Monthly Archives: December 2009

Holman Building Not For Sale . . .Yet

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Holmans Hooters

A rumor was going around town that the building and adjacent property were for sale, based on a multiple listing that remained on the books after Agha, frustrated with what he felt was foot-dragging by the city over his proposed downtown hotel project, put it up for sale a year ago.

Agha acquired the property at auction in 1995 with an eye toward razing the building and constructing a high-end hotel and conference center on the site at 542 Lighthouse Ave.

He’ll likely sell it if he gets the permits. Hope he loses.

Holman Building Not For Sale . . .Yet

Bay View School Closing

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Done deal.
Bay View School Bye

The district will send students from Bay View and kindergarten to fifth graders from Colton Elementary to the new Monte Vista school.The plan keeps Colton a middle school .

The district said it needs to make the change because of budget cuts and so all schools have the same grade standards. Board leaders said Bay View isn’t big enough to hold more students once schools are reconfigured.

Bay View School Closing

Missing P.G. Man Found Dead In Pebble Beach

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The remains of John Hauswirth, an 82-year-old Pacific Grove man who went missing in March, were found Friday in Pebble Beach by four Stevenson School students walking through the woods.

Hauswirth, who suffered from dementia, disappeared March 11. His wife told police he wandered away while the two were doing yard work on a rental property on Euclid Street in Monterey, about six miles from where the remains were found.

Missing P.G. Man Found Dead In Pebble Beach

Monarch Population Falls Faster Than Tree Branches

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Butterfly Tree Stump

Volunteers count the monarchs each year at nine sites in the county. The Monarch Program, a research organization based in San Diego that collects the data, says that the numbers were down significantly compared with those recorded last year.

At one site in Big Sur, there was a third fewer butterflies. In Pacific Grove, there were 96 percent fewer butterflies seen this year than in 2008, according to the organization.

Two factors are responsible for sagging numbers of butterflies, Leong said. Fewer are coming to the region, and the local environment is becoming less hospitable to their needs.

Quit attracting tourists and go back to attracting nature. It can fix itself.

Monarch Population Falls Faster Than Tree Branches

Tree Rules Falling?

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Wtf Tree

the council heard a progress report on the city’s Beautification and Natural Resources Commission’s work toward modifying its tree ordinance.

Bennett said the proposed changes were reasonable, but “taken as a whole, they weaken the ordinance in favor of private property rights.”

Property owners, she said, have a responsibility to help the city preserve its urban forest.

Tree Rules Falling?