The Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey has begun a weekly radio program, “Salute to the Armed Forces” on station KNRY 1240 AM from 3 to 4p.m. Wednesdays.
The show Wednesday will feature Sgt. 1st Class Kristi Folowell talking about her career as a military linguist working in Iraq.
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.
Pic from when I was working while the game played through back in the 80’s.
The tournament should benefit from the return of the wildly popular Murray, who skipped the tournament last year. The former Saturday Night Live crew member has been a regular fan favorite since he started playing the AT&T in 1992.
Murray will have some company in the laughs department: funnymen George Lopez, Tom Dreesen, Kevin James and Ray Romano are in the field. The music world will be well represented by stars such as Justin Timberlake, Kenny G, Michael Bolton and Clay Walker. And celebrity hounds will have plenty of actors to choose from, including Andy Garcia, Greg Kinnear and Luke Wilson.
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.
The best deal for good eatin’ on the ‘Row. BBQ in the truest form.
Willy’s smokehouse in Monterey located in the popular cannery row area has seen business drop 20-30% especially during lunch and through out the week.
“Basically see tumble weeds flying around Cannery Row, you notice nobody out there.” Says Willy’s Manager Erica Padilla
The restaurant is going above and beyond to get restaurant patron’s attention by extending happy hour, creating a recession meal deal menu where everything is under ten bucks and throwing together a dinner and a movie under twenty five dollars all in hopes to generate business. Padilla says that customers are looking to get the most for their money.
“Making it easier on the pocket a lot of people are watching their dollars so we are trying to make it easier for people to come out.”
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.
