The operator of a rubber boat that capsized off the Pacific Grove shoreline was rescued by the Coast Guard Sunday morning.
Coast Guardmen said they were called to the waters off Ocean View Boulevard and Coral Street and a rescue boat crew found the man tangled in kelp clinging to his rubber boat that had overturned about 200 yards offshore.
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Cal Am Water Takes It’s Time To Fix Leak
Four months ago, plumbers doing work on the house pointed out a leak at the water meter that connects to the house.
“It’s not visible to the naked eye. You have to lift the cover,”
Plumbers who found the leak called California American Water Company and told them about the problem.
Cal Am’s own employees HAD to have seen this when the check the meter every month, right? In the meantime, they spend money on advertisements telling us to save the precious H20 they suck out of the ground and charge us for . .
Great White Shark Back In Fish Jail
The 4-foot, 55.5-pound young female shark was brought to the aquarium Wednesday after being trapped Aug. 16 in a net off Malibu, aquarium spokesman Ken Peterson said in a news release. The shark will likely remain on exhibit for several months.
Since 2004, three white sharks have been displayed at the aquarium, with more than 2 million visitors seeing them before they were released into the ocean.
Lighthouse Avenue Going One Way?
City council approved it. It’s not too bad for the average Pacific Grove commuter, but what’s to gain by making one of the 3 lanes an HOV lane. Taking out two lanes of parking and not replacing it, I can see why business people are against the one-way.
The age old suggestions of opening up Hawthorne is absent, as is widening Holman Highway.
Converting Lighthouse Avenue from four-lane, two-way traffic to three-lane, one-way southbound traffic between David Avenue and Private Bolio Road. The right lane would be reserved for buses, carpools and other high-occupancy passenger vehicles.
· Keeping Foam Street one-way northbound, but eliminating parking on the east, or ocean side, to provide three lanes of traffic rather than the current two lanes. Parking would have to be replaced, Deal said.
· Adding a southbound right-turn lane at Private Bolio Road to accommodate cars entering the Presidio of Monterey.
· Restoring two-way traffic on Dickman Avenue.
· Widening David Avenue at Lighthouse to provide additional turn lanes from Foam to David.
· Making Hoffman Avenue one-way westbound between Foam and Lighthouse to accommodate vehicles leaving the Cannery Row parking garage.
Members of the public who spoke at the meeting generally supported Alternative 6, with its bus lane. But two spokesmen for area businesses, John Narigi of the New Monterey and Old
Monterey business associations and Frank Donangelo of the Cannery Row Co. and Foursome Development, said it would be more practical to widen Lighthouse and keep it two-way.
Well That Didn’t Last (As Predicted)
Primo in Pacific Grove has closed, not making the magic one year mark — another punch in the gut for that city
Whine Bars in P.G? Opened in March, 08. Second one to fall. Maybe they can blame the Farmer’s Market?
(W)Rec Trail For Sale
Union Pacific Railroad is offering its former rail line in Pacific Grove’s Asilomar area for sale, with an asking price of $1.6 million.
The property includes a .69 acre lot at Crocker and Sinex avenues that may be suitable for building. A railroad station once stood on the corner, according to Union Pacific spokeswoman Zoe Richmond in Sacramento.
The total 9.12 acre property stretches from Sinex Avenue to the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course, but most of it is “very thin,” she said, “not something for development.”
Union Pacific put the property up for sale about eight years ago,
Why didn’t P.G. buy it back then when there was money in the bank?
Election 2008 – Eight Candidates For Council
. . seeking three seats being vacated by incumbents Scott Miller, Dan Davis and Susan Nilmeier:
Former Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck, and newcomers Richard Ahart, Ken Cunio, David Dilworth, Carmelita Garcia, Bill Kampe, Deborah Lindsay and Dan Miller.
Pacific Grove voters will vote on two ballot measures: Measure X, calling for a $35 parcel tax for the next five years for the Pacific Grove Unified School District;
Can’t say that I’d support another school tax. That $6,000,000 stadium at PGHS and $1,700,000 district offices tells me that there is plenty enough money going to the school district.
Rescue At Sea!
The Coast Guard received a distress call at about 1:10 p.m. from the “Blue Chip”, a boat 17 feet long with two passengers on board that was disabled and adrift 80 nautical miles west of Point Pinos.
The Coast Guard asked any vessels in the area to divert to the skiff’s location if possible.
The “Golden Bear,” returning from a two-month international training cruise, responded to the call at about 4 p.m. and agreed to assist. The training ship brought the two sailors safely onboard at about 9:55 p.m., according to the Coast Guard.
A big salute to the academy.
Wikipedia photo
The California Maritime Academy (also known as CMA, Cal Maritime, and CSU, Maritime) is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system and is one of only seven degree-granting maritime academies in the United States. It is located in Vallejo, California.
(W)Rec Trail Repairs Approved & Underway
But need your donations. It’s another chance to get your name on a brick!
While limited emergency repairs were approved by the California Coastal Commission in early 2004, the process for gaining approval for the entire project involved several federal, state and local agencies.
The city will be seeking donations — an additional $192,000 — to complete the projects.
Pave Our Waterfront – Ocean View Plaza Approved
The cannery that once stood there was a favorite place to play. Loaded with danger and excitement. And many easy access points.
The Ocean View Plaza on Cannery Row could not receive approval without securing a water supply. But the project now has its water after the California Coastal Commission voted 10-2 on Thursday to approve the project’s proposed desalination plant.
The plan calls for a replica of the San Xavier fish-reduction plant warehouse, a community park, renovation of the Stohans building, a history-oriented plaza and a bridge across the 400-500 block of Cannery Row.
The last un-redeveloped property on the ‘Row
