Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove has been posted with an advisory due to high indicator bacteria found in samples taken on Monday, according to the Monterey County Health Department.
Salinas Loses .5 Million Dollars From “Green Vehicles” Involvement
City governments need to stay out of private sector businesses.
A Salinas car manufacturing company that was expected to build environmentally friendly electric cars and create new jobs folded before almost any vehicles could run off the assembly line.
The city of Salinas had invested more than half a million dollars in Green Vehicles, an electric car start-up company.
All of that money is now gone, according to Green Vehicles President and Co-Founder Mike Ryan.
Thing is butt ugly, too.
From the San Jose Mercury in 2010. Reads like a sham pitch full of eco-babble. No mention of true environmental progresses such as recyclable building materials or support for the vendors in China (!!) to improve their pollution output.
The first Triac prototypes were made in China, but the company moved manufacturing operations to California to lower its carbon footprint as soon as it got funding from the energy commission. Building the Triac in the state with the greatest market for electric vehicles will minimize the cost of transporting materials and vehicles, Ryan said.
Green Vehicles is also working on an online site that tracks the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and waste. “I want people to see these kinds of metrics,” Ryan said.
Salinas Loses .5 Million Dollars From “Green Vehicles” Involvement
Slowpokes Remembered
They didn’t have girlfriends way back when — or so they claim — because every nickel and dime they earned was already promised in advanced to the true loves of their lives.
The good times returned Saturday for the aging gearheads who were among the earliest members of Monterey’s original Slowpokes Car Club, founded in 1949 by a couple of teenagers named Mike Homan and Al Bergquist.
A handful of the hot-rodding pioneers reunited at the Monterey Fairgrounds, sharing war stories with friends whom they hadn’t seen, in most cases, for 30 to 45 years, at a vintage car event organized by a Gold Coast Rods, a modern-day descendant of the Slowpokes.
The first line caught my eye “they didn’t have girlfriends or so they claimed”. One Slowpoke I knew very well had a beautiful girlfriend. Not only was she gorgeous she worked at Foster Freeze on Lighthouse ave. I would gladly help clean uncle’s ’59 Impala for a ride to see her.
2011 County Health Department Restaurant Inspections
Bon appetit, tourists and diners!
ARCHIE’S AMERICAN DINER
125 OCEAN VIEW BLVD 103
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
07/13/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 4 Noncritical – 5
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Minor Hands not clean and/or properly washed Yes 07/13/2011
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 07/13/2011
K014 Minor Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 07/13/2011
K023 Minor Insects, birds, rodents or animalsBREAKERS CAFE
1126 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K013 Major Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 03/30/2011DOMINOS PIZZA – PACIFIC GROVE
156 COUNTRY CLUB GATE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/05/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 04/05/2011FANDANGO
223 17TH ST
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/25/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 5
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Major Hands not clean and/or properly washed 03/28/2011FIFI’S CAFE PACIFIC GROVE
1188 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
06/16/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 06/16/2011THE FISHWIFE
1996 1/2 SUNSET AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/31/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 6
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Major Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 05/31/2011FOURNIER’S BAKERY CAFE
650 LIGHTHOUSE AVE STE 100
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/11/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Major No food manager certificate Yes 04/11/2011GROVE MARKET
242 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 03/30/2011
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperaturesHAPPY GIRL KITCHEN
173 CENTRAL AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/09/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Minor Hands not clean and/or properly washed Yes 03/09/2011HOLLY’S LIGHTHOUSE CAFE
602 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/02/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 05/02/2011INN AT 213 SEVENTEEN MILE DRIVE
213 SEVENTEEN MILE DR
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/13/2009: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificateLE NORMANDIE
542 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
01/20/2011: INSPECTION – FOLLOWUP FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 0 Noncritical – 0
12/09/2010: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 5 Noncritical – 5
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate 01/20/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities 01/20/2011
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures
K009 Major Improper cooling methods
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitizedLIGHTHOUSE CINEMAS THEATER CONCESSION
525 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
01/11/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 01/11/2011LIGHTHOUSE COFFEE COMPANY
510 LIGHTHOUSE AVE #2
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
01/11/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 01/11/2011LIGHTHOUSE LODGE & SUITES
1249 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
05/03/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 05/03/2011MAX’S GRILL
209 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
06/29/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulteratedMY CUISINE
620 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/13/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Major Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 04/13/2011PACIFIC THAI CRUISINE
663 LIGHTHOUSE AVE STE. #A
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/17/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 03/17/2011PASSION FISH
701 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/26/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 04/26/2011PAVEL’S BACKEREI BAKERY
219 1/2 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
02/15/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 02/15/2011PEPPERS MEXICALI CAFE
170 FOREST AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/20/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K013 Minor Food not in good condition, unsafe,or adulterated Yes 04/20/2011POINT PINOS GRILL
77 ASILOMAR BLVD
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/18/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 03/18/2011RED HOUSE CAFE
662 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
04/26/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K022 Minor Sewage and wastewater improperly disposed Yes 04/26/2011SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS PACIFIC GROVE
200 COUNTRY CLUB CTR
PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950
03/22/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Major Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 03/22/2011
K007 Major Improper hot and cold holding temperatures Yes 03/22/2011CAFE LA STRADA
400 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
04/11/2011: INSPECTION – FOLLOWUP FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 0 Noncritical – 0
04/05/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 04/05/2011
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperatures 04/11/2011COMPAGNO’S MARKET
2000 PRESCOTT AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
05/12/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 4
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K014 Minor Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitizedFISH HOPPER RESTAURANT
700 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/10/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K041 Minor Improper backflow devicesGHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE CO.
