Business owners said they are seeing a definite shift in buyer mentality.
Don Martine, owner of the Martine Inn, said reservations have been erratic and he anticipates that business will be down 5 to 7 percent from where it was last year.
Monterey Bay Aquarium officials said they aren’t sure the exact cause of the attendance drop, either the poor economy or a new California Academy of Science opening in San Francisco.
Good time to let some dieing businesses go.
F-Minus
And that P.G./Monterey Fire department merger is on, BTW.
Monterey Fire Battalion Chief Stewart Roth said a construction worker was trapped near the intersection of Ocean View Boulevard and Seapalm Avenue along the bike path.
Gabriel Godinas, an employee with James Sumerville, Inc., was trapped up to his waist in the ground. Rescue workers were forced to shore up the seawall before they were able to remove Godinas from the ground.
Pay them more so they don’t have to steal taxpayers’ gas.
Salinas police said they arrested Alisal Union School District worker Victoria Ponce, 62, and her husband Juan Ortega, 58, Monday morning for stealing from district gas pumps multiple times.
The district superintendent said Ponce was a long-time district employee who was busted by people she works with.
“Today, she submitted her letter resigning from the district,” Alisal Union Superintendent Dr. Esperanza Zendejas said.
Ponce worked in the transportation department as both a dispatcher and sometimes bus driver she’s even been a local school union president.
“She’s a past CSEA president of our bargaining unit here,” Zendejas said.
Followup – 11/14/08, both Ponce & Ortega pleaded guilty.
Victoria Ponce, a former district employee, pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.
Ponce’s husband, Juan Ortega, pleaded guilty to one count of petty theft and was sentenced to 15 days in jail.
The link to the KSBW story has links to all of their reports on Stamm.
On the witness stand, Stamm said he had sex with the alleged victim on at least four occasions, but he said it was consensual and only happened after the alleged victim turned 18.
Stamm said that story started going around town and that’s when he offered to pay the alleged victim $5,000 to recant.
Stamm said he’s gay and he hid his homosexuality because if it got out he feared it would ruin a batting cages business he once owned.
Smoke filled the Del Monte Park area, the constant drone of copters and air tanker planes can make a person pause and think what would they do if evacuated. Prepared?
From The Hear-old
The fire broke out about 5:35 p.m. near Congress and Majella roads and was contained quickly, said Capt. Jennifer Valdez of Calfire-Pebble Beach Community Services District.
Crews were assisted by two air tankers and a helicopter in stopping the fire. No structures were threatened, Valdez said.
From KSBW:
The forest was so dense that fire crews had to cut their way in to get to the fire.
“We had an air tanker in and they made five drops,” said Battalion Chief Dennis King with the Department of Forestry. “Then we had a helicopter that worked it and probably made a dozen drops on it.”
Monterey police said Kyle Signorella, 34, had $900 worth of counterfeit $10 and $20 bills in his car when he was pulled over in Pacific Grove.
The quality of the bills was very poor, printed on a home inkjet printer, police said.
At least it stays in Carmel. Guess there are no paintings or wine worth stealing in P.G.
Carmel police are trying to solve what they are calling a bizarre robbery at a cheese shop in Carmel Plaza.
Police said thieves cut a hole in the drywall to enter the shop. Once inside, they went after specific targets that included rare, collectible wines
Pacific Grove Artwalk did say that paintings and wine go together.
Carmel’s art galleries attract crime, now the wine boutiques join the victim list.
Two dozen Pacific Grove city employees may soon be out of a job. City leaders voted unanimously Wednesday night to cut 24 positions, Action News reported.
A former Seaside High School teacher accused of killing her elderly companion was in court Tuesday, and officials revealed how her companion died.
The report also indicated that Cupita “sustained forceful pressure on his chest while being smothered.”
. . police conducted a search warrant on Stamm’s residence and business and recovered a series of computers. Investigators later discovered the child pornography on one of the computers, according to Pesenhofer.
More Charges
Another count charges Stamm with dissuading a witness.
Breaking Story
David Russell Stamm, 45, of Pacific Grove was arrested Monday with four counts of lewd acts with a minor that police say took place in 2000 and 2001.
David Stamm Again – Police Claim Child Porn Found On Computers