Category Archives: Monterey Herald

OJI Police Chief Quits

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Too busy with outreach and peer support to do police work?
Golf Cart safety

Pacific Grove Police Chief Cathy Madalone announced on Saturday her retirement, effective Oct. 12. Madalone has been on an extended medical leave for several months.

In Pacific Grove, she succeeded former chief Amy Christey and during her tenure Madalone and the Pacific Grove department completed accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, established a chaplain and peer support program and hosted a variety of community outreach programs like National Night Out, Coffee with a Cop, Surfing with a Cop and Citizens Academies, according to the city.

OJI Police Chief Quits

City Council Changes

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Less people on council and districts?

City Hall

Pacific Grove is moving forward with creating a ballot measure to ask voters if they want to go from six to four council members, however voters likely will not see the final result until the 2026 mid-term elections.

The City Council voted 6-0-1 on Wednesday directing city staff to start the process of attaining a demographer to help draft district maps and creating a resolution of intent that they plan to vote on in October. Mayor Pro Tempore Nick Smith was absent.

The city’s decision affects the election system, how people vote. But voters will be tasked with reducing the number of council seats. Council members brought up how important it will be to inform voters in the coming months about what the decision means to keep six council members while moving to a by-district election.

“I will be supporting Measure Z, because trying to cut Pacific Grove into six pieces will be virtually impossible,” councilwoman Debby Beck said. “I think we need at least two people running from each district, and I think that’s possible with four districts. It’s a matter of moving forward at this point.”

City Council Changes

Bumfights!

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Rec trail still a dangerous place to be at night.

The Monterey Police Department announced that David Thomas, 65, was booked into jail with a bail set at $1 million.

The Monterey Police responded last week to a report of a man being attacked and severely injured near Reeside Avenue and the Recreation Trail. The person reporting the incident was a passerby who the victim had flagged down for help police said. The victim said a man with a crowbar or similar weapon attacked him.

Thomas was also previously arrested in November for felony assault with a deadly weapon after he struck a person who was experiencing homelessness with an expandable metal baton. The victim in that incident was not seriously injured. A witness reported the November incident and said Thomas claimed the victim was drinking alcohol in public. Thomas said he was acting in self-defense after the victim called him a racial slur. Ultimately, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 40 days in jail and a year of probation.

Bumfights!

Potato-About Approved By Clueless Councilmembers

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The vote was 4-3, with Debby Beck, Luke Coletti, and Lori McDonell dissenting.
Blondie Roundabout

 

The project met mixed comments from the council who called for more safety information and details about how much the project would cost. Council members Debby Beck, Luke Coletti and Lori McDonnell dissented.

The council was asked to choose between a four-way stop with stop signs, or a roundabout. The council was also shown a video rendering of what the roundabout would look like.

Public comment was mostly against the roundabout option, with residents calling it too expensive and unnecessary.

Beck agreed with public comments that the video was not a good representation of Pacific Grove and did not feature children crossing the street, or the field on Sunset.

Look at that. It’s not even a roundabout. Who paid for this overpriced boondoggle?
Bill Peake?
Nick Smith?
Joe Amelio?
Chaps Poduri?

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Potato-About Approved By Clueless Councilmembers

Marina Appoints Jenny McAdams To City Council

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Twitter in January 2023. Don’t bother, it’s blocked to non-followers.

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Click the keyword Jenny McAdams and read all about the experience she can bring to Marina:

Jenny McAdams Under Investigation About Campaign Funds

Says Biological Males Can Get Pregnant

McAdams Triggered By Facebook Comment

Jenny McAdams  Calls Police Over Internet Post

Lied to get her child a Covid shot

Wants Restraining Order Against Media

Spent $4,500 to attend and vote at a conference recognizing the “full contribution” of its African-American, Asian-Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, Latino and Women’s caucuses and did not  cast a vote

Cheats On Her Property Tax

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At the meeting, McAdams said she is fully prepared to serve the city of Marina “diligently and effectively” drawing from her experience of serving as a council member of another city, among other accomplishments.

in the end, Mayor Bruce Delgado, Mayor Pro-Tem and District 4 council member Liesbeth Visscher, District 1 member Brian McCarthy and District 2 member Kathy Biala, unanimously voted to appoint McAdams who will represent District 3.

District 3 is the airport and how appropriate, the hog farm. As a Marina homeowner, I will not vote for Bruce Degado in 2026 or Kathy Biala in 2024 which may not matter in this city but will have no respect from me.

Marina Appoints Jenny McAdams To City Council

Golf Course Grill Operator Charged With Defrauding Government Of $4 Million

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Aqua Terra operated the Point Pinos Gill at the PG Golf Course. No stranger to getting free money from the government, they got $100,000 in back rent there forgiven by the city in 2011.

Monterey caterer Dory Lindsay Ford has been charged with defrauding the government out of $4 million in COVID-relief funds the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern California District announced.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Ford with various crimes including bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering, according to a press release from the Northern District of California.

Ford, 57, of Monterey, operated Aqua Terra Culinary, Inc.,

indictment  alleges that Ford used the COVID-19 loan and grant money to purchase real estate properties in the country of Belize, to invest in the stock market, and to fund a different business venture instead of using the loan money for proper expenses, such as payroll costs, rent or mortgage payments, and supplies.

Golf Course Grill Operator Charged With Defrauding Government Of $4M

Was That A Gorgeous Postcard Of Monterey?

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Winter storms, power outages, cancellations and an early end to the “golf world gravitas”.

“It seems the organizers are trading a little bit of the levity for a big increase in golf world gravitas,” said O’Keefe. “Making it a bigger and more serious golf world event. That will only benefit Pebble Beach and Monterey County’s tourism economy in the long run.”

O’Keefe explained that the new format should have a two-tier benefit starting with the broadening of the audience of serious golf fans who will attend, and secondly, the broadening of the broadcast audience with fans tuning in from the across the country and around the globe. He sees the tournament as “a gorgeous postcard of Monterey County broadcast” on all kinds of screens around the world.

Was That A Gorgeous Postcard Of Monterey?

Coyotes At The Beach Eating Seal Pups

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The more seals we protect, the more predators we attract.

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A study has shown that coyotes hunt harbor seals and their pups. This newly observed dynamic could have consequences for the region’s marine mammal populations.

The headless bodies began turning up in 2016, and Grimes wasn’t able to pin down what was behind them. She suspected it might be coyotes, as she had found tracks in the area — but coyotes were not known to go after live marine mammals.

Coyotes At The Beach Eating Seal Pups

Two Arrested From Lovers Point Murder Attempt

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Kids in the park at night.

Two women from Seaside were arrested in connection to an incident at Lover’s Point Park involving a gun. Ashley Aragon, 18, and Jennifer Javier-Ramirez, 20, were arrested for conspiracy, while Javier-Ramirez was also arrested for vandalism, and were booked into the Monterey County Jail.

Two Arrested From Lovers Point Murder Attempt

Hate Crime Vandalism On Pine Avenue

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Mikhail Faybyshev arrested.

Mikhail Faybyshev

The night of Dec. 3around 9:16 p.m., officers responded to a report of vandalism in the 300 block of Pine Avenue after the victim — identified in the daily log as a 37-year-old female reported she was sitting in her car “when a male suspect approached and began to scratch letters into the vehicle.”

Hate Crime Vandalism On Pine Avenue