The 1,250-pound ocean sunfish, one of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s most popular attractions, was euthanized early Thursday.
Aquarium veterinarian Mike Murray said the fish was euthanized after it became listless and stopped eating for a week, spending most of its time at the bottom of the aquarium’s Outer Bay exhibit.
That’s about 10,000 tacos.
Mention of the name may not jog your memory, but if you’ve traveled the highways you have no doubt seen his work. The farmworkers and ranchers on highway 68 outside of Salinas, the baseball game on US 101 or the 55 Chevy with the baseball in the window on Del Monte – now you know who.
This real nice looking piece depicts Mack and the other ‘Row legends that Steinbeck wrote about. A small bit of reality in a seashore of phony creations. Check it out – it’s at the foot of Bruce Ariss way, near the preserved cannery workers homes. Right about where the flophouse would be. Too bad it’s on the notorious rec trail – hope the gang members keep their distance with the persistent taggings.
Mack and the boys, the notorious slackers from John Steinbeck’s classic novel, “Cannery Row,” are lounging on the hood and bumper of a Ford Model A truck, grinning sleepily, with any problems clearly relegated to the back burners of their minds.
the full-color mural by Salinas artist John Cerney that is now on permanent display on the back wall of Mackerel Jack’s Trading Co., along the Recreation Trail between Prescott and Irving streets in Monterey.
That was the location of the Del Mar Canning Co. — and Dora’s Bear Flag Restaurant, Doc Ricketts’ lab, Lee Chong’s Grocery and La Ida’s Cafe were just up the street.
A little explanation for Steve Jobs and others who never read:
The scary rec trail. Don’t go there at night.
For the second time in less than a week, a federal court has found that a Navy anti-submarine training program threatens to subject whales and other sea creatures to harmful blasts of sonar and ordered protective measures in several sensitive zones, including one near Monterey Bay.
The latest ruling, issued Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth Laporte of San Francisco, applies to the Navy’s use of low-frequency sonar in submarine detection exercises conducted in large areas of the world’s oceans. Navy officials agreed to restrictions after Laporte issued a similar ruling in 2002, but she said they failed to take adequate precautions when seeking a five-year renewal of the program last year.
U.S. Magistrate Stops U.S. Navy, Whales And Enemies Can Invade
Bookstore Out Of Business
Apple Computer’s Steve Jobs:
“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.”
Does the furniture business get any weirder?
This store often had pieces out on the sidewalk – free retail space at the cost of blocking pedestrian traffic. The list prices were insane – $400 for a painted wooden bench.
A typical retail furniture store must maintain warehouse inventory and a showroom, commission sales people etc. and incur a fairly high overhead. For this reason it is normal for a furniture retailer to maintain a high markup. A typical piece of furniture that has a “suggested retail” of $500 will usually cost the retailer $175 or so and actually sell for about $350. Ever notice how furniture is always on sale? That’s how it works. It is safe to say that notwithstanding sales and discounts, retail furniture prices are usually about double the wholesale cost.
And that other perpetual in/out of business furniture store down the block is open again.
More recreation trail crime – vandalism and robbery.
1/1/08 Citizen 800 block of Lottie reported her orange 2008 registration tab was stolen from her vehicle.
1/1/08 Assistant Manager of Kentucky Fried Chicken reports the women’s bathroom door to have been locked from the inside.
1/2/08 Citizen reports unknown to have possibly taken her watch from locker 12 at the Spa at the Monterey Plaza Hotel.
1/2/08 Citizen reports being robbed by an unknown white male adult with facial hair and wearing a black beanie at the recreation trail area near window by the bay.
1/3/08 Public Works reports unknown to have tagged the west wall of the South Bore Tunnel with spraypaint.
1/5/08 Found diaper bag at Prescott and Wave.
1/12/08 Citizen reports the rear, right window of her vehicle being smashed while parked in the 600 block of Cannery Row.
1/14/08 SYNDER, RICHARD was cited for driving on a suspended license, driving vehicle without an interlock device and failing to obey no left turn sign.
1/16/08 Citizen reports graffiti to the north wall of 550 Lighthouse.
1/16/08 Found wallet in the parking lot located at Foam and David.
1/17/08 Citizen 1500 block of David Ave reports unknown to have stolen his burgundy ceramic flower pot from his yard.
1/17/08 MPD reports vandalism/graffiti to the recreation trail, west of Wharf 1, on the sidewalk and light poles.
1/17/08 Citizen 500 block of Lighthouse reports unknown to have passed two counterfeit $100.00 bills at two different locations on Cannery Row.
1/17/08 Citizen 800 block of Terry Street reports theft from his unlocked pickup.
1/19/08 CARRASCO, ANGELA HFA 1664 Crest Hill Way reports finding a five dollar bill at Wave and Foam on 1-18-08 at approximately 1700 hours.
1/20/08 Citizen reports an unknown to vandalized his rental car while parked at 32 Cannery Row.
1/21/08 MPD towed a Red 67 Chev Truck from the 800 block of Belden for having expired registration for over 6 Mo.
1/21/08 MPD towed a Gray 84 Porsche 944 from the 800 block of Belden for having expired registration.
1/22/08 Pacific Grove PD was aided in the recovery of their stolen Isuzu work truck in the 400 block of Pearl.
1/22/08 Citizen 800 block of Filmore reports the tires on his car to have been punctured on 1-21-08 between 1330 and 1430 hours.
