Cynthia Hurley was arrested last week after making threats against her great aunt, Lillian King, King’s attorney, Robert Rosenthal, and Nader Agha, co-conservator of King’s estate, said Monterey County Deputy District Attorney Lisa Poll.
One [threat] was verbalized to [Hurley’s] counselor and involved all three of those individuals, Poll said. And the second incident just involved Nader Agha on April 23. Poll said details of the threats aren’t public now but could be revealed at a May 10 court hearing in Salinas. Hurley was in a courtroom Tuesday for appointment of a public defender and remains in custody at Monterey County Jail.One of the terms of [Hurley’s] probation is not to harass, threaten or harm the victim or co-conservators in the case, Poll said.
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Mountain Lion Chomping Down Dogs
A series of attacks on dogs by a mountain lion in Big Sur has left residents shaken and searching for answers. In just the past two months, nine pets have disappeared and perhaps more.
One homeowner told The Pine Cone her two dogs were grabbed by the lion almost as soon as they walked out the front door.
I’m on the lion’s side. There’s too many barking dogs in my neighborhood all day. Message to all P.G. dog owners – keep your pooches inside at night if you do not want to attract our well known cat.
Union Pickets Return To PG
With it’s paid picketers donning new signs and bright yellow vests, Carpenters Union Local 605 has resumed a picketing campaign against a local construction company after a hiatus of more than two months.
According to two local general contractors, the picketing is a waste of time and money. Dale Bender, owner of Dale Bender Construction, said he believes the union ís message is lost among the general public. People just drive past them and they are just there, he said. The [union] is doing absolutely nothing but supporting picketers.
Randy Randazzo, another small contractor, said he believes the money the union spends on the picketing could be better directed. There are a lot of union carpenters out of work, he said.
The activity hasn’t had a negative impact on DMC. It sounds silly, McAweeney said, but it’s actually had a positive effect on our business because people recognize the value of merit-based employment.
I see a Monterey Hear-Old truck stop and hand out papers to the picketers.
Pebble Beach Man Threatens Grandma Over Addicting Inhalant
An 18 year old living in really filthy conditions in Pebble Beach with his 85-year-old great-grand-mother was arrested April 4 on suspicion of extortion, elder abuse and being under the influence of toluene, according to Monterey County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Ragan. Addicted to the inhalant, Jim Ferris reportedly threatened his great-grandmother if she didn’t purchase more for him.
She has a few cats and a couple of dogs, and he held one of the dogs with a pair of scissors like he was going to stab the dog if she didn’t go out and get his aerosol can of choice, which is spray-on deodorant, Ragan said. So she left, went into Pacific Grove some where and called 911.
Way to go grandma.
Mayor Dan Cort Hands Out Polluting Pine Trees
And not only do they pollute, they will block the sun from his solar panels.So here, have a free tree but don’t plant it near Cort’s house.
Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort is thinking globally, but acting locally. He and his wife, Beth, have donated 500 Monterey pine seedlings to be planted after the Good Old Days Celebration this month as a way to offset carbon dioxide generated during the event, which brings hundreds of vehicles and thou sands of visitors to town.
But Ronald Regan was right – trees cause pollution!
According to a study by the University of Helsinki, coniferous forests that is to say, those composed of trees such as pines release nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere that combine with other pollutants to form smog.
Several scientists and environmentalists contacted by the Associated Press for comment did not dispute the finding, though it contradicts the “conventional wisdom” that forests reduce pollution. Those who commented countered that forest emissions are part of the Earth’s natural balance, whereas man-made pollution is an addition and therefore an avoidable health hazard.
Lillian King Sues Convicted Niece
The Pacific Grove woman sentenced to a year in jail for stealing about $1 million in gold and silver coins and antiques from her 99-year-old great aunt has been sued by the co-conservators of the elderly woman’s estate, who are seeking to reclaim the property.
The civil lawsuit contends Hurley’s actions amounted to despicable conduct that subjected King to a cruel and unjust hardship in conscious disregard of her rights.
Hurley was released from jail in February, less than her one-year sentence, because she was given credit for good behavior and for time already served in jail since her arrest
P.G. Going Solar? Mayor Dan Cort Says Yes
Mayor Dan Cort wants to install solar panels on the city’s buildings and schools, which he said would reduce energy use by as much as 80 percent and set an example for other small California cities. I want Pacific Grove to be a totally energy sustainable, green city, Cort said. Representatives from Honeywell, a multinational corporation that specializes in energy efficient systems, were in town last week and visited several buildings to determine what’s necessary to retrofit them for solar energy.
Once known as the foggiest city in the USA. Has the climate changed to Arizona conditions over the last 100 years?
As Griggs Nursery Goes, Mini Mansions Move In
Bare it Bennett would rather see substainable housing.
Griggs said a five-year sales slump and his desire to retire are the reasons he wants to sell the land. He hasn’t said when he’ll close shop, but said it could be in 2009.
Lisa Bennett said she wanted to support the general plan amendment but couldn’t because she would rather see affordable housing on the land. “I do have some problems with the single-family residential model which is a pattern in our community, but hasn’t been a successful model in California for affordable housing or transportation,” Bennett said.
R.J. Waldsmith Opposed To Safety Enforcement?
We are old farts, but my wife got a $200 ticket (first one in 15 years). She was bringing our 7 year old home from school. She drives very slowly. But coming down a slight grade, her speed went up to 37 or 38 mph. The ticket said approximately 40 in a 25 mph zone. I think The Pine Cone, which has page after page of police reports, should find out the true motivation for this unnecessary and unfair enforcement.
Ehhh, the true motivation is to make the roads safe. Pay the ticket and slow down next time.
Science Prevails Over Doubt In Round Up Controversy
Tidepool Nazis favor erosion instead?
Pacific Grove has halted spraying invasive iceplant with a well known herbicide because of concerns by environmentalists the chemical could harm endangered species and the coastal environment.
P.G. City Council requested Rana Creek, the Carmel Valley environmental planning company hired to restore the dunes, provide a report that includes the effects of Roundup, a commercial herbicide, on the environment.
“To kill this much iceplant,” said Lee Willoughby, one of several Pacific Grove residents concerned with the use of Roundup, “there has to be some runoff, and it goes right into the tidepools. I think it’s a major concern.”
Former Pacific Grove City Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck wrote a letter to the city requesting more information about the use of the herbicide.“Of particular interest is,” Goldbeck wrote, “who is doing the Roundup and when are the planned applications?”
Rana Creek is currently preparing the report, which will be presented to council members March 7.
Bruce Cowan explains in great detail in a letter from the Carmel Pine Cone
What does glyphosphate do? It is an enzyme inhibitor in the photosynthetic pathway (shikimic acid pathway) that prevents the formation of lignins. Plants normally convert sugars (simple carbohydrates made in photosynthesis) to complex chains of carbohydrates (cellulose, lignin). Animals do not make cellulose or have cellulose in their tissue structure; it is only found in plants, fungi and bacteria. Without cellulose or lignins, plants collapse and die. Animals don’t have cellulose or that photosynthetic pathway, so glyphosphate is without effect.