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Butterfly window gift doesn't fly with Pacific Grove City Council.
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Butterfly window gift doesn't fly with Pacific Grove City Council.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 21, 2025

A large, half-moon shaped stained glass window featuring monarch butterflies failed to take off as a gift from developer Nader Agha to Butterf…

A developer wants to find a home for a stained glass window in Pacific Grove, but there are no takers, so far.
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A developer wants to find a home for a stained glass window in Pacific Grove, but there are no takers, so far.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 15, 2025

Will the butterflies ever find a place to land? Pam Marino here, with an update on the monarch butterfly stained glass window that local devel…

SQUIDFRY 12.29.22: Be the Judge
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SQUIDFRY 12.29.22: Be the Judge

  • Dec 29, 2022

BE THE JUDGE… Before Squid spent the holidays curled up at the lair, feasting on various shrimp dishes, Squid Zoomed into a Dec. 19 meeting of…

Pacific Grove City Council approves amended plans for boutique hotel in downtown.
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Pacific Grove City Council approves amended plans for boutique hotel in downtown.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 17, 2022

Pacific Grove is getting an upscale boutique hotel in the downtown area after the City Council voted 7-0 yesterday, Wednesday, March 16, to am…

Owners of Pacific Grove’s future hotel go smaller in hopes of a bigger prize.
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Owners of Pacific Grove’s future hotel go smaller in hopes of a bigger prize.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 10, 2022

When developer Nader Agha proposed a 275-room hotel for downtown Pacific Grove across from Jewell Park about a decade ago, residents feared Ag…

Design change pushes P.G.'s Hotel Durell over the City Council finish line.
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Design change pushes P.G.'s Hotel Durell over the City Council finish line.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 17, 2018

Developers flipped their proposed Hotel Durell’s design, and on Aug. 15 a majority of the Pacific Grove City Council decided the project is no…

Downtown P.G. hotel approved by Planning Commission over strong objections.
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Downtown P.G. hotel approved by Planning Commission over strong objections.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 18, 2018

There were both curses and cursing at the Pacific Grove Planning Commission meeting on May 17.

P.G. seeks more public input on proposed downtown hotel.
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P.G. seeks more public input on proposed downtown hotel.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 13, 2017

There's only one last piece of land to build a hotel in downtown Pacific Grove, and Nadar Agha's got it. 

P.G. residents complain about downtown hotel impacts, triggering further review.
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P.G. residents complain about downtown hotel impacts, triggering further review.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 30, 2017

Sometimes you really can fight City Hall. More than 50 residents and agencies wrote to the city of Pacific Grove in January, questioning city …

No water means P.G. hotels take a number.
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No water means P.G. hotels take a number.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 9, 2017

Water, water everywhere, but not enough to build a hotel in Pacific Grove, apparently. Even if developers navigate a choppy sea of public hear…

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