Category Archives: Monterey Herald

Speeders Bring P.G. A New Radar Trailer

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What was wrong with the old one? Why not get out and write some tickets instead of teasing people with a robo-safety patrol?

As vehicles pass the trailer, their speed is displayed, as well as red and blue strobe light will blink to catch the attention of motorists. The “speed” trailer cost the department $8,000, which was taken out of the general city funds, said Cmdr. Cassie McSorely.

“We get complaints about speeding cars in every neighborhood. Traffic and speeding is one of the main concerns in our community,” McSorely said.

Speeders Bring P.G. A New Radar Trailer

Monday Crash # 1

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Four Runner into the Victorian Corner. Probably couldn’t find a parking place what with VC workers’ cars taking up all the parking spaces.

Occurring just after 3 p.m., the first crash involved a 70-year-old woman who accelerated when reversing out of a parking spot on Lighthouse Avenue before crashing into Alliotti’s Victorian Corner restaurant. The driver approached 40 miles per hour, hitting a stop sign and a parked vehicle along the way.

The woman’s Toyota 4Runner came to rest inside the restaurant and injured owner Mary Alliotti, who was taken to a hospital with undetermined injuries, Pacific Grove police said Tuesday. The driver of the parked car was also hospitalized with unknown injuries, police said.

Monday Crash # 1

Monday Crash #2

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Teach the kids to look both ways. And use the crosswalk.

Around 4 p.m., a 10-year-old Pacific Grove Middle School student was hit by a vehicle driving westbound on Sunset Drive.

Police said the girl did not use the crosswalk and mentioned the intersection were she was hit — in front of Pacific Grove High School — is not known as an area where collisions like these occur.

The girl was injured and was airlifted to a Bay Area trauma center. Police said her condition is not yet known.

Monday Crash #2

Pacific Grove Tries To Attract Homeless With Free Parking

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I say they should be allowed to sleep in Parklets overnight too.

The Pacific Grove City Council on Wednesday moved closer to creating a city ordinance allowing homeless people to sleep in their cars at church parking lots and other approved locations.

The city has been “visionary” in its approach to homelessness, said Tia Sukin, founder and director of One Starfish Safe Parking and Supportive Services, which will run the project.

“They’ve also been very aggressive in making sure this gets on their agenda. That’s really nice to see, trying to help people,” she said.

Under the program, homeless people with vehicles will be screened before they are approved to sleep in a designated church or other parking lot.

Pacific Grove Tries To Attract Homeless With Free Parking

Monterey Says No Sitting Or Laying On Sidewalks

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Cat On Sidewalk

Why put up with Monterey and their unwelcome nature. Come to P.G. and occupy a parklet.

People who sit or lie on sidewalks in Monterey’s commercial areas may be fined $100 starting Wednesday.

The new ordinance approved by the Monterey City Council in July will ban “obstructions” from city sidewalks between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the areas of Cannery Row, Lighthouse Avenue, downtown Monterey, a portion of Fremont Street from Highway 1 to Casanova Avenue, and Fairground Road. These areas are known to be frequented by transients and young people traveling from out of town.

Monterey Says No Sitting Or Laying On Sidewalks

Forest Avenue Safeway Still A Dangerous Place

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Safeway Forest Hill 3 Forths

Crazies there.

The 38-year-old victim was at the Safeway parking lot on Forest Avenue about 9:30 a.m. when a woman asking for a job approached her. The victim offered the suspect a ride, not knowing she was armed with a handgun, Pacific Grove said.

Once in the car, the suspect took out the weapon and threatened to harm the mother and her children if she was not taken to a location in Salinas, police Sgt. Jeff Fenton said.

Forest Avenue Safeway Still A Dangerous Place

Pedestrian Struck, Airlifted To Hospital

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92 year old driver not paying attention near park.

The pedestrians, an 11-year-old girl and her 60-year-old grandmother, were crossing the street near Lovers Point park just after 3 p.m. when Gordon Eugene made a left turn onto Ocean View Boulevard, failed to see them and hit them, Pacific Grove police said.

Pedestrian Struck, Airlifted To Hospital

Fish Having Loud Sex Keeping Residents Awake

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One Steven Gray of Pacific Grove blames the noise on military research. Nope Steven just fish looking for love.

Fish Have Sex In This Water

The sound is being heard by residents living about a quarter-mile away from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Jim Covel, the aquarium’s director of guest experience — who has experience with this species — said the sound likely comes from “lonesome males” trying to attract mates.

The endless motor-like sounds are produced by their strong muscles pressing against their balloon-like bladders. They hit the bladder about 6,000 times a minute — twice the speed of a hummingbird’s wings — and do it during a mating season that usually starts in May and ends in September. The loud hum can last for more than an hour at a time.

Fish Having Loud Sex Keeping Residents Awake

Recently Uncovered Ad Soon To Be Covered Again

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Bar owner also objects to Outzenville project because new residential tenants are likely to complain about noise after moving next to a bar.

Bull Durham Carbones

A “Bull” Durham tobacco sign discovered last week on Lighthouse Avenue is likely about 90 years old, University of California archives show.

The sign, on the north wall of Carbone’s Bar at 214 Lighthouse Ave., was uncovered last week when eight decaying structures were demolished.

The “Genuine ‘Bull’ Durham Tobacco” painting is almost identical to a 1925 advertisement from the company, shown in documents collected by the UC San Francisco’s Legacy Tobacco Documents Library.

The building is not on Monterey’s historic register and a planned project will likely cover it up. But residents will probably be able to view it for at least another month or two.

Recently Uncovered Ad Soon To Be Covered Again

Stuart Elder DUI Trial Set

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Hope Elder never drives a car again.

California Highway Patrol officers say that on the evening of the crash, Elder’s Cadillac SUV swerved into an opposing lane of Sloat Road in Pebble Beach. The Cadillac crashed into a 2005 Ford. LaRone and Daly died at the scene. The women were well known locally as former owners of a Pacific Grove pet store.

He was arrested at the scene by CHP officers and released on $430,000 bail.

Elder is charged with two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, plus a special enhancement of causing great bodily injury to his passenger, 20-year-old Selvia Gattas.

Stuart Elder Trial Set