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More Tainted Produce From Salinas

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All the money that Sam-The-Sham Farr takes from us and gives to the agriculture industry does no good for our safety. Sam, keep your dirty filthy hands off my wallet!

Farr Piggy

Some of the lettuce used in recalled Hearts Delight mixed salads has been traced back to the Salinas Valley.

Marty Ordman, spokesman for Dole Food Co. Inc, said the three lettuces in the “Hearts Delight” mix are romaine, butter lettuce and green leaf lettuce. The romaine came from the Salinas Valley and Colorado, the butter lettuce from Ohio and green leaf from Salinas Valley.

More Tainted Produce From Salinas

More Robberies On The Recreation Trail

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About 9:40 p.m., several subjects confronted a couple walking near the trail toward San Carlos Beach, threatened them and demanded their property, Monterey police said. The female victim was able to persuade the would-be robbers to let them go, and the couple left the area, police said.

Immediately after this, the robbers confronted, struck and robbed a male riding a bicycle on the Recreation Trail. This victim fled and called 911, police said.

Officers responding to the area located three men striking another victim and robbing him of his wallet. A citizen and members of the Coast Guard assisted in identifying and detaining the men.

Officers arrested Harvey Dale Byrum, 19, of Monterey; Justin Allen Casey, 18, of Seaside; and Jamar Khary Johnson, 20 of Seaside.

The trail follows the old train tracks from Spanish Bay all the way to Seaside. These attacks and robberies mostly happen between Lovers Point and Lake El Estero. Don’t go there at night.Rec Trail Graff Rec Trail Escape

More Robberies On The Recreation Trail

Like A Poof! The Last Gay Bar Shuts Down

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281 Lighthouse Bar Grill

The Lighthouse Bar and Grill in Monterey closed its doors for good Saturday night, ending a 10-year stint as Monterey County’s only full-time night spot for local gays and lesbians.

Greg Moreno, who bought the bar about two years ago with his friend, Bert Orosco, said the business has been struggling, while the customer base has been dwindling.

The closure may be a sign of the times. Gays and lesbians say their numbers aren’t dwindling in Monterey County, but more of them say they feel comfortable in any social situation and therefore don’t feel compelled to hang out exclusively in one place, while others are more likely to connect socially on the Internet.

Like A Poof! The Last Gay Bar Shuts Down

Man Accused Of Beating Day Laborer Was From P.G.

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Glenn Blevins was found mentally incompetent to stand trial this month in connection with an attack on a day laborer on Fort Ord. Psychiatrist Taylor Fithian concluded paranoid schizophrenia had left the 27-year-old unable to understand the court proceedings and help with his own defense.

He was transferred from Forest Grove Middle School in Pacific Grove to a “therapeutic school” at Gambetta Middle School in Castroville. Doctors first tried antidepressants and later, after diagnosing him as bipolar, lithium.

Neither worked well, Joyce Blevins said, because he had been misdiagnosed. At the time, she said, doctors did not believe schizophrenia could present itself in young children, a school of thought that is now changing.

Her son eventually made his way to Pacific Grove High School, where he was kicked out for threatening a teacher and the principal. He did not graduate, though he later earned his equivalency degree.

Man Accused Of Beating Day Laborer Was From P.G.

What The Wine Walk Merchants Are Saying

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There is a web discussion over on the Artwalk web site (link pgartwalk.com dead) where you can read the merchant’s comments:

Robert Lewis
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Also, this money goes to support the Artwalk and you can say so to the patron. They can pay more if they want to, also.

Tessuti Zoo
Saturday, September 01, 2007
We find that a lot of folks come as couples or more. To charge more than $2 per person for 2-buck-chuck equivalent wine is a bit of an inconvenience to people who we hope will be current and future customers. As much as we want to support the chamber, let’s not make cost an issue where people will be having ill feelings if they want to buy some cheap wine.

Robert Lewis
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Actually, no one ever said anything about cheap wine. It’s up to you what you serve and it’s up to them whether they want to buy or not.

Robert Lewis
Sunday, September 02, 2007
I will have better quality wine this time because I agree that 2buckchuck might not go over. I think the patrons will understand it is for the support of the event too.
Also, if the fee is a around $4 to $5 or more we will raise more money and be able to eventually eliminate our participation fee.

Tessuti Zoo
Thursday, September 06, 2007
We’d certainly not like to be in the position of charging any more than a couple of dollars per person regardless of the cost of the wine.

Randall
Thursday, September 06, 2007
We also offer a compliment of foods. Little yummy bites, and so that all costs money as well. But $2 or $4 bucks of an evening of free wine is a great deal. People should be thankful, and if they are rude ingrate we will throw them out on their arses!! 🙂

studio lolo
Thursday, September 06, 2007
I don’t want to ask my patrons for more than $2, however. Besides, none of them are going to be prepared the first time around. Not everyone has their purses or wallets with them when they do the art walk.

Grand Avenue Art Works!
Thursday, September 06, 2007
I just had a conversation with Michele Roberson, the owner, and she feels very uncomfortable that we are in a sense nickel and dimeing our patrons.

