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Cash Strapped City To Outsource Police

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Tourist business is down, voters rejected a sales tax boost, and lawsuits have cost the city precious funds. What city? Oh, it’s Half Moon Bay.

Half Moon Bay is disbanding its 12-member police force and the city will contract its services to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. City officials chose the sheriff’s office over the Pacifica police department on Saturday, Mayor Naomi Patridge said in an email.

The city is following the lead of nearby San Carlos, which eliminated its police department six months ago and is using the San Mateo County sheriff.

Cash Strapped City To Outsource Police

Nader Agha And Dave Potter Settle

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Loan or campaign contribution. Either way it’s money given to politicians to do what for the giver?

Attorneys for both men announced a quiet settlement Friday of a lawsuit Agha filed in April 2010 that accused Potter of misusing a $10,000 campaign contribution Agha said Potter solicited from him in January 2004.

In a one-sentence statement, the attorneys said the dispute “has been resolved to the satisfaction” of Potter, Agha and Russ Carter, a business associate of Potter, who Agha claimed was the intermediary for the alleged campaign contribution.

Nader Agha And Dave Potter Settle

Mission Inn Employees Better Off Without Union

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And the union protests the loss of dues labor policies

Labor unions for hotel workers make no sense. Is there an apprentice program for maids?

“During negotiations, a group of employees decided they didn’t want to be represented by the union and they circulated a petition that was signed by the majority of our employees,” Levenfeld explained.

“Based on the petition, we notified the union that the employees withdrew their recognition of the union. The union wasn’t pleased and made a series of accusations against us that we believe are false.”

Levenfeld said the inn has replaced the union’s health care plan for its employees with one that is fully paid by the employer and replaced the union’s retirement plan with a 401k option.

Mission Inn Employees Better Off Without Union

Where Monarchs Die

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Last month, local filmmakers Cristiana DiPietro and husband Matthew Kalamane used P.G. as the setting for their 50-minute short movie “Where Monarchs Die.”

The movie also touches on the disconnect that can occur between young people and those who come to Pacific Grove to live out their golden years. “They have a difficult time trying to find their place in a town where most people go to retire,”

That story repeats itself over and over. “Newlyweds and Nearly Deads” is P.G.

Where Monarchs Die

More Love For Eucalyptus Trees

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Non native flora can be good. No need to dance around the name calling them “Blue Gum” or what ever. Always green and fragrant.

It used to be that planting nonnative plants or trees in Pacific Grove — and elsewhere in California — was considered an environmental taboo.

But there’s a new respect in Pacific Grove for eucalyptus, a towering nonnative tree that often gets a bad rap in the state for shedding bark, competing with native plants and not supporting native animal species.

In Pacific Grove, however, the monarch butterflies that overwinter in the city every
year are the eucalyptus’ biggest fan. For the last century or so, the insects have preferred clustering in eucalyptus beginning in the fall until late February, when they leave. The dense, nonnative trees provide wind shelter for the insect.

More Love For Eucalyptus Trees

Broken Brokaw Hall May Be Demolished

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Not enough room on the lot for a P.G. Remodel?

Brokaw Hall

A historic building that was once part of a military school in Pacific Grove has been tagged for demolition.

Brokaw Hall is “in a dilapidated condition and is now considered unsafe and a danger to the public,” said city building official John Kuehl. The building is at 363 Grove Acre Ave.

After a March 21 inspection, Kuehl issued an order requiring that the property be fenced off immediately and demolished by April 29.

Broken Brokaw Hall May Be Demolished

New Monterey Police Blotter – March 2011

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Is Hawthorne getting more ghetto these days?

3/1/11 Lost ring on Lighthouse Avenue.

3/1/11 Hit and run in the 200 block of Lighthouse.

3/1/11 FERGUSON, JACOB was arrested for DUI after being involved in a single vehicle accident in the 500 block of Cannery Row.

3/2/11 Restraining order service on McClellan.

3/3/11 Graffiti in the 100 block of Hawthorne.

3/3/11 Commercial burglary on Cannery Row.

3/3/11 REYNOLDS, LARRY GENE was arrested for public intoxication at Cannery Row/Bruce Ariss Way.

3/3/11 MCSO was aided in the arrest of REYNOLDS, LARRY GENE for a warrant on Cannery Row and Bruce Ariss Way.

3/4/11 Lost camera Cannery Row.

3/5/11 Lost phone on Foam / Reeside.

3/5/11 Graffiti on Lighthouse.

3/5/11 SMITH, ALAN was arrested for public intoxication at Oak / Irving.

3/6/11 PRITCHETT, CHASE was arrested for DUI in the 100 block of Foam.

3/6/11 Traffic accident on Lily and David

3/6/11 JAUSS, KEVIN was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance at Hawthorne.

3/7/11 VERGA, MICHAEL was arrested for public intoxication on Lighthouse.

3/7/11 Graffiti at the harbor masters office.

3/7/11 Traffic accident on Hawthorne and David.

3/7/11 Traffic accident on Foam and McClellan.

3/8/11 Graffiti on Hawthorne St.

3/8/11 Vehicle burglary on Withers.

3/8/11 Traffic accident on Private Bolio and Lighthouse.

3/8/11 LONG, SCOTT was placed under citizens arrest at Wharf 1 for theft.

3/9/11 Found bicycle on Cannery Row.

3/9/11 Theft on Archer St.

3/9/11 Traffic accident on David and Belden.

