Shark lands in the fish prison.
The young shark, a four-foot, seven-inch male weighing 43.2 pounds, was brought north in a 3,200-gallon mobile life support transport vehicle. He was collected August 18 by aquarium staff with the help of a commercial fishing crew using a purse seine net. He was quickly transferred to a more than 4-million-gallon ocean holding pen off Malibu, where he remained for almost two weeks.
Skeletal remains found Aug. 18 by a land surveyor in a wooded area near Del Monte Shopping Center were those of a 20-year-old Pacific Grove woman who disappeared in the winter of 1983.
Dental records led to identification of Jennifer Lynn Morris, who was last seen about 3 p.m. on Jan. 24, 1983, after she made a purchase at a store in the center, police said Wednesday.
Sick.
Rampueng Kaeorawang, 41, and her husband, Jason Wright, 40, both of Pacific Grove, were arrested at 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Pacific Grove Police Department.
At the time of their arrest, search warrants were served on the couple and they were found to be in possession of child pornography, which they allegedly manufactured themselves, police said.
Where do you think we are, Bolinas?
Police say that someone stole a large wooden welcome sign that was on Highway 68 and Forest Ave.
According to police, the sign was forcibly removed from the wood studs that mounted it to a stone base sometime Monday night. The sign, is made up of redwood and read “Welcome to Pacific Grove. Butterfly Town USA.”
of a big bottle of gin.
The Sheriff’s Office said a man walked into the bar about 11:20 p.m., grabbed the bottle and took off.
An employee chased the thief, but was met outside by the accomplice, who punched and pushed the employee before trying to follow his partner who had grabbed the liter of gin, deputies said.
But employees caught the accomplice and held him until deputies arrived.
The suspect, Corey O’Halloran, 19, of Pacific Grove was on probation for trespassing on Pebble Beach property and under a court “stay-away” order, deputies said. He was taken to Monterey County Jail.
This site will close down as of Aug 12. It’s been fun.
Relying on a curator to analyze handwriting. The fetus remains in custody, being held without bail.
…for the past several months, museum collections curator Paul Vandecarr has been comparing Ricketts’ handwriting examples to the writing on the label of the jar to establish a possible connection.
What the unscientific research has so far turned up is fascinating.
“Most of the handwriting did not match anything he came up with,” according to Pacific Grove city manager Tom Frutchey. “But one letter [from Ricketts] did match.” While the match offers some hope to those who would like to make the connection between the fetus and Ricketts, who had specimens of all sorts at his Cannery Row laboratory, it also deepens the mystery.
What happens when your home becomes deemed as “historic”? Your property rights may be in danger for one thing.
According to a press release sent out July 25 by the state agency, the City of Monterey will receive $22,500 to pay for “a historic context statement and reconnaissance historic survey for the New Monterey Residential Neighborhood and the New Monterey Business District.”
The grant will fund 60 percent of the project. To be eligible for the assistance, the City of Monterey is required to pay for the remaining 40 percent of the work — which totals $16,600 — according to Lucinda Woodward, a spokeswoman for the Office of Historic Preservation, which is a division of California State Parks.
Poor variety of reading materials on dead trees limited to the shop’s selection plus high cost make bookstores going the way of record store.
Borders is leaving and there aren’t many bookstores selling new titles on the Monterey Peninsula, but the survivors aren’t leaving.
Among the surviving purveyors of books is The Works on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. “We’re still here,” said Robert Marcum, who owns and operates the store with his wife, Leela.
Marcum said business isn’t as good as it was when he opened six years ago. He attributes that decline mostly to the recession. He won’t say business is great.
“It’s still OK,” he said.
The Marcums bought the 2,400 square-foot store, then called Bookworks, reduced the space for books to about 1,200 square feet and expanded the tea-coffeehouse portion. It’s also part gallery.
Marcum also took the very word “Book” out of the shops name. New titles can be found at Costco with a less biased selection.
The 2011 edition of the 54-year-old city festival concluded Saturday at Lovers Point, where sugar-buzzed kids sampled each of the aforementioned attractions all day. Then they snuggled with their parents in the evening to celebrate the crowning of Queen Topaz and marvel at lantern-adorned vessels on Monterey Bay and fireworks exploding over the water.
“This was always a big thing to do when I was little, even though they didn’t have bounce houses and bubble machines in those days,” said Rick Martin, a former Monterey Peninsula resident who drove from Santa Clara to enjoy the event. “My family came every year to see the boats all lit up and the fireworks over the water. Those are great memories for me, even now, which is why I try to come back every couple of years.”
Rick has it about right. The Feast is a good time to reconnect if you have been away.
Last year’s excuse for a Feast was not what makes memories.
The entire day at the beach
Free live entertainment
No fire of this kind. Though the free entertainment mentions other smokes
Return of this kind of fire is welcome, even in the fog.
