Category Archives: Carmel Pine Cone

P.G. School Found To Have Cameras In Kids’ Bathrooms

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Creepy. Monterey Bay Charter School. Same one that had a teacher accused of child molesting in 2010.

School principal Cassandra Bridge told the Pine Cone last week that the school installed the cameras in the boys’ and girls’ bathrooms in 2013 to prevent vandalism.

While there’s a law on the books stating it’s a crime to place a camera inside a bathroom or other area where occupants have a reasonable expectation of privacy, police did not find that the charter school’s installation of the cameras rose to the level of a crime.

P.G. School Found To Have Cameras In Kids’ Bathrooms

Central Pharmacy Robbed Again

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It’s 2 AM in P.G., took 3 minutes to get to an alarm activation at a pharmacy.

Central Drugs

The break-in triggered the pharmacy’s burglar alarm, and though officers arrived within three minutes of getting the call, the thieves were already gone. “We got there, and you could tell from standing across the street that the front door was ajar,”

After officers discovered the thieves had pried open the door, they searched the business and discovered it had been burglarized. Owner Dana Gordon arrived and provided officers “a very rough idea of what was taken,” Fenton said — items related to opioids.

Central Pharmacy Robbed Again

Cannery Row Business Sued Over ADA

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Cannery Row Brewing

In a suit filed Dec. 28, 2017, Timothy Cleveland alleges that when he visited the Cannery Row Brewing Company on Dec. 30, 2015, and tried to use the downstairs restrooms, he was told the elevator was out of service. “He was informed the nearest accessible restrooms were in a parking structure that would have required him to navigate outside the restaurant and encounter steep slopes,”

Cannery Row Business Sued Over ADA

He’s Got A Ticket To Ride

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To leave the the city he’s supposed to manage every weekend. Plus expenses.

Flying Ben Harvey

city manager Ben Harvey’s revised employment agreement includes a $4,000 per month reimbursement plan to fly to Southern California on the weekends to see his children and a $500 per month car allowance, according to the contract approved by the city council in late.

He’s Got A Ticket To Ride

Scuzzy Launderette Attracts Scuzzy Burglar

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Check out the Yelp reviews. Guy might be the cause of broken machines and non functional change-makers. And probation violations. Just lock him up.

511 Lighthouse Laundry

Yelp Photo

Joseph Thomas ran away when police arrived around 2:45 a.m. Nov. 18, but officer Luis Buenrostro and Cpl. Dan Deis managed to chase him down after a short pursuit. They arrested Thomas for the attempted break-in, as well as evading police, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Lakind, and took him to Monterey County Jail.

Scuzzy Launderette Attracts Scuzzy Burglar

Innkeeper Defrauds Voters

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Surprised? I think not.

Where;s The Money

 

“The city has invoiced Domaine Hospitality Partners for the special election costs,” Maitland told the council. “We have not received payment for it.” Maitland told the city council that she first invoiced Domaine on June 7. When the developer didn’t pay, she sent it a past-due invoice on June 24. When Domaine didn’t respond to that with a check, city manager Ben Harvey on July 22 sent its president a letter, saying the bill was due no later than Aug. 11. Maitland told  the Pine Cone that the city paid the county elections for the costs on July 15.

Innkeeper Defrauds Voters

Bruiser The Pig Will Appeal

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Homeless Pig

The owneea of a pet pig vowed this week to
appeal a decision by a hearing officer that the animal has
to go.

The dispute arose after the Hanes’ neighbor, Ray
Magsalay, made complaints to the city that the odor from the pig’s feces wafted into his property. The Haneses have
accused Magsalay of stalking them.

The family also has a cat and two large dogs, which Mark
Hanes said contributes to about 75 percent of their pets’ animal excrement, leading the Haneses to wonder why the city hasn’t also compelled them to relocate their dogs. Lisa Hanes said she’s had Bruiser certified as an emotional support animal.

Bruiser The Pig Will Appeal

Morro Bay Police Chief Discovers Her Better Nature

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Council bickered over salary topping out at $183,000.

PGPD Help Wanted

Before becoming chief in Morro Bay, Christey served as a lieutenant with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. She holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice management and a master’s in organizational leadership, and also served in the Army.
Christey has completed advanced and executive-level training with the state Peace Officer Standards and Training commission. She was among the 50-plus applicants who submitted resumes following a nationwide recruitment effort by Ralph Anderson and Associates, and seven finalists interviewed with a panel of local police chiefs, public officials and P.G. department heads, according to Livian. Three emerged from that group and were subsequently interviewed by city manager Ben Harvey, who selected Christey as his top choice.

Morro Bay Police Chief Discovers Her Better Nature

Marina Teens Rolling Dirty In P.G.

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Weed, guns and felons. Not welcome?

A pair of 18-year-olds from Marina
were arrested in Pacific Grove July 16 after
cops pulled them over on David Avenue for a
traffic violation and smelled marijuana coming
from inside the Mitsubushi Eclipse one
of them was driving, according to P.G. police
Cmdr. Rory Lakind.
The officers searched the car and found
two pistols they later discovered had been
stolen from people in Seaside.
Anthony Scott and Johnson Nguyen are
both convicted felons, according to Lakind,
with past charges of being a felon in possession
of a firearm and ammunition, and of
carrying a concealed weapon.

Marina Teens Rolling Dirty In P.G.

Ice Cream Shoppe Owner Still Full Of Hate

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Ice Cream Shoppe Awning

Gary Ozuna allegedly called the customer a “Nazi Redneck Bitch”. And I wonder if he has a license to play copyrighted material in public?

“I politely said, ‘$26 seems like an awful lot to me, are you sure that is correct?’” Raph said.

Ozuna calculated the amount again and came up with the same figure. “He said ‘Yep, $26. That’s what it is,’” according to Raph.“I said, ‘OK, at these prices it would be really nice to get a local’s discount because we have lived here for 20 years,” said Raph, 54. “I didn’t think it was too much to mention.”

With Led Zeppelin music playing on the shop’s speakers in the background, Raph said, Ozuna responded by saying,
‘Well, you can thank George Bush and Dick Cheney, the Nazis, for that,’” she recounted.

Ice Cream Shoppe Owner Still Full Of Hate