Category Archives: Pacific Grove

NOAA Lights Approved By CCC, Hated By JQP

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It’s the government approving what the government wants, silly. And taxpayers foot the bill.
Noaa Lights Of Pain

The lights drawing protest include six 24-foot-tall fiberglass poles with attached LED lights, solar panels and battery units, which some residents say look out of place in the scenic neighborhood.

But according to NOAA, the new low-wattage lights are an improvement over the old halogen system because they are “dark sky certified,” turn off three hours after sunset and turn on one hour before sunrise, and don’t have as much effect on the night sky, points reiterated by the coastal commission.

“The LED lights will reduce the footprint and intensity of night-time lighting when compared to the previous non-directional searchlights that illuminated the [NOAA] parking lots,” Delaplaine wrote, “and the commission believes this element of the project yields a reduction in adverse lighting effects on adjacent neighborhoods and environmentally sensitive habitat.”

NOAA Lights Approved By CCC, Hated By JQP

Sheriff Miller’s Son Arrested On Drug Charges

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Let the gossip & conspiracy stories begin.
Miller Sheriff

Cmdr. Jerry Teeter said Miller was arrested at the residence on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Detectives found the drugs packaged in a manner consistent with sales, Teeter said.

The search began about 11 a.m., and according to a neighbor, deputies remained on the property until about 2:30 p.m.

Sheriff Miller said he first learned of the investigation shortly before deputies arrested his son.

“I was informed they were executing a search warrant on my son’s apartment while they were on the property and knocking on the door,” Sheriff Miller said.

Sheriff Miller’s Son Arrested On Drug Charges

7 More Rape Victims To Testify Against Pollacci

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Good chance of Tom being put away for life.

Tom Pollacci won’t have to face the woman whose powerful testimony riveted his first rape trial last spring, with her story of being kidnapped in her bathrobe and raped by him in 1980 when she was just 16 years old.

But seven other women who say they were raped by Pollacci — including Jane Doe 10, whose accusations resulted in his conviction in April 2010 and sentence of eight years in prison — will be allowed to testify against him on charges of raping two more victims in 2007 and 2008, a judge ruled Friday.Prosecutors now say there at least 10 women were victimized by Pollacci during a crime spree that began when he was 20 years old and continued while he worked at his family’s liquor stores in Carmel and Pacific Grove


7 More Victims To Testify Against Pollacci

Presidio Plans Portal On 68 Pikeway

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A new entrance, could it help the traffic at Lighthouse & PVT. Bolio?

68 Bw1985

The work, which would include widening Highway 68 near the S.F.B. Morse Gate into Pebble Beach, could cause major traffic problems on the two-lane highway, the document shows.

The new gate, or “access control point” as the Army calls it, would “shift traffic demands” from the DLI’s existing gates and handle more than 700 cars each hour during morning and evening commutes, according to a 2010 Presidio of Monterey traffic study, the EIS shows.

Presidio Plans Portal On Pike

Where Are The Butterflies At The Mvsevm?

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Mvsevm Speakeasy

For sale it seems. The exact plan some had was to turn the Mvsevm into another art gallery.

local historian Esther Trosow said she was “flabbergasted” when she went into the store at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and discovered they were selling monarchs — dead ones.

“It’s one thing to have monarchs on display in the museum” as part of an exhibit, Trosow said. “In fact, the museum sorely needs an adequate monarch exhibit. It’s another thing to have specimens displayed as baubles in the gift shop.”

The framed display was introduced after a major renovation and overhaul of the museum store, which included abandoning the sale of cheap toys in favor of better quality items and crafts from local artists.


Where Are The Butterflies At The Mvsevm?

How’s That Styrofoam Ban Working Out?

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Hints at what a plastic bag ban would accomplish.
Coast Weakly

In P.G., there hasn’t been much enforcement in the three years its polystyrene ban has been in effect. But the city recently sent a warning letter to its 56 restaurants, putting them on notice that the city is now taking a closer look.?

“We’ve not had a code enforcement officer until this year,” explains Environmental Programs Manager Sarah Hardgrave. “Now we have more resources for follow-up.”?

How’s That Styrofoam Ban Working Out?

Know The Curfews, Kids

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I think curfews are more to give cops a reason to stop bad behavior. No one is out hunting for kids out late.

Monterey, Salinas and Marina prohibit residents 18 and younger from being out in public after 11p.m. In Carmel, Pacific Grove, Seaside and King City, the witching hour is 10 p.m.

Sitting on a bench on Alvarado Street at 10:30 one recent night, Rachel Gillian, 14, of Monterey, said she was aware of the law. Had she crossed the border into Pacific Grove, she would have been breaking curfew.

Know The Curfews, Kids