Expert bureaucrat, does not yet know what “makes Pacific Grove unique and special”
Prior to coming the Monterey Peninsula, he was the city manager for the city of Avalon on Catalina Island from September 2013 to November 2015. Before that, Harvey worked as a regional manager for local public affairs for Southern California Edison for seven years.
“I’m working to understand everything that makes Pacific Grove unique and special and trying to keep it that way,” Harvey told The Herald.
Well that ought to keep the Sacramento tourists away. Pictures at KSBW.
Drivers involved in the 11 a.m. wreck said they were part of a sports car club from Sacramento. The group was on their way to cruise 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach when they decided to pull over in Pacific Grove by the ocean and take photographs.
As they were turning back onto Ocean View Boulevard, an approaching black Mazda convertible crashed into at least two of the group’s cars, club members said.
The Mazda’s personalized license plate frame read, “I’M NOT DRIVING FAST, I’M FLYING LOW.”
TMAC looks forward to more “bump outs” like at Forest and Lighthouse, more raised dividers like on Central and throw in a couple of ridiculous Marina style roundabouts.
Pacific Grove residents may be looking at a more pedestrian-friendly portion of the Holman Highway corridor in the future.
That’s because of a study produced through a partnership between Caltrans, the Transportation Agency of Monterey County and the city of Pacific Grove that is looking at ways to change Forest Avenue and Sunset Drive to make them more bicycle-friendly and conducive to pedestrians.
Good Old Days had a Donald Trump booth, no surprise that the other side was vocal and abusive.
New at the fair this year was a booth for Donald Trump supporters.
“We need to get out the information that in order to vote for Mr. Trump, (you) have to be registered (in the) Republican Party, and that’s why we have this booth,” said Jackie Miller, who represented Californians for Donald Trump.
The booth and campaign materials came out of her own pocket.
A lot of people stopped by to show their support, but they weren’t met without controversy.
During an interview with Action News, a Bernie Sanders supporter jumped in front of the camera, yelling “Bernie 2016!”
As the Sanders supporter walked away, he yelled, “No racists.”
Another Trump supporter volunteering at the booth said they had been harassed by hecklers all morning.
“We’ve had some very abusive, one particular person, and he’s doing this in front of his very small children, which I take offense to,” said Nikki Schoessow.
Jocks. Sheeshe.
A 16-year-old boy who is a football player at Pacific Grove High School was identified this week as the person who made a bomb threat against Carmel High School, investigators said.
The student used a social media campus feed app, Ogle, to write an anonymous message Feb. 21. The Carmel-Pacific Grove rivalry hits it peak during the annual Shoe Game in November.
Deputies traced Ogle messages back to the football player, served search warrants and interviewed him.
Family members called 911 because a man was having a mental health “crisis,” police said.
When officers arrived, the man was standing in the backyard holding a knife to his chest.
Officers talked to the man for more than two hours and convinced him to put the knife down.
He was handcuffed and escorted into an ambulance for a mental evaluation.
Thank you Monterey Herald (March 27), Monterey County Weekly, Cedar Street Times, Carmel Pine Cone and KSBW television for endorsing Measure X, that will change zoning at the American Tin Cannery to allow a hotel at the site.
Thank you Mayor Bill Kampe, former mayors Carmelita Garcia and Jeanne Byrne, former councilman Alan Cohen, former school board member Beth Shammas and retired teacher Jean Anton for signing the argument in favor of Measure X in the voter guide. Others that signed the argument in favor, include civic leader Richard Stillwell, First Awakenings owner Craig Bell, and general manager of Asilomar Conference Grounds, Mairead Hennessy. Opposition to the argument was signed by only two residents.
— Moe Ammar, Pacific Grove
Man population is dropping like butterflies. For a Man Cave to make money you need more men in P.G.
Looking at the hours of operation, one might suggest being open more than just 24 hours in a week?
At an emergency board meeting Monday, all seven members of the center’s board who were in attendance agreed on some new approaches to keep the 47-year-old center viable and the community engaged with its economic health.
“We sat down and made some real action plans. The board was just 100 percent on board and confident to march into the future.”
Specifically, Brown said, plans were laid out to display the center’s art in other venues and to have more musical and performance programs. Improvements to the center’s entrance and a new logo are also in the works.
And it’s not kelp baking in the sun at low tide or squid drying on the shore like it was years ago.
It looks like there were lessons learned after the failure to turn Holman’s into some kind of “World Class” transient stay place.
A group dubbed the Committee Against Measure X sponsored by Unite Here, Local 483, sent out fliers over the weekend to Pacific Grove voters declaring “Measure X is wrong” and asking voters to reconsider the measure because it allows a developer to avoid the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Woah, when the group that stands to gain power and money by making promises to a few hundred low wage hotel workers it against it there must be something under the covers going on.
The voters’ guide was mailed out, I like the bait this project is trying to use to hook y’all:
Recognition of Pacific Grove as a world-class destination and an innovative leader in conservation and sustainability
More like “How did this cute little town allow this to built?
Banquet, meeting, and reception rooms that will enable Pacific Grove to host large and small events, keeping that business in Pacific Grove
Look at the next line and tell me, who from P.G would use this place?
New luxury travelers who will patronize Pacific Grove restaurants, shops, and other businesses
The type of people that stay there will make the choice of Cannery Row or Carmel, not P.G.
State-of-the-art design, construction, and operational programs and technologies, as one of the world’s most sustainable hotels, that will save and recycle significant amounts of water and energy and reduce pollution and greenhouse gases
Ha! I knew someone would throw in the Substainable word once, but TWICE?
An ideal location at the edge of town that will help mitigate traffic impacts and provide additional needed parking for the City, resulting in reduced downtown congestion
Never mind that slow and getting slower traffic jam on Lighthouse Avenue to the tunnel.
A visitor and interpretive center and museum that will celebrate Pacific Grove’s extraordinary culture, its heritage and historic character, and its unequalled scenic beauty
A tribute to the scenery that will never come back
New revenues from transient occupancy taxes, property taxes, and sales and use taxes to support our library, police, fire department, parks, and other City services and operations
New opportunities for thieves.
Three hundred permanent high quality hotel jobs for workers of all skill and education levels, many of whom will be residents of Pacific Grove, plus hundreds of high quality construction phase jobs, many of which will benefit Pacific Grove businesses and residents
Most of the workers at hotels in PG cannot afford to live there. See the part about the traffic to and from PG.
At first it kind of appealed to me, keep the touristas at the border of town, pray that they stay on the ‘row and don’t bother me. But the thing is now sounding like the city whoring itself out to get a few bucks. Vote NO on Measure X.
