Monthly Archives: July 2011

No New Fines For Providing Alcohol To Kids In P.G.

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Would Kampe feel any different if he was ever affected by a underage intoxicated person?

Four of the council members, Alan Cohen, Robert Huitt, Rudy Fischer and Bill Kampe, took exception to a rider on the proposed new city law that would allow cost recovery “for any violation of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code.”

Kampe commented that no one spends their entire childhood to age 21 at all times in the company of an adult, including staying home, and called the original law “a lottery with a penalty instead of a prize.

No New Fines For Providing Alcohol To Kids In P.G.

New P.G. Budget Adds Hours To Library

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Liberry

The city will go into the coming year offering longer library service hours and a school resource officer will again be assigned to Pacific Grove Unified School District, she said.

The city’s fiscal 2011-12 budget provides an additional $100,000 for the library. The money allows it to stay open 34 hours per week, Garcia said, compared to the current 24 hours.

The programs were made possible by budget improvements.

New P.G. Budget Adds Hours To Library

Salinas Loses .5 Million Dollars From “Green Vehicles” Involvement

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City governments need to stay out of private sector businesses.

A Salinas car manufacturing company that was expected to build environmentally friendly electric cars and create new jobs folded before almost any vehicles could run off the assembly line.

The city of Salinas had invested more than half a million dollars in Green Vehicles, an electric car start-up company.

All of that money is now gone, according to Green Vehicles President and Co-Founder Mike Ryan.

Thing is butt ugly, too.
Green Vehicles Closes
From the San Jose Mercury in 2010. Reads like a sham pitch full of eco-babble. No mention of true environmental progresses such as recyclable building materials or support for the vendors in China (!!) to improve their pollution output.

The first Triac prototypes were made in China, but the company moved manufacturing operations to California to lower its carbon footprint as soon as it got funding from the energy commission. Building the Triac in the state with the greatest market for electric vehicles will minimize the cost of transporting materials and vehicles, Ryan said.

Green Vehicles is also working on an online site that tracks the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and waste. “I want people to see these kinds of metrics,” Ryan said.

Salinas Loses .5 Million Dollars From “Green Vehicles” Involvement

Slowpokes Remembered

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They didn’t have girlfriends way back when — or so they claim — because every nickel and dime they earned was already promised in advanced to the true loves of their lives.

The good times returned Saturday for the aging gearheads who were among the earliest members of Monterey’s original Slowpokes Car Club, founded in 1949 by a couple of teenagers named Mike Homan and Al Bergquist.

A handful of the hot-rodding pioneers reunited at the Monterey Fairgrounds, sharing war stories with friends whom they hadn’t seen, in most cases, for 30 to 45 years, at a vintage car event organized by a Gold Coast Rods, a modern-day descendant of the Slowpokes.

The first line caught my eye “they didn’t have girlfriends or so they claimed”. One Slowpoke I knew very well had a beautiful girlfriend. Not only was she gorgeous she worked at Foster Freeze on Lighthouse ave. I would gladly help clean uncle’s ’59 Impala for a ride to see her.

59 Impala

Slowpokes Remembered

2011 County Health Department Restaurant Inspections

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Bon appetit, tourists and diners!

ARCHIE’S AMERICAN DINER
125 OCEAN VIEW BLVD 103
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
07/13/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 4 Noncritical – 5
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Minor Hands not clean and/or properly washed Yes 07/13/2011
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 07/13/2011
K014 Minor Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 07/13/2011
K023 Minor Insects, birds, rodents or animals

BREAKERS CAFE
1126 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K013 Major Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 03/30/2011

DOMINOS PIZZA – PACIFIC GROVE
156 COUNTRY CLUB GATE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/05/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 04/05/2011

FANDANGO
223 17TH ST
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/25/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 5
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Major Hands not clean and/or properly washed 03/28/2011

FIFI’S CAFE PACIFIC GROVE
1188 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
06/16/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 06/16/2011

THE FISHWIFE
1996 1/2 SUNSET AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/31/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 6
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Major Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 05/31/2011

FOURNIER’S BAKERY CAFE
650 LIGHTHOUSE AVE STE 100
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/11/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Major No food manager certificate Yes 04/11/2011

GROVE MARKET
242 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 03/30/2011
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures

HAPPY GIRL KITCHEN
173 CENTRAL AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/09/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Minor Hands not clean and/or properly washed Yes 03/09/2011

HOLLY’S LIGHTHOUSE CAFE
602 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/02/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 05/02/2011

INN AT 213 SEVENTEEN MILE DRIVE
213 SEVENTEEN MILE DR
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/13/2009: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate

LE NORMANDIE
542 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
01/20/2011: INSPECTION – FOLLOWUP FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 0 Noncritical – 0
12/09/2010: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 5 Noncritical – 5
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate 01/20/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities 01/20/2011
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures
K009 Major Improper cooling methods
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized

LIGHTHOUSE CINEMAS THEATER CONCESSION
525 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
01/11/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 01/11/2011

LIGHTHOUSE COFFEE COMPANY
510 LIGHTHOUSE AVE #2
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
01/11/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 01/11/2011

LIGHTHOUSE LODGE & SUITES
1249 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/03/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 05/03/2011

