Butterfly Grove Inn
7/9/2013
I found a mostly dead giant roach under the bathroom sink. Disgusting! On the second night as we were getting settled in, we began to smell cigarette smoke. I shut the windows thinking someone was smoking outside but it didn’t subside. I believe it was coming from the room next door and wafting in under the connecting door. When we complained and asked for a different room, their first reaction was to call the people in the room in question to ask them if they were smoking in the room.1/16/2013
We left. Sorry, but did not want to smell Pine Sol while sleeping. Newark NJ might be preferred to that.Borg’s Ocean Front Motel
9/28/2013
Mattresses are SO hard my joints go numb, so bouncy if my honey coughs, it’s like an earthquake.7/30/2013
The women at the front desk- unfriendly and a bummer to be near reminded us of ma from goonies. Um I will not be attending coffee with you in the am.Centrella Inn
9/9/2013
TV was about 4 inches wide6/24/2013
There was a damp spot in the carpet in front of the bed when we arrived that never went away.Sea Breeze Inn & Cottages
11/30/2013
Very dirty. Run down almost like camping. You may want to bring shower shoes.11/30/2013
The staff was rude, don’t know if they had a problem because we where a male couple or just rude to everyone.11/14/2013
don’t let people live in your hotel like they own it. It just makes it look trashy8/23/2013
when my boyfriend woke up he had 7 bug bites4/15/2013
big fly got stuck and buzzed around all night.The Rosedale Inn
3/12/2013
we found dead bugs underneath the refrigerator when we moved it by accident. disgustingly filthy TV remote that looked like a petri dish.Lover’s Point Inn
10/24/2013
we could here our neighbor singing Mariah Carey in the shower at 6:30, sounded like a bad karaoke jam at the base of a waterfall!!!6/9/2013
I walked in to the super small “lobby” and there was a squirrel running around. I1/8/2013
This elfin accomadation has a queen bed crammed in at an odd angle, as is the nightstand.1/4/2013
I noticed the tub floating with hair (from the hypogastric region). No kidding.Gosby House Inn, A Four Sisters Inn
1/17/2013
my partner and I had only been in the room for about an hour and were fooling around on the bed when the maid tried to barge into the room without even knocking! Thankfully we had used the deadbolt on the door so her key was useless. Talk about a mood killer though!Asilomar Conference Grounds
7/27/2013
The room was last updated in the ’70’s and frankly smelled like a combination of old people and dead animals. From there we went to the dinning hall and enjoyed food that the state of California rejected from the prison system.5/26/2013
have heard this place compared to camping – camping is far better than here…..I’d much rather be in a tent than in this room3/31/2013
My decaf coffee had a slight taste of mildew. Mildew seems to be a theme here – not only in the bathrooms, but in the coffee machine as well.Green Gables Inn, A Four Sisters Inn
8/24/2013
You better have some plumbing skills when you stay there because there was a sign in the bathroom saying to use the plunger in the case of overflow! BDeer Haven Inn & Suites
9/21/2013
guy is really nice and then he apologizes for the paint chipping off walls and doors, oOo okay… It was like REALLY chipping like we thought it might be like a shaky shack look they were intentionally going for,7/17/2013
We found a cockroach in our bed. Enough said.Oh yes, and for an additional fee, you can bring your pets here. Cool if you have pets, not cool if your neighbor’s dogs are barking all night.7/7/2013
Continental breakfast: ummm…what breakfast?? Supposed to be served from 8am – 10am, but they should revise it to be “8am – whenever it’s gone.”Lighthouse Cottage and Suites
11/20/2013
the sheets smelled like pure bleach. Maybe someone left it bloody and they had to bleach the heck out of them.11/1/2013
We weren’t told our room was a pet-friendly room and within 15 minutes of entering we had to leave for the urgent care for an asthma attack.6/20/2013
Some people may want to sit on a patio and enjoy the peaceful graveyard6/12/2013
a big black bug (possibly a cockroach) ran across the bathroom floor. I smashed it and called the front desk. The manager acted very put out and sarcastically asked if I needed someone to come and smash it for me.Martine Inn
9/30/2013
The only reason why I had chosen Martine Inn was cos they allowed kids, but let me tell you, my son was terrified of that innkeeper!8/25/2013
We received no communication from them prior to our stay suggesting that a late check-in would be a problem (aside from a call to our cell phone at 8pm when we had no reception). In any event, we were greeted at night with hostility which continued throughout our stay.8/11/2013
Martine Inn’s website lists “WiFi throughout” as well as “Free WiFi” under each of its room descriptions — so we were disappointed when the innkeeper told us WiFi access was restricted to the library.10/21/2012
The self righteous owner was an absolute ass, and fact is, we won’t be staying there ever again. If you’re about 90 years old, and you don’t mind turning in at 5 pm, this is the place for you, otherwise, don’t bother.The Olympia Lodge
4/30/2013
When my husband approached the hotel staff with pictures of the mold, rodent excrement and strangers pubic hair the front desk clerk made excuses and said they were gross. She took a whopping $50 off of our room rate (which was $179 for one night)2/11/2013
The staff was friendly and the room appeared clean, i say appeared because mold is not clean. A health hazard.Beachcomber Inn
11/6/2013
The hilarious: Having to do squats while taking a shower because the shower head is only came up to my chest. I’m no giant either, just a bit over 6′.5/9/2013
TICKS in our room! Need I say more? The manager was completely perplexed by my displeasureWilkie’s Inn Clarion Collection
10/12/2013
Sorry but upscale soap dosnt equal a great bed and soft pillow8/9/2013
better yet, stay at a friends house and give them money.6/29/2013
Not well maintained and we can hear rats or mice in the walls
Category Archives: Pacific Grove
Bad Driver Of The Week – Golden Rule Produce
Ironic eh?
