Pacific Grove News

The Monterey Bay Blues Festival is dead and won't be back any time soon, if ever.

Carmel resident Jerry Ledzinski put himself in a good position in the stroke play portion of this week's 102nd California State Amateur at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, shooting a 2-under 70 Monday on the par-72 Shore Course.

This Pacific Grove hotel is located 3.3 miles from Fisherman's Wharf, which provides shopping and dining options.

The Gem Saloon and other long-gone places will be discussed at the "Lost Towns of Monterey County" lecture on Friday.

Michael Bekker of Cannery Row Co. was elected chairman of the board for the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce for 2013-2014.

Seaside could justify charging hundreds of thousands of dollars more in fees and get another big financial boost by inking a police-services contract with Pacific Grove.

It has been five years since Benjamin Todd Jealous became president and chief executive of the NAACP and, in that time, he has ushered in a new era in the nation's oldest and most prestigious civil rights organization.

You could hear it in the first public hearing Monday on the environmental evaluation of a proposed $115 million desalinated water plant, where a parade of speakers mostly said the cost in dollars and to the environment and the community won't be worth it.

California American Water spokeswoman Catherine Bowie speaks about changes in water production from the Carmel River, on April 18 at Cal Am's Pacific Grove office.

The Carmel City Council on Tuesday will consider passing a stricter law against playing host to social gatherings where minors consume alcohol.

The Monterey Health Department announced that recent samples taken from the ocean reveal that the bacteria levels have decreased and the site is now safe for recreational contact.

The Monterey-Salinas Transit is introducing a new hybrid-bus to its fleet. The four 30-passenger hybrid minibuses were put into service over Memorial Day weekend.

Open Ground Studios founder Denese Sanders removes a copper etching print from her machine during a printing demonstration at the studio's grand opening Saturday in Seaside.

The Monterey Audubon Society awarded scholarships to the following: Maxwell Paris, $1,500; Jessica Bullington, $1,000; and Marguerite Kise, $500. The following have graduated from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa: Charles Hewett and Shane Quinn of Carmel and Grace Sunukjian of Pacific Grove.

Two Monterey County beaches received middle-of-the-scale ratings for dry-weather water quality, and six others received high grades, in an annual report issued by Heal the Bay, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit environmental group that tests for bacteria, trash and other types of pollution along California's coast.

Joe Shammas, owner of Pacific Grove Travel, has been named the James R. Hughes Citizen of the Year by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce.

Organizers of a counter petition in the battle over land on Fort Ord turned in more than 20,000 signatures Thursday morning at the Ford Ord Reuse Authority.