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Verizon Wants To Plop A Big Yellow Cell Tower In Front Of PGHS

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Why there and not in Country Club Gate? The tower and it’s service pedestal box will only be targets for graffiti, adding to the already ugliness. AT$T put them in the cemetery.

Pghs Cell Tower

“We have built our reputation on network reliability, for Pacific Grove this is really about staying ahead of the curve for meeting demand on data growth,” said Heidi Flato, a spokeswoman for Verizon. “Looking at the data and how much traffic is coming out of the high school and surrounding neighborhood, there is a need to add capacity to our network to that location.”

But those who oppose the new wireless facility said it’s not needed and there’s not enough known about the health effects of this newer cell technology.

“We have a Wi-Fi system that totally handles all their needs to go online,” said Pacific Grove High School Principal Matt Bell, who also noted that currently, the reception is excellent and students overall are really only using their cellphones on breaks and at lunch time. “We also really have a duty to make school as safe as we can possibly make it and currently there are conflicting report of the safety of cell tower emissions.”

Verizon Wants To Plop A Big Yellow Cell Tower In Front Of PGHS

Salinas Cops Are Peeping For Cellphone Using Drivers

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It’s not like anything else in happening in Salas, eh? How many people die of cellphone accidents compared to gang shootings?

Salinas Police said an undercover officer looked for drivers using their cellphone and then informed a uniformed officer in a marked patrol car of the violation. Ten stops were made 3 hours.

“It has been shown time and time again that using your cellphone while driving is very dangerous,” said Sgt. Gerry Ross. “It’s very tempting to answer that phone when someone calls but it is not worth someone getting hurt or killed. Find a place to pull over and call the person back.”

Ross said drivers are keeping an eye out for police, and officers are having to get more creative to enforce cellphone laws.

Salinas Police said they are also sending plainclothes officers out on foot, to look into cars to spot illegal cellphone use.

Salinas Cops Are Peeping For Cellphone Using Drivers

Letters From The Editor: P.G. Bad For Cell Phone Signals

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It’s a fact. Cell receptions totally stinks in PG business areas.

Thank you, Pacific Grove elders, for allowing me to spend several hundred dollars in your beautiful city, but not allowing me to use my cell phone due to your poor reception.

It’s a shame you are so resistant to any new technology allowing cell towers, but you will gladly take my money.

From now on, I will spend my dollars down the street in Monterey where I can use my cell phone and buy a Starbucks. Your city may be beautiful, but it is the 21st century.

Letters From The Editor: P.G. Bad For Cell Phone Signals