1/24/08 Theft of an black iron garden bench from the front area of her business in the 200 block of Lighthouse.
1/25/08 Citizen reports the attempted theft of a change machine in the parking lot at Wave and Foam.
1/25/08 MPD reports finding two plastic bins filled with various machinery parts, electrical and electronic wiring, electric motors, pulleys and belts scattered in the roadway on Irving at Pine.
1/27/08 Citizen reports the theft of a change machine from his parking lot, 500 block of Wave.
1/29/08 MPD aid Pacific Grove PD in recovering runaway juvenile.
1/30/08 Citizen 800 block of Taylor reported the attempted theft of his 2008 Suzuki.
(KTVU News)
Whale watchers, om nom nom nom.
A Puget Sound pod of killer whales has been spotted off California’s Monterey Bay.
The siting Sunday makes this the sixth winter in a row that L pod has been seen so far south.
Whale expert Ken Balcomb, of the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island, says it’s a sign there aren’t enough Chinook salmon to support the orcas in Washington waters.
Still lots of graffiti reports. Looks like the gangs have moved in for good . .
12/2/07 Lighthouse Television & Video 400 block of Lighthouse Ave. reports unknown to have vandalized (graffiti) their wall.
12/2/07 Citizen reports unknown to have vandalized her vehicle in the 1800 block of David Ave.
12/3/07 Citizen reports the theft of construction tools while working in the 2000 block David.
12/4/07 MPD towed a 82′ tan “Coleman” trailer that was parked at 1600 block of David for expired registration over 6 months.
12/4/07 Citizen 500 block of Belden, reports an individual to have struck his parked vehicle while conducting a parking maneuver.
12/5/07 BARAJAS, JANET was cited for driving on a suspended license and speeding at Del Monte and El Estero.
12/5/07 Citizen reports unknown to have smashed the front windshield of her silver 02′ Ford while parked in the rear parking lot of the Sardine Factory.
12/6/07 Graffiti was found spray painted on a rock along the recreation trail south of Drake.
12/7/07 PAHALAD, RAJIV was arrested for Felony DUI after colliding with a light pole in the center median of Lighthouse just south of Foam. Passenger severely injured.
12/7/07 Traffic accident versus a parked vehicle in the 600 block of lighthouse.
12/7/07 Citizen reports her cat was attacked by two dogs in the 600 block of Lily.
12/8/07 Traffic accident versus a parked vehicle in the 100 block of Lighthouse.
12/9/07 MPD aided in the water rescue at 32 Cannery Row
12/9/07 Citizen reports graffiti to a utility box at 400 block of Foam.
12/9/07 Citizen reports graffiti to two utility boxes along the north wall of the 400 block of Lighthouse.
12/10/07 Mutual combat in the 600 block of Lighthouse.
12/10/07 TURNBEAUGH, ADAM was arrested for public intoxication in the 700 block of Irving.
12/11/07 Citizen reported an unknown substance, possibly fiberglass resin, splattered on her vehicle while parked at 600 block of Lighthouse.
12/11/07 JEWETT,DANIEL was cited for possession of an open container of alcohol at Prescott & Lighthouse.
12/11/07 Citizen reports unknown to have filled the gas tank of her tan, 1997 Ford F150 pickup, with sand or sugar, while parked in the 1700 block of David.
12/12/07 Monterey Public Works reports, “Tagging” on the signal boxes at Lighthouse and McClellan.
12/14/07 Citizen reports another citizen to have struck her vehicle at Cannery Row and Hoffman.
12/15/07 Citizen reports unknown to have hit his vehicle and leave the scene at Lighthouse and Drake.
12/15/07 JEWETT, DANIEL was cited for an open container at Prescott and Lighthouse.
12/15/07 JEWETT, DANIEL was cited for possession/drinking an open alcoholic beverage in public in the area of Lighthouse and Prescott.
12/16/07 Citizen reports unknown to have burglarized her white vehicle on Hoffman, E of Hawthorne.
12/17/07 Citizen 300 block of Belden reports the theft of his set of golf clubs from his unlocked vehicle.
12/18/07 Citizen 2300 block of Prescott reports seeing a prowler outside his residence. Suspect is described as a white male adult 5-9, brown hair, with dark colored clothes.
12/23/07 Citizen reports a burglary of his 1999 Toyota Tacoma Truck in the 500 block of Irving.
12/24/07 Citizen fell and injured herself in the 800 block of Cannery Row.
12/27/07 JEWETT, DANIEL was cited for open container of alcohol in public at Prescott and Lighthouse.
12/28/07 Male juvenile was arrested in the 400 block of Cannery Row for vandalizing (spray paint graffiti).
12/29/07 Citizen 2000 block of Withers reports unknown to have stolen three bicycles from his carport.
12/30/07 Citizen was the victim of a fall in the 400 block of Cannery Row.
12/31/07 Citizen reports losing his wallet in the 800 block of Cannery Row.
12/31/07 Citizen reports unknown to have entered his unlocked vehicle while parked in the 700 block of Lighthouse.
At least it was at 1 AM and not in the middle of the day.
A 19-year-old Seaside man was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving following an accident on Lighthouse curve in Monterey early this morning.
The driver of the Mercedes sedan, identified as Rajiv Pahalad, suffered injuries that required hospitalization, but was arrested by police after his release from the hospital.
