Cara, 38, and her husband, Dan Hopkins, 41, bought the indoor batting cage and sports equipment business on Adams Street on in late November and have thrown themselves into reinventing the place.
. . .Its previous owner, David Stamm of Pacific Grove, stands accused of molesting a former employee seven years ago. He pleaded not guilty in October to 13 counts of child molestation and possession of child pornography in Monterey County Superior Court.
But Stamm’s legal problems have no relation to the batting cages themselves, said Cara Hopkins, who is certain the tight-knit sports community will support the venture.
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P.G. Seniors Continue To Be Easy Marks
Might also explain why they vote Democrat . .
One 62-year-old Pacific Grove man, convinced he was paying fees to claim large sums of prize money from sweepstakes, forked over money for about a year, totaling more than $10,000, Uretsky said.
But the sweepstakes notices the man received in the mail, as many as 10 a day, were a sham. There never was a prize. “We’re flabbergasted when we see people fall for these things,” he said. “If it’s too good to be true, it is.”
In the past year, (Pacific Grove police commander Tom)Uretsky said, he’s seen three such cases, where people were conned.
No Car Shows On The Golf Course
A vote to let negotiations start was defeated 3-2, with council members Scott Miller, Lisa Bennett and Susan Nilmeier opposed.
Council members Vicki Stilwell and Alan Cohen were in favor of looking at bringing the Concorso to Pacific Grove. Mayor Dan Cort and Councilman Daniel Davis recused themselves from the discussion because they live next to the golf course.
Wadsworth said he was looking for a more scenic setting for the Concorso, and the ongoing construction at the show site at the Bayonet and Blackhorse golf courses in Seaside was a problem.
About time to put a stop to the selling out of the town. The tourists, weekenders and business owners don’t have to put up with off-topic events like this.
CheckMate Makes People Ill – Even When Spraying Was Canceled
That’s powerful stuff.
In Santa Cruz County’s Environmental Health Department, program manager Jerry Lemoine said his office received a number of health complaints after the spraying. However, he said, they also received a number of complaints on an evening that the planned spraying had been canceled.
“There were a significant number of calls on one evening and the next morning of people reporting they were ill from the spraying, and the spraying didn’t happen that night,” Lemoine said.
CheckMate Makes People Ill – Even When Spraying Was Canceled
DUI Wrecks. Closes Lighthouse Avenue
At least it was at 1 AM and not in the middle of the day.
A 19-year-old Seaside man was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving following an accident on Lighthouse curve in Monterey early this morning.
The driver of the Mercedes sedan, identified as Rajiv Pahalad, suffered injuries that required hospitalization, but was arrested by police after his release from the hospital.
Party On! Golf Clubhouse Open For Events
The City Council on Wednesday voted 4-2 to uphold last month’s city Planning Commission decision to allow the clubhouse to expand its operating hours and meal service and add live entertainment.
In addition, the amendment allows the facility to use its tournament room and grill for wedding receptions, service club meetings and other events and provide “non-amplified” music and entertainment.
The tournament room has a capacity of 45, and the restaurant can handle 74 customers, according to City Manager Jim Colangelo.
P.G. Caves To The Tourist ‘Organization’
“You’ve got to pay to play,” said bureau president John McMahon, who added that the bureau has been holding up printing the 2008 tour guide and map to include Pacific Grove if the city joins.
Nancy Grech, owner of the Borg’s Motel at Lovers Point, was the sole protester on forming the Hospitality Improvement District, under which lodging owners would pay an assessment of $1 per occupied paid room per night for full-service lodging and 50 cents per night for limited-service lodging businesses. The money goes to pay for marketing and promotional activities.
“You gotta pay to play, eh?”
Monterey Has $15,000 For A ‘Dog Park’
Monterey’s Dog Park is open for business, thanks to a $15,000 Neighborhood Improvement Program grant and 18 months of lobbying by dog lover and pet boarder Roni Rubinstein.
“Parks and Recreation had it on the books for three years,” Rubinstein said. “There was no opposition — it just needed a site and someone to champion the cause.”
Rubinstein and her rescued cocker spaniel Tara — “she was abandoned at El Estero Park” — started attending Neighborhood Improvement Committee and city Park and Recreation Commission meetings, and toured “a dozen possible sites” for a park where dogs could be allowed to run free and frolic.
Crazy place for a “dog park”. Careful what you dig up there Fido.
Ospina Loses Lawsuit Against P.G.
The city of Pacific Grove did what it was supposed to do in the case of a dog attack last summer on another dog owned by a local television news anchor, a judge ruled Friday.
Judge Robert O’Farrell said he did not see a role for the court in the city’s handling of a hearing that stemmed from the July 25 incident.
Ospina’s lawyer Charles Warner said Sampson’s owner has not responded to Ospina’s claim for reimbursement of $21,000 in veterinary bills for her dog, which indicates she probably isn’t in compliance with other requirements set by the city.
“The city of Pacific Grove is legally correct,” O’Farrell said, adding that Ospina is free to bring other proceedings to recover her monetary losses.
What’s been said from the start – it’s a civil matter.
Pacific Grove Holiday Guide
Tonight what is maybe the ugliest public holiday Christmas tree is lit. Jewell park.
Stillwell’s Snow In The Park at Caledonia Park – December 1st. Good fun, Santa hitches a ride on a fire truck.
Christmas At The Inns promises some fare for the cheese & wine mooches. December 4 & 5.
More alcohol in a wine tasting held at the Chamber of Commerce. Lose your senses an buy something you wouldn’t if you were sober.
Holiday Parade of Lights, December 6.
Candy Cane Lane – It’s the most fun holiday sight in P.G, and it’s so real it does not have ANYTHING to do with luring shoppers to town.
