A dining facility at the Presidio of Monterey was evacuated today due to a gas leak. The evacuation of Belas Dining facility and 4 nearby buildings, began at around 1 p.m this afternoon. The leak, which was not part of an active emergency operations exercise taking place on the Presidio and Ord Military Community today, was plugged as of 2:25 p.m. The facility was shut down for the remainder of the day and is expected to reopen tomorrow. No injuries were reported.
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A training exercise is scheduled for today at the Presidio of Monterey. The training is designed to test the ability of each Emergency service organization to respond to various situations. Periodic gate delays should be expected as these drills are conducted throughout the day. Noise from emergency vehicles should be expected from the Lower Presidio area.
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A local historical organization has made a bid offer on a Pajaro Valley home to house its archives. The Pajaro Valley Historical Association has been raising funds to build an archive building, but has made a bid on the historic Porter-Pista home which is located next door to the association's headquarters. The PVHA has made a bid of just under the 3-hundred-ninety-nine thousand dollars listing price. Bank of America, which has a lien on the home, has yet to approve the bid.
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A 52 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE TRIED TO HIDE A BACKPACK DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. PAUL HARRIS HAD METHAMPHETAMINE, HASHISH, SYRINGES, A POLICE SCANNER…AND 3 WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS ARREST. ALTHOUGH HE INITIALLY GAVE THE ARRESTING OFFICER A FALSE NAME, THAT RUSE (AND HIS REAL NAME) WERE QUICKLY FIGURED OUT. HARRIS IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL IN MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
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