This will be the last Art Walk that Grand Avenue Art Works! will actively participate in. It seems like far too much work, and not nearly enough fun.

Robert Lewis
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Cash, check, money order, Visa, Mastercard, etc.

Robert Lewis
Thursday, September 06, 2007
And, of course, you don’t have to serve wine at all.

Patti Reilly (BellaCosa Studio)
Thursday, September 06, 2007
People also have the option of choosing NOT to drink wine – or going some place else where they’ll be charged $7 or $8 for a glass of wine (and No Art!)

Robert Lewis
Friday, September 07, 2007
We can poll the public this way, giving them the website location. Although, I don’t know why we should poll the public. It’s confusing for us, won’t we just confuse the public more? I prefer NOT to poll the public.

The Loft
Friday, September 07, 2007
nothing too fancy nor too cheap, for we would like to make some profit that can work for us.

Lysakov Art Company
Saturday, September 08, 2007
I have no problem charging for wine, especaily if it keeps away the regular “cheese eaters” with strong body oder who don’t intend to ever buy anything and are only there for the free food and wine, although it is difficult to judge

Robert Lewis
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Last comment from me on this subject: if you serve wine you must charge. That’s the law. Break it at your own risk. I don’t care.
For those who plan to serve wine and not break the law, it is only a matter of what to charge. I recommend it be $2 per glass, the same amount the Art Center charges. No stickers to purchase, no tickets. Just $2 per glass of wine.
The poll yielded 50% in favor of $2, 33% in favor of $6, and 16% Other. Since the Other remains an unknown, let’s go with $2 per glass.

Lysakov Art Company
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Ok, we will charge $2 per glass after all. We will have pretty good wine so it’s a good deal, and I think if we just expain that we must charge to be in agreement with the law then people will understand, or they don’t have to buy any wine, they can just enjoy art and maybe music and some snacks. SO it’s pretty simple.

Grand Avenue Art Works!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
What the hey, you guys. Police, Sheriff and ABC on the scene. Very tawdry in my opinion. I had my most fun painting at Lisa’s. Luckily “skin” is not a controlled substance.

Tessuti Zoo
Friday, November 09, 2007
The Website is promoting the next ArtWalk as Dec. 14, instead of November 9. And the maps and press page still say September. This is confusing for those who visit the site. And do we need this wine debate still here for the public to see?

Artie
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Call Moe and ask for a refund.
It is interesting to read all you gallery owners fuss over the wine thing.

T. Kincaid
Sunday, November 18, 2007
The last time I read the comments page, it had onlly been updated to Sept 8. I deleted my comments at the time that I realized that this “forum” was open for the general public to read. Totally unprofessional to post what I thought were comments shared with other galleries trying to sort out the restrictions, illegalities, etc., of trying to conduct business in an adult, hospitable manner. As for asking Moe for a refund, perhaps it might be better to ask him what became of the press releases, advertising other than in the PG Bulletin, and banners that only appear on 2 galleries.
Best of luck, T. K.

What The Wine Walk Merchants Are Saying (pgartwalk.com link dead)

P.G. The Scene Of Unlicensed Contractor Busts

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Nothing new. Con_tractors have been working under the table for years.

More than a dozen unlicensed contractors who bid for work at a house in Pacific Grove on Thursday found themselves caught in a Contractors State License Board sting.

Those arrested include: Dwayne Bowers, 53, of Marina; Vincent Taddeo, 45, of Pebble Beach; Philip Nilsen, 23, of Prunedale; Mario Cabaccang, 43, of Salinas; Arnulfo Rubio, 45, of Salinas; Enrique Nicolas, 28, of Salinas; Adan Enriquez, 35, of Marina; Donald Waye Baze Jr., 37, of Gonzales; Timothy Glen Stannard, 46, of Carmel Valley; Jose Duarte, 44, of Castro Valley; Randall Pool, 38, of Carmel; Jose Rosenoiz Nietu, 42, of Castroville; David Holmes, 60, of Monterey; Robert Mehlert, 55, of Monterey; James Hoagland, 54, of Santa Cruz; and Rick Giron, 30, of Seaside.

P.G. The Scene Of Unlicensed Contractor Busts

Cannery Row Worker Seriously Hurt In IMAX Project

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A construction worker at the future IMAX theater site in Cannery Row was seriously injured when he was pinned between a concrete wall and a large steel truss, firefighters said.

Crews working to free the man said the accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. when a forklift tipped forward, but Mazza said the exact cause of the accident had not been determined late Wednesday.

The building at 640 Wave St., once the site of the Edgewater Packing Company, is being refurbished by developer Bella Cinema LLC to house the IMAX theater.

Imax

Cannery Row Worker Seriously Hurt In IMAX Project

Triathlon? No Thanks Let Me Sleep

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Letters From The Editor:

I would appreciate it if triathlon organizers would take into account that their event takes place smack dab in the middle of a town full of people who at 6:30 are probably asleep. If they must announce every step taken by every participant all morning long, they should start the event no earlier than 8.

Dang running ninnies disturbing the peace.
or is it:
Dang locals, think that their right to peace before 8 AM should be upheld.

Triathalon? No Thanks Let Me Sleep