Homeless Housing Celebrated In Marina

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There sure are a lot of Megan’s Law entries in the area. Be careful if you visit.

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A short distance from the VTC offices at Martinez Hall on former Fort Ord Army Base land in Marina, Lightfighter Village, at 229 Hayes Circle, provides 71 permanent rental homes for individuals earning between 30% and 50% of the area median income, with a special focus on those who have experienced homelessness.

“I don’t know of another organization that’s so interwoven throughout the county with veterans and homeless … they’re everywhere, and Kurt Schake, the current executive director, has been just amazing,” said Marina Mayor Bruce Delgado.

Homeless Housing Celebrated In Marina

Fire Prevention

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Pebble Beach steps up to reduce wildfires in its forests. Meanwhile in P.G. Washington Park the dead trees and weeds pile up.

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Fire requires fuel to survive. For wildfires, this comes in the form of natural materials that burn, such as dead trees, fallen branches, shrubs and dry grasses. The District uses several methods to remove fuel sources that would otherwise stoke a fire.

Heavy equipment, called masticators, provides mechanical fuel reduction, removing and grinding heavy debris such as dead or fallen trees. Toppled trees are particularly common after major storms and form flammable pathways for fires to travel long distances.

Hand crews then clear vegetation known as ladder fuel, which forms a vertical path for fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. The resulting canopy fires burn hotter and spread faster than other types of fires, making them especially difficult to contain. By removing these fuels, crews remove a fire’s ladder to the canopy and keep flames closer to the ground. “We’ve taken them down to a couple feet. That’s our goal because those are easy to get,” says Trenner.

Fire Prevention

BMW Crashes Into Holmans

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Giraffe. Stable. I see what you did there. Good reporting CPC.

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A black BMW smashed through the front display window Of the Holman Building in Pacific Grove at lunchtime Wednesday. The driver was “treated at the scene for a complaint of pain and released,” according to Pacific Grove Police Cmdr. Brian Anderson. No one else was injured and the kitsch in the shop, including an approximately 6-foot giraffe wearing a racing saddle, appeared in stable condition.

Based on the angle of the crash, it appeared the driver had accelerated from a parking spot in front of the building. Two officers were overheard saying the driver had been ‘talking on her cell phone, but said she was using Bluetooth.”

BMW Crashes Into Holmans

Cold War Relic Suffers Vandalism

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Guess the lights were left off. Tear it down. COAST is butthurt that they did not get the building; they can take pictures of the “Scientific” murals for them to study.

Noaa Close

Repeated acts of vandalism have left the former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building in Pacific Grove damaged, prompting community advocates to demand action for its protection.

Advocates are deeply concerned about the building’s condition, which has deteriorated under new ownership.

“It makes everybody feel so unsafe. In a community like this, it’s usually very safe. And it’s terrible when things happen to historic buildings,” Carol Young said.

The Center for Ocean, Art, Science, and Technology (COAST) is calling on the building’s owners to step up, saying the space needs to be properly maintained.

COAST also worries the mural on the building could be targeted next and say overgrown vegetation is creating more hazards around the property.

“The murals here are much more than beautiful art. They tell the science and culture of so many years of fisheries here, which were important to the basis of Pacific Grove,” a COAST member, Vicki Pearse, said.

Cold War Relic Suffers Vandalism

Tina Rau Comes Out

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About her money interest in the bar/club/record store that she voted to have a noise permit for.

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After The Pine Cone covered the reporting lapse, Rau in late March submitted a new FPPC filing conceding her ownership of 215 Forest, which is worth more than $1 million, and annual rental income from Pop & Hiss of more than $100,000.
She also listed a $100,000 loan she got from a Pebble Beach resident, her $1 million-plus home on 19th Street, and various investments.

An attorney for the city said in July that Rau “is not, and never has been, involved with the operations of the Pop & Hiss business.” However, a recent anonymous complaint sent to the FPPC claims the city’s portrayal of Rau’s connection to Pop & Hiss contradicts official paperwork for a limited liability company, Lovers Point Properties, Rau established in 2023. According to documents on file with the California Secretary of State, Rau was the company’s CEO, while her spouse Mary Walker and Pop & Hiss owner Michaela Kuenster were listed as “managers or members” of the LLC.

Tina Rau Comes Outhttps://carmelpinecone.com/251107PC.pdf

Winged On The Web

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The Monterey Regional Monarch Alliance’s new website, MRMAlliance.org, is a one-stop shop for finding volunteer opportunities, educational resources, and information on creating monarch habitats.

“Everybody can make a difference,” says Dr. Emily Zefferman, an ecologist at the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County. “Some people might not have the ability to go volunteer, but maybe they can plant some native plants in their garden. Some people might not be able to do that because they’re renters, but they can join a community science project or they could educate other people about monarch butterflies.”

Winged On The Web

Theft Or Treat?

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Must be those Methodists, keeping us safe from pagan celebrations.

“They stole all my sister-in-law’s stuff out the back of their truck and tried ripping the decorations that were already up,” the woman said, adding that her boyfriend yelled at the thieves and they took off in a small dark colored sedan. “We’re pretty sure a truck was also involved.

We had one [reported] incident of Halloween decorations being stolen and vandalized on Oct. 27 in the 700 block of Hillcrest Ave.,” Pacific Grove Police Sgt. Brian Anderson said. “Skeletons were damaged and parts of them were stolen.” While some suggested that police check the city’s traffic surveillance system for vehicles that matched the description,  Anderson said police did not have a “sufficiently detailed description of the suspect vehicle to use our cameras.”

Theft Or Treat?

Marina Man Arrested For Gun Violations In P.G.

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Sounds more like the thought police action than any weapons laws being broken.

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Marina police received a tip about “concerning online postings” allegedly made by 21-year-old Ryan Keating.

At the Marina home, police said they found 2,500 rounds of ammunition in various calibers; two shotguns, one handgun, and three rifles, all legally purchased.

Investigators also found two “ghost gun” handguns and two “ghost” AR-15 rifles in the process of being manufactured. Numerous firearm parts and a 3D printer suspected of being used to make more firearm parts were also located, police said.

Four legally purchased handguns and 2,000 rounds of ammunition were located at Keating’s Pacific Grove home.

Marina Man Arrested For Gun Violations In P.G.

PG Homeless Project Manager Charged With Fraud

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Tried to seize the Monarch Resort. I’m usually suspicious of these tax funded humanity projects.

Monarch Resort

On Oct. 16, FBI and IRS agents arrested 31 -year-old Cody Holmes, financial officer of Shangri-La Industries, on a federal complaint alleging he provided fake bank records to the California Department of Housing and Community  Development, which paid him nearly $25 million in taxpayer funds for a state homelessness project dubbed Project Homekey.

And the Coast Weakly thought this was a “Great Thing”.

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PG Homeless Project Manager Charged With Fraud