Category Archives: Monterey Herald

No Venue Change For Pollacci’s Next Rape Trial

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Should I modify a “Parking for Ron’s Liquor Only” sign to say “Parking for Jury only”?

Judge Terrance Duncan said that despite extensive news coverage of Pollacci’s previous cases, prospective jurors will be screened to eliminate those who have been prejudiced by the publicity.

“There is no way he can get an unfair trial in Monterey County,” prosecutor Michael Breeden told the judge.

No Venue Change For Pollacci’s Next Rape Trial

Pollacci faces an additional eight years for each potential rape conviction. But if Breeden files an enhancement for sexual assault against multiple victims, Pollacci could face life in prison.

Wharf Leases Deemed Legal

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Wharf Signs

Willard tried to break the leases, which probably would have put people out of business, leading to Cannery Row style schlock taking over the wharf..

The council concluded the current leases “clearly state that the buildings are the property and responsibility of the lease holders.” The council said ownership “was properly negotiated as a part of the lease extensions in the early ’90s and was not a gift of public funds.”

Assistant City Manager Fred Cohn said the wharf businesses have ground leases from the city under which they essentially “rent the mud” beneath the wharf. The tenants are responsible for the pilings, decking and buildings, he said.

Wharf Leases Deemed Legal

Researcher For Pollacci Rape Case Says He Can’t Get A Fair Trial

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Like that comment “nothing that said Mr. Pollacci was a nice fella”. Mario commented here on April 15 the same blog noted in an article on April 22.

Geringer said Pollacci’s potential jury pool had been poisoned by extensive media coverage and word of mouth. She initially characterized much of the coverage as “unfair,” but later said she defined that as reporting that included negative information about Pollacci.

“I found nothing that said Mr. Pollacci was a nice fella or a part of the community,” she said.

Breeden noted that it took only three days to seat a jury in Pollacci’s last trial and said if Geringer’s opinions are true, it would be apparent as soon as jury selection begins June 13. State law suggests that judges make an effort to find a local jury before changing venue. The last time a case was moved out of Monterey County was in the early 1980s.

Researcher For Pollacci Rape Case Says He Can’t Get A Fair Trial

Sunny Nguyen To Stand Trial For P.G. Murder

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Suspect had no pulse and was revived.

Too bad

He went to one bedroom and found it untouched. Then he tried to open a second bedroom’s door. It was blocked. He forced it open and saw a large television had been pushed against it. Inside was mayhem.

Nguyen’s body was draped facedown over the television.

Salazar’s body was on the other side of the room. Both bodies were in pools of blood and Haas could detect pulses in neither. Paramedics revived Nguyen, who was taken to San Jose Regional Medical Center.

Sunny Nguyen To Stand Trial For P.G. Murder

Remembrance Of P.G.’s Chinatown

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And the Moe just forced a Chinese restaurant out of it’s prized location . . .

A walk through the site of Pacific Grove’s Chinese fishing village will mark the 105th anniversary of the fire that destroyed it and ended 50 years of Chinese culture and history on the Peninsula.

The village, where Hopkins Marine Station now stands, burned to the ground on May 16, 1906. It was the largest Chinese community on the California coast, and its inhabitants pioneered Monterey Bay’s commercial fishing industry.

The boulders along the shoreline at Hopkins still bear scorch marks from the fire. Its origin remains a mystery, but the behavior of Pacific Grove’s white residents, during and after the fire, has been a lingering source of embarrassment for the city.

Remembrance Of P.G.’s Chinatown

Slats Restaurant Progress

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Tired of calling it the old Old Bath House.

Old Bath House Story Poles

Enea plans to remodel the existing 6,000-square-foot building to add 575 square feet of indoor dining and a 500-square-foot deck. He would gut the ground floor to make it available for rental to other businesses and would make it compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

The restaurant operator, he said, would pay for furnishing, equipping and decorating the restaurant area.

Restaurant operations would begin at 4 p.m., seven days a week, pending Coastal Commission approval and amendment of the restaurant use permit.

Enea is in negotiations with restaurateur Jim Gilbert, operator of several restaurants in Monterey, Santa Cruz and Salinas, including Abalonetti at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Slats Restaurant Progress

Notice The Cell Tower In The Schoolyard?

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Lighthouse School Cell Towers

That thing snuck in quick with no smart-meter like protests. But of course, ATT was allowed to use the downtown streets to advertise their wireless service that does not work to well in P.G.

Will the butterflies flock to the fake-tree tower AT$T plans to put up or will they avoid it and the nearby monarch sanctuary too?

The tower went in a few months ago at the old Lighthouse School, 1026 Lighthouse Ave., under a one-year lease approved by the school board, according to district assistant superintendent for business Robin Blakley.

AT&T pays the district $1,000 per month for use of the site, Blakley said, noting that the tower is on wheels and can be moved at any time.

AT&T, he said, is looking for places to put a permanent tower and needed a temporary location while the search was under way.

Notice The Cell Tower In The Schoolyard?

Broken Brokaw Hall Gets Temporary Stay Of Demolition

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Brokaw Hall

 

The one-story wood-frame building, bracketed by two stone chimneys at 263 Grove Acre Ave., is in an advanced state of dilapidation and unsafe, said John Kuehl, city building official.

Kuehl ordered it fenced off immediately and taken down by Friday.

After his emergency order was reviewed April 13 by the city’s Historic Resources Committee, Kuehl said he was willing to delay the order past May 4 until measures could be taken to salvage parts of the building and draw plans for future reconstruction should money become available.

Broken Brokaw Hall Gets Temporary Stay Of Demolition

Deborah King Gets 15 Years To Life

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hey, hey, goodbye!

Deborah King, 54, was convicted in February of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death of Joel Woods on Sept. 2, 2008. King’s mandated sentence was enhanced because of five prior convictions for driving under the influence. She will not be eligible for parole until 2023.

Woods’ father, Ken, also asked the court to impose the toughest possible sentence, and recounted what he said he believed were King’s repeated attempts to dodge taking responsibility for his son’s death, including attempts to fake mental incompetence.

Deborah King Gets 15 Years To Life