Monthly Archives: November 2008

Writer On The Stakeout For Mountain Lions

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Score one for the lions. Writer never saw one.
Mountain Lion If Attacked

Last month, a Pacific Grove police officer on patrol spotted a lion just after midnight on Sunset Avenue near Congress Avenue, said Animal Control Officer Elizabeth Yeo of the city’s police department.

The animal was crossing Sunset, “stopped and looked and took off,” she said.

Hence my stakeout. It was part of my research to find out if the reports meant more mountain lions were wandering onto the Peninsula. Might the sight of the stealthy carnivores that are at the top of their food chain become more routine near our urban homes?

Writer On The Stakeout For Mountain Lions

Don’t Count On Sleeping In Sunday – Time For The Not Big Sur Half-Fast Marathon

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The noisy runners will be slogging along Ocean View at 7am, November 9. It’s not in Big Sur, its not an entire marathon – it’s over quick, so it’s the Not Big Sur Half Fast Marathon..

The sixth annual presentation of the Big Sur Half Marathon will take place on Sunday, Nov. 9, drawing both elite runners and recreational enthusiasts to compete in a variety of running and walking events.

Set along the scenic Monterey Bay coastline, the 13.1 mile race travels a gently rolling loop course from historic downtown Monterey through Cannery Row, along the Pacific Grove coastline and back to the start.

Don’t Count On Sleeping In Sunday – Time For The Not Big Sur Half-Fast Marathon

Professor Toro – The 1924 Cannery Row Oil Tank Fire

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Good little history lesson about the naming of “Pvt Bolio Road”

According to the Monterey Fire Department’s history of the event, “A freak storm covered the Monterey Bay. It had a series of hail, wind, rain, lightning and thunder. Lightning split a tree on the Presidio. Then, at 10:10 a.m., a bolt of lightning struck the top of one of the Associated Oil storage tanks near the wharf in Monterey. The 55,000 barrel tank, filled with oil and covered only with a layer of oil paper, burst into flame, and huge clouds of black smoke rose into the sky.”

Many pictures of the fire at the Hathaway’s California Views.

Professor Toro – The 1924 Cannery Row Oil Tank Fire