At about 1:10 a.m. on July 6, the Monterey Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at 722 Hillcrest Ave. When they arrived, residents of the 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 1,270 square-foot-home had already evacuated.
Firefighters “saved approximately $756,000 in property and contents, while the fire caused an estimated $800,000 worth of damage and lost contents.”
Matthew Mogenson goes back home to Marina. P.G.’s going broke, council members Rau & Garfield nit picked him to death and drove him nuts and then the cannabis fiasco. He did tear down the parklets though.
Marina may have decided on a new city manager, and he will be a familiar face to many. The city announced Thursday it would consider an employment agreement with former Assistant City Manager Matthew R. Mogenson at their Tuesday meeting.
While serving as City manager of Pacific Grove, Mogenson oversaw the appointment of a new police chief after uncertainty caused by the injury of the previous chief ( Cathy Madalone).
Now, Seagulls will swoop down and steal your food, but the punk squirrels at Lovers Point will climb your leg and bite you.
Feeding wild animals such as deer, squirrels and raccoons in Pacific Grove is not only frowned upon, it’s illegal. It will also cost you.
On June 15 and 16, Pacific Grove police officers cited five people on Ocean View Boulevard and nearby streets for feeding animals. “My understanding is that in these five cases, it was squirrels that were being fed,” Pacific Grove Police Chief Casey Day told The Pine Cone this week.
El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires. Let’s revisit this in a year to confirm all the scientists claims
About a dozen members and friends of the Pacific Grove Progressives were crowded around a couple of tables sharing pizzas and sipping craft beers at Hops and Fog Brewing Co. on the evening of Tuesday, June 2 in downtown P.G., in part to reward themselves after weeks of campaigning in support of Measure C..
And here we have John Mothershead assuming that all Democrats think exactly as he does on Measure C. Apparently, it never occurred to him that many Democrats voted no.”
“My sincere hope was that the Democrats were waiting until the last minute,” says John Mothershead, president of the P.G. Progressives, referring to voters statewide holding off until the last minute to see which Democratic gubernatorial candidate was in the lead. Members theorized that as Democratic ballots are counted, Measure C would have a chance of winning.
Is that what they think about anyone over 50? While the no votes in the AI picture are all angry old people the yes votes are all happy young people. Katy Annigoni on Nextdoor thinks so. This AI is crap, and people using it for illustrations are brainless. .
But Katy, you said:
Coast Weakly Letters to the Editor 08-09-2018
Katy’s second crappy AI ad – only the white people have their eyes open. Why? Do multicultures close their eyes to bad ideas and let them become laws?
Also, no children in either ad.
Selling high priced coffee drinks and other schlock must not be substainable so they turn to this.
photo by Cy
Teach the city leaders that they are there to serve you and not themselves.
Sounds familiar, eh? Employee Issues, Lawsuits Plague the City of Ojai
“We’re hopeful, especially after you hired Anthony as the trolley supervisor. It seemed promising. He would often ride the trolley with us and ask for our input. He’s a very kind and helpful man, and we thought things were looking up. But now Anthony has disappeared, and we just want to know what’s going on.”
Another speaker, Joe Puglia, accused Ojai City Manager Ben Harvey of mistreating Palacios, “How you have treated this veteran tells me you are not fit for leadership,” he said.
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Connecting the stories of the City’s former Transit Operations Supervisor, Financial Director and Recreation Manager, two of whom are suing the City
After Harvey came on board as City Manager, Greer alleges she “realized she was dealing with a different kind of city manager, one who had no respect for rules as they applied to him,” after allegedly pushing back on Harvey’s request for reimbursement of hotel and housing expenses, Greer’s complaint says, she got “on [Harvey’s] bad side.”
Greer also alleges that, “Harvey encouraged disrespect for the Finance Director’s authority and condoned, supported and promoted… illicit and improper City accounting practices.”
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“In April 2024,” the complaint reads, “[City Manager] Ben Harvey specifically directed [Davis] to identify operational issues within the [Recreation] department.”
Davis alleges he made “his first protected complaint” to Harvey regarding alleged improper use of funds for the City’s gymnastics program in May of 2024. According to the complaint, Davis made subsequent “protected complaints” regarding bad behavior amongst Recreation staff.
