Category Archives: Monterey Herald

Letters From The Editor – Annoying Event Noise

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Have a real sound engineer in charge and the noise would not be so annoying. Feedback squeals and popping are heard well away from whatever event is going on. I’d replace the windows with dual pane if I could.

OK, so I’m a very senior citizen, but I had two preschool grandchildren to worry about. It was so loud that there were a few “eeeuuuooo” feedback bursts. I went to the “command center” tent and registered my complaint. Twice.

First, I got a smile and mumble indicating “It’s all right.” The second time I tried to get through to who appeared to be the sound engineer. I raised my voice to be heard above the din but was just waved off, like, “Get lost, old man!”

Letters From The Editor – Annoying Event Noise

Final Snow In The Park (and this time we really mean it)

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What will Moe turn it into and call it then? Stilwell’s Art Sale In The Park?

Caledonia Snow In Park

Stilwell’s Snow in the Park at Caledonia Park on Saturday will be the last such event with snow, said Chamber of Commerce president Mo Ammar.

“We will continue the event in the future,” he said, “but there will be no snow.”

Final Snow In The Park (and this time we really mean it)

P.G. Smoking Ban Fail

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No real changes where the public smoking really shows such as the front of Hazaras & Juice ‘n’ Java – carry on, future cancer sufferers.

A Bird In Every Pot

A city law tightening regulations for smoking in public places passed unanimously at its second reading Wednesday before the Pacific Grove City Council.

The ordinance stops short of banning smoking in outdoor dining areas or sidewalk tables, and allows smoking on the municipal golf course. It bans lighting up in city parks, beaches and recreation areas.

P.G. Smoking Ban Fail

Sunny Nguyen Appears In Court On Murder Charge

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heh, heh. Richard Rosen

Sunny Nguyen, 26, is charged with murdering Judith Salazar Nov. 21. Salinas attorney Richard Rosen appeared with Nguyen on Tuesday and asked that his arraignment be continued to give Nguyen time to retain him or another lawyer.

Judge Adrienne Grover continued the case until Dec.7 and ordered the shackled Nguyen to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend or children.

Though Nguyen’s extensive tatoo “sleeve” was visible above his shackles, he showed no sign of knife wounds Tuesday.

Suspect must have had his head down, that slash across the neck doesn’t look like a shaving cut.

Sunny Nguyen

Sunny Nguyen Appears In Court On Murder Charge

One Way Lighthouse Avenue Is A Commie Plot

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Delays

The preferred alternative remains a one-way, eastbound Lighthouse with two general traffic lanes and one lane dedicated to bicycles, buses and emergency vehicles.

City traffic engineer Rich Deal contends that controlling traffic speeds on city streets is easier with one-way traffic than with two-way, and cited Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey as an example.

But Alvarado street is not a main road into Pacific Grove. Reducing four lanes to two will not help ease traffic.

This is beginning to sound like a “Sustainable City” scheme, much like to stupid idea to reduce Pine Avenue to two traffic lanes in P.G. with exaggerated bicycle lanes no one needs. Until they take your freedoms away.

Bike lanes

One Way Lighthouse Avenue Is A Commie Plot

Butterflies Coming Back

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Monarch Cluster

“A lot of urban development has destroyed suitable habitat,” said Stuart Weiss of Menlo Park, a conservation biologist with Creekside Center for Earth Observation.

“Monarchs are very finicky about where they make their clusters,” Weiss said. They need the right temperature, humidity and wind exposure; otherwise, they move on to a more suitable area. The forests that monarchs like to cluster in are so small now, “the loss of a few trees can open up a site to more wind,” he said.

Weiss is working with Pacific Grove on a management plan for the sanctuary so it can better deal with the loss of trees or other changes in the grove.

“Urban Development?” Nothing but clueless people put in charge here.

Butterflies Coming Back

Fresno Gang Members In Stolen Car Escape P.G. Police

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Fresno Connection

SLO caught them. Not to many escape routes from route 1 in south county.And Moe Ammar always told us how much the people from Fresno like our town.

Flora Encinia, 32; Delia Pena, 21; Manuel Del Real, 21; Ramiro Vasquez, 22; and Joe Hernandez, 28, were arrested late Sunday in San Luis Obispo County after a crime spree that began with a vehicle theft in Fresno County.

The group is accused of stealing a black Lincoln Navigator and robbing two gas station attendants during a wild ride that took them through Pacific Grove, Big Sur and Gorda, police said.

Because their alleged crimes span three counties, they could face charges in any of them, law enforcement officials said. Most likely, they’ll end up in a San Luis Obispo courtroom first.

Fresno Gang Members In Stolen Car Escape P.G. Police and

Snap A Wet Towel At A Cop, You Go To Jail

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Everything he ever knew about fighting he learned in communal showers.

Police reported the case started late Monday when a cell phone was taken in a vehicle break-in in a grocery store parking lot.

The victim used the phone’s GPS and found that it “pinged” near an apartment in the 600 block of Archer Street.

He knocked and a man who had been working as a street sweeper in the lot where the break-in happened answered the door. The man denied having the cell phone.

The victim said he just wanted the sim card from the phone and offered $50. The man told him to come back later. The victim came back about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday with two police officers.

The apartment resident again denied having the cell phone, but the GPS indicated it was a few feet away. Officers convinced the man to return the cell phone, and he said it was in a downstairs apartment.

One officer went downstairs, and the suspect struck the other officer with a wet towel in his hand. He told police he was scared and nervous.

The suspect, Kenny Barba, 41, was booked into Monterey County Jail on charges of battery of a peace officer and possession of stolen property.

Snap A Wet Towel At A Cop, You Go To Jail

Amanda Spears Sentenced To Jail In I.D. Theft Case

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All that for a used car and some video games. Stupid.

Two 22-year-old Peninsula residents were sentenced to jail and probation for stealing an elderly woman’s identification and using it to open credit accounts with which they purchased video games and other entertainment items.

According to prosecutor Jeannine Pacioni, the victim was an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer. Amanda Spears of Pacific Grove used the woman’s identification to get credit cards and access her financial accounts. She also forged and cashed checks from the Robert H. Down Parent Association.

Theodore Lopez of Pebble Beach pleaded guilty to elder abuse for conspiring with Spears to use the 85-year-old victim’s stolen identification. Both were placed on probation. Spears was ordered to serve 340 days in county jail. Lopez was sentenced to 240 days.

Amanda Spears Sentenced To Jail In I.D. Theft Case

P.G. Library Now Accepting Food In Lieu Of Fines

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Odd timing of this normally compassionate holiday story. First they lose a tax levy vote, then forgo collecting money..

Library Book Drop

From Nov. 29 through Dec. 31, the Monterey and Pacific Grove public libraries will accept donations of unopened, non-perishable food as an option to paying overdue fines on library materials.

P.G. Library Now Accepting Food In Lieu Of Fines