, I’d have no clothes to wear and my car would not run. Let’s start a list of things you can’t buy locally. Based on Pacific Grove’s “Historic” Downtown.
From sciencedaily.com
Research in Finland finds sustainable fertilizer in human urine.
In the new study, Surendra K. Pradhan and colleagues collected human urine from private homes and used it to fertilize cabbage crops. Then they compared the urine-fertilized crops with those grown with conventional industrial fertilizer and no fertilizer.
The analysis showed that growth and biomass were slightly higher with urine than with conventional fertilizer.
There was no difference in nutritional value of the cabbage. “Our results show that human urine could be used as a fertilizer for cabbage and does not pose any significant hygienic threats or leave any distinctive flavor in food products,” the report concludes.
Two dozen Pacific Grove city employees may soon be out of a job. City leaders voted unanimously Wednesday night to cut 24 positions, Action News reported.
Why do you think they call it Dope? Two dopes get busted for being stupid: Loud music and a missing front license plate lead to drug arrests.
The first stop happened in the Rio del Mar Shopping Center on Soquel Drive in Aptos around 9:35 p.m. when a deputy pulled over a black Chevy Tahoe blaring music and suspected the driver was under the influence of narcotics, according to Sgt. Fred Plageman. Odin found a digital gram scale and a rock of crystal meth in the center console of the Tahoe and a magnetic, metal case under the dash that the deputy suspected was for hiding drugs, according to Plageman. The deputy also reported finding 2.8 grams of suspected methamphetamine in the ashtray.
The driver, Carlos Rolando Sanchez, 31, of Watsonville, was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence and transporting a controlled substance, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The second stop, just after midnight on the 2600 block of Portola Drive, happened when a deputy spotted a silver Honda Civic without a front license plate, Plageman said. Odin found a plastic bag of suspected heroin under the leather gear shift covering and the driver, Wilian Choto, 22, of Live Oak, was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance, possessing heroin and possessing drug paraphernalia, Plageman said.