The runaway racks chased away from the front of the post office back in April have been spotted gathering in the parking lot on Forest Avenue by the Grove Market.
The rusty or sun-faded dispensers of that obsolete media called newspapers and other pulp goods of dubious value are taking a stand this time. They have chained themselves up to signposts and trees in the traditions of UCSC and UC Berzerkley.
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There’s no room for a basic auto parts store on Lighthouse anymore. In the proud P.G tradition (no, it’s not going to be a gallery) it’s going to be a secondhand clothing store.
Pacific Grove farmers’ market, scheduled to debut in July, will be delayed for at least two weeks — and could be called off altogether this year — because of an advertising blunder in the Monterey County Herald, city officials said.
Scheduled to debut July 7, the farmers’ market will be set back because the Herald failed to print a public hearing notice for last week’s city council meeting in which the market was discussed.
“It’s too bad it will be delayed,” P.G. Mayor Dan Cort told The Pine Cone, “because we are all so excited about the farmers’ market.”
Well, if you can’t buy some vegetables, we can always find you some toast and noodles for about $30 . .
$8 toast at Joe Rombi
$21 for a plate of noodles, not even any meat!
Just when we were starting to turn the corner on the “city in trouble” thing she wants to come back and return it to the way it was when she was in office.
Former Pacific Grove City Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck has announced her plan to run for City Council—again. Goldbeck served on the council from 2002 to 2006 but lost her 2006 bid for mayor.
“Pacific Grove has been having some pretty tough seas lately,” says Goldbeck, a local attorney.”Maybe I can help get our little ship of state right again.”
Some Goldbeck stories from the past:
Don’t vote for her, please.
The discrepancy between SPG’s big presence and small volunteer pool has caught the attention of P.G. sisters Pat and Sally Herrgott. “I’m confused about what kind of an organization they are,” Pat Herrgott says. “They’re just a loose group of people with similar objectives. To me, they seem more like a political action committee than a nonprofit.”
At only 2 years old, Sustainable Pacific Grove has taken up a big public presence: hosting eco-booths at Good Old Days; running green cleaning and worm composting workshops; developing criteria for the new P.G. Farmers Market; lobbying for a regional ban on polystyrene take-out containers; and outfitting the eco-hub known as The Green Spot with an edible garden, fog collector and cisterns.
Edible Garden? The Brown Green Spot is a collective of weeds, garbage and fire hazards.
Three foot high weeds and discarded coffee cup (not a styrofoam cup!)
Broken glass to play with.
Using old news as moisture barrier? Looks more like litter.
The collective of rubbish and unsafe lead acid storage batteries.
What’s behind Ron’s Liquors? A huge free parking lot. People in need of liquor, cigarettes and porn will not be slowed down by a bunch of veggie lovers.
On June 4, the Pacific Grove City Council approved an ordinance allowing public gatherings on Lighthouse, a prerequisite for the farmers market.
But Lighthouse Avenue merchants say the market will hurt them.
“It was supposed to come to town and be something positive for the city,” said liquor store owner David Pollacci.
Instead, he said, it will take business away from merchants.
His business, Ron’s Liquors at 613 Lighthouse Ave., loses 30 percent to 40 percent of its business on days when the street is closed — Good Old Days, the Butterfly Parade, car rallies, the Christmas Parade of Lights and similar events. Pollacci said he doesn’t mind giving up sales from time to time, but shutting down the street once a week would be too big a loss.
A diver who died Tuesday after he was pulled from the ocean off San Carlos Beach was identified as Salinas resident Gregory Dilley, 48, by the Monterey County Coroner’s Office.
Dilley, who had gone diving alone, was discovered floating next to the Coast Guard Pier shortly before 1 p.m., the coroner’s office said.
San Carlos Beach
Google’s Street View is now available in Pacific Grove (and much more of the Monterey Peninsula).
The original intent of LighthouseAvenue.com was to be a local version of Google Street View combined with Yellow pages. Each address would have a subdomain such as 565.lighthouseavenue.com. I would have sold home pages to stores at each address and become rich. Since I never was a salesperson type, that fell through.
Streetview is neat, check it out.
Nothing like making your image of being green and offsetting some CO2 with flower pots outside the business. Live flowers to brighten the day.
But remember that most people don’t give a hoot and use your flower pots for cigarette butts and other trash:
After the flowers die from neglect it gets worse:
Not sure who takes care of these things – it’s in the 500 bock in front of Monte Cafe.