Kiosk In This Issue Fri. Oct. 23 St. Angela’s Preschool Food & Wine Fundraiser 6:30-10 at the parish hall $40 per person Ca.. 831-372-3555 for details • Fri., Oct. 23 5:30 at the Library Stories about Rachel Carson with Jim Covel Suggested donation: $10.00; free to Friends Celebrating 100 Years - Page 9 Coming to CSUMB - Page 13 Vacation memories - Page 17 of the Pacific Grove Library • Fri. & Sat., Oct. 23 &24 “Seasons of Love, Remembering Pacific Grove’s Angelo.” Bruce Ariss Wharf Theater 8 PM, 831-649-2332 • Sat. Oct. 24 Downtown Trick-or-Treat for children accompanied by adults • Free • Times Sat., Oct. 24 Margie Anderson will lead kids October 23-29, 2015 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. VIII, Issue 4 ages 5-11 in painting seascape banners to hang in the library. 1:00-3:00 Library porch Donation: $10.00/child; $15.00/ family PG&E 4th Annual Downtown Trick or Treat Event • Wed., Oct. 28 Dine Out With Friends Investigating to Benefit PG Library Max’s Grill Outage Cause 209 forest Ave., PG • In the middle hours of the morning Sat. Oct. 31 on Sunday, October 17, around 55,000 Monster Dash Fundraiser for PTA residents across the Monterey Peninsula Check In at 7:30 a.m. and beyond, experienced a sudden loss of Race starts at 8:00 a.m. electrical power that for some lasted well PG High School stadium into well into the evening on Sunday. Cost is $20 per adult plus $3.95 The outage was a surprise to many, as ACTIVE fee, or $10 per student weather conditions across the peninsula (no ACTIVE fee for students). were calm, with few clouds in the sky, little See page 10 this issue for info wind and almost no precipitation recorded • Mon. Nov 2 that day. The outage affected most areas Día de Los Muertes-themed of the Peninsula including Pacific Grove, concert Carmel, Monterey, Seaside, Castroville, 7:30 PM Carmel Valley, and surrounding areas. San Jose Symphonie Choir According to Pacific Gas and Electric St. Francis Xavier Church (PG&E) spokeswoman Mayra Tostado, 1475 La Salle St., Seaside an electric transmission tower and high Benefits I-Help voltage power line physically came down • that morning near PG&E’s electric yard in Thurs. Nov. 5 Moss Landing. Meet the Author Tostado said the company has Friends of the Library hired an independent investigation firm, Anne Perry & Victoria Zackheim 7:30 PM Exponent, Inc. to do a complete analysis $10 donation of the incident and identify its cause. As of • Tuesday, Oct. 20 personnel were on the site Sat., Nov. 7 and were still conducting their review. Tost- Ft. Ord Warhorse Celebration ado did confirm some failure in the tower’s 8:30 AM base was associated with the outage. Choir, Colors, History “Preliminary analysis suggests that the 831-224-4534 failure occurred where the tower leg con- • nects with the stub on the tower,” Tostado Sat., Nov. 14 said. “The stub is heavy angle steel used to Hootenanny XIX join the concrete tower footing to the steel 7-9:30 PM tower leg.” Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave. According to Tostado, the tower that Pacific Grove failed Sunday was installed in September Free • Sheet Music Provided of this year and released into service just • over one week ago.Tostado also denied any explosion or damage to transformers occurred during the outage, as was reported in other media. “We have no indication there was an This is a picture of the 3rd Annual downtown Trick or Treat event, but we expect For more live music events explosion. When damage to this type of much more of the same on Saturday, October 24 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. when families try www.kikiwow.com high voltage equipment happens, a pow- are invited to enjoy a day of trick or treating throughout downtown Pacific Grove erful, loud and hot electric flash occurs,” along with live music and the annual “PGPD Halloween Safety Zone” in front of Tostado said. “The only equipment that Rabobank. This free event is open to all. Inside failed was what I mentioned earlier, the Please note: All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. tower and power lines that came down.” Businesses signed up by Oct. 21 include: Alpha Stationers, Artisana Gallery, Bana Animal Tales Tostado stated PG&E is waiting to Home Decor & Gifts, Biba, Bookmark Music, Butterfly, Café Ariana, Carried Away, & Other Random Thoughts ................8 hear back from Exponent Inc. to determine Cedar Street Times, Central Coast Silkscreen, Chase Bank, Chatterbaux Children’s 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove ..........6 what preventative steps to take following Shoppe, Clothing Optional Boutique, Crackpot Studios, Crema, Diversified Soft Cartoon ......................................... 2, 3 the incident on Sunday. PG&E also accepts Tissue Therapy, Grand Avenue Liquors & Deli, Grove Market, habitat, Healing Col- Cop Log ............................................ 