660 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/10/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K041 Minor Improper backflow devicesINTERCONTINENTAL – THE CLEMENT
750 CANNERY ROW
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K008 Minor No Time used for food temperature control Yes 03/30/2011INTERNATIONAL MARKET & DELI
580 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
07/06/2011: INSPECTION – FOLLOWUP FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 0 Noncritical – 0
06/29/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 4 Noncritical – 3
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate Yes 06/29/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities 07/06/2011
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 06/29/2011
K015 Major Food not obtained from approved source Yes 06/29/2011NESTLE TOLL HOUSE CAFE – CANNERY ROW
751 CANNERY ROW AVE 105
MONTEREY, CA 93940
03/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K007 Minor Improper hot and cold holding temperaturesPAPRIKA CAFE
309 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
02/16/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 1 Noncritical – 0
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 02/16/2011PELICAN PIZZA
522 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
04/28/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 4 Noncritical – 6
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate 05/19/2011
K002 Major Did not report communicable disease Yes 04/28/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities 05/19/2011
K014 Major Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 04/28/2011SLY MCFLY’S
700 CANNERY ROW A
MONTEREY, CA 93940
06/30/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 1
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K035 Major Equipment/Utensils broken and soiledSUBWAY #45521
296-C LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
02/09/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 2 Noncritical – 4
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate Yes 02/09/2011
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities Yes 02/09/2011TAQUERIA DEL MAR
530 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
06/29/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 3 Noncritical – 2
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K005 Minor Hands not clean and/or properly washed
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K014 Minor Food contact surfaces not clean and sanitized Yes 06/29/2011THE DOG
615 LIGHTHOUSE AVE
MONTEREY, CA 93940
07/06/2011: INSPECTION – INITIAL FIELD ACTIVITY Violations: Critical – 3 Noncritical – 4
Code Severity Violations Corrected On Site Complied On Date
K001 Minor No food manager certificate
K006 Minor Inadequate handwashing facilities
K023 Major Insects, birds, rodents or animals
Welcome, New Owners Of Country Club Gate
Carmel Pine Cone Police Log
Pacific Grove: PGPD officers were dispatched to three juveniles possibly intoxicated in the area of Country Club Gate. Person advised they were stumbling and their eyes looked glassy. Officer made contact with all three, and two of the males ran. Two of the three males were cited and released.
Property Owner Trying To Evict Pot Shop
Richard Rosen, lol
After a three-day hearing, Judge Lydia Villarreal asked for written final arguments from attorneys for the MyCaregiver Cooperative and directors Jhonrico Carrnshimba and Mark Rowland.
The three are accused of contempt of court for allegedly violating an October 2010 court injunction by continuing to operate as a medical marijuana outlet on Lighthouse Avenue.
The medical marijuana co-op has appealed the earlier ruling to the state Court of Appeals. To obtain the injunction, the city said the outlet violated the city’s 2010 moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries.
The owner of the New Monterey building also has gone to court to evict the co-op, but that case has been held in abeyance pending the outcome of the contempt-of-court case.
Richard Rosen, attorney for the co-op corporation, filed defense papers arguing that the injunction on which the contempt charges are based is, itself, a flawed city law.
Pollacci Going To Prison – Finally
He’s been in County Jail ever since the first trail.
He has been held in Monterey County Jail since the first guilty verdict but will now be moved to a state prison. While in the county facility, “he has received no disciplinary action reports or writeups” for bad behavior, according to Wouden.
Meanwhile, his parents have settled a federal civil lawsuit brought by one of Pollacci’s victims, which claimed they were negligent for letting their son, who was first convicted of sex crimes in the early 1990s, work in their liquor stores. A lawsuit by Jane Doe 1 was filed in federal court against the Pollacci’s. Late last year, a judge ruled they could be held personally liable for negligence. The family also sold its Pacific Grove and Carmel liquor stores, which are now owned by Lopez family, who also owns Lopez Taqueria & Liquor on Del Monte Avenue and Lopez Restaurante y Cantina on Cass Street.
Save $11,000 A Year Sending License Renewal Work To Fresno
And charge businesses to do so.
Moe always mentions Fresno as where many P.G. tourists come from..
The decision to work with Muniservices came in response to budget pressures and concerns that not all businesses in the city were paying the tax, Becklenberg said. The amount of the tax owed is linked to the annual gross receipts of the business.
Before contracting with Muniservices, Becklenberg said, the city had only a half-time worker to process about 1,600 business licenses at a cost of $38,000 per year. The new system is expected to reduce that cost to $29,000 a year, he said.
Judge Decides Against Police Officers’ Union
Pacific Grove police suffered a setback last week when a judge dismissed breach-of-contract claims in a lawsuit they filed last year against the city over a voter-approved initiative that lowers the amount the city contributes to workers’ pensions.
The initiative was drawn up by a group of citizens led by former city councilman Dan Davis as a way of reducing the city’s retirement costs. The $900,000 Pacific Grove pays to CalPERS every year is one of the city’s biggest expenses.
Tom Pollacci Gets Another Six Years In Prison
Faced with nine women waiting to testify he had raped them over three decades and one survey that showed 95 percent of the public believed he was probably guilty, Pollacci didn’t like his odds.
As a condition of his plea agreement, he was required to dismiss his appeal in that case and to waive all rights of appeal in the current case as long as he receives the stipulated sentence. He must serve at least 85 percent of the total 14-year sentence, nearly 12 years, before he is eligible for parole. He has served 13 months.