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One Man Faction Against John Denver Memorial

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John Denver Plane

“It’s going to [cause] parking problems, traffic congestion at that corner,” Peter Alene told council members . . . This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed the singer. He was flying an experimental aircraft Oct. 12, 1997, when he crashed about 200 yards off the coast near the P.G. lighthouse . . . . Jon Biggs, the city’s community development director, said the architectural review board already approved the memorial. “And nobody showed up” to protest it, Cort said.

John Denver Memorial Map

Traffic? Oh come on. Peter Alene appears to be another one of P.G.’s cranky “No Fun Allowed” fringe. Ocean View Boulevard is packed with traffic year round. The memorial is nothing but a plaque stuck to a rock.

One Man Faction Against John Denver Memorial

DA Seeks Death Penalty In Olinger Murder

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Olinger Bench

Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo has decided to seek the death penalty against homicide defendant Jacobo Ruelas, a county prosecutor confirmed Wednesday.

Ruelas’ younger brother, Angel Ruelas, faces the same charge as Jacobo, but cannot face the death penalty because he was a minor at the time of the slaying. He could face life without the possibility of parole if convicted.

Kristopher Olinger
Kristopher Olinger

DA Seeks Death Penalty In Olinger Murder

Got The Brown Apple Moth Spraying Scare?

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Mothra

Some residents said they were alarmed to learn that three fix-winged planes will spray over a 60-square-mile area from Marina to Pacific Grove for three days beginning Sept. 5. The application will begin at 8 p.m. each day and continue throughout the night, weather permitting.

State officials said they will monitor soil samples during the night to make sure the pheromone was applied properly.

Seaside environmental justice activist LeVonne Stone was passing out fliers showing health warnings printed on the manufacturer’s labels for CheckMateOLR-F, one of two synthetic pheromones to be used.

Does anyone have the manufactures’ health warning for the human waste in the sand at Lovers Point? Now there’s something to be afraid of . .

Got The Brown Apple Moth Spraying Scare?

Monterey Residents Sound Off In Survey

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Rec Trail – a very dangerous place at night.

Rec Trail Open1

That’s the major conclusion of the city’s recent community survey that gauged how residents rate Monterey on services, neighborhoods, safety and business districts.

The survey showed many don’t feel safe at night along the Recreation Trail between El Estero and Seaside. And a higher percentage of residents said they don’t feel safe in parks at night.

While those findings may reflect more “how people feel rather than what is,” Meurer said more police attention to the Recreation Trail and beaches will be possible because officers have been hired to fill vacancies and the department is near full strength.

Monterey Residents Sound Off In Survey

Rape Charges Against Monterey Plaza Hotel Guest

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John Paul Stefani, 38, was arrested in his room on suspicion of rape by force, oral copulation, sodomy and penetration with a foreign object. He was later released on $200,000 bail.

Police said the woman reported she was assaulted by the man, whom she knew, at his room at the Monterey Plaza Hotel on Cannery Row.

Rape Charges Against Monterey Plaza Hotel Guest

Letters From The Editor

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Sam Farr has been our representative more than 14 years now. Under his leadership, Salinas has become overwhelmed by gang violence, King City High School and Hartnell College have lost accreditation, and we have endured our third and fourth decades of water rationing.

But don’t be too critical, folks. Sam Farr is working hard to impeach our president, cure global warming and serve his jury duty.

. . and spend lots of your tax dollars while doing it

Farr Piggy

Letters From The Editor

Letters From The Editor

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From a PG resident, Calvin Rich

Sometimes it seems Monterey County is in competition to leave the biggest carbon print possible. There are the auto races, motorbike races, air shows, fancy car extravaganzas, gaudy fireworks and the freezing of water so people can ice skate. All this to the applause of the media and government officials.

I’ve thought of a few more energy-wasting and polluting activities that seem to have been missed but will not divulge them lest someone actually try doing them. Come to think of it, I’ve probably already missed several already in practice. Perhaps a reader will want to add to the list.

Yes, eco-freaks ranting about carbon prints.

Ecofreaks

Letters From The Editor

Lane Furniture’s 2nd Annual Going Out Of Business Sale!

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Clearance!! We Really Mean It This Time!! It had to happen, Lighthouse Avenue now has a perpetual store closing, liquidation, going out of business, quitting, lost our lease, emergency clearance store in the Lane Furniture location.

Lane Furniture Oob 3

Back last winter they promised the store was closing . .

Lane Furniture Oob (2)

C’mon, Just admit it:

Lane Furniture Sucks

Lane Furniture’s 2nd Annual Going Out Of Business Sale!

Ban The PODS?

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PODS containers — as large as 16 feet long and 8 feet high — are an eyesore, impede the city’s narrow streets and are left in one place too long. “All of a sudden,” police chief Darius Engles said Tuesday, “we started getting complaints that these storage containers have been parked on a street for two or three months.”

Oh alright, we’ll pass a law to keep giant boxes off the streets But now we are thinking! Don’t run the giant boxes out of town, monetize the streets!

The ordinance would require P.G. residents to pay a $30 city fee to use the containers and would limit their use on city streets to seven days. Residents could opt to pay another $30 to extend the use for another seven days.

Treat them all equal – PODS

Pods

. . and shipping containers. There’s two on this street alone!

Pods Fake

Ban The PODS?

Higher Priced Pollution – Pebble Beach Warning

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It’s exotic car week – stay on dry ground if you can

The Monterey County health department has posted signs at Stillwater Cove near Pebble Beach golf links due to high levels of bacteria.
Signs will remain posted until water samples indicate that bacteria levels have returned to normal. Health officials are telling people to avoid contact with that water.

Higher Priced Pollution – Pebble Beach Warning