5 claims for damages related to outages and Eulogy ............................................. 10 laborative, Holman Plaza, Imagine Art Supply, In Stride Physical Therapy, Iron Gate Homeless in Paradise ......................12 other service failures including damages Gift Shop, Jameson’ Classic Motorcycle Museum, Letters from Home Photography, Keepers of Our Culture ................... 18 for lost wages or revenue, personal injury, Marita’s Boutique, Marita’s Mens, Marita’s Shoes, Miss Hannah Grace Boutique, Legal Notices .................................. 14 property damage, and food spoilage, and Miss Trawick’s Home & Garden Shop, Nancy’s Attic, Nest, Ocean Treasures, Pa- Otter Views ....................................... 8 accepts claims on their website at www. cific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove Hardware, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural People ............................................. 15 Poetry ............................................. 16 pge.com/claims or by telephone at 1-800- History, Pacific Thai, Pavel’s Backerei, Peppers, PG Florist, Puzzle Lady, Quill, Red Real Estate ...................................... 20 743-5000. House Rock Star Dance Studio, Sotheby’s, Spirals, Sprout Boutique, St. Vincent Sports ............................................. 12 As the promised — and hoped-for — de Paul, Strouse & Strouse Studio-Gallery, Sun Studios ,Taft & Teak, Tessutti Zoo, The Wardrobe, The Works, Vinyl Revolution. See OUTAGE Page 2 Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 23, 2015 Joan Skillman P From Page 1 BarkOUTAGE Bark Bark Report deadlines passed on Sunday, people in Pacific Grove found ways to cope and to pass Skillshots the time until the power came back on. At the Classic Motorcycle Museum on Forest Ave., skylights provided natural spotlights on the displays and people came in groups, beginning at 10:00 a.m. They were looking for something to do since their plans had been spoiled, so they turned up two hours before regular opening time on a Sunday morning. Across the street, the generator at the Pacific Grove Police station roared and belched and gave a feeling of security as citizens realized they were still protected by the men and women in blue. People joked about going over there for coffee and doughnuts in a reversal of the normal meme. Barbara Bruhn said the biggest difference for her was navigating through Carmel and Pacific Grove with no stoplights operating -- and her regular grocery stores being closed. As late as Tuesday evening, there was still a technician working on the stoplight at Sinex and Forest in Pacific Grove where a blinking red light had heralded a four-way stop. Temporary stop signs had been in place Monday morning, and drivers seemed to take the change in stride. Polite and patient, they took their turns. Tom Stevens, in his column “Otter Views” in Cedar Street times this week said that the lack of little red and green LED tell-tales that normally blink persistently in the dark at his home gave him a sense of disorientation. Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge LUNCH & DINNER Data reported by Jack Beigle from Canterbury Woods $995 Week ending 10-15-15 ........................0. 07” Monterey County’s EVERY DAY! Total for the season ..............................0.39” Best Locals’ Menu! To date last year ...................................0.23” • Parmesan Crusted Chicken • The historic average to this date is ......1.00” • Fresh Catch of the Day • Wettest year .................................................47.15” • Mile-High Meatloaf • During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 • Grilled Calamari Steak • • Italian Sausage Pasta Saute • Driest year ...................................................4.013” • Flame Broiled Pork Loin Chop • During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 Add a Glass of Draft Beer of House Wine —Just $2.99 Monday—Thursday, 2 Hours Free Parking Courtesy of the City of Monterey www.abalonettimonterey.com 57 Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey Call (831) 373-1851 Times Like Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is 172 16th Street, Pacific Grove published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Friday and is avail- able at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription. (831) 372-3524 Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Regular Contributors: Ben Alexander • Jack Beigle • Jon Charron• Scott Dick • www.cottageveterinarycare.com Rabia Erduman • Dana Goforth • Jonathan Guthrie • Neil Jameson • Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Travis Long • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Katie Shain Peter Silzer • Joan Skillman • Tom