Hardly anyone in P.G. knows that CPM creator Digital Research was headquartered there, let alone the scene of a famous deal in the making . . that fell through and helped make Microsoft what it is today.
Walking tour of Pacific Grove — where CPM was invented
It’s why I try to interview as many “grey beards” as possible, so we can get these stories down before they disappear forever.
Editorial by Joel Stein started off aimed at Michael Vick’s dog fighting charges. But the real message is that a lot of dog owners are incredibly stupid about their pets. PG appears to be more accessible to dogs than it is to people.
In the news in PG lately two dogs disagreed somehow when one sniffed the other’s butt the wrong way. One dog died in the end. What has ensued is way too much human time wasted over what to do next. You have the city manager, chief of police, dog psychology experts, and a host of others making this look like the crime of the century. Get over it. It’s a civil matter.
What I’ve come to realize is that what I really hate is the dog owner. Because you’re the one who honestly believes that your dog loves you, that your dog’s love is particularly meaningful because your dog is special — almost human, really. In fact, you think, he’s an almost-human that happens to be a lot like you. He is a lot like you if you happen to assess colleagues by smelling their butts.
While we shun smokers, we keep inviting dog owners to terrorize us in new places. JetBlue lets you sit with an uncaged “companion dog,” or, as I call it, a “reason to fly Southwest.” Starwood Hotels include a whole page of dog items on their room service menu. Maybe I’m squeamish, but I don’t like to order from kitchens that, alongside my eggs, are chopping up items referred to as kibbles or bits.
A study by Stanford University scientists on bacteria, beach sand and surf water found traces of human waste on the beach at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove.
The Stanford study showed contaminated beach sand can be a source for bacteria in coastal waters. It found detectable levels of enterococci bacteria on 91 percent of the beaches and traces of E. coli on 62 percent. They found higher levels of the bacteria at beaches surrounded by developed areas.
At Lovers Point, researchers found that enterococci bacteria could wash from dry sand to the sea at levels high enough to trigger a beach health advisory.
Stories ran in many news sites, including:
Salinas Clownafornian
Oakland FOX Network TV News
Monterey County has a hot line and Web site to inform people about water quality at eight of its most popular beaches. The number: (800) 347-6363; online: www.co.monterey.ca.us/health/beaches.
Just In Time For The Triathlon At Pacific Grove: Study finds Human waste On Lovers Point Beach
Much too open. Clip from Pacific Grove City Council meeting on August 1, 2007
The committee, made up of residents with a wide range of disabilities, first surveyed all city properties and put together a list of changes to comply with federal ADA standards, signed into law in 1990.
Members of the committee, whose volunteer work is often performed by municipal employees in other cities, say they helped transform Pacific Grove into a town that is accessible to handicapped residents.
The fair comes as the committee is considering expanding its work and serving in an advisory capacity for businesses, connecting shopkeepers with agencies that can help businesses become more accessible or simply sharing information that about complying with ADA that might be hard to find, Garcia said.
Volunteer advisers helping solve access issues with support instead of lawsuits. That’s the way it should be.
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Monterey Peninsula Friends Meeting are holding a Peace Lantern Ceremony, on Sunday August 5th from 7 to 9pm. This commemoration is held each august throughout Japan and, for the last two years at Lovers’ Point Cove, Pacific Grove.
What will we get in it’s place? Another art gallery? A bistro? Come on, think!
After a 34-year run, Pacific Grove’s Hallmark store is closing its doors.
Customers lined up throughout the day to take advantage of a closing sale which started Thursday morning. Most items in the shop, including greeting cards and gifts, were marked down 20 percent.
The shop’s last scheduled day of business will be Sept. 15.
Are those Day-glo posters still available? Seems they are getting passed around a lot . .
Pacific Grove is trying to avoid declaring a financial emergency.
Council members are scheduled to meet Wednesday night to decide weather or not to call for an election to try to solve the problem.
There are eight solutions on the table for council members to choose from, including raising the parcel tax, the tot tax, admissions taxes and hiking the business licensing fee.
Readers of www.pacificgrove.com/forums have a few ideas
Casino
Transform one of the low enrollment schools to a prison
Grow & sell Monarch Medicinal Marijuana at the Butterfly Trees
John Denver Memorial RV Park
Six Flags Over Asilomar
The City Council unanimously rejected installation of parking meters on Central Avenue; but not before laying the groundwork for what may be future problems including more budget challenges.
As an alternative to the lost meter revenue, Councilperson Scott Miller suggested changing the parking sign time limit from two hours to ninety minutes, saying “our parking enforcement guy made a killing down there. He would write 64 tickets a day and many of them from there” (Scott Miller was speaking as to the time he was Chief of Police). Wasn’t the two hour limit for parking on Central Avenue imposed to allow ample time for people to have a meal and do some leisurely shopping without fear of citation?
That was the intention of the two hour limits – however it looks like businesses take up a majority of two hour spots, leaving a precious few for those “leisurely shoppers”
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