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Pollacci To Stand Trial For Rape

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After hours sitting in front of a judge Friday, Tom Pollacci of Pebble Beach will stand trial on charges of rape.

His family owns Ron’s Liquor store on Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove. Pollacci is accused of raping an unconscious woman back in April of 2008.

Pollacci could face a maximum sentence of eight years in prison.

He’ll be back in court at the end of this month. Pollacci is out on bail.

From the Hear-Old:

McGuirk testified she (Jane Doe #5) told him that one morning as she was getting ready for high school, there was a knock on her door. She answered and found Pollacci and another man, who threw her over his shoulders in her bathrobe and forced her into Pollacci’s car.

They drove her to the river in mid-Carmel Valley. The other man, whom she did not know, held her down while Pollacci raped her, she said.
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Another woman said Pollacci, a friend of her ex-husband, raped her in her home during an unannounced visit more than 20 years ago. Another said he tried to rape her in the parking lot of the Highlands Inn after a luncheon date in 1992. That woman did report her assault to police, and Pollacci pleaded guilty to sexual battery.

Pollaci To Stand Trial For Rape

What? Slow Sales Of Expensive Mexican Formula Meals?

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Not like there is any shortage of Mexican restaurants around here.

General Manager Sergio Maravilla said there’s been less parties coming in to eat and fewer company lunches. He said there’s been no layoffs, but they’ve had to cut back on expenditures like advertising.

Real Mex Restaurants also owns Chevy’s, Acapulco and the upscale El Torito Grill among others. All are said to be facing the same woes.

What? Slow Sales Of Expensive Mexican Formula Meals?

Baby Abandonment At P.G. Firehouses OK’d

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Less than 72 hours old may be surrendered at firehouses. Next year will they might start taking those over 72 years old as part of the Sustainable movement?

Pacific Grove is set to pass the resolution Wednesday night. Monterey signed off on it a few weeks ago. Once approved, all city firehouses will be designated as safe surrender sites.

State law says that no person will be prosecuted if they voluntarily drop off a newborn less than 72 hours after birth. Monterey Fire Chief Sam Mazza said firehouses offer a safe place with staff on duty 24 hours a day.

Baby Abandonment At P.G. Firehouses OK’d

Stamm Trial II – Hung Jury II

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Stamm Takes Stand

For the second time, the jury deadlocked on several charges that David Stamm molested a 14-year-old boy and showed him pornography. Stamm’s defense has said the alleged victim was 18-years-old at the time, and that the sexual encounters were consenual.

Stamm then said his life was like, “A broken bottle. There are many pieces I can pick up, but there are also many slivers that will still be missing.”

Maybe those slivers are in the victim . .

Stamm Trial II – Hung Jury II

Dead Man Found Floating Off Cannery Row

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KION, 5/2

According to witness Ron Goolsby, the body was about 300 feet off the shoreline. “Several people witnessed the recovery from the Aquarium observation deck,” said Goolsby.

It’s not confirmed if the man was either a kayaker or a scuba diver. His name has not been released.

The Californian, 5/4

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Coroner announced that a body found off the coast of Monterey on Sunday was that of Stephen Zapasnik, 39, of Monterey.

The Hear-Old, 5/4

The victim, 39, whose name was not released, was last seen walking on the beach about 8 a.m. Saturday, the spokesman said.

Good Old Days In The New Century

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Yah, all this is sustainable carbon neutral event. Sure.

For more than fifty years it’s been one of the largest music and arts festivals on the Central Coast. It all started with a parade down Pine Avenue Saturday morning; it features carnival rides, hundreds of entertainers, and food.

Special events include a dance competition that’s open to the public. Organizers have tabbed the Good Old Days as a carbon neutral event.

Was crowded – looks like more people in one day than in every farmers market ever held.

There was some real nice classic cars.
PG Cars 57 Ford

Food on a Stick (great name BTW. Is the line longer around 4:20?).
God Thai Stick

Your name on a a stick.
God Name On A Stick

Some not-so-good old day prices for homes.
God Re Ads

Belly Dancers!
God Belly Dancers

And return of ‘climb the giant terd’.
God Big Terd Ii

Good Old Days In The New Century

With All Of P.G.’s Problems Solved, Council Considers Allowing Walkers On Bike Path

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Bicycle Crash In the Past

I remember getting scolded by the cyclist in the Tam O’Shanter hat when I would stray onto the blacktop to shield my kids from the speeding bikes.

This was not passed.

The city council on Wednesday could pass the first reading of an ordinance to make the bike path and trail and multi-use area.

According to the city, members of the Traffic Commission have observed conflicts between pedestrians and bicyclists over who belongs where. The city’s staff reports says there is an “expectation on the part of the bicyclists that the paved portion is exclusive to bicycles when in fact, by custom and practice, this has been a shared use trail.”

With All Of P.G.’s Problems Solved, Council Considers Allowing Walkers On Bike Path

Farmers Market Is Ruining Downtown, So Say The Store Owners

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Normally very vocal and visible, Ron’s Liquor owner David Pollacci, a chairman on the Pacific Grove Chamber Of Commerce is oddly silent in this round of Farmers Market debates.

Known as America’s Last Hometown, Pacific Grove was one of the only towns on the Central Coast without a farmers market until nine months ago. It took the city a lengthy year and a half to open the market because of upset business owners wanting the city to consider another location and some didn’t want the market at all in fear that it would drive customers away. Some local businesses are closing their doors for good saying that the 55 days a year that the street is closed is causing them to lose a significant amount of business and they can no longer afford to keep their doors open.

Farmers Market Is Ruining Downtown, So Say The Store Owners