Convenience is what you pay for.
The final result shows that Grove Market is the most expensive, with Nob Hill costing 12% less, Albertson’s at 10% less than Grove Market, and Safeway a whopping 21% less than Grove Market.
Protesters Line Up To Keep Public Comments
Meetings extending to the late night hours must be cutting into Morrie’s happy hour.
Protesters rallied outside Pacific Grove City Hall before the opening of the January 15, 2003 city council meeting. Nineteen citizens spoke on the issue, all opposed to Mayor Morris C. Fisher’s recommendation to streamline meetings by moving oral communications to the end of the agenda.
“This isn’t, to me, a forum for someone to show a cartoon.” For a few other people we need to put a mirror outside and talk to the mirror.” Jim Costello:
Ocean View Boulevard Shooting Death
“A Seaside man was killed late Thursday night near Cannery Row in what police say may have been an attempted robbery or carjacking carried out by two men and a woman who remained at large Friday.
Just before midnight, 27-year-old Ignacio Sanchez and a 19-year-old woman were sitting in Sanchez’s black Honda Civic at a stop sign at Eardley Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard in Pacific Grove. They had just returned to the car after viewing the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s shark holding tanks, said Pacific Grove police Cpl. Darrin Smolinski. Police would not identify the young woman.”
It was not his wife.
Now calling it a carjacking, an arrest was made:
A 20-year-old Salinas man has been arrested for last week’s killing of a Seaside man near Cannery Row. Police say Anthony Joel Estrada was the triggerman in a botched carjacking that resulted in the shooting death of Ignacio Sanchez.
Pacific Grove police said Estrada was arrested early Monday at an apartment at 44 Natividad Road in Salinas with help from the Salinas Police Department’s Violence Suppression Unit. His two accomplices apparently were still being sought Tuesday.
P.G. Man Booby Traps Property With Shotgun
People who live around 44-year-old Kevin Jeffrey Smythe say they rarely saw him but heard his hammering, sawing and an occasional alarm. He lived in one of the four apartments he was renovating for his parents at 306 18th St., and whose entrances he had barricaded with wrought-iron gates and No Trespassing signs.
Authorities say he also booby-trapped the walkway leading to his own apartment: a spring that would fire a shotgun blank when anyone hit a trip wire.”
P.G. Artist Banned In Seaside
Farkas’ rendering, called Inanna in a Half Shell, was hanging for a week in a prime spot next to other works on the walls of Seaside City Hall. But for one visitor, Farkas’ painting showed just a little too much of the subject. The city’s Recreation Department asked the artist to remove the painting Friday.
Farkas arrived at City Hall and posted “censored” stickers over the nude’s intimate parts before taking it down.
Recreation Trail Attackers Jesse Carson & Jason Blad
Marine Lance Cpl. Carson, a Russian-language student at the prestigious Defense Language Institute in Monterey, was arrested March 15 after allegedly admitting that he and Pvt. Jason Blad, 21, were responsible for the November attack that nearly drained the life from a 20-year-old woman on the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail.
Pacific Grove police said shortly after the arrest that the young Marines apparently just wanted to kill someone, anyone, and had their sights on other targets as well. Though authorities say Carson spelled it all out in a journal found near his barracks bunk, details are being kept under wraps by a court-imposed gag order.
“The Jesse Clarke that we know is very talented and is an all-around intelligent and stable person,” said Robin Morris, his former journalism teacher at Richland High School. On a Web site profile of himself, Carson listed Morris as the teacher who has most influenced his life.
Jesse Carson
There are other indications that both defendants had been involved in fantasy games.
A former classmate and friend of Jason Blad’s at Spencerport High School in Spencerport, N.Y., said his schoolmate had often engaged in the games at the time and tried to talk others into joining. That man also spoke on condition of anonymity, saying he did not want to be drawn into the investigation.
“Jason was very big into role-playing games,” he said. “All the time I was friends with him, he tried to get me into that type of scene. Whether it was Dungeons and Dragons or superhero-type games, Jason was always trying to get me to play them with him.
