Bay View School Closes

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New Monterey looks to be following in the footsteps of P.G. when it comes to fewer children in the population.

Bay View School Bye

It was a bittersweet day at Bay View, which closed Wednesday after 103 years in operation. Monterey Peninsula Unified District officials decided to close the high-performing school in 2009, partially to offset shrinking resources and partially to establish a K-5 and 6-8 middle schools configuration throughout the district. Bay View was K-6, and officials said it would not have enough students to make the small campus viable.

Students write goodbyes to the teacher on the board. They take photos of each other, the principal and the teachers, saying they don’t want to leave. But when 12:45 p.m. strikes, the halls become inundated with the banter of children as they leave Bay View for the last time.

Bay View School Closes

Attorney & Suspect Ruelas Says Informants Were Paid

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Fast track him to the death row please.

“I’m not here because of a palm print. I’m here because of what the confidential informants are saying about me,” he said. “They questioned me about the palm print in 2005. They didn’t arrest me.

“There’s other palm prints on there, too.”

Of the confidential witnesses?

“Matter of fact, yeah.”

Substainable Pacific Grove Has A Good Con Going, Eh?

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Social Justice

So you have an alleged non profit taking advantage of taxpayer supported facilities to advertise alleged ‘green’ businesses that wish to make a profit off of taxpayer subsidized schemes to put solar panels in foggy Pacific Grove. What a racket!

Sustainable Pacific Grove will present a free program on home energy rebates and financing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdayat the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.

Speakers will be Jay Tulley of local green building contractor Sage Building Solutions and Jennifer Rupnow of Energy Upgrade California.

Sustainable Pacific Grove Has A Good Con Going, Eh?

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Aaron Corn Asks For Reduced Sentence

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Think he’s unlearned a lifetime of bad habits in 3 months? Nah.

Though Corn asked for probation, Scott sentenced Corn to most of the maximum nine-year term he could have received.

Believing the sentence to be too harsh, however, Frank Dice, Corn’s attorney, was scheduled to present a motion asking Scott to reconsider his sentence.
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But Scott said he took the crash and other examples of Corn’s previous behavior, which included a substance-abuse problem, into account when he handed Corn the sentence.

Corn was “described as someone who is always in trouble, someone who always caused troubled,” Scott said in March. “And that is from his friends.”

Arron Corn Asks For Reduced Sentence

Broken Brokaw Hall Saga – Demolition Is Final Answer

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Cost to repair, half a million. Cost to demolish, $35,000

“It’s a historic structure,” said Esther Trosow, with the Conservancy. “It’s on the list of historic structures and they let it fall into a state of decay. If any private citizen did that, according to the historic preservation rules, they would have to be in injunctive relief, which means they would have to fix it. And the city has just decided that they don’t need to do that. They’re thumbing their nose at their own laws.”

Brokaw Hall Sign

Cedar Street Times is reporting that the building’s historical plaque has been removed and presumed stolen.

Broken Browkaw Hall Saga – Demolition Is Final Answer

No Raises For City Workers, Budget In The Black

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No fees for non-profits? Make them pay too, just because it’s a non-profit does not mean they are strapped for cash.

No tax increases are contemplated and city employees will receive no raises, he said. The economy has remained sluggish and is expected to stay that way, Becklenberg said, with minimal increases in city sales, hotel room and property tax revenues.

Some exceptions to the city fee increases to recover all costs will be made for nonprofit organizations renting city facilities for events, Becklenberg said.

No Raises For City Workers, Budget In The Black

New Monterey Police Blotter – May 2011

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5/1/11 WIEGAND, CALEB was arrested for public intoxication after barricading himself in a stranger’s vehicle at The Portola Hotel Garage.

5/1/11 REYNOLDS, LARRY was cited for an open container in public at 700 Cannery Row.

5/1/11 SULLIVAN, JENNIFER was cited for trespassing on Belden.

5/2/11 Graffiti at Archer Park.

5/3/11 Traffic accident on Pacific and Lighthouse.

