Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Car Event Stalls Like A V12 In A Sand Trap – Needs Environmental Impact Report

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Red Ferraris On Golf Course

When will Moammar turn to improving commerce for locals? Everything the guy does is to bring more transients to town. It’s time to boot the guy out. First cut I’d make.

Chamber of commerce president Moe Ammar said the main reason the show — which attracts hundreds of participants and thousands of spectators — is in jeopardy is that an environmental impact report might be needed before it can be permitted to move to P.G.

“With all the requirements with getting a permit,” Ammar said, “it’s highly unlikely the event will happen this year.”

In 2008, the city council said it didn’t want the Concorso to move to town because of concerns about golf-course damage from cars, traffic and other issues. But with the city’s economy hurting because of the global downturn, Ammar believes the council would change its mind.

Car Event Stalls Like A V12 In A Sand Trap – Needs Environmental Impact Report

Commercial Filming Shuts Down Lighthouse Avenue

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Said to be an AT$T Commercial, two days of shutdown from Congress Ave to 19th St. Some stores were compensated, others were not.

Baghdad Moe

Ammar said he personally notified every business in the area about the commercial and that streets would be closed.

One store owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, said he lost an estimated $700 in the two days the commercial was being shot because of the street closures. The owner said he was never notified the streets were going to be closed.

Besides closing the main street and tying up traffic, the commercial filmed Monday and Tuesday for AT&T cellular phone service blocked off dozens of parking spaces. But it also brought dozens of technicians and actors to town as the production company, Smuggler, shot scenes at the Red House Cafe, Miss Trawick’s Garden Shop and other P.G. locations.

“It was the best thing that happened to P.G. this year,” said Moe Ammar, president of the chamber of commerce. “It was very exciting for P.G. to see Hollywood here.”

Commercial Filming Shuts Down Lighthouse Avenue

Pacific Grove Employee Of The Year

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Not every day that the parking enforcement person is honored.

Tony Marino, community services officer for the Pacific Grove Police Department, has been named City Employee of the Year by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce.

Announcement of the award was made by Moe Ammar, chamber president, who said Marino was selected by the chamber board for his contributions to improving the quality of life in Pacific Grove beyond the call of duty.

Oh, it’s awarded by the Chamber O Commerce. Is that why businesses owners can leave their cars parked in 2-hour spaces all day and not get ticketed? Is it a perk of being a chamber member?

Hazaras Parked In 20min..

Parking Victorian Corner Chevy 130803

Pacific Grove Employee Of The Year

Letters From The Editor

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Herald Hear-old

“Burn artificial logs” Pacific Grove resident Rena Henderson writes:

I used to enjoy a nice, crackling fire as much as the next person. But I’ll never burn wood again. I now know how intrusive and destructive wood fires are to our neighbors. If causing your neighbor’s home to smell like an ashtray is not enough to convince you, then consider a few facts.

The particulate matter in wood smoke is so small that windows and doors cannot keep it out — even in energy-efficient, weather-tight homes. A study by the University of Washington showed that 50 to 70 percent of the outdoor levels of wood smoke entered neighboring homes. An EPA study found similar results.

Wood smoke contains carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide and various irritant gases that can scar the lungs. It also contains chemicals known or suspected to be carcinogens.

Well those ‘artificial logs’ contain paraffin wax. How about listing a few toxins found in paraffin wax, including toluene, benzene, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and naphthalene–substances found in paint, lacquer and varnish removers to fill the air?

Stumps Platt Park

Letters From The Editor

Citizen & Police Crack Kayak Rustle Ring

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Give a hero award to the victim turned PI.
Grand Theft Kayak

At approximately 11:35 a.m., a Pacific Grove resident saw a small pick-up driving away from the back of his property with his ocean going kayak in the bed, police said.

He followed the truck and obtained a license number as it drove into Pebble Beach, police said, and reported the information to the police.

The driver, identified as Patrick Minerva, 19, of Carmel, was arrested by Pacific Grove police with Amy Gonzalez, 19, of Pebble Beach, and a 17-year-old juvenile female, police said, and the kayak was recovered.

It also was discovered two more people were involved and another kayak had been taken, police said.

Lindsey Crow and Petika Hilton, both 18 of Pacific Grove, were also arrested and the second kayak and paddles were recovered, police said.

Citizen & Police Crack Kayak Rustle Ring

Forest Hill Becoming Crime Central – Burglars Hit Pizza My Way

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Pizza My Way

Pizza My Way at 1157 Forest Ave. in Pacific Grove was burglarized Thursday, police said.

Officers were called there about 7:30 a.m. and found the glass in the front door smashed. File cabinets inside had been pried open.

File cabinets pried open? Someone looking to steal company secrets?

Noid
Unavailable for comment

Forest Hill Becoming Crime Central – Burglars Hit Pizza My Way

Letters From The Editor – Farmers Market

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Herald Hear-old

Rant: So Pacific Grove merchants don’t want people from outside Pacific Grove selling their wares at the Pacific Grove Certified Farmers Market. That almost makes sense, or it would if the only point to the whole thing was protection of the Pacific Grove merchants. But the customers ought to count for something, don’t you think? Unless we’re missing something, more vendors equals more stuff for sale equals more customers for everyone.

They don’t get it. If they had any sense of customer service they’d stay in town late and buy a booth to extend their wares to the street along side the rest, only with a message that they are also available the other days of the week.

Letters From The Editor – Farmers Market