THE NATIONAL STEINBECK CENTER IN SALINAS CAME BACK FROM A NEW YORK AUCTION (OF JOHN STEINBECK ARCHIVES AND MEMORABILIA) WITH SEVERAL ITEMS FOR THE MUSEUM. A MANUSCRIPT BY THE AUTHOR, AS WELL AS CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN STEINBECK AND HIS EDITOR, A SET OF FILM AND AUDIO RECORDINGS, HIS OFFICE CHAIR AND GLOBE, AND A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS SUCH AS PIPES, EYEGLASSES AMD WALLETS. THE MEMORABILIA INITIALLY CAME FROM AN APARTMENT WHERE HE HAD LIVED IN NEW YORK.
THE STEINBECK CENTER DID NOT BID ON ONE OF THE MOST PUBLICIZED ITEMS (A BRIEFCASE THAT ONCE BELONGED TO MONTEREY BIOLOGIST AND STEINBECK CONFIDANT ED RICKETTS, INCLUDING THE TELEGRAM THAT NOTIFIED THE AUTHOR OF A CAR CRASH THAT CLAIMED RICKETTS’ LIFE). THE STEINBECK CENTER HAD HOPED THE BRIEFCASE AND ITS CONTENTS WOULD GO TO MONTEREY, BUT THAT DID NOT PAN OUT.
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A recall went out yesterday for more than 2 million cribs. Most of them are of the drop-side variety, in which a side rail moves up and down (to allow people to more easily lift a child from the crib). That movable side can, however, malfunction (or detach completely) from the crib, potentially injuring (or trapping) a youngster’s head, arm or leg. Although drop-side cribs have been around for decades, they are increasingly coming under scrutiny because they are no longer as sturdily built as those in the past were.
Older cribs had a metal rod that guided the drop side up and down….whereas many of the newer drop-side cribs have plastic tracking guides, that are more prone to breaking.
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Monterey county sheriff’s deputies responded to a repot of shots fired in pajaro last night. Nobody was reported injured in the 9:50 p.m. incident, which took place on brooklyn street. The victim was standing near his car, outside a residence, when an unknown shooter fired several shots, and fled. No suspects have been located.
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A new restaurant is set to open today in Monterey. The cannery row brewery company had hoped to open its doors in time for the u.s. open golf tournament, however it was delayed until the businesses secured its liquor license. The cannery brewing row company is located on the corner of wave street and prescott avenue, and is set to have 70 beers on tap, and serve “home-style food.”
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