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Wild Fish Manager Detained And Deported

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Adds up – not a legal resident and have a criminal record? You are outta here.

A restaurant worker in Pacific Grove who was detained by immigration officials in June has been deported to his home country, according to the organizer of a fundraiser for his family. Juan Contreras, 43, a former manager and server at Wild Fish, has lived in the United States under an asylum claim for about 25 years. But on June 4, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested him after he went to the agency for a “routine check-in,” the owners of the eatery, Kelvin and Liz Jacobs, said.

Wild Fish Manager Detained And Deported

Carl’s Jr Site To Be Cleared Soon

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Last fast-food place in PG.

Carl's Jr flames

Demolition of the Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey that was destroyed by fire in April will begin in a couple of weeks, a city official said this week. At about 6:35 a.m. on April 3, a large blaze engulfed the fast-food eatery at 902 Lighthouse Ave., causing the building to collapse. Firefighters from numerous jurisdictions responded to the dramatic blaze, which did not injure anyone.

Carl’s Jr Site To Be Cleared Soon

$300,000.00 In Tax Revenue For Pot Sales Downgraded

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Butterfly Weed

Chaps Poduri must have been high when he estimated that figure

“It is estimated that one cannabis dispensary within city limits could bring in $300,000 annually,” according to the argument in support of the 2022 ballot measure given to voters that was signed by councilman Chaps Poduri and then-council candidate and current councilwoman Tina Rau.”Why should Pacific Grove lose out on this revenue stream?”
But in a public report to councilmembers ahead of last week’s meeting, city manager Matt Mogensen said that the estimated annual revenue to the city for a pot shop is now estimated to be “up to $50,000.”

$300,000.00 In Tax Revenue For Pot Sales Downgraded

P.G. Fires Cops In Schools

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Afraid of guns? Or give the student one less resource to go to when being abused by teachers?

PGhs Speling

The board’s decision not to continue the program comes after an incident in September 2024 in which a transient who trespassed on the P.G. High threatened to shoot a school employee. In November 2023, another man vowed to kill P.G. High’s former principal after wandering around
inside the city’s middle school.
School board member Jennifer McNary pointed to numerous reasons she didn’t want a police presence at P.G. schools.’ ‘I’m not in favor of guns on campuses,” McNary said.

P.G. Fires Cops In Schools

Wild Fish Manager Getting Deported

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Add to the list of legal fails at Liz Jacobs’ P.G. restaurant.

Wildfish menu

Juan Carlos Contreras, 43, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement officials June 4, according to the owners of Wild Fish on Lighthouse Avenue, where he’s worked for five years. While Contreras has lived in the United States for about 25 years, immigration officials have started efforts to deport him.

according to Monterey County Superior Court documents, he was arrested Feb. 4, 2018, and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, excessive blood alcohol content of nearly twice the legal limit, DUI with a previous conviction within IO years, and hit-and-run. In October 2022, Contreras again pleaded guilty to DUI and enhancements of excessive blood alcohol and multiple DUIs in exchange for prosecutors dropping the other charges.
A plea agreement reviewed by The Pine Cone shows that, in exchange for the deal,  Contreras signed a form that stated, “I understand that if I am not a United States citizen, that my plea of guilty or no contest may result in Immigration consequences such as deportation, exclusion from  admission into the United States, and denial of naturalization or amnesty”

Wild Fish Manager Getting Deported

Cal Am HQ Leaving P.G.

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Country Club Gate becoming a ghost town?

The relocation will centralize Cal Am’s field operations employees and office staff, including customer service. A listing for the building by commercial real estate firm Mahoney & Associates, said “the property is conveniently situated along the Highway 68 corridor between Monterey and Salinas.” The building is located between Upper and Lower Ragsdale drives. California American Water has been located on Forest Lodge Road in Pacific Grove since 2007.

Cal Am HQ Leaving P.G.

Chinesium Battery Starts Fire At Forest Grove School

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Add this to the list of hazards we are warned about at Forest Grove.

fire inside a Pacific Grove classroom Thursday morning caused by a lithium-ion-powered battery was prevented from spreading after a quick-thinking teacher used sand her students play with to put it out, the Monterey Fire Department said.
Firefighters were dispatched to Forest Grove Elementary School just before 10 a.m., while summer school was in session. Division Chief Justin Cooper said the origin of the fire was a portable voice amplifier, a device teachers use to boost their voices in the classroom

Chinesium Battery Starts Fire At Forest Grove School

Family Suing Pebble Beach Over Missing Relative

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. . the body was never recovered. Alien abduction or ?

At about 1:30 p.m., the Dengs paid the $12.25 entrance fee to Pebble Beach and eventually made their way to the China Rock lookout area along 17 Mile Drive.
The complaint claims Deng and his family got out of the car and “stood on the dirt and grassy area near the rocks to view the ocean.”

“When Xue Deng turned around, his father was gone,” the lawsuit says. When the family “looked out to the ocean, they saw Guoqiang Deng struggling in the water as he was swept away by the waves. ” Because of the “treacherous waters,” first responders used a drone and helicopter to search for the elderly man, but they did not find him, the suit says. “To date, Guoqiang Deng’s body has not been recovered, and he is presumed dead.”

Family Suing Pebble Beach Over Missing Relative

All Those Opposed To The Self-Awarded Pay Hike, Sign The Referendum

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City Hall

A group of residents opposed to the Pacific Grove City Council’s decision last week to give itself an immediate 130 percent pay raise is hoping to overturn the idea by putting it to a vote of the people. The council on May 21 passed an ordinance to increase their monthly pay from $420 to $966, and from $700 to $1,610 for the mayor. Councilmembers Lori McDonnell and Paul Walkingstick voted against the pay hike.
In response, a group calling itself Transparent Pacific Grove filed referendum paperwork with the city clerk May 23. Former city councilman Luke Coletti filed the documents for the group.

All Those Opposed To The Self-Awarded Pay Hike, Sign The Referendum