Category Archives: KCBA News

Colossus Of Gold Home Price Drop

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Was $650,000, now offered at $450,000

Cog House

After being put on the market in August, the two-bedroom, one-bath house is still available, although one bid has been placed, according to Sotheby’s Realty.

The previous owner kept Steinbeck’s history alive by outfitting the property with a statue of Steinbeck, several novel-theme stained glass windows and old antique appliances and furniture. Sotheby’s said a lot of maintenance and repairs still need to be done on the home. An obvious conclusion from the cobwebs clinging to the stairs, the peeling paint and the tilting railings.

Colossus Of Gold Home Price Drop

P.G. Moves To Refill Reservoir

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If this is such a great idea, why was the reservoir drained in the first place? Earthquake safety? Pollution?

The City of Pacific Grove is taking a pro-active approach in the Central Coast water crisis. The city is moving forward with a plan to restore a water reservoir.

The proposed project would sit on the current operations yard for California American Water on David Avenue in Pacific Grove. The site was previously a dam that was built in the late 1800’s.

The reservoir would store storm water runoff that is otherwise unused. The are also plans to pull water from underground springs throughout the city.

P.G. Moves To Refill Reservoir

Come See Candy Cane Lane

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It’s a holiday tradition that has drawn crowds of people to Forest Avenue and Morse Drive in Pacific Grove since the 1940s.

It’s one of the most elaborate holiday displays on the central coast and on Saturday night the lights were turned on.

Hundreds of visitors will flock to Candy Cane Lane, this month to help them get into the holiday spirit.

And it has nothing to do with drawing shoppers to PG. Enjoy, it’s free to visit and no one is trying to sell you anything.

Click for Google Map

Come See Candy Cane Lane

We’ll Have A “Green” Christmas

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New LED wreaths. Nice change from the boring white ones.

“Well the holiday season in Pacific Grove is very important, especially to the down town merchants, and so the decoration lightning that we do down there is a key integral part of the whole celebratory aspect here, and one of the things we’ve been looking at is energy efficiency, says Pacific Grove public works superintendent Celia Martinez.

Pacific Grove has done just that, with 90 wreaths lining the light poles on Lighthouse and over 6,000 holiday light bulbs shining for 9 hours per night through the holiday season, an electricity bill of over $2,200 from last year, will be cut drastically.

Speaking of boring white lights, the “little Las Vegas” display on the old Grove Theater building is out this year. Merry X-mas!
No lights

We’ll Have A Green Christmas

Why Kids Can’t Read

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They are too busy being taught to be vegans.

A non-profit program called Farm To School is promoting healthy eating habits in school. The program partners with local farms, parents and school cafeterias to make eating fruits and vegetables the norm in a child’s diet.

Hey, bacon comes from farms, too!

Why Kids Can’t Read

More Talks On Reopening Old Bath House

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Talks continue over the Old Bath House located in Pacific Grove. The city, a developer and local business owners hope that eventually the location will be open to the public as a restaurant.
The owners of Passion Fish.. as well as Adventures By The Sea have been in talks for about a year now.

More of the same old stuff?
Think Chili Dogs (3/2/07)
Old Bath House Wienerschnitzel

More Talks On Reopening Old Bath House

Triathlon At Pacific Grove – First It’s Not Polluted, Then It Is Polluted, Then It’s Not

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Ready to swim in the dirty water?

Carl Spackler Pool

9/3/08

(KION News)
Lover’s Point Beach Advisory

A high indicator of bacteria was found in samples taken on 8/18/08 and now Lover’s Point Beach has been poster with an advisory.

9/5/08

(KCBA News)
Swimmers can return to Pacific Grove.

Closed earlier this week because of bacteria in the water, the beach at Lovers’ Point is now open for people who want to take a dip.

The Monterey County Health Department says the coliform bacteria has subsided, returning the water quality back to a safe level.

Triathlon At Pacific Grove – First It’s Not Polluted, Then It Is Polluted, Then It’s Not

Farmers Market Finally Lands Downtown

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After business owners protested the market for more than a year, the open air market on Lighthouse Avenue will go on every Monday from 4p.m. to 8p.m.

Many shoppers welcomed the farmers market and said it was over due in Pacific Grove.

Meanwhile, opponents of the market say only time will tell what if any affect the market will have on other businesses.

 

  • Needs:
  • More prices posted – don’t like to haggle over carrots.
  • More variety – more than carrots
  • Lower prices – some were higher than Savemart
  • Trash cans – some were overflowing into the street
  • Some open stores – the merchants that oppose the market should open and offer Farmers Market night specials. Artsy postcards, appetizers, whatever.
  • Don’t need:
  • Preachers (green or other) – don’t preach to me about green, sustainables, Obama, Jesus, whatever.
  • Different location – perfect location.

Final vote – two thumbs up. Take care of it and it can be a great thing.

Farmers Market Finally Lands Downtown

Cannery Row Traffic Going One Way?

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Cannery Row Detour

A proposal to turn Monterey’s Cannery Row into a one-way street has some people concerned over the negative impact on business. The topic will be discussed Tuesday night at City Hall.

Rich Deal, the City Traffic Engineer will recommend the permanent change, following the reopening of Cannery Row in May. The street has been partially closed, and on a one-way configuration for over a year, during the construction of a new hotel.

The Cannery Row Company, which owns 70% of the property, is challenging the city, and requesting the street return to the two-way configuration in May.

Update – City Council Says No

City Manager Fred Meurer recommended setting the matter aside after he learned that Clement Chen, developer of the 208-room Intercontinental The Clement Monterey hotel in the 700 block of Cannery Row, had indicated he may change his mind about supporting the change in traffic flow. Part of Cannery Row has been one-way during construction of the hotel.

In a letter to city traffic engineer Richard Deal, Chen earlier wrote that he was concerned about double-parked delivery trucks in the 700 block of the Row, which he said created gridlock when the two-way street was open and that he felt a one-way routing would solve that problem.

Make deliveries between 7 and 10 AM. Or provide loading zones. No reason to screw up traffic with one-way streets.

Cannery Row Traffic Going One Way?