Monthly Archives: November 2024

Parklets Gone, Sidewalks Emerge

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Aint it odd when it’s called the Lighthouse Avenue Widening Project when all it does to the street is make it narrower?

On Monday, construction crews tore down the wooden dining parklet in front of Wild Fish restaurant following last week’s demolition of adjacent parklets owned by restaurants Victorian Comer and Rudolfo’s Café. On Tuesday morning, a worker in a small John Deere excavator near the parklet used the vehicle’s bucket to fracture concrete, before lifting it up and dropping it into an awaiting dump truck.
The Lighthouse Avenue Widening Project, as it’s called, includes open-air seating separated by fencing in front of the three restaurants.

Parklets Gone, Sidewalks Emerge

Parklets Pending Expunction

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Tell the band at Wild Fish to get paid in advance.

Parklett Parking

In 2023, a P.G. City Council parklets subcommittee charged with reviewing guidelines and design standards for all parklets instead took a hard turn in the name of “safety first,” according to a report to council. Subcommittee members Luke Coletti, Debby Beck and Lori McDonnell recommended eliminating the three parklets at Lighthouse and Fountain and replacing them with sidewalk dining areas. The council voted 5-2 in favor of the plan. (The council was scheduled to decide on draft design guidelines on Nov. 20, after the Weekly’s deadline.)

The Jacobses are planning to “go out with a bang,” inviting musicians who have played at Wild Fish in the past to bring their instruments and musician friends for a party and jam session from 6:30-9:30pm on Saturday, Nov. 23.

Parklets Pending Expunction

Cure For Parklet Pandemic

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Tearing them down. Started as sidewalk dining then turned into full blown building additions. Walls Come Down

“The remaining parklet for Wild Fish restaurant will be removed Nov. 25,” Pacific Grove City manager Matt Mogensen told The Pine Cone this week. “The sidewalk widening project is expected to be completed prior to the end of the year, weather permitting.
The project involves building open-air seating areas in front of the three restaurants. Pedestrian traffic will be directed to’ a wider, 8-foot pathway between the outer portion of the fenced dining areas and Lighthouse Avenue. Other work includes removing trees and planting new ones in metal-grated wells, relocating signs and an existing light pole, while adding new pavement striping and markings.

Cure For Parklet Pandemic

Griddle Goes Cold At Wharf 2 Restaurant

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Another victim of the city’s greed?

joes griddle

An iconic Monterey Municipal Wharf 2 restaurant is shutting its doors suddenly and without warning.

Loulou’s Griddle in the Middle announced on its social media page that it would be shutting down effective immediately.

“It comes with great sadness & heartbreak to tell you all that Loulou’s will be closing, effective immediately. We can’t explain just how crushed we are. A lot of different things are at play, but to make a long & complicated story short & simple, lease negotiations were upon us & moving forward with a new lease just wasn’t going to be feasible for us,” a post on Loulou’s Instagram read.

Loulou’s said that while they do not know what is next, they plan on staying in the community in some capacity.

Griddle Goes Cold At Wharf 2 Restaurant

Councilwoman Debbie Beck Resigns

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Sad to lose a great councilwoman.

Debbie Beck announced she would be stepping down from her seat on the council and resigning after a “challenging year.” Wednesday’s city council meeting began with remarks from Beck, who thanked the city and residents for their support.

“I consider the residents of Pacific Grove my family and that’s the reason I chose to run back in the day, but family always comes first,” Beck said.

Beck, who fought a battle against breast cancer and is mourning the loss of her daughter to cancer, said while she has prioritized Pacific Grove and her duties to the council, she wants to step back and spend more time with her loved ones.

“I did put the city and this position at the front of my agenda at all times, however this past year was very challenging, so it’s bittersweet,” she said.

Councilwoman Debbie Beck Resigns

School Creeper Riley Elvin Released On Probation

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I don’t think that is the right call, Judge Butler.

Riley Elvin

A man who trespassed onto two Pacific Grove school campuses in 2023 and threatened to kill the former principal of P.G. High was put on probation last week and freed from Monterey County Jail.
On Nov. 13, Monterey County Superior Court Judge Pamela Butler sentenced Riley Elvin, 29, to felony probation. The order means he must abide by a strict set of conditions, including abstaining from drugs and alcohol, seeking and maintaining employment, and staying 100 yards away from Pacific Grove High School.

School Creeper Riley Elvin Released On Probation

Spyglass Pro Shop Burglarized

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No name on the apprehended suspect.

“They had video surveillance of the incident,” Rosas said, and from that, investigators were able to identify the two people who had broken into the shop. The damage the duo caused totaled around $3,100, but they didn’t manage to steal anything. One of them, a 26-year-old woman from Pebble Beach, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy, burglary and felony vandalism, according to Rosas.

Spyglass Pro Shop Burglarized

Pasadena Woman Arrested At Bide A Wee

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Happy holidays indeed.

Bide A Wee

A Southern California woman was arrested Nov. 3 on charges of beating a member of her family at a Pacific Grove inn, the PG. Police Department said. Pasadena resident Huasha Liu, 67, was arrested at 221 Asilomar Ave., the location of the Bide-a-Wee Inn & Cottages

It is unclear which relationship applied in Liu’s case. As of Thursday afternoon, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office had not yet charged her with a crime.

Pasadena Woman Arrested At Bide A Wee

Wild Fish Challenges Legitimacy

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Isn’t that funny. I’d challenge Wild Fish for being a legal tax abiding business.

Wildfish menu

The operators of Victorian Corner and Rudolfo’s are in favor of the new outdoor dining plan, while Wild Fish owners Kelvin and Liz Jacobs oppose it. The couple said they’re planning on hiring an attorney to “challenge the legitimacy” of the project and are asking the public to help pay their legal bills.

Wild Fish Challenges Legitimacy