Category Archives: Pebble Beach

Coastal Commission Working Hard To Save Us From The Dreaded Mini Golf Course

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That home on 17 Mile drive with the nice lawns in the form of a golf course is once again under fire. Property rights? Ehhhh what rights?

“At all times since the finality of the order, the Feduniaks have continued to maintain the unpermitted golf course on the property, including watering and mowing the grass in violation of the orders,” the lawsuit says. And their noncompliance has been “knowing and intentional,” it alleges.

Failure to remove the tiny golf course harms the public because it “damages natural resources … interferes with the coastal commission’s attempts to uniformly and fairly enforce and administer the Coastal Act” and encourages other people to flout the coastal commission’s rules, the lawsuit says.


Coastal Commission Working Hard To Save Us From The Dreaded Mini Golf Course

Pebble Beach Art Theft Lawsuit – Toss It

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No chance?

Shapiro filed a motion in Monterey Superior Court Nov. 1 asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which provides for early dismissal of lawsuits arising from an “act in furtherance of a person’s right of petition or free speech” unless a court determines there is a probability the plaintiff will prevail on the suit.

To help show that Amadio and Kennaugh probably won’t win their defamation suit, Shapiro argued that Kanalakis and Richards “were acting within the scope of their employment when they issued press releases or held press conferences … and therefore both are immune from any claim arising from that conduct.”

In regards to Monterey County’s liability in the lawsuit filed by Kennaugh and Amadio, Shapiro said a public entity is not liable for conduct by an employee who is immune.

Therefore, Shapiro said Kennaugh and Amadio “cannot establish a possibility, much less a probability, of prevailing on either of their claims.”

Pebble Beach Art Theft Lawsuit – Toss It

Auction Company Settles

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And I was just about to see if I can pick up some painting in Pebble Beach at a good price.

A company that held several estate auctions in Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove over the last four years has been ordered to pay $140,000 for alleged auction fraud.

In May, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office filed a civil complaint against American Wholesale Jewelry, Inc., and president Alon Varsha, doing business as Kingston Auctions, for deceptive marketing claims.

Auction Company Settles

37 Hand Grenades Found In Pebble Beach

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Travelodge Guy

A probation search on Thursday at the home of Joe Beverdine, 48 on the 2900 block of Sloat Road in Pebble Beach found 37 inert military practice hand grenades, deputies said.

On Tuesday, Monterey Police officers conducted a vehicle check, occupied by Joe Beverdine, in the parking lot of the Travel Lodge Motel, deputies said.

They found an altered practice hand grenade within the vehicle, causing the evacuation of the motel while the Bomb Squad responded and rendered the device safe, deputies said.

Beverdine is currently in-custody pending trial on $62,500 bail, deputies said.

37 Hand Grenades Found In Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach Art Theft Updates

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Checking in on the Pebble Beach Art Theft story. This thing is all over the map it seems. Gay bashing, friend’s fathers who pilot helicopters, what next?

KSBW has the complaint file in a .pdf

Dr. Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo Amadio reported the theft of millions of dollars of artwork on Sept. 25, 2009, saying the missing collection contained works by Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Miro and Rembrandt.

No arrests were ever made, none of the missing art turned up, and the Sheriff’s Office subsequently talked about charging the two men with filing a false police report or insurance fraud.

The reported theft drew widespread publicity after Kennaugh and Amadio offered a $1million reward for the return of the artwork. But the Sheriff’s Office, within a few days, was painting a different picture of the case, suggesting that something was not right about the big art heist.

Pebble Beach Art Theft Updates

P.G. Woman Arrested, Accomplice In Elder Abuse, Theft

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She and her partner bought cell phones, video games and a used VW with money allegedly stolen from grandmother.

Theodore Lopez and Pacific Grove resident Amanda Spears, both 22, were arrested Sunday on charges of elder abuse, identity theft, burglary, grand theft and conspiracy, and taken to Monterey County Jail.

After Rodriguez identified the suspects, deputies arrested Lopez in Marina and Spears in Pacific Grove, and booked them in to Monterey County Jail. While Monterey County Superior Court records indicate this is the first local case against Lopez, Spears appears in multiple files, including numerous traffic violations, two misdemeanor cases filed in June and September of 2009, and a lawsuit she filed Sept. 7 of this year.

P.G. Woman Arrested, Accomplice In Elder Abuse, Theft

Ferrari Party Scene Of Domestic Quarrel

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Southern Californians.
Man Arrested Vase
Pine Cone Photo

Lawrence Paul Elliott, 47, and his girlfriend Theresa Barbaro were at the party at the Pebble Beach Lodge when an argument broke out, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

“They got into an argument and some threats were made,” Cmdr. Tracy Brown told The Pine Cone. “She started walking away from him and he grabbed a vase that was on a nearby table and threw it at her, and it hit her in the elbow.”

Ferrari Party Scene Of Domestic Quarrel

Love & Vases

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Car week brings them all out, doesn’t it.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said a 47-year-old man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attacking a woman with a vase at the Pebble Beach Lodge.

The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to the call at 6 p.m. following a report that Lawrence Paul Elliott of Beverley Hills had thrown a vase at a woman.

Love & Vases

It’s Exotic Car Week, Push The M.G. Out To The Street

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and put a “For Sale” sign on it. A fool and his money . . .

Carfax Report

In a July 6 lawsuit, Bellevue, Wash., resident Todd Lozier claims RM Auctions and Monterey Auction Co. misrepresented the 1968 Shelby GT500 KR fastback when it was placed up for auction at the Monterey Conference Center Aug. 14, 2009.

Lozier contends the car is worth between $30,000 and $50,000 less than he paid for it. The engine block, transmission and other parts were not properly date-code stamped and rather bear dates “that prove they are not original and do not belong on this vehicle,” Lozier’s lawsuit says.

If this fool was willing to part with $100,000 on an old car, why didn’t he get a CarFax or something. Pay a mechanic to look at it. Heck get an uncle that knows more about cars than the car crazy rich guy does. I side with the auction house on this one.

It’s Exotic Car Week, Push The M.G. Out On The Street

Shopping For Art? Try The Dump

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Is this the ‘victim’ of the Pebble Beach Art Theft shopping for replacement paintings?

One answer may come from an anonymous videographer with the YouTube moniker of Studebaker Falcon. He captures a man who looks a lot like Amadio perusing the bargain paintings at Last Chance Mercantile while appearing to make notes on his iPhone.

Shopping For Art? Try The Dump