Parks in a red zone and blocks the crosswalk while making deliveries at Pacific Thai Cuisine
Estates on the Bay Guilty Of Fraud
Beware of who you deal with.
Wills found the pair engaged in fraudulent business practices, including loan fraud, and imposed a civil penalty of $120,425 and victim restitution of $29,575.
The case came to officials’ attention after an elderly woman filed a complaint, prosecutors said.
Investigators found Silva and Gobert knowingly falsified the woman’s income information on two loan applications.
She lost her home after the brokers signed her up for two adjustable-rate mortgage loans that she couldn’t afford to repay on her limited income, prosecutors said.
Silva’s real estate broker license was revoked by the Bureau of Real Estate in 2004 for loan fraud, but she continued to act as a broker until 2010.
Stuart Elder Sued
Lawsuit claims Elder was going 70 mph in a 25 zone..
The family of two women who died in a head-on collision in Pebble Beach when alleged drunken driver Stuart Elder slammed into their car after attending a food and wine event in Pebble Beach has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver.
On April 7, Sharon Daly, 72, and Linda Larone, 65, were killed when Elder, 30, of Pacific Grove, crashed his Cadillac Escalade into their much smaller Ford Freestyle while they were driving on Sloat Road near Bird Rock Road.
The lawsuit against Elder was filed Dec. 11 in Monterey County Superior Court by Anne Margaret Larone, Larone’s mother; Melanie Robinson, Daly’s niece; and Rhonda Dodge, trustee of the two women’s trust, according to the suit. The claim alleges Elder was negligent when he crossed over into Daly’s lane and struck her vehicle.
“Stuart Elder was negligently, carelessly, recklessly or in some other actionable manner driving the Cadillac Escalade under the influence of alcohol after spending the afternoon at the Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival,” the suit contends.
One Phony P.G. Contractor Gets Arrested
Has to be more than one out there that got away.
Danny Jess Langley was sentenced on 11 felonies and 10 misdemeanors to an “executed suspended sentence” of eight years, which was suspended for five years. He was subsequently placed on probation.
The 11 felonies included premium insurance fraud, five counts of using a false contractor’s license, filing a false document, grand theft, forgery and failing to register as an employing unit. The 10 misdemeanors included two counts of failure to secure workers’ compensation insurance, five counts of contracting without a license, two counts of advertising as a contractor and failure to observe a stop-work order.
. . How Lovely Are Your Branches?
A eucalyptus with lights on the trunk.Trying to compete with the world’s ugliest Christmas Tree?
How I long for the past when the garlands with colored lights stretched across Lighthouse Avenue.
Rainwater Will Pollute The Ocean?
Sarah Hardgrave. Isn’t she gone yet?
The storm runoff water might be an environmental danger if it is diluted into the Pacific Ocean, but would be safe to spray into the air where people play golf and wildlife live. Can’t come up with anything kookier than that, eco-freaks.
The city is looking at recycling storm water runoff because last year, the State Water Resources Board redefined storm water runoff as waste water for parts of the coastline designated as Areas of Special Biological Significance or ASBS. The city immediately applied for and received an exception that buys it some time.
Hardgrave says, “And the exception says storm water is waste and you can only discharge it if it is not having an effect on the natural water quality of the ocean in the near shore within the ASBS.”
Tests are now being conducted to see if storm water really does pollute the ocean. But even if the tests find the water does not pollute, the city still faces skyrocketing costs of watering its golf course and cemetery.
Peppers Mexicali Cafe So Hot It Catches On Fire
Clean those grease filters!
Jim Brown, a division chief for the Monterey Fire Department, said the fire broke out in a flue designed to carry exhaust and grease away from the stove at Peppers.
“Those flues can get a buildup of grease inside, and sometimes the grease catches fire, which is what happened today,” Brown said. “The initial knockdown of the fire was from the outside of the restaurant, and we actually cut the flue pipe open to get to the seed of the fire.”
Crespi Pond Burn Victim Identified
Still don’t know what led up to the deceased man.
Early two weeks after finding a man’s body in flames at the Pacific Grove golf course, police still don’t know why 56-year-old P.G. resident Richard Haffner died, and they’re continuing to treat it as suspicious.
PGPD Sgt. Jeff Fenton was dispatched to Ocean View Boulevard around 7:20 a.m. Nov. 3 on reports of a man and building on fire at the public golf course. He arrived to find the person engulfed in flames lying unmoving on the ground next to the restroom building and a fence on fire, and attempted to douse them with the extinguisher from his car
Mvsevm To Imprison The Monarchs
Since the place was gifted to the fish prison it’s only natural for them to do the same with butterflies. And to do it with nothing more than summer tourists in mind.
“We have a bit of a challenge when tourists come here in the summer,” says Lori Mannel, executive director of the P.G. Museum of Natural History. “They say, ‘Where are the monarchs?’”
But thanks to a $50,000 planning grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Mannel and her colleagues expect that to change: A butterfly pavilion in the museum’s native plant gardens is in the works, an enclosed structure that will be home to a variety of native butterflies in all of their life stages, from caterpillar to chrysalis to winged.