Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Marina Man Arrested For Gun Violations In P.G.

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Sounds more like the thought police action than any weapons laws being broken.

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Marina police received a tip about “concerning online postings” allegedly made by 21-year-old Ryan Keating.

At the Marina home, police said they found 2,500 rounds of ammunition in various calibers; two shotguns, one handgun, and three rifles, all legally purchased.

Investigators also found two “ghost gun” handguns and two “ghost” AR-15 rifles in the process of being manufactured. Numerous firearm parts and a 3D printer suspected of being used to make more firearm parts were also located, police said.

Four legally purchased handguns and 2,000 rounds of ammunition were located at Keating’s Pacific Grove home.

Marina Man Arrested For Gun Violations In P.G.

PG Homeless Project Manager Charged With Fraud

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Tried to seize the Monarch Resort. I’m usually suspicious of these tax funded humanity projects.

Monarch Resort

On Oct. 16, FBI and IRS agents arrested 31 -year-old Cody Holmes, financial officer of Shangri-La Industries, on a federal complaint alleging he provided fake bank records to the California Department of Housing and Community  Development, which paid him nearly $25 million in taxpayer funds for a state homelessness project dubbed Project Homekey.

And the Coast Weakly thought this was a “Great Thing”.

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PG Homeless Project Manager Charged With Fraud

PG School Aid Charged With Murder

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No cautions about Bahena, but we were warned about a dead deer. PGUSD, where do you keep getting these people from?

On Monday, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office arrested Benjamin Bahena, 37, for the fatal stabbing of a man on the 100 block of Market Way near Chinatown.
Bahena was booked into Monterey County Jail on a $1 million bond. Bahena worked for Pacific Grove Unified School District as a teacher’s aide, which the district calls a paraeducator, until September 2024.

Benjamin Bahena

PG School Aid Charged With Murder

PG Progressives Want Safety Cameras Shut Off

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Afraid of losing voters?  PG Bolshevists

Afraid of sending out pictures of John Mothershead’s version of a Flock at work (right)?

John Mothershead

It wants Pacific Grove to “explicitly prohibit any access or sharing with ICE and border protection or other Immigration agencies — directly or indirectly — without written city authorization,” and to confirm whether immigration authorities have accessed the camera data.

PG Progressives Want Safety Cameras Shut Off

School Alerts Parents To Horrific Predator

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Eh, it was a dead deer that was killed by a mountain lion. Quick to send out the warnings, except when human predators are there all the time.

On Oct. 1O, Pacific Grove Unified School District sent an alert to parents that staff at Forest Grove Elementary School that morning had discovered a dead dear on
campus. It was apparent that the deer was the victim of a
predator. “This morning, school site staff discovered a deceased deer on the Forest Grove Elementary campus, behind K-Wing,” PGUSD noted. “The scene indicated possible wildlife activity, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been notified.”
Children were not at school when the attack occurred,
and Pacific Grove students are on fall break this week.

School Alerts Parents To Horrific Predator

$200,000 For Schools, Good?

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Not really. It’s for 2 delivery trucks to meet the needs of serving school lunches. Never had a problem with serving students when the population was more than it is today. Only problem then was those hardtack grilled cheese.

Students at Pacific Grove Middle School were probably surprised to see what appeared to be a food truck, complete with colorful, oceanside graphics, on their campus. The truck, formally called a “mobile serving station,” is one of two electric vehicles the district purchased for $96,000 apiece that distribute food to students to reduce the cafeteria lunch line, which can get long.

$200,000 For Schools, Good?

PG Intravenous Injection Boutique Fined

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INJECTED-ARTISTRY-TO-PAY-45000Google Street View, 1149 Forest Ave.

Not very well regulated, I read. Anyway, P.G. Location is gone.

Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced today a settlement with the Monterey-based injection clinic Injected Artistry Inc., as well as the owners, Kenneth Glenn Starr and Jamie Johnstone Slovenski. The settlement resolves the People’s allegations that Injected Artistry falsely advertised purported benefits of their injection treatments, and that they failed to adequately examine patients prior to treatment.

Kenneth Glenn Starr is a doctor who oversees several clinics in and around the central coast and bay area which he has a whole or partial ownership in. Jamie Slovenski, a registered nurse, in cooperation with Kenneth Glenn Starr incorporated Injected Artistry Inc., a medical corporation, and opened locations in Monterey and Pacific Grove offering IV injections of various medications, alongside cosmetic and other medical treatments. The Monterey location is located at 261 Webster Street. The Pacific Grove was located at 1149 Forest Avenue but closed in June of 2024.

PG Intravenous Injection Boutique Fined

Golf Course Grill Closing

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Rent went up to $15,000 a month. Need to sell 652 orders of avocado toast just to meet a month’s rent.

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The restaurant that serves both golfers at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course and the general public has won “Best Restaurant at a Golf Course” three years in a row in the Monterey County Weekly Best Of readers polls, as well as “Best Huevos Rancheros.” It’s a favorite brunch spot of many and is consistently busy during peak hours.

Despite the success, Aceves gave the city her 60-day notice in mid-September after the two sides could not come to an agreement on rent. On the same day the Best Of winners were revealed, Oct. 9, Aceves thanked supporters on social media for the restaurant’s awards then ended with the announcement that the grill’s last day will be Nov. 21.

Golf Course Grill Closing

When the Music Gets Too Loud in Pacific Grove

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What started as a simple proposal to raise outdoor music limits in Pacific Grove has become an FPPC investigation into whether a city councilmember’s business ties were just a little too close to the stage.

Councilmember Tina Rau owns 215 Forest Avenue, home to the bar and record shop Pop & Hiss. When the City Council voted in March 2025 to move forward with raising the allowable noise level from 70 to 80 decibels, Rau made the motion herself—without recusing, even after a resident warned her of the obvious conflict of interest.

Now the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is investigating four complaints (click to download) alleging Rau failed to disclose her ownership interest and voted on a matter that could increase her own rental income.

The latest twist: state business filings show the “tenant” (Michaela Kuenster) and “landlord” (Tina Rau) were actually members of the same LLC, Lovers Point Properties, along with Rau’s spouse. That revelation undercuts the City Attorney’s earlier claim to the FPPC that Rau was merely a “disinterested landlord.”

So what began as a debate about decibels has turned into a broader question of ethics, disclosure, and divided loyalties at City Hall.

In Pacific Grove, the music might get louder—but so is the call for accountability.

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When the Music Gets Too Loud in Pacific Grove