KING CITY HAS FILED A PRELIMINARY REQUEST TO EXPAND ITS GROWTH BOUNDARY WITH THE LOCAL AREA FORMATION COMMISSION OF MONTEREY COUNTY. THE CITY WANTS TO ANNEX ALMOST 1,000 ACRES OF FARMLAND THAT COULD BE A FUTURE HOUSING SITE. KING CITY PLANNING CHIEF DAVE VAN ETTEN SAID PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS HAVE CALLED FOR UP TO 4,000 HOMES IN THE NEW AREA. THE CITY'S 1998 GENERAL PLAN AND 2003 HOUSING PLAN SUGGESTED THE BITTERWATER ROAD AREA EAST OF THE CITY, AND PINE CANYON AREA WEST OF THE CITY AS POSSIBLE GROWTH AREAS.

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FLUENT IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES IN OUR AREA. SPECIAL AGENT LERAE QUY, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION (OF THE FBI), SAYS THERE IS NEED FOR A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES, (AND OBVIOUSLY) FOR MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES. SHE SAID APPLICANTS WILL GO THROUGH A SERIES OF TESTS TO DETERMINE THEIR LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN THE LANGUAGE. ALSO QUY SAYS THERE ARE SPECIAL GEOGRAPHIC NEEDS AT THE FBI, BUT ANYONE INTERESTED SHOULD APPLY ON LINE AT
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A KING CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS NOW AFTER NOT SHOWING UP FOR HIS SENTENCING HEARING. 52-YEAR-OLD JOHN MARTIN ANDERSON WAS TO BE SENTENCED FOR 3 COUNTS OF CHECK FRAUD, AND 3 COUNTS OF BURGLARY. HE WAS OUT ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE, BUT DIDN'T COME TO COURT FOR SENTENCING. NOW WHEN HE MAKES HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE, THE JUDGE COULD ADD PUNISHMENT AT THAT TIME, OR CARRY THE ADDITIONAL SENTENCING TO A FUTURE HEARING.

THE SNOWPACK IN THE SIERRA IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, IN FACT IT'S 90 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR APRIL 1ST, WHEN IT IS USUALLY DEEPEST. STATE HYDROLOGIST MOREY ROOS SAYS MANY RESERVOIRS (IN CALIFORNIA) ARE FULL FROM THE STORMS, AND THERE?S REALLY NO DOWN SIDE TO THAT. THERE ARE SOME FEARS OF WARM STORMS, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME (ROOS SAID) HE DOUBTS IF A WARM STORM WOULD EVEN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS MUCH SNOW.