Safeway is becoming our own little crime center on the hill.
Marquise Legaux, 21, and Laura Long, 31, of Seaside were taken into custody Dec. 23 with the help of the Secret Service, and officers of the Monterey County Probation Department, Seaside, Monterey and Carmel police.
Pacific Grove police detective Adam Sepagan said Legaux passed the fake bills by exchanging them for real money from the cash register at a retail store where he worked.
The software company was headquartered in P.G. and sold a computer operating system that many say was better than the upstart Microsoft’s product.
Long before “Think Different” became a marketing slogan, Kildall’s Digital Research was thinking differently, writes Terry Horton, who remembers the early days and now lives in Dubai. He speculates that the IBM deal fell through in part because of an East Coast/West Coast culture clash.
“First, their office was not an office,” Horton writes of Digital.”It was an old house on the beach in Pacific Grove with a view to the northwest that produced some wonderful sunsets. Second, the office staff were not wearing real suits. In fact, a majority of the secretaries wore shorts and bikini style tops. In other words, it was horrifying to a staid easterner in a three-piece suit planning to put the ultimate success or failure of their PC project in the hands of someone like this.”
Jim Tirjan of Campbell found himself contemplating “what if.” What if IBM had gone with Digital instead of Microsoft?
“Would Pacific Grove today be what Redmond became?” he writes. “OK, maybe people in Monterey like it just the way it is, but the implications for Silicon Valley would be staggering.”
Moved over to Forest Ave, empty since Green’s Camera closed in September 2008. The namesake street is looking very vacant. The Cottage Style next door in the old Grove building shut down July and is still empty.
Rearranging The Deck Chairs – Lighthouse Business Center Moved
(American Chronicle)
Interesting viewpoint that is not normally found..
I located Sgt. Williams, and he told me the name of the eatery, that it was an ice cream shop and he had been called a “baby killer” by the owner. Professor Toro´s column was carefully crafted to not disclose the exact nature of the eatery, and my e-mail to the columnist asking for the business´s name was never answered.
So the liberal local press and Chamber of Commerce are circling the wagons to protect the ice cream shop owner mostly from himself, I suspect. The owner needs sensitivity training on how to treat soldiers the same way liberals would have conservatives do when they say something politically incorrect about minorities, gays or militant Muslims.
The store is a shrine to the far left leaning views of the owner – what do you expect?
Ozuna has a very different account of what happened that day. “Those are all lies,” he said, after reading a Monterey County Herald report of the incident.
This week, the parties told The Pine Cone very different accounts of what transpired that Veteran’s Day.
Derek Williams, who served in Iraq from November 2006 to November 2007, said that as they were leaving the shop, he heard Ozuna say he didn’t want to serve military personnel. Derek then told his wife, who confronted the shop owner.
“I turned around and said, ‘Excuse me, what did you say to us?’” Courtney Williams said. “And he said, ‘I wasn’t speaking to you, I was speaking to my customers.’”
“Semi-heated” words were then exchanged, the Williamses said.
“I kind of went off on a tangent,” said Courtney Williams, who is studying Arabic. “I said he [Ozuna] wouldn’t have his freedom if it wasn’t for my husband. It kind of hit a soft spot in me.”
At some point during the exchange, the couple said Ozuna included their daughter in the argument.
“He said we were baby killers and murderers,” Derek Williams recalled. “And that we were raising the next generation of killers.”
“I couldn’t believe this guy was attacking us in broad daylight in front of customers,” Courtney Williams said.
Beware, the recreation loving families are likely to be chased away by the tidepool nazis.
From as far away as Oroville, members of the Nor-Cal RC (radio-controlled) Rock Crawling Club packed their diminutive trucks, controllers and tool boxes for the first competition of 2009 on the rocks just below Ocean View Boulevard near Acropolis Street.
Why there?
“The rocks,” said Rob Taylor-Shaw, a computer systems engineer from Marina, as the bright morning sun began to burn off the morning chill.
