Pollacci In Jail

Jordan Thomas Pollacci

No, not Tommy. Another Pollacci, this one is his son Jordan and he was popped for break ins in P.G. Nuts don’t fall far from the tree.

Jordan Thomas Pollacci was arrested and booked into jail Wednesday and is being held on $80,000 bail.

Pollacci is suspected in the burglary of a house Jan. 4 and an apartment Feb. 15, police said. The break-ins happened near Lighthouse Avenue and 17 Mile Drive, police said.

Pollacci In Jail

NOAA Adds To The Ugly

When I first read the headline in the Pine Cone I thought about the ugly murals that adorn the building – no now they have erected some out of style light poles with solar panels that need to be big enough to work in the fog.

Then they struggle for justification – thefts, mountain lions, they are ‘green’. Just say we are the Fed, your rules do not apply. Is there more than weather and tide information in that building?

Noaa Lights Of Pain

A few months ago somebody cut the fence to the NOAA facility, Schwing said. The new lights, NOAA contends, will not only reduce the danger from human intruders but also the threat of wild animals.

“Predators have moved into our neighborhood,” he explained. “We are hoping this will dissuade mountain lions and coyotes from hanging out. This is a legitimate concern because we have had a number of deer kills on our property mountain lions and coyotes.”

A similar argument from a homeowner would probably be laughed at by coastal commission planners, who also require that property owners not create barriers to wildlife.

NOAA Adds To The Ugly

Owner Of Stolen SUV In DUI Is Seaside Police Commander’s Son

Cops are looking for the supplier of the alcohol to the underage drinkers. .

The SUV was later reported stolen to Pacific Grove police by 19-year-old Christopher Veloz, Pacific Grove Police Chief Darius Engles said Tuesday.

Veloz is the son of Seaside police Cmdr. Chris Veloz. The commander said he does not live in Pacific Grove and would not comment on the crash.

Veloz, 19, told police he had visitors at his home in Pacific Grove and fell asleep between midnight and 1 a.m. Sunday while the guests where there, Engles said.

Veloz said he was awakened about 4 a.m. by a phone call from his father, who told him the SUV had been involved in an accident.

Owner Of Stolen SUV In DUI Is Seaside Police Commander’s Son

Tree Cutting Could Have Caused Monarch Decline

Butterfly Tree Stump

With our city on the job, the best they can come up with is spending about $80,000 on a shuttle bus to bring butterflies over from Santa Cruz.

A thinning canopy of trees may be a factor in the reduced numbers of monarch butterflies visiting the Pacific Grove sanctuary, two scientists told the City Council last week.

The council voted unanimously to direct City Manager Thomas Frutchey to convene a meeting of interested parties on the butterfly issue, engage Weiss to update and expand the sanctuary management plan, and direct the city’s Natural Resources Commission to oversee the plan update. No meeting date has been set.

Tree Cutting Could Have Caused Monarch Decline

5 P.G. Teens In Stolen Car, Driver Drunk, What Could Go Wrong?

Aaron needs to never drive a car again. Bus rider for life. Parents, what ARE you teaching your kids?
DUI Sign

Five Pacific Grove teenagers were injured, three of them seriously, after the stolen car they were riding in ran off the road in Skyline Forest early Sunday morning, police reported.

The 1996 Toyota 4 Runner, driven by Aaron Corn, 18, was reported stolen out of Pacific Grove, according to Police Lt. Leslie Sonné, and alcohol is believed to have been involved in the crash.

5 P.G. Teens In Stolen Car, Driver Drunk, What Could Go Wrong?

Marijuana Sellers Making Inroads To A Pacific Grove Location?

Fat Chance. Could be competition for the Wine Walk (with art). Or Moammar can start a new silly event to draw people to P.G., Friday Night Lite-ups.

Butterfly weed

Retired Pacific Grove Police Chief Carl Miller termed medical marijuana “snake oil.” He said the drug has been a factor in auto accidents and homicides in the city.

Pacific Grove already has “a serious drug problem in our schools,” he said, and opening a dispensary would send young people a message that marijuana use is harmless. He said it would draw customers from all over the county.

He said his experience as a police officer investigating drug use since medical marijuana was legalized showed most patient prescriptions “were self-certifications,” with doctors writing prescriptions based on patients’ demands and claims of health problems.

Marijuana Sellers Making Inroads To A Pacific Grove Location?

Tourist Trolley Funding Approved

We are in your town, filling your inadequate sewers.

Trolley Riders

The trolley would run between Monterey Bay Aquarium and Asilomar Conference Grounds, following a route that would include Ocean View Boulevard, Sunset Drive and Point Pinos Lighthouse and would return via Lighthouse and Central avenues.

Cost of the bus service is estimated at $60,000, with the city providing $15,000 from its golf fund and $5,000 from the lighthouse fund.

Council members liked the idea but questioned how the city could measure its success.

“We’d need it to generate $3 million worth of business to recover the $60,000 cost,” said Councilman Bill Kampe.

Tourist Trolley Funding Approved

Loser Trifecta – Jesse Crow In Jail After P.G. Traffic Stop

Arrested for growing pot
Arrested for murder of wife
Traffic violation in Pacific Grove

Jesse Crow

KSBW reports that Jesse Crow was arrested in a traffic stop in P.G. He’d been seeing Summer Donovan of P.G. He carries a medical marijuana card – a response given when popped for growing over 300 pot plants in a house in Prunetucky.

Crow’s first husband, Cody May, revealed new details to Central Coast News about the days leading up to his ex-wife’s disappearance. “She said she was trying to sever the ties,” explained May when questioned about the last time he spoke to Crow.

May said he spoke to her about a month ago. She told him she was going through a messy split with her husband Jesse Crow. “She had left him and was calling me again because every time she was with him I wouldn’t get a call, and when she wasn’t with him I would,” he added.

Jesse Crow has avoided all organized searches for his wife, as well as the media spotlight. Police, however, said he is cooperating with investigators.

Loser Trifecta – Jesse Crow In Jail After P.G. Traffic Stop

Coastal Commission OKs OBH Remodel

Plans for a major remodeling of the former Old Bath House Restaurant in Pacific Grove have won approval from the state Coastal Commission.

The 3,775-square-foot restaurant will be operated by Ted and Cindy Walter, owner of Passionfish, also in downtown Pacific Grove.

Cindy Walter said the new restaurant will be casual fine dining and won’t have the seafood emphasis that Passionfish has.

Walter said she and her husband haven’t decided on a name for the restaurant, but it won’t be the Old Bath House.

Here’s my suggestion:
Old Bath House Wienerschnitzel

Or, we can just get Juan The Builder to work on it
Juan The Builder At OBH

Coastal Commission OKs OBH Remodel

P.G. Teacher Arrested On Child Molesting Charges

Teaches at that charter school at the old David Avenue school.

Patrick Lilley
Patrick C. Lilley

Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies said Patrick Lilley, 52, of Monterey, was arrested on a warrant for three counts of child molestation and booked into Monterey County Jail. An investigation by Sonoma County detectives revealed that Lilley allegedly sexually abused two students, who were under the age of 13, about two years ago, authorities said.

Lilley has worked at Monterey Bay Charter School since August, school director Cassandra Gallup Bridge said Friday.

P.G. Teacher Arrested On Child Molesting Charges