The Transportation Agency for Monterey County has announced that work will begin sometime in September on improvements to the entrance to the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula from Holman Highway.
The project will include the addition of a left turn lane out of the hospital and additional through lanes.
Make it 4 lanes all the way!
Aaron Lynch, 21 and Jon Lanite, 20, were arrested Wednesday in connection with the theft of a purse from a locked vehicle Aug. 16 in the 200 block of Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove.
Witnesses described the suspects and vehicle involved in the theft, police said. A search warrant was served and executed with the assistance of Monterey police.
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
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 . .
Rec Trail – a very dangerous place at night.
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.
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
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.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been evacuated after someone apparently released a noxious substance in an exhibit area this afternoon.
Police officials said that at least 30 people said they were suffering from the effects of the spray. One employee was sent to a hospital for treatment. Hundreds of visitors and employees were moved out of the popular Cannery Row attraction in about 10 minutes, according to city officials.
Revenge of the Tuna?
Tidepool Cop Lee Willoughby says yes, but to tax them out of business so they can fence off the tidepools.
In addition to the city’s generosity regarding the original lease agreement, the aquarium had convenient and easy access to the Point Pinos tidepools for more than 15 years to collect invertebrates for its exhibits. These animals were free for the taking. Unfortunately, there was very little management or monitoring by the Department of Fish and Game.
The real scientists differ . .
My file of correspondence and conversation notes with Jim Willoughby’s Tidepool Coalition about our collecting practices goes back more than a decade, and little has changed. Willoughby’s statements often question the aquarium’s motives. The coalition relies on “facts” taken out of context, half-truths and innuendo. And all too often, it’s simply flat-out wrong.
Should the rent be raised? Sure. Rent never stays the same, unless you have a lease . .
Editorial by Joel Stein started off aimed at Michael Vick’s dog fighting charges. But the real message is that a lot of dog owners are incredibly stupid about their pets. PG appears to be more accessible to dogs than it is to people.
In the news in PG lately two dogs disagreed somehow when one sniffed the other’s butt the wrong way. One dog died in the end. What has ensued is way too much human time wasted over what to do next. You have the city manager, chief of police, dog psychology experts, and a host of others making this look like the crime of the century. Get over it. It’s a civil matter.
What I’ve come to realize is that what I really hate is the dog owner. Because you’re the one who honestly believes that your dog loves you, that your dog’s love is particularly meaningful because your dog is special — almost human, really. In fact, you think, he’s an almost-human that happens to be a lot like you. He is a lot like you if you happen to assess colleagues by smelling their butts.
While we shun smokers, we keep inviting dog owners to terrorize us in new places. JetBlue lets you sit with an uncaged “companion dog,” or, as I call it, a “reason to fly Southwest.” Starwood Hotels include a whole page of dog items on their room service menu. Maybe I’m squeamish, but I don’t like to order from kitchens that, alongside my eggs, are chopping up items referred to as kibbles or bits.