Cannery Row Crime – Murder Suspect Caught

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Never thought he’d be back in California so soon. Remember to stay out of the crossfire when visiting the ‘Row.

Jorge Luis Mendoza, the suspect in a November fatal shooting on Cannery Row, was extradited from Mexico and is now in Monterey County Jail, police said.

Mendoza, 21, was transported back to California on Saturday and turned over to Monterey police. He was booked on murder charges and his bail was set at $1.3 million.

On Nov. 23, 2016, police found Raul Melendez at the entrance to the Cannery Row parking garage, 601 Foam St., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. First responders took Melendez, 28, to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, where he died.

According to police, the original altercation started at the Giant Artichoke restaurant, 711 Cannery Row, which has since closed.

Cannery Row Crime – Murder Suspect Caught

Consuelo’s Restaurant Bugatti Replica Up For Sale

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Back before the light painter was at 361 lighthouse there was Consuelo’s, The car was the restaurant’s rolling advertisement.

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History of the Vehicle: ‘Consuelo’s’ and ‘361 Lighthouse’ are painted on both sides of the vehicle. This is an address in Monterey, California that used to be Consuelo’s Mexican Restaurant. It was in a historic building called ‘The Green Building’ which is named after Harry Green.

Consuelo’s Restaurant Bugatti Up For Sale

Wharf’s Gateway To Be A Chain Bulk Candy Store

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Now that’s what every visitor to the wharf wants, quantity over quality.

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I prefer some hand made treats down at Carousel Candies

Bulk confectionery store Candy Land is taking its barrels of salt water taffy and bins of lollipops to Fisherman’s Wharf. The candy shop has signed a lease with the city of Monterey for the frontage space located at 6 Fisherman’s Wharf where Sam Balesteri’s Wharf Front gift shop and The Coffee House used to reside.

Wharf’s Gateway To Be A Chain Bulk Candy Store

Pink Magic Carpet Fighting With Yellow Oxalis

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So Harvey says hire a maintenance person on an $80K “grant”.

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City Manager Ben Harvey informed City Council on Wednesday night that in recent years the Drosanthemum floribundum or “magic carpet” as it is sometimes called, is being infiltrated by yellow oxalis.

“It’s something that there just isn’t enough labor available to maintain in its prestigious condition all the time,” said Mayor Bill Kampe. “The oxalis is something very deeply embedded – in truth no amount of manual weeding will eliminate it and we’re going to have to consider using appropriate herbicides – but otherwise the oxalis will be finished by the time the magic carpet blooms.”

In light of the $80,000 in grant funds for the replacement and addition of recycling receptacles throughout the city and landscaping needs around Ocean View Boulevard and the Recreation Trail, Harvey has requested bringing on a half-time maintenance person to monitor the area.

Pink Magic Carpet Fighting With Yellow Oxalis

Solar Not Substainable

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Never put any trust in operations where government handouts are the first source of funding.

Sungevity is laying off workers, auctioning off some assets, and agreeing to hand over control investors in exchange for $20 million in financing to keep the company’s operations going.

Sungevity was one of seven residential solar power companies, which Congress announced in September it would formally investigate for wrongfully receiving billions in tax credits from the government. The federal government likely handed out roughly $25 billion in cash grants and tax credits to these companies.

Another solar company called Beamreach went bust in January after it received $3 million in Department of Energy funding in 2008. The major solar company SunEdison also recently declared bankruptcy. Roughly five major solar companies closed up shop in 2015, which follows the historic tendency that solar power companies tend to go bankrupt as soon as the subsidies are cut off.

Solar Not Substainable

Morrie Fisher Passes

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The Mayor with a badge no longer making hookups in Carmel. And his free golf privileges are officially off.

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Morrie Fisher, the former Pacific Grove mayor known for his role in developing the Asilomar Beach trail and instituting the town’s Fourth of July picnic celebration and Christmas tree lighting ceremony, died Monday. He was 79.

As a resident and active member of Pacific Grove for most of his life, Mr. Fisher served two terms as mayor from 1986 to 1990 and from 2002 to 2004. Besides his mayoral role, he also sat on the city council for four terms.

Morrie Fisher Passes

No More Pet Pigs In P.G.

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What about chickens? I’m Pro Chicken and I Vote!

Specifically, the proposed ordinance would amend municipal code to prohibit what are deemed “non-household animals” within the city and would clarify the responsibility by pet owners to keep and feed their animals in a way that “maintains a safe and healthy environment for residents, visitors and animals.” According to city officials, the revisions were needed to clarify permitting requirements, allocate responsibilities for feeding and harboring animals and streamlining the process for enforcement of policy related to animals within city limits.

“It clarifies what is allowed and what isn’t allowed,” said City Manager Ben Harvey, who said that barnyard farm animals would no longer be allowed.

No More Pet Pigs In P.G.

City Sends Fire Department To “Inspect For Hazards”

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And what else I wonder? Untaxed granny units? Six Air BnB rooms in the basement? Pigs and chickens?

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“We do, on occasion, find issues where people are living in spaces that don’t meet code requirements for permanent human occupancy,” he said. “We do find that once in a while here locally. Not to the degree that the Ghost Ship (building) had, but one life lost is one too many.”

City Sends Fire Department To “Inspect For Hazards”

Protest Park Gets Kiddie Attractions

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Something for kids to do while grown ups hold flags and picket signs. Don’t go there when it’s dark though.

A new climbing structure resembling a humpback whale has been installed between the volleyball courts at Window  on the Bay waterfront park. A starfish located adjacent to the whale is also part of the citywide Neighborhood Improvement Project approved last April and designed to give children, ages 2 to 10, a structure to play on.

“They’re all designed as climbing structures,” said Marcuzzo. “But it’s probably going to become a photo opp too.”

Protest Park Gets Kiddie Attractions