Local impact first
Items must materially affect Pacific Grove residents, travel, services, schools, businesses, government, safety or the coast.
ABOUT THE NEWSROOM
Pacific Grove first. Sources in the open.
MyPG.news is an independent local publication focused on the decisions, services, hazards, businesses, schools, people and coast that materially affect Pacific Grove.OUR PURPOSE
Make useful local reporting easy to verify.
The live feed is intentionally selective. A report belongs on MyPG.news when it has a concrete Pacific Grove impact, not merely because it happened somewhere in the region.
Permanent story links retain each report after the 88-hour live window. Direct records and credited reporting remain attached so readers can inspect the evidence and understand what is official, proposed, alleged, observed or still unverified.
Reporting standardsHow MyPG verifies local news
EDITORIAL STANDARDS
Six rules behind every desk.
Primary records preferred
City documents, agency notices, official data and firsthand organizational sources are linked whenever available.
Labels carry meaning
Proposals are not adopted actions. Allegations are not convictions. Recording analysis is not approved minutes.
Social posts are leads
Resident posts can surface a story, but consequential claims require independent corroboration before publication.
Credit stays attached
Original reporters, photographers and organizations remain named. Exclusive observations are not recast as MyPG.news reporting.
Changes remain visible
Developing reports are updated when stronger records appear, and expired live items move to the archive instead of disappearing.
HOW THE WIRE WORKS
Automation watches. Sources decide what can be said.
Automated tools help monitor public feeds, calendars, records and changes. They do not turn an unverified claim into a fact. Published summaries are tied to named sources and review timestamps.
Reader voting, comments and audience measurements are separate systems. View analytics retain daily aggregate routes and broad referral categories—not personal browsing histories.
See the public audience dashboard →PUBLIC PROCESS LOG
What the newsroom checked—and what changed.
1Pull sources
2Match prior coverage
3Check local impact
4Verify and label
5Publish or preserve
6Record corrections
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The scheduled three-hour pull and the Editor’s Desk “Update report pull” button use the same ingestion route and write to this same log. A repeated report updates its existing queue record; it does not create a second report or erase the earlier history.
OFFICIAL RECORD SYSTEMS
Permit status starts with the city’s public ledger.
MyPG.news monitors Pacific Grove’s public iWorQ building-permit and residential-zoning records as first-party city data. A permit application or review status is not treated as approval, completion or proof that construction has begun.
Routine permits remain in the source ledger. Reporting priority goes to commercial projects, major development, consequential status changes and work with a wider neighborhood or public-policy impact.
Search Pacific Grove iWorQ permits →Our sourcesExplore the source directory
MONITORED LOCAL REPORTING
Named sources, with their roles kept clear.
This is the newsroom's local reporting roster, not a blanket endorsement. KMBY is monitored as a broadcaster and firsthand community lead; consequential safety, crime, legal and government claims still require a first-party record or independent confirmation.
KMBY RadioLocal broadcast source • event schedules, remotes and on-scene leadsChris CerneyIndependent reporter • credit retained; consequential claims corroboratedKSBW 8Established local television and digital newsroomKION 46Established local television and digital newsroomMonterey County NowLocal newspaper and digital reportingMonterey HeraldLocal newspaper and digital reportingBay City NewsRegional news service • Monterey coverage used only with a concrete Pacific Grove impactCarmel Pine ConePeninsula newspaper and public-record reportingThe Salinas CalifornianCountywide newspaper and digital reportingLookout Santa CruzRegional reporting used only with a concrete Pacific Grove impact
CORRECTIONS & TIPS
See something wrong or missing?
Send the story link, the specific statement and the strongest supporting record you have. Corrections are evaluated against the evidence and reflected in the report when warranted.Ownership & publicationWho operates MyPG.news
INDEPENDENCE & CONTACT
Not a city agency.
MyPG.news is independently operated by the Media & News Division of Sculpt3D Artwork LLC. It is not an official publication of the City of Pacific Grove, Monterey County or any agency covered by the newsroom. Official-source labels describe evidence, not endorsement.
General newsroom contact: tips@mypg.news.