Wrapped in jackets and sitting on a couple of beach chairs not far from Sunday morning’s rock-crawling action were Lisa Gammon of Petaluma and Tiffany Heil of Rohnert Park.
Gammon said her husband, Erik, was competing, as was Heil’s boyfriend, Lance Herlund. The two women have been seeing each other at competitions from more than a year.
“It sure is a nice day, and you can’t beat the view,” Gammon said.
As the city of Pacific Grove figures out how to end its PERS contract, recruit a new city manager and squeeze water from concrete, freshly minted Councilwoman Carmelita Garcia is starting her term with a whinny. On the heels of her Dec. 3 swearing-in, she asked City Attorney David Laredo to expand residents’ rights to keep chickens, ponies and monkeys.
With All Of P.G.’s Problems Solved, Carmelita Works To Keep Service Monkeys
Gary Ozuna, owner of the Ice Cream Shoppe in Pacific Grove, says he has been losing his appetite and sleep because of anxiety stemming from publicity over what he considers “a private conversation that happened two months ago” in his business.
Signs in his window advertise a free ice cream cone for servicemen and women, and that military personnel are welcome.
Since the incident, Ozuna said, he has seen a lot of students from DLI come through the door and his business has doubled.
12/1/08 Victim reports unknown to have burglarized her house in the 800 block of Cypress.
12/3/08 DIAZ-VASQUEZ, JUAN JOSE was arrested for public intoxication and possession of a fake ID in front of 400 Lighthouse.
12/4/08 Victim reports that Suspect broke into her vehicle and slept in her vehicle overnight in the 800 block of Belden.
12/5/08 Victim placed HOFFMAN, ROY under citizen arrest for challenging him to a fight located at 611 Lighthouse.
12/5/08 BARRETT, JUSTIN DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication in the 700 block of Hawthorne.
12/7/08 A vehicle was towed from the parking garage located at Prescott / Foam, the vehicle was found with the interior on fire.
12/7/08 HOFFMAN, ROY BENJAMIN was arrested for throwing a lit cigarette at a passing police vehicle on Lighthouse at Prescott.
12/9/08 Victim reports an unknown to have stolen property from inside his locked vehicle while parked in the 700 block of Hawthorne.
12/11/08 MIJANGOS-SANTOS FRANCISCO was cited for driving on a suspended license at David and Pine.
12/11/08 R/P reports losing her purse while in the 800 block of Cannery Row.
12/12/08 R/P reports losing his brown tri-fold wallet at 32 Cannery Row.
12/12/08 R/P reports losing his wallet in the 700 block of Lighthouse.
12/12/08 KIM, CHOL was arrested for driving under the influence after driving into a dumpster at 791 Foam.
12/13/08 Victim reports vehicle burglary while parked at 32 Cannery Row.
12/14/08 R/P reports finding a baggie of Marijuana in the 400 block of Lighthouse.
12/15/08 CITY OF MONTEREY finds graffiti in the mens bathroom located at 32 Cannery Row.
12/15/08 CITY OF MONTEREY finds graffiti in the mens bathroom located at San Carlos Beach.
12/15/08 R/P reports a lost Apple iPhone in the 800 block of Cannery Row.
12/16/08 Victim reports unknown to have side-swiped her vehicle and leave the scene of the accident, while parked in front of 2000 David Ave.
12/17/08 Victim reports three unknown males to have grabbed her purse while walking in the 700 block of Wave.
12/17/08 Victim reports Suspect to have sent several harassing text messages to his cell phone in the 700 block of Lighthouse.
12/19/08 CALHOUN, CHRISTINA was arrested for public intoxication at Lighthouse / Reeside.
12/20/08 Victim reports two bicycles to have been stolen from his garage by an unknown suspect in the 400 block of Hawthorne.
