Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Sunny Nguyen Appears In Court On Murder Charge

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heh, heh. Richard Rosen

Sunny Nguyen, 26, is charged with murdering Judith Salazar Nov. 21. Salinas attorney Richard Rosen appeared with Nguyen on Tuesday and asked that his arraignment be continued to give Nguyen time to retain him or another lawyer.

Judge Adrienne Grover continued the case until Dec.7 and ordered the shackled Nguyen to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend or children.

Though Nguyen’s extensive tatoo “sleeve” was visible above his shackles, he showed no sign of knife wounds Tuesday.

Suspect must have had his head down, that slash across the neck doesn’t look like a shaving cut.

Sunny Nguyen

Sunny Nguyen Appears In Court On Murder Charge

Butterflies Coming Back

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Monarch Cluster

“A lot of urban development has destroyed suitable habitat,” said Stuart Weiss of Menlo Park, a conservation biologist with Creekside Center for Earth Observation.

“Monarchs are very finicky about where they make their clusters,” Weiss said. They need the right temperature, humidity and wind exposure; otherwise, they move on to a more suitable area. The forests that monarchs like to cluster in are so small now, “the loss of a few trees can open up a site to more wind,” he said.

Weiss is working with Pacific Grove on a management plan for the sanctuary so it can better deal with the loss of trees or other changes in the grove.

“Urban Development?” Nothing but clueless people put in charge here.

Butterflies Coming Back

Fresno Gang Members In Stolen Car Escape P.G. Police

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Fresno Connection

SLO caught them. Not to many escape routes from route 1 in south county.And Moe Ammar always told us how much the people from Fresno like our town.

Flora Encinia, 32; Delia Pena, 21; Manuel Del Real, 21; Ramiro Vasquez, 22; and Joe Hernandez, 28, were arrested late Sunday in San Luis Obispo County after a crime spree that began with a vehicle theft in Fresno County.

The group is accused of stealing a black Lincoln Navigator and robbing two gas station attendants during a wild ride that took them through Pacific Grove, Big Sur and Gorda, police said.

Because their alleged crimes span three counties, they could face charges in any of them, law enforcement officials said. Most likely, they’ll end up in a San Luis Obispo courtroom first.

Fresno Gang Members In Stolen Car Escape P.G. Police and

Amanda Spears Sentenced To Jail In I.D. Theft Case

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All that for a used car and some video games. Stupid.

Two 22-year-old Peninsula residents were sentenced to jail and probation for stealing an elderly woman’s identification and using it to open credit accounts with which they purchased video games and other entertainment items.

According to prosecutor Jeannine Pacioni, the victim was an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer. Amanda Spears of Pacific Grove used the woman’s identification to get credit cards and access her financial accounts. She also forged and cashed checks from the Robert H. Down Parent Association.

Theodore Lopez of Pebble Beach pleaded guilty to elder abuse for conspiring with Spears to use the 85-year-old victim’s stolen identification. Both were placed on probation. Spears was ordered to serve 340 days in county jail. Lopez was sentenced to 240 days.

Amanda Spears Sentenced To Jail In I.D. Theft Case

P.G. Woman Murdered

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Police said that around 10:45 p.m., officers were called to the 200 block of 17-Mile Drive in regards to a person who had refused to pay for a taxi cab fare.

When officers arrived and knocked on the front door, police said, no one answered. Officials said, however, that police saw movement and heard sounds coming from inside the residence.

When officers went to the side window, police said, they saw what appeared to be blood splattered on the wall.

Officer forced entry into the home and found 46-year-old Judith Salazar of Pacific Grove dead on the floor. Sunny Nguyen, the 26-year-old who is reportedly the father of Salazar’s grandchildren, was also found on the floor suffering from knife wounds.

P.G. Woman Murdered

P.G. Teacher Guilty Of Child Endangerment

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Taught 1st grade at the David Avenue private school for a short time. Child molesting charges entered in February were dropped in a plea bargain. Lilley has left the country for South Africa I am told.

Patrick Lilley
Patrick C. Lilley

Patrick Charles Lilley, 52, an ex-teacher at Sonoma’s Woodland Star Charter School, pleaded no contest to a single count of felony child endangerment and was sentenced to five years’ probation. Lilley served about nine months in county jail after his arrest.

P.G. Teacher Guilty Of Child Endangerment

(Sonoma Press Democrat)

P.G. Library Now Accepting Food In Lieu Of Fines

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Odd timing of this normally compassionate holiday story. First they lose a tax levy vote, then forgo collecting money..

Library Book Drop

From Nov. 29 through Dec. 31, the Monterey and Pacific Grove public libraries will accept donations of unopened, non-perishable food as an option to paying overdue fines on library materials.

P.G. Library Now Accepting Food In Lieu Of Fines

Letters From The Editor, Skating 68

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No fun allowed. Someone has to have that on video..

Driving toward Pacific Grove on Holman Highway at the top of the road where the S curves begin, I almost ran into a black SUV with hazard lights flashing. It became apparent that this vehicle was driven by the mother of two school-age children riding their skateboards down the highway. She was following them to ensure vehicles wouldn’t run into them.

Letters From The Editor, Skating 68