77 Year Old P.G. Woman Arrested For Beating Spouse

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With a rolling pin. Holiday stress?

Maria Dematos was arrested at 11:29 p.m. after police responded to a report of a disturbance in the 500 block of Chestnut Street, where neighbors had reported a man screaming. The man was taken to a local hospital, police said.

Dematos was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. She was mentally evaluated at the hospital then booked at Pacific Grove Police Department. She posted bond and was released pending arraignment, police said.

77 Year Old P.G. Woman Arrested For Beating Spouse

Giving It Up For Tourists – Legalizing Short Stays In Residential Areas

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What’s a better neighbor – Canterbury Woods owned houses or houses rented out in party packs?

The program would levy transient occupancy taxes on residential rentals such as those imposed on hotels and other lodging establishments in Pacific Grove.

City Manager Tom Frutchey said, “Regulating and taxing vacation rentals should prove to be a win-win opportunity for owners of vacant properties and the city as we strive to protect neighborhoods, develop our local economy and fund basic services.”

Giving It Up For Tourists – Legalizing Short Stays In Residential Areas

Deck The Halls With Advertising, What’s The Use Of Compromising

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Title lifted from Stan Freberg

All are invited to ring in the holiday-shopping season during Friday Night Lights. Families of all ages are encouraged to bring their little ones to visit Santa Claus and enjoy music and dancing from local entertainers, artists and school groups.

Holiday Shopping Season? Is someone missing the point? Maybe gift-giving season would be more thoughtful, but this piece of non-news must have been written by clueless Moe.

Deck the halls with advertising, What’s the use of compromising,

Feast Of Lanterns 2010 DOA

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Dixie Layne began gutting the Feast Of Lanterns of it’s camp charm in 2009, declaring it was some sort of “multicultural celebration” and now has pretty much canceled the event for 2010. No week long summer celebration, no fireworks, no fun.

Like any number of Pacific Grove’s beautiful landmarks, the Feast of Lanterns needs renovating from to time. Its foundation is strong, but this beautiful old lady needs a new dress and accessories to sing a new song on a new stage to perform in her most awe inspiring tradition.
— Dixie Layne

That sounds a lot like a P.G. Remodel, where a 100 year old comfortable, small house is 99% torn down and a replica mini mansion is built in it’s place. Attracts the wine & cheese crowds ok, but offers nothing to the locals.

Dixie Layne

To Dixie Layne, our Feast Of Lanterns is just another “gig”. Got any tar & feathers?

Feast Of Lanterns 2010 DOA

Solar Electricity Makes For Sustainable Burglars

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Any savings gained by using solar electricity is offset by paying for security patrols & surveillance cameras.

“The cost of metal has declined significantly,” said Brandy Swain, a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department Crime Prevention Specialist. “It looks like solar panels are becoming the new hot item to steal.”

More than $400,000 worth of solar panels have been stolen from vineyards in Napa County, alone.

Solar Electricity Makes For Sustainable Burglars

P.G. Will Get More Money From Developers

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About time the users of the high paid city workers pay the price. Of course, developers like Nadir Agha are against anything that deprives them of an extra nickel.

On Wednesday, the City Council adopted recommendations made by city planning staff to require that the city recover 50 percent of costs for all architectural review permits, design changes and administrative approvals effective March 1, rising to 75 percent on Jan. 1, 2011.

The city currently recovers about 35 percent of the cost of processing the applications, said chief city planner Lynn Burgess.

P.G. Will Get More Money From Developers

Bayview School In Danger Of Closing

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That’s the last school in New Monterey. They should be able to enroll children from P.G.

Bay View School

But there is another reason why administrators seem to prefer the closure of Bay View: With a capacity of 350 students, the school is not receiving enough income from the state — which allots a certain amount of money for each student — to pay for itself. With an estimated $21billion deficit on the horizon for California, administrators are almost certain more budget cuts are on the way.

Last year, administrators at MPUSD determined that, for an elementary school to break even financially, it had to house 360 students — it would spend $1.6million and receive $1.6million from the state. Schools whose enrollment falls below that number — like Bay View — are practically “deficit spending.”

Bayview School In Danger Of Closing

Deborah King Declared Fit For Trial

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In prison or a mental facility, King will never be free to operate a car again. That’s good.

Deborah King In Court

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Prosecutor Steve Somers confirmed Tuesday that Deborah King is being returned to Monterey County to face prosecution for allegedly running down 35-year-old Joel Woods as he was picking up his son outside Pacific Grove Middle School on Sept. 2, 2008.

King, who has five drunken-driving convictions in Kern County, is charged with murder and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Somers alleges that she was under the influence of prescription drugs when the accident occurred.

Deborah King Declared Fit For Trial