Noted on pacificgrove.com. The block of Fountain has been vacant for so long I didn’t notice.
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Diver Sues Over Earache
After diving at Lovers Point
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In a lawsuit filed Oct. 21, Theresa Raglen, who claims she became seriously ill after diving off Lovers Point on Sept. 20, 2009, contends the county tested and found elevated levels of human and animal waste six days earlier, on Sept. 14, 2009, but failed to post signs to warn the public of the potential danger.
“No effort was made to warn members of the public of the potential risks of entering the water at Lovers Point Beach,” the lawsuit said. “The lack of sufficient warnings was a substantial factor in causing” Raglen to become sick. The county often posts signs warning the public of high levels of pollutants in the ocean off Lovers Point — warnings that are often ignored by swimmers, surfers and divers.
Cop Goes To Trial On Sex Charges
A Judge told a Salinas police officer prosecutors say molested a young girl in Pacific Grove in 2007, he will stand trial.
Friday, a judge told Lance Mosher there is enough evidence to go to trial.
No Tagging Of Monarchs
The Pacific Grove City Council decided Oct. 20 to hold off on an eight-year program of tagging monarch butterflies for fear handling the insects could disrupt the population of the butterflies, which was drastically lower in the city last year than in previous years.
Tagging “requires physically touching the butterflies,” Jim Becklenberg, the city’s budget director told the council. “This year, given we have the low numbers … I think we need more information before making that decision for tagging.”
In The Market For Eight Dollar Jar Of Pickles?
What a happy girl and her pickle may look like:
Well then, Happy Girl Kitchen is ready to sell them. I’ll stick with Save Mart, thank you.
It all began when the couple lived on a Norway fjord for a summer and discovered the many pleasures of canning and preserving food. On the family farm where they worked, canning wasn’t just a foodie whim, it was vital to keeping the bounty of the brief harvest season to enjoy during the cold, long winter.
On their return to the States, they began a business called Fearless Pickles, which has since morphed into Happy Girl. These days, they have eight full-time employees as well as a national and international following: Todd Champagne recently shipped an order to a major department store in Switzerland, and food writers near and far are also singing their praises, with recent press in The New York Times Magazine and The Guardian.
Car Burglars Caught In P.G.
Hope you die, scum thieves that won’t work to earn what others enjoy.
At about 3:50 p.m. an officer noticed a 1990’s white Chevy Blazer moving inconsistently eastbound on Lighthouse Avenue.
After several blocks, the Blazer abruptly stopped in the middle of the road.
Three men exited the sports utility vehicle and fled.
At 4:47 p.m., police found one suspect, Manuel Rodriguez Hernandez, 18, of Seaside, hiding between two parked cars near Laurel Avenue and 1st Street.
At 6:27 p.m., Monterey Police found the suspected driver of the Blazer, Francis Geovanni Ruiz Perez, 18, also of Seaside, walking on the Recreation Trail near the 200 block of Hannon Street.
The third suspect, Julio Cesar Rodriguez, 19, of Seaside, was found at 7:15 p.m. on the 900 block of Hilby in Seaside..
P.G. Meets To Put End To Smoking In Public
Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove is where Ryan Roberts goes to catch some downtime and take a deep breath. There’s a smoking ban in place there, so he said he relaxes in his car.
“It’s kind of like discriminating, really, to people that are addicted to smoking and choose not to quit just yet,” Roberts said.
The proposed ban is meant to protect people from second-hand smoke and keep public parks and beaches clear of cigarette butts which contain plastic filters that never breakdown, supporters said.
He relaxes in his car. Do you mean he infects his lungs with carcinogens while simply looking at the clean air?
It’s not just the beaches. Take a walk along Lighthouse from Hazaras smoking rug salesman to Juice N Java’s sidewalk tables down to Pollacci’s liquor store loiterers.
DUI Victim Becoming A Miracle
Amazing recovery. Positive attitude helps.
This week, with the help of a trainer, this once competitive dancer is getting out of her wheelchair and walking. It’s a feat many thought was impossible.
“That’s the best I’ve walked in a long time,” says Chelsie Hill. “I actually started crying after. It gave me so much hope.”
It’s all thanks to Project Walk, a rehab facility in Carlsbad, where Chelsie has spent the last two weeks. There, she’s learning to retrain her body to use her legs again.
Would You Come To The Aid Of An Injured Golfer?
To some an injured person is something to stop and tend to, to others it’s just another hazard.
While Hughes told the 911 responder where they were and what had happened, Muller tried to keep the injured player’s partners calm and prevent them from moving him. Golf links staff member Nick Watson helped direct the paramedics to the injured player.
The course was busy that day, and Hughes recalls that other groups tried to play around the injured golfer.
“Other people just played through like it was nothing,” he said.
Muller remembers the men that he and Hughes were paired with decided to leave them and keep on playing.
“Yeah, that was a bit shocking,” Muller said.
Seaside Street Gangs Prowling In P.G.
While everyone watches coyotes or mountain lions, stupid gang members are stealing property from our cars…
Three suspected car burglars ditched their Chevy Blazer in the middle of a Pacific Grove street and ran from the officer who had been chasing them early Sunday morning, police found one of them hiding between two parked cars in Pacific Grove, the second walking on the recreation trail, and the third in his Seaside apartment, PGPD Cmdr. John Nyunt said Wednesday.
Nyunt said the suspects appear to be affiliated with the Norteno gang, due to a T-shirt one was wearing and a five-point star tattooed on another. The shirt, which Rodriguez was wearing inside out, bore the word, “Norteno,” and listed all the area codes in which the gang has a presence.