Monthly Archives: June 2010

Warnings Posted At Lovers Point

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Poo in the water. Do you think that these people in the unmarked truck that are pressure washing the buildings and sidewalks should recover their rinse water and dispose of it properly instead of letting it run down the storm drains to the ocean? Do the Pacific Grove business owners even care?

Washing Sidewalks at Nancy’s Attic and Glenn Gobel frames

Sidewalk Washers

Washing facade and sidewalks at Chase bank

Chase Washers

Water from storm drain goes:
Lovers Point Sewer Pipe

County health officials are warning visitors to Lovers Point Beach to avoid going in the water after tests Monday found higher than normal levels of bacteria.

Health officials say humans and animals including seals, otters and birds can contribute to higher bacteria levels in addition to rainfall runoff and storm drains.

Warnings Posted At Lovers Point

How To Prepare For AT&T UVerse Install

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Frequently asked question, how do I get ready for that new Internet and TV service from AT$T? As a public service, here you go:

Holding The ATT Banner

Prepare to have your sidewalks blocked while they tear up the place:
Att Uverse Blocking Sidewalk

Then get ready to have your landscaping scalped:
Att Uverse Kills Shrubs
And prepare to have some big graffiti attracting humming cabinets plopped down on every corner:
Att Uverse More Pedestals

Prepare to have your actions monitored

Att Spies Nsa

And prepare to be underwhelmed by DSL that is faster than Red Shift but still way slower than cable. Currently only the subscribers that are within a certain distance of those cabinets can get 2 high definition channels at the same time, and if you do watch or record your 2 concurrent HD channels, your internet slows down.

Prepare to be flooded with ads, and be told that Uverse is “fiber”. It’s fiber to the humming box, then it’s passed on to the old copper lines to your home.

Prepare to pay for 16 meg down and only get 6, because you live farther from the humming box. Guess what? Both pay the same no matter what speed of service you get.

You’re welcome!

How To Prepare For AT&T UVerse Install

Monterey Optimistic About US Open Tourists

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Unlike the dreary picture painted by Moe Ammar, things are more upbeat across the border.

Although getting reservations was a bit challenging this time around, for a local restaurant it was more challenging back in 2000.

“We were not even half as busy with our reservations as we are this year in 2010, big increase in reservations,” said Joanne Marshall, manager at Fish Hopper.

“Of course its helping our staff, we have extra staff so it’s really helping us all around and bringing our folks out to Cannery Row to see what we have out here,” said Marshall.

Monterey Optimistic About US Open Tourists

Moe Predicts A Bad US Open Windfall

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Moe blathers from his butt about this month’s “greatest thin that could happen”. Pacific Grove could have more revenues if they’d bring in what people want when they are visiting.

Moe Ammar believes the U.S. Open will be “the greatest thing that could happen” to the local economy.

But Ammar, president of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, is the first to admit that this year’s U.S. Open won’t be as lucrative as 2000, the last time the tournament came to Pebble Beach.

While many hotel rooms on the Peninsula were reserved long ago for U.S. Open week, there are rooms to be had with tournament play just four days away.

Ammar’s survey last week showed Pacific Grove’s 28 hotels and motels are 81 percent booked for the U.S. Open — down from 96 percent a week before the 2000 tournament.

Moe Predicts A Bad US Open Windfall

Another Chapter In “What The Heck Is Moe Ammar Talking About?

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Article from KSBW about cities preparing for the rush of U.S. Open tourists.

In Pacific Grove, Moe Ammar said that businesses will stay open longer because of the U.S. Open.

“Typically, a lot of the stores in Pacific Grove would close at 5 to 5:30 p.m.,” Ammar said. “For the Open, they will stay open until 9 p.m., which is really great.”

Speak for yourself you clueless fool. Maybe the wine galleries, second hand clothing and rusty garden decor shops close at 5, but there is more to P.G. than them.

Another Chapter In “What The Heck Is Moe Ammar Talking About?

Rons Liquors Rapist Says He Is Innocent Of New Charges

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Pollacci Parking Sex Offenders

Same as he said about the one he was convicted of. Notice he’s now got a public defender – wha’ happened?

Convicted rapist Thomas Pollacci entered not-guilty pleas Friday to three new charges that he sexually assaulted two other women in 2007 and 2008.

Pollacci hasn’t been sentenced on the original conviction. He faces up to eight years in prison in that case and an additional 24 years if convicted of all charges in the new case.

Rons Liquors Rapist Says He Is Innocent Of New Charges

$35 US Open Tee Shirts – Let The Fleecing Begin

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132,000 hats @ $34 ea. 4.8 million in hats, sheeshe.

The tent is situated so that “all 37,500 (attendees per day) have to walk past our front door,” Muscutt said with a smile.

Among the shoppers early Thursday was Don Pate, who came from Stockton with his wife, Mary Lou, to look at the merchandise before making a few other stops on the Central Coast.

Another early shopper was Kendall Matous of Pebble Beach, who works for the Northern California Golf Association. She paid $200 for “a jacket for myself and a red polo for my father.”

Ryann Crow’s Remains Found, Murder Suspect In Jail

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Jesse Crow was picked up in Pacific Grove, been in custody ever since.

Jesse Crow Cries

Authorities have announced that the human remains found in late May in Alameda County are those of Ryann Bunnell Crow, a missing Salinas woman.

The 23-year-old disappeared in late January and her family reported her missing Feb. 2 after she missed two days of work and a family party.

Her husband, Jesse Crow, was arrested Feb. 16 and is charged with killing her. He remains in County Jail.

Ryann Crow’s Remains Found, Murder Suspect In Jail

Moe’s Bike Race Closes Street, Attracts Few

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Street was shut down all day. Aside from the bicycle riders, I’ve seen more people at a foggy farmers’ market.

Perfect weather, an easy viewing venue and upward of 300 racing entries still didn’t make the 2010 Pacific Grove Butterfly Criterium a big draw for spectators.

The race, sponsored by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce with the cooperation of the city, was organized by Central Coast cycling clubs Ghost Tree Racing and VOS Racing.

Moe’s Bike Race Closes Street, Attracts Few

Pollacci Rape Trial Sequel

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Attorney Liu is out, now has a public defender. What happend?

His arraignment in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Timothy Roberts was bumped to June 11 after Andrew Liu withdrew as Pollacci’s attorney for that case, and public defender J.B. Robert was appointed in his place.

J.B. Robert immediately asked for a continuation for the arraignment to familiarize himself with the case.

Liu, who defended Pollacci in a rape trial that ended in April with a conviction, will continue to represent the 50-year-old Pebble Beach resident in the original case.

Pollacci Rape Trial Sequel