Car Week Thieves Take Corvette In P.G.

The police commander says it’s a rare thing to happen. Don’t forget all the motorcycles stolen during Moto GP week.

Meanwhile, the P.G. cops let the car thieves go on own recognizance.

Pacific Grove police said Wednesday that an El Dorado County resident reported his 1962 red Corvette vanished after he parked it late Saturday at a bed and breakfast.

The theft apparently occurred between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., police Cmdr. John Miller said.

The owner said he parked at the lodging in the 300 block of Central Avenue and discovered the car missing an hour later when a friend came by.

The car owner said whoever took it must not have started the engine because he said “he would have heard if it was fired up,” Miller said.

Seen this car? Call the owner below. Don’t let the image of Pacific Grove get tarnished by indifferent cops.

Stolen Corvette
A Police report has been filed with the Pacific Grove Police Department. PG1300883
Please contact owner, Pat 916

P.G. Car Burglars Caught

And cops let them go.

What?

The victim said he spotted two people in his vehicle about 1 a.m. in the 100 block of 19th Street. The burglars got into a waiting vehicle after the victim chased them.

Police said the suspects’ vehicle was spotted on Del Monte Boulevard a few minutes later and stopped by officers. Three occupants were arrested, and property from the burglary was recovered.

Arrested were Noziel Mendoza, 18, Jesus Nieto, 20, both of Castroville, and Joseph Olea, 27, of Salinas, police said. They were taken to the Pacific Grove police station and later released on their own recognizance, police said.

P.G. Car Burglars Caught

P.G. Sees Whooping Cough Outbreak

Very contagious, where’s it coming from?

Seven cases have been reported recently in Pacific Grove, most of them among adolescents. Health professionals are concerned the rise in cases happened because some people are declining the vaccination.

Symptoms of pertussis may include runny nose, sneezing and a mild cough, but develop into severe coughing fits after one or two weeks.

P.G. Sees Whooping Cough Outbreak

P.G. Woman Convicted On Elder Abuse Charge

Patricia Conklin, 47, was convicted on three counts of elder abuse in a jury trial that began on Aug. 5. Deliberations spanned the weekend, beginning on Friday before the final verdict was rendered on Monday.

In the first, Conklin pushed her mother during a verbal argument, causing the elderly woman to fall. When Conklin called 911 to advise her mother had slipped, dispatchers could hear her mother yelling she’d been thrown down. Transported to Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, the woman was diagnosed with an intertrochanteric fracture, a fracture on the top of the femur bone just below the ball portion of the hip. The injury resulted in necessary surgery and several metal implants.

The second and third counts relate to endangerment on March 9. On that day, Conklin went to a skilled nursing facility to retrieve her mother from the surgery. At the location, Conklin demanded her mother’s release and accused the staff of wanting her mother’s money. She then threatened the staff and took her mother from the facility to her home which was ill-prepared for the elderly woman’s return.

P.G. Woman Convicted On Elder Abuse Charge

Kidnapper Reported In Front Of P.G. High

Clad in a trench coat and a black fedora, a man insinuated Thursday he was going to kidnap a 15-year-old Pacific Grove High School student, police said.

Just before 3 p.m., an unidentified man approached a teenage boy on Sunset Avenue in front of the Pacific Grove High School stadium, according to a Pacific Grove Police Department release. The student told officers the man asked, “If you had a cell phone, would you be able to call someone if I kidnapped you?”

Bad guy being too obvious?

TVTropes.org:

An “evil” character, a Film Noir character, or otherwise out-of-the-ordinary character, can always be identified (by the observant audience anyway) by the fact that he wears a concealing trenchcoat, fedora and occasionally dark glasses that are in no way seen as suspicious by any passers-by.

Kidnapper Reported In Front Of P.G. High

Nader Agha Back With Another Hotel Plan

But won’t his name cast a negative impression?

Agha said he intends to meet next week with city officials about the plan, which he said would retain the Holman Building in its design.

The Pacific Grove City Council on Thursday created a Holman Hotel Subcommittee with Mayor Bill Kampe and Councilman Alan Cohen to serve as a liaison between project proponents and the council.

“He has some conceptual drawings,” Kampe said of Agha’s new proposal. “We want to make sure we follow due process and not make a decision based on a pretty picture.”

Agha’s last pretty picture:
Durell Hotel

Nader Agha Back With Another Hotel Plan

If Anyone Should Know About Gulls, The US Navy Does

But do the New York company’s solutions used by the Navy School work on Western Gulls?