3/9/11 Graffiti on the Rec Trail.

3/9/11 LONG, SCOTT was cited and released at Wharf 1 for theft of utilities.

3/10/11 Graffiti on Foam and Prescott.

3/10/11 Graffiti on the Recreation Trail north of Reeside.

3/11/11 Theft on Lighthouse.

3/11/11 Graffiti in the 600 block of Foam.

3/11/11 Battery on Cannery Row.

3/12/11 MPD documented an arson in the 500 block of Wave.

3/12/11 MPD documented a peace disturbance at 640 Wave

3/12/11 Traffic accident on Lighthouse and McClellan.

3/14/11 HUGHES, DEANDRE was arrested for DUI and driving on a suspended license on Lighthouse at Private Bolio.

3/14/11 Graffiti on Cannery Row.

3/14/11 Traffic accident on Cannery Row.

3/14/11 Hit and run on Lighthouse.

3/14/11 MEREDITH, STEPHANIE was arrested Lighthouse for theft and conspiracy.

3/15/11 Graffiti vandalism on Cannery Row.

3/15/11 CAMPREGHER, JILLIAN was arrested for DUI on Pacific and Artillery.

3/16/11 Traffic accident on Foam and Hoffman.

3/17/11 Theft of a purse on Cannery Row.

3/17/11 Peace disturbance on Cannery Row.

3/19/11 Theft of a bike from McAbee Beach.

3/19/11 Hit and run on Hawthorne S of David.

3/20/11 REES, WILLIAM was arrested for public intoxication on Wave Street and the Recreation Trail.

3/20/11 Hit and run in the 200 block of Lighthouse.

3/21/11 Grand theft on Cannery Row .

3/22/11 Found ring on Wharf I.

3/22/11 Traffic accident on Irving at Lighthouse.

3/23/11 Battery on Prescott.

3/25/11 Vandalism on Lyndon St.

3/25/11 Vandalism on Spencer.

3/25/11 MEREDITH, STEPHANIE ELISE was arrested for petty theft on Lighthouse.

3/25/11 Traffic accident in the 300 block of Hawthorne.

3/26/11 Hit and run on McClellan.

3/27/11 Traffic accident on Lighthouse and Hoffman.

3/27/11 Disturbing the peace on Cannery Row.

3/29/11 MCSO was aided in the citation of REYNOLDS, LARRY for a warrant on Cannery Row and Hoffman.

3/29/11 Monterey Police and Fire Departments investigated a trash can fire on the north-west corner of David and Lighthouse.

3/29/11 Grand theft on Prescott/ Wave.

3/29/11 REYNOLDS, LARRY and JEWETT, DANIEL were cited for possessing open containers at David Street and the Recreation Trail.

3/30/11 REYES, LUZ, was arrested for public intoxication in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

3/30/11 Traffic accident on Laine St.

3/30/11 BONGIORNO, NEIL was arrested for public intoxication on Hoffman Ave.

3/30/11 Theft from motor vehicle on Cannery Row.

3/30/11 Traffic accident on Lighthouse and Prescott.

3/30/11 Hit and run on Wave Street.

New Monterey Police Blotter – March 2011

A Million Dollar Bail Set In P.G. Man’s Domestic Violence Case

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Instant idiot, jut add alcohol.

A judge increased a former Pacific Grove man’s bail to $1 million Friday, saying he was “just waiting to kill” his ex-girlfriend.

The woman, who previously was reluctant to testify, told the court that in October, a drunken Michael Dooley became enraged that her 11-year-old daughter left food on the kitchen counter. He punished the girl by ripping apart her pet hermit crab in her presence, pointed a gun at her mother’s face and threatened to kill them, their dog and himself if the woman tried to leave.

“You’re a danger,” Judge Russell Scott told the 47-year-old man at the conclusion of his preliminary hearing. “You’re just waiting to kill her and you don’t have control when you drink.”

A Million Dollar Bail Set In P.G. Man’s Domestic Violence Case

Mvsevm Purpose: Gain Support For Monument Of Shoreline Rocks

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Soon this “monument” will be fenced off from access, just like the sand dunes we used to “picnic” in. All you can do now is crawl into your spirit nest and get poked by twigs.

Closed For Plants

The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History plans to collaborate with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to help build public awareness about the rocks, islands, reefs and marine-life habitats under the stewardship of the California Coastal National Monument.

The goal is to generate support for the monument, which consists of more than 20,000 offshore rocks, small islands and exposed reefs along the 1,100 miles of California coast from San Diego to the Oregon border.

“The role of the museum is one of public education, and our partnership with the bureau is a perfect example of how that can work,” said Lori Mannel, executive director of the museum. “The message we’d like to spread to the public is how to value, preserve, protect and enjoy” the monument.

Mvsevm Purpose: Gain Support For Monument Of Shoreline Rocks

Cyberthreats Against P.G. Resident

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Suspect was outed by Sprint.

A 19-year-old Southern California man — and former CSUMB student — is being held by Burbank police after threatening a Pacific Grove resident and trying to kill a man who served him with a restraining order, according to PGPD Cmdr. John Nyunt.

Through an online service that speaks written words aloud, Samuel Thorne told Epstein, “I’m coming for you. Sleep with one eye open, because you can not run. You can not hide,”
and, “You’re going to get what you deserve, if it is the last thing I do,” according to police.

Cyberthreats Against P.G. Resident