Category Archives: Monterey Herald

Another Evaluation For Deborah King

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If she thought she well enough to drive, shouldn’t she be well enough to go to court?Deborah King

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Judge Terrance Duncan appointed a psychiatrist to examine Deborah King at the request of her defense attorney, Daniel Clymo. King was to have faced a preliminary hearing Friday. She will return to court Wednesday to receive the doctor’s report.

It is the fourth time King is being evaluated for her ability to aid in her own defense. One doctor found her competent, and another found her incompetent but re-evaluated and agreed that she had been stabilized with medication.

Clymo told Duncan this week he believes King has worsened and asked that she be examined again.

Another Evaluation For Deborah King

Chickens In The News

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On Wednesday the City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance amendment that would allow keeping chickens and other domestic fowl within the city limits.

The amendment to the code will still require that a resident first get a permit from the city manager before chickens may be kept. The permit would only be issued after a finding that the fowl won’t cause a public or private nuisance, or be detrimental to property values, or human health or safety.

Your web administrator here is pro-chicken and did ask every candidate that stopped to talk in last year’s election campaign where they stood in the chicken subject. Surprisingly a few were totally unaware. Tsk.

Chickens In The News

Charges Against ATC Store Owner Dropped

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Sunny Kavil Court

Charges were dismissed Thursday against a Gilroy man accused of assault to commit rape on a 16-year-old employee at the American Tin Cannery in Pacific Grove in May 2007.

Prosecutor Glenn Pesenhofer said he didn’t have sufficient evidence to prove Sunny Kavil guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Charges Against ATC Store Owner Dropped

Resident’s Service Horse Can Stay

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None of these allowed, what say my service camel?
Trotters Not Allowed

While keeping livestock in backyards is generally not allowed in the city of Pacific Grove, Lucy, owned by Rona Halpern and Harvey Brodsky of 900 Weldon Grove Place, is classified as a “service animal” assisting a disabled person.

City Attorney David Laredo told the City Council on Wednesday that Lucy is protected as a city resident by state and federal law.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, he said, the law does not limit “service animals” to dogs only, such as guide dogs. Any animal that helps a disabled person with something is a service animal.

Resident’s Service Horse Can Stay

Cannery Row Offers Shuttle Bus For ATT Golf

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Park right next to the bus pickup in popular areas. P.G should have supported this shuttle instead of making people park all over the residential & beachfront areas, only to have to walk to the Mvsevm.
Att Cannery Row Shuttle 2009

The Monterey express shuttle will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 11 and from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 12-14) and from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. The express shuttle will leave from Cannery Row, Fisherman’s Wharf and Downtown Monterey and drop fans off at the tournament.

On Cannery Row, golf fans can catch the shuttle at Wave Street at Prescott Street, across from Willy’s Smokehouse and park in the Cannery Row garage using the entrance off Foam Street. The shuttle from Fisherman’s Wharf leaves from the mouth of the Wharf at Oliver Street off Scott Street and parking is available in the Waterfront lot off Del Monte Avenue. In Downtown Monterey, the shuttle leaves from the Monterey Conference Center at Portola Plaza and parking is available in the downtown Monterey garages using the entrances off Tyler or Franklin Streets.

Cannery Row Offers Shuttle Bus For ATT Golf

Letters From The Editor – Bicyclists’ Style

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Bicycle Crash

Riders should be schooled on style

Since “slapping a female pedestrian on the head” clearly demonstrates a lack of style, perhaps the “Style Man” from Bicycling Magazine could host a seminar for local riders to explain the true essence of “Style.”

For example, there is a lack of style when the Recreation Trail is used as a criterium course for racing.

“Riders yelling at pedestrians” not only lacks style, it is a psychological call for help by riders who are consistently left behind on their local club rides.

Pedestrians could show some empathy to riders, since it is pretty difficult to keep your legs shaved, match the color of your clothes to the color of your bike, monitor your heart rate and rpms and learn words like: criterium, peloton, and bello.

The City Council could issue each rider a copy of the law to give to pedestrians, along with a stern warning when pedestrians stray into the “Bike Only” lane; of course this completely lacks style. “Style Man” might simply suggest riding next to the interloping female and say, “Hello, isn’t Monterey Bay beautiful (bello).” Now that’s style.

Dennis Tibbetts
Marina

Letters From The Editor – Bicyclists’ Style

Traffic Commission Investigating Rowdy Recreation Trail Cyclists

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Bicycle Crash

I was constantly reminded of the rules by the guy in the Tam O’Shanter when taking my kids on the trail. Set one foot on the blacktop when he’s around and it was a verbal harassment.

Commission Chairman George Shayne told the City Council on Wednesday that the commission would like to see Pacific Grove bring its trail regulations in line with those of other cities the trail passes through.

He said Pacific Grove is the only city that cites pedestrians for walking on the bike path of its section of the Rec Trail and “it isn’t working.”

Instead, he said, some bicyclists seem to have a sense of entitlement and resent pedestrians who stray from the footpath to the paved bike path as they whiz by.

The commission has received complaints since the 1990s of bicyclists yelling and screaming at pedestrians, and it even got one report of a cyclist slapping a female pedestrian on the back of the head as he rode by.

Traffic Commission Investigating Rowdy Recreation Trail Cyclists

Pedestrian Hit By Car – David Avenue

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A 79-year-old Pacific Grove man suffered a severe head injury when he was struck by a car near the Country Club Gate Shopping Center about 8p.m. Friday.

Pacific Grove police said the man apparently was attempting to cross the street in the 2800 block of David Avenue when a westbound vehicle hit him. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated, police said.

Also reported by KION

David Ave Crosswalk

There are crosswalks in the middle of the block. There are signs, too but maybe raising the speed limit to 30 mph in a dense neighborhood was not a good idea.

Pedestrian Hit By Car – David Avenue