Category Archives: Pacific Grove

There Goes The Neighborhood In DMP

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Sidewalks in Del Monte Park? That just ruins the character of the place.

DMP Del Monte Park

On the east side of the church property, new houses — and a new sidewalk — have been built, and the Rev. Chuck Davis, pastor of the church, sees the writing on the wall.

 

Terry O’Connell, Davis’ neighbor but not a Church of Christ member, said the new sidewalk is built at an angle that would require the church “to give up a sizable piece of its property” to merge the sidewalks.

 

He said city street supervisor Emilio Alcaraz said the city plans to require sidewalk construction whenever property owners seek permits for reconstruction or remodeling their homes or businesses if they don’t already have a sidewalk.

There Goes The Neighborhood In DMP

Schools Want More Tax Money

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“To maintain and improve the quality of education”. Does that mean more parking lots and football stadiums?

The tax, called Measure V, will go before the voters on the November 8 ballot. It asks for a $60 tax per parcel for four years to fund academic services and programs.

 

If approved by two-thirds of the voters, it would eventually replace Measure X, a $35 parcel tax passed by 70.84% of Pacific Grove voters in 2008. The new measure would add roughly $230,000 per year to the budget beginning in the 2012-2013 year, according to the PGUSD website.

 

District officials said Measure V will be used as a mechanism to maintain and improve the quality of education in Pacific Grove.

Schools Want More Tax Money

Love Them Short Term Rental People

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Part time dweller meets short term dwellers on a bad note.

Pacific Grove: Female reported she is the owner of an Ocean View Boulevard condo which she inhabits part time. Some of the other units are being rented as short-term rentals. She stated over the past six days, there have been three separate incidents  involving short-term rental guests.

 

She stated on Aug. 16, she found a young boy standing in her living room, an unknown man was pounding on her door during the nighttime hours on Aug. 19, and another unknown man entered her dwelling on Aug. 21 by mistake, thinking it was his rental unit.

 

She does not feel safe in her residence due to the quantity of people coming and going from the property as a result of the rental status. She requested matters be documented for information only, as she will also be notifying the city council.

Love Them Short Term Rental People

Love Is . . Posting Your Bail But Not Your Wife’s

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Oh, and the family ties with his brother.

Wright was released from Monterey County Jail after he posted bail for himself, but not his wife.

 

In May, FBI agents found numerous sex toys in his backyard and thousands of child porn photos and videos on his work computer. He was released from jail on a $100,000 bail.

 

Wright met his wife in Thailand and brought her to Monterey to be married in 2009, police said.

 

His brother, John Albert Wright, is a registered child sex offender. The 35-year-old’s address is listed at his parent’s house on Sinex Avenue in Pacific Grove, but he actually lives in Thailand, police said. John Wright was convicted of lewd acts with a child under 14 years old.

Love Is Posting Your Bail But Not Your Wife’s

1983 Homicide Victim From PG Located At Del Monte Center

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Skeletal remains found Aug. 18 by a land surveyor in a wooded area near Del Monte Shopping Center were those of a 20-year-old Pacific Grove woman who disappeared in the winter of 1983.

Dental records led to identification of Jennifer Lynn Morris, who was last seen about 3 p.m. on Jan. 24, 1983, after she made a purchase at a store in the center, police said Wednesday.

1983 Homicide Victim From PG Located At Del Monte Center

Pacific Grove Couple Arreseted For Child Pornography

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Sick.

Jason Wright 40 And His Wife Rampueng Kaeorawang 41

Rampueng Kaeorawang, 41, and her husband, Jason Wright, 40, both of Pacific Grove, were arrested at 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Pacific Grove Police Department.

At the time of their arrest, search warrants were served on the couple and they were found to be in possession of child pornography, which they allegedly manufactured themselves, police said.

Pacific Grove Couple Arreseted For Child Pornography

Mvsevm Fetus Tied To Doc Ricketts?

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Relying on a curator to analyze handwriting. The fetus remains in custody, being held without bail.

…for the past several months, museum collections curator Paul Vandecarr has been comparing Ricketts’ handwriting examples to the writing on the label of the jar to establish a possible connection.

What the unscientific research has so far turned up is fascinating.

“Most of the handwriting did not match anything he came up with,” according to Pacific Grove city manager Tom Frutchey. “But one letter [from Ricketts] did match.” While the match offers some hope to those who would like to make the connection between the fetus and Ricketts, who had specimens of all sorts at his Cannery Row laboratory, it also deepens the mystery.

Mvsevm Fetus Tied To Doc Ricketts?

Bookstores Going The Way Of The Dodo

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Poor variety of reading materials on dead trees limited to the shop’s selection plus high cost make bookstores going the way of record store.

Borders is leaving and there aren’t many bookstores selling new titles on the Monterey Peninsula, but the survivors aren’t leaving.

Among the surviving purveyors of books is The Works on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. “We’re still here,” said Robert Marcum, who owns and operates the store with his wife, Leela.

Marcum said business isn’t as good as it was when he opened six years ago. He attributes that decline mostly to the recession. He won’t say business is great.

“It’s still OK,” he said.

The Marcums bought the 2,400 square-foot store, then called Bookworks, reduced the space for books to about 1,200 square feet and expanded the tea-coffeehouse portion. It’s also part gallery.

Marcum also took the very word “Book” out of the shops name. New titles can be found at Costco with a less biased selection.

Bookstores Going The Way Of The Dodo

Fire Up The Feast Week, Pt 3

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The 2011 edition of the 54-year-old city festival concluded Saturday at Lovers Point, where sugar-buzzed kids sampled each of the aforementioned attractions all day. Then they snuggled with their parents in the evening to celebrate the crowning of Queen Topaz and marvel at lantern-adorned vessels on Monterey Bay and fireworks exploding over the water.

“This was always a big thing to do when I was little, even though they didn’t have bounce houses and bubble machines in those days,” said Rick Martin, a former Monterey Peninsula resident who drove from Santa Clara to enjoy the event. “My family came every year to see the boats all lit up and the fireworks over the water. Those are great memories for me, even now, which is why I try to come back every couple of years.”

Rick has it about right. The Feast is a good time to reconnect if you have been away.

Last year’s excuse for a Feast was not what makes memories.

The entire day at the beach
Feast Of Lanterns Beach

Free live entertainment
Bryan Diamond FOL 2003

No fire of this kind. Though the free entertainment mentions other smokes

Feast Of Lanterns Smoke Smoke
Return of this kind of fire is welcome, even in the fog.
Feast Of Lanterns Fireworks 2000

Fire Up The Feast Week, Pt 3