Public Art Policy Gets Review (the Whales Are Ugly)

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ugly whales

Originally, they were to have a natural finish, but after considerable rotted wood was found, the artists ended up painting the chainsaw-sculpted whales.

Since then, kids have frequently been spotted climbing on the sculpture and its base, raising both liability and safety concerns and prompting the proposal to put a fence and lighting around it. But that idea raised the ire of some residents like Luke Coletti who is adamant the park, which is zoned open space, remain so without a section of it sequestered off.

Brodeur said any new policy is likely to be better than what ill-defined guidelines were in place.

Public Art Policy Gets Review (the Whales Are Ugly)

P.G. Man Flees from Police, Jumps In The Ocean

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Commandeered a rowboat. Not the fastest getaway.

Hop aboard

Hop aboard

Officers arrested Adrian Chronister of Pacific Grove on Friday after he fled by jumping into Monterey Harbor and trying to steal a vessel to escape, police said.

Chronister, 26, was on felony probation. He was booked on charges of obstructing/resisting an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempted theft of a vessel and three commercial burglaries (two in Monterey and one in Pacific Grove).

P.G. Man Flees from Police, Jumps In The Ocean

Wooden Whales Get Weak Welcome

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Except from Bill K(r)ampe. He just loves them.

ugly whales

Some are calling them kitschy, even an eyesore. That’s how a group of Pacific Grove residents are characterizing the completed sculpture of a pair of breaching whales in the city’s Berwick Park located along picturesque Ocean View Boulevard.

“I don’t like to be judgmental of art but if we can see real whales out there we don’t need to see cartoon characters of whales that basically distract your eye from the real thing,” said longtime resident and artist Jane Flury.

Local activist Luke Coletti agreed.

“The whales are nothing more than a garish eyesore and detract from the natural art of Berwick Park,” said Coletti, about the wooden sculpture that was completed in October.

Wooden Whales Get Weak Welcome

A Thief Is Having A Field Day In P.G.

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Moe! What? It’s not the greatest thing to happen in P.G?Burglar

“It’s exceptionally rare,” said Chamber of Commerce president Moe Ammar. “In my 24 years in Pacific Grove I think it happens maybe once a year maybe.”

The break-ins started October 23, when the offices of Saint Angela church were burglarized.

The next day, Hopkins Marine lab was targeted, and two days after that, the youth center was broken into.

Police said several personal laptops were stolen from the marine lab and church, and an Xbox game system and a girl’s backpack were taken from the youth center.

A Thief Is Having A Field Day In P.G.

Man Burgles Youth Center, Takes Video Game

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Banksy Mario And Cop

Police Cmdr. Rory Lakind said it appears the burglar got into the Pacific Grove Youth Center through an open window. He said Pacific Grove doesn’t typically have many nonresidential burglaries. With the youth center break-in following burglaries in the same week at nearby Hopkins Marine Station and St. Angela Merici church, police are investigating if the three crimes are related.

Man Burgles Youth Center, Takes Video Game

Squid Reads The Bible!

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Christian afterschool club gets access to property for meetings. Unlike the new substainable and CRT education kids are taught during school hours.

Over at Robert Down and Forest Grove elementary schools in Pacific Grove, many students are part of the Good News Club. The after-school program is part of the Child Evangelism Fellowship. Established in 1937, CEF aims to teach kids about the bible through ministries, clubs, conferences and sometimes even seminars, according to its website.

Squid Reads The Bible!

South Florida’s Plan For Traffic “Make Them Suffer”

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Corner bumps, roundabouts, lane shrinkage, It’s all a part of the substainable plan. Good lick Florida!

Lighthouse Ave Traffic

Instead of fixing the problem, government officials are deliberately adding to it in hopes we’ll all walk, ride the bus or take the train.

Some cities are deliberately reducing the number of lanes on major roads to make room for bike lanes and wider sidewalks, while cramming more cars into a smaller space.

The growing congestion in part led Broward and Palm Beach counties to ask voters to approve a penny sales tax increase in the November election. A portion of the tax would be dedicated to mass transit and other ways of getting around.

It’s a gamble. Will people ride bicycles or walk to work in South Florida’s heat, rain and lightning storms? Or ride buses that often run late and make for long, inconvenient rides?

South Florida’s Plan For Traffic “Make Them Suffer”

Get Your Re-Education At The Library

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Ahh, from that commie folk singer.

Library Book Drop

The Pacific Grove Public Library has committed to fomenting more culture and ideas by dedicating a room, the Nancy and Steve Hauk Gallery, to precisely that. Last year they did so by weaving events around the ecological writings of Rachel Carson. This year, they’ve continued that commitment with This Land is Our Land.

The title is an invocation of the Woody Guthrie song “This Land is Your Land,” and many of the activities are backdropped by an exhibit of paintings of national parks and monuments.

Get Your Re-Education At The Library

What To Expect Living Next To MPCC

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They just might have a party or two. Been doing it since 1926.

Caddyshack Party

In a letter to the county, 22 neighbors mostly from Wranglers Trail wrote to “express our grave concerns” about the expansion proposal’s terrace additions, which they argued were intended to support an outdoor bar and restaurant that would have an “adverse impact” on the adjacent residential areas from noise, activity, lighting and “other visual intrusiveness,” pointing out that Wrangler Trail bedrooms would be in the line of sight from the terrace bar and restaurant.

The neighbors argued in the letter the new terrace facilities would be able to accommodate 80-100 people and would be the eighth dining and beverage venue at the 90-year-old country club, and called it the “single most intrusive such venue on the adjacent residential neighborhood.”

What To Expect Living Next To MPCC