Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Pacific Grove Council Raises Halted

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The council directed staff to bring back an ordinance on Sep. 3 to formally repeal Ordinance No. 25-007, which raised council stipends from $420 to $966 per month and the mayor’s from $700 to $1,610. The May ordinance was automatically suspended after a referendum petition qualified in July.

Following the repeal, staff will later return with an agenda report outlining potential dates for a public vote on council pay. The measure could appear on the ballot in June or November 2026, or during a standalone special election.

And Councilman Paul Walkingstick turns it into a kooky DEI subject,

Councilman Paul Walkingstick noted that Pacific Grove recently voted to move to a by-district election system, and the city already struggles with gathering a diverse group of candidates to run, either from different classes or different neighborhoods

Pacific Grove Council Raises Halted

Squids Got Ties To Ojai

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Squid

Another day, another Weakly hit piece on Luke Coletti for having held ex–City Manager Ben Harvey accountable. Here’s what Squid (Pam Marino) won’t mention: multiple Ojai employees—many of them women—have filed complaints against Harvey for workplace harassment and discrimination.

The record is damning:
Three complaints already filed
A fourth complaint pending
All involve harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other unlawful conduct
Instead of attacking oversight, maybe ask why Ben Harvey keeps generating complaints from Ojai city staff.

See for yourself:

Complaint #1
Complaint #2
Complaint #3

Squids Got Ties To Ojai

Carmel McLaren Vandal Is From Pacific Grove

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Drunk, stupid or envious?

Samuel Shaffer

Carmel police arrested Samuel P. Shaffer, 30, of Pacific Grove on Tuesday morning for vandalizing two McLarens.

“Everyone is asking ‘why,’ and I don’t know the reason why this happened, but I can tell you that his contact with the police department has been pretty minimal,”

The McLarens each have a different owner who was in Carmel for Car Week. The vehicles were parked near each other by the Pine Inn.

Carmel McLaren Vandal Is From Pacific Grove

Nurse Assistant Arrested For Sexual Assaults At Forest Hill Manor

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Just sick. Is this another unreported complaint against the once proud facility?

Paul Nkoy Lumbi, Jr

Pacific Grove nursing assistant arrested for alleged sexual assault against elderly patients; Attorney General
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced Thursday that Paul Nkoy Lumbi, Jr. of Monterey County was arrested on felony charges of alleged sexual assault of three elderly patients at Forest Hill Manor in Pacific Grove.

They said that Lumbi Jr. was working as a certified nursing assistant at the time of the alleged assaults.

Nurse Assistant Arrested For Sexual Assaults At Forest Hill Manor

School Kid On Motorized Scooter Hurt In Crash With Car

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No details, but all three 4-way intersections around PG Middle School are 4 way stops. Motorized scooters and bicycles can often be seen riding on sidewalks.

A middle school student in Pacific Grove was injured in a collision with a car while riding a motorized scooter to school on the first day of classes, prompting concerns about traffic safety.

The seventh grader collided with a Mercedes, leaving a dent on the car and a gash on the windshield, according to another witness, Susannah Ashton.

“He was in the fetal position on his left side, and he just kept screaming and saying, it hurt. It hurt, it hurt,” Falknor said.

Ashton also expressed concerns about children riding motorized scooters, saying, “It’s just ridiculous. Kids don’t need to be on what’s essentially a motorcycle without any kind of license or regulation. And we just we need we need protections for the kids for that. But we also need better crosswalks and stop signs.”

School Kid On Motorized Scooter Hurt In Crash With Car

Sea Lions Preying On People At Asilomar

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Nine-year-old Corale Olsen was out in the water at Asilomar State Beach during surf camp with her brother and sister when they noticed a sea lion.

Moments later, the animal lunged at her.

“It was right next to me, and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, something really bad is going to happen.’ Then it just bit me,” said Corale. “It was pain, and then I was screaming.”

Sea Lions Preying On People At Asilomar

Developer/Dentist Buys Lighthouse Cinema

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Adeeb has a questionable past.

Lighthouse Cinema

Three months after being put on sale by the Enea family, Lighthouse Cinema and Event Center in downtown Pacific Grove has a new, hopeful owner, a P.G. dentist, a Seaside resident and property owner, Ayman Adeeb, who has been investing in the community through real estate developments.

Preserving Pacific Grove’s architectural identity is Adeeb’s priority, he says. “I love the smell of the place,” he continues enthusiastically. “It smells like history. We will have ice cream, draft beer and school talent shows. I want Lighthouse Cinema to feel like home.”

Developer/Dentist Buys Lighthouse Cinema

Volunteers Restore Chase Park

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City must be too busy with roundabouts or Gaza protests to preserve its natural beauty.

On July 22, with supporters in attendance, nonprofit Pacific Grove Cares unveiled the transformed Chase Park West, which for many years was overgrown with weeds and had generally been ignored. While the park is under the City of Pacific Grove’s purview, and maintenance would otherwise be paid for by taxpayers’ dollars, the group funded the redo through donations.
P.G. Cares founder Peggy Gibbs credited the donors, the most generous of whom were realtor Debby Beck and restaurateur Kevin Phillips. Carmel Cares, a group headed by Dale Byrne, that city’s mayor who was at the ribbon cutting at the park last week, also contributed to the project.

Volunteers Restore Chase Park

Plane Crash Victims Remembered

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The three men who died in a plane crash in Pacific Grove Saturday night while returning from a scuba diving trip off the coast of Cuba are being remembered this week as adventurous and kind souls who were the heart of the Monterey Peninsula diving community Steve Clatterbuck, 60, Jamie Tabscott, 44, and pilot James Vincent Jn, 36, died when the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron carrying them home from the San Francisco Bay area crashed into the ocean near Asilomar State Beach at about 10:30 p.m. July 26, The friends and coworkers were on their way back from a seven-day dive trip to Jardines dela Reina, an archipelago located about 60 miles off the southeastern coast of Cuba.

Plane Crash Victims Remembered