Lynne Nicole Feurer Sentenced To Six Years

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Teacher gets half of the expected 11 years detention at most.
Nicole Fuere Court

After listening to more than a dozen people speak on Feurer’s behalf, Judge Larry Hayes said her positive contributions to society outweighed the aggravated circumstances of the crime that would have called for the maximum sentence of 11 years in prison.

Feurer, 66, was charged with murder in the death of 80-year-old Joseph Francis Cupita and could have been sentenced to life in prison had she been convicted at trial. She pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in October.

Lynne Nicole Feurer Sentenced To Six Years

Survey Says There’s Nothing In P.G.For Tourists To Do

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(Obvious)

A perception that “there is nothing more to see or do” limits repeat tourism to Monterey County, said a survey of 9,000 people compiled for the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Those surveyed cited a lack of activities, more than the weak economy, for limiting their visits. The survey was compiled by Ohio-based IMPACTS Research.

More than 40 percent of those who visited the county hadn’t returned within two years, the survey found.

The survey found the aquarium is by far the biggest draw for tourists, and that people generally don’t differentiate one city or community from another, except for Carmel, Pebble Beach and Big Sur.

Took an Ohio research firm to figure out that people don’t visit for everyday life, they visit for events like Laguna Seca or the Crosby. Shopping for ‘art’ or dining on $22 plates of noodles is not an attraction.

Survey Says There’s Nothing In P.G.For Tourists To Do

Holman Building Not For Sale . . .Yet

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Holmans Hooters

A rumor was going around town that the building and adjacent property were for sale, based on a multiple listing that remained on the books after Agha, frustrated with what he felt was foot-dragging by the city over his proposed downtown hotel project, put it up for sale a year ago.

Agha acquired the property at auction in 1995 with an eye toward razing the building and constructing a high-end hotel and conference center on the site at 542 Lighthouse Ave.

He’ll likely sell it if he gets the permits. Hope he loses.

Holman Building Not For Sale . . .Yet

Bay View School Closing

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Done deal.
Bay View School Bye

The district will send students from Bay View and kindergarten to fifth graders from Colton Elementary to the new Monte Vista school.The plan keeps Colton a middle school .

The district said it needs to make the change because of budget cuts and so all schools have the same grade standards. Board leaders said Bay View isn’t big enough to hold more students once schools are reconfigured.

Bay View School Closing

Missing P.G. Man Found Dead In Pebble Beach

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The remains of John Hauswirth, an 82-year-old Pacific Grove man who went missing in March, were found Friday in Pebble Beach by four Stevenson School students walking through the woods.

Hauswirth, who suffered from dementia, disappeared March 11. His wife told police he wandered away while the two were doing yard work on a rental property on Euclid Street in Monterey, about six miles from where the remains were found.

Missing P.G. Man Found Dead In Pebble Beach

Monarch Population Falls Faster Than Tree Branches

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Butterfly Tree Stump

Volunteers count the monarchs each year at nine sites in the county. The Monarch Program, a research organization based in San Diego that collects the data, says that the numbers were down significantly compared with those recorded last year.

At one site in Big Sur, there was a third fewer butterflies. In Pacific Grove, there were 96 percent fewer butterflies seen this year than in 2008, according to the organization.

Two factors are responsible for sagging numbers of butterflies, Leong said. Fewer are coming to the region, and the local environment is becoming less hospitable to their needs.

Quit attracting tourists and go back to attracting nature. It can fix itself.

Monarch Population Falls Faster Than Tree Branches

Tree Rules Falling?

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Wtf Tree

the council heard a progress report on the city’s Beautification and Natural Resources Commission’s work toward modifying its tree ordinance.

Bennett said the proposed changes were reasonable, but “taken as a whole, they weaken the ordinance in favor of private property rights.”

Property owners, she said, have a responsibility to help the city preserve its urban forest.

Tree Rules Falling?

New Monterey Police Blotter – November 2009

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This month’s log begins with one of the arrests of a man that later died in the city jail.

11/1/09 MARTINEZ, CARLOS was arrested for public intoxication on the Recreation Trail at Custom House Plaza.

11/3/09 RAMIREZ-DIAZ, NELVIN was arrested for an outstanding warrant at 865 Lighthouse.

11/6/09 GLASSEL, MICHAEL was arrested for resisting arrest and public intoxication on the Recreation Trail and Custom House Plaza.

11/7/09 Homonnay, Zoltan was arrested for DUI at David and Hawthorne.

11/9/09 MPD towed a vehicle from the 400 block of Reeside, for parking in a no parking zone area.

11/9/09 REYES MIGUEL, CESAR was arrested for violation of a restraining order, driving on a suspended license and a probation violation in the 500 block of Lighthouse.

11/9/09 FRAZIER, MARK was cited for driving on a suspended license in the 700 block of Wave St.

11/10/09 DANES, GREGORY was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, transportation of a controlled substance, driving on a suspended license and possession of counterfeit bills in the 600 block of Hawthorne.

1/11/09 MPD assisted Monterey Fire with an investigation of a fire in the 200 block of Foam.

11/11/09 SCHAFER, KENNETH was cited for an outstanding warrant at 775 Wave St.

11/13/09 WHEATLEY, JENNIFER was cited for driving on a suspended license at Cannery Row and Prescott

11/14/09 MPD towed a vehicle in the 700 Block of Cannery Row for parking in a tow-away zone.

11/14/09 GOWAN, MICHAEL ANTHONY was arrested, in the 700 block of Cannery Row for being a known parolee at large.

11/17/09 OSBORN, KYLE was arrested for public intoxication at Lighthouse and Washington.

11/18/09 MCCRAY, KEVIN was arrested for an outstanding warrant at McAbee Beach.

11/18/09 MPD aided MFD in controlling and documenting a flood that resulted from a broken water line under a fire hydrant at David and Pine.

11/19/09 HEATH, RON EARL was arrested for public intoxication in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

11/19/09 HOPKINS-DAVI, BONNIE was arrested for driving under the influence at Hawthorne and Reeside.

11/20/09 RIINA, Harlyn was arrested for public intoxication in the 500 Block of Lighthouse.

11/20/09 Elmachtoub, Samir Nassir was arrested for public intoxication at 650 Lighthouse.

11/21/09 FERNANDEZ, LUIS ANTHONY was cited for drinking in public at Bruce Ariss Way & Cannery Row.

11/22/09 MIKE TIMOTHY TAYLOR was arrested for Public Intoxication at Prescott and Cannery Row.

11/22/09 A victim reports a burglary to her vehicle while parked at the Cannery Row and Foam.

11/23/09 A victim reports a vandalism to his vehicle in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

11/24/09 A victim reports a burglary in the 600 block of Lighthouse.

11/24/09 A victim reports being robbed on the Recreation Trail near the Coast Guard pier.

11/25/09 JEWITT, DANIEL arrested for public intoxication at the Rec Trail and Prescott.

11/27/09 TROTTER, LAWRENCE was arrested for violation of a restraining order at Troia’s Market.

11/28/09 MPD is investigating a burglary that occurred in the 800 block of Newton.

11/28/09 A victim reports the theft of items in the 500 block of Belden.

11/28/09 A victim reports a burglary to his residence in the 700 block of Archer.

11/29/09 A victim reports the theft of items from his vehicle in the 800 block of Taylor.

11/29/09 ROTHER, TERRY was arrested for an outstanding warrant at 711 Cannery Row.

11/29/09 MPD and Monterey Fire investigated a fire at 330 Laine St.

New Monterey Police Blotter – November 2009