Commandeered a rowboat. Not the fastest getaway.
Hop aboard
Officers arrested Adrian Chronister of Pacific Grove on Friday after he fled by jumping into Monterey Harbor and trying to steal a vessel to escape, police said.
Chronister, 26, was on felony probation. He was booked on charges of obstructing/resisting an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempted theft of a vessel and three commercial burglaries (two in Monterey and one in Pacific Grove).
Except from Bill K(r)ampe. He just loves them.
Some are calling them kitschy, even an eyesore. That’s how a group of Pacific Grove residents are characterizing the completed sculpture of a pair of breaching whales in the city’s Berwick Park located along picturesque Ocean View Boulevard.
“I don’t like to be judgmental of art but if we can see real whales out there we don’t need to see cartoon characters of whales that basically distract your eye from the real thing,” said longtime resident and artist Jane Flury.
Local activist Luke Coletti agreed.
“The whales are nothing more than a garish eyesore and detract from the natural art of Berwick Park,” said Coletti, about the wooden sculpture that was completed in October.
Wooden Whales Get Weak Welcome
Police Cmdr. Rory Lakind said it appears the burglar got into the Pacific Grove Youth Center through an open window. He said Pacific Grove doesn’t typically have many nonresidential burglaries. With the youth center break-in following burglaries in the same week at nearby Hopkins Marine Station and St. Angela Merici church, police are investigating if the three crimes are related.
Ahh, from that commie folk singer.
The Pacific Grove Public Library has committed to fomenting more culture and ideas by dedicating a room, the Nancy and Steve Hauk Gallery, to precisely that. Last year they did so by weaving events around the ecological writings of Rachel Carson. This year, they’ve continued that commitment with This Land is Our Land.
The title is an invocation of the Woody Guthrie song “This Land is Your Land,” and many of the activities are backdropped by an exhibit of paintings of national parks and monuments.
Police are asking for the public’s help after an overnight burglary at Hopkins Marine Station on Monday night or Tuesday morning.
An unknown person or people broke into the marine laboratory and ransacked the facility, causing extensive damage, police said.
“Over the past 20 years, we’ve actually seen a fairly steep decline in monarchs,” said Govea, citing data from the Xerces Society, which tracks numbers nationally. “You used to be able to see them in George Washington Park in P.G. but the last time people saw them there was a decade ago.”
As director of exhibits and education for the museum, Govea is more concerned with his home turf. He said the verdict on whether or not it’s a strong year for monarchs on the Monterey Peninsula is still out. That will remain the case until the weekend after Thanksgiving when the Xerces Society does their big count.
“We won’t know until the end of the season when we have the full count,” said Stong. “It’s impossible to say at this time it’ll be a better than average year. It’s just really cool to be seeing them come back for another year and we hope they continue to fill in.”
Monarchs Arriving On Time
Who can afford these apartments? Bet your bustle it’s not the hotel and restaurant workers in New Monterey.
Outzen said from the moment he arrived in Monterey, he wanted to see the bustle of combined residential/commercial use and asked, “Why can’t we do that here?”
“The day I bought it I started planning,” said Outzen about his property that will soon be added to the list of Monterey’s other completed mixed-use projects.
If you are Moe Ammar having orgasms with filmmakers and Ben Harvey thinking he is still in southern California. Hope the cops are watching for drunk drivers after the event.
“The city is honored to be hosting the filmmakers dinner as part of the Carmel Film Festival — it’s one of their signature events,” said City Manager Ben Harvey. “This is an expansion of their footprint in P.G. and we’re very pleased about that.”
It was at a Pacific Grove City Council meeting on June 15 that the request to hold the event and to allow alcohol to be served was approved after organizers made the appeal. They also asked if fire pits could be placed on the beach. Pacific Grove’s municipal code prohibits both.
Recycled sewage coming to town. Fist the golf course and cemetery, then the showers in the hotels.
In November, the state water board approved $2.3 million in Proposition 13 grant funding and $5.4 million in low-interest loan financing for the project designed to provide up to 125 acre-feet of irrigation supply per year to the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links, El Carmelo Cemetery and Crespi Pond restrooms. There’s one condition however, that the “saved” potable water must be used to offset California American Water deliveries from the Carmel River until the board agrees to allow its use elsewhere. Some, like resident Luke Coletti, had previously expressed concerns about the city’s plans for the “saved” water.
I’m just having fun with headlines. Another power failure.
The crash knocked out power to the nearby Nob Hill store and required evaluation from officials after fluid leaked onto the ground from the unit which was stationed across from Hopkins Marine Station, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the bay.