Category Archives: Monterey Herald

Just In Time For The Triathlon At Pacific Grove: Study finds Human waste On Lovers Point Beach

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Lovers Point Sewer Pipe

A study by Stanford University scientists on bacteria, beach sand and surf water found traces of human waste on the beach at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove.

The Stanford study showed contaminated beach sand can be a source for bacteria in coastal waters. It found detectable levels of enterococci bacteria on 91 percent of the beaches and traces of E. coli on 62 percent. They found higher levels of the bacteria at beaches surrounded by developed areas.

At Lovers Point, researchers found that enterococci bacteria could wash from dry sand to the sea at levels high enough to trigger a beach health advisory.

Lovers Point Beach Sand

Stories ran in many news sites, including:
Salinas Clownafornian
Oakland FOX Network TV News

Monterey County has a hot line and Web site to inform people about water quality at eight of its most popular beaches. The number: (800) 347-6363; online: www.co.monterey.ca.us/health/beaches.

Just In Time For The Triathlon At Pacific Grove: Study finds Human waste On Lovers Point Beach

ADA Compliance Advisory Committee Works For The Good Of All

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Ada Virgin Sacrifice Brevity

The committee, made up of residents with a wide range of disabilities, first surveyed all city properties and put together a list of changes to comply with federal ADA standards, signed into law in 1990.

Members of the committee, whose volunteer work is often performed by municipal employees in other cities, say they helped transform Pacific Grove into a town that is accessible to handicapped residents.

The fair comes as the committee is considering expanding its work and serving in an advisory capacity for businesses, connecting shopkeepers with agencies that can help businesses become more accessible or simply sharing information that about complying with ADA that might be hard to find, Garcia said.

Volunteer advisers helping solve access issues with support instead of lawsuits. That’s the way it should be.

ADA Compliance Advisory Committee Works For The Good Of All

Hallmark Card Shop Quitting Business

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What will we get in it’s place? Another art gallery? A bistro? Come on, think!

Hallmark Oob

After a 34-year run, Pacific Grove’s Hallmark store is closing its doors.

Customers lined up throughout the day to take advantage of a closing sale which started Thursday morning. Most items in the shop, including greeting cards and gifts, were marked down 20 percent.

The shop’s last scheduled day of business will be Sept. 15.

Are those Day-glo posters still available? Seems they are getting passed around a lot . .

First Noel

Hallmark Card Shop Quitting Business

Wine Walk Will Have Art

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Wine will be served at the next Pacific Grove Artwalk scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 10, said Artwalk organizers.

In May, wine was banned during the regular showcase of the town’s art galleries after Police Chief Darius Engles sent a letter to the Chamber of Commerce informing the organization that without licenses, merchants could not legally provide alcohol to the public during the event

Wine Walk Will Have Art

P.G. Coffee Shop Talks Brings Out The People

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About 50 people packed the Central Avenue Bakery for the second Coffee Shop Talk, a new event giving residents who don’t always show up at City Council meetings a chance to ask tough questions or simply make their points in an atmosphere without overhead projectors, gavels or microphones.

One topic was a proposed new farmers market for Lighthouse Avenue.

“I am at a loss to know why the city wants to have a farmer’s market,” resident Ellen Coile said. “We need another farmers market in this area like we need another golf course.”

. . or like we need another art gallery or Mexican restaurant.

Another meeting is scheduled for August 13, 6:30 p.m. at Black Forest Espresso in the Country Club Gate Shopping Center.

P.G. Coffee Shop Talks Brings Out The People

P.G.’s Charm Found To Be Irresistible

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Sorry mayor, there are no longtime residents left. The charm is increasingly phony.

This week’s Feast of Lanterns opening ceremonies had just that feel. On a weekday afternoon, while most people were at work, about 100 residents gathered at Chautauqua Hall to celebrate.

Older women in Chinese costumes prepared large bowls of punch while the festival’s royal court was introduced to the crowd. They invited everyone to a street dance and an ice cream social, among other gaieties. Girls performed dances.

The parents of each of the princesses and the queen stood in the back, waving when their daughters were introduced.

The scene could have been right out of a black-and-white photo.

“Does it ever occur to you that we are Leave It To Beaver-land?” Cort said. “Yeah, we are. People stop their lives for the little things … We value quality of life. We value those kinds of ’50s things. We just don’t want them to go away.”

P.G.’s Charm Found To Be Irresistible

Aquarium’s Tuna Commits Hari Kari

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A 229-pound bluefin tuna was found dead Monday morning in the popular Outer Bay Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium, after slamming head first into the tank’s 13-inch acrylic window the night before.

Tuna researchers at the center, a collaboration between the Hopkins Marine Station and the aquarium, will study the remains of the bluefin tuna.

Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole
From: Campbell’s Kitchen
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 1160
Ingredients:

290 cans (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell’s® Condensed Cream of Celery Soup OR 98% Fat Free Cream of Celery Soup
145 cups milk
290 cups cooked peas
580 tbsp. chopped pimiento (optional)
229 lbs tuna, drained and flaked
580 cups hot cooked medium egg noodles
50 tbsp. dry bread crumbs
290 tbsp. butter OR margarine, melted

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 400°F.
MIX soup, milk, peas, pimiento, tuna and noodles in 1 145-qt. baking dish.
BAKE 20 min. or until hot. Stir.
MIX bread crumbs with butter. Sprinkle on top. Bake 5 min.

Aquarium’s Tuna Commits Hari Kari

Enea Has Plans For Old Bath House Building

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A Danville developer has submitted plans and a lease to the city for the Old Bathhouse property at Lovers Point, City Manager Jim Colangelo said Wednesday.

The City Council will consider Robert Enea’s proposal in closed session during its Aug. 1 meeting. Enea said he wants to remodel the building and bring in a new restaurant.

Think Chili Dogs (3/2/07). . .
Old Bath House Wienerschnitzel

Enea Has Plans For Old Bath House Building

Missing Surfer Sought

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“Justin William Linn was last seen on Tuesday morning by a family member and has not been heard from since,” said police Sgt. D.C White. “Linn is extremely depressed and has expressed the intention to end his life.”

Police said Linn is about 5-feet 9-inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, with short blond hair and blue eyes.

He drives a Silver 2003 Subaru Legacy with tinted windows and a surfboard inside the vehicle.

He is an avid surfer and often travels up and down the coast to surf.

Police are asking the public for help in finding Linn. Anyone with information should call their local police department, the California Highway Patrol or the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

Missing Surfer Sought

Tourist Trades Not Happy With PG Tax Plans

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Opinions of Pacific Grove residents and business owners were all over the map at a standing-room-only meeting late Wednesday, as the City Council considered whether to put a tax increase measure on the November ballot.

City Manager Jim Colangelo recommended that the council support a 1 percent sales tax increase that would generate $1.3 million annually and would end after five years. The increase would raise the city’s sales tax to 8.25 percent, the highest in Monterey County.

Several hoteliers who spoke are part of Citizens for Responsible Government, a group that opposes tax increases.

Citizens for Responsible Government? These are the motel owners that inflate the room rates to the maximum and require 3 night stays. Not that I’m saying they can’t be citizens too.

Tourists are stupid – they wouldn’t know the difference and just keep paying more for the phony charm.

Tourist Trades Not Happy With PG Tax Plans