Monthly Archives: February 2014

Clams Got Guns?

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Was it self defense? Saw that Amazon offered guns for clams and had a thought…

Three threatened southern sea otters were shot to death and found at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove in September, according to a release from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

“These baseless killings are nothing short of acts of barbarism,” said Kim Delfino, director of California programs for Defenders of Wildlife. “Moreover, shooting endangered species like the southern sea otter is illegal, and the criminals responsible should be punished to the highest extent of the law.”

Clams Got Guns?

Will A Ballot Measure Put Kristen Hughes To Death?

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25 years ago and the murderer still breathes.

On a fall day in 1989, 31-year-old Kim Hickman was moving out of her Pacific Grove apartment when she was attacked and sexually assaulted by Hughes, then 28. A pathologist testified at Hughes’ trial that it took more than an hour for Hickman to die after being stabbed and strangled.

Hughes’ death sentence has been upheld by the state’s Supreme Court. But after almost 24 years, Hickman’s mother, Nan McMahan, is growing tired of waiting to see the case come to an end.

Now a proposed California ballot measure aims to speed up executions and restrict privileges for death row inmates. But even if it passes, the measure could face a slew of legal challenges and delays.

Will A Ballot Measure Put Kristen Hughes To Death?

Christmas Lights Year Round In P.G. But In Carmel . . .

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By-The-Sea says “Take ’em down”. Especially if they are seasonal home use grade – not meant for outdoor exposure for long periods.
Holmans Ice Lights

City code allows the lights to be on display from the third Wednesday of November until the second Wednesday of January. The law applies to trees, public rights-of-way and private properties in commercial zones, and commercial operations in residential districts.

Nearly all merchants have complied, but there are some who should remove the remaining lights, said planning chief Rob Mullane.

Christmas Lights Year Round In P.G. But In Carmel

All Biohazard Resources Called Out For Oil Spill

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From a fish.

Not global warming, not Monsanto, not fracking. A fish.

Anchovies

“We activated our unified command and brought in the Coast Guard, the Harbor Master, and we launched our fire boat to start doing an investigation of the area.” said Henderson.

In this case, oil from the tiny anchovy fish. Even though the marine life is highly regarded in the Monterey Bay, small oil spills have happened before.

All Resources Called Out For Oil Spill

Pacific Grove Sets Money Aside For Homeless

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Will it be like Monterey’s program that spent the money on more cops and bus tickets to elsewhere?

A report prepared by Fischer and Cuneo said a 2013 count estimated about 1,240 homeless people on the Peninsula, including 350 women and several hundred elderly people.

“Many of these people are capable of working their way back into being productive members of society if given some assistance,”

Last year, the Monterey City Council set aside $40,000 for homeless services, but the fund was tapped in October to provide $20,000 to pay for increased police patrols downtown and on Fisherman’s Wharf. The Monterey council previously agreed to spend $1,500 to buy bus passes for homeless people needing transportation.

Pacific Grove Sets Money Aside For Homeless

Moe Ammar Hates The Rain & The Olympics

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Moe says the weather dampened the grabs for tourist dollars. IMO it was the normal high prices and lack of major celebrities at Pebble Beach. Traffic outbound in the evenings at 156 & 1 was heavier than usual.

Early signs are attendance and possibly ticket sales fell at this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Rain at the PGA Tour event did more than occasionally stop play — it kept many guests in their hotel rooms or, worse, at home.

“I totally attribute it to the weather,” said Moe Ammar, president of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce.

Ammar said he heard from locals who decided to watch the tournament at home because of the weather and guessed the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics also kept people indoors.

Moe Ammar Hates The Rain & The Olympics

Visitors Want Milkweed And Gift Shops

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Huge Gift Shop

Maria Rodale visits the monarch sanctuary, searches real hard to blame something that’s not organic for the decline. Besides, isn’t it the caterpillars someplace else that munch the milkweed?

I arrived around 10 a.m. and saw…nothing. OK, I saw one tiny monarch flitting about like it was a bit drunk. The sanctuary itself is also kind of…sad. Its entrance is between a motel and some garbage cans. It’s very small, and surprisingly, there was no gift shop! I thought back to when I researched the place on the Web and recalled that it was very hard to find. Hmmm…

Undaunted, I drove downtown to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, where I asked what was going on. “Oh, they are there. If you go back at noon there is a docent who will show them to you. They can be hard to see.” But, I asked, was the population declining? “Absolutely,” she said. The current population was only a quarter of what it was just 10 years ago, she added. I asked what she attributed it to and she said “urban growth, habitat loss, lack of milkweed.” What about agricultural chemicals? I asked. “Oh, that’s more of an East Coast problem,” she said.

Visitors Want Milkweed And Gift Shops

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Monterey Sewage Closes The Beach In P.G.

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Plumbing contractor sends sewage down storm drain, public works lets drain empty to ocean.

Both the MFD and the Monterey County Health Dept. were informed by MPW last night that the diversion pump had been switched on, Ramirez says, but this morning the health department was informed by MPW that the switch was still turned off. Ramirez could not elaborate as whether the error was mechanical or human, but a statement issued by the health department earlier today said it was a “mechanical failure.”

Monterey Sewage Closes The Beach In P.G.

Is The Garbage Contract Up For Review?

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Something to consider – big dumpsters getting away and smaller driverless trucks following.

The episode started about 5:40 a.m. Friday when a small garbage truck was picking up a large trash bin that got loose and started rolling downhill. The driver got out to chase the bin, but didn’t set his truck brake.

The truck, too, rolled downhill, hit two parked cars, a house and a sport-utility vehicle that rammed into a second home.

Both homes were damaged, and the gas line at the first one was broken.

Is The Garbage Contract Up For Review?