“My parents, knowing all too well what those types of games have led to, told me never to play them and not to get involved with him.”
He said Blad was shy and reclusive, and came from a relatively poor family. Other students would tease him for such things as wearing clothes from the Salvation Army. Eventually, the two boys drifted apart, and Blad started doing “crazy (things) like chasing behind the school bus in the afternoons, screaming like a madman.”
Jesse Carson and Jason Blad Get Life In Prison
Hope they never get out.
Marines Lance Cpl. Jason Blad, 21, and Jesse Carson, 20, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a 20 year old woman on the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail in California on November 11th, 2000. The two men stabbed the woman 12 times and slashed her throat twice before leaving her for dead on the trail.
Pacific Grove police said shortly after the arrest, they found a journal near the barracks bunk of the young Marines and apparently they just wanted to kill someone, anyone, and had their sights on other targets as well. At the trial, the victim told jurors she pleaded for her life and tried to get away but the two pinned her to the ground and began stabbing her on each side.
Piano Music Is A $250 Fine
But accordions are a capital offence.
People still enjoy music as a soundtrack to their nighttime endeavors, but now the music is a world away from the melodic tinkling of the ivories that used to be the standard in entertainment. Popular people want popular music, and that”s generally loud music: DJs spinning something to dance to, or bands playing songs individuals can share or get lost in together. And the bars and clubs that can give it to them see more business because of it.
So when Bosso”s owner, Tony Annigoni, brought a DJ into his piano room on Wednesday nights, he was following the most basic of entrepreneurial tenets and making his mousetrap a bit more attractive. It worked. Wednesday night business jumped. But the venture went sour after a few months when the city fined him $250 for conducting live entertainment business without a proper permit.
Recreation Trail Attackers Get Life Sentences
Stupid sickos. Die in prison.
Marines Lance Cpl. Jason Blad, 21, and Jesse Carson, 20, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a 20 year old woman on the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail in California on November 11th, 2000. The two men stabbed the woman 12 times and slashed her throat twice before leaving her for dead on the trail. Both Marines were students at the Defense Language Institute at the time of the attack. Blad and Carson were arrested on March 15, 2001 after allegedly admitting that they were responsible for the attack. Pacific Grove police said shortly after the arrest, they found a journal near the barracks bunk of the young Marines and apparently they just wanted to kill someone, anyone, and had their sights on other targets as well. At the trial, the victim told jurors she pleaded for her life and tried to get away but the two pinned her to the ground and began stabbing her on each side. Jason Blad and Jesse Carson were convicted of attempted premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
P.G. Police Blotter 2/25/2000
Repossessed Vehicle – Repossessed a 1994 Honda Civic from Lincoln. Notified River City Auto Recovery.
Suspicious Circumstances – Report of a plane banking steeply off the coast and sounded like it was having engine trouble. Area searched. Unable to locate. Monterey tower reported a military aircraft had requested to go off radar to below 1500′ in the area.
Tide Pool Investigation – Report of subjects with buckets on the rocks in the Great Tide Pool area. All had proper gear and licenses. Associated vehicle was not creating a hazard.
Suspicious Circumstances – Report of a subject with a knife in 400 block of Central, in a white van. Subject had an altercation with a passing motorist. No knife found. Released.
Reckless Driver – Report of a reckless driver speeding up and down 500 block of Cypress. Subject was driving his car to test a brake job. License status was checked. Advised not to test vehicle on a city street.
Stolen Property – Theft on Lighthouse Ave. of a 3×4 brown and red needlepoint tapestry. Valued at $500. No suspects.
Civil Papers – Served civil papers on a student at PGHS.
Property Damage – Unknown person(s) cut a hole in the cyclone fence near boat with outboard motors. Nothing taken.
Injured Person – Female on Lighthouse fell off the curb. AMR paramedics and PGFD treated her.
