Category Archives: KSBW News

Remove P.G.’s Parking Spaces?

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Happy Girl Parking

While some stores loudly complained about the closure of Forest & Lighthouse for the poorly engineered road re-do, others want to take away parking spaces so no one will park and shop.

Where did this kooky idea come from?

“I think the visuals of folks enjoying themselves in the sunshine socializing will be a greater draw,” said Todd Champagne, co-owner of Happy Girl Kitchen.

Happy Girl Pickle

A Happy Girl

Oh, the place that uses the handicap PARKING SPACE for their deliveries. And what’s up with the folding chairs blocking the other space – is a parade on the way?

Can Dogs Read Pictographs?

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Pooping pooches have been warned.

Now I wonder what happens when P.G. bans plastic bags? What can people use to pick up the poop with, free copies of the Cedar St Bull**iten?

No Smoking Dogs

Pacific Grove Police Chief Vicki Myers said if you’re caught letting your dog use your neighbor’s lawn as a restroom, you can be issued a citation. It can also cost you hundreds of dollars in fines.

To curb the problem, residents are posting signs from PG Hardware alerting pet owners to not allow their pets to use their front lawns as a restroom.

Can Dogs Read Pictographs?

Tourist Gets Dinghy, Spends Cold Night In Bay

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T-Shirts showcasing this dingy act should be available soon at Walmart.

The 45-year-old tourist from San Diego was visiting Pacific Grove when she decided she wanted to watch Tuesday’s sunset from a dinghy in the middle of the Monterey Bay.

She was one and a half miles offshore when her dinghy’s motor failed at 6:30 p.m., and the dinghy began losing air.

The woman spent the night partially submerged in the ocean as frigid water temperatures dropped to the low 50s.

A fisherman found her alive at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and alerted the Coast Guard.

Tourist Gets Dinghy, Spends Night In Bay

Midnight P.G. Assault Suspect Caught

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Victim just met the suspect at a bus station and took him home.

Jordan Briscoe
Jordan Briscoe

Investigators said a 31-year-old man was found naked in the street with a cut above his left eye just after midnight.

The victim said he met a man known to him as Jordan at a bus station in Sand City before they went to Sly McFly’s restaurant and took a cab to the victim’s house on Park Street.

Investigators said the victim told them he asked Jordan to wait outside while he took a shower but later found him rummaging through his property inside the house.

The victim told police Jordan fled, and the victim chased him to 19th Street, where the two began fighting, and the victim was hit and struck his head on the pavement.

Jordan Briscoe, 20, was involved in a crash Thursday. Seaside police officers recognized him as a wanted individual in the Pacific Grove incident. He was booked on charges of burglary, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

Lady Bank Robber’s Motive For Serial Bank Holdups

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She had financial difficulties and decided to take out a few low loans and not pay them back. Sounds like a perfect government stimulus plan.

Cristina Padilla

Cristina Padilla’s confession and other new details surrounding Padilla’s alleged crime spree are outlined in an affidavit for a search warrant that was filed by the Pacific Grove Police Department.

Padilla, 50, used the Internet to research how to rob a bank, the affidavit states.

Police searched Padilla’s apartment at 15 West Lake avenue in Watsonville and found clothing that the accused bank bandit wore when she allegedly held up banks. Also recovered from her downtown apartment were notes Padilla apparently gave to tellers in her quest to get money. One note read: “quickly hand me all of the large bills, no ones.”

The affidavit also details the note Padilla handed one bank teller in Pacific Grove which read: “This is not a joke. Don’t be a stupid. Give me all the money in your drawer. You have 1 1/2 minutes to give me all the money, then 2 men with shotguns will come in here and shoot you. Don’t be stupid.”

Her alleged crime spree began in Pacific Grove at Monterey Credit Union on New Year’s Eve. Police believe she then robbed two banks in Atascadero on Valentine’s Day.

