Category Archives: Carmel Pine Cone

BMW Crashes Into Holmans

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Giraffe. Stable. I see what you did there. Good reporting CPC.

giraffe-stables

A black BMW smashed through the front display window Of the Holman Building in Pacific Grove at lunchtime Wednesday. The driver was “treated at the scene for a complaint of pain and released,” according to Pacific Grove Police Cmdr. Brian Anderson. No one else was injured and the kitsch in the shop, including an approximately 6-foot giraffe wearing a racing saddle, appeared in stable condition.

Based on the angle of the crash, it appeared the driver had accelerated from a parking spot in front of the building. Two officers were overheard saying the driver had been ‘talking on her cell phone, but said she was using Bluetooth.”

BMW Crashes Into Holmans

Tina Rau Comes Out

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About her money interest in the bar/club/record store that she voted to have a noise permit for.

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After The Pine Cone covered the reporting lapse, Rau in late March submitted a new FPPC filing conceding her ownership of 215 Forest, which is worth more than $1 million, and annual rental income from Pop & Hiss of more than $100,000.
She also listed a $100,000 loan she got from a Pebble Beach resident, her $1 million-plus home on 19th Street, and various investments.

An attorney for the city said in July that Rau “is not, and never has been, involved with the operations of the Pop & Hiss business.” However, a recent anonymous complaint sent to the FPPC claims the city’s portrayal of Rau’s connection to Pop & Hiss contradicts official paperwork for a limited liability company, Lovers Point Properties, Rau established in 2023. According to documents on file with the California Secretary of State, Rau was the company’s CEO, while her spouse Mary Walker and Pop & Hiss owner Michaela Kuenster were listed as “managers or members” of the LLC.

Tina Rau Comes Out

Theft Or Treat?

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Must be those Methodists, keeping us safe from pagan celebrations.

“They stole all my sister-in-law’s stuff out the back of their truck and tried ripping the decorations that were already up,” the woman said, adding that her boyfriend yelled at the thieves and they took off in a small dark colored sedan. “We’re pretty sure a truck was also involved.

We had one [reported] incident of Halloween decorations being stolen and vandalized on Oct. 27 in the 700 block of Hillcrest Ave.,” Pacific Grove Police Sgt. Brian Anderson said. “Skeletons were damaged and parts of them were stolen.” While some suggested that police check the city’s traffic surveillance system for vehicles that matched the description,  Anderson said police did not have a “sufficiently detailed description of the suspect vehicle to use our cameras.”

Theft Or Treat?

PG Homeless Project Manager Charged With Fraud

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Tried to seize the Monarch Resort. I’m usually suspicious of these tax funded humanity projects.

Monarch Resort

On Oct. 16, FBI and IRS agents arrested 31 -year-old Cody Holmes, financial officer of Shangri-La Industries, on a federal complaint alleging he provided fake bank records to the California Department of Housing and Community  Development, which paid him nearly $25 million in taxpayer funds for a state homelessness project dubbed Project Homekey.

And the Coast Weakly thought this was a “Great Thing”.

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PG Homeless Project Manager Charged With Fraud

PG School Aid Charged With Murder

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No cautions about Bahena, but we were warned about a dead deer. PGUSD, where do you keep getting these people from?

On Monday, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office arrested Benjamin Bahena, 37, for the fatal stabbing of a man on the 100 block of Market Way near Chinatown.
Bahena was booked into Monterey County Jail on a $1 million bond. Bahena worked for Pacific Grove Unified School District as a teacher’s aide, which the district calls a paraeducator, until September 2024.

Benjamin Bahena

PG School Aid Charged With Murder

PG Progressives Want Safety Cameras Shut Off

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Afraid of losing voters?  PG Bolshevists

Afraid of sending out pictures of John Mothershead’s version of a Flock at work (right)?

John Mothershead

It wants Pacific Grove to “explicitly prohibit any access or sharing with ICE and border protection or other Immigration agencies — directly or indirectly — without written city authorization,” and to confirm whether immigration authorities have accessed the camera data.

PG Progressives Want Safety Cameras Shut Off

School Alerts Parents To Horrific Predator

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Eh, it was a dead deer that was killed by a mountain lion. Quick to send out the warnings, except when human predators are there all the time.

On Oct. 1O, Pacific Grove Unified School District sent an alert to parents that staff at Forest Grove Elementary School that morning had discovered a dead deer on campus. It was apparent that the deer was the victim of a predator. “This morning, school site staff discovered a deceased deer on the Forest Grove Elementary campus, behind K-Wing,” PGUSD noted. “The scene indicated possible wildlife activity, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been notified.”
Children were not at school when the attack occurred,
and Pacific Grove students are on fall break this week.

School Alerts Parents To Horrific Predator

$200,000 For Schools, Good?

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Not really. It’s for 2 delivery trucks to meet the needs of serving school lunches. Never had a problem with serving students when the population was more than it is today. Only problem then was those hardtack grilled cheese.

Students at Pacific Grove Middle School were probably surprised to see what appeared to be a food truck, complete with colorful, oceanside graphics, on their campus. The truck, formally called a “mobile serving station,” is one of two electric vehicles the district purchased for $96,000 apiece that distribute food to students to reduce the cafeteria lunch line, which can get long.

$200,000 For Schools, Good?

Where Should The Weed Store Go?

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Would it be nice for the stoners if it was in a roundabout?

While there had been lofty sales tax revenue predictions for a pot shop opening in the city, the estimate has plummeted significantly.
An argument in support of a 2022 ballot measure that was signed by Councilman Chaps Poduri and then-council candidate Tina Rau, who has since been elected, told voters that one weed dispensary could bring $300,000 to the city.
But in a public report to councilmembers in late June, Mogensen said that the estimated annual revenue for a dispensary is ‘ ‘up to $50,000; actual amount of annual revenue may be more or less than this estimate.

Where Should The Weed Store Go?