Clarify This Or I’ll . . .

Marie Favaloro writes to the Coast Weakly:
Favaloros Closing Reason

Rocky Coast stays in business with no restroom.
Ice Cream Shoppe No Public Restroom

And Marie closed the the first Favaloro’s saying she wanted to spend more time with the children. For the children. GOD WHAT DID SHE DO WITH HER CHILDREN?

“We have sold the Restaurant to spend more time with our two beautiful children” (PG Hometown Bulletin, November 2nd and 16th 2005).

One of the strangest business owners in P.G.

Assault At Favaloro’s
Favaloro’s Closes
Another Assault At Favaloro’s
Ambulance Seen Loading Up At Favaloro’s

EMERGENCY! Out Of Business Re-Opening Sale

Does the furniture business get any weirder?

842 Lighthouse Black Sea

This store often had pieces out on the sidewalk – free retail space at the cost of blocking pedestrian traffic. The list prices were insane – $400 for a painted wooden bench.

A typical retail furniture store must maintain warehouse inventory and a showroom, commission sales people etc. and incur a fairly high overhead. For this reason it is normal for a furniture retailer to maintain a high markup. A typical piece of furniture that has a “suggested retail” of $500 will usually cost the retailer $175 or so and actually sell for about $350. Ever notice how furniture is always on sale? That’s how it works. It is safe to say that notwithstanding sales and discounts, retail furniture prices are usually about double the wholesale cost.

And that other perpetual in/out of business furniture store down the block is open again.

EMERGENCY! Out Of Business Re-Opening Sale

New World Order – Monterey Taking Over PG Police?

I’ve been wondering why all the police departments on the Peninsula (and the Monterey County Sheriffs) police cruisers have shed their unique color schemes and gone to LAPD style sinister black & white. Now the truth is out..

PG Hpol Police

 

At the Jan. 16 Pacific Grove City Council meeting, council members approved studying whether the police department and all other city services could be run by the City of Monterey in an effort to make up a $2.9 million shortfall.

Police Chief Darius Engles said Monterey police are paid more than P.G. officers, leaving doubt whether the takeover would save money. And he also thinks the people of Pacific Grove will notice the difference.

“I personally don’t believe that they will be able to provide better service than we provide now,” Engles said.

New World Order – Monterey Taking Over PG Police?

Meters To Feat, Part II

Now before anyone says anything about the view being uglified, the parked Winnebagos will hide all the meters.

Feet To Meters

Parking meters could dot the coastline in the future along Ocean View Boulevard in Pacific Grove.

Last week’s review of cost-cutting and revenue-raising measures by the Pacific Grove City Council omitted adding more parking meters as a means of making money, but the council instructed its staff to prepare the groundwork for permits from the state’s Coastal Commission.

James Becklenberg, city director of management and budget, suggested in December that Pacific Grove could reap an additional $495,000 by installing parking meters on Central Avenue, Ocean View Boulevard, Lovers Point and city parking lots in the downtown area.

 

Meters To Feat, Part II

New Monterey Police Blotter – January 2008

More recreation trail crime – vandalism and robbery.

1/1/08 Citizen 800 block of Lottie reported her orange 2008 registration tab was stolen from her vehicle.

1/1/08 Assistant Manager of Kentucky Fried Chicken reports the women’s bathroom door to have been locked from the inside.

1/2/08 Citizen reports unknown to have possibly taken her watch from locker 12 at the Spa at the Monterey Plaza Hotel.

1/2/08 Citizen reports being robbed by an unknown white male adult with facial hair and wearing a black beanie at the recreation trail area near window by the bay.

1/3/08 Public Works reports unknown to have tagged the west wall of the South Bore Tunnel with spraypaint.

1/5/08 Found diaper bag at Prescott and Wave.

1/12/08 Citizen reports the rear, right window of her vehicle being smashed while parked in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

1/14/08 SYNDER, RICHARD was cited for driving on a suspended license, driving vehicle without an interlock device and failing to obey no left turn sign.

1/16/08 Citizen reports graffiti to the north wall of 550 Lighthouse.

1/16/08 Found wallet in the parking lot located at Foam and David.

1/17/08 Citizen 1500 block of David Ave reports unknown to have stolen his burgundy ceramic flower pot from his yard.

