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

Monarchs Arriving On Time

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Follow The Butterflies

“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