Category Archives: Pacific Grove

When The Fish Fight Back

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Fish kicked three fishing buddies butts.

The three men, who were not injured, fell from the dinghy after failing to navigate the beach’s rocky outcrop, said Suzanne Guzzi, a schoolteacher from Modesto who witnessed the accident. The passengers were not identified.

The men managed to carry their fishing gear ashore, though the boat remained in the water, bobbing upside down, hooked on a rock about 11 a.m. The Pacific Grove Police Department responded to the call, and was followed by the Monterey Fire Department.

When The Fish Fight Back

Moe Hates The New Garbage Company

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Greenwaste’s mandatory recyclables sorting rules are not making the trash creators happy. Was he old way any better?
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And what a typo – Ron Shank!

Ron Shank with St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store said a centralized location to deal with the cardboard isn’t what the businesses are paying for.

Shank said he’s paying more money under GreenWaste for less service.

“I don’t mind paying a few more dollars, I realize costs are going up. I expected that,” he said. “I did not expect to have poor service and in my opinion, it’s poor service.”

Moe Ammar, president of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, said a lot of work needs to be done for the sides to reach an agreement. He criticized GreenWaste’s claims of being environmentally friendly, saying some businesses will end up just driving to the dump or putting recyclables in the trash.

“The only thing that’s green about that company is money,” Ammar said.

Moe Hates The New Garbage Company

Mountain Lion Warning

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Always beware of P.G. cougars.

Mountain Lion If Attacked

Pacific Grove police are warning residents to be alert about2015 mountain lions.
Within the last two weeks, three deer were found dead. Police said the attacks happened along Ocean View Blvd. and on a trail near the American Tin Cannery.

If you come face to face with a mountain lion, don’t run, make noise, and try to look as big as you can.

Mountain Lion Warning

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Robber Arrested Again In P.G.

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Uncle Frank and Aunt Jack, and this is just a body suit, I didn’t have any surgery.

Mrs Doubtfire Bank Robber

A Sand City man convicted of robbing a bank in Santa Cruz while dressed as a woman in April, is back behind bars after leaving a probation program interview in San Francisco, police said Friday.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said Calantoc was convicted on the bank robbery case but a judge allowed him to interview at a probation program in San Francisco. Deputies said while was there, he walked out of the program, initiating a search for his arrest.

 

Investigators with the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team said Calantoc, 31, was located in the 1100 block of Seaview Avenue in Pacific Grove Thursday night. Calantoc was arrested on a no bail felony warrant, a $240,000 felony warrant and four misdemeanor warrants totaling $95,000.

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Robber Arrested Again In P.G.

Mrs. Doubtfire Robber Arrested In P.G.

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Look at this! My first day as a woman and I’m getting hot flashes. Oh, you wicked, wicked man! Isn’t there enough flesh here to feast your eyes on?
Mrs Doubtfire Bank Robber

Brandon Alfred Calantoc

About 4:30 p.m. Thursday, detectives with the Regional Violence and Narcotics Team in Monterey County acted on a tip and went to a home on the 1100 block of Seaview Avenue in Pacific Grove where Calantoc was believed to be living, said Michael Bruno, acting commander of the team.

Calantoc was found in the home and was arrested without incident for the warrant and other misdemeanor warrants, Bruno said. A wig that belonged to Calantoc also was found in the home, Bruno said. As Calantoc was being booked into Monterey City Jail, he was found in possession of 2.1 grams of heroin packaged individually for sale, Bruno said.

Calantoc originally came to the attention of Santa Cruz police on April 3, when he robbed a bank on Morrissey Boulevard while dressed as a woman with a wig, purse and necklace. Police dubbed him “Mrs. Doubtfire” in reference to the 1993 Robin Williams movie in which Williams portrayed a woman.

A cross-dressing man also believed to be Calantoc went into a bank in Capitola the same day but did not rob it, Santa Cruz police Lt. Bernie Escalante said at the time.

Later in April, Carmel police were investigating vehicle burglaries and mail theft from the Carmel post office when they found Calantoc with stolen mail, stolen credit cards and a purse and locket necklace believed to have been worn during the Santa Cruz robbery.

Mrs. Doubtfire Robber Arrested In P.G.

Flush Twice For Tourists, Nothing For Replenishment

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The recycled water plan was a bait and switch.

Dollar Water

 

City Manager Tom Frutchey explained during the October council hearing that it was always the plan to eventually make most of the saved potable water available for city allocation to new uses. He did, however, also note the allocation process can be lengthy and most of the water would remain in the river when the plant opens. The city’s plan calls for construction to begin in the spring and be finished and operational by late next year or early 2017.

Pacific Grove activist Luke Colletti called the city’s maneuvers on the project to make water available for new projects such as the New Bella hotel proposal at the American Tin Cannery instead of offsetting illegal diversions from the river a “major deception.” He argued the city was risking its state funding. Colletti alleged that city officials had lied to the Coastal Commission, which he said believed the recycled water would go back to the river to help the environment.

Flush Twice For Tourists, Nothing For Replenishment

Jacobo Ruelas Conviction Stands

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As it should be.
Kris Olinger Bench 2013

The Sixth District Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Jacobo Ruelas in the 1997 murder of 17-year-old Kristopher Olinger, according to Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo.

Ruelas was convicted in October 2013 of first-degree murder with special circumstances, kidnapping for robbery and kidnapping for carjacking in the death of the Monterey High School senior, who was stabbed and left to die near the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail.

Ruelas was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

The case went unsolved for nearly a decade before state investigators matched palm prints on Olinger’s car in 2005 to Ruelas and his brother Angel.

Angel Ruelas was also charged in connection with the crime, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life without possibility of parole.

Jacobo Ruelas Conviction Stands

Fake Solicitors Begging for Money

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Be careful when dealing with solicitors. Or don’t ever give them anything.

On Wednesday, after someone complained, police spoke with one of the solicitors who claimed to be collecting money for “Carepackagecampaign.org.”

Police said they researched the organization and found reports and warnings that the campaign is fake.

Police want residents to be careful when dealing with solicitors, and to always request to see their permits.

Fake Solicitors Begging for Money

Three Hour Parking For Customers Is Over

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But that doesn’t affect the Victorian Corner Crew On Fountain that park all day with no enforced limits

Parking Victorian Corner Cars

The city’s 3-hour pilot parking program, dubbed “park
once,” was designed to give patrons the ability to dine at
restaurants and “still have time to stroll along our sidewalks and make a second purchase.” But city officials found that visitors didn’t park as long as they expected.

Three-hour parking will continue on all other downtown streets and the municipal lots at  Fandango restaurant, the rear of Lighthouse Cinemas and on 15th Street to encourage storeowners and their workers to park in city lots. Though the city had proposed modifying downtown parking limit signs to say “For Customers Only” to discourage shopkeepers from parking in front of their stores, Brodeur said that didn’t happen. “Our consulting traffic engineer and city attorney told us we could not place such language on a regulatory sign because we cannot enforce it,” he said.

Three Hour Parking For Customers Is Over

You Can Tune A Piano But You Cant Tuna Crab

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Must be a feast for the gulls

Red Tuna Crab

Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo

Native to Baja and the Gulf of California, red tuna crabs spend their lives drifting en masse in the water column offshore. Generally, Monterey is too cold for them. But during El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, warm water moves unusually far north, bringing the crabs up with it. ENSO is an irregularly periodical climate change caused by variations in sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.

You Can Tune A Piano But You Cant Tuna Crab