The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey seems to have found a way to keep ever-present, garbage-munching gulls from landing and nesting on its rooftops.

And neighboring Pacific Grove is taking notice.

The type of system NPS uses was one of the topics of discussion last week at a gull summit in Pacific Grove, as plans move forward for cleaning up the mess left by large Western gulls and trying to find solutions to reduce the numbers of roosting birds — especially on the flat roofs they love.

Seagull Control Systems LLC, a New York company, specializes in rooftop grid systems with wire or monofilament line — like fishing line — that owner Barry Fast says is foolproof in preventing gulls from landing.

By the way – Pacific Grove Juice N’ Java has returned to it’s old ways – picture taken August 10:

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If Anyone Should Know About Gulls, The US Navy Does

Seagull Summit Declares Problem Is Solved

The gulls that are mucking up downtown are not Sea Gulls, but Western Gulls. Y’all aint got a SEAgull problem, pardner.

Woohoo Gull

The hot topic forced the meeting to move from a small, Jewell Park meeting room, across the street to the museum. That’s where museum executive director Lori Mannel set the record straight. There is no such thing as a sea gull, she said, explaining that the circling, squawking hordes over Pacific Gull are Western Gulls — never found far from the ocean.

Anyway, readers of LighthouseAvenue.com no doubt can recall back in 2009 when the Dumpsters Of Commerce story was posted to illustrate my opinion that downtown’s bistro owners showed little respect for the town and it’s citizens. The constant violators from back then were checked recently and (surprise!), no wide open trash receptacles.

Seabreeze Motel
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Mandos
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Lighthouse Cinema
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Fandango
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PG Plaza – a little loose
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Peppers
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17th Street Grillee
Dumpster 17th Street Grill

P.G Juice N Java – kind of sloppy
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Not all is rosy –
Some crows were picking up berries from the ground behind Peppers
Peppers Crows 4

Favaloros leaves garbage uncovered in the alley
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City trash can with no cover
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Grapes Of Wraith Catering – this is shared (obviously) with a medical office in the Central Medical Clinic. The lid was up, there were medical records laying there. HIPAA issues possibly, but no food scraps.
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Check back in a week – see if there is no longer a gull problem.

Seagull Summit Declares Problem Is Solved

New Monterey Police Blotter – July 2013

Drunk, passed out and in the bushes on Cannery Row is no way to go through life Krystina.

7/1/13 Non-injury traffic collision in the 200 block of Cannery Row.

7/1/13 Injury traffic collision at Wave and Drake.

7/1/13 Non-injury traffic collision at the Lighthouse Tunnel – South Bore.

7/1/13 MPD documented a peace disturbance in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

7/2/13 Victim reports theft of a Canon camera from somewhere in the 800 block of Cannery Row.

7/2/13 MPD documented a civil issue in the 300 block of Cedar St.

7/3/13 Victim reported a vandalism to her vehicle while parked at 32 Cannery Row, Lot 21. The driver’s side window was shattered out.

7/3/13 Hit and run collision on Wave near McClellan.

7/5/13 MPD documented graffiti in the men’s restroom at 32 Cannery Row

7/5/13 City of Monterey Public Works, reports graffiti at the Harbor Master’s Office.

7/5/13 City of Monterey Public Works, reports graffiti at the restrooms on Muni Wharf #2

7/5/13 MPD documented graffiti in the men’s restroom at Wharf 1.

7/5/13 City of Monterey Public Works, reportsgraffiti at the North end of Muni Wharf #2.

7/6/13 Monterey Police recovered a stolen 1996 Honda Civic while parked in the 800 block of David Ave. Vehicle was stolen from Salinas on 6/28/13.

7/6/13 Business in the 600 block of Cannery Row reports theft of a 7-speed men’s bicycle with trailer on 7/5/13.

7/6/13 MPD towed a red, 92 Ford Ranger from the 700 block of Hawthorne for expired registration over 6 months.

7/6/13 MPD documented a fall of person on the Recreation Trail behind 550 Wave Street.

7/7/13 Monterey Police Department documented a fight in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

7/7/13 Deceased person found at their residence in the 800 block of Pine St.

7/7/13 MPD documented injuries sustained after a fall in the 1000 block of Irving Ave.

7/7/13 MPD documented a fall of person in the 300 block of Prescott.

