Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Stuart Elder Waives Preliminary Hearing

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Sharon Daly had been drinking.

Recently, prosecutors and Elder’s attorney revealed that blood tests show Daly had also been drinking prior to the deadly crash, although no details about either driver’s level of intoxication have been made public.

Friends of the two women have expressed frustration about the many months it took to charge Elder after the collision, but his waiving of the preliminary hearing could now speed the process along.

Officials with the district attorney’s office said at least some of the delay was because a “black box” that records braking, speed and other vehicle information was difficult to extract from the women’s car.

Stuart Elder Waives Preliminary Hearing

Sheriff’s Son Arrested Again

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Sheriff Scott Miller’s son was arrested by probation officers on Tuesday in Pacific Grove after he allegedly stole “well over $1,000” in goods from Asilomar Conference Grounds, State Parks officials said.

Asilomar superintendent Eric Abma said Jacob Miller, who is in Monterey County Jail, stole phones, iPads, at least one laptop, and a “couple” of purses on Thursday and Friday.

Abma said he could not specify where the items were stolen from or if they were taken from people attending a conference.

Sheriff’s Son Arrested Again

Organic Growers Look Down On The Common Folk

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Asilomar must have saved a ton of $$ when they fill up with dirty hippies. Think of the savings on water and towel usage.

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Organics make up 4 percent of at-home food sales, said the Organic Trade Association. Cantisano said organic food is only mainstream for urban, educated people “of means.”

“The majority of it is consumed on the coast,” he said. “… You don’t even have to go very far from Monterey to find a total lack of it. You have to look long and hard if you get to Greenfield or King City.”

Still, the conference continues to grow considerably.

By the end of the 1980s it had about 500 people attending a year. By the time it moved to Asilomar Conference Grounds in the 1990s it had jumped to around 800.

For the last four years, much of the lodging near the conference grounds has sold out.

Organic Growers Look Down On The Common Folk

Water Bills Went Up, Up, Up For P.G. Businesses

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And they all thought that by filling out a survey the bill would be reduced.

District board chairman Tom McMahon said the board decided to act after it became apparent that so many business owners were blindsided by significant water bill increases late last year. McMahon, who owns Monterey Bay Laundry, counted himself among them.

McMahon said business owners expected a decrease based on promises contained in a Cal Am water use survey last summer and on the company’s website.

Water Bills Went Up, Up, Up For P.G. Businesses

Mike Zimmer Retires

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Director Of Public Works, after 4 years – Gone!

Retirement looms, as Zimmer sits down at his desk for the final month as the director of public works. He says he’s confident his small town city will continue to thrive and focus on infrastructure.

Zimmer began as the director in 2010 and will leave office by Jan. 31st. There will be an interim director until a permanent replacement is hired.

Mike Zimmer Retires

Infinite Parking Hours Downtown

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And the business district will self police the parking to make sure that shopkeepers and workers don’t take all the spots.

But word has it that there is little to no parking enforcement currently. In a rare moment of news reporting, the Cedar Street Bulletin is reporting that tickets are down and it is said that the parking officer is on temporary assignment.

So park as long as you want!

Business Owners Favor 2 Hour Parking Limits

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Parking reserved for Happy Girls and their organic pickles. Don’t recall seeing any handicap plate on that microbus:
happy girl parking

The city tried the longer parking time during the holiday season at the urging of downtown merchants who believe time limits were too short and turned away customers and visitors.

“Since then there have been further favorable comments from a variety of downtown businesspersons,” Myers said in a council report. Only one concern about the extended parking times was fielded, she said.

The police chief said the city’s Business Improvement District promised to work with downtown businesses to ensure premium spaces are not used by employees.

Business Owners Favor 2 Hour Parking Limits

Del Monte Park NIMBYs Lose A Point In Pebble Beach Battle

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And Mayor Kampe suddenly discovers a letter from PB Co that he didn’t know he had. Perhaps he left it in Dan Cort’s ‘moron’ file.

The council sent a letter to the Pebble Beach Co. and county officials in November listing a number of reasons why neighbors of the project site oppose the location and asking the company to consider an alternative site. The letter asked the company to list all alternative sites considered, why they were rejected, why the company feels the proposed site is superior to other alternatives, and requested information on any studies done on alternative sites.

Earlier this week, Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe said the company actually sent a reply letter, contrary to his statement on Sunday. The letter dated Dec. 20 from company vice president Mark Stilwell, which Kampe said he didn’t discover until Monday, outlined the company’s reasons for choosing the proposed site, but did not address the council’s request for any information about alternative sites..

Del Monte Park NIMBYs Lose A Point In Pebble Beach Battle

Person Dead In Stuart Elder Crash Was Drinking

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Michael Lukehart, who represents Elder, said he learned through case discovery documents that “both parties had been consuming alcohol.”

Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Spitz said the information did not stop his office from pressing charges against Elder.

“That is a fact that we were aware of and we took into account when reviewing the case,” he said. “We were obviously aware of it — we provided the information to the defense.”

LaRone and Daly were in a 2005 Ford driven by Daly when Elder’s Cadillac sport utility vehicle crossed into the opposite lane and into the path of the Ford, the California Highway Patrol said.

Elder, 30 at the time of the crash, was arrested by CHP officers and released on $430,000 bail.

Person Dead In Stuart Elder Crash Was Drinking