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Monterey Has $15,000 For A ‘Dog Park’

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Monterey’s Dog Park is open for business, thanks to a $15,000 Neighborhood Improvement Program grant and 18 months of lobbying by dog lover and pet boarder Roni Rubinstein.

“Parks and Recreation had it on the books for three years,” Rubinstein said. “There was no opposition — it just needed a site and someone to champion the cause.”

Rubinstein and her rescued cocker spaniel Tara — “she was abandoned at El Estero Park” — started attending Neighborhood Improvement Committee and city Park and Recreation Commission meetings, and toured “a dozen possible sites” for a park where dogs could be allowed to run free and frolic.

Dog Park

Crazy place for a “dog park”. Careful what you dig up there Fido.
Dog Digging

Monterey Has $15,000 For A ‘Dog Park’

Moth Spraying Canceled – People Still Report Sickness

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For the 4th night in a row, the fog (and low cloud cover) caused the cancellation of the spraying of a phermone designed to help eradicate an invasive pest. The California Department of Food And Agriculture will try again tonight.

It was reported on KSCO that people from Santa Cruz still reported symptoms of reaction to the spraying. Even when the planes never took off.

Moth Spraying Canceled – People Still Report Sickness

Union Members – Are They That Dumb?

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A national survey released Monday by the AFL-CIO reports that 49 percent of homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages admit they do not know how their mortgage adjusts and 73 percent do not know how much their mortgage payment will be after the adjustment.

Well, they give away a part of every paycheck and probably don’t know where that goes, they tend to vote Democrat – so not being aware of their mortgage bomb aint surprising.

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Union Members – Are They That Dumb?

Sustainable P.G. – Pee On The Plants

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From sciencedaily.com 

Research in Finland finds sustainable fertilizer in human urine.

Peeing Group

In the new study, Surendra K. Pradhan and colleagues collected human urine from private homes and used it to fertilize cabbage crops. Then they compared the urine-fertilized crops with those grown with conventional industrial fertilizer and no fertilizer.

The analysis showed that growth and biomass were slightly higher with urine than with conventional fertilizer.

There was no difference in nutritional value of the cabbage. “Our results show that human urine could be used as a fertilizer for cabbage and does not pose any significant hygienic threats or leave any distinctive flavor in food products,” the report concludes.

Sustainable PG – Pee On The Plants

Turn That @#%$ Down! Part 3

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Why do you think they call it Dope? Two dopes get busted for being stupid: Loud music and a missing front license plate lead to drug arrests.

The first stop happened in the Rio del Mar Shopping Center on Soquel Drive in Aptos around 9:35 p.m. when a deputy pulled over a black Chevy Tahoe blaring music and suspected the driver was under the influence of narcotics, according to Sgt. Fred Plageman. Odin found a digital gram scale and a rock of crystal meth in the center console of the Tahoe and a magnetic, metal case under the dash that the deputy suspected was for hiding drugs, according to Plageman. The deputy also reported finding 2.8 grams of suspected methamphetamine in the ashtray.

The driver, Carlos Rolando Sanchez, 31, of Watsonville, was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence and transporting a controlled substance, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The second stop, just after midnight on the 2600 block of Portola Drive, happened when a deputy spotted a silver Honda Civic without a front license plate, Plageman said. Odin found a plastic bag of suspected heroin under the leather gear shift covering and the driver, Wilian Choto, 22, of Live Oak, was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance, possessing heroin and possessing drug paraphernalia, Plageman said.

Turn That @#%$ Down! Part 3

Willoughby Imprisoned For Life

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WACO, Texas—A man who fled on a bicycle after burglarizing an elderly woman’s home was sentenced to life to prison.

Jurors deliberated about 45 minutes Wednesday before recommending the maximum prison term for Gary Wayne Willoughby, 47, whose felony conviction a day earlier was his 10th since 1981. He first went to prison at age 17 for breaking into a San Antonio home.

Willoughby, described by his attorney as nonviolent but with a lifelong drug problem, will be eligible for parole in 15 years, court officials said.

Willoughby Imprisoned For Life

KSCO Owner Puts Station On The Block

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Dang. KSCO has the best signal to hear Coast To Coast in P.G.

Coast To Coast

” . .’I’m getting out of broadcasting. KSCO is going to be for sale,'” said owner Michael Zwerling, recounting the conversation for listeners during his “Saturday Special” show. “You know when it’s time to move on”

KSCO has become a powerhouse of local news, known for reliable traffic reports and fish raps, as well as its charismatic on-air personalities. Zwerling said he considers his employees his family.

But the station — with its right-leaning voice, Fox News updates and Rush Limbaugh commentaries — is not without its critics. However, Zwerling says he tried to present a broad cross-section of news and views, including an attempt to broadcast Air America programming on Central Coast airwaves that failed earlier this year.

KSCO Owner Puts Station On The Block

More Tainted Produce From Salinas

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All the money that Sam-The-Sham Farr takes from us and gives to the agriculture industry does no good for our safety. Sam, keep your dirty filthy hands off my wallet!

Farr Piggy

Some of the lettuce used in recalled Hearts Delight mixed salads has been traced back to the Salinas Valley.

Marty Ordman, spokesman for Dole Food Co. Inc, said the three lettuces in the “Hearts Delight” mix are romaine, butter lettuce and green leaf lettuce. The romaine came from the Salinas Valley and Colorado, the butter lettuce from Ohio and green leaf from Salinas Valley.

More Tainted Produce From Salinas