1/17/08 MPD reports vandalism/graffiti to the recreation trail, west of Wharf 1, on the sidewalk and light poles.

1/17/08 Citizen 500 block of Lighthouse reports unknown to have passed two counterfeit $100.00 bills at two different locations on Cannery Row.

1/17/08 Citizen 800 block of Terry Street reports theft from his unlocked pickup.

1/19/08 CARRASCO, ANGELA HFA 1664 Crest Hill Way reports finding a five dollar bill at Wave and Foam on 1-18-08 at approximately 1700 hours.

1/20/08 Citizen reports an unknown to vandalized his rental car while parked at 32 Cannery Row.

1/21/08 MPD towed a Red 67 Chev Truck from the 800 block of Belden for having expired registration for over 6 Mo.

1/21/08 MPD towed a Gray 84 Porsche 944 from the 800 block of Belden for having expired registration.

1/22/08 Pacific Grove PD was aided in the recovery of their stolen Isuzu work truck in the 400 block of Pearl.

1/22/08 Citizen 800 block of Filmore reports the tires on his car to have been punctured on 1-21-08 between 1330 and 1430 hours.

1/24/08 Theft of an black iron garden bench from the front area of her business in the 200 block of Lighthouse.

1/25/08 Citizen reports the attempted theft of a change machine in the parking lot at Wave and Foam.

1/25/08 MPD reports finding two plastic bins filled with various machinery parts, electrical and electronic wiring, electric motors, pulleys and belts scattered in the roadway on Irving at Pine.

1/27/08 Citizen reports the theft of a change machine from his parking lot, 500 block of Wave.

1/29/08 MPD aid Pacific Grove PD in recovering runaway juvenile.

1/30/08 Citizen 800 block of Taylor reported the attempted theft of his 2008 Suzuki.

New Monterey Police Blotter – January 2008

Nothing Beats A Shimmy And Shake To Stop Cars

And it had nothing to do with mechanical problems

Folcom Belly Dancer

The first call described a woman belly dancing along the right side of the road at 3:07 p.m. A minute later, drivers reported that she was using a light pole as a dancing prop and then a highway sign for a pole dance.

It wasn’t until she ran across the interstate that things got nasty, CHP officer Oscar Johnson said. The woman in a black halter top and black pants began screaming obscenities at drivers who nearly hit her as she dangerously shimmied across the highway, he said.

Nothing Beats A Shimmy And Shake To Stop Cars

Mortgage Broker Accuses Councilman Of Assault

Unavoidable contact or personal grudge?

The incident apparently stemmed from a long and emotional council meeting Wednesday night as city officials reviewed possible budget cuts and heard several hours of public testimony by citizens who spoke against reductions in different city departments — police, fire, library, museum and public works.

The next evening city officials and chamber members gathered at the Fandango restaurant near City Hall to celebrate the city’s joining the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

During the event, words were exchanged between Davis and businesswoman Melody Stein, who had spoken at the council meeting against reductions in the police budget, according to several witnesses.

Davis allegedly touched Stein on the arm, then jostled her as he brushed past her to leave the room.

Mortgage Broker Accuses Councilman Of Assault

Tarry Black Blobs Enrage Eco-Nuts

Black Blob

Relax, it’s natural. Petroleum is a normal part of the planet.

A mysterious asphalt-like substance washed up on Monterey Peninsula beaches Monday night, local firefighters reported, and the Coast Guard believes it may be the same material that popped up on San Francisco Bay Area beaches earlier in the day.

Earlier on Monday, beaches in Pacifica and at Moss Beach’s Fitzgerald Marine Reserve were closed when many tar-like balls, ranging from the size of a quarter to the width of a hubcap, washed up along the coast, according to San Mateo County officials.

The source of the material, first thought to be remnants of the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay, became more of a mystery as the day wore on and the Coast Guard received reports of thick, coagulated “patties” washing up on beaches farther south.

Tarry Black Blobs Enrage Eco-Nuts

Killer Whales In Bay

(KTVU News)

Whale watchers, om nom nom nom.
Whale Watching

A Puget Sound pod of killer whales has been spotted off California’s Monterey Bay.

The siting Sunday makes this the sixth winter in a row that L pod has been seen so far south.

Whale expert Ken Balcomb, of the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island, says it’s a sign there aren’t enough Chinook salmon to support the orcas in Washington waters.

Killer Whales In Bay