$1.65 over an almost 4 year contract. 55 cents a year for three years and $1 in the final year.
In wages alone, housekeepers will see a 21 percent raise, from $12.70 to $15.35 an hour. A $1 per hour wage increase in the last year of the contract equals the largest pay raise in Local 483 history.
I think curfews are more to give cops a reason to stop bad behavior. No one is out hunting for kids out late.
Monterey, Salinas and Marina prohibit residents 18 and younger from being out in public after 11p.m. In Carmel, Pacific Grove, Seaside and King City, the witching hour is 10 p.m.
Sitting on a bench on Alvarado Street at 10:30 one recent night, Rachel Gillian, 14, of Monterey, said she was aware of the law. Had she crossed the border into Pacific Grove, she would have been breaking curfew.
And lawsuits have been filed against the Pollaccis and the liquor stores, which coincidentally are in escrow
Prosecutor Michael Breeden did not get all he asked for Friday. Judge Adrienne Grover, who was recently assigned to the case, said the account of one woman who says she was kidnapped from her home by Pollacci and another man, taken to the Carmel River and raped 31 years ago is too dissimilar to the other women’s stories and too damaging to Pollacci to be told to his new jury.
According to statements in court, one of the women who has yet to tell her story publicly maintains she met Pollacci when she bought a bottle of water at Ron’s Liquors and told him she was going to the beach to study. She told investigators Pollacci later found her on the beach south of Asilomar, walked her to her car and raped her in the parking lot.
Sarah Hardgrave, another substainable kook that thinks taxes will change behavior. Taxing me even more on safe, clean packaging from stores makes me change my mind to shop in Sand City.
Senior city planner Sarah Hardgrave, environmental programs manager for the city, sought authorization to prepare a report about alternatives that would allow the city to regulate single-use carryout bags — paper as well as plastic.
Such regulation could encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bags.
Residents cited the environmental harm reportedly caused by bags when they wash into Monterey Bay and are eaten by fish and other sea life.
Europeans routinely bring their own shopping bags to stores, said resident Inge Larritzen Dumer.
Yes, and Europeans urinate in the street.
Residents Marciel Price and Terry O’Connell argued that reusable cloth bags can pose a health hazard.
“Different people have different sanitary standards,” O’Connell said.
Merchandise carried in reusable bags often contains “germs, pesticides, all kinds of stuff,” Price said, adding that she wouldn’t want to deal with leaking packaged meats in a cloth bag.
Has anyone actually been to the Maritime Museum then or now? I always felt that the history of Monterey could not be boxed in by four walls and a roof when the history is all out in the open. Visit the adobes, see the San Carlos Cathedral, check out Colton Hall. What kind of relevant insight would I get at a book signing or a concert?
Rocky internal goings-on have led to increased scrutiny from the city about whether the lease terms — which require a maritime and history center to be open nearly year-round — are being fulfilled.
“The City Council has a great concern about the long-term financial stability,” Meurer said.
Those sentiments ratcheted up again this week with the resignation of executive director John Bailey and the circulation of an anonymous email accusing current board president Tom Hood and others of steering museum work and contracts to friends.
Hood sounded optimistic about the museum’s future. He said the association has about $500,000 in cash on hand, and an upcoming events calendar with lectures, a book signing and, maybe, a concert.
“We have a head of steam going forward,” he said.
The 100 acres of prime land that make up the municipal golf course occupy 5 percent of the city’s area and costs around $3 million per year to operate, yet nets well under $100,000 in profits.
There are already over two dozen other golf courses in Monterey County. Pacific Grove should bulldoze the city course and put in housing, permanently owned by the city..
Housing eh? What about something more revenue generating?
With the housing market in the tank, I don’t think that housing is such a good idea. I have a much better idea. Why not remove the golf course and put in a Las Vegas-style casino with neon lighting, 24/7 nightclubs, a 12-story hotel and all the latest games and slots. Just think about the kinds of folks who would drive, fly, bus or thumb their way to P.G. to gamble and to party.
I had that idea a few years back, along with Six Flags Over Asilomar and the John Denver Ocean View RV Park.
Maybe store the windows and doors in the Mvsevm basement next to the fetus?
The work will be done under a $36,000 service agreement with Henningsen Construction Co. Inc. that includes removal of asbestos from Brokaw Hall, salvage of its exterior fireplace and other materials.
Don’t expect a bulldozer, Zimmer said. The contractor will pick the building apart by hand.
“They’ll salvage windows and doors, and parts of the fireplaces, package them up, preserve and store them.”
Jacobo not doing a very good job at being his own attorney, trying to turn the court into a circus.
Prosecutor Ann Hill requested a permanent order Wednesday, a day after The Herald published a report detailing jailhouse interviews with Ruelas, who is representing himself in court.
Hill declined to be interviewed for The Herald’s report but said that while one or more of the witnesses are receiving financial support as part of the witness relocation program, none is being paid for their testimony.
In her motion, Hill said Ruelas violated the rules of conduct for attorneys by discussing the facts of the case. She asked Judge Timothy Roberts to permanently restrain the defendant and reconsider his decision to allow Ruelas to act as his own attorney.
They are not scientists but have a voice in how we use natural resources. Like most global warming advocates..
Coastkeeper volunteers aren’t water police — in fact, the strict arrangement the organization has with the Department of Fish and Game is to observe and record coastal activity without interacting.
“Enforcement is not our job,” Hunt said. “We’re just here to gather information and give it to Fish and Game, which uses our data to help determine how they can best use their own limited resources: Should they put up a ‘no fishing’ sign in a certain area? Should they implement a public outreach and education program? Should they cite people for doing things in the wrong areas? They use our information to make those types of decisions.”
New Monterey looks to be following in the footsteps of P.G. when it comes to fewer children in the population.
It was a bittersweet day at Bay View, which closed Wednesday after 103 years in operation. Monterey Peninsula Unified District officials decided to close the high-performing school in 2009, partially to offset shrinking resources and partially to establish a K-5 and 6-8 middle schools configuration throughout the district. Bay View was K-6, and officials said it would not have enough students to make the small campus viable.
Students write goodbyes to the teacher on the board. They take photos of each other, the principal and the teachers, saying they don’t want to leave. But when 12:45 p.m. strikes, the halls become inundated with the banter of children as they leave Bay View for the last time.