Found Property – Found a purse at Mayflower Church. Returned to owner.
Hazard – Followed up PGFD on downed wires. PG&E notified.
Suspended License and Warrant -Arrest of a driver on Forest with a suspended license and an outstanding warrant.
Parking Problem – Large motorhome parked legally, but blocking view of motorists from side street. Advised mobile home drivers to move.
Grand Theft – Male adult, 51, states a tile cutting saw was removed from the back of his pick-up within the last hour. Unable to locate.
Vandalism – Report of an unknown person on Lighthouse possibly threw a rock at her car windshield causing it to crack, occurred sometime Sunday or Monday night.
Possible Hazard – Report of a “brown foam” in water off Lover’s Point. With the aid of the PGFD the Water was checked, Nothing unusual observed. Health Dept. advised.
Unwanted Subject Female adult complained that a male adult bothered her at McDonald’s. She asked them to call 911 and they refused. Investigation proved no merit.
Citizen Assist – Transported disabled person from Carrows to Grove Acre
Injured Person – Subject on Lighthouse fell and hit his head. PGFD responded. Transported to CHOMP by a private party.
DUI – Driver on 800 Jessie stopped for erratic driving. Found to be under influence of drugs. Arrested, booked and released to husband.
DUI – Male arrested for DUI on 300 block of Congress. Transported to CHOMP for blood test.
Juvenile Problem – Report of having been struck by a tire with which 2 juveniles were playing on I 3″‘ and Lighthouse. She was not injured. Juveniles not held.
Verbal Domestic – Verbal domestic dispute on Sunset between husband and wife.
Refer to DUI on previous page -Witness followed car from Marina. Subject also rolled into police car after stop. Beachfront Detail – Ocean View to Asilomar Beach. Cleared beachfront. 3 cars moved, 1 camper awakened and advised to move along.
Noise Disturbance – Resident on Walnut reports neighbor’s washer is keeping him awake. Subjects contacted and said that they were finished with laundry for the evening.
Injured Person – Elderly woman fell while locked in her residence. Forced entry. Family took her to CHOMP.
Juvenile Problem – Citizen on Forest and David flagged down police stating that juveniles were stealing street signs on David. Juvenile suspects contacted. Two arrested. Released to parents after citing.
Suspicious Circumstances – Report on Central. Window smashed and door ajar at doctor’s office. Nothing disturbed.
Domestic Problem – On Balboa. Contacted family. Couple having a problem getting along. Problem resolved for now.
Hazard – Sink hole in new patch on sidewalk. Barricade put over it. Public W notified.
Found Bike – A bike was found and placed at City yard.
Structure Fire – On Eardley Ave., found to be smoking firebox. PGFD responded
Hazard – In 100 block of Eardley. Tractor ran out of gas. Trailer detached and left in roadway. Driver contacted an advised to move it ASAP.
Disagreement on Lighthouse – Station report of having had been threatened and spit upon by another woman at 1700 hours on Lighthouse.
Petty Theft – Report on Forest that employer is detaining a person for theft. Subject was arrested and is currently on probation for petty theft. Booked into county jail for petty theft with a prior and probation violation.
Domestic Problem – On Gibson, father and son arguing. Parties separated. Son had to take a time out.
Flooded Roadway – On Olmstead due to rain. City crew notified.
Stolen Bike – Report on Forest of theft of a specialized Buc/Silver Mountain bike. 17″ – 21.speed. Taken during the night. Valued at $350.
Tree Down – On Crocker. Tree down. PGFD responded.
Found Bike – Found Boy’s 16″ Huffy – 21 speed bike on Sanford Ct. Lodged at City yard.
Reckless Vehicle – Report of vehicle being~ driven recklessly and honking the horn. Area cased – unable to locate.
Vehicle Damage – Report that tires on vehicle were slashed while she was at work at the Fishwife.
Warrant Arrest – On Lighthouse. Subject arrested on 2 warrants with a bail of $102,500.