Category Archives: Off Topic

Substainable Shopping Bags Used In Crime

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Thought it was another shoplifting story? Naw, over in Eco Loving Santa Cruz they are used to cover robbers’ head’s.

Stephen Hill, 26, was arrested by deputies on Wednesday outside Walgreens on Soquel Avenue.

Deputies responded to a report of a robbery at the pharmacy at 8:08 a.m. The suspect was said to be wearing a white bag over his head, a white sweatshirt and jeans. He fled on a skateboard.

Hill, dressed in clothing that matched the suspect and wearing latex gloves, was stopped by deputies. He had a skateboard, 27 bottles of methadone and a bottle of morphine, deputies said.

Hill had a white canvas grocery bag with two holes poked in it.

Substainable Shopping Bags Used In Crime

Monterey Herald Cuts More Jobs, Selling Assets

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Too bad it’s been left to disintegrate into this. Wonder if they could have used the hardware and location to support other print jobs.

A month of Hear-Old home delivery costs more than a DSL Internet line. If you need paper to soak up grease there is always the the Cedar Street Times.

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The Monterey County Herald announced Thursday it plans to sell its building at 8 Upper Ragsdale Drive in Monterey and move print operations to a Bay Area commercial printer.

“There is an industry-wide effort to relocate newspaper operations into facilities that better suit our needs, and this is part of our ongoing digital strategy,” said Herald Publisher Gary Omernick. “In 1988, The Herald moved operations from downtown Monterey to Ryan Ranch in Monterey. Our industry has changed since then and now we find ourselves in an oversized facility.”

Just In From The Obvious Department – Gang Crime Affects Area Tourism

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Making the towns appealing to tourists in turn attracts criminals who prey on them.

a new report is now classifying gang violence as an economic drainer that’s costing the Central Coast hundreds of millions of dollars.

It’s not just making the area lose money, but the report says it’s also affecting tourism.

The report shows gang violence is concentrated in three hot spots in the county; in order they are Salinas, then south county cities, and then the city of Seaside.

Just In From The Obvious Department – Gang Crime Affects Area Tourism

Smart Meters True Purpose – Controlling What You Plug In

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To all the alarmed people that only complained about EMF radiating from the PG$E meter, how do you feel about the REAL threat of so called ‘Smart Meters’ now?

Plans to control the energy use of appliances in British homes have been criticised for being ‘Big Brother’-esque.

The National Grid wants to be able to switch off new appliances such as fridges and freezers remotely via sensors, to avoid power cuts if there is too much demand for the country’s electricity supplies.

The technology has been backed by the EU’s European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).

Over the weekend Viktor Sundberg, energy strategy manager of appliance manufacturer Electrolux complained to several European news outlets that this is “Big Brother technology on a grand scale.”

Smart Meters True Purpose – Controlling What You Plug In

Gun Buyback Weapons Are Being Data Mined

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Turn In Your Weapons

Hope that the gun you gave up was not used in a crime, they know where it came from.

The firearms will eventually be test fired to record ballistics details.

Though there is no evidence that buybacks reduce violent crime, that’s not the only goal of the events, Myers said.

“They increase community and public awareness and gun safety,” she said. “They remove the availability of weapons … for potential accidental shootings and thefts or (from) those with mental health problems.”

Gun Buyback Weapons Are Being Data Mined

Stockton California Falls

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Are Morons in charge?

Stockton

The city of nearly 300,000 people has become emblematic of government excess and the financial calamity that resulted when the nation’s housing bubble burst.

Its salaries, benefits, and borrowing were based on anticipated long-term developer fees and increasing property tax revenue. But those were lost in a flurry of foreclosures beginning in the mid-2000s and a 70 percent decline in the city’s tax base

Pacific Grove’s Runaway Mayor wrote a whole book about taking vacant business buildings and turning them into government offices in Stockton. Buy the book, you may learn some lessons in it like more government waste may not be good.

Stockton California Falls (The Blaze)

Babs Boxer Spending Your Tax $$

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Anything to protect us and our children from the teachers?

On Thursday U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer introduced new legislation to strengthen safety at local schools and to make sure state and local officials can better secure school campuses.

The bill is called the School Safety Enhancements Act, which said it would expand and strengthen the Justice Department’s existing Secure Our Schools grants. If passed, the bill would give schools more resources to install tip lines, surveillance equipment and secured entrances plus other safety measures.

Babs Boxer Spending Your Tax $$