5/3/11 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for pubic intoxication at Prescott and Foam.

5/3/11 REYNOLDS, LARRY, VASQUEZ, ERNEST, and ROTHER, TERRY were all cited for consuming alcohol in public at Prescott and Foam.

5/4/11 DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER was arrested for misdemeanor hit and run, DUI, and resisting arrest at the San Carlos Beach parking lot.

5/4/11 Graffiti at Cannery Row and Wharf #1.

5/4/11 Traffic accident on Lighthouse Ave.

5/4/11 ROHN, STEPHEN was arrested for DUI subsequent a Traffic Accident at Portola Plz.

5/5/11 Vandalism on Foam St.

5/5/11 Hit and run on Foam St.

5/5/11 REYNOLDS, LARRY was arrested for public intoxication on Cannery Row.

5/5/11 MCSO was added in the arrest of REYNOLDS, LARRY on a warrant after contacting him to the rear of the Chart House.

5/6/11 Commercial burglary on Cannery Row.

5/6/11 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

5/8/11 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication at Prescott and Lighthouse.

5/8/11 MCSO was aided in the issuance of a citation to TURNER, VINCENT for a warrant in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

5/8/11 Robbery on the Rec Trail near Wharf 2.

5/9/11 Illegal dumping at lower presidio.

5/9/11 Found tackle box at Cannery Row and Hoffman.

5/10/11 Grand theft from building on Archer.

5/11/11 DRUMMONDO, JOSIAH was arrested for possessing a concealed firearm on his person on Lighthouse Avenue. RUIZ, JORGE was cited for driving on a suspended license and released at the scene on citation.

5/12/11 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication near 700 Lighthouse.

5/13/11 Vandalism at Archer Park Center.

5/13/11 BROWN, CYNTHIA was arrested for DUI after being involved in a collision with a parked vehicle at David/ Belden.

5/14/11 TRILLO, MARIBEL was arrested for possession of a stolen firearm, possession of two loaded/concealed firearms and possession of firearms not registered them in a vehicle at Hoffman / Cannery Row.

5/14/11 JUVENILE was cited for shooting his pellet gun at Prescott and Terry.

5/14/11 Traffic accident at Lighthouse and Hoffman.

5/14/11 Traffic accident in the 400 block of Cannery Row.

5/14/11 Vandalism on McClellan.

5/15/11 MARTINEZ, ISABEL was arrested for public intoxication on Cannery Row.

5/15/11 Residential burglary on McCllellan.

5/15/11 Traffic accident on Via Mar Monte Lighthouse & Private Bolio.

5/16/11 Offensive words used at Wharf 2.

5/17/11 Traffic accident on Pacific Grove at Oak and David.

5/18/11 Graffitti on Fisherman’s Wharf.

5/18/11 Harassing phone calls on McClellan.

5/18/11 Vandalism on Laine.

5/19/11 Theft by use of access card on Hawthorne St.

5/20/11 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication and possession of less than one ounce marijuana at Prescott and Lighthouse.

5/21/11 Robbery on Cannery Row.

5/21/11 HITES, LASZLO PAL was arrested for DUI at Dickman & Foam.

5/22/11 Traffic accident on Foam and Lighthouse.

5/22/11 Hit and run in the 500 block of Lighthouse.

5/23/11 VALDES-RAIGOZA, FRANCISCO was arrested for public intoxication on Wharf 1.

5/23/11 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication on Lighthouse.

5/23/11 Theft from a motor vehicle on Spencer St.

5/24/11 Hit and run on Pine and David.

5/24/11 Residential burglary on McClellan Ave.

5/25/11 Traffic accident on Hawthorne and Prescott.

5/26/11 Theft from a motor vehicle on Scott and Pacific.

5/26/11 Graffiti on Cannery Row.

5/26/11 MPD documented several hundred items of graffiti on Cannery Row.

5/26/11 GONSALVES, ROBERT was arrested for public intoxication on the Recreation Trail at Custom House Plaza.