7/8/13 JABLONSKI, ALEXANDER, male/24, BRN/BLU/6-3/215, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, resisting,obstructing,delaying, carry concealable firearm in vehicle, carry loaded firearm in a vehicle and allowing a loaded firearm in a vehicle. AIKEN, CARLO, male/32, BRN/HZL/6-0/175, was arrested for resisting, obstructing, delaying, possession of methaphetamine, transportation of methaphetamine, occupant carry concealed firearm in vehicle, felon in possession of a firearm and felon in possession of ammunition. JABLONSKI and AIKEN were arrested at Spencer and McClellan incident to a traffic stop. Both were transported to Monterey County Jail for booking.

7/8/13 Victim reports having her peace disturbed by offensive words in the 300 block of Spencer St.

7/8/13 Victim reports her keys lost in the 800 block of Wave Street.

7/8/13 Victim reports a hit and run to her parked vehicle in the 200 block of Scott Street.

7/8/13 Non-injury traffic collision in the 400 block of Lighthouse.

7/9/13 Non-injury traffic collision at David / Lottie.

7/9/13 MPD investigates a fall of person at Wave / David.

7/9/13 MCSO was aided in the arrest of RAMIREZ, JUAN DIEGO, male/32, 5’04” 190, BLK/BRO, on a outstanding $3500 misdemeanor warrant, at Scott and Pacific.

7/10/13 REEVES, DORIAN ALONSO, male/19, 5’8, 160lbs, Blk, Brn, was arrested for providing false information to a peace officer after he was contacted for camping in a vehicle on Olivier near Scott. REEVES was also found to have a No Bail Felony Warrant, documented in case 13-3415. REEVES was booked at MPD and then transported to CJ.

7/10/13 MCSO was aided in the arrest of REEVES, DORIAN ALONSO, male/19, 5’8, 160lbs, Blk, Brn, for a felony no bail warrant on Olivier near Scott. REEVES was contacted for camping in a vehicle and was additionally arrested for providing false information to a peace officer in 13-3414.

7/10/13 Victim in the 800 block of Belden St. reports burglary to his on-site storage locker and theft of numerous items of scuba diving equipment.

7/10/13 Victim reports theft of $60.00 from her purse while it was in an unlocked classroom at Hilltop Park.

7/10/13 Victim in the 400 block of McClellan reports having her house and her car egged.

7/11/13 Subject reports finding a collection of music cd’s on the sidewalk at Foam and Hoffman yesterday.

7/12/13 CREES, KELLY, male/46, brn, blu, 5’9, 260, was arrested for public intoxication in the 600 block of Lighthouse Ave. Transported to County Jail to be released without charges per 849(b)(2) PC when sober without charges.

/12/13 WILLIAMS, JULIAN male/25, 6’0″, 180, BRN, BRN, Sun Ridge Rd Pebble Beach was arrested for domestic battery and criminal threats at Prescott / Taylor. JULIAN was booked at the Monterey County Jail where he will be held pending court or bail.

7/13/13 Victim reports a road rage dispute near Lighthouse and Prescott.

7/13/13 Victim in the 700 block of Grace Street reports theft of $50.00 on his debit card.

7/14/13 Suspect was cited for disturbing the peace in the 400 block of Lighthouse Ave.

7/15/13 WARNER, ZACHARY DANIEL, male/26, 5’10”, 170, Bro, Bro, was arrested for DUI at Lighthouse/Private Bolio. WARNER was booked into the Monterey County Jail.

7/15/13 Battery reported in the 300 block of Drake Ave., unfounded.

7/15/13 LOPEZ, DAVID, male/54, GRY/BRO 5’05″/175lbs, was arrested for public intoxication on the Rec Trail at Prescott. LOPEZ was transported to the Monterey County Jail where he was booked and later released.

7/15/13 MPD recovered a blk/gry stroller abandoned at the intersection of Cannery Row and Reeside.

7/16/13 Victim reports burglary to his vehicle while parked in the garage at Scott/Pacific.

7/16/13 Victim reports theft of his credit card number while using the gas pumps in the 800 block of Hawthorne St on 6-14-13.

7/17/13 Victim in the 700 block of Archer St. reports vandalism to her vehicle.

7/17/13 MARTIN, SKYLER THOMAS, male/25, Bln, Blu, 509, 160, was arrested for warrants at Wave/Prescott. MARTIN was transported and booked at Monterey County Jail on $15,000.00 bail.

7/17/13 HYMES, ANDRE MICHAEL, male/20, BRO/BRO 5’09” 145, was arrested for domestic violence in the 2000 block of David Ave. HYMES transported to Monterey County Jail pending $20,000 bail.

