Sheriff Scott Miller’s son was arrested by probation officers on Tuesday in Pacific Grove after he allegedly stole “well over $1,000” in goods from Asilomar Conference Grounds, State Parks officials said.
Asilomar superintendent Eric Abma said Jacob Miller, who is in Monterey County Jail, stole phones, iPads, at least one laptop, and a “couple” of purses on Thursday and Friday.
Abma said he could not specify where the items were stolen from or if they were taken from people attending a conference.
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Organic Growers Look Down On The Common Folk
Asilomar must have saved a ton of $$ when they fill up with dirty hippies. Think of the savings on water and towel usage.
Organics make up 4 percent of at-home food sales, said the Organic Trade Association. Cantisano said organic food is only mainstream for urban, educated people “of means.”
“The majority of it is consumed on the coast,” he said. “… You don’t even have to go very far from Monterey to find a total lack of it. You have to look long and hard if you get to Greenfield or King City.”
Still, the conference continues to grow considerably.
By the end of the 1980s it had about 500 people attending a year. By the time it moved to Asilomar Conference Grounds in the 1990s it had jumped to around 800.
For the last four years, much of the lodging near the conference grounds has sold out.
Pebble Beach Woman Robbed By Caregiver
Maybe someone on probation is not the best choice for a caregiver
An elderly Pebble Beach resident reported to deputies that $2,245 worth of personal checks had been stolen from her home, forged with her signature and cashed, deputies said. Monterey County sheriff’s deputies investigated the incident and subsequently arrested Seaside resident Javier Vazquez Arango at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in the 1200 block of Aguajito Road in Monterey.
Water Bills Went Up, Up, Up For P.G. Businesses
And they all thought that by filling out a survey the bill would be reduced.
District board chairman Tom McMahon said the board decided to act after it became apparent that so many business owners were blindsided by significant water bill increases late last year. McMahon, who owns Monterey Bay Laundry, counted himself among them.
McMahon said business owners expected a decrease based on promises contained in a Cal Am water use survey last summer and on the company’s website.
More Of Those Outzen Buildings Coming In
Developer Carl Outzen is seeking approval for a 32-apartment-and-retail project on several parcels now occupied by nine vacant, dilapidated buildings in the 200 block of Lighthouse Avenue and Foam streets.
He is proposing two buildings three stories in height with upper-story residential units and ground floor commercial-retail space. The residential units would be one- and two-bedroom units.
The City Council in November designated about 1.4 acre-feet in water for the project, which, together with historical water uses on the properties, will provide enough water, a commission report says.
Business Owners Favor 2 Hour Parking Limits
Parking reserved for Happy Girls and their organic pickles. Don’t recall seeing any handicap plate on that microbus:
The city tried the longer parking time during the holiday season at the urging of downtown merchants who believe time limits were too short and turned away customers and visitors.
“Since then there have been further favorable comments from a variety of downtown businesspersons,” Myers said in a council report. Only one concern about the extended parking times was fielded, she said.
The police chief said the city’s Business Improvement District promised to work with downtown businesses to ensure premium spaces are not used by employees.
Web Tool To Bring More Art Galleries To P.G.
4 years after the search for less schlock we now have this one.
Kurt Overmeyer, city economic development manager, said the tool helps people scope out business opportunities and has a wealth of information about policies and programs.
OpenCounter brings “easy online experience — and cost advantages — to City Hall,” a city press release said.
Other Anti-Schlock Cyber-P.G. sites:
Mr Overmeyers’s own pacificgrove.fixdowntown.org – some kind of business community workshop schlock with documents to download that will choke a DSL connection.
The Pacific Grove Mobile app, featuring a tool to snitch on people feeding sea gulls.
Moe’s Chamber Of Commerce where every failed enterprise was once “the best thing to happen to P.G.”
Pacific Grove Business Improvement District a site that appears to be perpetually under construction.
The Wine Walk With Art (url now dead, available at Go Daddy!) where wining gallery owners discussed the business with little knowledge that it was view able by the public.
Del Monte Park NIMBYs Lose A Point In Pebble Beach Battle
And Mayor Kampe suddenly discovers a letter from PB Co that he didn’t know he had. Perhaps he left it in Dan Cort’s ‘moron’ file.
The council sent a letter to the Pebble Beach Co. and county officials in November listing a number of reasons why neighbors of the project site oppose the location and asking the company to consider an alternative site. The letter asked the company to list all alternative sites considered, why they were rejected, why the company feels the proposed site is superior to other alternatives, and requested information on any studies done on alternative sites.
Earlier this week, Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe said the company actually sent a reply letter, contrary to his statement on Sunday. The letter dated Dec. 20 from company vice president Mark Stilwell, which Kampe said he didn’t discover until Monday, outlined the company’s reasons for choosing the proposed site, but did not address the council’s request for any information about alternative sites..
Person Dead In Stuart Elder Crash Was Drinking
Michael Lukehart, who represents Elder, said he learned through case discovery documents that “both parties had been consuming alcohol.”
Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Spitz said the information did not stop his office from pressing charges against Elder.
“That is a fact that we were aware of and we took into account when reviewing the case,” he said. “We were obviously aware of it — we provided the information to the defense.”
LaRone and Daly were in a 2005 Ford driven by Daly when Elder’s Cadillac sport utility vehicle crossed into the opposite lane and into the path of the Ford, the California Highway Patrol said.
Elder, 30 at the time of the crash, was arrested by CHP officers and released on $430,000 bail.
Rappa’s Closed
City is against consolidation.
The Monterey City Council on Tuesday will consider taking final action to deny the transfer of a wharf lease for Rappa’s Seafood Restaurant from Anthony Rappa to would-be buyer James Gilbert, who has three other wharf restaurants.
Rappa, who has been running the restaurant since 1980, said Thursday that he hopes the council decides otherwise.
“What they are doing is counterproductive,” said Rappa, who at age 79 wants to retire. He said Gilbert has the money to make badly needed improvements to the property, along with plans to make it a “destination location.”
The restaurant sits in a good location near the end of the wharf, with a second-level observation deck overlooking the harbor.