Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Monarchs Don’t Spend Money In P.G., How Do We Attract Them?

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When the butterflies don’t have a trolley or signs guiding them from the beach to 17 Mile drive, someone steps in to help.
Butterfly Tree Stump

To help boost butterfly numbers this year, Pacelli and other P.G. residents and butterfly enthusiasts are buying boxed trees to temporarily fill the gaps and provide wind breaks.

One tree is already placed, but the group aims to add about 20 more by the end of September, in time for the monarchs’ October arrival. They ask supporters to send donations with a note marked “Monarch Habitat Trees” to: P.G. Chamber of Commerce, 584 Central Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

Monarchs Don’t Spend Money In P.G.,How Do We Attract Them?

Man Dies In Holman Highway Crash

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The man who died Friday after a sport utility vehicle crashed into his car on Holman Highway has been identified by a relative and co-workers as Ted Consoli.

Consoli, 58, of Seaside was chef de cuisine at Sticks Restaurant at The Inn at Spanish Bay.

The driver of the Explorer, Thomas Littlefield, 61, of Seaside, told CHP officers that he may have fallen asleep at the wheel, officer Robert Lehman said Monday.

Man Dies In Holman Highway Crash

Feast Of Lanterns Sideshow Attempts To Salvage Event

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Once in a lifetime experience – pay to see the Feast Of Lanterns pageant. Dixie is dreaming.

Feast of Lanterns volunteers have attempted to keep the pageant and performance as close as possible to the traditions that people remember so well from Lovers Point.

“All will be going on as it does on the pier, with a few modifications for the Performing Arts Center,” said Layne. “There is usually a sea dragon in the water and the lighted boat parade. All these elements will be there — we’ve just had to bring in props. We’ve even (simulated) fireworks using lights and streamers. A dozen youths have been added to the performance to create dragons and lighted boats.”.

One cannot duplicate the element of excitement waiting to see if the princess can get into the tiny boat without falling in the water:
Fol Get In Boat

Feast Of Lanterns Sideshow Attempts To Salvage Event

Feast Of Lanterns – If Not At The Beach, Never

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Well the ticket admission thing in the middle school auditorium does not appear to have worked out well.

July 31 was just another foggy day at the beach this year.
Feast Of Lanterns 2010

Feast of Lanterns board president Sue Renz said her phone has been ringing off the hook.

“They will call and say, ‘when are you going to be doing the Feast of Lanterns at the beach with the pageant and the fireworks?’ And I have to say to them, ‘we aren’t doing it there this year,'” said Renz.

For decades, the pageant and fireworks took place at Lover’s Point, but this year it’s moving to the middle school. That means no fireworks, a scaled back show and $20 tickets. There’s room for about 700 people at the middle school theater, but only a dozen tickets have been sold.

Feast Of Lanterns – If Not At The Beach, Never

Not Supporting Feast Of Lanterns, Moe Rewrites History

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Ammar & his chamber recreates another “Good Old Days” event at the beach one week after the real Chautauqua celebration of music & food should have been there (but is not this year..). It’s nothing by a money grabbing fleece the tourists from Fresno plot, not a community summer get together. What an insult.

Feast Of Lanterns 2010

“It’s a splendid celebration of Pacific Grove’s turn-of-the-century band festivals that livened the entire town,” he said. “The chamber is reviving the party that was first held in 1879 by the California Branch of the Chautauqua Circle.”

In those days, he said, the Chautauqua Circle celebrated with music, food and entertainment at Lovers Point.

What the what? No Belly Dancers?

Feast Of Lanterns 2002

Not Supporting Feast Of Lanterns, Moe Rewrites History

Tree Posse Gets Neutered

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Common sense comes to the tree policy – we can learn a lot from a ‘moron’.

Stumps Platt Park

The proposals include measures to give more discretion about tree pruning and removal to property owners, and allow them to have a tree expert determine whether a tree is sufficiently unhealthy to cut down, rather than leaving that decision up to city officials.

They also call for an end to criminal penalties and limit any penalties to civil fines.

Tree Posse Gets Neutered

Ecofreak Building Rules For P.G?

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More lead based lights. And just who will enforce this little loss of private property rights?

Ecofreaks

Monterey adopted a green building ordinance about a year and half ago requiring new construction and renovations in the city to follow some environmentally friendly guidelines, “Over the past year and a half over a 1000 plus buildings are greener because of the program,” said Building Official John Kuehl

Ecofreak Building Rules For P.G?