Monthly Archives: June 2026

City Citing Squirrel Sustainers

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Now, Seagulls will swoop down and steal your food, but the punk squirrels at Lovers Point will climb your leg and bite you.

Feeding wild animals such as deer, squirrels and raccoons in Pacific Grove is not only frowned upon, it’s illegal. It will also cost you.
On June 15 and 16, Pacific Grove police officers cited five people on Ocean View Boulevard and nearby streets for feeding animals. “My understanding is that in these five cases, it was squirrels that were being fed,” Pacific Grove Police Chief Casey Day told The Pine Cone this week.

City Citing Squirrel Sustainers

Measure C Failing Fast

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About a dozen members and friends of the Pacific Grove Progressives were crowded around a couple of tables sharing pizzas and sipping craft beers at Hops and Fog Brewing Co. on the evening of Tuesday, June 2 in downtown P.G., in part to reward themselves after weeks of campaigning in support of Measure C..

And here we have John Mothershead assuming that all Democrats think exactly as he does on Measure C. Apparently, it never occurred to him that many Democrats voted no.”

“My sincere hope was that the Democrats were waiting until the last minute,” says John Mothershead, president of the P.G. Progressives, referring to voters statewide holding off until the last minute to see which Democratic gubernatorial candidate was in the lead. Members theorized that as Democratic ballots are counted, Measure C would have a chance of winning.

Measure C Failing Fast