Weed and Gangs. Crime follows logical path.
Authorities in Monterey County said a person was wounded in a shooting near a cannabis dispensary Monday night.
According to Seaside Fire & Police, officers were called to The Reef dispensary on the 1900 block of Fremont Boulevard around 8:20 p.m. Police said a young adult was shot outside the business.
Interesting technology, sad that it was not effective in the situation.
Sharkbanz, for example, says its bands can deter great white sharks that are merely “investigating” prey, because the predators rely on electroreception while swimming in open water. The company also acknowledges on its website that the product does little to deter ambush attacks when great whites strike at high speeds from below.
Despite its limitations, Sharkbanz markets its product as “proven, effective and safe,” and says it “reduces the risk” of shark encounters by emitting electromagnetic fields.
Sharkbanz said it was saddened by Fox’s death but had been “very straightforward” with the group about the limits of its technology, pointing to an email to a group representative that said “there is no effective way to prevent this type of ambush attack.”
The company said it likened the bands to seat belts or bike helmets, which are “intended to reduce the risk of harm, but they cannot protect someone fully, all the time.”
The body of a missing swimmer that a witnesses said was attacked by a shark in Pacific Grove Dec. 21 was recovered near Santa Cruz last weekend.
Erica Fox, 55, was swimming near Lovers Point Dec.21 when witnesses said a shark attacked her. She was with a group of other swimmers known as the Kelp Krawlers when she disappeared. On Dec. 27, CalFire and Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies recovered a body from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz County.
More anti auto ideas like taking out parking lots on Forest Hill (Trader Joe’s Will gladly forfeit their lot to make it even more crowded), Sunset and in the woodsy area by Sinex and Dennet, there the nimbies cry out for less density. If you ever look down there, there are condos and hotels all over.
Possible locations for new apartments or mixed residential-commercial buildings include several blocks downtown, on Sunset Drive between Asilomar and the high school, between Central and Eardley avenues, and in the upper Forest Avenue commercial district, “which has large parking areas and additional buildout potential.’
Other neighborhoods required significant rezoning to help the city meet the state’s housing target — most controversially, a 3-acre triangle bounded by Sinex, Dennett, and Grove Acre near Asilomar. There, the plan suggests a “conservative” 67 new homes could be built in the scenic neighborhood