Sidewalk tables keeping the gulls fed. Are all the tables wiped with the same rag that may have gull poop on it?
Category Archives: Pacific Grove
Starbucks Opens In Country Club Gate
Soon one on every street!
It was in 1995 that the town adopted a ban on any additional “formula fast food” establishments in the city. The coffee chain store was “grandfathered in” and will occupy two-thirds of the property at Country Club Gate where McDonald’s used to reside. It still isn’t clear what business will occupy the remainder of the building there.
P.G. School Kids Discover 3-D Printing
“It’s better than just reading something from a textbook,”
You know, some dedication to the industrial arts just might make school interesting. I always liked pounding nails more than pounding in college prep.
For their practice round, students can print one object as long as it adheres to three rules: it has to be useful, school appropriate and small.
William Newsome, 13, printed a saxophone mouthpiece that he was able to use as soon as it was completed. After blowing out some notes, he said it felt better than his regular, hard-rubber mouthpiece.
Adrian Ayala, 14, was thinking about printing a small case. He had never seen a 3-D printer at work before.
“It’s better than just reading something from a textbook,” he said.
Seals Not Having A Peaceful Place To Birth Pups
Maybe all the nosy Seal Posse people are scaring them off
Volunteers with Baynet are reporting people disturbing the animals at the Hopkins Beach Rookery in an off limits area.
The animals are very skittish and will flee the beach if spooked by human activity.
“Right now we’ve got some pretty delicate situations among the harbor seals, there are a lot of pregnancies,” said Thom Akeman with Baynet.
The fear is people on the beach will scare mom off of the beach, either before delivery or after, leaving her separated from baby.
Akeman said it has already happened twice this year.
“We had two seal pups born over the weekend in rocks, while that is normal for harbor seals, that is not normal for this colony,” he said.
The harbor seals at Hopkins Beach usually deliver pups in the sand where it is easier and more protected. Akeman thinks these two moms may have been scared off the beach by people.
In Stride, You Aint Any Kin To Central Coast Juicy Are Ya?
Doesn’t park in the handicapped spot that’s good. But it’s not good to park in the red on the corner and partially block the crosswalk too.
Why not wait until later when P.G. is deserted?
Pink Magic Carpet Fighting With Yellow Oxalis
So Harvey says hire a maintenance person on an $80K “grant”.
City Manager Ben Harvey informed City Council on Wednesday night that in recent years the Drosanthemum floribundum or “magic carpet” as it is sometimes called, is being infiltrated by yellow oxalis.
“It’s something that there just isn’t enough labor available to maintain in its prestigious condition all the time,” said Mayor Bill Kampe. “The oxalis is something very deeply embedded – in truth no amount of manual weeding will eliminate it and we’re going to have to consider using appropriate herbicides – but otherwise the oxalis will be finished by the time the magic carpet blooms.”
In light of the $80,000 in grant funds for the replacement and addition of recycling receptacles throughout the city and landscaping needs around Ocean View Boulevard and the Recreation Trail, Harvey has requested bringing on a half-time maintenance person to monitor the area.
Morrie Fisher Passes
The Mayor with a badge no longer making hookups in Carmel. And his free golf privileges are officially off.
Morrie Fisher, the former Pacific Grove mayor known for his role in developing the Asilomar Beach trail and instituting the town’s Fourth of July picnic celebration and Christmas tree lighting ceremony, died Monday. He was 79.
As a resident and active member of Pacific Grove for most of his life, Mr. Fisher served two terms as mayor from 1986 to 1990 and from 2002 to 2004. Besides his mayoral role, he also sat on the city council for four terms.
No More Pet Pigs In P.G.
What about chickens? I’m Pro Chicken and I Vote!
Specifically, the proposed ordinance would amend municipal code to prohibit what are deemed “non-household animals” within the city and would clarify the responsibility by pet owners to keep and feed their animals in a way that “maintains a safe and healthy environment for residents, visitors and animals.” According to city officials, the revisions were needed to clarify permitting requirements, allocate responsibilities for feeding and harboring animals and streamlining the process for enforcement of policy related to animals within city limits.
“It clarifies what is allowed and what isn’t allowed,” said City Manager Ben Harvey, who said that barnyard farm animals would no longer be allowed.
City Sends Fire Department To “Inspect For Hazards”
And what else I wonder? Untaxed granny units? Six Air BnB rooms in the basement? Pigs and chickens?
“We do, on occasion, find issues where people are living in spaces that don’t meet code requirements for permanent human occupancy,” he said. “We do find that once in a while here locally. Not to the degree that the Ghost Ship (building) had, but one life lost is one too many.”
Change It To Monterey Regional Water Pollution Creation Agency
Not a repeat from 2015’s What Do You Smell, Ralph?
Raw wastewater flowed onto the Rec Trail and into the Monterey Bay from about 7 to 8:30 p.m. after a power surge caused the pump station’s electrical equipment to fail, according to Mike McCullough, government affairs administrator of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
“All of the bumps and power surges — sometimes that can throw some of the electronic equipment into chaos,” said McCullough, who noted that shortly after the incident, officials from the agency successfully hooked up another generator to do the pumping that needed to be done.
Change It To Monterey Regional Water Pollution Creation Agency