Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Slats Restaurant Progress

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Tired of calling it the old Old Bath House.

Old Bath House Story Poles

Enea plans to remodel the existing 6,000-square-foot building to add 575 square feet of indoor dining and a 500-square-foot deck. He would gut the ground floor to make it available for rental to other businesses and would make it compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

The restaurant operator, he said, would pay for furnishing, equipping and decorating the restaurant area.

Restaurant operations would begin at 4 p.m., seven days a week, pending Coastal Commission approval and amendment of the restaurant use permit.

Enea is in negotiations with restaurateur Jim Gilbert, operator of several restaurants in Monterey, Santa Cruz and Salinas, including Abalonetti at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Slats Restaurant Progress

Ugly Tourist Information Sign Is Non Compliant?

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Even if you do get a permit, you don’t have to abide by the conditions? Can’t wait before the corner looks like a San Jose used car lot with banners, flags, whirygigs and stuff.

Tourist Misinformation

“While the sign is ugly,” Ammar concedes, “it does attract people.”The sign isn’t too far off the shape of the old China Garden sign, except it’s not arched like the old one. And it isn’t the marker the city originally OK’d.

“It is not the sign that was approved through the zoning process,” Frutchey said.

Ugly Tourist Information Sign Is Non Compliant?

King Defense – Taking Prescribed Medications Is Not “Intoxicating”

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Grisly picture of Deborah King’s BMW in the Pine Cone.

Despite her public defender’s efforts to get her declared incompetent and institutionalized instead of being sent to prison, Deborah King — found guilty by a jury in February of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the 2008 death of Pacific Grove resident Joel Woods — received a prison sentence of 15 years to life from Monterey County Superior Court Judge Russell Scott last week.

King Defense – Taking Prescribed Medications Is Not “Intoxicating”

So Called “Drunken Rampage” Made Up

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Accused man tells his side.

Jay Ballard

The incident started, Ballard said, after he went to his girlfriend’s house after work. He said she became irate after finding an empty liquor bottle in her garage and accused of him of drinking. Ballard, who said he has had previous problems with alcohol, said he hadn’t had a drop to drink that day.

“She flipped out on me,” he said. “It escalated after that.” Ballard said the 40-year-old woman — whose identity is protected because she’s considered a victim of domestic violence — has a history of mental illness, which he said was the driving force behind her story to police.

(original story)

So Called “Drunken Brawl” Made Up

Notice The Cell Tower In The Schoolyard?

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Lighthouse School Cell Towers

That thing snuck in quick with no smart-meter like protests. But of course, ATT was allowed to use the downtown streets to advertise their wireless service that does not work to well in P.G.

Will the butterflies flock to the fake-tree tower AT$T plans to put up or will they avoid it and the nearby monarch sanctuary too?

The tower went in a few months ago at the old Lighthouse School, 1026 Lighthouse Ave., under a one-year lease approved by the school board, according to district assistant superintendent for business Robin Blakley.

AT&T pays the district $1,000 per month for use of the site, Blakley said, noting that the tower is on wheels and can be moved at any time.

AT&T, he said, is looking for places to put a permanent tower and needed a temporary location while the search was under way.

Notice The Cell Tower In The Schoolyard?

Broken Brokaw Hall Gets Temporary Stay Of Demolition

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Brokaw Hall

 

The one-story wood-frame building, bracketed by two stone chimneys at 263 Grove Acre Ave., is in an advanced state of dilapidation and unsafe, said John Kuehl, city building official.

Kuehl ordered it fenced off immediately and taken down by Friday.

After his emergency order was reviewed April 13 by the city’s Historic Resources Committee, Kuehl said he was willing to delay the order past May 4 until measures could be taken to salvage parts of the building and draw plans for future reconstruction should money become available.

Broken Brokaw Hall Gets Temporary Stay Of Demolition

Is The Front Of The Middle School Safe From Traffic?

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Helecopter Parent

If the parents think it’s not safe, drop them off somewhere else – they are not forced to use the front of the school, though it might be horrifying for them to not have their little snowflakes out of their sight.

Judy Smith’s children attend Pacific Grove Middle School, and she says Forest Avenue is simply too narrow, and busy for drop-off zones. Standing outside of the school, looking at a parade of cars drive by, Smith says, “This just makes no sense having it here on a busy street like this.”

The Center for Investigative Action wanted to know just how dangerous Forrest Avenue is, so we looked at the accident rates for the past ten years. Out of the 440 accidents on the roadway, only five were in front of the school. Pacific Grove Police Chief Darius Engles says, “The road is really no less safe than any of the roads in Pacific Grove.”

Is The Front Of The Middle School Safe From Traffic?

Deborah King Gets 15 Years To Life

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hey, hey, goodbye!

Deborah King, 54, was convicted in February of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death of Joel Woods on Sept. 2, 2008. King’s mandated sentence was enhanced because of five prior convictions for driving under the influence. She will not be eligible for parole until 2023.

Woods’ father, Ken, also asked the court to impose the toughest possible sentence, and recounted what he said he believed were King’s repeated attempts to dodge taking responsibility for his son’s death, including attempts to fake mental incompetence.

Deborah King Gets 15 Years To Life

Pollacci Defense Says He Has A Reputation

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She also noted a comment by a Monterey County judge, who stated, “Pollacci has a reputation that is well-known, long-lasting and enduring as a rapist in this community.”

The study also included a doctored photo of a sign that pretended to be in front of Ron’s Liquors on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove that said “Parking only for registered sex offenders.” The photo appeared on local Internet message boards.

pretended to be in front of Ron’s Liquors? The sign was already on the sidewalk in front of the liquor store. That very Ron’s Liquors sidewalk sign that claims the public parking spaces on Lighthouse Avenue are for their customers only.

Lighthouseavenue.com is rank amateur at photoshop. I can insert text but the shadow is over my head.

Here’s the originals:
Pollacci Parking Original

Pollacci Parking Liquor Patrons Only

Pollacci Defense Says He Has A Reputation