Category Archives: 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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Thankyou Seal PosseSeals Getting Massages

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

Ben Harvey Keeps On Racking Up Complaints At New Job

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Charming, just charming. Sorry not sorry Ojai.

Harvey honk

Ben Harvey resigned from his Pacific Grove post in July 2023 after the city council voted 6-0 to 0K a separation agreement with him. Harvey later took on the same
role with the City of Ojai. However, in the past month or so, three former Ojai workers filed complaints against the Ventura County city.In a July 15 government claim, former
finance director Pamela Greer said that in early 2024, about a month after Harvey began working for the city, he requested to be reimbursed for unspecified expenses.
When Greer asked to see his employment agreement to confirm the expenses were authorized, she claims Harvey said, “Why can’t you just process the reimbursement?”
Greer, who is seeking at least $ I million in damages, accuses Harvey of disrespecting “basic financial procedures from the start,” and says he and others engaged in illegal activity, including paying vendors based on estimates rather than invoices, carrying over unspent funds from one fiscal year to the next, misusing grant funds, and requesting that she advise Harvey on his personal taxes.
Greer claims Harvey and other city offcials fired her in March for reporting the alleged wrongdoing. She said Harvey also informed the city council that he found $8 million missing in the city’s budget, “casting aspersions of financial fraud and lack of transparency on Greer and the previous city administration.”

Ben Harvey Keeps On Racking Up Complaints At New Job

Dead Seal Mutilation Reported

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Flip flops, hoodie and shorts. Don’t think anyone would be in a tidepool dressed from Mens’ Warehouse. Did Rashelle call the police or just critique the man’s fashion?

Rashelle Diaz said she and a friend were enjoying the beach when they noticed a man and a younger lady bent over, sawing or hacking away at something.

Diaz described the scene, saying, “He was decapitating a seal he had already skinned, and separated the skull from the body.”

Diaz confronted the man, informing him that his actions were illegal.

“90% of the locals in Monterey are aware of that. You cannot go near a seal alive or dead. It’s the law,” she said.

The man claimed he had a permit for marine biology research, but Diaz noted he lacked proper safety equipment and identification.

“This man is in flip-flops, huge hunting filet knife. You know, he’s got a hoodie on, some camo shorts. Not professional looking at all,” Diaz said.

Dead Seal Mutilation Reported

Plane Crash At Asilomar Shoreline, 3 Dead

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Lost in the clouds or mechanical failure?

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office released the identities of three people killed in a plane crash Saturday night.

The victims have been identified as 60-year old Steve Eugene Clatterbuck of Salinas, 36-year old James Vincent of Monterey and 44-year old Jamie Lee Tabscott of Monterey.

The sheriff’s office said the victims’ family and friends wish to extend their gratitude for the outpouring of support from the community. They also ask for privacy during this difficult time.

The US Coast Guard said the FAA and NTSB will conduct their investigation to determine what caused the plane crash.

Multiple agencies were on scene Saturday night into Sunday morning. Pacific Grove Police, Monterey Fire, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office all were dispatched to help. Even San Mateo County Sheriff’s along with one CAL Fire boat and two of their drones.

Plane Crash At Asilomar Shoreline, 3 Dead