Category Archives: Monterey Herald

No Smoking On The Rec Trail

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Now try and enforce it.
No Smoking Dogs

Tuesday, the Monterey City Council unanimously approved an updated ordinance regulating smoking in public places. The changes were intended to bring city law into line with state law.
… the city ordinance prohibits smoking on the Monterey Recreational Trail, beaches, enclosed buildings open to the public, including covered parking garages; buses, taxicabs, shuttles and other public transportation; city owned vehicles, outdoor service areas, including ATM lines, ticket lines, bus stops and transit depot waiting areas; and any location which the property or business owner declares to be non-smoking.

No Smoking On The Rec Trail

P.G. Volunteer Fire Department Ignites

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But does not seem to get close to the flame..
Fireman

The association will have up to 35 members older than the age of 18, maintain its own insurance and receive no paid compensation for training and services the members provide.

Those services, Frutchey said, may include preserving records, equipment and artifacts of the Pacific Grove Fire department, maintaining and operating antique fire engines in parades and other community events, providing disaster response services, participating in fund raising, and working with other service organizations on activities that benefit the community.

P.G. Volunteer Fire Department Ignites

Weekend Home Rentals Approved

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Senior city planner Sarah Hardgrave noted that short-term rentals are already occurring in the city despite a prohibition enacted by the council in 1997 against rentals of single-family residences for fewer than 30 days.

She said licensing and taxing them could bring the city an additional $200,000 a year in revenue. Those who fail to register rentals, respond to neighbors’ complaints or violate provisions of the ordinance would be subject to penalties.

Since code enforcement is little to none, is there a contact to rat on suspected party houses?

Weekend Home Rentals Approved.

Pot Club Opens On Lighthouse Avenue

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Just what they need to bring more crime. Wonder what someone that woke up after a 30 year sleep would think if they just woke up and wanted to visit the Beer Springs for a sip.

Pot Shop

The MyCaregiver Co-op Inc. at 554 Lighthouse Ave. began serving a clientele of 45 medical marijuana users in November and membership has since gone to 70, said John Rico, a MyCaregiver director.

He contends MyCaregiver doesn’t need a permit from the city to operate because it is a private club, benefiting only its members, and exempt from the city permit and licensing process.
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City Attorney Deborah Mall said a retail sales business license for that address was applied for and granted, “but they didn’t say it was a medical marijuana facility.”

A marijuana facility, she said, “is not a permitted use in any zone of the city.”

Pot Club Opens On Lighthouse Avenue

Structure Fire In Pebble Beach Condos

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These are the condos you see from the S curves on highway 68. Close to the 1987 Pebble Beach Fire.

No injuries were reported to residents or firefighters during the blaze, which was mostly limited to the attic of the four-story complex, said Mike Marlow, batallion chief of the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The fire was first reported about 7p.m. It appeared to have started in a penthouse unit at the east wing of one of several horseshoe-shaped buildings. The fire was limited to the east wing, but about six units sustained significant fire and water damage.

Structure Fire In Pebble Beach Condos

Deborah King Was Driving Reckless Says Witnesses

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Please, never let this inconsiderate druggie behind the wheel again.

Deborah King
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Deborah King will stand trial in the death of Joel Woods, who died after he was struck by King’s SUV as he picked up his son at Pacific Grove Middle School.

Toxicology reports described at the hearing showed that King, 52, had traces of eight different drugs in her system at the time of the accident on Sept. 2, 2008.

She had prescriptions for seven of them, and most were at “therapeutic levels.” The other drug was a small quantity of THC, a chemical found in marijuana, which could have entered her system weeks earlier.

Officer John Purdam, the first to respond to the accident, said he was told by a witness that King nearly rear-ended her at the Highway 1 exit onto Monterey-Salinas Highway moments before she crashed into Woods’ truck, which was parked at the curb outside the school at 835 Forest Ave.

A second witness told Purdam that she saw King’s vehicle drifting out of its lane and weaving through traffic as it approached the school.

Deborah King Was Driving Reckless Says Witnesses

Pizza Man Robbers Caught In New Monterey

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Monterey Police took 36 minutes to track down and arrest a man who allegedly robbed a pizza delivery man with a toy gun Thursday.

Police canvassed the area and located a man who matched the description near the intersection of Lighthouse and Drake avenues.

Jesse McIntyre, 25, of Salinas, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and violation of parole. He was booked into Monterey County Jail. The stolen property was recovered, police said.

Pizza Man Robbers Caught In New Monterey

Nature Starts, City Of Monterey Finishes

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Sholz Park Tree Damage

In a related matter, residents Ansel and Melissa Theony voiced concern to the council about the city’s plan to cut down a row of large acacia trees on Lighthouse Avenue at Scholte Park near the Monterey Senior Center.

One tree toppled in a recent storm, and Reid has recommended that all of the trees be removed because of past root damage and public safety concerns.

One tree did cause a bit of damage to the garden wall & sidewalk.Tree Damage

Nature Starts, City Of Monterey Finishes Up

P.G. Man Arrested In Seaside Hillbilly Heroin Bust

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Same drug taken in an armed robbery in Pacific Grove in September.

Local narcotics officers have seen a major increase in the illicit use of Oxycontin, a synthetic opiate that produces a heroin-like high, police said.

Police conducted the operation Dec. 1 but didn’t announce the arrests until Thursday.

The one-day narcotics operation took place at several locations and involved “probation searches and an undercover officer,” he said.

Individuals arrested on drug charges were identified as Cristopher Balaban, 21, of Monterey; Charles Clifton, 22, of Monterey; Johnny Magallanez, 23, of Seaside; Michael Castaldo, 22, of Monterey; and Blake Davis, 22, of Pacific Grove, police said.

P.G. Man Arrested In Seaside Hillbilly Heroin Bust