Monarchs Arriving On Time

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“Over the past 20 years, we’ve actually seen a fairly steep decline in monarchs,” said Govea, citing data from the Xerces Society, which tracks numbers nationally. “You used to be able to see them in George Washington Park in P.G. but the last time people saw them there was a decade ago.”

As director of exhibits and education for the museum, Govea is more concerned with his home turf. He said the verdict on whether or not it’s a strong year for monarchs on the Monterey Peninsula is still out. That will remain the case until the weekend after Thanksgiving when the Xerces Society does their big count.

“We won’t know until the end of the season when we have the full count,” said Stong. “It’s impossible to say at this time it’ll be a better than average year. It’s just really cool to be seeing them come back for another year and we hope they continue to fill in.”

Monarchs Arriving On Time

Outzen-Ville Creates Bustle

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Who can afford these apartments? Bet your bustle it’s not the hotel and restaurant workers in New Monterey.

Outzenville Building

Outzen said from the moment he arrived in Monterey, he wanted to see the bustle of combined residential/commercial use and asked, “Why can’t we do that here?”

“The day I bought it I started planning,” said Outzen about his property that will soon be added to the list of Monterey’s other completed mixed-use projects.

Outzen-Ville Creates Bustle

Rich People Don’t Have To Follow Rules

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If you are Moe Ammar having orgasms with filmmakers and Ben Harvey thinking he is still in southern California. Hope the cops are watching for drunk drivers after the event.

“The city is honored to be hosting the filmmakers dinner as part of the Carmel Film Festival — it’s one of their signature events,” said City Manager Ben Harvey. “This is an expansion of their footprint in P.G. and we’re very pleased about that.”

It was at a Pacific Grove City Council meeting on June 15 that the request to hold the event and to allow alcohol to be served was approved after organizers made the appeal. They also asked if fire pits could be placed on the beach. Pacific Grove’s municipal code prohibits both.

Rich People Don’t Have To Follow Rules

Monterey High Teacher Caught Having Sex With Minor

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30 year old Austin Love was arrested on Monday, September 19, after an investigation by Monterey Police Detectives. He’s being charged with several violations including sex with a minor.

Monterey High and the district were notified by a student about a serious and sensitive situation pertaining to an MPUSD employee. The district took swift action and notified Monterey Police Department. Additionally, the District released the probationary employee.

Monterey High Teacher Caught Having Sex With Minor

Flush Twice For The Golf Courses

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Recycled sewage coming to town. Fist the golf course and cemetery, then the showers in the hotels.

In November, the state water board approved $2.3 million in Proposition 13 grant funding and $5.4 million in low-interest loan financing for the project designed to provide up to 125 acre-feet of irrigation supply per year to the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links, El Carmelo Cemetery and Crespi Pond restrooms. There’s one condition however, that the “saved” potable water must be used to offset California American Water deliveries from the Carmel River until the board agrees to allow its use elsewhere. Some, like resident Luke Coletti, had previously expressed concerns about the city’s plans for the “saved” water.

Flush Twice For The Golf Courses

Kayaker Break Legs

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Bet an otter pushed her out.

San Carlos Beach

The Monterey Fire Department responded to San Carlos Beach below Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa on Cannery Row at 12:30 p.m.

“They were coming in on kayaks and the first lady came in without incident and the second lady, when she started to come in was knocked out of the kayak by a wave,” said Monterey Fire Division Chief Felix Colello. “And then the wave slammed the kayak into her legs and broke her legs.”

Kayaker Break Legs

P.G. Police Getting Bodycameras?

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Just be careful and not point them at any right of center bumperstickers.

“Certainly police departments are using them throughout the nation,” City Manager Ben Harvey said. “We’re in favor of them so we’re showing what our program looks like and why we’re doing it. We’re basically telling the grand jury – here’s our policy, we’ve created one and we’re in the process of doing it – we just don’t have all the details drilled down.”

P.G. Police Getting Bodycameras?

Tell Seaside To Flush Twice For Kampe

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Yummy. Seaside waste and Salinas farm run off treated and served up in P.G.

Prep work has already begun on the 7-mile pipeline running from Seaside to Pacific Grove, which is designed to deliver water from the Seaside basin to Peninsula customers as a result of the recycled water project

Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe called the pipeline tangible progress toward providing a new water supply, noting the collaborative efforts that helped overcome initial opposition to recycled water from Peninsula hospitality, Cal Am and even the state Public Utilities Commission. Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio called the ceremony a historic groundbreaking and “first step toward a water supply solution” for the Peninsula.

Tell Seaside To Flush Twice For Kampe

Tiny Shed Living Explained

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There’s no sewer or water hookups. Propane stove, solar panels. It’s a substainable  camper trailer that can’t be moved.

Tiny House don't flush

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Real estate broker/owner Amber Russell would like to see the possibilities for tiny homes expanded in Monterey County and beyond, and she’s now working toward that goal.

She’ll speak on “How to Make a Tiny Impact, No Matter the Size of Your Home” at this weekend’s Inspired Home Expo at Monterey County Fair & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road in Monterey. The expo is free and open to the public this Saturday and Sunday.

“I’ll be talking about what draws people to tiny houses, and also how we can use less energy in our current homes,” said Russell, who has the National Association of Realtors’ Green Designation, specializing in energy efficiency ad sustainability, and is the only Realtor in Monterey County with that designation. She recently launched her own mobile brokerage, Over the Moon Realty.

Tiny Shed Living Explained