7/18/13 Victim reports losing a blue wallet with cash and a credit card in the area of 685 Cannery Row.

7/18/13 RANSOM, CURTIS KING, male/56, 6’3, 175lbs, Blk, Brn, was arrested for robbery after he used force to steal two rings from a business in the 700 block of Lighthouse Ave. RANSOM booked into the Monterey County Jail pending bail.

7/18/13 Victim reports an unknown person who was above the North Bore Lighthouse Tunnel to have thrown a rock striking/damaging the windshield of his vehicle.

7/19/13 Victim reports theft of her vehicle from the 200 block of Hawthorne St.

7/19/13 Victim reports theft from a vending machine in the 500 block of Wave St.

7/19/13 Victim in the 600 block of McClellan Ave. reports theft of her White Specialized bicycle stolen from the bike rack located at the Rec Trail and Hoffman after the bike lock was cut.

7/19/13 Subject fled from a traffic stop on Foam at Reeside. His vehicle was towed for obstructing a roadway by Matteson and Beers. Charges pending.

7/19/13 AGUILAR, ANTHONY, male/24, 5’10″/160, Brn/Brn was cited for driving without the required ignition interlock device on Cannery Row, and Prescott.

7/20/13 CAMPOS, YESENNIA, KRYSTINA, female/21, 5-07, 130 lbs., brown, brown, was arrested for public intoxication after she was found asleep in the bushes in the 600 block of Cannery Row. CAMPOS booked at the MPD Jail and later released without charges.

7/20/13 MPD towed, a black Chrysler, , a silver Honda, , a silver Saturn, a blue Honda, a gray Volvo, a white Volvo, a blue Dodge, a gray Honda, a gold Honda, a red Kia, and a gold Honda, all from the area of Cannery Row, Hoffman, and Prescott.

7/20/13 ADAM, MICHAEL male/46, 5’11”, 180, BRN, HZL, was placed under citizen’s arrest challenging to fight at Windows on the Bay.

7/20/13 MCSO was aided in the arrest of CELAYA, KIMBERLY, female/48, 5’4, 138 lbs, for a misdemeanor warrant while at Windows on the Bay park. Bail: $10,000. CELAYA was transported to County Jail.

7/20/13 MPD towed a White, 2002, Dodge, Durango, after it was discovered totally blocking a driveway in the 800 block of Belden Street.

7/20/13 BONILLA, YESSENIA, female/23, 5’4″, 154lbs, blk, brn, was arrested for public intoxication near Prescott and Lighthouse. She was booked at the Monterey County Jail and released per 849PC upon reaching a point of sobriety.

7/20/13 MCCAFFERTY, JAMES PATRICK, male/52,, Bald, Brown, 511, 195, was arrested in the 700 block of Pine for public intoxication. MCCAFERTY was booked at Monterey County Jail and will be released when sober.

7/21/13 Victim reports theft of his motorcycle from the 700 block of Hawthorne.

7/21/13 Subject reports a civil dispute regarding his vehicle being towed from the private lot at Wave/ Hoffman.

7/21/13 GRIFFITH, STEVEN, male/37, 6’3″, 200lbs, Bro/Bro, was issued a citation for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, bail $5000.00. GRITTITH was contacted after a traffic enforcement stop for speeding through the Lighthouse Ave. Southbore.

7/21/13 Victim in the 500 block of Foam St. reports burglary to a storage unit, nothing taken.

7/22/13 PEPPER, MARLON male/43 Brn, Blu,5-11, 210 was arrested for public intoxication in the 600 block of Cannery Row. PEPPER will be released without charges when sober.

7/22/13 MPD investigated after-hours alcohol consumption in the 0-100 block of Prescott Ave.

7/22/13 City of Monterey Harbormaster at 256 Figueroa St. reports a peace disturbance.

7/22/13 ASARO, ANDREW male/44, Brn/Brn, 5-10/185lbs, was cited for driving on a suspended license at Hoffman and Pine.

7/22/13 Non-injury collision at David and Hawthorne.

7/23/13 HERNANDEZ, REYNALDO male/30 Blk,Brn, 5-05, 145 was arrested for DUI and driving while unlicensed on Scott at Pacific. HERNANDEZ was transported to the Monterey County Jail for booking and release on citation when sober.

7/23/13 Victim reports the loss of his black iPhone 4Gs from the 800 block of Cannery Row on 7/21/13.

7/23/13 Hit and run collision at Prescott and Lighthouse.

