A Roseville man apparently died in a scuba diving accident off of Lovers Point on Friday, Pacific Grove police reported.
James Michael Holbrook, 54, was pulled to shore shortly before noon by his 19-year-old son and other divers, police said.
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93950.com’s Creator Esther Trosow Painstakingly Preserving Pictures
Archivist, museum exhibit creator, costume maker, Web designer, historic activist, wry observer of human oddities—Pacific Grove’s Esther Trosow has one expansive resume. She’s also probably done more to preserve and celebrate the history of “America’s Last Hometown” than any one person.
“A love of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts” brought Trosow to Pacific Grove in 1994, and within a few years she had developed the “Driving Tour of John Steinbeck’s Pacific Grove,” established 93950.com, a quirky portal Web site devoted to her new hometown, and been instrumental in convincing the City Council to change the name of High Street to Ricketts Row in honor of the legendary marine biologist whose original lab was on Fountain Avenue.
93950.com’s Creator Esther Trosow Painstakingly Preserving Pictures
P.G. Police Chief Retiring
Police Chief Carl Miller has announced that he plans to retire effective October 27th of 2006. Chief Miller began his employment with Pacific Grove on October 27, 1976 and has filled every position in the Department including motorcycle officer, Sergeant, Detective, Lieutenant, Captain and Chief.
Meth Arrest – Chioino & Gregg At Rosedale Inn
Police were able to make contact with Jason Chioino, 35 years old out of Seaside & Nicole Gregg, 20 years old out of Carmel, inside the room. It was determined that Chioino had 3 outstanding warrants for his arrest for drug and assault offenses with a total bail amount of $135,000.00 After further investigation, it was revealed that both were in possession of over one pound of methamphetamine for sale. Both were arrested and charged with these offenses.
Besides the drug story, what are two people from Seaside and Carmel doing in a motel room in PG? I thought this kind of stuff only happened on Fremont Street.
Police Chase In P.G., Resident Injured
Allan Hardy, 22, of Monterey was chased and ultimately caught by an off duty Pacific Grove firefighter John Crocker who was in the area when the accident occurred. Another passenger was apprehended a short distance from the accident by Sgt. Diehl.
The driver was traveling at speeds in excess of 50 mph and ultimately collided head on with a 37 year old female Pacific Grove resident who was traveling eastbound on Junipero Ave
Another Charged In Olinger’s Slaying
Police also report killers’ parents obstructing.
Prosecutors said charges have been filed against Angel Ruelas, younger brother of Jacobo Ruelas, who has already been charged in Olinger’s death.
Pacific Grove Police Chief Carl Miller said Tuesday his department had also forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office a case against the Ruelas brothers’ parents for obstruction of justice. No charges have been filed against them.
Jacobo Ruelas was arrested May 13 after a massive manhunt in South County. He was linked to the crime when a palm print lifted from Olinger’s stolen car was matched with his palm print in a new state databank.
Miller said Tuesday afternoon that there is also forensic evidence against Angel Ruelas, including fingerprint and DNA evidence. Ruelas was transported to Monterey County Jail from Corcoran State Prison on Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in juvenile court this morning.
Tidepool Police Blather
I’m going to miss Mayor Costello’s words at the 3 minute mark . .
Jim Willoughby steps up to blather his own agenda against letting people walk on the beaches
When he’s cut off by Costello, Lee Willoughby cheats the 3 minute limit and picks up where Jim off with nary a miss in the scripted blather
When Lee is ousted, David Dilworth wastes precious time chastising the Mayor for ejecting the tidepool police
Causing Dilworth to lose precious time and get cut off before he can finish his personal issues at the podium.
Home Invasion Robbery On Walnut Street
A man was robbed at gunpoint in front of his Pacific Grove home Saturday night, police said.
The victim, identified only as a male, was in front of his home in the 800 block of Walnut Street at 8:30 p.m. when two unidentified men approached him. One of the men grabbed the victim, pointed a gun at his head and demanded money.
P.G. Mayor Costello Steps Down – Medical Causes
Our Cobra driving Mayor
Jim Costello announced Thursday that he will step down after nearly two years as Pacific Grove’s mayor to focus on his battle with bone cancer.
“It has been my pleasure to serve the people of Pacific Grove for over 11 years, but as I leave office I know the city is in good hands,” said Costello in a written statement.
Costello will also retire from his duties as a teacher at Pacific Grove Middle School, where he teaches English, history and keyboarding.
P.G. was lucky to have a teacher like Costello, and a mayor with a sense of humor.
City Manager Jim Colangelo Right At Home
Many Pacific Grove residents tell City Manager Jim Colangelo they don’t want the city to change. But what they don’t realize is the city already has, Colangelo said.
“It’s not the way it was in the 1980s and early ’90s,” said Colangelo. “Pacific Grove was an affordable place to live. It was a place that had a lot of working families; the schools were full of kids. Now, school enrollment is dropping like crazy because young families can’t afford to live here.”
It is that obvious, but no one did anything about it. Schenk brought up creating worker housing at Fort Ord. Oh that’s great, separate the classes. If people wanted to live in C-Side they would move there.