Monthly Archives: December 2023

P.G. Planting A Pagoda

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First cancel the Feast Of Lanterns over made up history, then plant a pagoda honoring those lost their rickety shoreline encampment in the park named for the wonderful person that was the creator of the Feast as we knew it. Bleah!

Sook Mi Pagoda

 

MBCA leaders first requested a joint project with the city along Monterey Bay near the village site, but it didn’t make it into the budget. MBCA leaders came back asking to locate the pavilion in a city park financed by their own  fundraising. Working with city staff and the P.G. Recreation Board, Elmarie Dyke Park next to Chautauqua Hall was chosen. A moon wall at the entrance to the park was added to the proposal. The estimated cost of construction for both is $120,000-$150,000.

P.G. Planting A Pagoda

The Weakly Gangs Up On Coletti

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Luke is doing the job no one else would do – hold others accountable.

Coast Weakly

That Coletti and Harvey were pitted against each other was unsurprising to anyone observing Pacific Grove city government. But there’s a pattern: At least three other similar claims of workplace harassment have been filed by city staff members against Coletti. Two remain under active investigation.

Beyond that, multiple staff members have departed from City Hall. Former housing manager Anastacia Wyatt left for the City of Monterey; former community development director Alyson Hunter left for Marina. In a resignation letter in 2022, Hunter cited “aggressive questioning” as a reason for her departure.

Tough questioning is one thing. Workplace bullying is another. And Coletti seems intent on continuing to cross that line.

The Weakly Gangs Up On Coletti

Call For DEI Task Force Gets Crickets

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Can’t think of anything else to divide people over?

The Mayor of Pacific Grove said the city is extending the deadline for residents to apply for seats on its boards, commissions and committees.

Regarding the DEI task force, one position has been unfilled for months while two other spots will become open when terms for chair Kim Bui and vice chair Nadja Mark expire in January. The task force has had an especially difficult t time retaining members. In January, two new people were appointed to serve until 2025, but they were both gone by August,

Call For DEI Task Force Gets Crickets

Coyotes At The Beach Eating Seal Pups

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The more seals we protect, the more predators we attract.

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A study has shown that coyotes hunt harbor seals and their pups. This newly observed dynamic could have consequences for the region’s marine mammal populations.

The headless bodies began turning up in 2016, and Grimes wasn’t able to pin down what was behind them. She suspected it might be coyotes, as she had found tracks in the area — but coyotes were not known to go after live marine mammals.

Coyotes At The Beach Eating Seal Pups

Lovers Point Murder Conspiracy Charges Dropped

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All hush hush, why?

Pacific Grove Police have not publicly addressed the decision by prosecutors not to charge the two women. But the police department has not said it’s looking for anybody  else in the case.

The PGPD, which has been even more secretive than usual, has also refused to tell the public what happened during the incident, why they believe it amounted to attempted murder and how the women were involved.

Lovers Point Murder Conspiracy Charges Dropped

P.G. Police Chief Pulling Duty From Home

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At least her Monterey home is closer than the ex-City Manager’s. PG PD Pride Flag

Earlier this month, Madalone again said she was working from home. And this week, in response to questions about the date she began working remotely, the nature of her injury and when she expected to return to work, she said the answers would reveal “confidential medical and personnel information.”

P.G. Police Chief Pulling Duty From Home

Riley Elvin Needs A Psych Exam?

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Shold be a quick one for the school tresapasser.

Elvin, who court records show has a lengthy criminal record and a history of mental illness and drug use, was charged with felony criminal threats and a misdemeanor
of illegally entering school grounds. He remains in Monterey County Jail.

While Elvin has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, his deputy public defender during a Dec. 6 court hearing in Salinas expressed doubt as to his competency and requested that he be required to undergo a psychiatric examination. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Pamela Butler agreed.

Riley Elvin Needs A Psych Exam?

Two Arrested From Lovers Point Murder Attempt

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Kids in the park at night.

Two women from Seaside were arrested in connection to an incident at Lover’s Point Park involving a gun. Ashley Aragon, 18, and Jennifer Javier-Ramirez, 20, were arrested for conspiracy, while Javier-Ramirez was also arrested for vandalism, and were booked into the Monterey County Jail.

Two Arrested From Lovers Point Murder Attempt

Hate Crime Vandalism On Pine Avenue

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Mikhail Faybyshev arrested.

Mikhail Faybyshev

The night of Dec. 3around 9:16 p.m., officers responded to a report of vandalism in the 300 block of Pine Avenue after the victim — identified in the daily log as a 37-year-old female reported she was sitting in her car “when a male suspect approached and began to scratch letters into the vehicle.”

Hate Crime Vandalism On Pine Avenue

Lovers Point Scene Of Attempted Murder

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With “several masked individuals and one person with a gun” it sounds more like someone making a rap video for Tick Tok.

On Nov. 30 at about 11:20 p.m., PG. Police say officers responded to Lovers Point to a report of a disturbance “involving several masked individuals and one person with a gun.” When they arrived, the victim was gone, but they were able to get information the suspects’ vehicles and the direction in which they fled. That led officers to make traffic stops on vehicles matching the descriptions of those that had fled the crime scene. However, because the male victim was not available to identify the people police detained, the occupants were released.

Lovers Point Scene Of Attempted Murder