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Axe A Question, Get Sign Chopped

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Andrew Enriquez Mugshot

Andrew Enriquez, 26, was arrested about 5:30 a.m. Sunday after he was seen running with an ax in his hands, police said.

He tried to evade officers by hiding beneath a car in the 100 block of Central Avenue, but he was caught, police said.

After he was taken into custody, police determined the man was intoxicated and he admitted having damaged a “Welcome to Pacific Grove” sign on the Recreation Trail near Eardley Avenue, police said.

The sign was broken in half, apparently by the ax-wielder, police said. Damage was estimated at $1,800.

Welcome Sign Axed

Axe A Question, Get Sign Chopped

AT&T Moves Cell Tower For Better Signal In Dead Zones

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Dead Zone Cell Tower

Frutchey said the cemetery site will be temporary, too, until AT&T finds a suitable permanent site.

The cell tower has been a source of some controversy. It was leased at the school site without city permission. School officials originally believed they had a one-year lease. And the tower drew criticism from residents who said the wireless tower poses health hazards to students, residents and butterflies at the nearby monarch sanctuary.

AT&T Moves Cell Tower For Better Signal In Dead Zones

Peter Kracht Thinks There Is No Lighthouse

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Kracht admires a developer’s work to buy up and tear down old structures in New Monterey. Even says our beloved street name should be changed. Stupid.

Point Pinos Lighthouse Postcard

The Lighthouse Avenue was named after a now-nonexistent Lighthouse and is becoming a very attractive avenue due to Outzen’s efforts and heavy financial investments.

Maybe the avenue should be named Outzen Avenue. He deserves that.

Peter Kracht Thinks There Is No Lighthouse

About That $5.75 Per Square Foot Rent At The Burger Shack . .

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Grill renter Joe Cavallaro was hiding the fact that the rent included the eating area that the grill posts signs at, reminding us all that the tables are for ‘Grill patrons ONLY.

Lovers Point Grill Tables

Cavallaro said the snack stand is only 300 square feet, making the monthly rental $5.75 per square foot under the city’s latest offer.

City Manager Thomas Frutchey said Tuesday that Cavallaro’s lease area amounts to 800 square feet, including the adjacent outdoor patio where customers sit and eat their snacks, and a storage room for restaurant supplies.

That brings the square-footage rate to about $2.16 a month, similar to that of other commercial properties, Frutchey said.

About That $5.75 Per Square Foot Rent At The Burger Shack . .

Old Empty Buildings In 200 Block Of Lighthouse Sold

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200 Block Lighthouse 3

Presumably to be replaced by the latest fad, New Empty Buildings like in the 100 Block

French Glass Gone

Four parcels between the intersections of Reeside and Dickman avenues in Monterey were sold recently to Carl Outzen, a former Monterey city councilman.

Outzen declined to give the purchase cost, other than to confirm it was for less than $1 million.

Outzen estimates it could take at least a year and a half before he gets city approval for the mixed-use building.

The only tenant is The Vinyl Revolution, a used record store, at 230 Lighthouse Ave. The business has been there since 1994, and Outzen said he will wait to demolish that building last. He said it is possible the store could go in his new structure.

Old Empty Buildings In 200 Block Of Lighthouse Sold

Deborah King Stays Locked Up

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Where she belongs for life.

Deborah King In Court
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A woman convicted of striking and killing a Pacific Grove man as he picked up his son from school has failed in her bid for a new trial.

Kitagawa testified the tests were positive for hydrocodone, morphine, Xanax, Ambien, trazadone and an anti-depressant. In violation of pre-trial court orders, he also testified he found traces of marijuana, though the test showed only an inactive metabolite of the drug.

After an objection by defense attorney Heather Rogers, Judge Russell Scott informed the jury there was no active THC in King’s blood and to disregard the testimony. But he declined Rogers’ motion for a new trial, ruling the marijuana testimony would not affect the outcome of the trial.

After an objection by defense attorney Heather Rogers, Judge Russell Scott informed the jury there was no active THC in King’s blood and to disregard the testimony. But he declined Rogers’ motion for a new trial, ruling the marijuana testimony would not affect the outcome of the trial.

Deborah King Stays Locked Up

Jacobo Ruelas’ Murder Trial Non-Progress

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Hang in there, justice will prevail.

Olinger Bench 2013

 

At the request of the defense attorney, who said he was not yet prepared, Judge Mark Hood vacated the trial date earlier this month. On Tuesday, as Phillips looked on, Hood denied prosecutor Jeannine Pacioni’s request to stop “wandering aimlessly through the court system (and) set a firm trial date.”

Pacioni said she felt defense attorney Andrew Liu was driving the trial date and Olinger’s family had waited “quite enough.”

Hood said he understood the urgency but is “focused on a just, fair, and expedient trial.” He will set a date, he said, when Liu has digested 14,000 pages of discovery and is prepared. Liu took over the case in May after Ruelas’ former attorney fell ill.

Jacobo Ruelas’ Murder Trial Non-Progress

Frantic Knocking Puts P.G. School On Lockdown

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Loitering near a school for an hour and no one called the police?

The Monterey Bay Charter School in Pacific Grove was put on lockdown Tuesday morning after an unknown man dressed in camouflage “frantically” knocked on a classroom door, police said.

The school’s staff said he was about 19 years old, had a stocky build, scruffy orange beard and wore a camouflage jacket and beanie.

Police said the man had been loitering near the school for about one hour.

Frantic Knocking Puts P.G. School On Lockdown

More Of The Demon Rum

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Shifting that balance even more toward “tourist friendly”? Didn’t someone try that wine bar thing already?
Primo For Sale

The Pacific Grove City Council on Wednesday will decide whether the city is ready for brew pubs, wine bars, sports bars and the like.

The council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on changes to the city code for the downtown and Forest Hill commercial areas.

A council report says the changes stem from the city’s five-year strategic plan that calls for “significant economic development” balancing being “community friendly and tourist friendly.”