Lady Bank Robber’s Motive For Serial Bank Holdups

P.G. Dog Is A Registered Voter

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Davis said he has no intention of actually filling out and casting a ballot on behalf of Cooper in November. But he does intend to show how easy it to for a fake person or non-American citizen to vote.

“I’m concerned that non-citizens are registered to vote, and to prove a point, I registered him,” Davis said. “I’d like to have the system fixed.”

“I’d like to have them verify that you’re a citizen, or at least the right species. That would be nice,” he said.

Dog would vote for Ernest if he could..
Ernest And Shugart

P.G. Dog Is A Registered Voter

P.G. Sees Whooping Cough Outbreak

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Very contagious, where’s it coming from?

Seven cases have been reported recently in Pacific Grove, most of them among adolescents. Health professionals are concerned the rise in cases happened because some people are declining the vaccination.

Symptoms of pertussis may include runny nose, sneezing and a mild cough, but develop into severe coughing fits after one or two weeks.

P.G. Sees Whooping Cough Outbreak

Moe Holds Seagull Summit

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Is the Mercedes getting dirty from bird poo these days?
Chamber Of Poop

Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce President Moe Ammar said there is no immediate solution to the stinky situation, but in response, a Seagull Summit is being held at 8:30 a.m. Friday in Jewel Park. The summit will include a panel of experts.

Business owners said the city needs to roll up its sleeves and clean up the sea birds’ mess because pedestrians’ shoes are tracking gull droppings into local restaurants and creating a potential health hazard.

Hey business owners, you are required to clean the sidewalks outside your store.

Moe Holds Seagull Summit

Weird Turn Of Events – Attempted Robber Gets Stabbed By Victim

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The Hear-Old later released the name of the stabbed burglar as 57-year-old Pebble Beach resident Raymond Gutkosky.

A man who owns a house along a golf course on 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove told police that at 11:30 a.m. he returned home and found a man inside his house.

“The owner armed himself with a kitchen knife and a physical altercation occurred,” Pacific Grove police Cmdr. John Miller said.

The burglar was stabbed in the chest by the 54-year-old homeowner. He fled by jumping into a dark blue Buick parked outside and a 30-year-old blonde woman was waiting at the wheel, dispatchers said, and the two sped away.

The stolen Buick had a rear bumper sticker reading “Support the Sheriff,” dispatchers said.

Investigators suspect the burglar was a 50-year-old Monterey man. Four hours later, the Monterey man called firefighters to his home and told them that he had been stabbed in the chest and side.

A CalStar helicopter flew him to a Bay Area trauma center to be treated for serious injuries. The hospital listed him in stable condition Friday.

Weird Turn Of Events – Attempted Robber Gets Stabbed By Victim

June Diver Down Roundup

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Be safe, dive with a buddy.

Frank Sunset

June 16 – Diver reported missing at San Carlos Beach

According to the Monterey Fire Department, the diver reportedly went missing into the bay around 11 Sunday morning. Authorities say the diver’s truck is parked at the San Carlos Beach parking lot. Officials say they found a flashlight in the water, but it’s unknown if it belongs to the missing man

June 21 – Body of diver recovered from beach

The Monterey County Coroner’s Office has been called to San Carlos Beach to retrieve a drowning victim who may be the diver reported missing Sunday night.

“To be honest, I don’t know how anybody would be able to make an ID that quickly. I don’t know the condition of the body,” said Sonne, who had just spoken with a sergeant at the scene who reported the coroner had just arrived.

The drowning victim was discovered by other divers floating in a kelp bed about 30 yards off shore Friday morning. Sonne said he was in diving gear, minus his tanks.

The family of a Marin County man reported him missing Sunday night. Police found his car parked at San Carlos Beach and his flashlight underwater, but could not locate him and called off the search Monday.

June 24 – Lone diver dies at Breakwater Cove

Albert Reed MacKay, 43, of Yuba City, Calif., was diving about 25 feet underwater when something went wrong.

Nearby divers found MacKay, pulled him up to the surface, dragged him out of the ocean, and started CPR at 3:30 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.