Business owners said they are seeing a definite shift in buyer mentality.
Don Martine, owner of the Martine Inn, said reservations have been erratic and he anticipates that business will be down 5 to 7 percent from where it was last year.
Monterey Bay Aquarium officials said they aren’t sure the exact cause of the attendance drop, either the poor economy or a new California Academy of Science opening in San Francisco.
Good time to let some dieing businesses go.
F-Minus
Jerrad Cornell, 31, was stopped Sunday by a California Highway Patrol officer for talking on his cell phone while driving. A search of Cornell’s car yielded more than a pound of marijuana, police said.
Police said further investigation showed Cornell possessed another 3.1 pounds of marijuana and hashish..
Our own little slice of dirty hippy culture. Hate to say we told you so, but it’s starting to look like a meth-lab/rats nest. Time to call the landlord – Greg Beardsley.
Trash piled up.
Exposed 110 volt wires & dead landscaping. Old plants tossed on the ground is not “composting”.
Looking for a toilet tank lid? Or some old flower pots?
More refuse piled up against building. Lead acid batteries at the bottom of the pile.
Tiki Torches. With the global warmth petro-chemical fluid leaking out onto the ground.
Rusty unmarked containers.
In 2003, voters approved Measure A, a parcel tax used to assist with the funding of the programs currently in place but that is due to expire. Measure X is an extension of the existing parcel tax and will not raise property taxes. Without Measure X, many of these programs will need to be reduced or eliminated.
So there’s $6,000,000 for a new stadium
And we have $1,700,000 to replace the school district offices (which would end up being good enough for students)
Before voting to keep sending them more money, ask where they get all the millions for these things?
The Hear-old reports a competition for amour resulting in a broken window
The two males were clashing with their antlers, an annual rite of the blacktail deer’s rutting season, on the lawn of the apartment complex about 10:30 a.m.
“They locked those big horns,” she said, then one of the bucks’ antlers pierced the window screen and punched through the window glass, scattering shards all around the living room.
Reported in the Pine Cone, a buck with a 2×4 wrapped in rope stuck to it’s antlers:
A young buck who stands out like a sore thumb because he has a 3-foot wooden stake caught in his antlers appears to be healthy, though wildlife officials have different opinions on what to do with the animal.
Amazingly, the deer has been able to drink and eat and get around despite the extra appendage, which the animal acquired in July after getting caught up in construction fencing in Pacific Grove’s Asilomar neighborhood.
“We are fielding 10 calls a day about the deer with the board in his horns,” said Elizabeth Conti-Yeo, P.G.’s animal control officer.
That buck with the extra appendage now has a huge advantage and DOESN’T WANT it removed.
Mayor Dan Cort this week blasted a last-minute write-in campaign by a longtime city resident to run against him in the Nov. 4 election.
Ted Hollister, who has lived in Pacific Grove for 49 years, announced himself last week as a write-in candidate for mayor, which makes him Cort’s only competition.
“I’ve been overwhelmed with the response,” Hollister told The Pine Cone. “Honestly, it’s very humbling to see all the support.”
But Cort accused Hollister, 77, of not attending a city council meeting in years and questioned the former veterinarian’s motivation for seeking the job.
“We have serious problems facing this city, and if you haven’t been at a city council meeting in four or five years, then really you have no business inserting yourself into something as important as serving on the council,” Cort said.
Our passive and kind mayor is getting a bit testy. He seems surprised that anyone would want question him or take a stab at leading the town,
The Pacific Grove Police Department is reporting an increase in coyote activity in Pacific Grove.
In the past several weeks, people have reported a number of coyote sightings and most recently coyotes attacked and killed a dear in the 600 block of Balboa, police said.
According to police, coyotes are prominent in the Central Coast region and it’s important to remember the following:
Do not feed coyotes.
Eliminate sources of water, particularly in dry times of the year.
Secure garbage containers.
Feed pets indoors whenever possible and pick up leftovers if feeding outdoors.
So many free meals – open dumpsters everywhere!
Fandangos Restaurant
Coyotes Must Read This Site – Come For Free Meals
Biologists are debating the cause of the decline. Theoretical culprits include more frequent summer droughts, invasive parasites and habitat degradation. Griffiths looks to milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs will lay their eggs.
Milkweed thrives in the Central Valley’s hot, dry conditions. But the valley is also prime ag land, and some farmers have planted crops that are genetically modified to tolerate the popular weed-killer Roundup. The resulting blanket herbicide applications have likely killed much of the valley’s native milkweed, she says. Ranchers also target the plant, which is toxic to cattle.
The past two dry years foretell another low monarch turnout this winter, but Griffiths hasn’t lost all hope for P.G.’s airy mascot. “They have the ability to reproduce quickly,” she says, “provided they have the right conditions.”
Take a small but affordable home, tear down all but one wall, build something 3 times as big around that wall and replace the little hysterical home society plaque back on. The price? A Million-Seven. A nice symbol of the new “Lost Home Town”
The plaque by the door reads “L. Gydison 1889.” The original owner and date of construction thus define Pacific Grove’s historical homes but in this case, a second plaque could read “Love’s Labors Rewarded 2007.”
Elizabeth says, “It was 600 square feet with two bedrooms and a kitchen/ bathroom arrangement.” Now nearly 2000 square feet, it includes a third floor dedicated to the master suite.
To build it all, one side of the house was removed, leaving the part with the original Victorian veranda, always the front entry, but now has become the side veranda with access from inside through a paned-glass living room door.