MAX’S GRILL
209 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
06/29/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated

MY CUISINE
620 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/13/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Major Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 04/13/2011

PACIFIC THAI CRUISINE
663 LIGHTHOUSE AVE STE. #A
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/17/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 03/17/2011

PASSION FISH
701 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/26/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 04/26/2011

PAVEL’S BACKEREI BAKERY
219 1/2 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
02/15/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 02/15/2011

PEPPERS MEXICALI CAFE
170 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/20/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 04/20/2011

POINT PINOS GRILL
77 ASILOMAR BLVD
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/18/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 03/18/2011

RED HOUSE CAFE
662 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/26/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K022 Minor Sewage and wastewater improperly disposed Yes 04/26/2011

SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS PACIFIC GROVE
200 COUNTRY CLUB CTR
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/22/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Major Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 03/22/2011
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 03/22/2011

CAFE LA STRADA
400 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
04/11/2011: INSPECTION – FOLLOWUP FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 0 Noncritical – 0
04/05/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 04/05/2011
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures 04/11/2011

COMPAGNO’S MARKET
2000 PRESCOTT AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
05/12/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 4
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K014 Minor Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized

FISH HOPPER RESTAURANT
700 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/10/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K041 Minor Improper backflow devices

GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE CO.
660 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/10/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K041 Minor Improper backflow devices

INTERCONTINENTAL – THE CLEMENT
750 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K008 Minor No Time used for food temperature control Yes 03/30/2011

INTERNATIONAL MARKET & DELI
580 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
07/06/2011: INSPECTION – FOLLOWUP FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 0 Noncritical – 0
06/29/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 4 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate Yes 06/29/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities 07/06/2011
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 06/29/2011
K015 Major Food not obtained from approved source Yes 06/29/2011

NESTLE TOLL HOUSE CAFE – CANNERY ROW
751 CANNERY ROW AVE 105
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures

PAPRIKA CAFE
309 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
02/16/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 02/16/2011

PELICAN PIZZA
522 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
04/28/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 4 Noncritical – 6
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate 05/19/2011
K002 Major Did not report communicable disease Yes 04/28/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities 05/19/2011
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 04/28/2011

SLY MCFLY’S
700 CANNERY ROW A
MONTEREY, CA 93940
06/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K035 Major Equipment/Utensils broken and soiled

SUBWAY #45521
296-C LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
02/09/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 4
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate Yes 02/09/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 02/09/2011

TAQUERIA DEL MAR
530 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
06/29/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 3 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Minor Hands not clean and/or properly washed
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K014 Minor Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 06/29/2011

THE DOG
615 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
07/06/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 3 Noncritical – 4
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K023 Major Insects, birds, rodents or animals

2011 County Health Department Restaurant Inspections

Property Owner Trying To Evict Pot Shop

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Richard Rosen, lol

After a three-day hearing, Judge Lydia Villarreal asked for written final arguments from attorneys for the MyCaregiver Cooperative and directors Jhonrico Carrnshimba and Mark Rowland.

The three are accused of contempt of court for allegedly violating an October 2010 court injunction by continuing to operate as a medical marijuana outlet on Lighthouse Avenue.

The medical marijuana co-op has appealed the earlier ruling to the state Court of Appeals. To obtain the injunction, the city said the outlet violated the city’s 2010 moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries.

The owner of the New Monterey building also has gone to court to evict the co-op, but that case has been held in abeyance pending the outcome of the contempt-of-court case.

Richard Rosen, attorney for the co-op corporation, filed defense papers arguing that the injunction on which the contempt charges are based is, itself, a flawed city law.

Property Owner Trying To Evict Pot Shop

Pollacci Going To Prison – Finally

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He’s been in County Jail ever since the first trail.Pollacci In Chains

He has been held in Monterey County Jail since the first guilty verdict but will now be moved to a state prison. While in the county facility, “he has received no disciplinary action reports or writeups” for bad behavior, according to Wouden.

Meanwhile, his parents have settled a federal civil lawsuit brought by one of Pollacci’s victims, which claimed they were negligent for letting their son, who was first convicted of sex crimes in the early 1990s, work in their liquor stores. A lawsuit by Jane Doe 1 was filed in federal court against the Pollacci’s. Late last year, a judge ruled they could be held personally liable for negligence. The family also sold its Pacific Grove and Carmel liquor stores, which are now owned by Lopez family, who also owns Lopez Taqueria & Liquor on Del Monte Avenue and Lopez Restaurante y Cantina on Cass Street.

Pollacci Going To Prison – Finally

Save $11,000 A Year Sending License Renewal Work To Fresno

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And charge businesses to do so.Fresno Connection

Moe always mentions Fresno as where many P.G. tourists come from..

The decision to work with Muniservices came in response to budget pressures and concerns that not all businesses in the city were paying the tax, Becklenberg said. The amount of the tax owed is linked to the annual gross receipts of the business.

Before contracting with Muniservices, Becklenberg said, the city had only a half-time worker to process about 1,600 business licenses at a cost of $38,000 per year. The new system is expected to reduce that cost to $29,000 a year, he said.

Save $11,000 A Year Sending License Renewal Work To Fresno