5/27/11 LEDFORD, CARL was cited and released for an open alcohol container and camping on Dickman,

5/27/11 SCHOHL, MAXIMILIAN was arrested for public intoxication at Foam and Prescott.

5/27/11 ROTHER, TERRY was issued a citation for a warrant at Rec. Trail and Dickman.

5/28/11 PARKER, CHRISTOPHER was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in the 800 block of Pine.

5/28/11 Traffic accident on Wave and Prescott.

5/29/11 Assault on Oak Newton Park.

5/29/11 MELLIN, FERNANDO was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and Minor driving with a BAC of 05% or more at Foam and Cannery Row.

5/29/11 Theft from a building on Cannery Row.

5/29/11 Traffic accident on Foam and Irving.

5/29/11 GARZA, SAUL was cited for suspended license, and failing to stop at a red light at Foam and Cannery Row.

5/29/11 GONSALVES, ROBERT was arrested for public intoxication at 800 Cannery Row.

5/29/11 Traffic accident on Cannery Row.

5/29/11 Criminal threats on Belden St.

5/30/11 GONSALVES, ROBERT SHAWN was arrested for public intoxication on Cannery Row.

5/30/11 Criminal threats on Cannery Row.

5/30/11 Hit and run near Foam and Reeside.

5/30/11 Towed motorcycle on Cannery Row.

5/30/11 Grand theft shoplifting on Cannery Row.

5/30/11 CORTINAS, TONY was arrested for stealing on Cannery Row.

5/30/11 Traffic accident on Foam and Irving.

5/31/11 Defrauding an innkeeper on Fisherman’s Wharf.

New Monterey Police Blotter – May 2011

Hitchhiker On 68 Attacked

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Was reported at 3 am.68 1985

Victim was hitchhiking on Highway 68, when four males stopped in a vehicle and offered to give him a ride. The males then attacked the victim and tried to take a bag from him that he was carrying. Victim fought back, knocking one of the suspects out. At which time he was hit in the head with a baseball bat knocking him unconscious.

Hitchhiker On 68 Attacked

What Are We, A Bunch Of Prius Driving Closet Beef Lovers?

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Idea from Margaret E. Leighton of Seaside, that town with the car lots that pretend to be in Monterey..

I’m sorry, but I don’t care if they do make the fries from a whole potato while I look on in awe — I can’t get bacon!

And while I appreciate that all of you closet burger-eaters from P.G. flock in the evenings to Seaside to get the fast food unavailable to you in your hometown, go home in your Prius, and badger your city council for an In-N-Out burger.

This was suggested here on September 28, 2009
Pacific Grove In and Out
What Are We, A Bunch Of Prius Driving Closet Beef Lovers?

Who Wants More Motels On P.G.’s Shoreline?

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Our elected tax grubbers, and Moe.

American Tin Cannery Outlets – Future Motel?
ATC

No, please don’t build more motels on the beaches. Are more rooms really what we need? The crusty motels need to provide the customers their money’s worth. Tear down some of those Brokaw Halls they call lodges and build something worth coming to.

ATC should be torn down and made into a condo. Corral all them part time residents into their own vacation home paradise.

And tell Moe he can make more money selling parking spots to the ‘good ol boys club’ at his new gaudy tourist information center. I see way more cars in that lot than people in the building. What’s going on there?

Visions of tax revenues from new hotel rooms are dancing in the heads of city officials. They estimate about 80 hotel rooms could be added at existing properties, which would bring in up to $300,000 a year more to city coffers. Even more bed tax money would be generated by new hotels near Lovers Point and the Monterey Bay Aquarium where the American Tin Cannery sits.

Representatives from the business community told the council the city should pick up the tab. Moe Ammar, leader of the local Chamber of Commerce, for example, said that since the city would gain thousands of dollars in increased bed tax from new guest rooms, the city should pay.

But residents who spoke to the council said the businesses should pay.

The council split the difference, voting 6-0 that the city would put up half the money if the hospitality industry put up the other half. The city is waiting for a response..

Who Wants More Motels On P.G.’s Shoreline?