Category Archives: Pacific Grove

No Parole For Trail Stabber Jason Blad

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Good.

Jason Blad, now 33, pleaded guilty more than a decade ago of attempted murder for the attack, perpetrated by himself and another Marine, Jesse Jay Carson. The two were students at the Defense Language Institute at the time of the attack. Carson was convicted at trial of the same charges. Both were sentenced to life in prison.

The two men stabbed the woman 12 times and slashed her throat twice before leaving her for dead on the trail in November 2000. At the trial in Monterey County Superior Court, the victim told jurors she’d pleaded for her life and tried to get away, but the two pinned her to the ground and began stabbing her on each side.

Tuesday, parole board members met at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo for Blad’s latest parole hearing, but denied his bid, according to California Department of Corrections spokesman Luis Patino. He will not be eligible for a parole hearing for another three years.

No Parole For Trail Stabber Jason Blad

Downtown Struggles While It’s Crossroads Undergo “Beautification”

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Pavels, Grove Market, PG Florist all are losing customers and Moe Ammar says “This is the best thing that’s happened since I’ve been here, period!”.

Baghdad Moe

The main intersection of downtown Pacific Grove, Forest and Lighthouse, is blocked because of a safety and beautification project and will be closed until April 8, causing significant business losses for even very popular stores near the intersection as shoppers avoid the area because they’re worried they won’t be able to get through or find a place to park.

Sidewalk Reconstruction Road Closed

My question is how will this bit of concrete mix with the five different sidewalk styles that exist at the intersection?

 

You have exposed aggregate
Sidewalk Exposed Aggregate

There’s a diamond pattern (my personal favorite)
Sidewalk Diamond Pattern

A five squares from store to curb pattern
Sidewalk Five Squares

Another side has three squares from store to curb.
Sidewalk Reconstruction Three Squares

And a real brick veneer
Sidewalk Brick Veneer

Downtown Struggles While It’s Crossroads Undergo “Beautification”

No Charges Of Self Stabbing By Seaside Cop

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Odd case. Off duty cop who claims “During the course of a year said he might date 30 to 40 women,” calls 911 claiming he was stabbed by unknown assailants.

Spitz said his investigators were unable to develop any solid leads as to the assailant Gill claimed attacked him July 31, 2012, or to establish enough evidence to convince a jury he fabricated the story.

In essence, he said, prosecutors do not know who is telling the truth.

Gill told police a Latino male stabbed him in the chest for unknown reasons when he responded to banging on his back door. Court documents said investigators believe Gill stabbed himself, was stabbed by one of many girlfriends or by one of their angry spouses.

No Charges Of Self Stabbing By Seaside Cop

P.G. Man Among Arrested Drug Dealers

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Heroin being sold at the transit plaza in Monterey

Known as Operation Tar Block, the investigation began when undercover officers bought drugs from street-level dealers, Dias said. Those purchases, made in Monterey and Seaside, led police to alleged suppliers living in several Peninsula cities, he said.

Cody Esquivel, 27, of Seaside was arrested on suspicion of selling heroin. Timothy Murray, 41, of Marina and Castroville was arrested on gun charges and for allegedly possessing heroin and methamphetamine for sale.

Sepehr Makki, 18, of Pacific Grove and Joseph Sampognaro Jr., 24, of Monterey were arrested on a charge of offering to sell heroin.

Morgan Ferguson, 22, of Carmel was arrested on a charge of possessing heroin for sale, and Mike Sobel, 41, of Seaside was arrested and charged with possessing heroin and methamphetamine for sale.

Some of the arrests were made at the alleged dealers’ residences in Seaside, Monterey, Marina and Castroville, Dias said.

P.G. Man Among Arrested Drug Dealers

After That Whole Mortgage Crisis Thing, You’d Think Someone Would Learn

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Are they still nudging people to lie on applications?
Ugly Pink House
Better places can be found for $465,000

A Florida couple has filed a lawsuit alleging two local real estate professionals conspired to enlist them in a fraudulent home loan to secure a house in Pacific Grove.

Seemingly backed up with tape-recorded evidence, the couple claim loan officer Robert Walker and Realtor Deba Christensen tried to persuade them to fabricate a lease agreement and rental income on their Florida residence to qualify for a loan. When they balked, commercial pilot David Hurstfield-Meyer said, he lost more than $13,000 he had placed in deposit.

After That Whole Mortgage Crisis Thing, You’d Think Someone Would Learn

Never Mind The Potholes, Let’s Pretty Up The Corner Of Forest & Lighthouse

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At least it’s not a Roundabout.

Sidewalk Reconstruction Forest Demo

The project, which is being done by Nor-Cal Contractor, is supposed to be wrapped up by April 4, possibly sooner, before the city’s April 13-14 Good Old Days celebration.

Unlike many public works endeavors, the $190,000 intersection project is being paid for with a $309,000 bequest made in 2007 by Jeannette McIndoo to help beautify downtown, restore the Point Pinos Lighthouse and plant trees.

Never Mind The Potholes, Let’s Pretty Up Forest & Lighthouse

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