12/20/08 MPD towed a vehicle from the 400 block of Drake for expired registration over 6 months.
12/20/08 City of Monterey had unknown strike and damage a speed limit sign in the 100 block of Foam.
12/20/08 Victim reports strong arm robbery by unk just north of wharf 1 on the Rec trail.
12/21/08 D’ENTINO, DANIEL, MCNEILL, RYAN, and HOOVER, DONALD were involved in a fight outside of Longs Drugs, 686 Lighthouse.
12/21/08 MPD reported a hit and run to the speed limit sign located in front of 739 Foam Street.
12/22/08 Victim reports unknown to have taken his wallet from his vehicle which was parked in the 700 block of Newton.
12/22/08 Victim reports unknown to have stolen property from her vehicle which was parked in the 700 block of Filmore.
12/22/08 MPD assisted Santa Cruz PD in the collection of video footage from a business in the 600 block of Lighthouse.
12/22/08 R/P reports Suspect to have called in a prescription at a business in the 600 block of Lighthouse by impersonating Victim.
12/23/08 Victim reported vandalism to a window on the front door of his business, located in the 600 block of Lighthouse.
12/23/08 MPD towed a vehicle from 400 block of Dickman for expired registration.
12/24/08 R/P reports finding mail in front of his residence in the 2100 block of David.
12/24/08 CEJA HUGO was cited for driving on a suspended drivers license at David and Pine.
12/24/08 Victim reports unknown to have stolen his wallet from his unlocked vehicle at Prescott and Filmore.
12/24/08 MCSO was aided in the service of an outstanding warrant on RANDAZZO, TODD, WMA, 10 Laguna Grande Court, in the 400 block of Cannery Row.
12/24/08 WIEDER, CHARLES was cited for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in the 400 block of Cannery Row.
12/24/08 Victim reports unknown to have struck and damaged his rental vehicle while parked in the 2200 block of David.
12/26/08 MCSO was aided in the issuance of a citation to DIGIROLAMO, JOHN on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant in the 800 block of Drake.
12/26/08 Victim reports losing her wallet in the 600 block of Lighthouse and unknown using Victim’s debit card to make unauthorized charges.
12/26/08 SCHAUB, BETTY was arrested for DUI alcohol (refusal) at the parking garage, Prescott and Wave. CECKA, LEIGH ANN was arrested for public intoxication.
12/27/08 PIDDUCK, JON & MILLER, ADINO & ORMEROD, JAMES were arrested for public intoxication at 321 Alvarado. Also arrested was WHISENENT, IAN for obstructing and resisting an officer at the south bore tunnel.
12/27/08 Victim reports burglary of her vehicle in the 500 block of Wave.
12/27/08 Subject was placed on a 72 hour mental health evaluation in the 1700 block of Whithers.
12/28/08 PONCE, MIGUEL was arrested for DUI at Foam and Hoffman.
12/28/08 MANNING, DONALD was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and being under the influence of a Controlled substance at Hawthorne and Prescott.
12/28/08 Victim reports being battered by Suspect at a business in the 700 block of Lighthouse. Additionally, MITCHELL damaged property while in the store.
12/28/08 CURRY, RYAN JAMES PATRICK was arrested for driving under the influence in the 600 block of Lighthouse.
12/29/08 Victim reports unknown to have struck and damaged his vehicle while parked on Hoffman/Hawthorne.
12/29/08 Subject fell in the street outside of 771 Lottie.
12/31/08 Suspicious Circumstance in the 200 block of Hawthorne.
12/31/08 CANO, JESUS was placed under citizen’s arrest for stealing from a business in the 700 block of Cannery Row.
12/31/08 R/P reports finding property outside of 763 Wave.
The aquarium announced the deal for county residents as part of the observance of its 25th anniversary next year.
Free admission will be offered the 20th of each month from January through October. Residents must present valid identification and proof of residence at the main entrance. The offer is good during regular aquarium hours.