Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Seals Not Having A Peaceful Place To Birth Pups

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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.

Seals Not Having A Peaceful Place To Birth Pups

Pink Magic Carpet Fighting With Yellow Oxalis

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So Harvey says hire a maintenance person on an $80K “grant”.

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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.

Pink Magic Carpet Fighting With Yellow Oxalis

Morrie Fisher Passes

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The Mayor with a badge no longer making hookups in Carmel. And his free golf privileges are officially off.

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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.

Morrie Fisher Passes

No More Pet Pigs In P.G.

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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.

No More Pet Pigs In P.G.

City Sends Fire Department To “Inspect For Hazards”

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And what else I wonder? Untaxed granny units? Six Air BnB rooms in the basement? Pigs and chickens?

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“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.”

City Sends Fire Department To “Inspect For Hazards”

Change It To Monterey Regional Water Pollution Creation Agency

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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

Captain Obvious Prepares To Battle Gulls

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1. Forget about enforcing covered dumpster rules and gulls come back.
2. Birds of prey don’t help the situation

Gulls Fight The Power

On Wednesday, the Pacific Grove City Council will discuss bringing back the program to control gulls. With an additional $30,000 in city funding, the proposal will aim to kickstart the effort once again.

“It is prudent to get back on the program,” said Ben Harvey, the Pacific Grove city manager. “You have to do this year in and year out, otherwise the birds just come back.”

Harvey was hesitant to label the gulls as a problem, “We are a coastal community and this is their habitat,” he said. The real problem, he said, is that they skew away from natural behavior. “They are no longer hunting for food, but they are scavenging for garbage.”

Captain Obvious Prepares To Battle Gulls

On Probation, Possessing Drugs And Guns A Block From Cop Shop

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And busted. We wont name the persons that might have discharged a 30.06 rifle and a .357 magnum in the 400 block of Grand 30+ years ago..

Lorien Weaver Herbert Stevenson

During the search, detectives found five guns, high capacity magazines, ammunition, about two grams of methamphetamine, narcotics paraphernalia, and over 20 morphine pills.

46-year-old Herbert Stevenson and 40-year-old Lorien Weaver both of Pacific Grove, were arrested on suspicion of violating probation, various drug and firearm-related offenses, and child endangerment.

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On Probation, Possessing Drugs And Guns A Block From Cop Shop

Project Bella Is Still Planned – Pinky Promise

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The city extended the application, however, because officials kept thinking plans were on their way, Brodeur says.

There was reason to believe that might be the case. Just a couple of weeks before the May expiration date, Domaine and its supporters in Friends of Project Bella scored a major win in a special election election to change the American Tin Cannery’s zoning from retail to hotel.

However, months later there were signs of trouble within the Pacific Grove company, which is owned by Domaine Hospitality Partners, LLC. One of the DHP partners, Michael Crall, resigned his position as development director in November, publicly raising questions about Meer’s management of Project Bella.

At a Jan. 11 City Council meeting, Armanasco told the council that despite Crall’s questions, Project Bella was moving forward. Meer himself made a similar statement to the Weekly just the day before.

Project Bella Is Still Planned – Pinky Promise