Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Election 2008

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Davis had served his time, but was re-appointed when Dan Cort was appointed as Mayor. Nilmeier – that was a short term, after a fuss about her questioning her residency. Above all, Say No To Goldbeck

Two of the three incumbents whose terms are expiring– Susan Nilmeier and Daniel Davis – say they will not run for re-election in November. The third incumbent, Scott Miller, says he hasn’t decided yet. Last week, we reported that former councilwoman Susan Goldbeck will bid for a fresh stint on the council. Two other P.G. gadflies, Carmelita Garcia and Bill Kampe

Election 2008

Parolee With Warrants Gets Busted – For Talking On Cell Phone

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Hey bad guys! Better use your hands free device – the only chance of getting nailed on a warrant is when you talk on the mobile.

Hands Free Kit

Just after 5 p.m. July 24, Cpl. Roxane Viray reportedly spotted Pacific Grove resident Robert Odonnell, 42, holding a cell phone to his ear as he drove down the street — which became illegal July 1.

He provided Viray with a temporary driver’s license, but when she walked back to her patrol car to see if he was wanted on any warrants, he got out of his car, saying something about having to pick up his kids, according to Nyunt.

Parolee With Warrants Gets Busted – For Talking On Cell Phone

Purse Snatchers On Lighthouse Avenue

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While all the police were at the Pet Parade.

A woman was robbed by two men in Pacific Grove Friday afternoon, moments after the Feast of Lanterns pet parade concluded, according to Cmdr. John Nyunt.

“When all of our officers were tied up on this parade, we had an individual walking at Lighthouse and 13th toward town,” he said. At about 3 p.m. July 25, two men wearing dark clothing with hoodies grabbed her purse from her.

PG Cops On Break

(picture from www.morriefisher.com)

Purse Snatchers On Lighthouse Avenue

Letters From The Editor: Feast Of Lanterns Racist?

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Fritz Liess writes

My best friend is renting a room to a Monterey Institute of International Studies student from China. This visitor was quite troubled by Thursday’s Go! section cover article about Pacific Grove’s Feast of Lanterns. We found ourselves trying to explain why white westerners put on such a pageant dressed in stereotypical Chinese costumes.

We did not have answers to the following questions: How is the Feast of Lanterns different from anti-Semitic passion plays in Europe and black-face minstrel shows of the Jim Crow South?

It’s a play, that’s all. And maybe the student should first look in the mirror and ask questions about racism in China

French Men And Dogs

Letters From The Editor: Feast Of Lanterns Racist?

Adieu KAZU, Station Leaves P.G.

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After earthquakes and fires they are consumed by the college and taken away. Used to be funky, hometown public radio. Gone downhill ever since taking up the same NPR stuff you could hear everywhere else.

Adieu Kazu

Public radio station KAZU 90.3 FM has completed its move from Pacific Grove to the campus of CSU-Monterey Bay.

The studio and offices of the National Public Radio affiliate are now housed in the Foundation Building at Sixth Avenue and Inter-Garrison Road. The signal was switched over July 13 from its previous facility.

Adieu KAZU, Station Leaves P.G.

Safeway Parking Lot Robber Gets 24 Years

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Think he’ll really serve all that time? Doubtful. He served time for a 1991 murder and was out on the street robbing people in 2005.

A Salinas man who robbed a woman outside the Safeway store in Pacific Grove has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, the District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Pablo Castaneda, 42, was convicted by a jury in August for the December 2005 armed robbery of a female customer in the grocery store parking lot. The robber took her purse at gunpoint.

Safeway Parking Lot Robber Gets 24 Years

Pacific Grove Feast Of Lanterns # 103

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FOL 2006

Pacific Grove’s 103rd annual Feast of Lanterns started with cake at the official opening ceremony and cake cutting Wednesday in Chautauqua Hall. (The cakes celebrated the festival’s 103rd and the city’s 119th birthdays.)

The Feast of Lanterns actually got started a few days earlier at the Tea and Fashion Show Saturday at Chautauqua Hall, where the court of eight “princesses” and the “queen” modeled vintage Feast of Lanterns costuming.

Street Dance on Lighthouse Avenue tonight. Entertainment & Fireworks on the beach tomorrow. More information at www.feastoflanterns.org

Pacific Grove Feast Of Lanterns # 103

Illegal Rentals Appear Safe For Now

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If our code enforcement can’t see obvious things like the uncovered garbage and accumulated bird poo – and police are blind to merchants that park in 2 hour parking spaces all day, it looks doubtful that your rental unit will get busted.

A resolution adopted by the City Council on July 16 calls for training the city’s code enforcement officer, building inspector and other staff members about identifying potential housing code violations while conducting routine city business and report them for investigation and abatement.

An earlier version of the resolution called for including police and fire personnel in such training. That was removed from the final version..

Illegal Rentals Appear Safe For Now