7/23/13 Victim reports being challenged to fight and followed on several occasions by suspect in the Cannery Row area.

7/24/13 RIO, KRISTY female/49, Brn/Brn, 5-3, 120lbs, was arrested for public intoxication during an investigation in the 700 block of Wave St.

7/25/13 MPD documented suspicious circumstances involving an intoxicated subject on the Recreation Trail at Wave St.

7/25/13 Victim reports burglary to his vehicle while it was parked in the 200 block of Foam St. No property was stolen.

7/26/13 Subject reported his vehicle stolen from the intersection of Cannery Row and Prescott. Subject later determined his vehicle had been left parked in another location and was not stolen.

7/26/13 Victim reports losing her black iPhone 4 in a white Lifeproof case in the area of 750 Cannery Row.

7/27/13 LOPEZ, DAVID, male/54, 5’05, 175 lbs,Gry, Bro, was arrested for public intoxication in the 600 block of Cannery Row. LOPEZ was booked at the county jail and will be released upon reaching a level of sobriety.

7/27/13 Victim in the 500 block of Hawthorne St. reports burglary to his vehicle. Taken: unknown.

7/27/13 Victim reports hit and run collision to his parked vehicle while parked in the 600 block of Lighthouse.

7/27/13 Victim reports theft of her white Vera Wang clutch containing her drivers license, credit card, $250 in cash, a hotel room key and car keys (total value: $300) from the bus bench on Cannery Row at the intersection with Prescott.

7/27/13 Victim reports theft from her unlocked vehicle while parked in front of her residence in the 900 block of David Ave. LOSS: Car battery, bench seat, 2 child car seats, and 1 child stroller all valued at approximately $800.

7/27/13 MPD documented a civil issue in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

7/28/13 Victim in the 1100 block of McClellan reported 4 subjects to have tampered with his vehicle while it was parked in the carport of his apartment complex. The subjects possibly siphoned gas.

7/28/13 MPD documented a civil issue in the 1800 block of David Ave.

7/28/13 Injury collision of a bicyclist -VS- Driveway curb in the 800 block of Hawthorne St.

7/28/13 Business in the 700 block of Cannery Row turned over a California License Plate.

7/29/13 Victim fell off of her bicycle while on the Recreation Trail near the Coast Guard Pier, 32 Cannery Row.

7/29/13 MPD documented a found wallet from the 500 block of Wave, on the Recreation Trail. Wallet returned to owner.

7/29/13 MPD documented the recovery of a single Nissan car key that found on the Rec Trail at Prescott/Wave.

7/30/13 Victim fell off her bike on Cannery Row east of Foam.

7/30/13 Victim reports being struck by a car resulting in injury, while riding his bicycle across Prescott at the Rec Trail.

7/30/13 Victim reports hit and run collision versus her parked vehicle in the parking lot of 686 Lighthouse.

7/30/13 MCSO was aided in the arrest ofREYNOLDS, LARRY GENE, male/55, 5’07”, 175 lbs, Bln, Blu, on two $3,500 misdemeanor warrants in the 600 block of Wave Street. REYNOLDS was cited and released at the scene on MPD cite.

7/30/13 Victim in the 500 block of David Avenue reports someone to have opened an unauthorized account using her personal identifying information and attempted purchase $1,200 worth of goods. ABBOTT was notified and the order was canceled.

7/31/13 Victim in the 600 block of Lily St. reports an unknown male standing in front of the front door to her residence, male fled before police arrival.

7/31/13 Suspect was cited and released for possession of marijuana less than one ounce on the Rec Trail north of Wharf #1.

7/31/13 JONES, BETTY female/52, Bln/Hzl, 5-3/110lbs, was placed under citizen’s arrest for battery, at Window on the Bay Park. JONES transported to Monterey County Jail pending $3500 bail.

New Monterey Police Blotter – July 2013

Meanwhile, Oakland Has A Different Gull Problem

The birds are taking out the electrical lines. Times get tough, perhaps they were planning to steal the copper wire so they could buy some french fries.

Gulls Fight The Power

An errant seagull knocked out electricity service to about 2,000 PG&E customers in Oakland on Tuesday, according to the Oakland Tribune.

It seems the bird flew into a set of wires near 4th and Franklin Streets at 6:45 a.m., the newspaper reported.

The gull was electrocuted and died when the bird’s two wings made contact with two wires, turning the avian creature into a live circuit.

(KRON 4 NBC)
Meanwhile, Oakland Has A Different Gull Problem