According to PGPD detective Adam Sepagan, Patrick James Ayers stole liquor from the Pacific Grove Safeway on June 19, 2008.
The suspect escaped, but the officer recovered the bottle of hard alcohol the man dropped, and police managed to lift some fingerprints from its surface, according to Sepagan.
“We submitted the prints to the Monterey County crime lab, they were able to find a match, and we were able to get him ID’ed,” he explained. Because more serious crimes take priority in the lab, months had passed before a technician had time to run the prints through the system.
Pebble Beach Hiring Fewer Temp Workers At Crosby
Guess they are using more P.B. full time employees. I’d do the same, I’d rather give my workers the overtime $$ than to temps.
The jobs range from food and beverage, to cashiers, and shuttle drivers, however when some people who are normally hired to work the event showed up to fill out their applications they were turned away and told they would not be hired. According to Pebble Beach management the economy is to blame.
Twentieth Anniversary Of Turner & Hooch
Tom Hanks in a cop & dog movie. Mostly filmed in Pacific Grove & Moss Landing. This was less bothersome than a Wine Walk with Art. You could still go to the bank while the movie was in production.
A few still captures:
Walking the dog. Lighthouse Avenue west of Congress.
“City Hall” – Bank at Forest & Lighthouse.
Forest Avenue. Anyone recognize the lady in the blue? (Hint, she is a local).
Catty corner from “City Hall”, the “Church” – Crocker bank building. Flower arrangements hide the ATM.
Good P.G. Kids turn in money found at Lovers Point (remember, it’s only a movie).
Killer gets away. Runs north on Forest toward Lovers Point.
Geographically correct, the cops chase the killer along Ocean View.
Head on crash averted as killer gets away.
Which way did they go, First Street & Central.
Sunset from Lovers Point.
Traffic Commission Investigating Rowdy Recreation Trail Cyclists
I was constantly reminded of the rules by the guy in the Tam O’Shanter when taking my kids on the trail. Set one foot on the blacktop when he’s around and it was a verbal harassment.
Commission Chairman George Shayne told the City Council on Wednesday that the commission would like to see Pacific Grove bring its trail regulations in line with those of other cities the trail passes through.
He said Pacific Grove is the only city that cites pedestrians for walking on the bike path of its section of the Rec Trail and “it isn’t working.”
Instead, he said, some bicyclists seem to have a sense of entitlement and resent pedestrians who stray from the footpath to the paved bike path as they whiz by.
The commission has received complaints since the 1990s of bicyclists yelling and screaming at pedestrians, and it even got one report of a cyclist slapping a female pedestrian on the back of the head as he rode by.
Traffic Commission Investigating Rowdy Recreation Trail Cyclists
Pedestrian Hit By Car – David Avenue
A 79-year-old Pacific Grove man suffered a severe head injury when he was struck by a car near the Country Club Gate Shopping Center about 8p.m. Friday.
Pacific Grove police said the man apparently was attempting to cross the street in the 2800 block of David Avenue when a westbound vehicle hit him. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated, police said.
Also reported by KION
There are crosswalks in the middle of the block. There are signs, too but maybe raising the speed limit to 30 mph in a dense neighborhood was not a good idea.
Come To The Third Annual Going Out Of Business Sale
Lighthouse Avenue’s perpetual store closing, liquidation, going out of business, quitting, lost our lease, emergency clearance store in the Lane Furniture location.
This year is no different:
Wait! No it’s an EMERGENCY and re-opens.
In Summer 2007 they closed forever again.
Spring 2007, with the biggest signs ever, they promised the store was closing for good.
Dogs And Their Owners – Crazy?
Driving to a place to walk the dog. Kind of like taking an escalator to the gym.
Over the past three years, the public has been illegally parking and driving in the fire lane area at the Congress Avenue entrance to Rip Van Winkle Open Space.
They have also been parking along the road and driving over tree roots. Alternate access to the open space can only be gained by paying a fee ($9.50) to enter the Country Club Gate to Pebble Beach, or parking in the Methodist Church parking lot on Sunset Drive and fording a gulley.
According to the dog walkers, many of whom are older people with constrained walking abilities, these other options are not workable.
Library Gets Funding – Open 31 Hours A Week
An additional $25,000 to keep Pacific Grove’s public library open on the current
The Pacific Grove Public Library is closed Sundays and Mondays, and is open noon to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and noon to 5p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Meanwhile Over In Marina
$1,000 reward for finding out who dumped a dog. Nothing to find out who raped a teenager.
Where’s Joe Bennett?
Forest Grove Principal departs. Without fanfare I guess.
Interim principal Beller says he knows nothing about Bennett’s departure and is still assessing whether to apply for the permanent principal position.
P.G. Teachers Association Negotiating President Wendy Milligan, a Forest Grove teacher, says she’s legally bound to a confidentiality agreement regarding Bennett, in contradiction to Lozano’s claim that no one is under a gag order.
“No one can talk about it. It’s extremely confidential,” Milligan says. “It was a very sticky situation. There were some complaints, and finally those complaints turned into action. I want to tell people what’s going on but I can’t, legally.”