What will it be next month?
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The murder case against King, who had been in treatment at Natividad Medical Center but is back in custody at the Monterey County Jail, cannot proceed until she is aware of the proceedings. She underwent similar evaluations for competency in the weeks following her arrest, was treated and deemed fit, and had been set for a preliminary hearing last week, when her mental state was again brought into question.
Remember all those outrageous rates and forced 3 day stays? Karma.
The lost potential for multiple sold-out February weekends is hitting local businesses hard, Moe Ammar, president of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, said.
“From a business perspective, it’s really, really bad,” he said. “There are a lot of unhappy hotel owners.”
Typically, this February weekend at the Seven Gables Inn would be all about Valentine’s Day.
The bed and breakfast, just off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, bills itself as “a truly romantic inn on the very edge of Monterey Bay.”
This week, however, things are a bit more complicated: Bookings are about equally split between the romantic getaway crowd and those here to take in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Old one is not too happy. Obvious.
State Parks announced the award of a 20-year contract to operate Asilomar on Jan. 27. State Parks spokesman Roy Stearns said DNC’s contract expired in 2008 and requests for bidding proposals were advertised, as required by law. ARAMARK, he said, was the only other bidder on the contract.
Under the new contract, scheduled for signing next month, the concessionaire is required to guarantee the state an annual rental rate of $1.9 million or 8.6 percent of gross receipts, Stearns said, whichever is higher, as well as capital improvements, program support and facility maintenance fees.
The rusty garden decor shop and the second liquor store in town join forces to get rid of the people from outside the gates. Not that they sell anything that is in competition with them….
Now where am I going to get any substainable watermelons?
In the six months since the weekly outdoor market made its debut, the event has attracted a small following of attendees who turn out for organic produce, a chance to see their neighbors and support some local merchants.
Just how local some of those merchants are has been brought into question: Complaints in recent weeks accused some vendors of being from outside Pacific Grove.
“It’s a minor point of contention,” said Bill Valuch, co-owner of Miss Trawick’s Garden Shop and a member of the Business Improvement District advisory board, “but some businesses did not think that was fair.”
As a result, downtown merchants asked the planning commission to establish measurable guidelines to ensure the vendor pool remains local.
On Sunday morning, police responded to a fitness club on Forest Avenue in regards to a window smash and burglary. Sometime between Saturday night at approximately 2015 hours and Sunday morning at 0900 hours, unknown person(s) broke the front glass door with a rock, entered the store and removed the petty cash. The case is under investigation.
Hope the tourists at Borgs or the Caribbean get to sleep early!
The 24th Annual Together With Love Run/Walk, a fundraiser for the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center, will be held at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove Sunday, Feb. 8. Sponsored by Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, the 5K and 10K races will begin at 9 a.m.,
Don’t Count On Sleeping In – It’s Another Marathon On Sunday Morning
If she thought she well enough to drive, shouldn’t she be well enough to go to court?
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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.
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.
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.
Call the Tidepool Police! Cannot have this spoiling the beauty of the rocks.
On February 5, a female went to the police department and reported that a Hispanic male adult between the ages of 25-35 exposed himself at the Asilomar turnout near Acropolis Avenue. The suspect was standing on the rocks near the surf line. He left the area in a metallic teal colored coupe with a spoiler, bearing a partial California plate number 5BFO.
